A nap may have been kind of a mistake, but then I only got about 6 hours of real sleep (tm) last night, so it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 15, 2007 10:40:53 am PDT #835 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
msbelle - Sep 15, 2007 10:41:51 am PDT #836 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
mac has moved onto video games, so I think I am going to take advantage and actually change those sheets I discussed earlier. Then maybe some cooking.
Alibelle - Sep 15, 2007 10:50:46 am PDT #837 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Yeah, the problem with the million dollars thing is that, after taxes, let's say that you'll have $500,000. That really truly doesn't go that far, but it will definitely open some opportunity doors. I really want to take cooking classes, cake decorating classes, glass blowing classes, oil painting classes, ballet classes, private ballroom lessons, and French classes--in France. I want to swim with dolphins, and see fairy tale castles in Germany. I want to like all the clothes that I own, and have them fit and be flattering. I want to cut down on how much I work, so that I can have more time to actually put my creative writing degree to use. I want to buy shiny appliances and pretty furniture. I want all my debt gone, and considering that I'm 24, I really don't even have that much--about $30,000, and that includes student loans, car loans, and credit cards. I want to own good pots and pans and a pizza stone. And I want to own the place where I live, so that I can do whatever I want with it, and half of all the money I get in a month doesn't go to someone else. I want to feel like I'm planning for my financial future instead of just feeling like I'm barely making ends meet. I want LASIK and laser hair removal--I mean, just think of all the time you'd save after having those done. I want to be able to afford the vet with no problem.
And I want all of that to happen right now. Do heads up pennies grant that kind of wish?
beth b - Sep 15, 2007 11:03:10 am PDT #838 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Do heads up pennies grant that kind of wish?
Haven't tried that yet
Consuela - Sep 15, 2007 11:14:03 am PDT #839 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, crap. The party I'm going to today, that I thought started at 5 pm? Starts at 2. I guess I won't be bringing a homemade blueberry pie, after all, since I haven't even gotten it assembled yet.
Woops.
Theodosia - Sep 15, 2007 11:23:48 am PDT #840 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
oOOOH. I have leftover pie in the fridge downstairs that I was forgetting about. Soon, pie all gone....
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2007 11:25:33 am PDT #841 of 10001
brillig
Ooo, a million dollars after taxes . . . pay off all debts, buy a house, buy a car, sock a bunch of money into a medical bills fund, then travel. Hubby's been wanting to show me Monterey and Germany, and I want to show him western Pennsylvania.
Bobbi - Sep 15, 2007 11:36:52 am PDT #842 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.
Thanks! Yep, it's my birthday, the big 3-4.
Just a baby! Happy birthday, Nora. You share a birthday with my little sister.
shrift - Sep 15, 2007 12:02:52 pm PDT #843 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I just now realized that the reason why I'm feeling grumpy and loserish is probably because I'm getting a cold. Oops.
Sue - Sep 15, 2007 12:07:30 pm PDT #844 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Yeah, the problem with the million dollars thing is that, after taxes, let's say that you'll have $500,000.
I've decided that even if I won as low as $300K in the lottery (lottery winnings are taxfree in Can.) I would quit my job. Not forever, but the win would let me pay off my mortgage (my only real debt besides a little bit of credit card debt) and live for a couple of years and maybe go back to school or start a little business. Once the mortgage was paid off, I don't need a lot of money to live modestly. It wouldn't give me a life of leisure, but it would get me out of the rat race.