I found $466 in a book I was about to put in my donation box. The only thing I can figure is that it was money from our wedding, because I’ve never had any other occasion to have $466 that I didn’t notice was missing. Our wedding was on Memorial Day weekend, and banks were closed Monday, so I hid all the cash in my…

My first college roommate was awful. She used to bring guys home and blow them in her bed, which was about three feet from mine (I don’t care what anyone does with guys/gals, but I do think it’s disrespectful to do it when someone is trying to sleep in the same room). Then she went out and adopted a kitten...and…

It’s 75 here, and the ice cream man just drove through our neighborhood!

I just posted this in its own comment, but my third-gen iPod Touch somehow reset itself to 1/1/70 about two years ago. I’ve let the battery drain many times since then, and it has never reset itself. It still says January 1, 1970, and I can’t download new stuff, sync to iTunes, or update my OS version.

I have a third-gen iPod Touch, and it somehow reset itself to 1/1/70 about two years ago. I can still use the stuff I have on it, but I can’t download anything new, sync it with iTunes, or update the OS version. I definitely did not change the date myself; it just showed January 1, 1970 randomly one day, and I’ve…

Barbasol men’s shaving cream is 94 cents per can. I’ve never seen women’s shave gel for less than $2.49.

If you ever can’t get Gold Bond for some reason, try Columbia powder. I have a big dent in my pelvis from the time I had surgery and ended up with a tube in my bladder for a week (the hole from the tube never closed all the way), and it often gets irritated when it’s hot outside. When I was in the hospital, I asked if…

That’s a good point. I have a lot of medical problems, so much of my childhood was spent in the hospital. No matter how sick I was, I was never as sick as the other kids. Many of the kids I met ended up dying, or I’d walk by their rooms and see them hooked up to ventilators and tubes. It really ages you fast. After…

Did you see that episode of Shark Tank that had the company that sold bags of ugly produce? They were able to get the produce cheaper because no one wants to buy “ugly” tomatoes or whatever. People buy the produce from them in bags similar to CSA boxes (you get an assortment; I am not sure you get to pick what comes…

Am I old and half-blind, or is the photo just really too small to pick out anybody in particular??

That sucks! I’m so sorry that happened to you.

Good advice. I had a regular OB/GYN do surgery on my ovary, and she accidentally sliced my bladder with the scalpel. Not only did she cut my bladder, she didn’t tell me she cut it. I found out about it when the hospital billed me for bladder suturing.

Okay, it’s not the same people. My FIL and his wife don’t have any kids. She wanted to have six of them, but it didn’t work out. It’s for the best; she has a raging case of NPD, and there isn’t enough money in the world to pay all the therapy bills for anyone unfortunate enough to grow up in her household. I haven’t…

Oh man, is your mom’s brother my FIL? His wife doesn’t “let” him talk to anyone either. She also loves to have him listen on speaker so that they can pull a “Gotcha!” moment every so often.

That doesn’t always work, unfortunately. My FIL is married to an insane person, and she hasn’t let him have a private phone call since they got married. If you call and talk to him, you always have to assume that you’re on speakerphone and she’s standing a foot away from him.

Sorry to hear it was so stressful for you. I have a hard time mostly because of my medical issues. Pretty much everything I have also comes with an increased risk of obesity. Unfortunately, I had an HGH deficiency when I was a kid, so I took HGH injections daily for two years. I was very thin when I started (< just…

Yes, because being told that someone is going to murder you and then bury your body in his yard where no one will ever find it is pretty fear-inducing.

Content Warning: Weight, with numbers

I legit teared up a bit when I saw the finished room. Looks great!

I didn’t go to my 10th reunion, but my class officers organized it. They’re all on Facebook, so it was pretty easy for them to communicate, collect money, etc. They ended up having it at a local catering venue, and it did have a DJ, but I guarantee it wasn’t as fancy as a TV reunion.