iris lilies
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I’m trying to give away a deer skeleton head with antlers. DH found it in the woods when he was hunting for mushrooms. I thought someone may want it....

I won’t take the test. Any American who assumes they are living lightly on earth is pretty delusional. Same thing with Americans who whine about...

And Joe Biden marches on forgiving student loans left and right. I’ve googled a little here and there, and from that I guess our president did in...

exactly. It’s about setting up camps.

ummm… the bedroom set of DH is white-ish. I think it’s laminate. and I am mourning Roger’s pink bathroom fixtures even if he is not. There’s an...

That starbust clock is great. I will admit some years ago I couldn’t quite grok mid-century modern but now I like it. But don’t ask me to ever...

Consequences of England’s Cass report are being reported trickling out all over the Internet. The Cass report does not say the following: *...

That is quite a house! I’m not sure I like the lime green paint accents but on the other hand, maybe they are OK. Mid-century modern is a classic,...

We spent the day in the city yesterday waiting for Lowe’s to come back and fix the windows they incorrectly installed in february. It was a minor...

I know. I saw that headline story and I didn’t even go in to see what the house looked like before they took it down because it was too depressing to...

to add insult to injury, the taxpayers were paying the salary of that social worker to give that legal advice to the squatter in your MIL’s house. I...

fires were an ongoing problem with urban homeless as well. in my urban core neighborhood that was gentrifying decades ago, vagrants moved in to...

my brother, the cynic, points out every Earth Day that the founder of Earth Day practiced what he preached. He killed and composted his girlfriend,...

I wondered if you had freezer space. Yes go buy more shrimp. That’s a good price. I continue to love our new grocery store, new owners took it...

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I liked that one, maybe the best. I also like the tree trunk table lamp..

I like these lamps. They have an Arts and Crafts vibe, , would you say? They could work in my living room where I may someday need a table lamp. I...

TMS we are thinking about you! Thank you for keeping us informed.

Oh, I remember canned bean and bacon soup! When I was a kid, I think I was addicted to it. I haven’t thought about that in decades.

thank you for the sources, Tybee. It’s all interesting.

I love Tybee’s painting, it is so gentle and peaceful and just plain pretty. That is cool catherin’s woodcut has appreciated. I am never in any...

do not know. I highly doubt that is public information, which doesn’t mean it isnt happening. Why don’t you use your contacts at Princeton to see...

I am so glad you bought that painting! I looked at a painting for months on ebay, made an offer that was countered too high, and I never got the...

RE: degrading higer education I was shocked and horrified to hear Quatar is pouring tons of money into elite American Universities. I heard this...

The Iranian regime is shit. Many of its citizens long for a more open society, one they knew before the Allytolah took over.

. I do not want those fleeing from forest fires, rising water, lack of water and etc. to invade my little picturesque town. They do not need to know...

retirement on the horizon!!! Yay!

We think Chicago is expensive! I always thought Dallas was flyover-country cheap, tho.

oh rosa, I am sorry to hear your mother is entering this end phase of life.I’m glad you and your sister are there to help her through it. You are...

oh, right! The 15-year mortgage, that’s right, that’s a good tool.

For many/most of the clients who talk to Ramit and Dave Ramsey they already own a house, so that’s where some of the pushback about ignoring credit...

when your employee makes a massive media push to diss his employer, it’s not unreasonable to suspend him. I actually figured he just gets straight...

With all the interviews coming out now, today I learned that the man who was the ghost writer for OJ‘s book was the same guy who gave key testimony...

i’ve known a few Christian Scientists casually and they are pretty live and let live people. In my city neighborhood we had a son of Elsah who was...

I can see you becoming a Christian scientist. You are a clean living non-hedonistic healthy person! . I don’t think I could become a Christian...

Maybe the flooding explains the new flooring They probably can’t get insurance, so that’s why it’s so cheap? I don’t know.

Hmmmm, do you see anything instructional in this story?

Somebody suggested it was so cheap because it sits on the river flats, and it will flood. I suppose that’s true, but both properties have been there...

Both Dave Ramsey and Ramit Sethi scold their callers about worrying about a credit rating. In their worlds people do not buy things on credit. But...

It’s a big deal, too, in my former neighbor-to-the-North, Minnesota. On the subject of an irrevocable trust, I can’t imagine giving up control...

Those are some spectacular scenic places, agreed. But I can’t see myself living in any of them. The big tall, cactus plants are very cool though.

Iowa law calls for sellers of real estate to disclose when human ashes have been spread on it. Of course, we did not do that with DH’s father’s...

well, now you have baited me into talking about this non-issue. You may consider yourself as carrying the banner for All That is Right and Good...

yes, there would be an additional charge to place ashes in a plot. I did ask the funeral home guy if DH could get into the Catholic cemetery...

That may be true, but I do know the price for the plots owned by the funeral home are $500. I just don’t like their location as much as the ones in...

oh I see. Yes you are a long ways away from Social Security. Well I and everyone here hope that your treatment and recovery goes as well can be...

we have talked about this attempt to shield money from the clawback provisions of Medicaid many times. If you are serious about it, consult an...

So weird! ALL my aunts worked on both sides of the family! Oh wait, no— one was married to an insurance executive, and so she hostessed and...

Happens all the time. Someone remains in the family house and it is the executor’s job to sell it and disburse proceeds thereby kicking out the...

The more I think about it, the more I think over the last couple days that I will not name a place for our remains. We are being cremated, so ashes...

I actually happen to agree with DJ Trump about abortion (leave it up to the states) but that doesn’t mean I’m going to vote for him even though...

This is not a rave exactly it’s just funny: This morning, DH got a call from someone in our old neighborhood asking about how to turn on the...

I love the Northeast.

The guy who lived in OJ’s pool house, Kato Kaelin, was a bit of a comedic character. Who knew at the time that the OJ saga was really the prequel...

Catherine, I know you know this, but when you die your children will not have to “clean up “any debt or lack of debt. You, Catherine, will deal...

so your financial life is tied up with a business partner who gambles? Oy vey. How far away are you from collecting Social Security? And can you...