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Sans Souci

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I know our area is also prone to fleas and since we're already springtime warm here and we're so densely forested, it makes it vital that we get this under control. I did another vacuum combing on her today and she came up clean, so that's positive. Our pest control company was just out here last week. If need be, I can have them come out and do a flea treatment on the yard, but I'm really hoping to have no indoor issues. The majority of their time is limited to areas with tile and wood flooring. The one rug in this area is getting vacuumed at least once a day. But I agree...just the mere idea that she could still have fleas is making me feel a bit crawly.

That's really smart to keep them on hard flooring. I let both of my dogs sleep in bed with me, so I was always washing my sheets in high temps and keeping my comforter sealed in plastic bags. :hilarious: I hope you have no more evidence of fleas. Make sure you're tipping out the vacuum bag after running the vacuum over it. These guys are hardy little creatures!
 

Sans Souci

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Funny, those videos you described almost sound like a time warp back to the 60s, for example, with the heavy makeup routine. I know nothing about their hiring guidelines, but what I can tell you as a passenger, is that the majority of flight attendants appear average (no beauty queens), and are pleasant. Being attractive in any profession may be helpful, but I think they really want to hire people who can interact with the public, in a professional manner that represents the airline.

But wait, there's more...

In training, American has "image consultants" that evaluate your image. They look you up and down and talk about the colors of your make up, if it's blended properly, how you're wearing your hair, and the state of your nails. This happens in front of everyone. This is has made people cry. I am guessing this is for the younger women and men who have never had a corporate job. This woman on you tube said this one "consultant" yelled at her in front of everyone, because she was wearing sheer black tights and you could still see a small tattoo she had on her foot.

But, yes, it does sound like a time warp back to the 60s. It sounds like going to etiquette school or something. :hilarious:
 

Sans Souci

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Good morning,

I wrapped up a 4 week lower body program today. It feels good to actually see a program to the end, I usually see something else I want to try and bail. There a part two lower body program and I am thinking of starting on Saturday.

I still haven't gotten an email from United for a video interview, but their website says email was sent. I am not going to worry about it, but I am going to take some time today to brush up my "elevator speech" and other potential interview questions.

It's going to be in the low 60s today, so I will definitely be out for a walk today. There are some spindly weeds that I never removed in the fall, so I am going to get those suckers out to make way for the daffodils starting to come up. 🌻
 

HouCuseChickie

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I flew United once, 20 years ago. Like you, we mostly fly American and Southwest. I prefer Southwest over American. The service is so much better.

I'll see how far I get with either of these airlines. Delta is only hiring foreign language speakers right now. I'm kind of having second thoughts. I watch a few Flight Attendant channels on You Tube and these people seem...vapid and obnoxious. They wear so much make up. Yes, I understand you need to look presentable, but when you are giving a drag queen a run for his money, you need to tone it down. Who wears fake eyelashes everyday? I don't. I never have and I never will. Then one You Tuber gave a demonstration on how to walk, pose and sit at a face to face interview. OMG. NO. She was strutting and then popping her hip out while putting a hand on her hip at the end of her strut. :hilarious: I would struggle to contain my laughter if I saw someone doing that. I hoping the majority of legacy flight attendants aren't like this. This is just a small fraction of them on YT--that's what I keep reminding myself.

We've had really good experiences with American. I also like them if I'm going someplace that requires a connection since it usually means that I'm connecting in Dallas (reduces the chances of us being stranded). My only big beef with Southwest is that I hate the boarding process.

Interesting that you mention the makeup. It always stands out to me when I see a FA with an excess of makeup. Tasteful makeup is fine, but I've seen so many woman who are completely inappropriate for this kind of professional environment. I try not to be too critical as there are times when I like to push the boundaries a bit, but if your face looks like you belong in a club...it doesn't belong in that kind of professional work environment. The strutting is insane! I can't say I've ever seen that on a flight, but the center aisle is not a runway. 🤣
 

HouCuseChickie

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That's really smart to keep them on hard flooring. I let both of my dogs sleep in bed with me, so I was always washing my sheets in high temps and keeping my comforter sealed in plastic bags. :hilarious: I hope you have no more evidence of fleas. Make sure you're tipping out the vacuum bag after running the vacuum over it. These guys are hardy little creatures!

Our last dog slept in bed with me in her final few years, but she had an old couch in our previous house that was her preferred spot for most of her life. She was a very naughty puppy and adolescent, so it was a while before even this was permitted. Let's just say that it's never a good thing to pull up into your driveway to see water streaming out of your home from your front door and garage. :eek: I learned a lot from her naughtiness! :hilarious: Both pups have been doing really well in their crates overnight, but they want to chew on EVERYTHING right now. So, it'll be some time before I trust them enough to allow it. I use a bagless vac, but thinking I should spray it down with the stuff we have around for the lice incidents. That stuff is supposed to be good for lice, bed bugs and fleas. The comb vac has a sealed baggy and the vacuum head and physical comb piece can be washed to ensure you're getting everything.
 

HouCuseChickie

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I got in a workout this morning, but I had a tough time rolling out of bed. This was my first day having to wake up normal workday early after the time change. I guess at least I had a few days to ease into it. Sun-Wed, I was up around 6:45am...but today was a 5am day. 😵 And just my luck, someone decided to set off a few fireworks just before my alarm went off.

I was so tired that the workout wasn't my strongest. I got in my biking and some walking, but decided to do some lower body work to change it up a bit...mainly some barre/ballet inspired work involving my legs, hips, and posterior 😝. Yesterday, I used the exercise ball like a weight bench to hit less frequently worked areas of my upper body. I also got in the climber yesterday. Those parts are sore, so was just trying to give that a break today. I ran the puppies around the yard a few times after I cleaned myself up (thankfully no clean up with them). The kids and hubby woke up to take over shortly after, so I've been hiding up in my office...minus one caffeine break where I got kid and puppy snuggles :)
 

Sans Souci

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Our last dog slept in bed with me in her final few years, but she had an old couch in our previous house that was her preferred spot for most of her life. She was a very naughty puppy and adolescent, so it was a while before even this was permitted. Let's just say that it's never a good thing to pull up into your driveway to see water streaming out of your home from your front door and garage. :eek: I learned a lot from her naughtiness! :hilarious: Both pups have been doing really well in their crates overnight, but they want to chew on EVERYTHING right now. So, it'll be some time before I trust them enough to allow it. I use a bagless vac, but thinking I should spray it down with the stuff we have around for the lice incidents. That stuff is supposed to be good for lice, bed bugs and fleas. The comb vac has a sealed baggy and the vacuum head and physical comb piece can be washed to ensure you're getting everything.

OMG, water streaming from your front door and garage? What did she do to cause that? WTH...
 

Sans Souci

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I got in a workout this morning, but I had a tough time rolling out of bed. This was my first day having to wake up normal workday early after the time change. I guess at least I had a few days to ease into it. Sun-Wed, I was up around 6:45am...but today was a 5am day. 😵 And just my luck, someone decided to set off a few fireworks just before my alarm went off.

I was so tired that the workout wasn't my strongest. I got in my biking and some walking, but decided to do some lower body work to change it up a bit...mainly some barre/ballet inspired work involving my legs, hips, and posterior 😝. Yesterday, I used the exercise ball like a weight bench to hit less frequently worked areas of my upper body. I also got in the climber yesterday. Those parts are sore, so was just trying to give that a break today. I ran the puppies around the yard a few times after I cleaned myself up (thankfully no clean up with them). The kids and hubby woke up to take over shortly after, so I've been hiding up in my office...minus one caffeine break where I got kid and puppy snuggles :)

I was struggling today, too. I have no reason, either. My husband said he is tired today, too. Perhaps it's still from the time change.

Someone set fireworks off? At 5 AM? What?

I wasn't feeling my workout, either. What? More burpees? Naw. I'm gonna do kettlebell swings, instead. :hilarious:
 

HouCuseChickie

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OMG, water streaming from your front door and garage? What did she do to cause that? WTH...

In her younger years, we used to confine her to the back hallway of our house. It was like one big dog run. We didn't think there was anything she could get to that was a real chew risk or a major danger. That hallway had a bathroom that we had been leaving open. It never occurred to us that the plumbing might contain anything appealing. She was around 6 mos old when this happened, so we'd also become pretty confident that it was a decent place to keep her when we were out. It was a very new house (just a little over a year) and like much of the new construction here, builders cut corners in the craziest places. In this case, they used some kind of plastic/silicone builder grade materials for some of the toilet's coupling to the water line. I guess she thought it looked like a better chew toy than her Kongs and Nylabones. Ultimately, she chewed it off the toilet. By the time I got home, it had flooded the majority of the first floor of the house and was coming out with so much force that it had also blown a hole in the bathroom wall. This wasn't her only destructive incident, but it was certainly the worst.
 

HouCuseChickie

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I was struggling today, too. I have no reason, either. My husband said he is tired today, too. Perhaps it's still from the time change.

Someone set fireworks off? At 5 AM? What?

I wasn't feeling my workout, either. What? More burpees? Naw. I'm gonna do kettlebell swings, instead. :hilarious:

I don't know how much truth there is to this, but I once read that it takes the average person 3 weeks to fully adjust to a time change. It mentioned something about the liver taking the longest of the organs to transition.

They are only legal here for New Year's and 4th of July, but people stockpile them and will set them off at random times of the year. I'm sure some bored kids on spring break decided it might be fun...while the rest of us would like to hunt hem down and smack some sense into them!

I hate burpees! I don't even think it's the exertion aspect. I just feel loud and awkward when I do them.
 

Sans Souci

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In her younger years, we used to confine her to the back hallway of our house. It was like one big dog run. We didn't think there was anything she could get to that was a real chew risk or a major danger. That hallway had a bathroom that we had been leaving open. It never occurred to us that the plumbing might contain anything appealing. She was around 6 mos old when this happened, so we'd also become pretty confident that it was a decent place to keep her when we were out. It was a very new house (just a little over a year) and like much of the new construction here, builders cut corners in the craziest places. In this case, they used some kind of plastic/silicone builder grade materials for some of the toilet's coupling to the water line. I guess she thought it looked like a better chew toy than her Kongs and Nylabones. Ultimately, she chewed it off the toilet. By the time I got home, it had flooded the majority of the first floor of the house and was coming out with so much force that it had also blown a hole in the bathroom wall. This wasn't her only destructive incident, but it was certainly the worst.

WOW. I'm stunned. It never would occurred to me that thinking leaving the bathroom door open could cause such destruction. When I think of dogs being destructive, I think of them chewing new leather shoes, maybe scratching a door too hard and leaving scratches--but flooding the first floor of a new house? Never. That is insane. I think I would have cried.
 

Sans Souci

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I hate burpees! I don't even think it's the exertion aspect. I just feel loud and awkward when I do them.

They are cancelled. I noticed they started showing up in DVDs about 10 years ago--here and there. Then everyone and her sister started including them. They weren't just interspersed here and there, instructors became reliant on them as a drill and starting getting "creative" with them by adding little moves. I'm done. They're boring, too. I just do kettlebell swings when they show up.
 

Sans Souci

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Good morning. ☀

Since the weather is warm, I did a "Spring Ayurveda" yoga class. It had some breathing exercises in it, too. It wasn't the most vigorous class, but I am still dragging. I took this class as an opportunity to set my intention for the Spring season. :)

It's going to be 68 here and my husband is off, so we'll get out for a walk today. It is supposed to rain, but hopefully, we can get out in between showers.

Still haven't gotten an email from United even though my status at their website says "video interview invitation sent." There's nothing in my spam folder, either. It is out of my control, so I am not worrying about it. I just find it odd.
 

HouCuseChickie

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WOW. I'm stunned. It never would occurred to me that thinking leaving the bathroom door open could cause such destruction. When I think of dogs being destructive, I think of them chewing new leather shoes, maybe scratching a door too hard and leaving scratches--but flooding the first floor of a new house? Never. That is insane. I think I would have cried.

She did scratch up the front door and gnawed a bit on the coffee table, but the majority of her destructiveness was like she was trying to outdo all of the other dogs. :rolleyes: She shorted out one of the two a/c units because the insulation and wiring looked tasty, we had to replace a considerable amount of interior and exterior molding that she thought were great chew toys, and she decided the original shrubbery in the back yard needed to come out. That last one wasn't so bad, since I already had plans to dig it up and put in some hibiscus. Still, the flooding incident was her very worst and I eventually did cry...but after I went into action mode and could do no more.

My older daughter was nearly a year old when the flooding incident occurred. She was a little chunk of a baby 🤣 and hadn't started crawling, so I plopped her into her baby swing with a bottle. The dog had hurdled the gate to the back hallway and was "hiding" in a dry corner of the house. I put her outside..since the a/c units were now closed off with temporary fencing, she had done all she was going to do (at her current size/height) to the back door frame, and it was August...so we were waiting on the cooler planting season to update the shrubbery. I got out my wet/dry vac and started vacuuming up all of the water. I focused on the hardwood floors first and then moved on to the tile. The master was the only bedroom downstairs and the only room with carpet impacted by it. That area didn't flood as badly, but I got towels in there to start soaking up as much as I could. Thankfully, fresh water from plumbing isn't as destructive as external flood waters. We did have to bring in a company to professionally assess it and dry everything out, but my quick action saved all of the flooring and the drywall. Much of the molding had to be ripped off to properly dry things out and carpet padding had to come out, but that's better than replacing all of that flooring. To further complicate the situation, the baby decided to start crawling in all of this...when the house is full of massive industrial fans and exposed nails from the molding being ripped off. Fun times!
 

HouCuseChickie

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They are cancelled. I noticed they started showing up in DVDs about 10 years ago--here and there. Then everyone and her sister started including them. They weren't just interspersed here and there, instructors became reliant on them as a drill and starting getting "creative" with them by adding little moves. I'm done. They're boring, too. I just do kettlebell swings when they show up.

I went through a phase (probably about 10 years ago 🤣) where I was trying to do them regularly. I know some of my fitness fanatic friends swear by them, but aside from feeling odd doing them...I don't think they really helped. They felt like they should, but things like simple jumping jacks, squats and holding a good plank seemed to do more for me. A number of kettlebell moves also work a lot of the body, so you may be doing more for yourself with those anyway. Swings alone cover a number of muscles.
 

HouCuseChickie

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It was another so/so workout today. I'm just ridiculously exhausted. The scale also shows me back at my plateau weight, but I know my clothes are fitting much better and I can see problem areas toning more and shrinking. I also know I'm getting stronger in areas where I've previously struggled. Case in point, I held a plank this morning for more than twice as long as my norm and instead of feeling shaky, I felt strong. So, good things are still happening. Still, I think I've been treating myself a bit too much with the allergy friendly chocolate and dates. So, I'm going to try cutting those out for a bit. Still going to keep my figs and pineapple, since those have other benefits. I'm not a huge dessert person, so it's not a major sacrifice. I also need to figure out Cookie's harness because I'd like to get her out walking a bit more (weekend goal). She's got so much energy and may force me into more of a jog at times, but her speed in learning and eagerness to please has me confident that she can quickly pick up on how to be a good walking partner. I mean, I've had puppies learn quickly, but she went from nothing on Tuesday to consistently hitting sit, stay, come, down, lie down, and a handful of play related commands with the ball by last night. If I can get the harness on her tonight, I think I'm going to give the traditional workout a break and just go for a walk tomorrow. We're only going up to 59 today, expected high of 58 tomorrow and 64 on Sunday...so it's a good cool weekend to try this.
 

HouCuseChickie

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Good morning. ☀

Since the weather is warm, I did a "Spring Ayurveda" yoga class. It had some breathing exercises in it, too. It wasn't the most vigorous class, but I am still dragging. I took this class as an opportunity to set my intention for the Spring season. :)

It's going to be 68 here and my husband is off, so we'll get out for a walk today. It is supposed to rain, but hopefully, we can get out in between showers.

Still haven't gotten an email from United even though my status at their website says "video interview invitation sent." There's nothing in my spam folder, either. It is out of my control, so I am not worrying about it. I just find it odd.

Wow! You guys are going to be warmer than us.

I guess you could always to reach out to United to see if they could generate another. Sometimes, I think these things are tests within the process. i.e. do you want it badly enough to reach out about the video invite not coming through?
 

Sans Souci

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She did scratch up the front door and gnawed a bit on the coffee table, but the majority of her destructiveness was like she was trying to outdo all of the other dogs. :rolleyes: She shorted out one of the two a/c units because the insulation and wiring looked tasty, we had to replace a considerable amount of interior and exterior molding that she thought were great chew toys, and she decided the original shrubbery in the back yard needed to come out. That last one wasn't so bad, since I already had plans to dig it up and put in some hibiscus. Still, the flooding incident was her very worst and I eventually did cry...but after I went into action mode and could do no more.

My older daughter was nearly a year old when the flooding incident occurred. She was a little chunk of a baby 🤣 and hadn't started crawling, so I plopped her into her baby swing with a bottle. The dog had hurdled the gate to the back hallway and was "hiding" in a dry corner of the house. I put her outside..since the a/c units were now closed off with temporary fencing, she had done all she was going to do (at her current size/height) to the back door frame, and it was August...so we were waiting on the cooler planting season to update the shrubbery. I got out my wet/dry vac and started vacuuming up all of the water. I focused on the hardwood floors first and then moved on to the tile. The master was the only bedroom downstairs and the only room with carpet impacted by it. That area didn't flood as badly, but I got towels in there to start soaking up as much as I could. Thankfully, fresh water from plumbing isn't as destructive as external flood waters. We did have to bring in a company to professionally assess it and dry everything out, but my quick action saved all of the flooring and the drywall. Much of the molding had to be ripped off to properly dry things out and carpet padding had to come out, but that's better than replacing all of that flooring. To further complicate the situation, the baby decided to start crawling in all of this...when the house is full of massive industrial fans and exposed nails from the molding being ripped off. Fun times!

Did you have to go through your homeowner's insurance to fix your house? I can't imagine getting a phone call from a client saying their dog flooded the first floor of their house. I'd have to check my calendar to see it was April 1st.

It could be featured on one of those Farmer's Insurance commercials. They could call it "Doggy Deluge."
 

Sans Souci

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Still, I think I've been treating myself a bit too much with the allergy friendly chocolate and dates.

Dates have been my downfall lately. I have been eating way too many of them. I bought this two pound bag of Deglet Noor dates at Costco and they are so delicious. It is too easy to just grab a handful of them. I love them, but when this bag is gone it's not going to be replaced so quickly. :hilarious:
 

HouCuseChickie

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Did you have to go through your homeowner's insurance to fix your house? I can't imagine getting a phone call from a client saying their dog flooded the first floor of their house. I'd have to check my calendar to see it was April 1st.

It could be featured on one of those Farmer's Insurance commercials. They could call it "Doggy Deluge."

We did not. We have a fairly high deductible and the cost for everything came in right around the deductible amount. I think there may even be a Farmer's commercial where he casually mentions something about a dog flooding the house. Still, I'm sure the agent would have had a great story for the rest of his life had we gone that route. I know I have one from work that is stuck in my memory.

I used to handle matters with lost/destroyed share certificates for our firm. I had a client whose Boston Terrier puppy liked to attack everything that came through their mail slot. He wound up shredding and ingesting some of the share certificate they requested. I asked him to send me the shredded pieces, but to skip anything that actually made it into the dog's stomach.
 

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