Also, don't you work at a school?
Nope, a private company (legal publishers). No discounts available with any workout places, unfortunately. They do have a room downstairs with exercise machines, treadmills, and a stationery bike, but I never get down there.
Whatever you do, Kathy, don't let them debit your membership from your checking account. Put it on a credit card. Is there some place around that doesn't require a contract?
I'll have to clear some room on my credit card (right now, it's only $21 away from being maxed out), but that's a good idea. They charge $9.99 every other week, which I assume is automatically charged to your card.
Is there a specific reason I shouldn't be giving them my check card?
They're notorious for never stopping debiting your bank account, even when things happen such as your local center closing. Since Bally's has declared bankruptcy twice in the last five years and is scrounging for a buyer, this scenario is not all that unlikely. Your credit card company will stop giving them money; your bank won't.
Credit card companies are much better at responding to complaints and random fees than banks with debit cards.
From personal experience, I strongly suggest never letting any company take money from your checking account. Either use your checking account's Bill Pay to pay them (so you can stop it whenever you want without any hassle), or else use a credit card, for reasons already mentioned.
Aimee, I thought this was a fabulous idea in re: kid's book storage (found on pinterest - LOVE!). [link]
These are from IKEA, but if you don't have one near you, I'm sure other spice racks would do.
Those would be perfect, GC. One of those might work with my efforts to sneak a magazine holder into my small bathroom.
Why does my stomach hate me? I never throw up.
Ginger, we have something this in our bathroom, and it works well: [link]
I have one of those, scrappy, but it's hard to clean around because there's not much room on either side of my toilet.
The bird is in the oven! I forgot the sweet potatoes, but that's okay because the roasting pan wasn't that deep or wide and there wasn't enough room.
I got silicone bands to take care of the legs and wing tips. Only I put them on AFTER I'd massaged 1/2 stick of butter into the bird. It was a little like (I assume) wrestling a greased pig. But I got it in. And either the cavity wasn't that big or my lemon is way to big because I had a hard time shoving everything in the bird that was supposed to go inside.
In 35 minutes I have to figure out how to flip it from breast side to back side to cook the rest of the way.
Has anybody heard from Trudy lately? I don't twit or fb, so if she's there, I wouldn't know. But she hasn't posted here for a while.
