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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
And we know your dog's name, too, Liese. We're onta ya
Hee! This is true. I am doomed.
Liese (and Kat), my parents have a straw bale house in New Mexico.
Oh, wow, Nonian. I would be really appreciative. Right now we're just reading books and getting all worked up. I may email you later, if that's okay?
And our family is a check-picking-up-family, which causes problems sometimes when we just can't.
Yes, my daughter now owns a pair of MONKEY PANTS!
Whoohoo! Monkey pants! Burrell-baby-monkey-ants!
Hey, boss, you look really foamy in a corset!
Thank dog that is never ever a possibility in my workplace.
We can't move.
No, no you can't. Damn.
Oh, and monkey pants!
beth is a Mainer!
Gives beth the secret handshake.
I may email you later, if that's okay?
Please do. My parents are pretty proud of their house because my mom ( a 4th grade teacher) designed it and they really worked hard to keep costs down. They would love to share their experiences and answer any questions.
Which is what's so unconscionably wrong about "paycheck-cashing" businesses. They take desperate people and make them much, much more desperate.
I'd say about 60% of the bank accounts I saw were paycheck to paycheck. Another chunk (maybe 25%?) - were one to two paychecks ahead. The last little chunk of about 15% would be well ahead.
Of course, people that really have a lot of money don't keep it in a bank account. It's out working for them, making them more money. Huey Lewis had six figures in his money market account, though.
But I think that's a fairly accurate snap shot of "working class" (whatever that means in America) finances. At least in California.
we pay $869 for our smallish 2-bd duplexed house with fenced backyard and half a garage and that is a steal. We can't move.
Damn. That is impressive.
Burrell, won't Frances's costs be going down as she gets older, or have they already done that?
Yes, but not enough to offset his care. Next month she'll transition to Toddlers and her care will go from $595 to $495. But then once he begins daycare in the Fall, we'll be paying $1095 for the both of them. Plus the mortgage. Ouch.
What's a straw bale house? I'm really intrigued, and I'm assuming it's not something that would be susceptible to a Big Bad Wolf weather front.