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Cake day: August 11th, 2024

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  • “some retard” was an elder lady for me the other day. I didnt mind the wait, she had to use three forms of payment for her order, she had a helper, and was probably struggling. I didnt mind.

    There also was a woman behind me. We exchanged that polite smile when our eyes met, normal stuff. We were waiting a few mins, and I think she thought she was rude. She said to me, “I dont smile big because I dont like my teeth”. I didnt even question it tbh, but felt a little sad this woman was shy about her teeth, so much so she didnt smile fully.

    I got to tell this woman, we are all humans, I myself bad hair, and her smile was beautiful. And, she did smile fully then :)

    The elder lady in front finished up, and I checked out.

    I hope I made that lady’s day.

    Sometimes, if you slow down, you can see beauty in the world around you.
















  • Yeah, probably one of those chores that its better to spend a few mins on more often, than making it a whole ordeal once in a while. Id help you drag it outside haha, maybe someone could help you?

    Its not much different than hanging clothes no. I think, and I could be wrong, but the sun is like disenfectant this way too. I cant tell you how excited I am to purchase a steam cleaner. I feel so lame, but my excitement beams. More stoked to do the couch, tbh, but rugs deserve attention too!

    I was also looking into the washable rugs. I thought about getting one, surprised you dont like it, is there a reason? Im just curious as I was thinking about getting one


  • I have finally lived somewhere long enough for this to be a thing for me. My goal before we turn on the heat for winter is to deep clean the living room. So Ive been looking into the hows and the answer seems to be steam cleaner, yes. I too have an area rug, and it may take some time and water dumps, but I plan to purchase the smaller bissel steam cleaner, and hit both the couch and rug with it.

    What I have done in the past, if you have the outdoor space for it, is bring the rug outside, hang it on a fence or something, beat the piss out of it (to remove dust) and let it hang in full sun for at least a day. The sun does good things, truely, there is a reason this has been done this way for so long. And then yeah, bring it back in and hit it with the stream cleaner with less water changes Id imagine. In the past Ive left the rug hanging through a heavy rain day, then wait til its sun dried to bring it in, and the rug does feel fresh. I am odd though so Im not sure thats normal practice lol Also, if you got a cleaner… or you know? a powerwasher? can you use a power washer on it in the driveway? then sun dry it?

    Maybe someone else has a better solution, but I think you know what youre doing it seems