A10CalGal

Thanks for your support Melissa! My only saving grace is that y'all are discussing this here...and I can catch up with all of the episodes I missed with on demand.

Dude, you just totally made my day! Great documentation & great narrative. WTF with the titty twisters?? Hahaha!!

Eeek, that sucks Glenda. Here are my other suggestions:

1. Get rid of the car payment. Sell the car, payoff the loan & buy a beater that he doesn't have to make payments on. I imagine that would free up a decent amount of cash every month.

2. transfer the debt to a credit card in your name (I'm assuming you can get a low rate). I don't know how you feel about assuming his debt, but it would be an opportunity to pay a much lower interest rate.

Where the hell have I been? I had no idea there was futbol at Qwest field! Oh yeah, I haven't had cable television for a week! What fun Abbie - that crowd is insane though. Great pics!

I would recommend exploring other options first...like can your FI obtain a card at a lower interest rate to consolidate to? Or is his history just so bad that he can't do any better than 24.9%?

There is something called the Snowball method that applies a methodology to paying down debt. You first attack the debt with the highest interest rate while you pay the minimum on all the others. By focusing on the biggest nastiest one, you will pay it down quickly & then set your sights on the medium nasty one and so on. Here is a link that explains the method in detail Debt-snowball method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I believe debt consolidators charge a fee, that is why I encourage exploring the above idea first.

Dammit!!! I have now missed a full week of BB9! The stupid cable guy keeps coming at a time other than the 4 hour window of time assigned to us....asshole. I feel so lost

So Natty is gone?? Sweet! Team Christ is falling apart lol!

Side note - I almost peed my pants yesterday when I was driving thru a part of town I've never been & saw a Bikini Barista coffee hut! Made me think of Naughty Natty.

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Holy wow! Seriously?? I was skeptical of the New York version, but I've totally gotten into it. Bunch of crazy bitches in NJ, huh Jessica?

The spelling of Ambre's name always makes me want to call her "am-bray"....just had to throw that out there.

Wow, that is a seriously sucky situation. IMO, if you are uncomfortable with her being in your lives (which you should be based on the background info), then your FI needs to respect that & stop allowing any friendship with her affect your soon to be marriage.

I'm sorry, but being friends with someone you used to get naked with is virtually impossible without someone getting hurt - in this case it's you & it's not fair.

I love this thread Abbie! I ran into it while looking for the "off your chest thread", so it's clear my intentions were bad....I'll switch gears now.

I am happy because I woke up in a brand new house this morning! And I slept so sound because there is nobody living on top of me, next to me or under me!! YES!

Wow, good question. I have no idea how long it took me either! However, like Kelly, I had a trio playing. I have no idea what they played, how long it was or anything. Complete oblivion on that one (seems to be a common theme here).

I got that email too. Every single pic is just precious. This guy reminded me of a fuzzy bird too!

Daisy is the kind of girl I hate to love. She never disappoints...I loved it when they would show her incremental response to not being the first one to get her pass..."I'm like 'what is going onnnnnnnaa?' I am totally gonna diieeeeah if he doesn't pick me [sob sob elbow elbow]" And way to think ahead on those star tatoo's on her throat - that's going to be really nice when the wrinkles come on later in life. But I just love it anyways!!!

I've found pilates to work wonders for the entire mid section area.

Wow, that's really scary. Thanks for the info Tammy (and the reminder that it's time for another round of Advantage!)

Dammit! I dare not search for this stuff at work...and no internet at home till Tuesday. Oh the torture. I feel like I've been living under a rock. Thanks for the update!

Well, you certainly can't go wrong with a Choo! You go girl, they are lovely. I think I have shoe envy

Jeez Ann, for some reason I thought you were done with this! It looks great though!

OMG you guys, I had to miss BB last night because we don't have cable yet in the new house. My hubby was very disappointed also...

Any hoo...where have I been? I didn't know Sheila had been in penthouse! Wow. I do not want her to win because she is such a crazy bipolar weirdo. I don't know if that's considered "strategy" or what, but I don't like how she's such a fence sitter & has never won a damn thing.

I'm not sure if I have a favorite at this point...but I think I might be rooting for Ryan at this point.

Hey - I'm right there with you! We moved ALL of our stuff from an apartment & a large storage unit this weekend. Luckily in a large house there are more places to hide the boxes you aren't ready to deal with yet I totally feel your pain (my hands hurt so much it's hard to type!!)

I swear, on Friday night, our last night in the apt, I almost had a panic attack because it felt like we were living in a trash house - boxes every where, a total mess....ick, I can't even think about it.

Thanks girls! Yes, it is beyond amazing to be out of that 900 sq ft apartment and into our 2250 sq ft brand new home! I have some definite decorating work to do...I'm sure it will be a work in progress as we are not made of money, but you all know the deal.

I will def have a house warming party sooner rather than later, so all Puget Sound ladies, you are invited