In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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The snow is pretty well gone around here and the weather site isn't calling for anymore. Yay!
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I wish you all the luck with work and with getting a savings account up and running. Always a good idea to have some emergency money around.
Know I do.
Thanks. :)
Certainly not to brag, but I'm actually quite comfortable, relatively speaking. I don't like throwing out any actual figures about anything like that since it's extremely gauche.
When I was drinking all those years, I ate into a lot of it and wasted years of my life, my health, and squandered a lot of money. Even as cheap as I am, it's not exactly free to live and 2 1/2 years of no employment, regular bills, and what probably amounted to 5 tanker trucks of cheap beer adds up.
Except for absolutely necessary big ticket expenses that I've put off for years and mentioned in here before, I don't plan on spending any money outside of regular bills until I have 5 years worth of my current pay saved up. That will take a while at this rate, but I'm happy enough in the mean time. Especially now that I've finally broke down and put the heat on at a reasonable temperature in my house during the winter. :)
If I got that job, I'd be able to save that amount of cash in about 1/3 or even less of the time, so I am really considering the possibility of taking it if I ever am asked. I've got a lot of ponderin' to do.
I just REALLY like how things are going right now. I'm afraid if I took that promotion that I'd end up hating something that I currently love.
P.S. It's kind of a shame that you don't live out my way. The house is big, and if I put the money into finishing it, ensuring that it would never flood and getting that second furnace system up and running, we'd be able to each have half of a warm house to ourselves and only have to share the kitchen. Except for when we're cooking, we'd probably hardly ever even bump into each other. :)
I'm not really a great roommate though, and I've had a few bad ones in the past myself. My cousin thinks I'm crazy for not renting out part of this house since I could pay all of my living expenses on that alone, but I love the freedom of living alone.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Snow on the mountains that I can see from the flatlands. It's a beautiful day.
Originally posted by Brenda:
The snow is pretty well gone around here and the weather site isn't calling for anymore. Yay!
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Quote:Snow on the mountains that I can see from the flatlands. It's a beautiful day.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
The snow is pretty well gone around here and the weather site isn't calling for anymore. Yay!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
Got a prediction of snow for tomorrow Sig. So, I will just have to see what happens. I hope not. But things to do and I can't let the weather stop me.
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Good luck! It's going to be a cold one here.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Good luck! It's going to be a cold one here.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
No snow showed up Jack. Which was good but I had my cane with me just in case. Right now it looks like it could rain. So we shall see which way the wind blows. Weather site says it is 1degree out.
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Trying to decide if I want an afternoon snack. Can't make up my mind.
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Quote:While evaluating the job situation, do they have Flexible Spending Accounts? If you have known dental expenses upcoming, you could put money into that - I was thinking they were Tax-Free.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hrrrrmmmmm....
I forgot how nice it is to have most of your income fall beneath even the 10% tax bracket after the standard deduction. I'd also lose a property tax credit of $300 that I enjoy right now on top of it.
After paying all these new taxes and the insurance premiums (based off of 2nd hand knowledge on the price from what somebody said they were paying last year), assuming zero overtime, I'd be looking at pretty much double my disposable income now. Since the bills are already paid anything extra would be gravy to do what I wanted to with.
There's also the bonus which is doubled for full timers to consider, as well as the fact that your paid time off increases much quicker as a full timer. I don't really give PTO a second thought right now with all of my free time, and the fact that I only get about 1 hour every 45 that I work right now, but it would mean a lot more to me if I were working a lot more.
I'll have to go into the system at work and see how much quicker it gets. It's still not super fast since I've only been there a year, but the speed increases quite quickly after only one year for full timers as opposed to part timers. After working there 3 years, I could probably take one PTO day off every other week and get my 3 day weekends since I don't have any interest in taking vacations anywhere.
I've got a lot to consider here. I shouldn't be putting this much thought into it yet though since I haven't gotten an offer. The fact that I don't drive a forklift is really a big negative for an overnight lead. I'm not sure at this point if the people who make these decisions are aware of all of the other stuff I bring to the table. My manager and the old team lead would really have to push the issue.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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No snow again. Which is good. Need to get some stuff done.
Ruddy nerve in my right leg was pinging all night. That hurt and kept me awake half the night.
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There is an a medication which is EXCELLENT for nerve-sourced pain, here called Lyrica. It was originally developed as an anti-convulsant. It's great for pain from nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy, shingles, piched nerves) with very few side effects. Also, there is a nerve-pain syndrome which occurs when pain signals are constantly sent thru a nerve, which causes the "pain" nerves to grow and the "pain" receptors to multiply, so that even when the original source of pain is removed (the broken bone heals, the pinched nerve is relieved) the pain continues on its own. Lyrica is great for that too: I had a terrible pinched nerve and kiped some of hubby's Lyrica and I have to say it brought me blessed relief until physical therapy and a change is prescription glasses helped fix the problem. (altho I still have spinal arthritis)
ALL of the NSAIDs reduce kidney function and long-term use is associated with kidney failure and cardiac "events", so try to use those sparingly.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
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