Posts by Basylica

Quote: Originally Posted by crayfishgirl  I wanted to chime in here although we don't have a ton of debt (just to mortgage on our house and a rental property....which is a rental because we were/probably still are...

I bank with chase and I don't *think* there was a limit, but might have been. I intially invested 20K last summer in may, and added another 10 around oct/nov. I've got 1500 in interest right now already and it's been under a year. my...

The poop itself won't, but I worked insane hours and my ex was useless and I often didn't get around to diaper wash for 3-4 days at a time. I'll warn you now...ABX poop *will* mold and the mold will eat away at hemp or cotton diapers...

Most of the gurus suggest you have atleast 6m of salary in savings/EF once you are debt free. I've got less than a year's salary in savings, however I only need about 1/3rd of my salary if I were to lose my job. So between...

I'm more in your situation....I make good money now and after my divorce (cost me about 30K when I was still only making about 40/yr) and the debts I racked up I finally started putting money away. I have no CC debt, I didn't goto...

DO NOT absorb into spending! Its like losing weight, it's always easy to put on but murder to take off. Same with spending....once you get used to extra cash it'll be gone in a flash.   What I do is everytime I have more...

I make almost double for 1 adult 2 kids, not incl my CS.... my ex on the other hand makes about liveable for 1 adult (not minus his CS) and lives with his folks. LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by LeighPF  We do a membership a year and in theory will rotate between what ever looks good. Right now it is an art museum that is easy to get to and where we like to take our frequent out of...

lol....I've been single for 5yrs and we were married for 4.5 and dated for like 2 years before that.   I still have that fear. At this point I am rocking the single mom gig. I have money in the bank, I'm wicked smart and...

My kids adore animals and I was traveling quite a lot and wasn't a good idea for us to have a pet (I kept killing betta) zoos can be kinda pricey.   Often we'll go to the pet store and spend a few hours playing with the...