u/the_king_lobo

I’ve been drooling over these pumpkin dutch ovens ever since I knew they existed, but both Staub and Le Creuset retail for over $350, and cheaper ones just never looked right or they seemed to have poor quality (I know, I read the customer reviews). I said I would have one someday, but it always seemed to be out of reach…

Until yesterday…

Bored. I open FB Marketplace to pass the time. What’s the first thing I see except a brand-new, in-box Staub 3.5qt pumpkin dutch oven. I was prepared to be disappointed, for it to be out of my financial reach once again.
Then I see the price.

$100.
A HUNDRED DOLL HAIRS.

SURELY, it was too good to be true? It’s literally brand new, never been used, made in France, legitimate Staub dutch oven. No way they would let it go for such a paltry sum. But they DID! But surely someone would snag it before I could? Ohhhh someone tried, but to my incredible luck, they must have backed out.

To my extreme delight, I am now $100 poorer as well as the proud owner of my very own Staub Pumpkin dutch oven. Original sticker still on the bottom, the original booklet in the pot, and it still has that new pot smell.

I don’t know if there will ever be another purchase that compares to this.

Back again with Juniper (Aka: Dingus)
Quick info: Neutered male, just turned 5 months, all shots up to date, completely healthy otherwise, sees vet regularly

Basically he will occasionally cough like this after drinking water. He hasn’t been doing this for very long (maybe in the last ~2ish months), and it doesn’t happen every time, probably 2 or 3 times in a month. It only lasts 30 seconds at the most and then he’s back to normal.

It ONLY happens after he drinks water, no other times, so I do not suspect it’s asthma. He runs and plays and eats and there’s no other times when I’ve witnessed him coughing like this. I’m just wondering what else could be causing this. Drinking too quickly? Too much? Something to do with his anatomy? Could it possibly be related to the water fountain we have? (It uses a charcoal filter)

• Dell Inspiron 7737 running Windows 10 and Firefox
• Machine, browser, extensions, etc. are all up to date.
• I've already cleared the cache/cookies multiple times, the DNS, and tried an incognito browser (I tried Edge, but it wouldn't load there either)

Title is basically it. For a few days I've just had certain sites or parts of them breaking and failing to load properly and nothing I've tried has fixed it. For example, I tried to go to the career page for a local grocery store. The site for the grocery store loaded in perfectly fine with no issues, but the page for job listings will not load properly and I'm not sure where the problem is coming from or how to fix it.

*To be clear, the above site is not the only one I've had an issue with. This has been an issue with several sites from different companies.

My stinky little butthead
His legal name is Juniper, but we call him Dingus so much that he thinks that’s his name 💀

UPDATE: Brandy contacted us this morning and she is safe! Thank you all for your help and for looking out!

My sister lives in New Orleans and myself and the rest of my family are in Portland. We haven’t heard from her in almost 2 months, the most recent post on social media I’ve seen from her was July 13th. This isn’t unusual for her, but there’s other circumstances at play that have us concerned for her safety.

We can’t get a hold of her, her partner has been MIA, and nobody she’s usually in contact with seems to know anything.

Her name is Brandy but she also goes by Mishka or “Sunrise Circuit”. She’s white, rather tall and thin, and her hair is dark at the roots with blonde ends. She takes her dog with her practically everywhere, his name is Panda (he has greyed in the face since these pictures were taken). My sister has 3 piercings in her lower lip, a tattoo of a platypus skeleton on her right forearm, and some miscellaneous tattoos on her legs including infinity symbols. She lives in the Marigny/Bywater area, but we’re not sure of what other areas she frequents.

We just want to know she’s safe. The case number is H-12324-26
If you see her, please contact NOPD.

EDIT: To address some things in a way everyone will more easily see: She is not overstimulated. I know it may look that way, but she does not become easily overstimulated and when she does, she will nip or paw at me to tell me to back off. She came up onto my bed, was laying down, and the first video is maybe 5 minutes into her being up there. She goes directly to biting, and she is biting hard. It’s not a warning or her telling me to back off.

As far as her being in pain: again, she sees her vet regularly and as needed for specific concerns. She’s a senior lady with mobility issues. Her vet is aware of her head tremor - she’s had it for as long as I’ve had her. I don’t pick her up because she hates it, her teeth are very healthy, and she loves being brushed everywhere, including her face. I do not believe pain is a factor with this behavior.

And I am not shoving my fingers/hand in her face to annoy her or to be mean - it is to show the difference in behavior when she’s on my bed versus anywhere else. I posted a second video in the comments - normally when I hold my hand up, she will rub her face against my hand. On my bed, she only bites me.

ORIGINAL: This is Bella, she’s been with me since she was about 12 weeks old, and this November she’ll be turning 14 years old. She’s spayed, has no other history of behavioral issues, sees a vet regularly. We suspect she had a stroke back in 2023, but she recovered well and has been medically fine ever since.

She’s a perfect little angel (literally) and always has been. But within the last year or so she’s started biting my hands when I’m petting her, but it specifically happens ONLY in my bed. Absolutely nowhere else does she do this, only in my bed. I can’t figure out why this started. My only thought is that maybe I move too much in my sleep, or I accidentally hit her? Maybe it’s just because she’s getting older so she’s getting more particular about affection? I’m just wondering if anyone else maybe has any possible ideas as to why this started, and any ideas to get her to hopefully stop would be helpful, as well.

She doesn’t sleep with me every night, but I never kick her off the bed either. She usually has free choice between my bed, my desk chair, any of her own beds, and her usual spots on the floor.

Posted a while ago about finding a snowshoe kitten in a park (whom we kept and named Juniper) and I think we’re unintentionally becoming cat magnets.

One neighbor just had a neighborhood cat give birth in his yard two days ago, and then just a couple hours ago a different neighbor was walking their dog and found this box of 5 kittens dumped next to a free pile.
(Four in the box; the boy I’m holding is number 5 and was notably smaller than the others and likely a runt or from another litter)

Unfortunately we couldn’t keep them (we have 3 and just spent $131 on prescription food for my senior girl just today 💀*)* so they went to a local emergency vet. They’ll keep them overnight, then they’ll get transferred to the county shelter in the morning where they’ll go into foster care before getting adopted out.

I’ve always wanted a brown tabby though, so of course it’s just my luck that we find TWO of them just after hitting our limit on cats 😭 But hopefully they find good homes who will take good care of them

Edit: I should say that if you’re in Portland, OR, they should be available for adoption through the Multnomah County shelter once they’re old enough! If by any wild chance someone in this sub adopts one of these kids, I would love to see an update ❤️

He’s growing and toasting so quickly, how do I slow him down? 😭❤️🥺

This was the best picture I could get, they turned off the same time the truck did

My mom found me this blank jean jacket and I’m in school for marine biology, so naturally I had to start adding whales to it. 🐋 this is just the first of many more to come, not sure what I’ll be adding to the back panels just yet

I cross stitch so it’s not entirely new to me, but it’s definitely different! Any advice is welcome, especially considering the fabric I’m using.