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Feeling childish
My cousin and I are planning a road trip to visit my other cousin, her sister, because she's dying. She picked Memorial Day weekend because it was convenient and allowed for a longer visit without having to miss work. Apparently my aunt, her mother, has already gone (my cousin has been declining rapidly ( Read more... ) -
"Don't take it personal, but she's always been my favorite."
I have a 30 year old cousin who is dying of cancer. Her sister called me last night. People have been calling her and she needed someone to call. Remaining objective and restraining emotions is my specialty, so we had a nice long talk ( Read more... ) -
Are you KIDDING ME?!?!?
Joe gets a text Saturday night from his ex-wife. "Call me ASAP." Well, Saturday night we were sans teenagers so we ordered pizza and once we got the babies in bed, we settled in for some intense snuggling and a little uninterrupted TV time. Sunday morning, we hit the road early to go to his brother's house. It's 3 hrs to his brother's house, 6 ( Read more... ) -
Honest conversations about money
Talking about money is really hard for most people. I'm not going to lie and tell you that my husband and I have this marvelously transparent relationship with our finances, we don't. Before his brain injury, we had a pretty good financial relationship. Since then, he just doesn't get it ( Read more... ) -
I heart stress
My husband calls me from the shed. "What happens if they take away my unemployability and start paying me at 80%?" He's all in a tizzy. I look up the answer, it's about $1400 less money. He's getting less calm. I tell him to bring me what he got in the mail ( Read more... ) -
Giftmas perfection?
I think that this just might be the most perfect Giftmas morning ever. First, there's the teenagers. While they're excited about gifts, they're also excited about sleeping in. Next, there's the little ones. Snuffy is only 2, and he's clueless, so it's not like he'll be up extra early or whining to open things early, before I've had my coffee ( Read more... ) -
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I hate the first of the month. Closing out the previous month's budget sucks. Opening the December budget is my least favorite budgetary task all year long. How much is there to spend on gifts? Where can I cut corners so my husband can spend more money on gifts? Oh, wait, it's the 20th and he just realized he didn't get a gift/got the wrong ( Read more... ) -
Venting about couponers with bad math
CVS's Black Friday ad is up, and while it is fairly unimpressive compared to last year's ad, there's always some talk. CVS will be selling 8.9 oz boxes of Cheerios for 87 cents after ECB, limit 1, for BF. Locally, there is a grocery store chain offering 18 oz boxes of Cheerios for $1.75 this week ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in automobiles
Joe wants to get a new car. I've never actually owned a new car. Every car I have ever purchased was used. The closest to a new car I've had was when Joe bought a used 2008 in late 2009. He wants to trade that in and get a hybrid ( Read more... ) -
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Every once in a blue moon, I get one of those witty mass forwarded emails from someone that makes me laugh. My FIL sent me one titled "Darwin Awards" and since I love the Darwin Awards I actually opened the email.
I have no idea how true they are, but third place amused me greatly.
After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the ( Read more... )