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Off-Topic / Re: Flu Shots...Yea or Nay?

« on: October 26, 2011, 11:49:02 am »Message ID: 437551

I have only had a flu shot once.  I guess as I get older I should get one every year.  I live in the south and we have much milder winters. I don't frequent many public places everyday, and I carry hand sanitizer. I do believe that children and the elderly should get them every year.

They say that the elderly have a lower to resistance to fighting off illness...I don't know how true that is. My Mom is 72 and runs circles around me,  she also get a flu shot every year....better safe than sorry, as she says, you might not get the flu, or you might, but if you do, it won't be as severe. and won't last as long. 

I was in health care before I retired and it was required every year. I had no ill effect from them and never got really sick. I continued after I retired until last year when I kept meaning to but never got there. The vaccine this year (it changes every year) supposedly contains anti-swine flu ingredient along with others. I am "meaning to" get to the Dr. office.

I used to work for MHMR and we were required to have all kinds of vaccines, including that Heptac B series(sp?) (Hepatitis B vaccine). Though I never got Hepatitis, any time I have lab work done I show positive for Hepatitis and I have to tell them that I had the vaccine.....weird

If you don't make it to the Dr office I have seen signs in windows all over the place offering the vaccine...and for FREE...

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Off-Topic / Re: Supplementing or Replacing Your Income?

« on: October 26, 2011, 11:35:33 am »Message ID: 437543

How do you get the other messages at the top like that?

Anyways they are not stopping the GI Bill because you actually pay for that during basic training so they cant without a fight. But my hubby wanted to save that for the kids. So the tuitions assistance makes it to where we only pay $95 dollars a class. Which is better that paying it all out of pocket. I'm just praying right now that they see that doing either is a bad idea. But they have been cutting back on alot of things already for the military. They are doing it to cut down the debt and bail out companies, when they dont seemto realize that most of the money the military gets paid keeps the areas that have military bases running. I live in Colorado Springs, which has 4 bases. So if that goes through, all the going out and extras that people do all the time will stop. Only for the military people, but here that it most of the people. Plus they have already lowered the BAH alittle and it has already effected us. We havent gotten to go out since July, when my hubby got back from Afphgan. I have hope that the Sergents Association (the military union, basically) will be able to stop it, but I have to have a back up plan just incase. My family is the most important thing, and my husband loves his job. I wouldn't want him to have to worry about money.

To get messages in your reply you:
*hit reply
*scroll down and you will see everyone's messages...in the top right corner of their reply is  'insert quote
*that message will now be in your reply box and you type your reply message...
*if you want to answer more in the same box,  just scroll down, find message you want to reply to and repeat the above...

Back up plans are hardwired into my brain...
I have two of everything, toilet paper, shampoo, deodorant...etc...etc....I've always got some money somewhere for emergencies...and actually have the willpower to leave it for emergencies...

Everyone thinks I'm crazy until they run out of something in the middle of using it...

Supplementing, but not just $10 here and there, I'm talking about striving for a great income.  I need it if I want to stay around the Washington DC area, lol.  Rent is ridiculous out here, unless you want to live 50 miles outside the city. 

Never hurts to think ahead and to be prepared. A little here and there eventually builds up.....but there is a great rush when you get a big windfall that is like nothing else...

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Off-Topic / Re: What type of Christmas tree real or artificail do you prefer

« on: October 25, 2011, 01:32:10 pm »Message ID: 437142

I don't really care as long as i have a Christmas tree, that is decorated nice and that i have some presents underneath it!

  yeah buddy. One year, I had a large bushy branch cut off a tree and I hung it on the wall and decorated it. ..hey, I've seen these trees that look like the back was cut off so they would go against the wall...whether for monetary reasons or space, because let's face it...you gotta have room to put it up and walk around it and still have living space...especially with kids....

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Off-Topic / Re: Supplementing or Replacing Your Income?

« on: October 25, 2011, 01:14:18 pm »Message ID: 437131

I am a stay at home mom, since we can't afford daycare unless I have a real well paying job. My husband is in the militart, so the benefits are good. The only problem is being an airman, married, with two kids does not pay well. We are still a pay check t pay check family, the good thing is that we don't pay medical. We do have to pay dental, and on-base housing is always booked so we have to pay rent and utilities. With two kids of different sexs you have to have seperate rooms if they are 1 and up, so the amount of bah never covers what it is ment to. NOW the government is trying to take away tuitions assistance for active military or bah. No matte what they pick we are in trouble. My hubby is going to college right now on tuitions assistance so he can move up and with no on base housing available most of the time I need enough money to cover one of those within the next year. They are planning on changing it within the the next year. So I have to make this work great for me. I am going to start a website and I already started a blog, but both are new to me. So I have to do alot of foot work.

I had no idea. I thought that we took better care of those who are onpoint fighting for us. The good thing is with two kids you have the medical. I hadn't heard of them trying to take away the tuition assistance....that was supposed to be one of the selling points for enlisting for Pete's sake.

I too tried to start a website and blog (it is out there somewhere) but like you have no idea how to keep I going or use it to my advantage. The ones that advertise that they will help you want money...and if I took the chance and tried ..they sent one of those e-books that tell you nothing but want more money...

Good luck with you endeavor...I know the money is out there..eventually you (we) will piece it together ...

I work part-time as a courtesy clerk and it doesn't pay me very well. I use to get medical and benefits from social security about 5 months ago and then, they decided to cut me off. I was getting about $800 a month and half of it was coming from my job. Now, I'm trying to live with about $400 a month. I figure I would get some kind of medical benefits from my job since its a union and I been working there for over a year now. They said I need to work 80hrs for 3 months straight before I can qualify for medical benefits. I don't think my job will give me enough hours to cover those 80hrs. I'm not even allowed to work overtime. I think its just a BIG BS because I believe anyone should qualify for benefits after working for a union for about 6 months at least. Now, I'm living without any medical benefits and I don't have anymore high blood pressure medicine. I took my last high blood pressure medicine about a month ago if not more. I'm not sure if I can get it refilled or not. I just don't know what to do half of the time anymore.

Sorry I don't know anything about Unions....it sounds like you are in a Catch 22...I don't know where you were getting your Rx's filled but I use the $4 dollar services at some of the better known stores...all you have to do is bring in the prescription and.. you're in...I live in Tx and we have County hospitals that take you on a sliding income basis...for medical and Rx...I was using them for three years with no income so was paying only a five dollar copay for everything...amd if you don't have the fiver...well, they still let you in...they don't turn you away...

I am very grateful for them as they are the reason I am still alive....then I humbled myself and found some food banks and Catholic Charities will help with rent and utilities...

good luck...

I am a stay at home grandmother of 2 and like you looking to make a little extra money for a few bills.My husband is on disability and I completely understand on that.I was so glad when it a over.We were in ours for 5 yrs.Long long road.Hope to never have to go that route again.Good luck.

Five? MY goodness...I just don't understand it..I went through all my savings and assets in three years..and, fortunately, I have the most wonderful Mom in the world..

I moved from CA to OK and haven't been able to find a job, so I am trying to earn enough money online to pay my rent and utilities  
I only need about $350 a month but if I could make $400-$500 I would be happy.

The money I made from here and other sites was used for a bit of everything....bills, savings, extra money for spending, etc. But now thing are crucial and I cant really enjoy it like I want Still aiming to make $150/month online but time is becoming a big factor

just trying to make a little extra for diapers. it has helped out a lot for me.

I do Fusioncash and some other things to supplement my income.  I still work eight hours days, but I don't make that much so I need a little extra income for my nails and getting my hair done etc...

I hope to be able to make a living from home eventually, but the money that i have made from here and other sites has been helpful when i needed some extra cash for gas and food, or just to do a bit of splurging and buy something that i wanted!

I just got my haircut today using my earnings...otherwise, I would have had to pull out the dog clippers and done it myself...I was ready and I always know it's time for a haircut when I start snipping at it myself.

I'm so glad that the weather has cooled down so the electricity has gone down considerably and the water (yes, I watered my front patch of grass..., and my flowers, and my pecan trees....) ...so I should have something for Christmas, at least for Mom and the grand kids...

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Off-Topic / Re: What type of Christmas tree real or artificail do you prefer

« on: October 25, 2011, 08:07:49 am »Message ID: 437005

I prefer a live tree but use an artifical. It used to be you could get a tree in a lot for 10-15 dollars. Now they start at about $30.00

ain't it the truth? The last live tree I bought was $85.00 and it came to my eye level....I am 6'2 and I like a tree that I have to look up to...at least an inch above my head...and since they seem to charge by the foot...that comes to some real moola coming outta my pocket for something that I'm going to kick to the curb within the next 30 days....

yes..30 days...all the work that is involved in decorating.. I plan on enjoying it more than a few days..I'm going to get my money's worth out of it...

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Off-Topic / Re: The World Was Predicted to End On Friday October 21, 2011

« on: October 25, 2011, 08:01:32 am »Message ID: 437001

How many times have we heard these predictions?  Over and over again the end is predicted, but yet we are still here.
Revelations tells us that we won't know when it is happening.  I choose to just live each day as it could be my last.
Love the ones you're with and enjoy today for what it is.  Have a happy Tuesday!

Things are so unpredictable around here that I can't think too far into the future as when I do lay out some grandiose plan, it is in tatters by days end so all my battles are met in the here and now on a daily basis...

I was in the hospital 3 times last year..the bronchial pneumonia was the worst.. really really really thought that my time was up and was asking for paper to pen my obit and last will....

Mom thought it was the blood clots that broke up and traveled from my leg and filled my lungs and they had to 'bring me back'....bur, I wasn't conscious for that experience... so to me it as the former....

So, I enjoy each day I wake up, can breathe, and be reasonably pain free...

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Off-Topic / Re: Supplementing or Replacing Your Income?

« on: October 25, 2011, 07:36:15 am »Message ID: 436989

Oldbuddy has some great ideas for making extra cash, you should get together with him.

I watched his training video....he is a very helpful and knowledgeable person.

one should try selling your own stuff online.

I'm a recovering hoarder..of sorts. If I buy something, it's because I wanted it and ..still want it. Many memories and stories are connected to my possesions..my pretties...

Just looking to make a few extra $$. For now it all goes to the savings for a rainy day.

I'm just trying to make a few extra bucks to help pay off my college loans.

That's where I'm at right now...just to have some extra for the unexpected that always turns into a rainy day if one is not prepared...

I'm trying to supplement my income since I lost my really good paying job back in March.  I'm making about 1/3 of what I did and no longer have health insurance.  It has been a struggle.  My husband is also on disability and we both have medical problems.  I would take a part-time outside of the home job in addition to the full time job I have now but he feels like he is abandoned most of the day now so I do what I can via computer so that I can at least be sitting in the same room.

I am my sister's caretaker (along with my Mom)..but my sister lives with me..has since her husband died 15 years ago. I was still working then. ...American Airlines...then 9/11...ultimately laid off...I was in management who always have the better benefits 

She is disabled in a wheelchair and I have fought to keep her as independent as possible as my ultimate goal for her was to be able to walk again and meet a new man and get married and ride off into the sunset....

that didn't happen...

but, I 've taught her to use the computer and she has 3 sons and 2 grandchildren and is as happy as one can be... considering

Currently she is in a nursing home recuperating from a bout of cellulitis and septis(sp) and has been there for a year come next week. She is doing better but cannot come home until she can transfer to her chair so she is working with a therpaist to get the strength back in her legs.

Of course, when she went to the nursing home..her SSI check followed her so I was left with the mortgage, all utilities, and her credit card bills....so the extra biy of $$ is always welcome in this household, but being on disability, I can't do much, so this work at home when you want, when you need is pretty neat....

Make sure you are taking care of yourself in all of this and for what it's worth...don't let him become too dependent on you....

Katie hears it from me everyday..."if you don't use it...you'll lose it"

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Off-Topic / Re: What type of Christmas tree real or artificail do you prefer

« on: October 24, 2011, 10:32:40 pm »Message ID: 436867

.......  With enough lights and ornaments ... it is hard to tell the difference anyway.  I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!

Exactly. I admit it. I love Christmas. I currently have an artificial tree as I have just gotten too old and lazy to deal with a real tree.

I have about 8 strings of lights on my tree and though it is one of those trees that you can 'fold up', it is never folded. I do remove the ornaments and carefully pack them away, but those lights that I have spent at least 4 hour wrapping around every single branch, in and out are staying put.

For two years, I folded the tree with the lights on and I found that it tended to break some of the bulbs and...if one goes out so does the string...

So now, in my cleverness, I have a corner of the dining room that I place the tree, and then I have some old folding closet doors that I have painted and placed around the tree like a room divider or oriental screen...

Come December 1st, out it comes to the living room, and all I have to do is decorate with ornaments (except for the odd year when they start to burn out :-

Long live the artificial tree...

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Off-Topic / Supplementing or Replacing Your Income?

« on: October 24, 2011, 10:10:25 pm »Message ID: 436862

I am newly retired. I will admit that I am on disability and just started Medicare.

This has been a three year adventure that I thought would never end. I am not looking to make a fortune, just enough to buy a pizza or cheeseburger now and then or get a haircut (don't laugh....but I cut my own hair) Talented?

Some would say, others just look, but I do a fair to middling good job and it works, until it doesn't work. Mistakes can happen.


So, I am supplementing my income. Of course, if I just happen to have an epiphany of good luck or knowledge shoot through my brain and I start to make a lot of money.. I won't complain.

So, are you trying to replace your income and become a stay at home entrepeneur(sp?) or just looking for some pocket change?

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Off-Topic / Re: The World Was Predicted to End On Friday October 21, 2011

« on: October 24, 2011, 09:13:28 pm »Message ID: 436833

I don't know....

I was walking along...and

then..

I woke up and I realized I had the answer to everything...

....the hereafter is exactly the same as the world I left...same house, same bed, ....

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Off-Topic / Re: Flu Shots...Yea or Nay?

« on: October 24, 2011, 08:51:03 pm »Message ID: 436827

Well....It has been over a week now since I got the shot and I have had no ill effects. Another year, another vaccine.....I'll let you know if I get flu this year or not. I have bad sinuses and am prone to ear infections which lead to a sore throat , then coughing, fever and then....(if I don't go to the doctor...*I tend to play doctor a lot*)..a bad cold or the flu. 

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Off-Topic / Re: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN?

« on: October 11, 2011, 11:07:00 pm »Message ID: 430916

I am a Sultan. I have been working on this costume ..for years.

I have a brown tunic, a red cape, a turban, and I grow out my beard and then there's lots of Granny's old costume jewelry.

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Word Chains & Countdowns / Re: Three Word Story

« on: October 11, 2011, 11:03:30 pm »Message ID: 430915

..it's nearly Halloween...

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Off-Topic / Re: Do you drink out of the jug?

« on: October 11, 2011, 11:01:53 pm »Message ID: 430913

Of course. 

My germs are totally harmless.  Though, I now am just about the only person who drinks fruit juices, so, I'm pretty much the only one drinking from the jug.

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Off-Topic / Re: Flu Shots...Yea or Nay?

« on: October 11, 2011, 10:58:10 pm »Message ID: 430912

I GOT A FLU SHOT AND IT HAS HELP.

Were you feeling any symptoms before the shot, and it helped make you feel better? or did you  go flu free for the season?