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susandennisBetty - my long haired cat - is just a mess of mats. About once a year - sometimes she skips a year - she gets mats. Usually I can just cut them out but this year, I can't get ahead of them and they are giving her hairballs which isn't fun for either of us.
There is one cat groomer in a town north of here but finally today I kept googling and yelping until I found one. I called. Hopefully they are busy grooming and that's the only reason they didn't answer. I left a message. I hope I can take her in to get her scraped down so we can start again.
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As part of my father's estate, each of my sister's three children get a check every year from the time they are 18 until the time they are 22. It comes out to about $5K. I inherited the responsibility. I have the money in a special account and my financial adviser sends out the checks every August. I noticed the other day when I was checking Mint that he shorted the one who is that age range this year - by about $800 so I called.
Tony, his assistant explained how it happened after he looked into it and it's easy to understand but I explained that I need it fixed asap cause I do no want to enter into another money conversation with my sister. I told her that if she came whining to me, I was sending her right to him. I wouldn't do that of course, because no one deserves that kind of torture but, it made the point.
I'm sure glad I caught it.
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Ann continues to be totally frazzled on her own. She's driving me a little crazy. She has some very strong racial prejudices which have until recently only come out once in awhile but now it seems it's all the time and it makes me nuts. I'd like to help her but I don't want to hear how Ron's recuperation place will make her drive through 'where all the black people live'. Nor do I want to hear that she hopes the cabulance driver isn't a towelhead like the regular cab drivers.
I try to lightly allow as how she should be ashamed for even thinking that kind of thing much less saying it out loud but it goes right over her head. Plus, she's so beside herself with stress she can't hear anything anyway.
It's a problem for which I have no solution. I just hope he gets well and fast.
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I've been comparing the Scion iQ and the Smart Car and the Smart Car is winning - looks wise - which is pretty much my top criteria. I want it short and adorable. And the Smart Car is that. I think the iQ will be my maybe option. If neither of those work out, then I'm keeping my Escort. After all, it does have a full tank of gas.
There is one cat groomer in a town north of here but finally today I kept googling and yelping until I found one. I called. Hopefully they are busy grooming and that's the only reason they didn't answer. I left a message. I hope I can take her in to get her scraped down so we can start again.
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As part of my father's estate, each of my sister's three children get a check every year from the time they are 18 until the time they are 22. It comes out to about $5K. I inherited the responsibility. I have the money in a special account and my financial adviser sends out the checks every August. I noticed the other day when I was checking Mint that he shorted the one who is that age range this year - by about $800 so I called.
Tony, his assistant explained how it happened after he looked into it and it's easy to understand but I explained that I need it fixed asap cause I do no want to enter into another money conversation with my sister. I told her that if she came whining to me, I was sending her right to him. I wouldn't do that of course, because no one deserves that kind of torture but, it made the point.
I'm sure glad I caught it.
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Ann continues to be totally frazzled on her own. She's driving me a little crazy. She has some very strong racial prejudices which have until recently only come out once in awhile but now it seems it's all the time and it makes me nuts. I'd like to help her but I don't want to hear how Ron's recuperation place will make her drive through 'where all the black people live'. Nor do I want to hear that she hopes the cabulance driver isn't a towelhead like the regular cab drivers.
I try to lightly allow as how she should be ashamed for even thinking that kind of thing much less saying it out loud but it goes right over her head. Plus, she's so beside herself with stress she can't hear anything anyway.
It's a problem for which I have no solution. I just hope he gets well and fast.
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I've been comparing the Scion iQ and the Smart Car and the Smart Car is winning - looks wise - which is pretty much my top criteria. I want it short and adorable. And the Smart Car is that. I think the iQ will be my maybe option. If neither of those work out, then I'm keeping my Escort. After all, it does have a full tank of gas.
that's exactly how i'd buy a car
Date: 2011-08-23 12:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-23 12:21 am (UTC)after the essentials you mention:
cup holder
jack for my phone
the other shit is just other shit.
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Date: 2011-08-25 12:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-08-23 01:05 am (UTC)I will cut her some slack til Ron gets home but not much and that will be the end of it.
But, next time she is in my house and makes a remark like that, I am not going to be subtle. I'm going to call her out on it every single time until she stops.
I enjoy her company but not that much.
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Date: 2011-08-23 04:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-08-23 04:46 am (UTC)I have never researched the smaller cars so I do not have any advice. There are a couple of Smart Cars in our town, and Gavin likes to tell me that we could fit two in my Family Truckster. Probably could.
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Date: 2011-08-23 05:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-23 05:23 am (UTC)http://www.windupkey.com/