but I am tired of being dumped on by Murphy! We've been trying to get caught up with everything, but the more that gets dumped on us, the harder it is. DH got sick with both the flu and pneumonia at the same time and was forced to take off a week to recouperate. This was ordered by not just...

my daughter found out she was writing in my mothers Thomas Kinkaid KING JAMES Bible. She said she didn't like it, that she could use it but not write in it. Paige said no I no my mamaws handwriting and my moms, moms, dad and step dad needless to say she is seething. My daughter took it home...

we just got how much my husband is going to get it is $870.50 but with medicare premium it will go to $760 a month, we are looking at him getting part D for prescription coverage there is so many to choose from. If anyone knows about this please let us know. We will start getting his checks...

The show features Gail Vaz Oxlade helping people fix their $ issues (overspending). I like it in general, though the 'jars' (similar to envelope system) aren't for me. I like that one difference between Gail and Dave Ramsey is that Gail advocates contributing to retirement and savings while...

When I first signed up for Suprise's 100 Day Challenge, a challenge to give something up for 100 days, my initial response was that all I could think of was things that I should DO for 100 days straight! So that is what this challenge is all about. What one thing that you know you should do...

replacing my pressure tank. Bladder blew out of it a while ago so the water pump kept turning on and off...raised heck with my last electric bill. After I got that bill, I started looking for a replacement. Ended up on Amazon...$210 and a week later got the tank...took me another week to find...

Out of curiousity, what is your favorite part of being a military family? Personally, I enjoy the discounts, how attractive hubby is in his uniform (especially his buns:wink:), and the whole honor/duty/tradition bit.

Luckily it worked out in the end. I have 2 Chase credit cards. One was paid off in full a few months ago, the other had a $1300 balance that I set up for payment through my online banking account. APPARENTLY I paid the WRONG credit card, giving myself a $1300 credit on one credit card and the...

What I mean by that is do you feel most people around the forums who use it on a daily/weekly basis recognize your username, Avatar posts and have generally have a personality pegged to your online identity? If you don't feel this way, are you bothered by this? Or do you generally not have any...

Thought that I would ask this question What part of the year is the most difficult for your family financially? And what do you do to coushin the impact? For us, it has been April - January..especially this year. It seems that everything hits us from all sides.....the hardship season kicks off...

I went to the thrift store's bag sale last week. Over several trips, I spent $35. Today I tallied up what I bought for oldest DD: 2 Volcom t-shirts 1 Seventh Word t-shirt 1 Zoo York t-shirt 1 Adio t-shirt 2 cute-robot t-shirts Hoodie by Hurley I'll have to tally up the other things I bought...

there's a really good 1/2 hr series on CNBC for those that get it called 'til debt do us part'..... each show showcases a family deeply in debt and how they turn their lives around with a 'debt coach' (her name is VanOxlsey..sp?...something like that).... anyway...if you get a chance and you...

or is that asking too much? I have been avoiding him for just over 1 week however there is no escaping today. It is his 81st birthday today (Nov. 22nd) and we will be going to wish him a happy birthday and having coffee and cake. Regarding some of the questions. My fil takes so many meds. that...

The first post was about my fil blaming us for the divorce of bil and psycho. We were allowed to hear that (and a lot of other verbal abuse) last weekend. On Thursday evening I got a phone call from my fil. He was in tears. My mil had fallen off her bike (yes, she's 80 and still goes around on...

For those who get Medicare Part D...remember today starts the new enrollment period. If you are planning on changing plans now is the time to do it! We switched my dh's plan and will be saving $450.40 based on his current drugs/premiums...which really helps since there is no COLA for 2010!

I'm helping out my freind Beth- she got on at Atlantic superstore. thsi week was training. so far as of today i have 9 hrs in. next week will be 11 1/2 hrs. Shes been trying to get a hold or her her clients worker(parapalegic) to see how much theyre goin to pay her amonth. Mostytimes its a set...

Here is a question I am pondering: I am considering getting a part time job on top of my full time job. Right now I am getting a steady 40 hours a week, and about once or twice a month I pick up an overtime shift. I make about $13.50 an hour right now so overtime is around $20 an hour. Not...

Yesterday my daughter brought home a plant she received as a gift - I believe it's a dieffenbachia. My cat apparently chewed on it and I believe ate some of it. I didn't catch her at it; only found the chewed on plant and part of a leaf. She seemed to be fine last night. Fed her this morning...

First, I want to say a HUGE "thank you" to all of you for being so supportive, helpful... In reading over your comments, I started to see something! I am stay at home mom, that homeschools 2 teenagers (and no we don't argue and yes, they both get along tremendously!) and my hubby has a good...

Am I just non- observant or what????:genie: Noticed I have 1 (don't remember doing it!) but tried too add more. As long as I've been posting here I thought I knew where everything was! NOPE! :)