If you put N/A instead of other, that would make sense.

We did that a couple of years ago and we ended up putting it on a payment plan. That costs in interest, though. It's a huge bummer. Sorry!

This is me. I finally just handed the finances over to DH and bowed out completely. I am never in danger of overspending, so I just spend what I spend, and DH makes it work in the budget. He, being the looser spender, does better when the numbers are in his face. He spends more wisely now. He also is more willing to spend on me than I am. So if he sees I need something (like good running shoes) he orders them, rather than waiting for me to be willing to buy them for myself.

100% MYOB

We bought our first house on the eve of the housing boom. No downpayment, and hardly any fuss to get our mortgage. We then had to sell as the bubble was bursting and barely got out by the skin of our teeth. Fast forward to this year and we just bought our second home. It was a MUCH more laborious process this time. It probably required 6 or 7 times the amount of paperwork as last time. I never want to go through that again!

IME, chores is one of the harder areas to force change. They won't do them, you'll nag, they still won't do them, you'll get angry, they still won't do them... Things that you can set a boundary on more easily? Don't pay for anything and don't drive them anywhere for starters. I love the idea of cutting off TV and internet access. A deeper cut would be to charge rent or ask them to move out. And for someone in their mid-twenties, I think you could argue that kicking them out would be healthier for them than continuing on like this. In my own world, my almost 20yo has not been in school this year. She lives at home for free. She works and pays for her own car expenses, gas, insurance, clothing, entertainment, and cell phone. On the chore front, she has no regular chores outside of doing her own laundry, but our agreement is that if I ask her to do something, she does it. I probably ask her to do something once a week at the most. She works a lot. But I will hand it to her, when I ask, she does it.

Home Ranch by Ralph Moody, a few months ago to my 12 year old.

Hashtags are one of my favorite forms of protest.

Even if they didn't do it for everyone, I don't see it as unethical. The basis of a job interview isn't fairness. It's some combo of experience, personality, presence, and personal connection. That's why networking is the best way to get a job. And none of that is unethical, imho.

I'd bring him into the doctor. What you do now will affect his healing time. Severe sprains can take months to fully heal. DH severely sprained his ankle last summer and he's still dealing with some pain.

The range was 3 weeks to 15 months. Half at the longer end and half at the shorter.

It's best to get training. It's just smart. If you're going to use it safely, you need to get good and comfortable. Ours is loaded and kept in a biometric safe bolted to DH's side of the bed. It's coded to Dh and my fingerprints. Our kids have all fired it at the gun range multiple times, but none have access to it. I can't give you stats. I'm sure my husband could. I will tell you more from the feelings side. Dh is former military and wanted a gun many years ago. At the time we had tiny children and safe technology wasn't what it is now. I couldn't hang with it. Fast forward a decade and all of my kids are older. We've had a few really bizarre situations unfold over the years which made me feel like I wanted the protection. I really trust the safe we own. I don't believe our kids could get into it if they tried. I also don't think my kids will try. I hope we never need it. I'm glad we have it if we do. Best of luck keeping this conversation from spiraling downward! :biggrinjester:

Not in my opinion.

Repose gray by sherwin williams comes to mind.

Just wanted to add that we just went through the house shopping process and the houses I liked the most (paint wise) had one light neutral throughout the whole house. They were homey without imposing their color will on me. I felt like I could move in and not feel the need to paint right away, and that whatever I painted would coordinate with the existing color. If that makes sense.

Farmhouse, light neutrals are what it's all about. Go onto pinterest and search neutral paint. You will find an entire pallette. White kitchen cabinets are IN. Marble countertops seem to be making a comeback, but I would stick with granite. Large farm sink. Stainless steel is still safest, though I also prefer black. I wouldn't put in any window treatments. Carpet upstairs. I'm in my 30's

Ditto. It's now illegal to touch your phone for any reason. And yet, I see people texting and driving on the daily.

I hope none. How in the world are we supposed to know what someone is doing when they text us?

Gun safes are pretty sophisticated now. A biometric safe bolted to one's bedside can hold a loaded gun without risking the kids.

I HATED this podcast. By the time you get to the end, it's just torture porn. It's not a crime mystery, it's a journey through mental illness and suicide. ETA: I listened to all the episodes, but had to really skip through the last 2.

Yikes, I clearly started something. I get that the law is written such that the charges fall within the law. No debate there. I hadn't read anything about her driving off or being the one who planned it. The charges make much more sense with that info. As a blanket policy, I still disagree with someone getting charged with murder without being the person who commited the murder. Driving a getaway car is not equal to commiting murder. And we'll all have to agree to disagree on that!

The murder charges are so over the top. Those charges do not fit her crime.

All you Sherwin-Williams voters, what line did you use?

Would you mind postin a link? I'm seeing valspar and olympic on their website, but I'm not sure I know which pain you are referencing. Thanks!

I will add that one of the reasons I've honed in on BM or SW is because I can find so much online about their colors. There are a million blogs that break down specific colors and how they look in different rooms from those 2 brands. I've painted to rooms with BM at our current house and both of them turned out different than I was expecting, but still really great. And they've worn well. But SW gets a lot of press, too.