I removed about that much hair from my shirt this morning between my dog, cat, and myself always shedding.

I also shrank some flannel in the same load of laundry as my shirt so I had to contend with flannel fuzz too. I was a wreck. But that pug flannel had to get shrunk, yo.

I read that and just wanted to give him a hug.

My friends have the same problem. Drives me nuts.

They sound an awful lot like my mom.

Seriously jealous about you paying off your mortgage. Here in the Land of Expensive Real Estate (San Diego) that’s just about impossible, especially on one income.

Same. My butt ruins everything.

I credit this method with having a huge hand in me paying off my debt. I still use it.

All the spare bills go into a cash “slush fund” that I also contribute to (in cash) monthly, which covers gifts, pet food, and other uncommon expenses. That way it’s there for if I come up short one week but also helps me to not use…

I spent ten years with a heap of debt, which I paid off earlier this year. My credit score did delightful things after that, but still - carrying a modest mortgage as my only debt has been basically the best thing ever. I’m actually saving with the intent of keeping it for the first time in my life. I would happily…

Sewing really is the greatest - I’m not good at making clothes so you better believe I make all kinds of cool sewn gifts. I made seven of these quiet books last Christmas!

I’m also working on glass mosaic letters for my friend’s kids (basically my nieces/nephew) to go over their room doors. These will be Christmas gifts, but I reeeeeeeally wanted to finish and grout them today, but eh, didn’t happen. Each will have white and yellow glass (yellow is mom’s favorite color) but otherwise…

As much as my mom drives me nuts I’m really glad that she taught me to sew. I also have an awesome friend who buys my handmade bibs for every baby gift she gives, so I made four today! And a bonus poodle and a bonus Zoonooz because the San Diego Zoo FTW.

Curious if anyone here is familiar with how contests work. A month or so ago I applied to win tickets to a special US taping of The Grand Tour (which is the new show by the Top Gear guys). In the application I had to answer some basic questions; why I like the show, who’s my favorite host, etc. I came up with decent…

Speaking from experience it’s highly likely the board is bananas.

This is where I flipped my desk over.

Snap traps are also handily adjustable to make them more trigger happy. I adjusted mine so that they barely could stay “set” and baited with peanut butter to force the mouse to stay there and wiggle the trigger.

Every mouse was dead as soon as I’d got up from the couch to investigate a snap. I’d much prefer that to…

I had mice a few years ago and was amazed at how skilled my cat was at catching and killing them despite her only experience with “mice” being toys. She always left them on the living room rug so I’d see them when I got home, the sweetie.

(I did not want her interacting with vermin, but she worked faster than all the…

I’m a cake lady, including wedding cakes, on the side of working full time. I mostly deal with the brides of the DIY wedding demographic (usually church halls and back yards, no coordinators) and just seeing how stressed they are a week or two away from the date has turned me off to the idea of a big ‘ol weddin’.…

Oh my gosh there goes my work day.

What? BCO lives on?

There was a Mongolian restaurant up in Orange County (not sure if it’s still there) but oh heavens...it was SO good and you did exactly what you describe. Still trying to find something comparable in San Diego.