Did they realize how much money it was going to short the state and repeal the gas tax suspension? We were out of town when it started but saw how cheap gas got and we're excited to come back for it. Get back and now it's even more expensive than where we were.
what would any of this have to do with American small businesses even?!
We're paying 370 a week in Ohio in the infant room for one kid
tw child abuse
I've been worried my friend has been in an abusive relationship for a while but she vehemently denies it. She sings his praises and acts like she's never had it better. She says the only reason they aren't married is because he doesn't want her daughter losing her survivorship benefits from her father passing. I've never been extremely close to her daughter as we've lived at a distance most our adult lives but used to see each other fairly regularly still. and took her on trips a few times when i had my nibblings. when I first moved truly far away friend and i still video chatted often until she got serious with this guy. but i started noticing things like holes in walls and we went to voice only and not very often
well her daughter called me last night. and by last night I mean 3:00 in the morning. like just 5 hours ago. she had already made it to a friend's house but apparently my friends boyfriend woke her daughter up in the middle of the night because she apparently hadn't done the dishes correctly. she's got a full handprint bruise on her arm, a couple bruises and welts across her back, and an audio recording of it going down. she sent it all to me and ive been crying all morning. She said she doesn't think ger mom gets hit but she says her mom has watched her get hit hard before. and honestly that just kind of broke me.
I'm so disappointed in my friend. and concerned for her, and revolted honestly. part of me is still worried about her but as someone who has had custody of four of my nieces and nephews and is currently spending time with my 9-month-old I just can't imagine watching a man beat my child without overwhelming rage
fuck.
daughters paternal aunt will be in town in a few hours and they're going to call police. she asked if i can call CPS after her aunt gets there because apparently the cops have gotten involved before but cps didn't
so now I'm waiting on the okay to turn someone i love dearly into cps.
this fucking sucks
breakfast is a bunch of shit on tortillas i left in the oven a lil too long bc I'm frazzled
edit to add-i thought it was obvious from the post but I'll absolutely be calling, but i will absolutely not be calling until the aunt is there because I'm not risking her going to the children's home if avoidable.
UPDATE:
the girl is safely at her aunt's house, my call is in, and they already have an investigator scheduled to be there in a few hours. The aunt is calling me later tonight to catch me up as I've apparently missed a lot
I'm currently a part-time teller at a bank while going to full-time School. I'm looking to flip those because daycare has become a household expense. my current employer is in the middle of a major acquisition of another banking institution so a lot of the local positions have been on freeze or don't really accept candidates that haven't been a banker yet. from everything I've seen despite my minimum metrics reading being an exceeds, I wouldn't get more than a 48 cent raise moving to the banker position but there's a lot more room to grow in the company after that. still internally being promoted doesn't seem to get the raises that job hopping companies does.
I have been applying elsewhere because the internal job postings have been taking literally months even just to let me know I'm not qualified. and it looks like equity trust would like to hire me as a client onboarding specialist. this would be about 1.48 more an hour but would it look good to other financial firms that do more traditional investments?
these are the thistle and spire demeter pants and i really want to find something similar for my besties bach party but they would need to be white, gold, pink, rose gold, or a tasteful mixture of those. Anyone have any leads?
We called mashed potatoes tater ice cream, it worked. lol
just started today, sounds like it's coming from behind the driver. 2014 Toyota Highlander hybrid
he's on the mend kind of and has been sleeping since he got off work but it's gonna be such a bummer for everyone if he's still sick tomorrow. also i told my mom she could watch our eight month old during the wedding but it turns out she invited her boyfriend to help her because my boy is too heavy for her to do a few key things. it's reasonable, honestly she's right about her abilities but I don't like him. My nibblings like him and my siblings don't seem to have any trouble with him in general with the kids but he's a j6 supporter/trumper etc and my mom is already heading back down that path despite doing so well these last few years
qt pretzel because I'm glad to be back in qt territory
We recently had a fantastic time in a surprisingly outdated hotel call the Potowatamie inn in rural Indiana and I'm not saying pokagon state park is my favorite park, but I'm sure it is someone's and it was a great value. I'm curious to see what all I'm missing out there
what the title says. my dressmaker is delivering two months late and no longer coming in person so she can adjust it overnight like she had promised.
13 year old neutered since a year ish old nebelung
Kitty was indoor/outdoor growing up, basically just followed the dog wherever she went, and usually peed/pooped near where she did lol. integrated household with my hubby's cat with no issues.
we moved to the city and he adapted to indoor life and a litter box pretty quickly. he and hubby's cat had no issues sharing. e ended up having to take in my mil's cat while we found it a new home. spent six weeks introducing them only for new cat to start ambushing ours in the litter box as soon as the doors were open. then they both ambushed my cat in the box together and new cat went back in her own room and things were generally fine but some out of box issues.
he had a checkup with his shots and doc gave him the all clear recently because my
now we live in a house again, it's been years, and we have litter boxes everywhere with all kinds of medium. the crystal litter he really liked, walnut, regular, 5 boxes in different situations, 3 with "no hiding spots around" and we've never really gotten over the out of box issues but now they're getting really bad. he's designated a spot in the basement carpet and the bathroom floors as his potties. we've been rotating medium. cleaning extra, changing litter locations after a few weeks of no use. I'm at my wits end and our baby is almost mobile so I really can't be having this as an issue.
he loves baby and they're so sweet and gentle with each other and it's so cute so it's extra confusing because there's not really any other stressors in the house
I need any idea y'all got because otherwise I'm not sure what we can do but build him a cation with a little warm box to sleep in for anytime i can't be with him and present.
Egg donor lost all legal or moral right to know my niece when she was not even a year old. She was adopted by My brother's wife a couple years later. My brother died almost a decade ago and Eggy tried to act like my niece was automatically hers, luckily we were able to kibosh that whole situation without my niece knowing. my nieces mom has a permanent restraining order on eggy, my nieces PO expired a few years back. Eggy tried getting a PO against me but the judge basically told her to stay in her lane and she won't catch these hands again.
Niece is almost 18 now and curiousish about eggy, and I've always told my niece I would follow her lead. Niece wrote a letter to eggy asking to meet in neutral territory with me present. Now Eggy is crashing out on sociald about having to be chaperoned, called my niece out by name and basically said niece was kidnapped and she needs the public's help getting back her "long lost daughter". my niece hasn't told many of her peers about all this so it's all news to them, is the talk of the small town, and my poor niece is mortified
I don't know what Eggy thought she get out of that move, but I'm not convinced she thinks. I guess she just really needed my niece to have a living memory of how big a fuck up she is
pictured: my favorite wings: hubby style
Crucially - dry them before seasoning-
The seasoning was a combo of salt, pepper, baking powder (helps them crisp) and the rest of the garlic Parm wing dust bag
Dry the chicken wings thoroughly on all sides with a paper towel. Mix rub ingredients in bowl and rub outside the chicken wings. Preheat smoker to 200°F. Smoke chicken wings for 30 minutes before increasing temperature to 375°F and cooking for another 45 minutes. Flip and rotate the wings to avoid burn spots. Cook until internal temperature reaches 165°F.