I'm off to SLC again. This time I get in eay and will have kick around time. Not sure what to do.

I've been having thinky thoughts about my mom. She lived with us her last 11 years. Only the last 5ish were health challanged. Since she died, I have changed out a good chunk of furniture, have moved, and am finally considering a new car. The Mustang is great in the summer. It completely impractical the rest of the year. I know I'll have my memories but losing the physical reminders is rougher than I thought it would be.

Now I'm dusting everything to try to avoid stress. (There's a good deal at Target this week -- if you've got enough coupons, you can get three of those Swiffer duster things, pay $7.47, and get a $10 Target gift card. So I got three, donated two, and am now dusting all the things. Or, well, most of the things. Some of the things are under other things.)

We're in the middle of trying to figure out what to do with my In-Laws. They have never saved any money, spend like sailors and DH's dad quit working at 62, so his SS is low. His mom works as an aide at a school, but doesn't make a lot of money. They rent a house that his sister owns,m but can't even make their cheap rent. She wants us to chip in and start paying sme of their bills, but DH left home at 16, put himself through college and had not taken a penny from them ever. he doesn't want to contribute, but he doesn't want his sisters and brother to shoulder the whole burden either. It's hard.

I'm having a fucking burger for lunch. And I'm going to make sure there's enough fat in there it doesn't even remotely spike my blood sugar. My job for the past three days has been intensely boring.

It's all so hard! My other grandmother has money but refuses to move out of her too-big house, even though (especially since) she's starting down the dementia road. She's been sick, and fell recently, so stayed with my uncle for a bit, but is now ready to go home again. Yikes. And of course, this is my father's mother, so my mother's trying to support my uncle (dad's brother), but it's not even her family!

She wants us to chip in and start paying sme of their bills, but DH left home at 16, put himself through college and had not taken a penny from them ever. he doesn't want to contribute, but he doesn't want his sisters and brother to shoulder the whole burden either.

Oh, man.

We're in the middle of trying to figure out what to do with my In-Laws.

Out loud, I just said what Nora said. That's rough.

There's a good deal at Target this week -- if you've got enough coupons

I don't remember if you'd posted this already, but where do you get your coupons, Hil?

In other news, in spite of spending all weekend eating french fries and drinking beer with Buffistas, I'm at the lowest weight I've been in years when I weighed myself this morning. I'm within 10 pounds of my Driver's License weight, and that's been a lie for a long time. I wish I knew what I was doing right this time.

Oh Laura, how blessed you are to know how blessed you are. It is lovely. Much peace~ma to you and your mother.

Scrappy, that is hard. If it were me (and I know it's not, so feel free to discard this) I would probably offer to help out my siblings directly, but not give money directly to the parents. I grew up in a family where the parents helped out if asked, but we kids rarely asked, whereas DH comes from a family where people often ask for money but also pay back when they can and offer other forms of help and services when they can't. It took me a while to get comfortable with it, but now I just think of it as one way they reach out to one another.

Can anyone confirm that AP Style is "1980s", not "1980's"?

1980s is correct.