Thanks, lilhlfpint , for fixing my internet issues! I can now post away!

I'm in escrow..... I won't allow myself to get excited until it's a done deal, which won't be for another 20 days.

Aaaahhh!

PMI...ARM....FHA...PITI...HOA...APR...FICO...HELOC....AGGHH!

But, no JTWROS or TIC for me, baby! All mine!!!

We caaaan't go on together....with suspicious minds (with suspicious minds) and we can't build our dreaaams, with suspicious maainds.

We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out...because I love you too much baaaaby!!

(I've been singing this song for two days, and I do a pretty darn good Elvis impression if I do say so myself.)

Ahhh, thank you,  ah thank ( Read more... )

Obama is my

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So I missed work on Thursday because M was throwing up. I missed work Friday because schools were closed due extremely cold temperatures. Today, it looks like I'm going to miss again. School and daycare( at the last minute) are closed once again today due to the holiday, and I struggled to find a babysitter all weekend that would watch the kids ( Read more... )

Twice in the last month I've gone through checkout at a major chain store and the cashier has neglected to charge me for a big-ticket item. I was even stopped by one of those annoying receipt checkers and was let through with a bicycle (yes, a completely assembled bicycle hanging out of my cart!) that I had not paid for. Not until I reached my car ( Read more... )

Wish me luck. Tomorrow (er, later this morning) I'll be hosting my  first real birthday party for one of my children. I've always done family parties, and I used to rent jumpers and order pizza for mini parties at their daycare, but this is the first real party we've done ( Read more... )

Local schools and daycare facilities are closed today In Nashville due to extreme cold. WTF. I think kids in N.Y. and in Wisconsin manage to make to school in the snow and in the cold!! As soon as a snowflake falls here, the world shuts down. Single digit temperatures? Oh no, we must close schools. C'mon, people! Wear a jacket and gloves and keep ( Read more... )