I went to Finland for a conference 20 years ago and became obsessed with their national cartoon— the Moomins. This was such a fun puzzle and those huge blue and yellow areas were a nice challenge!
I know phantom smells are a part of peri, but this is just driving me nuts. It makes me feel a little nauseated and headachey sometimes.
I've been on HRT for a year. Estrogen patch (dose is .05, I think)and progesterone pills. Most of my peri symptoms are gone-- I still get an occasional hot flash, but nothing like before. The insomnia is also gone.
But I started smelling exhaust in early June everywhere. Like there is a truck parked outside idling constantly. It's like right on the edge of my senses, if that makes sense. I know it's not there because I smell it everywhere. I would say it's like 75% of the time. I am going to mention this to my gyno when I see her in a few weeks and my GP next month. Maybe my estrogen levels have dropped more?
For some reason, the "Continue watching" on the home screen of my Plex App (Roku) is only showing TV shows and not films. It shows films in the "continue" section in the app on my iPhone and computer.
I tried resetting all the "experience" items in the Roku app. I also restarted the app, deleted it, and reinstalled it. Nothing worked. I went into my account and made sure that "watched indicators for personal media" is turned on in my account.
What else can I do?
Just got my first Hydro Flask- 32-ounce with the chug cap in a gorgeous mustard yellow color. I love it!
I wanted to switch away from plastic, but I've used Nalgenes for 30+ years, and I'm incredibly used to the lid being attached to the bottle.
Is there any add-on for the chug cap so the lid stays attached while drinking —like the Nalgene? I'd had to drop the lid in the car or at the gym. Thanks!
I was thrilled to discover "torrentdownloads dot pro" on here, as I've been searching for the old show Strong Medicine, and other trackers only have Season 1. This website had all 6 seasons!
It was moving along slowly for days, up to 84.33%, and now it's stopped. The website (and trackers, I assume) are down. Does this happen to torrentdownloads often? Will it go back up? I've been using TBP for decades, so I'm not used to things just... stopping.
My PF was updated recently with all-new machines—ones with counters and timers. They're great, but I don't understand how they decided on the layout of the machines. Before, they had dups of the same machines next to each other. All facing the same way. So if you're working on the seated row machine, you're looking at the back of someone doing the same. The leg machines were mostly in the back, behind the treadmills, and chest presses, etc. were in front of the treadmills.
With the update, the machines are scattered all over. Dups of the same machine are in totally different spots. The lat pulldowns are basically in what was once (and still is) the walkway to the stretching room, facing the hallway for entering and the bathrooms. So everyone just kind of walks toward you to the bathrooms and by you while you're on it.
Many machines now face each other. So I was doing the bicep curl with a guy in front of me, a few feet away, on the chest press machine, grunting etc. Awkward and difficult not to make eye contact!
And the leg machines are in front of the treadmills -- even the prone machines where you lie down. They combined the hip abduction and adduction machines into 1 for both. So we went from 4 machines to 2 (longer wait), and put those in front of the treadmills. Crazy. (Also, the weight on those is insanely off. I was up to 165lbs before, and now I can only do 50?)
I'm a woman and pretty comfortable with my body. I go to the gym to work out, not look at people or socialize. I feel like the new layout is going to make women and people who are less comfortable not want to work out. Like my friend, who is self-conscious about her body and sometimes goes with me, was completely discouraged. It feels like you're more on display, if that makes sense.
I sent an email to management with some suggestions for rearranging machines —not complaining, but pointing out that people need to feel comfortable at PF. They called me back and basically said corporate decides the layout. This cannot be a layout designed by anyone with thought! I've been in other PFs and have never seen one so haphazardly laid out before!
I have a Fossil Sutter Crossbody bag I bought new around 20 years ago. It's been in my closet and/or storage for probably 10 years and has a few stains and discolorations. I'd love to clean it and use it again. But I don't know what these stains are. I suspect maybe a cough drop was in the bag and melted? Otherwise, I have no clue.
I am reading a TON of conflicting info about how to clean it-- everything from vinegar to rubbing alcohol to saddle soap to Dawn dish soap. I have no idea what to actually try without hurting the bag. I do have leather CPR to condition it after.
What should I do?
I cannot stand the noise of a fan, but we need one to help circulate the AC air in our bedroom. Are there any fans that are whisper-quiet?
We've been taking care of a feral female cat, Valerie, since shortly after we moved in 12 years ago. We trapped her and her 2 kittens, and kept the kittens. At the time, it was clear she was feral, and we weren't in the position to gentle her (although we have done that-- we've done lots of rescue and TNR). We had 2 elderly sick cats and no space to really separate her if we brought her in. So we ear-tipped her and let her back out.
For all these years, she's stayed close to our house. We have a heated outside house for her in the winter. Our windowsills are wide and close to the ground (this is an old barn), and she'd always sit in the windows, visiting with our inside cats. And she'd hang out with us if we were in the yard. She never let us touch her, but we did try to get close. We'd put food out for her daily (dry) and give her a can of wet if she was around. Since we're in the woods (suburbs), we never wanted to attract other animals. There is another (fixed) male cat who comes around every other day or so, and they never really interact with each other. We also found out that the neighbors behind us were feeding her and looking out for her. We live near some busy roads, but I never saw her cross them. She always stuck close by.
She's now been gone for 3 weeks. Occasionally, over the years, we've seen foxes. But rarely. I'd see them in the woods when I go running, and maybe 1-2 times a year, we'd catch one crossing the yard on our backyard camera. But for the past 2 months, we've had increased fox activity. There are 2 foxes walking through our yard in different directions every day-- multiple times a day. This hasn't stopped the male cat from coming by, but Valerie hasn't been seen for 3 weeks. We checked with the neighbors and posted to social media. She was well known in the neighborhood, and no one has seen her. I've called the local PDs, and no one has reported a cat hit by a car. I've also driven around and walked around looking for her.
Someone about 2.5 miles away caught a similar-looking cat on his backyard cam, but it doesn't really look like her unless she lost a ton of weight. And he couldn't say if she was ear-tipped. I went to that neighborhood, walked around, and called out to her. She'd always come when I called. No sign of her, and he's only seen the cat twice in a couple of weeks (he also feeds a stray, so he has food out).
I would think she was dead somewhere from being hit, or sick (but she did look healthy last time I saw her), but the fox activity seems more than a coincidence. Now they aren't around as much, so maybe they had kits in the area. Is there still a chance she could find her way home? Has anyone had a feral missing for weeks show up again? Is there anything else I can do to find her? I wish we just knew one way or the other. Any advice?
We bought this unit in 2023, and it's worked great for 3-4 months each season. I did all the usual stuff before storing it last year-- ran the fan, drained the unit, covered it, etc.
I plugged it in and turned it on today, and it's short cycling every few minutes. The unit is on COOL and not auto. The compressor does come on, but then cycles off. The last time it did this, it was bc it was running for days during a very long heatwave/humid spell. It needed to be off for like 12 hours, and it was fine (compressor probably froze). That's not the case this time, bc we just started using it.
Any ideas? I'll try Midea tomorrow for help.
I completed this one over the winter. Such a wonderful challenge from an amazing artist!
