I have a 4 year old and 1 year old and am constantly ashamed by the state of my house. Clutter isn’t the issue, but I feel like there’s constantly crumbs on the floor, smudges on the windows, food smears on tables/walls/doors, etc. I clean what I can when I can but I don’t always see it all and even once it’s clean, it only takes a day or too to be messy again. How clean is your house? How do you keep it clean?
This question is two parts. I have two sons, 18 months and 4.5. The 18 month old has been doing random ear piercing screams for months. It is awful. We never dealt with tins with our first. I have no idea how to stop it. We tell him no and he just does it more. For the record, my husband and I don’t scream like this. He’s not screaming because he’s in pain or wants something. He thinks it’s funny. How do we get this to stop?
Second, my 4.5 year old now thinks that the screaming is hilarious and when his brother does it, he does too. We tell him to stop, we try to stop playing or whatever we’re doing when he does it, we tell him it hurts our ears, but to no avail. Today we were grocery shopping and both of them were just shrieking in the cart at the top of their lungs. I can’t get it to stop, and we couldn’t leave until we had checked out. Part of me understands - his brother does it and doesn’t get in trouble so he does it too. We explain that he’s older and knows better but it doesn’t make a difference. How do I handle this? He never did this before his brother did.
I sold my old car to Carvana over the weekend and was curious if I’d see it pop up on Carvana. Mostly curious how much they’ll list it for. Has anyone found their car? How long did it take for it to show up?
Hello! I’m a new owner of a Kia carnival. This is my husband and my first new car ever and we want to treat it well. We intend to keep it for as long as we can, ideally 10+ years. That being said, my husband has been doing research on getting it wrapped or coated to help protect it. He’s reached out to a few businesses and it’ll cost around $4k to get the front wrapped in PPF and ceramic coated on all sides. That’s a lot of money on top of an already expensive vehicle. Has anyone done this? Is it worth it? Do you feel like it really protects the car? Our kids are still really little so I’m worried about damage from them along with regular road/parking lot dings and scratches. Thanks!
My husband is looking to get this done on our new van. We’ve never had a wrap or any of this done before, and it’s not cheap. Is it worth it? The purpose is protection - scratches etc
Maybe semantics, but I’m curious. I just bought a walking pad that advertises a 10% incline. I’ve been walking on that and enjoy it. I’ve seen some fitness influencers post about walking at a 3.0 incline. How do these numbers compare? Is 3.0 30%? 3%? Some other weird amount?
Thanks!
I was quoted 53,589 OTD. It’s a dark edition. I’m in Ohio. Reasonable?
Mostly a rant. I tried to initiate a rollover of my hsa from lively to wex in July to simplify my accounts. I submitted the form as per their instructions and was told that I had to first liquidate all of my investments inside the account. Ok. Literally hit the liquidate all button. That took about a week. Contacted them again once all the money was in the “cash” portion of the hsa, they confirmed they had my form and would start the process asap on 8/3. They told me it could take 4-6 weeks. I contacted them today asking for an update and am told they have no record of a rollover request even though it’s literally in the secure messages on my account. I called and they said that they dropped the ball and no one processed the rollover, so my money has been sitting in cash for a month. Based on the investments and balance, I lost about $120 in earnings during that time. They told me today that they can process the rollover but basically I’m out of luck on the $120. To top it off, when I hit the liquidate all button in my investments it actually left a penny, so I have to forfeit that too.
I realize this isn’t a big dollar amount but I’m really annoyed with them. If you were considering them for an hsa, they suck.
Looking for the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’re considering a 2026 platinum, but I want to hear any commentary about any year/trim. Thank you!
Looking for the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’re getting ready to pull the trigger on an 8 seat 2027 SX hybrid, but I want to hear any commentary about any year/trim. Thank you!
Does anyone have this car seat in their 8 seater? We have two kids, both rear facing, in this car seat. We’d love to see the fit IRL but none of the dealerships around us have 8 seaters stocked.
Anyone been to Wendy park lately? The metroparks usually posts when there’s lots of monarchs and I haven’t seen that yet but I missed it last year so I wanted to ask.
We’re looking to buy a minivan. Haven’t bought a car in 10 years and the last place was a no negotiation place. We’re looking at the Toyota sienna and Kia carnival. We’re open to new or used, mostly just looking for the features we want at the best price.
We keep getting asked what our budget is or what monthly payment we want. We’re fortunate enough to not need to finance and we don’t really have a budget, but I understand that that makes us unappealing. How do we answer this question? What monthly payment is reasonable to say?
Hi - first time poster. I’m a mom of 2 young kids looking for a minivan. I’m a Toyota girl and have loved my Camry for the last 10 years. We recently test drove a 2023 odyssey, 2026 sienna, and a 2025 carnival. I did not expect to like the Kia so much, and I didn’t expect to be so underwhelmed by the sienna. I posted in the Kia group asking for feedback and the feedback is overwhelmingly positive, but it does seem that there are a few lemons out there which really scare me.
Since my husband and I have both driven our cars for a loooong time we’re really looking for a nice upgrade. Ventilated seats, 360 camera, HUD, I love the cabin camera in the Kia, etc. My Camry is also a hybrid so the mpg on the Pacifica and Odyssey are a turn off, but not deal breaker.
Our budget is about 60k. Ideally we’d spend significantly less than that. I’m open to new or used, whatever is the best value.
Any insight is welcome, thank you!
Hi - first time poster. I’m a mom of 2 looking for a minivan. I’m a Toyota girl and have loved my Camry for the last 10 years. I test drove a carnival and did not expect to like it at much as I did. All of the reviews say the sienna is more reliable and a better vehicle, so I thought I’d come here to ask real owners of a carnival. Do you like the carnival? Would you buy it again? Have you had any issues with the car?
Any insight is welcome, thank you!
I deleted tik tok so I’m out of the loop, but isn’t making mac baby due any day? She announced she was pregnant early this year. She hasn’t posted since March
In the process of looking for my next car (most likely a minivan) and overwhelmed by all of the features out there. Which ones do you love? Which aren’t worth it or don’t actually help?
Where should I get takeout from? Dining in isn’t an option. Open to all types of cuisine, ideally within 20 min of Parma but willing to ask my husband to pickup from anywhere lol
RPT has been gone for a week. Are there any alternatives that will automatically check prices of excursions and packages?
Looking at using Domain Money. Does anyone have any experience with them, good or bad? Thank you!