All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


msbelle - Dec 22, 2007 6:06:55 pm PST #8980 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

in love with Allyson.


Kat - Dec 22, 2007 7:02:11 pm PST #8981 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

So....my actual panic for the day? We're supposed to meet my mom in Vegas tomorrow night, Monday morning at the very very latest. A snow storm just started in Boise about 3 hours ago.

GAH. That will make getting to my mom unpleasant and scary, especially with an almost-nine-month-old in tow.


Lee - Dec 22, 2007 7:35:39 pm PST #8982 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Oh, poor Kat. I hope it works out.


Pix - Dec 22, 2007 8:25:48 pm PST #8983 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Hey! I'm not that short. I'm taller than Kristin.

And?
I mean...
::walks tally off into the distance::

Sheesh...walk away from Natter for a day, and look what happens. Snide comments from short and tall!

Kat, I hope everything works out.

Allyson, I t heart your post a lot. I'm trying not to think about money or about my credit score at all right now. Just...no.


Susan W. - Dec 22, 2007 8:59:02 pm PST #8984 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Allyson, thanks for posting that. It helps a lot. I'm definitely going to look into finding a counselor to discuss emotion/anxiety issues after we're back from our Christmas travels. Between the leaping straight to the most dire worst-case scenario and bottling up my emotions until they reach the explosive point, I need to learn some better coping strategies. I'll try to remind myself of what I've got going for me, and of how few of my most dire worries have ever actually turned out as badly as I feared.

We had a friend offer free babysitting tonight, so DH and I went out to a nice dinner at a place we'd wanted to try for awhile as our Christmas present to each other. And we paid cash, so I got to enjoy it without feeling like I'd be paying for it forever. We had a wonderful time (and a delicious meal--I recommend Tilth to the Seattlistas). We didn't talk about the money thing much because it's a downer, but we did talk about some of our plans for the new year, and we agreed that on Jan. 1 we're cutting up all but one of the credit cards and that by the end of that week we'll get the loan application process rolling. And if that doesn't work, then we come up with Plan B.


Theodosia - Dec 23, 2007 2:14:50 am PST #8985 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Susan, I recommend a very useful book called Feeling Good by Dr. David D. Burns, which covers Cognitive Behavior Therapy that you can work on without a counselor. There's a wealth of anxiety-management techniques that help a lot, especially because you have a logical streak that should respond to the work.

And there's some very good blogs out there centered around finance -- one I've heard praised multiple times is Getting Rich Slowly.


Theodosia - Dec 23, 2007 3:25:21 am PST #8986 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

frozen waffles:

Susan, I just checked my own credit score with Experian, and noticed that the scale there runs from 330-830 and if I properly remember the score you mentioned, yours would qualify at least as the high middle... which, may not be as high as you expected, but might be quite acceptable to lending institutions!

I was pleasantly surprised by my score, considering that I'm unemployed and owe in the low 6 digits (including the mortgage), but it's nice to know that I look good on paper.


Cashmere - Dec 23, 2007 3:44:07 am PST #8987 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Goooooood Mooooorning from Snowpocalypsistan!!!

Highs in the teens and blowing and drifting snow with accumulation up to 10-14 inches.

I'm so glad we finished Christmas shopping yesterday because we're not going ANYWHERE today.

Kat, safe travel~ma for you guys.


Jessica - Dec 23, 2007 3:48:28 am PST #8988 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Man, I am so jealous of the midwest right now!

We have rain. Cold, ugly, damp, rain. BLECH.

And I have an annoying cold.


Theodosia - Dec 23, 2007 4:09:35 am PST #8989 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Yeah, it's rain and temps just in the low 30s to make it extra-miserable.

I was supposed to drive to the Catskills today, but I'm thinking about putting it off until tomorrow....