I went to the store and I just washed my plants and sprayed them with neem oil. Thank you!
Also who knew you could wash plants? Not I.
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I shower mine 
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I just imagined you with a little loofah on a stick, scrubbing your plants with a shower cap on 
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LOL!
I like that visual a lot better than the reality - which is more like Put all plants in tub, Turn on shower for ten minutes, Let drip in tub for an indeterminate amount of time, Return to places 
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Haha, honestly that is a way better method than what I did! I’ll probably try it next time. My way involved paper towels, a spray bottle, and latex gloves.
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I have a plant that lives in my shower and so often have dirt in my shower drain trap.
Does your dirt stay in the pots?
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Great! In my experience, you’ll need more than one application of the neem oil. Keep on it so they don’t come back. 
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Thank you, I will! CONSTANT VIGILANCE!
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If buying firsthand, where do you look for dressers/chests for hobby type storage?
I am organizing my hobby room & need some drawers with deep storage (dolls out of UV light mainly) & some more shallow storage (art & sewing supplies).
I’ve found I prefer case goods with doors/pulls vs the various plastic solutions on the market (or cube shelves with bins), and my cats will jump in, on, and around said furniture so sturdiness is essential.
Definitely not ruling out secondhand but if I can’t find what I need on FB Marketplace or the local antique malls/refurbished furniture places, I will probably have to get new.
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I would go to the ReStore, which is packed with solid wooden dressers. I rarely buy new. I have an IKEA dresser that I bought because it’s red, but if I put much in it the bottom of the drawers gets saggy. So it only holds yarn.
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Hello all, I wanted to create a new post about this, but didn’t see any option to create a new thread, so just wanted to ask here:
Does Union Bank require income verification to open a credit card with them?
My credit score is good (780), and I have cards open with all the major banks (Chase, US Bank, Capital One, BofA, etc), but no cards with Union Bank.
I’m between jobs at the moment, so I have no income. Will that be a deal breaker to get this card?
(I’m assuming they’ll ask me to prove my income at the branch? Not sure).
I have to apply in person at the branch for the Platinum card, which I want to get for their $0 balance transfer fee for 6 months, and also 0% intro APR for 15 months.
Would help me a lot at the moment to move my debt around before I can get back on my feet with income.
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Usually any issuer will want to see proof of gross income. If you don’t have pay stubs, you’ll need to show something recent like last year’s tax return.
Sometimes they will only ask you to declare income without proof, but don’t lie on the application. Only state actual income you have otherwise you’ll be in a pickle if they find out.
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I bought a pound block of yeast that is now expired. It has not been opened and has been frozen since I got it, will it still be good? It has a 2 year “best by” window on it. It came in a 2 pack from sams club and I never did start baking bread regularly. 
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You can test it. Throw a couple spoonfuls in a bowl of warm water with a pinch of sugar and see how it does.
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It’s probably fine. Maybe use more than the recipe says/ rise for longer but if it proofs than it’s good!
Ikea has some solid wood models that are pretty decent. Just make sure you actually anchor things to the wall.
But yeah, most of my storage is secondhand. We find a lot of used dressers around goodwill and the ReStore here. And craigslist. The hardest part is transporting them!
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I wanted to blast out a group Thank You to all you kind people here! A few months ago I asked about baby stepping to more natural cleaning products. I mentioned how my husband was highly suspect of them and would still want something that looked like a traditional store product. He liked them so much he has now moved to almost 100% homemade, vinegar-based. We have one store-bought antibacterial but that’s it!!! This is HUGE because he was alllll about the most standard smelly chloroxy stuff. So thank you!!!
I know @ElleP and @katscratch (that vet stuff was like his gateway product) helped but I think others did too. TY!
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Can you repost the products you liked?
Awesome victory!!
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Sure! So these were the first things we bought:
I think there was one other thing but I can’t find it. THEN we swapped our swiffer with disposable pads for this, which works way better anyway:
And now we use homemade vinegar based cleaners for almost everything and this for the stuff that needs it, like bathrooms and dirty cat messes, etc:
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How effective is the Aunt Fannie’s glass spray?
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