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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 27, 2023 13:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 27, 2023 13:01:48 GMT -5
Ended badly
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 27, 2023 10:21:40 GMT -5
This isn't helpful but I really can't imagine having young kids again at this stage. As much as I always said I wanted a shoe-full. I would have lived out that rhyme entirely. Which is all to say - I see you. Hugs. Same. Same. I wanted a ton of them until I realized how hard it was. I'm honestly surprised mine survived into adulthood. I just tell folks mine turned out OK in spite of having me as a mother
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 27, 2023 7:22:29 GMT -5
Sticker shock
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 27, 2023 0:36:21 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 22:41:56 GMT -5
There are only a few bills that come in the mail. Small town water bill is on a postcard and the local businesses I use for repairs for heating, plumbing and snow removal all arrive in the mail. I mostly get junk mail, but this time of year, I have been very happy to receive Christmas cards. All of my important stuff is digital, but I have not gone through records from way back when and that needs to be shredded, as in a 4 drawer file cabinet full. I admit that I have every tax return I ever filed. Last 15 years or so are digital. First one I filed was for $109 when I made $1 an hour as a waitress in 1968. It's on an IBM card. I definitely need to get through that stuff and get it shredded. Now I get loan offers almost daily for me, DN1 and his wife. I still get mail for both of my parents. Any mail for them is trashed, especially the car warranty stuff. Dead people don't drive cars. NIL receives a check a month from something she did academically that I deposit to their US bank. The last 3 summers, their checks for the courses they teach at Michigan have come here even though every year they fill out the paperwork to have it direct deposited. I get the 1099 for NIL via the mail. I don't think anything else tax wise for any of us comes by the mail. I get mail at least once a week for DN1 to consolidate his student loans. He told me not to scan them. He isn't doing that. I get mail from Discover for all 3 of us regarding cash advances or balance transfers almost every week. Had to laugh at the bolded I still have old IBM card from when I worked for railroad back in 1964. Showed union dues paid and wages for year. ETA. I made $425 a month. Big bucks.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 19:52:51 GMT -5
❤❤❤❤❤ This works for me! ❤❤❤❤❤ Most of my friends drink while smiling. Or vice versa
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 19:50:47 GMT -5
Undercarriage corrosion (scary how this popped into my brain but got letter from Hyundai about this very thing in mail. What are the chances).
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 18:06:07 GMT -5
North By Northwest
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 14:49:04 GMT -5
Has anyone gotten their SS statement for 2024 monthly benefits, the one that lists gross, withholding, and net? We haven't received ours yet and it seems late. I'm trying to set up our 2024 stuff in Quicken. We haven't received DH's new insurance ID card yet and Jan 1 is just around the corner Got my SS statement 1st of last week.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 13:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 26, 2023 7:51:59 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 19:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 19:58:10 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 19:55:32 GMT -5
I wanted to watch the KC game but our cable company and CBS (they were showing the game) are in a financial pissing match so no CBS available. Based on the final score, I didn't miss much. Depends on who you were pulling for.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 9:50:54 GMT -5
Who needs Santa when you have John McLain. I had to look him up, to find out who he is. I still don't know. The character that Bruce Willis played in Die Hard.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 9:12:26 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 9:08:14 GMT -5
Christmas Eve was pleasant enough. Found out DIL had a miscarriage earlier this month so there’s two of us faking happy faces. DS told me while we were walking their dog. DS doesn’t care about having a baby or not so he just picks up the pieces. At least there’s no pressure on her to procreate. I just wish she’d tried when she was ten years younger. 42 is a tough time to decide you want a baby. I’m spending the night then having Christmas morning with them. Then I’ll go home and they’ll go to another gathering. DD is working of course but she gets $2500 for working the holiday weekend instead of the person assigned to work it. So she’s not too unhappy about it. Fertility is so random at that age.One of the things I felt badly about is SIL's eggs were done, and they had to use donor eggs with IVF. Meanwhile, I already had three kids and I got knocked up (easily) with the missy. My DIL's sister didn't think she could get pg. Well, she gave birth at 43 to the only grandchild between the sisters since my son and DIL decided they were not going to have children. But boy are they the uber aunt and uncle and I'm the faux grandmother. No other siblings on either side to fill in with grands. Not like we haven't spoiled her Lord she will be 16 in January.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 9:02:34 GMT -5
Opti, Look at a brand called " Cuddle Duds". Also look at Land's End or that other winter gear store whose name escapes me at the moment. Oh yeah, L. L. Bean. I was going to recommend Cuddle Duds too. I bought some for a planned trip to South Dakota on the off chance I might need them. No need for them in my neck of the woods. I referred to them as my Dakota Duds but they did the job as it turned cold a few day before we were to leave and started to snow.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 25, 2023 7:45:33 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to the meme pEEps.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 22:59:35 GMT -5
Refrigerator temp is 40°. The temp will drop down a few degrees tonight. It's 53 here! First time we've not been able to keep the beer out on the deck for the Christmas Eve party because it was too warm. Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer.
And it’s 64 at 10pm here! But only gonna make 71. Won’t be leaving anything out to cool
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 22:56:05 GMT -5
My favorite Christmas movie!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 16:47:49 GMT -5
Waiting for the pie dough to finish chilling and will put the cherry pie together and bake it. The dinner itself (cheese tortellini, sauteed scallops and sauteed and fried shrimp) does not take long. DH wants an Alfredo sauce on his pasta; I am having white wine, lemon, butter and fresh basil on mine. What time is dinner being served? I might be able to make it in time
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 16:04:05 GMT -5
My DD1 did something similar, when she was 5. To this day, she swears she didn't put anything in the socket. But there was a black mark going up the wall and she was crying with a blister on her thumb. The socket was next to her bed and she'd gone to bed, for the night. Yeah, I still think she touched something. Did you get knocked out? HOLY MOLY! The battery on my tongue, was the only thing I did, when my brother talked me into it. I still remember that taste and feeling. YUCK! Yup-more voltage than my little body could take. But I'm still here! Maybe that's why young parents baby-proof their homes now-a-days. Good reason. Got run over by a car while crossing the street in front of my home when I was six-years-old too. Survived that. Being a home owner now, when I mow the lawn and have to step into the street to mow parts of it, I look both ways before doing so. And I live on a cove with little daytime traffic. And did it ever tell you I got stabbed in the ass by a recently trimmed forsythia bush branch while climbing over a fence? Just another kid accident. I got stabbed in the ass when I backed into a yucca plant. Drew blood. And I’ll admit I was an adult!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 11:17:32 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2023 11:15:26 GMT -5
Pink Cashmere It's been a tough year for you. Hope 2024 shows improvement.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 23, 2023 19:42:22 GMT -5
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