Fudge covered Oreos and Cadbury creme eggs.  Not fancy, but necessary for my sanity.  I’m also stress baking - I have a theory sugar prevents viral infection.

The whole scene with Sophie thinking Jacky was Susie’s husband was gold, especially “then why is he neck deep in my furs??”  RIP Brian Tarantina

We have someone like this who our boss thinks is so awesome and knows so much and can solve so many problems! Except we find out from our temp, who has friends that used to work in her old department  -  she exaggerated her resume, she doesn’t know the things she claims to know, she has people outside our department…

Most shocking celebrity news of the week to me: Michael Sheen is dating a woman half his age and she’s pregnant. I did not think he was one of those types of 5o year old men. Remember that amazing scene in “Moonstruck” when Olympia Dukakis realizes that the reason men chase younger women is that they fear death? One…

I own a condo and still don’t have either!  Pre-war construction is good for some things, bad for others.  I’d sell my own mother for a washer and dryer of my own. 

I was once on a flight from Houston with a bunch of Deloitte and Touche douchebag trainees, who were all ragging on the one guy who was studying for some licensing exam they all needed to take in a few weeks.  Jesus take the wheel and get the bar cart out here!

I put an allergy app on my phone because I was just diagnosed with allergies last year, although I can tell within minutes of waking how my day will be due to how much my nose is running.  But in NY, it’s ALWAYS high dust levels

I have her beat - my scoliosis scar goes from the base of my neck down to my butt!  And I needed two surgeries.  Basically, my parents could have bought two Honda Civics in the 80s for what they had to pay for my surgeries.

Stop caring so much about what other people think about how you look, what labels you wear, what car you drive. Because most people aren’t paying attention anyway. Save, save, save!  As much as you can, even if it’s just a little.  It adds up in the end.

I still kind of hope Jared wrote it.  Trump would turn on him in a second and you think he would have figured it out by now.

The Alphonse Mucha Museum was a gem of a museum! The National Museum is also incredible, well represented in every type of art from Old Masters to Contemporary.

She wasn’t diagnosed until stage 4 so there was no hope in the end but before she found that out, her plan was to have chemo, come into the office, lay down on the couch to dictate work....and never tell her boss she had cancer. I’m not sure it would have panned out that way even if it had been less serious.

My last boss was a paranoid, micromanaging control freak. No one could have access to all the information except her. She doled it out in approved portions. To the point that, when she died (cancer) none of us knew how to access our budget numbers at all (let alone any other files), and finance was astonished at that.…

What phone company do you have?  I have Comcast Xfinity, and I just found out a month ago you can now use NoMoRobo on most landlines, and it really works - and it’s free for landlines!

This is how I want Obama and Joe next. My colleague found this book this weekend. They solve mysteries! This needs to be a show like “Our Cartoon President.”

I know her from her appearance on a recent documentary on whether HH Holmes was Jack the Ripper! She was helping his great grandson investigate him. I’m a sucker for shows like that.

There are grant programs for first time and low income homebuyers you can find to help with down payment and closing costs. I got my mortgage with HSBC Bank, because they offered me the best interest rate and gave me $15K in grants I never have to pay back.. I’m a single homebuyer, so it’s easier to qualify as one…

Interesting - thanks!

My 65 year old aunt has it! But she’s also anorexic so I’m confused - don’t you usually get it from eating very rich foods?

As pdxwhy says below, there are down payment assistance programs at different banks and credit unions. I went with HSBC First Time Home Buyer (limited to NY and NJ), which seems to be the best one - I got $7500 towards my down payment, AND $7500 towards my closing costs, and I don’t have to pay anything back!