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Post by weltz on Sept 25, 2024 18:19:46 GMT -5
Having read NomoreDramaQ1015 's posts on the Aging Parent thread over the past few days, I hope everyone will read them too and heed the warnings about what can happen if plans aren't in place for aging and disability. Whether you are the one aging or the one dealing with the aged, failure to plan is indeed a plan to fail. I know many of you have spoken of your plans for creating updated estate documents such as wills, POA's, advanced directives and even trusts, as well as having conversations with your parents about taking these steps. Some posters even started their estate planning but haven't found the time to fully fund their trust, leaving $$$ outside of that asset protection. I know estate planning takes time and money and perhaps difficult conversations too, but there truly is no time like the present as tomorrow is not promised. I don't think anyone ever woke up in the morning and thought, "Gosh, how can I create time-consuming, psychologically devastating, and financially ruinous chaos for my family today?" But, as Drama's words tell us, that's exactly what can happen without plans in place. Okay, off my soapbox now. Amen to that over and over. We did it after DH's first stroke and then he had his second one shortly after. We do not have kids, we do have a lot of stuff and investments, so we absolutely had to get this done. Also wanted to leave two people out of benefiting (his sister and one of my brothers) for a variety of reasons. You don't have a say if you don't say it in writing. I made my will years ago. Everything goes to Simon. No investments, no property, nothing.
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Post by bookkeeper on Sept 25, 2024 18:46:06 GMT -5
Grain markets are unpredictable. That being said, I have had my best success selling grain in January. My brother has also hit the high of the market in January. So pay attention to cash grain prices after the first of the year.
If I had grain worth tens of thousands of dollars, I would investigate gifting said grain to my children, or a charity you currently support. Your accountant can direct you further, you should be able to gift $18,000 worth of grain to the individual of your choice without much paperwork. The recipient sells the grain and takes the check to the bank.
I would talk to the accountant or CFO at the Coop you are marketing your grain. Lots of farmers gift grain to their families or their churches.
You can be a crazy farmer and give away all your profit!
If you keep your profit, you will pay income tax on the 20K profit as ordinary income. If you are actively farming (on shares) you can deduct vehicles and expenses related to your property.
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Post by weltz on Sept 25, 2024 18:55:46 GMT -5
Grain markets are unpredictable. That being said, I have had my best success selling grain in January. My brother has also hit the high of the market in January. So pay attention to cash grain prices after the first of the year. If I had grain worth tens of thousands of dollars, I would investigate gifting said grain to my children, or a charity you currently support. Your accountant can direct you further, you should be able to gift $18,000 worth of grain to the individual of your choice without much paperwork. The recipient sells the grain and takes the check to the bank. I would talk to the accountant or CFO at the Coop you are marketing your grain. Lots of farmers gift grain to their families or their churches. You can be a crazy farmer and give away all your profit! If you keep your profit, you will pay income tax on the 20K profit as ordinary income. If you are actively farming (on shares) you can deduct vehicles and expenses related to your property. Who do you sell it to?
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Sept 25, 2024 19:00:57 GMT -5
Sooooo, Mister did not put his Accord in the garage when he got home with it today lol.
My car is also in the driveway, but it is in the one “extra” spot in the driveway. His Accord is the car that’s in the way of everything else.
I plan to drive my car again tomorrow, so it really doesn’t matter today. But it’s supposed to rain Friday and Saturday, and I prefer driving the Jeep in the rain. I am feeling ornery enough that I will just drive the Jeep through the grass on the other side of the driveway to get out to go to work if he doesn’t put his car in the garage.
If he gets some of the shit out of the way in the garage, I will stop being ornery and put my car back in the garage, even though it will still be tight.
In my defense, I guess the last straw was that last week he had some kind of air compressor delivered that he bought, for what reason I do not know. It can be used to out air in tires like what they use in tire shops, and do something or another with air powered tools, that he says he has, but I’ve never seen him use. He says I’ve never seen him use them because he didn’t have an air compressor, but it’s a lot of shit all over everywhere that I’ve never seen him use, that only require electricity, skill and/or muscle. This thing is big enough to be on wheels, and he parked it on the side of the garage where I park my car, so one more thing in the way that I have to try to avoid running over. Mind you, there is another part of it, that contains the hose, that he has yet to figure out where to mount to a wall or the ceiling in the garage, to be able to actually use it.
I guess I am just fed up with him and all his crap that he has everywhere that he doesn’t even use, and he is still adding to it.
When I was typing the last paragraph, he came stomping outside to move his car. At first he was pulling it in, and when he’d maneuvered halfway in, I yelled “how are you gonna get out the car”. There’s a reason I back my car in lol. So he backed out of the garage and drove in the grass to turn around so he didn’t have to go all the way back out of the driveway (so now I guess I can drive in the grass in the Jeep too, even though I know he hates it when people drive in our grass lol.), then backed into the garage. I had to tell him when he was in far enough for the door to go down without hitting his bumper, because getting in far enough for the door to go down is a balance between not being in so far that the back bumper hits the concrete steps going into the house, and there is less than a foot of room to spare on either end. And he didn’t concern himself with leaving room between the cars to walk through, so he could barely open the door to get out of the car.
I know I am being petty or whatever for being amused at how annoyed he was. But I am annoyed by all the shit in the garage, so maybe if it’s in his way too, instead of just mine, he’ll finally do something about it. Honestly, I think he will just adapt, but at least I will have proven the point that it makes things even more difficult, when I decide to fight about it again.
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Post by bookkeeper on Sept 25, 2024 19:09:36 GMT -5
Grain markets are unpredictable. That being said, I have had my best success selling grain in January. My brother has also hit the high of the market in January. So pay attention to cash grain prices after the first of the year. If I had grain worth tens of thousands of dollars, I would investigate gifting said grain to my children, or a charity you currently support. Your accountant can direct you further, you should be able to gift $18,000 worth of grain to the individual of your choice without much paperwork. The recipient sells the grain and takes the check to the bank. I would talk to the accountant or CFO at the Coop you are marketing your grain. Lots of farmers gift grain to their families or their churches. You can be a crazy farmer and give away all your profit! If you keep your profit, you will pay income tax on the 20K profit as ordinary income. If you are actively farming (on shares) you can deduct vehicles and expenses related to your property. Who do you sell it to? When you own grain, it can be stored at a grain elevator or in private storage. When you sell grain, it is to a licensed grain marketer who in turn will sell it to be consumed in the U.S. by people or livestock or exported to the world market. Kind of like selling aluminum cans at the recycle. Market price for the commodity. You can give the commodity to whoever you want to sell. That person can cash in the cans.
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Post by soupandstew on Sept 25, 2024 19:13:48 GMT -5
Sooooo, Mister did not put his Accord in the garage when he got home with it today lol. My car is also in the driveway, but it is in the one “extra” spot in the driveway. His Accord is the car that’s in the way of everything else. I plan to drive my car again tomorrow, so it really doesn’t matter today. But it’s supposed to rain Friday and Saturday, and I prefer driving the Jeep in the rain. I am feeling ornery enough that I will just drive the Jeep through the grass on the other side of the driveway to get out to go to work if he doesn’t put his car in the garage. If he gets some of the shit out of the way in the garage, I will stop being ornery and put my car back in the garage, even though it will still be tight. In my defense, I guess the last straw was that last week he had some kind of air compressor delivered that he bought, for what reason I do not know. It can be used to out air in tires like what they use in tire shops, and do something or another with air powered tools, that he says he has, but I’ve never seen him use. He says I’ve never seen him use them because he didn’t have an air compressor, but it’s a lot of shit all over everywhere that I’ve never seen him use, that only require electricity, skill and/or muscle. This thing is big enough to be on wheels, and he parked it on the side of the garage where I park my car, so one more thing in the way that I have to try to avoid running over. Mind you, there is another part of it, that contains the hose, that he has yet to figure out where to mount to a wall or the ceiling in the garage, to be able to actually use it. I guess I am just fed up with him and all his crap that he has everywhere that he doesn’t even use, and he is still adding to it. When I was typing the last paragraph, he came stomping outside to move his car. At first he was pulling it in, and when he’d maneuvered halfway in, I yelled “how are you gonna get out the car”. There’s a reason I back my car in lol. So he backed out of the garage and drove in the grass to turn around so he didn’t have to go all the way back out of the driveway (so now I guess I can drive in the grass in the Jeep too, even though I know he hates it when people drive in our grass lol.), then backed into the garage. I had to tell him when he was in far enough for the door to go down without hitting his bumper, because getting in far enough for the door to go down is a balance between not being in so far that the back bumper hits the concrete steps going into the house, and there is less than a foot of room to spare on either end. And he didn’t concern himself with leaving room between the cars to walk through, so he could barely open the door to get out of the car. I know I am being petty or whatever for being amused at how annoyed he was. But I am annoyed by all the shit in the garage, so maybe if it’s in his way too, instead of just mine, he’ll finally do something about it. Honestly, I think he will just adapt, but at least I will have proven the point that it makes things even more difficult, when I decide to fight about it again. I'm calling BS on that air compressor b/c we have a donut/pancake compressor that airs up all our vehicle and bike tires, and powers nail guns, pneumatic hammers, and any other tools you can imagine. It looks like this www.amazon.com/CRAFTSMAN-CMEC6150K-Gallon-Air-Compressor/dp/B07KHHDJGD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2AAMFBKEP9DDK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.M32XY0Z43EnbtTqvCtBMqCAMd1rqysrM2jTLLDUs-coBL_FGpX9wfjzzc3mp_3-0xDfSncKyqyZm8uDHP_50QPsSUF8trOhY44FTrz4ldL4oo9eWxgIKdf_4_WfcRqIrr5rQXXwXkf0Jlu73txbH_BrGybOZJtZNXzUGqGmW6D2D80KjenJTomNL4WAp25I2ICUFKRe_CLyMdCMnMRVTe9SsLWynrHmE42CNHYY89bM.IDpRZZAcUyaKv4ssPcfIuFgL51RrpumziQIvW1gepq0&dib_tag=se&keywords=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor&qid=1727309525&sprefix=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-3&th=1. DH spent $30 on a little square wooden dolly that makes it easier to scoot around the garage as needed.
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Post by soupandstew on Sept 25, 2024 19:18:03 GMT -5
NancysSummerSip and anyone else with family and friends in harm's way of Helene. I'm sending good vibes for all in the path of the storm. It has a very large wind field and many will be impacted.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Sept 25, 2024 19:42:16 GMT -5
And since I am already whining and bitching, here is something else that even I realize is silly to be uoset about, but I am irritated about, regardless.
I have started back making sweet tea ever so often. I do not drink the kind of stuff Mister and his children drink, so whatever he buys for them, I don’t touch. I don’t drink a lot of soda, but for years, I’ve liked to keep Cokes and Sprites in the house for the random times I might want one. I stopped buying them after I moved here, because if they were in the house, they got consumed asap. Same thing with apple juice that I use to buy to make smoothies with. Even if I bought 2, it was all gone within a couple of days.
So last night I made some sweet tea. Last weekend, supposedly Kiddo drank up all the tea I’d made. Kiddo wasn’t here last night or today, but when I got home today, all the tea was gone. Everybody complains that my tea is too strong and too sweet, but I feel like I can make it how I like it, since I don’t drink up everybody else’s stuff. So if Kiddo wasn’t here, and nobody else wants anything to do with whatever I cook or prepare….. and Mister and I weren’t home today….. how the fuck did the tea I made last night, that is always supposedly too strong and too sweet, disappear?!
It's beyond minor and bs in the grand scheme of things, but if it still irks me. Besides water, the only beverages I drink at home are water, the ingredients for the occasional adult beverages I have, and sweet tea when I make it. YD came and asked me some months ago what happened to her 2 liter soda that she had in the refrigerator, because it was HERS I guess, and it would’ve been a problem if I’d drank it. It was a Mellow Yello or something…. something I don’t even drink. And when I went and looked in the refrigerator, it was in the door on the refrigerator, she’d just overlooked it, and I told her where it was.
So everybody can have their shit that nobody is supposed to touch, but my shit is free game. And to be clear, I really don’t care if people drink some of my sodas or the tea I make, my irritation comes from me not getting to enjoy any of what I buy or make, if I don’t hurry up and guzzle it down myself. Does that make sense to anybody besides me? Am I the asshole?
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Sept 25, 2024 19:52:12 GMT -5
Sooooo, Mister did not put his Accord in the garage when he got home with it today lol. My car is also in the driveway, but it is in the one “extra” spot in the driveway. His Accord is the car that’s in the way of everything else. I plan to drive my car again tomorrow, so it really doesn’t matter today. But it’s supposed to rain Friday and Saturday, and I prefer driving the Jeep in the rain. I am feeling ornery enough that I will just drive the Jeep through the grass on the other side of the driveway to get out to go to work if he doesn’t put his car in the garage. If he gets some of the shit out of the way in the garage, I will stop being ornery and put my car back in the garage, even though it will still be tight. In my defense, I guess the last straw was that last week he had some kind of air compressor delivered that he bought, for what reason I do not know. It can be used to out air in tires like what they use in tire shops, and do something or another with air powered tools, that he says he has, but I’ve never seen him use. He says I’ve never seen him use them because he didn’t have an air compressor, but it’s a lot of shit all over everywhere that I’ve never seen him use, that only require electricity, skill and/or muscle. This thing is big enough to be on wheels, and he parked it on the side of the garage where I park my car, so one more thing in the way that I have to try to avoid running over. Mind you, there is another part of it, that contains the hose, that he has yet to figure out where to mount to a wall or the ceiling in the garage, to be able to actually use it. I guess I am just fed up with him and all his crap that he has everywhere that he doesn’t even use, and he is still adding to it. When I was typing the last paragraph, he came stomping outside to move his car. At first he was pulling it in, and when he’d maneuvered halfway in, I yelled “how are you gonna get out the car”. There’s a reason I back my car in lol. So he backed out of the garage and drove in the grass to turn around so he didn’t have to go all the way back out of the driveway (so now I guess I can drive in the grass in the Jeep too, even though I know he hates it when people drive in our grass lol.), then backed into the garage. I had to tell him when he was in far enough for the door to go down without hitting his bumper, because getting in far enough for the door to go down is a balance between not being in so far that the back bumper hits the concrete steps going into the house, and there is less than a foot of room to spare on either end. And he didn’t concern himself with leaving room between the cars to walk through, so he could barely open the door to get out of the car. I know I am being petty or whatever for being amused at how annoyed he was. But I am annoyed by all the shit in the garage, so maybe if it’s in his way too, instead of just mine, he’ll finally do something about it. Honestly, I think he will just adapt, but at least I will have proven the point that it makes things even more difficult, when I decide to fight about it again. I'm calling BS on that air compressor b/c we have a donut/pancake compressor that airs up all our vehicle and bike tires, and powers nail guns, pneumatic hammers, and any other tools you can imagine. It looks like this www.amazon.com/CRAFTSMAN-CMEC6150K-Gallon-Air-Compressor/dp/B07KHHDJGD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2AAMFBKEP9DDK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.M32XY0Z43EnbtTqvCtBMqCAMd1rqysrM2jTLLDUs-coBL_FGpX9wfjzzc3mp_3-0xDfSncKyqyZm8uDHP_50QPsSUF8trOhY44FTrz4ldL4oo9eWxgIKdf_4_WfcRqIrr5rQXXwXkf0Jlu73txbH_BrGybOZJtZNXzUGqGmW6D2D80KjenJTomNL4WAp25I2ICUFKRe_CLyMdCMnMRVTe9SsLWynrHmE42CNHYY89bM.IDpRZZAcUyaKv4ssPcfIuFgL51RrpumziQIvW1gepq0&dib_tag=se&keywords=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor&qid=1727309525&sprefix=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-3&th=1. DH spent $30 on a little square wooden dolly that makes it easier to scoot around the garage as needed. I looked at your link, what Mister bought is bigger than that. We both have small portable air compressors that we keep in our vehicles to put air in tires. I bought my first one years before I met Mister. I had a manual air pump for my bicycle tires before we moved here, until he broke it. Nail guns, pneumatic hammers, what is that?! LOL! I’ve seen Mister use an electric drill, that’s it. He doesn’t even do HVAC jobs in the side anymore, but even when he was doing them, he didn’t use tools that required whatever this shit is that he just bought. If I even felt like he might use it to do stuff around the house, I would be okay with it. But I don’t even see that happening. So all of that is why I agree with you calling BS.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 25, 2024 19:57:23 GMT -5
Sooooo, Mister did not put his Accord in the garage when he got home with it today lol. My car is also in the driveway, but it is in the one “extra” spot in the driveway. His Accord is the car that’s in the way of everything else. I plan to drive my car again tomorrow, so it really doesn’t matter today. But it’s supposed to rain Friday and Saturday, and I prefer driving the Jeep in the rain. I am feeling ornery enough that I will just drive the Jeep through the grass on the other side of the driveway to get out to go to work if he doesn’t put his car in the garage. If he gets some of the shit out of the way in the garage, I will stop being ornery and put my car back in the garage, even though it will still be tight. In my defense, I guess the last straw was that last week he had some kind of air compressor delivered that he bought, for what reason I do not know. It can be used to out air in tires like what they use in tire shops, and do something or another with air powered tools, that he says he has, but I’ve never seen him use. He says I’ve never seen him use them because he didn’t have an air compressor, but it’s a lot of shit all over everywhere that I’ve never seen him use, that only require electricity, skill and/or muscle. This thing is big enough to be on wheels, and he parked it on the side of the garage where I park my car, so one more thing in the way that I have to try to avoid running over. Mind you, there is another part of it, that contains the hose, that he has yet to figure out where to mount to a wall or the ceiling in the garage, to be able to actually use it. I guess I am just fed up with him and all his crap that he has everywhere that he doesn’t even use, and he is still adding to it. When I was typing the last paragraph, he came stomping outside to move his car. At first he was pulling it in, and when he’d maneuvered halfway in, I yelled “how are you gonna get out the car”. There’s a reason I back my car in lol. So he backed out of the garage and drove in the grass to turn around so he didn’t have to go all the way back out of the driveway (so now I guess I can drive in the grass in the Jeep too, even though I know he hates it when people drive in our grass lol.), then backed into the garage. I had to tell him when he was in far enough for the door to go down without hitting his bumper, because getting in far enough for the door to go down is a balance between not being in so far that the back bumper hits the concrete steps going into the house, and there is less than a foot of room to spare on either end. And he didn’t concern himself with leaving room between the cars to walk through, so he could barely open the door to get out of the car. I know I am being petty or whatever for being amused at how annoyed he was. But I am annoyed by all the shit in the garage, so maybe if it’s in his way too, instead of just mine, he’ll finally do something about it. Honestly, I think he will just adapt, but at least I will have proven the point that it makes things even more difficult, when I decide to fight about it again. I'm calling BS on that air compressor b/c we have a donut/pancake compressor that airs up all our vehicle and bike tires, and powers nail guns, pneumatic hammers, and any other tools you can imagine. It looks like this www.amazon.com/CRAFTSMAN-CMEC6150K-Gallon-Air-Compressor/dp/B07KHHDJGD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2AAMFBKEP9DDK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.M32XY0Z43EnbtTqvCtBMqCAMd1rqysrM2jTLLDUs-coBL_FGpX9wfjzzc3mp_3-0xDfSncKyqyZm8uDHP_50QPsSUF8trOhY44FTrz4ldL4oo9eWxgIKdf_4_WfcRqIrr5rQXXwXkf0Jlu73txbH_BrGybOZJtZNXzUGqGmW6D2D80KjenJTomNL4WAp25I2ICUFKRe_CLyMdCMnMRVTe9SsLWynrHmE42CNHYY89bM.IDpRZZAcUyaKv4ssPcfIuFgL51RrpumziQIvW1gepq0&dib_tag=se&keywords=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor&qid=1727309525&sprefix=donut%2Bair%2Bcompressor%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-3&th=1. DH spent $30 on a little square wooden dolly that makes it easier to scoot around the garage as needed. I just gave my pancake air compressor to DD1 a few days ago.
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Post by busymom on Sept 25, 2024 20:10:20 GMT -5
And since I am already whining and bitching, here is something else that even I realize is silly to be uoset about, but I am irritated about, regardless. I have started back making sweet tea ever so often. I do not drink the kind of stuff Mister and his children drink, so whatever he buys for them, I don’t touch. I don’t drink a lot of soda, but for years, I’ve liked to keep Cokes and Sprites in the house for the random times I might want one. I stopped buying them after I moved here, because if they were in the house, they got consumed asap. Same thing with apple juice that I use to buy to make smoothies with. Even if I bought 2, it was all gone within a couple of days. So last night I made some sweet tea. Last weekend, supposedly Kiddo drank up all the tea I’d made. Kiddo wasn’t here last night or today, but when I got home today, all the tea was gone. Everybody complains that my tea is too strong and too sweet, but I feel like I can make it how I like it, since I don’t drink up everybody else’s stuff. So if Kiddo wasn’t here, and nobody else wants anything to do with whatever I cook or prepare….. and Mister and I weren’t home today….. how the fuck did the tea I made last night, that is always supposedly too strong and too sweet, disappear?! It's beyond minor and bs in the grand scheme of things, but if it still irks me. Besides water, the only beverages I drink at home are water, the ingredients for the occasional adult beverages I have, and sweet tea when I make it. YD came and asked me some months ago what happened to her 2 liter soda that she had in the refrigerator, because it was HERS I guess, and it would’ve been a problem if I’d drank it. It was a Mellow Yello or something…. something I don’t even drink. And when I went and looked in the refrigerator, it was in the door on the refrigerator, she’d just overlooked it, and I told her where it was. So everybody can have their shit that nobody is supposed to touch, but my shit is free game. And to be clear, I really don’t care if people drink some of my sodas or the tea I make, my irritation comes from me not getting to enjoy any of what I buy or make, if I don’t hurry up and guzzle it down myself. Does that make sense to anybody besides me? Am I the asshole? No, you are not the problem. The lack of respect by other people in the household is the problem. We used to own a locking freezer. Can you find a mini locking fridge for your stuff, since Mister doesn't seem to try to command respect from his kids?
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Post by alabamagal on Sept 25, 2024 20:13:08 GMT -5
Finally went to doctor about my heal pain. MRI showed torn Achilles. Now in walking boot for 12 weeks. When people ask what happened my reply is nothing exciting , just getting old
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Post by taz157 on Sept 25, 2024 20:18:33 GMT -5
And since I am already whining and bitching, here is something else that even I realize is silly to be uoset about, but I am irritated about, regardless. I have started back making sweet tea ever so often. I do not drink the kind of stuff Mister and his children drink, so whatever he buys for them, I don’t touch. I don’t drink a lot of soda, but for years, I’ve liked to keep Cokes and Sprites in the house for the random times I might want one. I stopped buying them after I moved here, because if they were in the house, they got consumed asap. Same thing with apple juice that I use to buy to make smoothies with. Even if I bought 2, it was all gone within a couple of days. So last night I made some sweet tea. Last weekend, supposedly Kiddo drank up all the tea I’d made. Kiddo wasn’t here last night or today, but when I got home today, all the tea was gone. Everybody complains that my tea is too strong and too sweet, but I feel like I can make it how I like it, since I don’t drink up everybody else’s stuff. So if Kiddo wasn’t here, and nobody else wants anything to do with whatever I cook or prepare….. and Mister and I weren’t home today….. how the fuck did the tea I made last night, that is always supposedly too strong and too sweet, disappear?! It's beyond minor and bs in the grand scheme of things, but if it still irks me. Besides water, the only beverages I drink at home are water, the ingredients for the occasional adult beverages I have, and sweet tea when I make it. YD came and asked me some months ago what happened to her 2 liter soda that she had in the refrigerator, because it was HERS I guess, and it would’ve been a problem if I’d drank it. It was a Mellow Yello or something…. something I don’t even drink. And when I went and looked in the refrigerator, it was in the door on the refrigerator, she’d just overlooked it, and I told her where it was. So everybody can have their shit that nobody is supposed to touch, but my shit is free game. And to be clear, I really don’t care if people drink some of my sodas or the tea I make, my irritation comes from me not getting to enjoy any of what I buy or make, if I don’t hurry up and guzzle it down myself. Does that make sense to anybody besides me? Am I the asshole? No, you are not the problem. The lack of respect by other people in the household is the problem. Yeah that!
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Post by giramomma on Sept 25, 2024 20:24:24 GMT -5
So everybody can have their shit that nobody is supposed to touch, but my shit is free game. And to be clear, I really don’t care if people drink some of my sodas or the tea I make, my irritation comes from me not getting to enjoy any of what I buy or make, if I don’t hurry up and guzzle it down myself. Does that make sense to anybody besides me? Am I the asshole? No. You are not the asshole. It was like that for me until we had the great incident of July 2022, where-in I lost my shit with DH, but mostly I was pissed at the kids for taking me for granted and took it out on him. I will report that in the past two years we have taken very few steps back. With the very few special things I ask for, the kids ask if it's OK if they have some. I will say, my relationship with DD1 got much better after that. She got to air out some grievances, too, that I needed to work on. I'm a work in progress, and I'm getting better. That has to be enough after that.
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Post by giramomma on Sept 25, 2024 20:31:09 GMT -5
I had a work thing today.
Oh man, there was a fine specimen at the work thing. Like. I don't notice (speci)men very often, if at all. I'm not wired to notice. I can't really even if I try to make myself.
And Damn.
If I was a boy I'd offer to give my left nut for a hall pass for a night.
I don't want to give up my left boob, because it's the good (aka non-frankenboob) one.
Don't get me wrong. I love DH. I also came home to chicken pot pie tonight. It was delicious.
It was not Damn though.
It was chicken pot pie.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Sept 25, 2024 20:31:46 GMT -5
It’s about that size but doesn’t look exactly like that picture. His is a Husky. So wait, boars don’t need tits? Are female boars called something else? Or do they not need tits either?
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Post by soupandstew on Sept 25, 2024 20:39:59 GMT -5
Finally went to doctor about my heal pain. MRI showed torn Achilles. Now in walking boot for 12 weeks. When people ask what happened my reply is nothing exciting , just getting old Ouch! Sorry to hear about the long rehab in the boot but glad you got a solid diagnosis. Getting old sort of sucks, but better than the alternative
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Sept 25, 2024 20:40:18 GMT -5
And since I am already whining and bitching, here is something else that even I realize is silly to be uoset about, but I am irritated about, regardless. I have started back making sweet tea ever so often. I do not drink the kind of stuff Mister and his children drink, so whatever he buys for them, I don’t touch. I don’t drink a lot of soda, but for years, I’ve liked to keep Cokes and Sprites in the house for the random times I might want one. I stopped buying them after I moved here, because if they were in the house, they got consumed asap. Same thing with apple juice that I use to buy to make smoothies with. Even if I bought 2, it was all gone within a couple of days. So last night I made some sweet tea. Last weekend, supposedly Kiddo drank up all the tea I’d made. Kiddo wasn’t here last night or today, but when I got home today, all the tea was gone. Everybody complains that my tea is too strong and too sweet, but I feel like I can make it how I like it, since I don’t drink up everybody else’s stuff. So if Kiddo wasn’t here, and nobody else wants anything to do with whatever I cook or prepare….. and Mister and I weren’t home today….. how the fuck did the tea I made last night, that is always supposedly too strong and too sweet, disappear?! It's beyond minor and bs in the grand scheme of things, but if it still irks me. Besides water, the only beverages I drink at home are water, the ingredients for the occasional adult beverages I have, and sweet tea when I make it. YD came and asked me some months ago what happened to her 2 liter soda that she had in the refrigerator, because it was HERS I guess, and it would’ve been a problem if I’d drank it. It was a Mellow Yello or something…. something I don’t even drink. And when I went and looked in the refrigerator, it was in the door on the refrigerator, she’d just overlooked it, and I told her where it was. So everybody can have their shit that nobody is supposed to touch, but my shit is free game. And to be clear, I really don’t care if people drink some of my sodas or the tea I make, my irritation comes from me not getting to enjoy any of what I buy or make, if I don’t hurry up and guzzle it down myself. Does that make sense to anybody besides me? Am I the asshole? I feel you on this one! Carrot and I have taken to hiding food now that older son is back home. My Diet Pepsi is now in my bathroom closet. If I want one, I throw it in the ice tray in the freezer for 10 or 15 minutes. Carrot has snacks in his dresser rather than leaving them in the pantry which is working. What I haven't figured out yet is how to keep the frozen quick to make food like pizzas and stuff around that I fall back on for Carrot when we're short on time with activities. I hid a bag of chicken nuggets inside another bag (a veggie bag) and buried it under the roasts. That seems to have survived several days now. We had to have a come to Jesus meeting about not touching anything in the beer fridge unless he put it there and that seems to have stuck.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Sept 25, 2024 20:42:02 GMT -5
It’s about that size but doesn’t look exactly like that picture. His is a Husky. So wait, boars don’t need tits? Are female boars called something else? Or do they not need tits either? A boar is a male hog. Females are sows.
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Post by soupandstew on Sept 25, 2024 20:46:14 GMT -5
It’s about that size but doesn’t look exactly like that picture. His is a Husky. So wait, boars don’t need tits? Are female boars called something else? Or do they not need tits either? They are called sows. Unless they are called wild hogs or javelinas in which case both sexes are called a dangerous PITA. Also called delicious if killed young enough and cooked right Both sexes are great mixed 50/50 with venison in sausage.
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Post by finnime on Sept 25, 2024 20:48:30 GMT -5
A female boar is a sow.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 25, 2024 20:54:13 GMT -5
Finally went to doctor about my heal pain. MRI showed torn Achilles. Now in walking boot for 12 weeks. When people ask what happened my reply is nothing exciting , just getting old Sorry to hear that. But I'm glad they figured it out.
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Post by soupandstew on Sept 25, 2024 20:56:34 GMT -5
Y'all know I like most critters but pigs/hogs aren't my favorites. Their poop has a very strong odor, their squeal is deafening, and they are aggressive omnivores (aka, they eat meat too). Plus they are smarter than dogs and some humans. I'll go with goats any day over pigs.
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Post by giramomma on Sept 25, 2024 21:09:11 GMT -5
Also, why am I obsessed with re-doing our downstairs bathroom's halloween theme. It's been spiders. Now I want to shake it up and add some bats and cats.
(I'll tell you why. We've had the same decorations for 20 years. )
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Post by jerseygirl on Sept 25, 2024 21:16:45 GMT -5
Wow just heard NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by the feds. Around 6 heads of agencies including police and education also have been indicted. They’ve resigned and probably mayor tomorrow
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Post by busymom on Sept 25, 2024 21:33:59 GMT -5
It’s about that size but doesn’t look exactly like that picture. His is a Husky. So wait, boars don’t need tits? Are female boars called something else? Or do they not need tits either? A boar is a male hog. Females are sows. Growing up, if my parent's relatives were talking about a guy who was basically lazy, or good-for-nothing, they'd say he was "as useless as teats on a boar".
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Post by busymom on Sept 25, 2024 21:36:04 GMT -5
Y'all know I like most critters but pigs/hogs aren't my favorites. Their poop has a very strong odor, their squeal is deafening, and they are aggressive omnivores (aka, they eat meat too). Plus they are smarter than dogs and some humans. I'll go with goats any day over pigs. Pigs are natures a$$holes. They'll bite their human caretakers if you don't spend enough time with them. And, they'll eat anything, alive or dead, which frankly is a bit scary. Wild pigs can kill people. I prefer sheep or goats over pigs. Maybe that's why I don't mind eating bacon?
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Post by weltz on Sept 25, 2024 23:45:45 GMT -5
Finally went to doctor about my heal pain. MRI showed torn Achilles. Now in walking boot for 12 weeks. When people ask what happened my reply is nothing exciting , just getting old Tell them you were in a bar fight. That's what I do.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 26, 2024 0:14:50 GMT -5
Finally went to doctor about my heal pain. MRI showed torn Achilles. Now in walking boot for 12 weeks. When people ask what happened my reply is nothing exciting , just getting old Tell them you were in a bar fight. That's what I do. Bwahaha 🤣
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