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  1. Ugh that stinks. I hope you find the house that fits all your wants.
  2. How Filing Your Tax Return Early (or Late) Could Boost Your Third Stimulus Check | Kiplinger
  3. Wow, your library is awesome. Ours only gives one craft per week and it rotates being for kids or teens week to week. Still very happy ours does this. I wish I would have found out about it sooner.
  4. Good idea. Keeping that in the back of my mind incase we ever need it. If you were in a situation now without a tent, would just having everyone stay in one room that you could close the door work too?
  5. The trip idea would be what we would do. We normally do that for birthdays, before Covid. And we certainly would have done it but we wont because of Covid. One kiddo is having a Golden birthday and the second during covid. 😞
  6. That is pretty amazing grocery bill for all of you. Wow. Oh that is annoying about the dog's nails. Something you wouldn't even think of that is now different in the Covid times. I hate cutting dog nails. My ds does it for the dogs. He was only able to watch it done to our older dog who has light nails. Our other dog has black nails, so far no trouble. The only bloody events have been with the dog with lighter nails. But she is very jumpy in her old age. Even when we were looking at dogs the nail color was something I wanted a certain way. Didn't work out because dh picked on personality, the rest of us weren't there. Oh that is scary about the footprints. I think a system would be a great idea. I need to pull the plug on that too. From what I have read a bonus gets taxed heavy when you get it, but when you file taxes it just gets taxed the same as regular pay? I don't know. I do know that the bonus always seems like a lot and when it hits the bank account it is a lot less. I don't do our taxes so I don't really pay that much attention to that side of it. Also if your 401k is on when the bonus pays out it takes chunk of that depending on how high you have it set.
  7. Ok, good to know. Dh and Ds replaced the faucet last summer. I just brought this up the other day to him, so I will have him look on Youtube and see what he can figure out. It isn't a need, it would just be nicer to have a higher one and one that you could turn on and off with messy hands.
  8. That is a expensive card! Yes, Dollar Tree for cards is the way to go. Oh you will have to tell me what your craft projects are. Your library has good ones. Sounds like you have been really busy staying on top of everything! Always so much to do right?
  9. That is not something I have ever heard. Learn something new everyday. I wonder why they would put a hot water heater in the attic? Seems like a bad idea from the start. Is it something to do with the heat? Do you have basements in Texas? Yeah the price gouging seems mean.
  10. Could you add on to get the space for the dinning room? Is the basement finished in a way that you could use it as the gathering space? If everything else is awesome, I think I would learn to be ok with some part that isn't. We were looking for land during the summer and every piece there was something we didn't like. I finally realized we would have be ok with not the perfect location. We are not going to get perfect in our price range.
  11. Dollar Tree. All-Purpose Cleaners | DollarTree.com They used to have lots more in the stores.
  12. Do you celebrate Golden Birthdays? If you do what do you do? I don't remember this from being a kid, but for some reason we talk about golden birthdays a lot in our house. We have only had one so far. I am trying to come up with fun ideas for them.
  13. I don't know where you live, but with spring coming soon maybe start planning some outdoor safer events?
  14. I even do a basic thing of keeping my gas tank full at all times. People think I am nuts for that. I always do it because what if there was something that made us leave our homes all of a sudden. We have one car that can fit everyone, so I keep that tank 100% full all the time. I know that most likely nothing is ever going to happen to make that happen, but you just never know. I guess the situation in Texas is showing me that it could be useful. It it was cold and out power was off you could go in the car. Or even if the gas stations were shut for a week in an event or something.
  15. I think it is denial. Again like you the poor I understand why they can't prepare. The government needs to be there for them. I talked about this in another thread, but last year before Covid shut down the US I was stocking up on supplies as was directed. All the adult friends of mine were laughing at me thinking it was insane. They had no stock of anything at home. They shopped for what they wanted to eat or needed everyday. These we educated with high degrees, well off, and people who work in health care. They would tell me that would never happen here. The shelves would never be empty. I said ok you don't think Covid is going to do anything, but what about a natural disaster that would prevent you getting to the store, or the store not having anything or being open. Flood, fire, tornado.... What if you needed 3 days worth of food and supplies. Nope they all told me that wouldn't ever happen. They just couldn't ever imagine that would happen to them. I was floored because all these people are smart, but it just wasn't even in their minds. I think a lot of people are so far away in their lives from living in that sort of way that it just isn't something that they can think of. You drive everywhere. You have 300 channels on tv. You go out to eat all the time. Life is instant and everything can be delivered, shopped from online. You don't cook your food on a open fire. You don't go get water at the stream. The fall from our life to a life where there is no power and water is a huge drop. When a hundred years ago it wasn't as big. We are as people very insulated from a harsh life.
  16. I agree. I think everyone should be prepared for a disaster. Every area could have one. Have extra food, water, and supplies to get them through a week. I think that the majority of people are not ready for that. I do think that the state or city should do more planning for disaster. Emergency planning and how to help their communities.
  17. Yes to this. We have been 100% isolated. My kids kept in touch with their friends until fall. But after that long of not seeing each other they all just drifted apart. They have online friends at their online school so that is what is getting them through now. But I worry about them. If I even think of what they have lost the last year I am crying. I don't know, no good advice. I think it is hard to stay in touch when you are being isolated and others are not. Our city is going on life as normal. My kids have watched all the neighborhood kids have been playing together since March. Covid just didn't stop anyone. Schools have been open face to face. Sports going on since summer. I flip and flop everyday. We should do it. Then I read an article or see someone die. This really sucks as a parent, which road is best? Who the heck knows? Mental health or physical health? I have done all sorts of things to keep them happy. Want a puppy, yep. Want to get a bunch of chickens, done. Want a new mountain bike, it is on the way. They have each other so that is good. But I know they are tired of each other too. Or want to hang out with kids their own age. We are talking with them and spending so much more time parenting them. Being their friends and their parents.
  18. Just thinking of everyone in the south still. I am hoping the governments get the cash flowing to help everyone there. Can anyone explain to me why the windows there cracked? Are the windows down south made of different materials or just not made to whether the same temps? And the pools, did the pipes in the pools break and that is how they are ruined? Or did all the water in the pool crack the actual pool? Aggie96, my heart goes out to your friend who is pregnant. I can't imagine that stress at that time in her life. I hope that she has a huge support system that can help her now.
  19. I am so sorry for your loss. If you want to talk, we are here. I think you need to feel your feelings and whatever you are feeling is ok. I would give yourself time, grief is a process and it takes lots of twists and turns. I think that yes in general we are not good with death. We don't know how to support someone who is dealing with it. I know that dealing with death and loss is probably a lot worse during a pandemic. I am not sure how to handle your BIL and his wife. I am sorry that they didn't reach out. Is there a support group for people who have lost someone to suicide that you can contact? Or do you have a therapist? Is there anything that you can do to get some rage out? Scream? Go on a run. Punch some pillows. Turn the music up load and sing.... I had no idea about what this other person did. I am not saying to leave them in your life or cut them out. Whatever you decide is the best thing for you. I would just give some space to that relationship until you figure out what you want to do. Without having them in your life for awhile you can see what you need. Sending some more hugs.
  20. So cool that you are giving it a try. You will have to keep us updated on how it goes. I would love to try it someday, but have no clue about how it works. I think we are getting a grab bag mix of breeds this year like we did last year. We got rare breeds grab bag last year. This year I think dd is wanting to get a mix of colorful egg layers. I can't wait. I love chickens.
  21. Wow. I am just so sorry for everyone experiencing this. I am sending so many prayers and hoping people are ok and make it through this. My heart just goes out to everyone because having to go through something like this on top of Covid just seems so hard, I can't imagine the stress. Praying the power comes on. 20s. I just can't even imagine it.
  22. Oh my gosh. I couldn't figure out to give you a heart or a sad look. Wow. I don't know how many inches you had, but still that is amazing and crazy all at once. My back would be yelling at me for that.
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