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I earned a little money this week, for the first time in months. I manned my friend's little bead store in our village for 5 hours yesterday (I have no idea if any of you remember, but I used to...

Back from my whirland trip to Phoenix last week - something like 1200 miles in four days; I'm feeling every mile of it yesterday and today!

Good news is that I received the confirmation that I was...

I finally had my referral appointment this past Wednesday with the vascular surgeon at UNM who specializes in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - he confirmed it was of the neurogenic type where the main...

Our friend who does home maintenance repairs came over today to check out the toilet - we started ruling out all sorts of different scenarios and looked at some YouTube videos; it was ascertained...

I just did the same with WaPo - I cancelled it 3 days before the subscription was due and they immediately lured me back with the $29 per year.

How are you with toilets? Ours has stopped being able to flush all the way and we have to resort to filling up a bucket from the tub and pouring it into the toilet to get everything to go down. ...

Absolutely stressed out from an auto accident lawsuit my husband has been involved with for over a year. Unfortunately, the other guy in the accident is a lawyer so he is pulling some very dirty...

Made $30 on Facebook Marketplace by selling a tool for metalsmithing I hadn't used in a while. Dropped off some clothing to the consignment shop in town - not the greatest because they take 60% of...

I never turn on the crappy electric heater the previous owner installed in the bedroom in order to sell the house to us - the bedroom has hand-made adobe brick walls which absorb the heat from the...

I seriously need to cut back my personal spending as I don't have any income coming in. Right now most of my money is going towards paying doctor co-pays and reaching my deductible, then my...

Turns out the torn rotator cuff and AC joint arthritis is somewhat of a nothing-burger, according to my orthopedic guy. Nothing he would do surgery for, at any rate, so it's back to square one. At...

Getting into the Mayo Clinic was a bit of a process: I had made the call last November and they start an account for you with a special case number. Then you have to send all your medical records...

So far this year already I have had 8 PT visits, a chest x-ray, a new cervical x-ray, a follow-up EMG, and finally a shoulder MRI yesterday. The EMG came back within normal range which meant the...

Not only has January seemed extraordinarily long, it feels like I have been bleeding money profusely because so many of my own bills have come due. It's all ever so apparent when one has no money...

Tybee was right - I just got off the phone with SS (only on hold for 1 hour and 20 minutes, lol). If I chose to take Spousal Benefits when K. files at his full retirement age in Dec. 2025, I only...

I keep reading different things about this, and the lady at my local SS Office told me otherwise. But now I am on their website and it reads just like you have been saying. I really wish they would...

I wouldn't be switching to the Spousal Benefits until he retires in Dec. 2025, in which I would get half of his. I can start taking my own benefits now, but since I've only always worked in retail...

From what I've asked (and I still have lots more questions), is if I take my regular benefits now (I'm 62 and 4 months) I will get $1055/month before taxes. When my husband retires in December...

I have come to the conclusion after doing the research is that the best thing for me to do is to file for my Social Security, even though it is pretty low. I have to come terms that I am pretty much...

I have a little rule when I am decluttering - I ask myself "Will I regret letting go of x, y, or z and even remember x, y, or z in one month? 6 months? a year? Most of the time I can say no very...

Something called VernierShops. But I realize now that when I tried a different set of words for a search for an ergonomic seat cushion for a wooden chair it led me away from Amazon and into the...

Buyer Beware! Last month I ordered a "Coccyx & Sciatica Pain Relief Seat Cushion" from the internet and didn't do my due diligence enough. It was supposed to be $33.97 after using their special...

I'm actually really enjoying not working for the time being - I have lots of projects to take care of and it has been snowy and cold so the idea of sitting in the gallery for seven hours a day with...

Thanks Tradd, I'll check it out. For the most part I just wear a big flannel shirt I stole from K. Now that I'm not working at the moment, I don't need a nice wardrobe, so big sloppy flannels will...

I pretty much live in fleece-lined leggings in the winter! I need more shirts that cover my butt though - I caught a glimpse of my backside and it wasn't so great looking. I don't have much of a...