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Flying private isn't cheap--even in a group--but it could be your best option. Another issue we had was, to get to the "dog walk" area, you had to come back through security. Security was a nightmare the first go-round--the cat carrier partially broke when I had to take him out to go through...

To the bolded: When we relocated in 2015, we flew our pets down. It cost $125 per pet, and they become your carry-on. Keep that in mind--I'm sure it hasn't gotten LESS expensive with time! You can imagine my struggle, having a cat, a dog, a 9yo, a 12yp, and one carry-on between the three of us.

I have to disagree with the premise--builders build what they can sell at a reasonable profit. I'm going to assume that they have the pulse on the market in their area. We've had some work done on our current house, same contractor (we like and trust him). He could tell you exactly how many...

He actually DID, eventually, reimburse us. But it was weeks later, with my husband calling him repeatedly telling him the credit card bill was due. I'm sure he would have "forgotten", had DH not been so persistent. As I mentioned, this is but one incident in a long history of his brother...

I know we got a discount for paying up-front on braces, I just don't remember how much. We had orthodontal coverage through my husband's work, but it was a drop in the bucket--maybe $1000, like you said. I can't remember the details now--4 kids over 10+ years, and a couple jobs/moves in the...

Ours was only a 3-4% discount for cash/debit versus credit. It was only an issue when my youngest got his wisdom teeth out--he was getting all 4 yanked, we opted for sedation (which costs more), so we owed ~$1300 or so--due before they started. (We also had crappy dental insurance at the time...

What did your mom teach you that you still remember/enjoy? It could be anything from a love of gardening to how to crochet to resilience in the face of adversity.

How was your mom's kitchen different from your kitchen? So many moms spend so much time in the kitchen! The older generation could mention ice boxes, while the younger ones "suffered" without a microwave when they were children...

I've never seen it in a restaurant, but I've encountered it other places--the dentist is one that sticks out in my mind.

She reminds me a lot of Sandra, my all-time favorite player!

Maria to win it all. She's a quiet puppet-master who everyone likes.

Agreed! I have no problem with telling another team "the bridge is that way" or something, but there should be a rule against giving away answers and working as a group.

I did tell my kids this story, but I also tried to emphasize that we had fond memories of their grandparents (now long gone) at this venue, and how happy it would make them for DD to be having her wedding and reception there. I also asked DD28 NOT to mention the incident to her cousins--it...

If we had brought it up to the whole table, I'm sure my FIL would have paid. BIL has (by now!) a long and storied history of bilking his parents out of money. It DOES still bother me--not the treating the in-laws part, the obnoxious BIL part. In my mind, I've thought that I won't say...

This brought up old wounds for me, too! Well, something else did, first, but here's the (OT) story... Decades ago, now, we were married just a couple years. My IL's lived 8000 miles away, so when they visited, it was a big deal. They were staying near BIL/SIL, we went there a lot, we went...

No, it's not just you! I'm a former firefighter/EMT, and the firefighters make me nuts! In a fire situation, you have to always be on alert, waiting for the next shoe to drop, constantly focusing on your surroundings-your life may depend on it. Ditto for the nurses--you need to be on constant...

You know what they say about New Hampshire--80% of it is covered with trees, the rest is underwater!

Our plan is for DH to retire at 65--it was what we agreed to when we conceived our youngest (now 18). We were 42/43 when he has born. On the good side, DH really likes his current job. It's less money, but also less stress, than previous jobs. He's also been working on developing both...

This is fabulous news! Typically, pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic until stage 4. Both my father and father-in-law died from it. FIL , they found it due to him having blood clots. With my dad, he went in for what was supposed to be minor gall bladder surgery, and he was already stage 4--and...

I think travel is appealing to a lot of retired folks because they're no longer slaves to limited time off, school schedules, and family scheduling conflicts. If you don't want to travel at all, well--don't! Nobody says you have to! I will say, even if you don't want to travel extensively...