Pets are no joke though. Approximately $600/year. I tell you what, when the cats (aged 14 - 14.5) pass, they will not be replaced.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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 - Apr 10, 2013 7:13:33 am PDT #17989 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Nora Deirdre - Apr 10, 2013 7:33:29 am PDT #17990 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
We've been tracking our spending pretty tightly every month and it is eye-opening, but we still spend too much!
Sophia Brooks - Apr 10, 2013 7:37:55 am PDT #17991 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I do think people who pay rent/mortgage in an OK neighborhood underestimate how much you save by living in a bad neighborhood and taking the bus! Not saying you should, but I think that is where the savings is to make it on $15,000 a year
Jessica - Apr 10, 2013 7:38:55 am PDT #17992 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Slate Culture Gabfest listeners - the 80s miniseries they spend 10 minutes bashing? That's the project that has been devouring me from below for the past year. Oy.
Jesse - Apr 10, 2013 7:38:58 am PDT #17993 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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Jessica - Apr 10, 2013 7:39:57 am PDT #17994 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I do think people who pay rent/mortgage in an OK neighborhood underestimate how much you save by living in a bad neighborhood and taking the bus!
If I didn't have kids, I would have a way bigger house in a way worse neighborhood. But bad neighborhoods have bad schools in them, so we're kind of stuck.
[edit: Or alternately, paying much more for the same amount of space in a better neighborhood, which I could do because I wouldn't be spending so much damn money on childcare!]
Amy - Apr 10, 2013 7:46:40 am PDT #17995 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, schools are a problem with kids. We could be living two towns over for a lot cheaper than we can rent here, but I really don't want the kids going to school where they're walking through metal detectors and have full-time guards.
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2013 7:51:28 am PDT #17996 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the kids going to school where they're walking through metal detectors and have full-time guards
How else are you going to quality assure the guns in school?
I just had to speak the mostest in this meeting--talking about system errors, human errors, things we promise we won't err on this weekend...talky schmalky.
When, really, the IMPORTANT task I have to do is my daily drawing challenge, and I completely thought I had a different one to do today...fuck, why isn't my favourite word purple?
Sophia Brooks - Apr 10, 2013 7:54:39 am PDT #17997 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh, I agree, Amy and Jessica. Just the $15,000 families probably don't have that choice (or don't know to think about it).
Burrell - Apr 10, 2013 7:56:17 am PDT #17998 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Where I live, even people in the good neighborhoods, if they can afford it, pay $25,000 a year to send their kids to private school. (And no, not every private school costs that much, but a surprising number of them do.)
I recommend getting the kind of backpack which has an outside holder for water bottles.
I recommend getting the kind of kids who remember that those side pockets exist.
I've tried that solution and have had the same problem that Jessica has had with it. I mean, had she just, you know, put her water bottle on the counter when she came home from school--as I have asked her to do nearly 5 days a week for the past 5 years--there wouldn't have been any spill.