u/frenkie-dude

I'm moving in to a new house right now and there's a little fountain from the previous owner. I was in the yard doing stuff and a little bird was taking a bath in the fountain, then it flew away. Then, a hummingbird flew right up, like it had been waiting in line, and started bathing in the water. It was so special, I've seen lots of hummingbirds all my life, but I've never seen one so comfortable as to take a bath, nevertheless just a few feet from me! It was so lovely, we just stood there and let it do it's little birdy thing for a few minutes in silence. I'm looking forward to getting to watch birds hang out there :)

Hi all, looking for your thoughts or take on the situation. We're moving into our new home and it turns out one of the stains is a cat pee spot. I went right ahead with trying to address it: I sprayed a bunch of enzyme cleaner on the area. I didn't dump a ton of the cleaner on but I did spray it a bunch. I let it sit for about a day while I carpet cleaned other rooms, then sprayed it again with the enzyme cleaner a bit about an hour before attacking it heavily with the carpet cleaner. I went over it a ton with the carpet shampoo and rinsing and hoo boy it reeked! I did my best to really get it as clean as I could. Part of the trouble is the spot is on the stairs landing so it's a tight spot and hard to really go over it a lot with the main part of the vacuum, I had to use the hose attachment as well a bit. I've had it drying out with a big dehumidifier but it's definitely still stinky to my weak human nose, not even putting my face to the floor. We're concerned it was heavily peed on by the previous owner's cat repeatedly over time, so it's possibly/likely soaked down through the padding to the subfloor. Also, the home is about 90 years old, if that's relevant, the carpet is probably in the 5-10year range.

Do you think it'd be worth trying to shampoo/carpet cleaner it again myself, this time dumping even more enzyme cleaner? Or paying pro carpet cleaners to do the area? Or should we just go straight to ripping the stuff out and seeing what's going on underneath? We don't have a ton of money to work with right now but we do seriously need this addressed. If we need to rip out wood, so be it. Not only does the pee smell make me feel like I'm losing my marbles (oh how that scent gets in your nostrils and stays...) but we have cats of our own and are concerned that if there's any urine scent left that ours might pee there on top of it or it'll cause other issues.

What steps do you think we should take next? Open to any and all advice!

Hi all! Hope this is the right place to ask. I'm moving to a new home soon with space for grilling and I want to get my wife a grill but I'm not sure what to get, there are so many options. I love the look of a classic charcoal weber kettle grill but I don't know if that's actually the right choice for us. We have experience cooking over wood fires (both miniature in a little metal camping frame "stove" thing, and normal campfires) as well as various size propane camp stoves. My wife likes to cook steaks, I bet that'd be great outside so we don't have to worry about the smoke so much. I imagine we'll be doing burgers, brats, dark meat chicken, trout maybe, and veggies. We definitely don't need all the bells and whistles or anything too pricey. Just a nice grill that gets the job done will work. What do you advise for a beginner starter grill? Should we do the weber or would propane or another type make more sense for us? Any other tips or things to watch out for? Thanks in advance!

I have the tune stuck in my head, and i know the words are -- - - "low", - - - "high", with those words drawn out. I could be wrong about the other words, but I know low and high are in there. I think it's a man's voice. I've been hearing it lately, so it might be popular on tiktoks, spotify, or something. It has a laid-back feel, with a chill beat. Could have hip-hop, alt, indie, lofi, or electronic vibes going on, I'm not sure (sorry!). It feels kind of summer-y.

It's not: Habits by Tove Lo. Get Low, Get High by Willie Jones. Pockets Full of No by Coast Modern (though the vibe is close). Smokin’ Love by Stick Figure. I've tried humming and singing with AHA and shazam to no luck, but I'm not a very good singer or musically inclined at all.