Being periodically supplied with an assortment of pickles sounds like a valuable service.

Raises that don't cover COL suck. Yay bonus, though!

Wait, actual interior design not just fantasy? I don't know if my brain can encompass that.

Sorry that class is like that, Jess. That everything-is-a-trick-question feeling sounds familiar and bad.

Go msbelle with the practical budget stuff!

Moving that one weekly meeting from Tuesday to Monday has thrown me for a loop, y'all!

I like Retro Sockhop.

That was also nice.

Being periodically supplied with an assortment of pickles sounds like a valuable service.

Certainly there has to be a pickle subscription service out there.

Best pickle of the month clubs

Well, good!

Timelies all!

Tired. In fact I'm so tired I put on two different earrings.By the time I realized it, I was in my car. Well, it's not like anyone besides me noticed...

I've done that, so don't feel too bad. Luckily, earrings aren't an absolute necessity. I also once managed to put on a skirt SIDEWAYS (I went to put my hand in my pocket and it was in front, rather than the side. Kind of a marsupial effect.

Best pickle of the month clubs

Well, that lead me to Olympia Provisions and I just ordered pickled onions, Summer Sausage and something called Kasekrainer: [link]

I wasn't planning on placing an order of sausages and pickles today...

My aunt, her partner (they don't live together but have been together for a long time and it's odd to call home her boyfriend) are both 3x vaxxed. I think my dad and uncles are 3x vaxxed . Did a text check in and she said it's mild so far.

Fingers crossed it stays mild! Being triple vaxxed means it's likely to.

Best pickle of the month clubs

Well, that lead me to Olympia Provisions and I just ordered pickled onions

You know what's really good pickled? Turnips. YUM.

I wasn't planning on placing an order of sausages and pickles today...

And yet, here we are.

You know what's really good pickled? Turnips.

Hmmm. I haven't had the pleasure.

So the lender is going to send their Chonk tomorrow morning, and then we will be fully Chonky and the title and the keys come to us.

I need more opinions on those Formica laminate patterns, people!

So just to give y'all a notion of what we're getting into (literally) the new place has almost 4,000 square feet, and our current apartment has 600 square feet. Now, the new place will have tenants on the first floor so we're getting about 2,700 feet to play with.

There are differing opinions on whether we could or should put a deck on the roof. But it is an enticing thought. Worst case scenario is two Adirondack chairs and a cooler on the roof.

Side note: the tenants rent will almost cover the mortgage payment. (Though the insurance and the taxes will still cost a lot more.)