Just boarded a 4 hour flight on what appears to be a brand new plane. What kind of fresh hell is this? Smallest and hardest seats I've ever experienced on a non budget airline.
Makes the 6 hours I just sat on the 737-MAX9 seem luxurious.
I need to refresh this kitchen but at a low cost. Does anyone have a good "after" with painted arch panel cabinets? The cabinets are grimy and ugly but they are actually good quality and solid oak so I hate to tear them out. I was thinking a taupe color might work as I also have mid-tone wood flooring. I will have painters take the doors off and do a professional spray.
Also what are good budget countertops these days?
I almost have my perfect bed and am on my last piece! Since this sub totally came through for my budget sheets request (LL Bean percale for the win!) I want to ask about quilts. I need a new cotton quilt as the top layer of my bed. I'm currently using an old cotton sateen quilt Vera Wang brand that I love but it's threadbare. I would like a great replacement under $200 for a king. Needs to wash well in the machine, nothing fussy. But soft and high quality cotton. I am hoping for a turquoise/ teal/ aqua type color because I live in Hawai'i and my bedroom has kind of a tropical vibe. Open to other colors, but it will have to be a color-- the sad beige or gray shades do not work for me.
It's a personal question. I am coming up on my 25th anniversary. My husband and I married young in the church. We were both virgins and I thought I did everything right. I found out 10 years in that he had been living a secret life for the whole first decade of our marriage.... pornography addiction which led to nude clubs which led to oral sex with a total stranger which led to full sex with another total stranger.
By God's grace he brought my husband to confession and repentance. I know he is saved because the Lord did not leave him in his sin. As far as I know he turned away from sexual sin and I am not aware of any other sexual infidelity since that time. Problem is, by this time I had several young babies and I felt trapped. My church was of the "God hates divorce" variety and I really wasn't offered any options in counseling. It was assumed that good Christians would just forgive and stay and I didn't feel like I was even allowed to really consider divorce and if I did it was pretty clear that I would lose my entire social support system. So long as he doesn't sin anymore, we went through counseling, and I forgave him (I did) eventually things would be fine, was the counsel. I will be honest that I also looked at the life as a single mom and didn't think I could make it. My husband is an ok dad and I believed having my kids grow up with their father would be best for them, and I believe it was.
Well things really haven't ever felt fine again. I had so much trust and respect for my husband before and it has never really returned now that I have experienced what he really is capable of. Turns out I am not Jesus Christ and while I can forgive the sins against me I am unable to love unconditionally. My husband's fundamental immaturity and selfishness was brought to my attention, and while I don't think he is doing the sexual sins it still manifests in different ways. When we married we were essentially children and I don't feel like he has changed much as a person. He never put aside his childish ways, is a total slob, and still orients his life around his own career and hobbies and is satisfied by things like sports and video games. I beg him to take ownership of things in our household but he just isn't interested...I am the project manager of the whole family, like it or not. TBH now that we have teens and young adults he almost feels like another kid to manage.
So back to the question, do I have to live with this man for the rest of my life? At this point our kids are almost grown, I have my own financial assets, and totally different priorities and vision for my life as an older woman. I have never felt since that day 15 years ago that he really loves me, and I do not think our life goals really align other than we both follow Christ. Is divorce still biblically justified or did I blow past the statute of limitations when I decided to stay for my kids? Should I just do my own thing and live separately but technically together? I have hit a point when that is getting really hard because these pain points are just driving me nuts and I can't overlook them anymore.
I'm upgrading my bed and the last thing is pillows. I cannot do feathers (even though I love them) so usually end up buying synthetic fill pillows and replacing them often. Really want to move to something more sustainable though.
I have one wool fill pillow. It is ok but a little bit dense/hard after using for a while. I have tried natural latex and did not like at all. In general I dislike all foam pillows; they have a brickish feel. I really like a traditional fluffy pillow but it needs enough support for a side sleeper.
Any more natural or longer lasting options out there?
I've been trying to buy organic and natural fibers, and ordered several summer pieces from Pact on sale.
Unfortunately they arrived today and the quality is absolute trash. The knit dresses are so thin I am not comfortable wearing them out in public. I may wear them around the house or as sleepwear but I don't normally buy knit sleepwear (or spend so much!) Literally the $9.99 knit cotton dresses at Walmart are thicker better quality than these.
Sustainable fashion isn't sustainable if it only lasts 3 washes. What is the point of sourcing organic cotton and fair labor if you are going to waste it making junk?
Just got my ballot. Cannot stand Josh Green, don't really want to vote Democrat or Republican. Any independents have any chance?
We are visiting Rarotonga in January. I know it is the rainy season, and I have heard the Muri beach area, where a lot of the top accommodations are, is exposed to wind and rough weather at that time of year. Which area has more luxury accomodations but is more protected in case of storms?
We also play to visit Aitutaki for 3 days.. does Aitutaki get a lot of rain this time of year? We are used to passing showers but hope that there would be some good weather too.
My son is in high school and about to start applying for colleges (or not). He has always considered engineering as an interesting career path and is smart and has the academic capability. Unless he really screws up he will likely be valedictorian of his high school class.
That said, he has started to find school mind numbingly boring. It started when he took a trades elective (welding) last year just to do something different and less academic. He absolutely loved being out there building things and actually won some awards and made it into a national competition.
Now he's considering not going to college at all and just doing some kind of applied trades program. Says he cannot envision sitting in a classroom listening to boring lectures and doing calculus and physics problems for four more years when he just wants to actually do stuff.
Is there any engineering school that is more hands on and applied all the way through? It seems short sighted to forego college and better career opportunities altogether when he is more than capable, but that is where we are.
We need new white sheets and pillowcases for our king size bed. We live in Hawai'i with no AC so only 100 percent natural breathable fabrics. He likes cotton sateen because it feels silky and smooth. I like cotton percale because it feels lighter and more breathable--to me the sateen often feels damp when it gets humid and just feels more unclean in general.
What is a great sheet set under $200 that might make both of us happy?
Title says it all. Hit me up with your greats--only well written with good character development and plots, please. I always love to read historical novels before I travel to get myself in the vibe.
We too had our confirmed reservation cancelled at Regency Rome (award reservation) this month. We have a family of 6 and finding 3 hotel rooms in the most popular city on Earth with a couple of weeks notice is going to be almost impossible. Upon further research it seems like Hyatt corporate has known since at least February? that this hotel was not going to open. How TF did they not notify members with reservations and make attempts to reaccommodate before a few weeks out? Several months ago I probably could have found a variety of available and affordable hotels in a good location. At this point? Most things that would work for us are sold out and what is left is astronomical. And of course we have all kinds of tickets and activities things booked on those dates.
AI seems to think Hyatt offers a globalist guarantee of an alternative room when a confirmed reservation is cancelled, but I can't find anything in the T&Cs. Does anyone know if there's an official policy on this at Hyatt? Link?
I absolutely cannot get my mortgage payment to go through due to Bilt's security system.
My personal bank account had to be verified because Stripe couldn't match account details. I was able to successfully link it using the manual method where they send two small payments.
My mortgage servicer uses Stripe for online payments, and I tried to setup payment from my Built account but it also said the payment couldn't match account details. Tried to setup a check pay but it said it couldn't pay from my personal account unless it was verified with Stripe. Since stripe isn't working on either end, am I just screwed?
I believe the issue may possibly be that both accounts (personal checking and mortgage account) are joint accounts. My name is on both accounts but so is my husband's.
So last night was 30 days from when my family of 6 is going to be in Rome and I needed to get our tickets to Colosseum. Was logged on right at 8:30 am in Italy, which is 8:30 pm here in Hawaii. Tickets started selling out immediately. Then the site decided to totally block my IP address so I couldn't get back on. Not with another device or anything on my home Internet. Tried again with my cell phone, by then it's 9:30. Got one adult ticket and 3 kids tickets then couldn't add any more to my cart. Checked out and started over. Was able to add only one more ticket for the young adult at about 10 pm and check out. Then after that my cell phone IP address was blocked as well. Tried my husband's cell phone. Couldn't get another ticket in my cart for over an hour. Then his IP got blocked. At this point every device was blocked by their security system. My husband tried to use his VPN then but apparently all those IPs are already blocked. As a last ditch I turned off my cell signal and went back on wifi and somehow I was able to get one more adult ticket, 2.5 hours after I started. Hallelujah, my whole family is going to the Colosseum and it only cost 38 euros and 2.5 hours of agony.
All I can say is what in the world is their IT system. I have never experienced such fuckery on any website in my entire life. I understand they are very high demand but this is not right that they are so easily blocking regular users just trying to get a few tickets for themselves. Does anyone have any tips because I want to try to get tickets to Domus Aurea tonight and am dreading the whole thing again.