I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Resets every 24 hours.
Someone was having a hard time visiting their loved ones.
Sorry, because you just don't need dings CWillie.
My dH and his carelessness, and his bicycle are doing damage to my car.
It used to be important to me, to keep things clean, nice, undamaged.
I know what irks me is my sig other's grown daughter both her and her hubby had to have a new car each every two years, and she couldn't leave the house without her $200 pair of blue jeans. Sig and I just roll our eyes as we climb into our 22 year old Jeeps wearing our $39.95 pair of jeans... [sigh]. I guess someone needs to keep the economy rolling along because he and I aren't doing it :P
Now I'm concerned
I sent my return to Fresno, but to a different zip code
93888-0002
One year, my refund was 'lost' or stolen in the mail - I had to wait a long time for a duplicate check to be sent
Of course, this was back when we received forms in the mail with pre-printed labels with our names and social security numbers on the outside for anyone to see - why has dishonesty become so prevalent ?
Worried most about the change in my dH. Maybe he just cannot hear, or think straight.
Katie-Hope your next day is better.
Can I get in on the discussion of luxury purchases everyone seems to be making these days?
About 5 years ago, I worked with a girl who was about 20. She and her boyfriend were thinking about getting a place together, but she had this thing in her head that she had to have all new, all nice furniture and housewares first. All I could think was that I spent about $100 on "stuff" when I moved into my first apartment - that bought me a few essential pieces of furniture (dinette set, bed, couch, chair) from a neighbour in the building who was moving across the country. My parents and grandparents donated some old stuff from their basements and attics, and the rest I picked out of dumpsters! Every paycheque, I put a little bit into paint or fabric to spruce these things up, or set a budget and went thrift-hunting. I didn't start buying "real" furniture and housewares till I had a steady, decent-paying job. (Even then, I kinda still prefer thrift-hunting for furniture and decor stuff.) I see on Facebook that this girl is still living at home, five years later (now with the boyfriend there, too), probably because she doesn't have enough "stuff" to start her life. (Looks like she managed to blow a wad on a Mustang convertible, though.)
I dunno.....sometimes I feel sorry for young people who can't seem to afford to strike out on their own. But sometimes I think....at least some of them....just want to start with EVERYTHING, and won't leave home until they can!
Or....I might be becoming one of those older people who "doesn't understand" the modern world.
"Get off my lawn, you kids!" *shakes fist*
It's a tie line that binds them inevitably to mommy and daddy, because they can't possibly afford the lifestyle that their parents are giving them right from the start.
Someone I know from work, a clerical worker, just bought her 16 year old son a Mercedes.
Really?
It has always struck me in my workplace that the folks who earn very little buy lunch out every day. Those of us who are salaried, generally bring lunch from home.