r/Boise

So, I recently moved back to Boise and I am looking for someone who does personal grooming(preferably waxing).

I am a quadriplegic, and until now I had a family member who was comfortable taking care of my bodily grooming since it is easier hygiene wise for my other caregiver to take care of me, cleanliness, smell etc. etc. But, that family member no longer lives nearby and none of my current caregivers are comfortable trimming, so I'm looking for someone who can do waxing that will last a lot longer without the uncomfortable regrowth.

I would need to find somebody who is mobile and willing to come to my apartment as it is difficult positioning wise, transferring etc. In an office situation, plus I have an EXTREME fear of falling off of those skinny tables.

Does anybody have any suggestions , or people they know/Trust? I live off of Franklin and liberty in Boise over by Saint Al‘s.

I noticed some dead gnats in my guest bath shower, assume theyre coming up from drain. Ive never had this happen before-what the heck? Should i just pour boiling water a couple times?

My spouse just lost their job and I am disabled but am only pending SSI approval, so at the moment we have no income. We do live with in-laws, and they have been nice enough to not charge us rent while we have been trying to get back on our feet (lol *cries*).

I am currently filling out the application and it’s asking about rent…anyone have experience being denied due to not paying rent and therefore not being perceived as “poor enough” to receive Medicaid?

I am also not sure whether or not “other people in your home (NOT “household“)“ would need to include my in-laws…this is far more complicated if it must, because then I would have to have all of their financial info I imagine, and…well they’re somewhat well off (Middle Class), but aside from not charging us rent, we are not receiving help from them, so that would of course be unfair but I wouldn’t be surprised if I am required to list them (which would be a waste of time—if I must list them and their finances, this isn’t even worth doing).

Any advice or clarity on this rent issue is much appreciated.

note: drafting up a “rent agreement” is not an option. since we are not paying rent, my in-laws would absolutely refuse to sign anything that says we are, even if it will help us get medical assistance.

If your name is Hannah Lynn Kaylor, I found your wallet today on my run.

Message me directly and we can do a quick ID check and schedule a pick up.

I will not be touching its contents, hope you see this!

Due to memorial day Monday and some PTO taken, I have a 5 day weekend starting tomorrow. I'm going to try and use the time to study and read, but I just know that I'll get bored and would like to do something at some point. Does anyone know of anything happening in the next 5 days? Or better yet - is there a website anyone recommends finding events in the area?

I have a 1986 4x4 Toyota pickup that’s mostly stock (no major 4x4 upgrades or customizations, just a daily driver). It needs a bit of work on the engine and exhaust, are there any mechanics in the treasure valley that would be able to work on it?

Was wondering if anyone has information on the collision this morning? I was driving to a shift at aprox 4:55am when I was stuck at the light on the west side of the intersection by the Jacksons due to an accident which happened minutes prior.

From my understanding it is that someone on a Lime scooter road out into the intersection and was struck by a car. From what I saw the car made it through the intersection and drug half of the lime scooter beneath the car while the other half was at the side of the road.

When stuck at the intersection there was a woman wailing on the sidewalk. I assumed she was the driver of the car, as she didn’t seem harmed but was very distraught. She was escorted to an ambulance and was taken away about twenty minutes later (car seemed relatively unharmed and someone else had to come pick it up an hour later so I’d assumed it was hers).

No idea who was on the scooter (people across street said it was a man). I haven’t seen anything on the news and I’m hoping that’s a good sign, but I can’t stop thinking about this woman who was crying at the side of the road and hope she, the person on the scooter, and any others affected in the incident are okay :(

I just signed up for this gym. Been going the past few days around 11:30 and it always seems to be packed, is it just packed because of graduation or is it always like this?

basically, our previous lawn service sort of just keeps being flakey and hasn't been showing up for a couple of weeks, despite calling them, and now the lawn has become rather overgrown

does anyone have any recommendations for a lawn mowing company/service that could help with the overgrown lawn, and also can do regular mowing? we live around the border of Boise and Meridian if that matters

Trying to adjust some of our family’s grocery routine (too frequent trips and spending too much at the local Albertsons as that’s the extent of our shopping right now).

Very lucky to live near a Winco, Fred Meyer and Albertsons with the Co-Op, Walmart, Trader Joe’s and Costco not too far away but haven’t really done anything but Albertsons. Wife is a big foodie so we rarely eat out but recently I started on GLP-1 and have noticed that Albertson’s is just too expensive for the stables especially as even buying less the bill still is pretty big. Winco seems decent but their meat department scares me a bit.

What’s everyone grocery routine and budget-ish if you don’t mind sharing? Shopping a few times a week? What stores are you hitting up? Any tips or tricks to cut costs especially with prices being so high currently?

I love butter chicken curry!

I am disabled (though still haven’t been approved for disability—no surprise there) and my spouse just lost their job through a “firing” due to “performance issues” (the company got bought out and a bunch of people got fired, and they’re also paying my partner 2 weeks of pay *without requiring them to work,* which sounds more like a layoff, so we are going to apply anyway).

My question is…has anyone suspected that they got denied because they don’t pay rent? We live with my in-laws (due to financial issues) and at the moment they do not charge us rent, though we do pay utilities. My friend recently applied for SNAP and said he thinks it would be very unlikey that we would get aprroved for SNAP (even with zero income right now) if we don’t have some document showing we pay rent…because he lives with my friend and they had to type up a document with a rent price and both he and my friend (home owner) had to sign it.

But…SNAP is paid for by taxes where technically unemployment insurance is specifically taken out of our paychecks. However I don’t have confidence that our government would honor the fact that we are basically just asking for our own money, until my partner finds another job. I’m afraid not reporting rent might fuck us over…

”Just lie!” Yes, well…my in-laws are Conservative Christian’s and there’s no way in hell they’d sign a document saying we’re paying rent when we aren’t.

Technically not Boise…but in Kuna so close enough. While I was filling out my ballot, one of the poll workers loudly said to another worker (while they were both working the registration desk) “SO SINCE THIS ISN’T A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, COULD I HAVE WORN MY TRUMP SHIRT?!”. The worker she was asking chuckled and said no, and explained the rules behind it.
IMO basically the same thing as wearing it if you’re going to loudly boast about wanting to wear it just to stir up drama. I love it so much here 🥴.