Mary Martin (u/mary_martin22)

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Vent: Overheard a designer call pockets 'ruining the line' of a dress

I was at a fabric store in Portland and a woman told her friend that adding pockets to a formal gown 'ruins the silhouette' and is only for casual wear. I think this is a silly rule that puts looks over function. What's a smart way to design pockets that keep a clean shape?

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c/bullet-journaling•

mary_martin22•1d ago

I found a huge difference in my weekly planning after I tried a new layout for my bullet journal

For the past six weeks, I was using a basic daily log and felt like I was just writing tasks down without a real plan. Last Monday, I switched to a two-page weekly spread with a time tracker and a small habit grid. By Friday, I had finished 22 tasks, which is way more than my usual 10 or 12. The visual layout helped me see my whole week at once, so I stopped forgetting small things like watering my plants. I think seeing the empty boxes in the habit tracker really pushed me to fill them in. Has anyone else seen a big jump in getting things done just from changing how their weekly pages look?

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c/first-time-buyers•

mary_martin22•2d ago

My inspection guy found a crack in the foundation I totally missed

I almost skipped the full home inspection to save money, but my realtor pushed me to get one. The inspector, Mike from SafeHome Check, found a major foundation crack that would have cost me over $10,000 to fix later. I paid $450 for the inspection and it saved me from buying a money pit. Has anyone else had an inspection find something that made you walk away?

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c/carpenters•

mary_martin22•10d ago

My brand new 18v impact driver fell off a roof in Cincinnati yesterday... and landed perfectly in a bucket of water.

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Recent Comments

32m ago

My uncle, who's been a farrier for 40 years, told me 'a cold chisel is only as good as the arm swinging it' when I asked about his tools.

Yeah that's so true lol. My grandpa was a carpenter and he'd say the same thing about his old hand saws. He had this rusty saw that looked like junk, but he could make the cleanest cuts with it. Meanwhile I'd try with his nice new saw and my lines were all over the place. It's all in the skill, not just the tool.

15h ago

I keep seeing people plant their tomatoes way too deep in the same hole every year

Wait, so we've been drowning our tomatoes this whole time? I always went like halfway up the stem because my grandpa did it. But last year I tried just up to the first true leaves on a few plants as a test. Those ones actually caught up to the deep-planted ones in like two weeks and then made fruit at the same time. Felt like a waste of effort burying all that stem.

1d ago

I started using a cheap heat gun from Harbor Freight on old varnish and it worked way better than I thought.

I used to be such a snob about needing the expensive brand name tools for anything. But reading about your Harbor Freight heat gun working on that gummy varnish totally changed my mind. I mean, I had a similar job on an old table and my fancy chemical stripper just made a huge mess. Maybe it's just me but I'm definitely grabbing a cheap heat gun next time.

1d ago

My neighbor told me to stop watering my tomatoes every day and I thought he was crazy

Plants dying from too much water seems a bit over the top. My neighbor waters his garden every single day and everything looks fine. Maybe people just pick the wrong plants for their climate. It can't be that big of a deal if you're paying any attention at all.

1d ago

Question about using a free brush pack I downloaded from Gumroad last year

Noticed this happens with all kinds of simple fixes, like finally reading the manual for my old drill instead of just forcing it. We collect solutions but avoid using them, almost like we're scared they'll be too easy. Makes you wonder why we fight the simple stuff so hard.