Yay, Gizmo, good boy!
Sorry for your loss, msbelle.
Pretty sure that's almost the exact opposite of frivolous, Theo.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
EpicTangent - Jan 11, 2018 6:41:18 am PST #20905 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Gudanov - Jan 11, 2018 6:46:02 am PST #20906 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Oddly slow day today. I'm transitioning from working on analytics back to core product (had a few developers leave to work at a start-up) and as such I don't have a ton to do for the current sprint.
sumi - Jan 11, 2018 6:47:11 am PST #20907 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
No - because you'be got to have a place to live.
Working at the library so far has been excelkent. I can't believe how nice it is to go to work & not feel like it impossible to do anything right. And the library us so pretty.
The Temps are supposed to drop dramatically while I am at work this afternoon - I am hoping that the sidewalks will have dried off by the time I leave-
Calli - Jan 11, 2018 6:51:02 am PST #20908 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Go, Gizmo (in the appropriate location)!
msbelle, I'm sorry about your friend. Fuck cancer indeed.
I could see taking money out of retirement for necessary house repairs, such as a hole in the roof or wiring problems. Stuff where leaving it be will quickly degrade the value of the house investment. It's all money in pots, and one of the pots you live in. If that pot gets a hole in it, it seems like it would be a good use of some from another pot to address that. More cosmetic changes, probably not so much, unless you're getting ready to sell and you figure they'll really help keep the price up.
Sue - Jan 11, 2018 6:55:46 am PST #20909 of 30002
hip deep in pie
I'm so sorry msbelle.
Working at the library so far has been excelkent. I can't believe how nice it is to go to work & not feel like it impossible to do anything right.
I am so glad to hear that sumi. I think working in the library as a summer student was one of my best jobs. (We did have 30 minute breaks and 1.5 hours for lunch, so it was quite leisurely.)
lisah - Jan 11, 2018 7:02:12 am PST #20910 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
So sorry to hear that, msbelle.
Fred Pete - Jan 11, 2018 7:03:03 am PST #20911 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Taking money out of my retirement account for house repairs is not entirely frivolous, right?
What Calli said -- definitely not if the repairs are necessary.
Jesse - Jan 11, 2018 7:25:45 am PST #20912 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm so sorry. msbelle.
Jesse - Jan 11, 2018 7:27:52 am PST #20913 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse is me, except that my alarm woke me up early so I could come in for meetings.
Uggghhhh. A coworker just said to me, "Were you able to leave on time yesterday?" after I said I had had 7 hours of meetings. I was like, yeah, no. I was here from 8 to 6:30. Which isn't that bad, all things considered!
Taking money out of my retirement account for house repairs is not entirely frivolous, right?
Sounds not at all frivolous. Taking money out for a trip to the casinos in Macau would be frivolous.
Working at the library so far has been excelkent. I can't believe how nice it is to go to work & not feel like it impossible to do anything right. And the library us so pretty.
That's so great to hear!
msbelle - Jan 11, 2018 8:32:09 am PST #20914 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I thought with my first paycheck of 2018 I would have a bit more of a buffer than I ended 2017 with, but no. I have to go pay some bills today that I got notices on and I think I'll be under 100 in the bank for a week. Not grown-upping so well.