Doing better, BF got paid, so he was able to pay me back a little, he tried to pay most of it but I refused knowing he still has some unpaid bills. I got paid today, so I don't feel so awful. I've made some adjustments to my bill pay for the next 3months, going to minimum for awhile when I was paying over(no interest cards.) The big deal was my mom decided to switch up the car insurance, I had been on their plan to save money over all, but she found a better plan where we all save and where I can have my own policy. (Mom is also an insurance agent). So that's all good, 'cept she decided she wanted to do it this month instead of next.
I like to pay 6months at a time since they give you a discount, but because of DR bills and speeding ticket, I don't have $800 bucks this month. She paid the bill on her credit card, but I hate owing her anything.
I've just had to focus on getting through now, and adjusting my spending (and speeding) so that I can replenish my savings. Looking for some side jobs too.

Back in the day, when my cash flow was tight , I paid my car insurance monthly. It really only cost me $2 more a month and made getting my bills paid on time a breeze. It was really worth it to me at the time.

My angioedema and lack of benadryl.

Also, way too many people must not be getting any these days. Come on, ignore Christine, lighten up your lives and self-satisfy, if need be.

You have a swolen heart?

oh

yeah, that's it. Had it since college. It's irritated by heat or pressure. Say I have a pair of shoes that I've worn dozens of times, so they're broken in. I go a few weeks without wearing said shoes. Wear said shoes again...the pressure just from where it's touching my feet in a different place from the previous shoes triggers an attack. My feet (or hands or ears...extremities) can swell up twice their size. My feet have looked like Ball Park Franks ready to burst at the seams.

When I exercise, the heat causes a similar thing on my torso.

The feeling is, I can imagine, like thousands of fire ants biting: hot and itchy and painful. Sometimes I scratch the skin raw, just can't help it.

They don't know what causes it. There is a form that can swell your esophagus right shut, but I've never had that problem. Knock on wood.

Lotions don't help, they get into the broken skin and I'm sensitive to ANY lotion then. Only thing that helps is an antihistamine.

I miss my cute dress shoes and heels, but at the end of the day I literally cannot walk on my feet.

And thanks for not saying "YOU have hearts???!!1 No wai." :p:

Some companies have it set up automatically and they don't charge a fee. It's actually the same or cheaper than paying quarterly on biannually.

That sucks! Can the shoes make your hands swell, or is it a localized reaction?

Localized. Say I absentmindedly have my arm on something irritating (like, not a dwellar.) I don't even know it's irritated until I notice I'm scratching...then it's a vicious circle. Or, you know, you're working away and scratch a tiny itch on your finger...bad move for me.

I know, it sounds weird. It is. Certainly not life threatening (except the threat of the esophagus which I haven't ever experienced) but it'll sure step on the finest of buzz.

Mostly it's my hand and feet. My ears have itched and swollen completely shut too. A lot of people's whole face will swell, and luckily I haven't had that happen either.

@Shaw: have you tried zyrtec? I have a friend with angioedema and thats what helped him for a long time. Due to some bad health habits, he had to go off of zyrtec because it was raising his blood pressure. His is hereditary though I believe.

@Pico, I don't remember the difference. I would rather save ever $24 if I can though. I'll get over the psychological damage of owing my mom money. At least I know I'll pay her back, unlike how my aunt treats my g-ma.

Edit: Maybe I should say: how my g-ma lets my aunt treat her?

You mean a mother allows a daughter to slide on monetary obligations? Shocking. ;)

No bruce, this is A LOT more than the occasional loan. My aunt constantly "borrows" money from my g-ma and never pays it back. My aunt spends way too much on unnecessary crap, she then cannot pay bills. There is a lot more, but I'll get too annoyed if I talk about it.

Plus I'm only 22 and in college. My aunt is well into her 50s with a well paying job, both her and her husband.

I didn't say occasional, just mother financing daughter's spending.

I'm offended at you making a comparison between my mom loaning me money when I'm in a tight spot, which rarely happens and only happened due to medical bills, and my aunt basically stealing money from my g-ma when she spends her own money so irresponsibly.

Its bad enough that I've had to borrow from her in the first place, I really don't need you heaping insult on top of that.

I did not make that comparison, nor did I consider it, that's your doing.
I'm talking about mothers... strike that, parents... wanting to help their kids get the things they want, especially later in life. Maybe because they have come to realize it's the kids that will pick the nursing home. :haha:

The situation between your grandmother and her daughter, is common, and I'll wager they both know what they are doing. If grandma, just handed the money as a gift, she would feel obligated to do the same for all her children. But parents find their children can be very different people, some are independent, some are needy.

But the bottom line is mother/daughter, parent/offspring relationships are complicated... and for the most part, their own business.

You certainly seemed to be making the comparison.
There is a lot wrong with a 50-something woman mooching off of her mother. It is other people's business...at least its the family's business. My mother is going to be the one to take care of my g-ma when she gets old, not my aunt. So my mother does have the right to get upset that my g-ma is going to be broke and unable to support herself cuz she gave all her money to the other daughter.

So in the end, it's all about the money.
Then it's none of my business.

Jebus H Cripes I wish a tornado WOULD come and tear the hell out of this city. People act like there has never ever been wind and rain before. "OMG WARNING WARNING TORNADO WARNING" even though it's a watch except for in Darke County (the Darke Side) where, if it snows rains blows or the sun is shining, they think their county is always in imminent danger.

Bunch of fucking Chicken Littles getting on my nerves. GAWD Nervous Nellies are boring.

So far it's just a bunch of yawn.

So shut up and let me concentrate, reactionists. :lol:

I scalded myself by being stupid while making soup

OUCH. Running it under cold water, I hope? Do it for a long long time. :(

Ice cube in a baggie....

Now I'm really pissed off, though -the soup tastes great, but I stupidly used a blend of herbs to make the chicken stock for the base which contained one herb I have found I can't stand the smell or taste of..... and I can still smell it over the awesome taste of the leek, potato and onion soup. :(

I needed herbs, grabbed the jar, dumped some in (too many really) could immediately smell the rogue -must find out which one that is- so fished most of it back out with a spoon. So the stock simmered and then i strained it and removed all of the herb bits and thought it would be fine. Wrong.

I hear you. Cyclone with tornadowatch for the next two hours apparently. It's just raining a little ffs. I'll report back when i retrieve my computer from the wall of the garage three doors down the street.

You will not believe what they just called it on the local news online:

Fucking Windpocalypse. I kid you not.

:lol:

You're right, I don't believe it.

My bad: they took it from the AP:

http://www.whiotv.com/weather/25513270/detail.html

So, Chiclone, Windpocalypse.

Even weather news is too stupidly sensationalized to watch anymore.

At any rate, I'm getting some chocolate. Fuck it, apparently we're all going to die in the Wind of Death anyway.

I know Shaw. This is such bullshit. I was really stoked for a good storm and NOTHING happend. A little rain, some wind. They call is a "Gustnado" for Gust and Tornado.

Sheesh. Reactionaries. IF we ever DO get really bad weather no one will heed it because of these nuts crying wolf all the time...

I know. I think part of the reason it makes me so mad is that it never comes to fruition (I love the idea of severe weather, am stupidly fearless, I think if the wind wants to take me it will, and god help mother nature when she comes up against my bitter middle-aged wrath.) Well, that along with the hens a'cluckin'.

:scaredchickensmilie:

:)

And that herb is?

I dunno. I need to find out. I'm thinking maybe tarragon because I don't think that's in the blend I used to use. But to me, it's reminiscent of aniseed and washing up liquid. Hateful.

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For a storm that's supposed to be "worse than the one that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald", this is a little lame to say the least.

This blend is "Herbes de Provence" and contains (in order) Thyme, Rosemary, Basil, Marjoram, Oregano and Tarragon.

My old blend was Thyme, Marjoram, Oregano, Parsely, Sage and Basil, so I'd say it has to be the Tarragon. But I can't smell it at all when i sniff the tub -only once it's added to the food. Ah well, guess that's an item for the compost.......

Or it could be the basil -I don't like basil and it's in a larger proportion in this blend.

"Eight spices? Some of these must be repeats...'Or-e-GAno...' What the hell?"

Bagpipes. Upstairs. Right now.

Otherwise I'd be reading something with paper pages.

it's UG. He's stalking you.

My level of apathy is so high.I don't care who or what, just play in key or be quiet!

a little tarragon goes a very long way.

Marge.

954.95 mb Barometer, and 23 ft waves.

Are you ready for this?
 

I think one of my clients must be losing her mind, I just got an email asking me if there was a way for a person to easily email a number of files to 4 people at a time.

W
T
F
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:facepalm:

She's the one giving your email address to all those spammers. :haha:

Sounds like my Mom. She also likes to talk to her computer when its slow, telling it to 'come on, come on'.

Whats really frustrating tho, she's click happy. So when I am trying (over the phone) to lead her step by step through a process, she will go ahead of my instructions clicking away in anticipation and get herself all muddled up. Usually I give up by then because she is incapable of explaining where her clicks led her. (And, of course I'm pretty weak giving computer help in the first place.)

The "n" key is stuck. Ugh...need to ask someone to fix it for me before I kill it by slamming on it just to get it typed in.

Just do 't use the dam, thi g.;)

I have a nasty little chest cough in the bronchial region, the cough itself isn't too bad but last night I had fever chills from 11pm to 1am, then insomnia until 4 or 5 am. And I'm having trouble eating properly.

As a result my Saturday has been a total write-off, trying to rest and get some food in without sleeping so much that I cannot sleep tonight.

Gonna get some chicken soup from my local Chinese take away, that but it is cool and very windy out there, I don't think my lungs are gonna like it. No, they don't deliver.

And, coughing up chunky bits kinda grosses me out.

That's about it.

Zen - maybe you need to go see your doc??

If your Grandson is a sensitive kid but still a confirmed boy, don't humiliate him on Halloween by making him wear a beautiful handmade Raggedy Andy costume. His age mates are wearing Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Batman, pirate garb, or traditional ghoul wear and he gets to go as a girl's toy.... nice. He was damn brave fighting back the tears.

Whoa, Griff. That's fucked up. :(

Apparently some people don't think so!:eek:

Kamikaze flies. The flies have lived too long, and enjoyed the delayed fall. Now they're doing what they should have done at least a month ago: coming into your house, slowly dying, but buzzing around like morons and hitting you right in the head. Out damn'd fly!

I just saw an old South Park Halloween show, the humiliating costume forced on Stan by his controlling girlfriend was... Raggedy Andy.

Stan's humiliation, from being pussy whipped, isn't quite as bad as from misguided family. :)

No amount of candy is worth that.

we had a ridiculously worded proposition to deny gay couples city benefits (which the City council had already approved), which passed. You had to vote against endorsing "traditional family values" to allow the city to extend benefits. Our barely literate, and highly Catholic, populace wasn't going to vote the right way on this, and they didn't (shakes head).

Poor kid. Reminds me of this guy
http://www.redstaplerchronicles.com/...%20costume.jpg

Tonight I saw a CAPTCHA image that was actually an advertisement. The phrase I had to type in was "Feeling Fit and Happy," which is apparently the new slogan of Gold's Gym.

Clearly we are nearing the apocalypse.

What is irritating me today? These lazy kids of today (approx.15 to 21 years old) that expect you to rearrange your entire life for something they should be doing themselves,and think you are made out of money.

Who raises these kids today? That's what I'm wondering.