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It’s a little over 3 months since I adopted this little gal, and it’s like she’s always been here. We love her so much. 💕
Dealing with crippling depression and such, but I’m trying to claw my way back into the sunlight. So I’ve been offline from here and elsewhere for a while. I just don’t have enough spoons for anything lately.
This little lady is helping with my feelings of utter hopelessness though. My recently adopted rescue hound. She’s a sweetheart and super cuddly and I’m in love. 🥰
The thing is, even if you were lucky and your parents taught you how to clean, they probably didn't teach you how to clean the stuff you clean stuff with, like brushes, mops, sponges, rags, and so on. Or how to clean your cleaning appliances, like a dish washer, clothes washing machine, and clothes dryer and its ducts (if you have a ducted dryer), or a carpet cleaner, vacuum, Or how to clean up clean messes, like spilled bleach or detergent.
My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.
All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.
I'm going to reblog this post with resources for learning how to clean things and how to clean cleaning things (I'm not at my desk at the moment). If you have any favorites, please feel free to add them in too!
I like this video because it does a great job of introducing the basic foundations of house cleaning (and because he doesn't use bleach, which is a common allergy in addition to being awful to inhale). He also talks a little about how to clean a vacuum. And why you shouldn't put grease from your pots and pans down the sink drain. I also love that he mentions that different houses and different people have different needs and different versions of what clean and cleaning looks like.
He doesn't mention though that the toilet seat comes off. I take my toilet seat off to clean under the hinges and clean the seat more thoroughly once a quarter.
This is another video from the same guy about cleaning and depression. This advice, especially at the beginning, can feel really really difficult and oppressive to hear. However, I find that it's generally pretty solid. But I'm autistic and so is he, so that gets a massive Your Mileage May Vary stamp on it.
I have a favorite part of this video. It's from 10:52 to 12:36. I think we could all use to hear that. There's a HEFTY pause after that one. I promise the narration does come back.
I'm also going to recommend KC Davis' book "How To Keep House While Drowning"
This is a pair of videos about how to correctly load and use a dish washer.
The first one is a quick 1 minute 30 second overview on loading. I can't find the exact video I'm looking for, so consider this a substitute for that. If I can find the one I'm looking for, I'll swap it in.
The second is a half hour deep dive on dishwashers and detergents. The short form of that is you shouldn't need to pre-rinse anything, detergent pods are overpriced and can cause problems, some dishwashers have a filter in the bottom that needs to be cleaned (but most don't), run your sink until the water is HOT before starting your dish washer, and put a little detergent in the pre-rinse dispenser when you're washing extra dirty dishes (or on the inside of the door if your dishwasher doesn't have a pre-rinse dispenser).
Favorite Scrub Brushes + How to Clean Them. The right tools for cleaning tasks make all the difference! Scrub brushes are great tools and it
Here's a blog post about scrubbing brushes and how to clean them.
And a video for all cleaning tools, including scrub brushes. This video does use bleach. I'll try to find some alternatives to that.
How to clean a front load washer (with bleach). This should be done monthly or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
With expert tips and tricks for all types of washers.
How to clean a top loader (without the removable agitator thing). This should be done every 1-3 months depending on you unit, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
Regular cleaning of a top-load washing machine will prolong the life of the appliance and leave your laundry cleaner and brighter.
How to clean a top loader (with the removable agitator thing). This should be done every month, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
This video is for pet owners.
These carpet brushes are a LIFE SAVER if you have dogs. This thing allows me to go from vacuuming about 4 square feet before my vacuum is full to vacuuming half the living room (I don't vacuum often enough. You should vacuum weekly, and I just can't.). I have to unclog the vacuum less often. It fluffs up some of the flat spots in the carpet. And I also use the brush to shampoo my rugs in the spring.
A spot cleaner (or a carpet cleaner with a spot cleaner attachment) is another life saver, ESPECIALLY if you can afford to splurge on a heated one. I see them at Goodwill or at yard sales occasionally, and they're worth picking up. The shark one in the video is great too.
This channel is gold. There's tutorials for cleaning EVERYTHING on there. Just go subscribe!
Gonna throw another potential resource at the end of this very long list, which may be potentially helpful for others like me who loathe videos. It's... the weirdest thing that has genuinely been helpful to me in housekeeping. Absolutely full of useful advice, and bizarrely still relevant in large part. (Though, caveat, research ANYTHING to do with chemicals or cleaning products more complicated than vinegar + lemon + water for modern information.)
It's America's Housekeeping Book (1941). Available for free download on the Internet Archive. (Large PDF file at the link here).
The LISTS y'all. The step by step lists. The emphasis on efficiency and arranging spaces for the least resistance possible. The basic concept of "take a tray or basket into a room when you are tidying up so you can put things that belong elsewhere on it and take them out LATER in ONE GO".
My ADHD-having ass could cry.
I am whatever the opposite of a speed runner is. I am a game meanderer. I have to look at literally everything. I am overly cautious in every way. I forget to pause and wander away from the game. I take a minimum 7 hours to get through any given level. If you give me a timer I will cry.
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It’ll be one week tomorrow….last Wednesday my best buddy took a dramatic downturn. He’d been diagnosed with lymphoma just three weeks prior. Vet said it was very advanced- one month, maybe two months left. He was responding very well to prednisone, which the vet had prescribed to reduce any swelling and basically just make him comfortable. The prednisone did seem to help for a bit he perked up, had a bit more energy, and most important of all he started eating again.
He was fine when I went to work that morning. Ate all his food, asked for treats was even hassling the cat. I got home, he seemed tired, but generally OK. We ordered a pizza for dinner, and normally his favorite thing is pizza crust. But he wouldn’t eat any over the next hour. He just started looking worse and worse, and suddenly his legs just stopped working. That is when I knew. It was time. The rest of the family was kind of in denial, nobody wanted me to call the Emergency Vet, but I knew I would have to do it.
We were all with him as I saw the light fade from his eyes. I am absolutely crushed and heartbroken.
Rest in peace, my sweet boy. Fly with the angels.
the fact elon mask genuinely might ruin the night sky for everyone makes me wanna sharpen my shovel and get to work
For those who are confused, SpaceX has been putting a metric fuckton of little sattelites into low earth orbit, and they’re well on their way to making earth-based visual astronomy impossible.
Like, this was a picture taken by an observatory in Arizona
The streaks are all SpaceX satellites. So you can see why that’s a bit of a problem.
Oh what the fuck
i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy
reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy
depression tips™
shower. not a bath, a shower. use water as hot or cold as u like. u dont even need to wash. just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. sit on the floor if you gotta.
moisturize everything. use whatever lotion u like. unscented? dollar store lotion? fancy ass 48 hour lotion that makes u smell like a field of wildflowers? use whatever you want, and use it all over.
put on clean, comfortable clothes.
put on ur favorite underwear. cute black lacy panties? those ridiculous boxers u bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? put em on.
drink cold water. use ice. if u want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.
clean something. doesn’t have to be anything big. organize one drawer of ur desk. wash five dirty dishes. do a load of laundry. scrub the bathroom sink.
blast music. listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.
make food. don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. take the time and make food. even if it’s ramen. add something special to it, like a hard boiled egg or some veggies. prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.
make something. write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. even if you don’t think you’re good at it.
go outside. take a walk. sit in the grass. look at the clouds. smell flowers. put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.
call someone. call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. talk to a stranger on the street. have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. if you can’t, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. even if you don’t say much, listen to them.
cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them. take pictures of them. talk to them. tell them how u feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out.
Circulating. Seasonal depression is creeping around now.
Introducing....
Alyssa Quintana, my latest creation. Slightly modded with some facial mask CC (nose and lip masks), once I get my shit organized (ha!) I'll edit this post with that info as to the exact CC and creator/links.
Alyssa had a rocking blind date on Cupid's Corner and the two like, moved in together at the end of said date. That would be like, one thousand red flags IRL, but in Simsworld I'm like, good for her. Her new man is one of the gingers that is part of my legacy family - he's third gen - and soon, all these little redheads will take over the world.
I'll post more bio and pics about my main legacy family, the McAlesters, and a couple of spin-off legacy families that are a bunch of hot messes. My whole game has become an 80's soap opera, fr.
Anyway, lovely Alyssa matches the picture I had in my head - I just had this idea, this face I wanted to create and I am too tired to draw, so CAS it is. I'd better go check if she's popped yet - love how she's hugely pregnant and just, having a martini on a pool float.
On a less doom-and-gloom note; I’ve made a lovely Sim and shall post later on my Sims side blog. It’s always a pleasant surprise when I make a Sim that matches the picture I have of them in my addled head. (She is lightly modded, heh).
Hi, I’m here to propose that A.A. Milne’s distinctive syntax in the Winnie-the-Pooh books is a major origin of modern Capital Letters Used For Emphasis On The Internet. Observe:
(in which Pooh wryly self-deprecates)
(in which Eeyore masters modern sarcasm)
(in which Eeyore is vagueblogging)
(in which Owl says something i would absolutely type in the YOOL 2017)
(In which Eeyore continues to be a shining example to us all)
(in which Pooh describes a Big Mood)
(in which Piglet has a Relatable Experience)
I could go on, but you can read the books and find your own. It’s a weirdly modern-feeling layer to an old, thoroughly enjoyable story and most of the original Pooh books are online for free. I cited from this online text upload of the book. Enjoy!
I have used Pooh Case for emphasis my entire life..
I found this rock amongst my mom’s things (yes she died 7 years ago and I’m still going through all the things she left behind) and I just. Ugh.
He seems fine right now and loving that he’s on a people food diet (bland though), but I don’t know how quickly he may decline. Lymphoma at this stage usually means that there are only months left. Or month, singular.
My heart is breaking and oh yeah, I haven’t gotten fucking paid since Sept 26 due to the govt shutdown. I don’t use credit cards anymore but I have one I can use for emergencies. I expect it’ll be maxed out soon. I am so fucking sad and stressed.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975), dir. Jim Sharman
2025 continues to be a dumpster fire of a year. My sweet little dog has lymphoma. We found out today.
I am not entirely surprised- knew something was wrong as he’d dropped an alarming amount of weight in just the past 2 weeks.
My sweet boy may have one month to live. Or two, or six. We don’t know for sure. He’s on prednisone to keep him comfortable (chemo not recommended due to his advanced age), and I’m going to spoil the shit out of him until that awful day I have to say goodbye.