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Yes!! So cute, I love a scruffy pup:)

This is Molly, she is a schnauzer mix rescue. She is a happy go lucky girl with a big personality and a great sense of humor. She likes Purina True Instinct kibble with a little boiled chicken breast mixed in. The best way to show Molly's personality is through her pics. One is her mid walk...

In NY as follows. "For those 59½ or older, the first $20,000 of retirement income (from a corporate pension, an IRA, a 401(k) account or another retirement plan) is tax-exempt. Married couples get a double exemption (each spouse is eligible for the $20,000 exclusion) for a total of $40,000."...

That is the next thing we have to decide. They are 1 1/2 hours away from us, but it is not an easy trip. (Long Island to Northern NJ) My husband complains about the drive the whole way there and back, doesn't bother me as much. We have to stay at least 3 years more because child #3 is graduating...

I found out today that my son and daughter in law are going to have a baby!! It will be our first Grandbaby and it took hours for it to feel real. Best day ever🥰

So I will tell a different perspective, one from a second wife. My DH lost his wife of 13 years to cancer and I lost my fiance to a boating accident. I became a wife and stepmom of 2 boys (10 &14) in 2003. Fast forward to now, married 20 years with a beautiful family. We had a daughter in...

I too wear my mother's wedding ring and it brings me comfort as well. My husband's first wife passed, so I convinced him to save her ring to offer to my 2 stepsons (her sons) as they became engaged. The first one passed on it, but the second one designed a beautiful engagement ring with the...

My doors were locking and unlocking simultaneously via the switch on the drivers door as well. Nothing would lock or unlock with the fob and my auto start would not function either. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the actuator (there is one in each door). Have had 3 replaced, I will need...

That is the exact same problem I had and it was the actuators. The key fob could not lock or unlock my car doors remotely, but glad it is not your actuators. Just curious, how did you check?

I had the same issue in my Honda, it was the actuator. Each door has one and if one is bad the fob won't work.

Kimkim, it was what I called my dog whose name was Kimmy.

Thankful here as well, Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

We always keep an open line of credit on the house. Have never used it, but had it in case. This last one we took a few years ago has a 2.99% fixed rate. We did take it in retirement, but we also have 100% equity in the house. It costs us nothing unless we draw on it.

My father had copd and began going in and out of hospitals more frequently at 80 years old. I had been living in NC and he in NY. I kept asking him to live with me after the passing of my mother and brother, both lived with him. He finally came down to me to do hospice care in my home...