Tybee
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I wrap mine in the receipt and keep it in the car. A rubber band around it would be even better.

I burned a grocery bag full of files from my parents papers. There are still 2 boxes full, but there used to be more, so it's good to keep chipping...

It looks just like Galena!

Cottage law was a big deal where we lived in Michigan because of Lake Michigan and I guess it is in Wisconsin, too--check out this article about...

It took me a minute to get that--you mean like The Devil and Daniel Webster?

That does sound like a good deal. Two thoughts--do you have to pay interment on top of that? In Savannah and in Portland, Maine, the two places I...

I just remembered my favorite character--it was the Akita Kato. If only he could have testified.

That price estimate seems a little low, IL. I paid 5500 for three niches, each niche capable of holding two sets of ashes. The niches are outdoors...

It seems to be legal in some states, not in others, so check that out. In some places the funeral home will arrange interment in the same plot--I...

I had not thought about an irrevocable trust. I looked it up and it looks like that works but you have to do it before the 5 year lookback period: ...

I'm glad I'm not him having to meet up with Nicole, although supposedly, all that gets worked out somehow.

The books I ordered arrived and I opened mine and couldn't even start it. I think I will try to do one page a day. Or maybe week? I was going to...

More about leaving houses to children--if you want to do that then you have to have enough resources to pay for your care up until death, or be lucky...

Yes, if Medicaid is paying for someone's care in a facility, then the house is sold to pay back the money to Medicaid, that's how it works. It's not...

That is cool. I buried my loved ones where my mom and I were born, but now it's super expensive there, a resort area, so I like to think I own a...

I am glad you got some answers. It is a shame Phoenix is so far, but you have made great progress and I think things will go in a better direction...

Well done! When I buried my parents and grandparents, I added a niche for me, so I've taken care of that. B ut I have not prepaid cremation as I...

Yes, the rainbow was while I was snapping pictures at the apex. Maybe it's just lens flare? I was wrong about the fence, it has faded into blue,...

Wow, at 3:30 just a tiny sliver of the sun through the glasses, and the slice moved down to the bottom.

Thanks, toomuchstuff, just ordered one for me and one for my husband. Looks good.

Am doing every fifteen minutes--just a small slice is covered right now. So glad we got the glasses!

Kay, I really liked seeing the eerie changes in the light in 2017. It wasn't just dark, everything was different. So this year, when we are closer...

Bae, thank you for this reminder to sort this all out. I know we have done only a portion of what we need to do in this department. Your neighbor's...

We just got our power back after 4 days without so it's funny to be excited about it getting dark again, but we are really psyched here as we are...

How great to see you!!!! I agree about the spending less than you earn and flying under the radar.

I don't know, that sounds stressful to me, to listen to that, with the BAM thing happening, and someone saying my kid wasn't safe living with me. I...

We lose power a lot here. The worst was last year at Christmas when we were out for 5 days. Luckily we have a woodstove. We have a well pump so no...

Thank you so much for keeping us posted. I think you are on the path to getting better! I am excited you are going to Mayo. I am looking forward...

JP, what new diet are you using? I need to know as that is about where I am at except A1C went from 6/1 to 6 which is not great.

They should go to the unemployment office and get training there for what jobs might be out there. That is a reasonable thing to do. I have no way...

No, not on the same page because I cannot conscience that with DT on the ballot.

Our dog loves her squeaky toy--any squeaky toy. So we have several but she somehow breaks them. It is our defense to get her off the bed when we...

Rob, your post made me think about my original post--my point was kind of about getting to what is stopping us from getting what we really want. ...

Oops! We bought a set of them at Home Depot when we bought our first foreclosure in SC, and got them both for 499, and they delivered them on...

I do the same thing with my kids and grandkids. I am restraining myself from buying a second birthday present for my daughter in law since I am...

I had that washing machine, happystuff, because my Mom had one forever. It was such a great machine!!!

I hadn't thought about Champs like Champions! Cool coincidence. I was thinking about tours looking for Champy, the Lake Champlain version of the...

Way to go, Siouz!

I will try out an episode, but so far, what I have read from him has not grabbed me or supported me the way the Dave Ramsey stuff has. I really like...

That is interesting about the milk and cheese; no one told us that! DH had massive anaphylatic reaction to half a hamburger, after he had been...

I thought of another one, Champy Cruises!

Well I looked at the article and it doesn't really look that relevant because the guy charters out really big boats and it's super expensive to moor...

I am sorry you feel sad and scared, that's not good. I was wondering how much somebody could make doing this and google found this article which you...

How do you feel about that solution?

Can DH write a business plan and get a bank loan for his charter boat business? That would seem a logical approach to this situation. Or, can DH...

With my mom's small IRA, one sibling kept it as an IRA, and two of us paid the taxes ourselves on our part of the distribution.

Here's a link to a schwab article about the 10 year thing, which applies to non-spouses, so you have to scroll down past the spousal stuff to get to...

All the money has to be out of the IRA in ten years, as well.

A lot of time there is overlap, with people with pre-diabetes being told to lose weight, but they have very borderline A1C's and can't lose weight...

We had a similar era house in the Chicago area and the woodwork, the pocket doors, the glazed tile around the fireplace--the two staircases! Still...

Beautiful woodwork.

IL, why not send it back to the house via the historic society that bought the house?