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I don't see any upside for anyone in this. You buy "his" house for $75,000 and Dad's going to say you took his equity. You sell it and he has no where to live. You set up a trust that will give him 3-4% per year...he still has no where to live and the trust distribution won't be enough money...

BC/BS is seeking approval from my state for a 25% premium increase. This is an overall increase, not related to age. :(

Made strawberry jam this morning, then went shopping for ingredients to make healthy smoothies and protein bars. Gonna try to trim a pound or two so I can get into my swimsuit. Hmmm...wonder if that strawberry jam would taste good on a "healthy" protein bar?

Last day of work was December 31, 1996. Didn't retire, just decided I'd had all of the corporate fun that I could stand. I was 49 at the time.

We spent winter '08/spring '09 in Mexico. We were not house hunting there, but exploring various cities to see whether we might be interested in living "part-time" in Mexico. San Miguel and Chapala were just too "big city" for us. I must confess that we didn't spend a lot of time in either...

How many of these verbal attacks are by men vs by women? Just wondering...

Learned to drive on a stick and can't seem to convert over to automatic. Have had a few automatics...found myself trying to "shift gears". All three of our vehicles are standard shift...one has 6 forward gears, one has 5, and the other one has 3. Keeps you on your toes in that first gear is...

Well, I played with the IRS stimulus calculator again. This time, I didn't get caught in the loop as I did the other day...still don't know why that happened. Instead, I got a message that I would have been eligible for a check for $0; however, since my income was greater than $150,000, I...

Only income I have is passive. I tried using the Internal Revenue Service calculator to determine whether I will bet a stimulus check. The IRS calculator thinks I failed to include income and puts me in a loop to go back and "properly" fill out the information requested. Anyone else go...

We stopped taking family vacations years before we stopped working...I'm talking about the ones with the MIL, FIL, BILs, SILs, and all of the kids. It was a good thing when all of the kids were young (ours are the youngest), but as the kids got older the family vacations lost a lot of...

When the g-kids (2 girls) were little, I made tapes for them where I talked a little to them, introduced the next song...talk...song, etc. Used a lot of Raffi (sp?) when the girls were little. DD and DIL used the tapes differently. DD shuttled her little one around a lot in the car and she...

Still 138. Sigh.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Back to 138, lost that pound I gained last week. Am drinking more water, walking and staying away from chocolate!

I have worn progressive lense glasses for years, read a lot, and have the following observations: 1. When I first started wearing progressive lenses I had verilux lenses (which at the time were the best) and the reading strength was very low. Excellent results. BTW, fashion then was for...

They never cite age as a reason...it's always "increased cost of the system", but gees louise, they never spent a dime on me.:rant: On the other side of the coin, I have a friend who had cancer (returned last year) and the premiums for her alone (at least a couple of years ago) were...

10% here, too. We have a $5,000 deductible and they have never had to pay for anything for us. I've come to the conclusion that increases are based on age...but wait, the insurer I had before this one sometimes increased premiums every 6 months...and they never paid out anything for us either...

That was my thought, too! Back when I was working, I found that Easy Spirit's Butterfly heels (their higher heels...~3") were the only ones that I could wear on a busy day without causing my feet to hurt. Plain, closed heel, closed toe...ugly and not particularly cheap, but they supported my...

Currently about 85% pre-tax here, and we keep about 2+ years of living expenses in liquid accounts which also covers unplanned expenses. Our living expense accounts are included in our "nest egg" for SWR purposes, but I don't include real estate (sentimental ties to the family farm...always put...

DH and I have spent the last several years traveling, with an eye toward finding the perfect place to settle down. I'm convienced that it doesn't exist. There are places where we love to spend summers and other places where we like winters. Before we retired, we used to think we would settle...

DH was all jazzed about Clinton's original attempt at the health care problem. It was about the time we pulled the plug (age 49 in '96) and COBRA was $800/mo, with about half the benefits we had while working. We thought it was a pretty steep price for pretty poor coverage (decreased dr/hosp...

139 today...dang valentine's day chocolate...promise to do better next week Always feel more inspired after I read your posts...maybe I need to read it several times everyday!

I have sat. internet and it's just too slow to get continuity of the action. Plus, I try to avoid getting FAP'd, so I don't download a lot. Not complaining too badly because I can get internet no matter where we are, plus I can watch on East Coast or West Coast. There were so many things...

Wow, I tuned in again last night and what a treat! Wonder if there will be more and more of the action taking place in the future. I think this might be a real thumbs up...if it just won't get "soapy".

Well, we know a little more about Michelle and Cindy today. Does that help anyone make up their minds? Still a bit undicided here. I bet Michelle will be the most outspoken first spouse, except of course for Bill.