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Post by dee27 on Dec 26, 2017 17:32:03 GMT -5
Compared to 2016 and like Zib, having to learn to be a widow, 2017 wasn't too bad. I've joined a church I like, have a volunteer job I love, have no bills, no debt, no mortgage and my financial life is stable and quite good. It does get terribly lonely at times but over all that's getting better too. I'm hoping 2018 is as smooth a ride as 2017. Good for you! DD mentioned on her Christmas card, her door is always open. She knows I feel melancholy this time of year since our kids live far apart, but you would think she would remember I do not go anywhere without a specific invite. The other holidays are less important to me, but Christmas Eve was almost always at our house. In her defense, she did ask us to visit in October, but we could not mesh our schedules.
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Post by ZaireinHD on Dec 27, 2017 0:40:14 GMT -5
Lets start with the bad and end on a good note! The BAD of 2017 > December - decided to cut my younger brother out of my life for pulling out his blade after an argument we had + blocked my parents for not doing a dam thing to side with me when my brother actually pulled out his blade! > September - had my second Heart Failure in theory because I stopped taking my medications. > June - my 5 medications refill cost went outrageous to $710 at the pharmacy counter! I said fuck that! and stopped taking them The GOOD of 2017 > December - cut out duplicate services and memberships and switched auto insurance causing a total savings of approximately $2k for 2018 budget! > October - found out a prescription program through my job I should have been using. went from $710 paying at the pharmacy to using the job medication for the same medication now costs me under $60!! > April - a $19k credit card bill that took 4 years to pay off got paid off
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Post by Miss Tequila on Dec 27, 2017 12:31:27 GMT -5
I'm so sorry kittensaver. I got married in July 2017. I got two honeymoons. That's the good stuff. 2017 started off horribly with two of my cousins being murdered. We are still waiting on the trial. So aside from my wedding which was fabulous, I hope 2018 is way better for my family. We need a break. OMG...I did not know this. I am so truly sorry. I just can't even imagine
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Post by Miss Tequila on Dec 27, 2017 12:47:42 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for everyone that has had a really bad 2017, especially those dealing with cancer, death and murders
2017 was a pretty good year, both financially and personally.
*big raise kicked in (remember I quit in December of 2016 and then got a $25k raise that they were supposedly planning to give me) *bought two more investment properties * like everyone else, I benefited from the stock market being on fire * After 2 years of dating, BF and I (and my children) are now living together. He is absolutely wonderful and makes me so happy. And more importantly, he adores my children and they him (as much as teenagers can adore anyone * 2018 - I was just told that I am being offered my boss' job. No idea on the salary at this point. It isn't official as the signed approvals haven't come back yet so they won't talk salary with me. I need to figure out if I want it or not. My boss makes quite a bit more than me but I honestly don't need more money at this point. I just want to not hate coming to work everyday. Other than that, I'm just trying to enjoy life.
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Post by swamp on Dec 27, 2017 13:10:27 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for everyone that has had a really bad 2017, especially those dealing with cancer, death and murders
2017 was a pretty good year, both financially and personally.
*big raise kicked in (remember I quit in December of 2016 and then got a $25k raise that they were supposedly planning to give me) *bought two more investment properties * like everyone else, I benefited from the stock market being on fire * After 2 years of dating, BF and I (and my children) are now living together. He is absolutely wonderful and makes me so happy. And more importantly, he adores my children and they him (as much as teenagers can adore anyone * 2018 - I was just told that I am being offered my boss' job. No idea on the salary at this point. It isn't official as the signed approvals haven't come back yet so they won't talk salary with me. I need to figure out if I want it or not. My boss makes quite a bit more than me but I honestly don't need more money at this point. I just want to not hate coming to work everyday. Other than that, I'm just trying to enjoy life.
This is YM, you better be charging him rent!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Dec 27, 2017 13:26:59 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for everyone that has had a really bad 2017, especially those dealing with cancer, death and murders
2017 was a pretty good year, both financially and personally.
*big raise kicked in (remember I quit in December of 2016 and then got a $25k raise that they were supposedly planning to give me) *bought two more investment properties * like everyone else, I benefited from the stock market being on fire * After 2 years of dating, BF and I (and my children) are now living together. He is absolutely wonderful and makes me so happy. And more importantly, he adores my children and they him (as much as teenagers can adore anyone * 2018 - I was just told that I am being offered my boss' job. No idea on the salary at this point. It isn't official as the signed approvals haven't come back yet so they won't talk salary with me. I need to figure out if I want it or not. My boss makes quite a bit more than me but I honestly don't need more money at this point. I just want to not hate coming to work everyday. Other than that, I'm just trying to enjoy life.
This is YM, you better be charging him rent! And investing it!!
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Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Dec 27, 2017 13:32:53 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for everyone that has had a really bad 2017, especially those dealing with cancer, death and murders
2017 was a pretty good year, both financially and personally.
*big raise kicked in (remember I quit in December of 2016 and then got a $25k raise that they were supposedly planning to give me) *bought two more investment properties * like everyone else, I benefited from the stock market being on fire * After 2 years of dating, BF and I (and my children) are now living together. He is absolutely wonderful and makes me so happy. And more importantly, he adores my children and they him (as much as teenagers can adore anyone * 2018 - I was just told that I am being offered my boss' job. No idea on the salary at this point. It isn't official as the signed approvals haven't come back yet so they won't talk salary with me. I need to figure out if I want it or not. My boss makes quite a bit more than me but I honestly don't need more money at this point. I just want to not hate coming to work everyday. Other than that, I'm just trying to enjoy life.
This is YM, you better be charging him rent! lol! Let's say our arrangement is equitable. but no, I don't have him write me a check each month!lol
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swamp
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Post by swamp on Dec 27, 2017 14:52:12 GMT -5
This is YM, you better be charging him rent! lol! Let's say our arrangement is equitable. but no, I don't have him write me a check each month!lol Men are such parasites!
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 27, 2017 15:04:39 GMT -5
I don't feel like I have too much to report for 2017. We're still employed, the kids are doing well, our parents didn't have any major medical concerns and dh had the mildest year medical wise he has that I can remember.
My last grandparent passed away. There was a lot of baggage there, but I loved her and am very sad to have that last connection gone. The realization that my parents are not young has been tough.
I started back on my degree in November of 2016 and have completed another 18 credits this year, so I should have 51 done. Too many to go, but that's okay too.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Dec 27, 2017 15:25:04 GMT -5
I don't feel like I have too much to report for 2017. We're still employed, the kids are doing well, our parents didn't have any major medical concerns and dh had the mildest year medical wise he has that I can remember. My last grandparent passed away. There was a lot of baggage there, but I loved her and am very sad to have that last connection gone. The realization that my parents are not young has been tough. I started back on my degree in November of 2016 and have completed another 18 credits this year, so I should have 51 done. Too many to go, but that's okay too. The realization that I am now my parents and they are the grandparents hit me recently. My mom is 69 and my dad is 72. We aren't super close but it still makes me sad to not have them around.
Congrats on the progress on the degree!
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 27, 2017 16:35:24 GMT -5
I don't feel like I have too much to report for 2017. We're still employed, the kids are doing well, our parents didn't have any major medical concerns and dh had the mildest year medical wise he has that I can remember. My last grandparent passed away. There was a lot of baggage there, but I loved her and am very sad to have that last connection gone. The realization that my parents are not young has been tough. I started back on my degree in November of 2016 and have completed another 18 credits this year, so I should have 51 done. Too many to go, but that's okay too. The realization that I am now my parents and they are the grandparents hit me recently. My mom is 69 and my dad is 72. We aren't super close but it still makes me sad to not have them around.
Congrats on the progress on the degree!
Thank you!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 27, 2017 16:44:15 GMT -5
2017 wasn't great but it certainly could have been worse. We're in that in-between stage after a major life event where we're not buried up to our necks but we're not quite out of the hole. We've both been employed all year so that's better than 2015 and 2016.
Had a health scare concerning DH that has made me reevaluate some things in our lives.
I completed two courses I missed out on when I originally obtained my bachelor's. I am now in a better position to switch careers with that gap bridged.
We lost both our dogs within a month of each other. Midnight passed away in her sleep and we lost Sabah to cancer.
Two months later we saw a 3 year old black lab up for adoption at the shelter. We now have a Charlotte living in our house. She's an awesome dog, very mellow for a lab.
DH got a Christmas bonus which went straight into savings which means we're no longer paycheck to paycheck.
2018 is looking a lot better. After the health scare mentioned above I've reevaluated and decided life is too short to put off some things forever. We're going to work towards going on vacation with my parents to Colorado and I made another appointment with the orthodontist (I forgot about the first one) to see what it would cost to fix my teeth. We also need to start working out an exit strategy for me in case my job goes *poof*, I never want to be caught unaware again.
Hopefully 2018 will see us start to get ahead.
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Post by Bonny on Dec 28, 2017 20:05:30 GMT -5
I was going to report that my year was blessedly boring with no major health issues and fairly low parent drama.
But it was actually better than that with the sale of the condo to dear friends and a $300k profit which is being spread out over 3 years to even out the tax hit. Eliminating the stress of dealing with that property has been wonderful.
Made three new backbacking hiking buddies this year.
2018 is looking good so far with five trips already planned.
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Post by Bunnysmom on Dec 30, 2017 0:05:02 GMT -5
We lost both our dogs within a month of each other. Midnight passed away in her sleep and we lost Sabah to cancer. This made me cry Bunnysmom/stl here... I lost one of my dogs very unexpectedly on may 8. It was so unexpected, i wasnt even with her when she passed at home. It was such a major heartbreak for me. I had to take a whole week off work. We also experienced Harvey this year. We were homeless for about 8 days because our neighborhood was pretty much a lake. The only way to get in/out was by a boat. Luckily our home was one of very few that did not get water inside, escaped by a few inches.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 31, 2017 12:18:55 GMT -5
The money suck of this new house is almost over. I hope. Still need a new stackable washer and dryer to put in kitchen freeing up garage for car at last. Then a smaller refrigerator so it’ll fit in small kitchen space not hang out into kitchen. Kids all showed up for the holidays which was expensive but who knows if that’ll ever happen again. DD passed her PA exam on first try! DS got everyone sick and I’m just starting to recover. Still no energy. Do anything, need a nap. But it’s been an eventful year. Nothing bad thankfully. It’s not as painful being without DH, just lonely.
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