Maybe you could pre-plan the next day’s outfit, and allow yourself to decide the morning of if you’re cool with it, or if possible added rushiness is worth it to select something else.
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@RamonaQ would it help you to plan outfits the way I plan my meals? I hate not being able to just eat what I’m in the mood for but I also hate grocery shopping and running to the store so I just plan several days of meals and then I choose what I’m in the mood for each day. So maybe you plan ahead several different outfits and then pick on each day what feels right?
Also to add a different point, I have a small wardrobe and when I worked in an office I wore the same 10ish outfits all the time. Anyone who cared that I repeated outfits a lot can kick rocks. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? What I did to freshen outfits up over time (when I was tired of them) was to add a new scarf/bag/jewelry/jacket or something. Anything that I could wear with more than one outfit was perfect since it changed things up just enough.
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Can anything be done to salvage a tough roast? I made a chuck roast in the crockpot, cooked for 8 hours. I’m not sure if I didn’t cook it long enough or if it’s just a tough piece of meat. Any ideas?
ETA: At this point, I can’t hurt it because I won’t eat it the way it is. I cut it up and am simmering it in the gravy for… an hour? two hours?? If it works, I will add the potatoes back in and have stew. Worth a shot…
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Acidic ingredients can help tenderize but 8 hours is plenty of time.
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Grind it up for burgers at that point. Or chopped sirloin…
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Chip steak for shit on a shingle at that point.
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Slice it SUPER thin and use for sandwiches?
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Pie pumpkins probably aren’t hollow inside right? Not good for jack o lantern making? Mr. Meer got a couple of pie pumpkins from the store and I heard him tell Kiddo this morning that they are intended for jack o lantern making.
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I’ve definitely made jack o lanterns with pie pumpkins. Their insides probably have more guts than big pumpkins, proportionately, but they still work.
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They’re hollow. Just less hollow than a large pumpkin would be because they’re small.
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A couple years ago I made a jack o lantern with a pie pumpkin and carved the symbol for pi in it and chortled to myself quite a lot.
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I got pie pumpkins for carving too! We’ll prob get some bigger ones too but I went basic and got all the cute little pumpkins because I need any shred of joy I can find right now
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I want to get my kid a speaker that will play the free version of spotify and work as his alarm clock, but won’t spy on him or steal/ sell data. It looks like Sonos will, but it’s $300+. Are there any smart speakers that fit my requirements?
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What smart features are needed?
Access to spotify, which apparently requires intelligence. It can’t rely on a bluetooth connection to another device. Alarm clock, ability to ask it stupid questions instead of coming to ask me.
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Don’t all digital assistants spy on you though?
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I have a clock radio and an encyclopedia available. Which letter would he like?
(Real note, it’s super annoying that the price of those things is corporate espionage, which has been fully normalized. Living in a company store makes me wanna live in the woods)
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This seems like it would rule out the “doesn’t spy on me” thing? At least if it’s spoken.
My dad keeps his smart speaker in a bathroom far away from the main section of the house because he wanted to tinker with it for work-related stuff (he works in IT/software), would that be an option that would still be helpful with access to spotify?
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THISSSSSS
He wants spotify access so he can explore new and exciting artists. By new and exciting I mean that he has, in the last year, gone through phases of obsession with Simon and Garfunkel, ABBA, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, and Cat Stevens. Access to all the music ever recorded, practically, has made this possible and a device that relies on just his personal music library is a non-starter.
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You can use Bluetooth to cast Spotify though, can’t you?
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