As I have said many times in my life, "It was meant to be."
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As I have said many times in my life, "It was meant to be."
According to my brother, my mom worked a lot during WWII years and amassed a nice savings account by 1949. She married and did not return to work until all the kids started school. Then she was my...
Schools, businesses of all kinds, social events, etc. are all closed on Monday. Warnings to stay off the roads due to crazies. Not my idea of fun. But then I have lived thru so many things that it...
Kib: almost all the empty lots are now full in our neighborhood. $1M houses plunked down next to what used to be called cracker box houses. In a few neighborhoods, Habitat for Humanity houses...
Give Indy a chance and some time. Both times I did a big move (AK to IN, IN to NC), it took almost a year to settle and feel less like a stranger. Find your tribe whether church, hobby group,...
Kib: I am also in Indianapolis. Going on 44 years now. Live downtown and like it.
My husband gave up 4 legged animal meat decades ago due to intestinal issues. Dont miss it. Poultry, fish and veggies are our go to items. He would hate to give up cheese though. I only use skim...
I am only confused about the "any money withdrawn over than that". RMDs must be paid each year (and the laws are constantly changing) and are generally fully taxed as ordinary income. Roth IRAs are...
First year we have not itemized our deductions. Since our charitable contributions are all qualified by going direct from our 401K plan, they do not appear. Cannot reach $30,000 without them.
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Heated seats are just a luxury that I wanted in my new car. Red car, heated seats, and Honda brand. I am pretty easy to please. Friends have a high end BMW with heated and air conditioned seats. ...
1993 was the last time we had a "real" mortgage. We had a short term loan in 1999 to cover some time on a new house but that is all. Cannot remember financing anything since then. I guess our...
Iris, same boat here. I have put up to $18,000 on a cc and paid off. I would have given them a check or even cash but they wanted the CC. I was not even picking it up right away so the check would...
I was asked to be a manager once and refused it. Actually told them to put the demand in writing just in case I did a horrible job. No way could I deal with being yelled at from the top and the...
I have had to call the police twice this week due to a man leaving a high end bike in our backyard. We have Ring cameras all over and could see who did it.
#1 He dropped it over our gate into a...
Tradd, my husband did something similar. He used to get quick fix breakfast bowls to microwave. After studying them he found they had a lot of salt and unnecessary ingredients. So now he cooks up...
Been retired 15 years. Make sure you have all the areas covered: cultural, educational, physical, creative, charitable, etc.
We found regular exercise, whatever you prefer, is really needed in...
I suspect the turkey did not get done. I am with you. In the US, 8 seems to be only fine for fancy restaurants here. Or maybe it is my age. In Europe, the restaurants we visited did not even open...
Continuing Care Retirement Community. We have at least two nice big ones where we live and a good one way up in Goshen IN. But most residents appear to be those with either some health issues or...
Just calculated ours and fully paid for housing is about 8% give or take of our total net worth. Not sure it will ever really change unless we decide to buy into an extremely fancy CCRC or some...
I am partial to Doctors Without Borders. One of the very few charities that actually turned down donations when they had "enough" during a crisis.
I stick mostly to local charities where I can...
Wear them. You would spread a lot of joy for the season. Fun and funny things are needed during the holidays.
Iris, we are facing that with our RMDs. So agree with your rant.
Our favorite cherry orchard in Wisconsin, Seaquist Orchard, had their free shipping for Black Friday. We ordered almost all our Xmas presents from them. The bakers among our friends get dried...
I love that Aldi lets its cashiers sit down. Humane thing to do. Small stores with basic supplies. We used to get a small rolled turkey roast there.
Only reason we do not go is that we try...
This sounds more like one of those crazy internet stories of management going overboard. Now every single time an employee wants to do work at home to benefit the company, they will probably need to...