Woo, we're also putting 4 new tires on the Corolla and getting the 60,000-mile service done on Wednesday. We definitely budgeted for this (we bought the car in 2015, so we knew we'd be due for tires before this winter really kicks in, and the 60,000-mile service is important), but between this and the ACA premiums, it feels like we are hemorrhaging money.
We're fine; we have the funds for all of this, but it's just daunting for all of it to hit at one time, so it makes me spin my mental wheels a bit. So my coping method is to get takeout pizza for dinner tonight. (The kitty is getting his bi-annual checkup, shots, and a teeth cleaning, so I had to drop him off at 7:30 this morning, and I'll pick him up later in the day. The vet is right by one of my favorite pizza places that does a gluten-free crust. It would be foolish to NOT take advantage of the proximity, so we are by god having LaRosa's for dinner tonight.)
In SUPER happy news, my brother and SiL will be here for the holidays in exactly 3 weeks! And they're staying for 2 weeks. We have shenanigans planned (where "shenanigans" means "see Aquaman on opening night and also Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse because we are giant nerds").
That sounds like all kinds of fun, Tep! Sarcasm with the expenses, not sarcasm with the pizza, friends, and movies.
Kara has been tentatively diagnosed as being gluten intolerant, which is like a step below celiac, I guess. I don't really get it, but we're having to do the same oh-crap-that-has-wheat-in-it dance we were doing with Nick until he moved out. We were solidly gluten free until we moved to Arkansas, and my mom's idea of gluten free was to buy the really good bread with all the seeds in it. We only stayed with them a few weeks while our house went through the title search and such, but it was frustrating, and we gave up because the kids got the taste of "real" pasta in their mouths again.
So, not a big deal since we've done this before, but a little adjustment anyway. It'll be fun, right? And we'll probably all lose some weight, which would be good.
All of the before meant to be an intro to, "I wish we had gluten free pizza!" man, I didn't just bury the lede, I forgot it!
Nice news! And yes it would be so very foolish to not get the pizza when it is right the hell there next to the vet!
I was asked to make a couple lasagnas for Christmas dinner. DIL has to avoid gluten so I am making the veggie one with sliced zucchini instead of noodles.
Nice Laura! Your daughter in law is lucky to have you. They also have lasagna noodles made from the gluten free bean pasta, for future reference.
Deena, I hope Kara isn't too upset and the transition is easy for the family.
They also have lasagna noodles made from the gluten free bean pasta, for future reference.
And from rice and/or corn flour.
The resentful kitty is back home, and the pizza is staying warm in the oven. I want to eat it all up right now.
And from rice and/or corn flour.
True. I just feel the bean and lentil ones taste the most like real pasta.
I'll ask her if she wants to try one of those instead. Sounds like less effort!
My new medical insurance just denied me an MRI for my swollen ankle for a second time. I spent an hour on the phone just now trying to deal with both that and the fact that my medical supplies were being held up AGAIN. I found out the person I have been dealing with at my doctor's office has left the office. I haven't been able to exercise at the gym because of the ankle issue, and that was actually helping with my anxiety and depression. So, now I'm shaking and mad. Grr.
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