Friend bought a $600,000 house

nicoleg1982

Why not organic?  I tend to buy organic for things she eats the most - milk, bananas, fruits, etc.  She doesn't get organic at school and I don't serve a fully organic meal at home every day.  I just feel like maybe I'm doing a little bit of good if she's drinking organic milk with her Kraft Mac N Cheese and hot dog, you know? 

Btw - Annie's organic mac/cheese is not so tasty.  DD likes it, but she hasn't had a lifetime of Kraft love.

**O-Face**

They only have 2 children.  Age 12 and 14.  SIL drinks milk like crazy.

*blech*

6fsn

Good gravy 9 gallons!  I'd be rationing that crap.

DG- another idea.  eggs are cheap.  Scramble a couple and cook in the microwave.  You can slap it on a piece of bread with cheese if you want portable.  Mini quiches are also cheap, healthy, portable, and freezeable. 

A multigrain waffle with some peanut butter isn't a bad option either. 

*Barbie*

DG - you might want to consider getting a chest freezer and buying/cooking in bulk. we save a lot by doing that, an it's healthier than processed crap in a can.

(plus it's nice to be able to come home, heat up dinner, maybe make a side or cut up some veggies, and be ready to eat in 15-20 minutes.)

PMeg819

Gah, we do about 3 gallons of week between DH and The Boy. I'd die if we drank 9. Milk is so freaking expensive right now. I think Costco has it for $5 for two gallon packs, and that is the cheapest I've seen around here.

Check out health food stores (not Whole Foods). We get all of our product at a local chain of stores. I think bananas are about $.29/lb, I can get red peppers for 2/$1, and The Boy loves the Earth's Best fruit smoothie pouches and they run about $1.20 there. It's way cheaper for us to buy most of our produce there.

6fsn

Smoothies would be another good breakfast.  one carton yogurt, whatever fruit is cheap or frozen and some V8 V fusion- fruit, veg, and good protein.

MrsMyrtle

This post is an excellent form of birth control.

NOLABridesmaid

Yes, it is.

PMeg819

If I listed out what having a baby did to my body and provided some pictures, I'm pretty sure I could convince ampitheatres full of women to permanently sterilize themselves. Why they don't show this stuff in sex ed classes, I'll never know.

DG1

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[QUOTE]If I listed out what having a baby did to my body and provided some pictures, I'm pretty sure I could convince ampitheatres full of women to permanently sterilize themselves. Why they don't show this stuff in sex ed classes, I'll never know.
Posted by PMeg819[/QUOTE]

Word.

mrsconn23

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[QUOTE]If I listed out what having a baby did to my body and provided some pictures, I'm pretty sure I could convince ampitheatres full of women to permanently sterilize themselves. Why they don't show this stuff in sex ed classes, I'll never know.
Posted by PMeg819[/QUOTE]

This X eleventymillion.

PMeg819

I'd have more kids in a heart beat, and I knew my body was going to look like a busted up tire after it was over. But if you are telling someone that they should wait to have kids...well, one look at my nips will end any idea a teenage couple had about having unprotected sex. Similarly, if you are on the fence...let me tell you about my vagina.

NOLABridesmaid

Meg, do tell?

hmonkey

[QUOTE]oh whatever. babies change your body. big flipping deal. you can always not have babies if this is too horrible of a thing to happen. i love that people complain about this, yet have had on purpose babies. makes no sense.
Posted by Wifezzilla[/QUOTE]

fo' shizzle.  getting older also changes your body.

mrsconn23

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[QUOTE]I'd have more kids in a heart beat, and I knew my body was going to look like a busted up tire after it was over. But if you are telling someone that they should wait to have kids...well, one look at my nips will end any idea a teenage couple had about having unprotected sex. Similarly, if you are on the fence...let me tell you about my vagina.
Posted by PMeg819[/QUOTE]

Again, this x eleventymillion

PMizzle is just sayin' it for me today.  :)

hmonkey

[QUOTE]Meg, do tell?
Posted by NOLABridesmaid[/QUOTE]

i would also like to know about pmeg's vajazz.  do you have a powerpoint prepared?

*Barbie*

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[QUOTE]::high five's my intact v-zizzle::
Posted by Wifezzilla[/QUOTE]

ditto.

TheDuckis

Can you tell me what mechanisms Silicon Valley has that allows regular people to buy overpriced homes? As far as I know we just have to take out wayfuckingbigger mortgages than people in low COL areas.

TheDuckis

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[QUOTE]IDK. Another college friend bought a $600k house in Menlo Park a few years ago (2br, 1 ba) But apparently they have special rules in california where you only have to put 5% down or something, because otherwise normal people could never even enter the market.
Posted by DG1[/QUOTE]

When was this? 5% down might have been possible before the market collapse, but there's no way in hell a lender would allow that out here now. And 600K in Menlo Park? Was it a forclosure?

We will probably have to put 30-40% down just to qualify for a loan, and then our mortgage payment will still be about 50% of take-home.

PMeg819

No PowerPoint unfortunately. TMI Here's the sad state of my body: my stomach looks like a melted candle. My skin did not bounce back, and the resulting weight loss in that area has left it a little flabby. My vagina is not quite as tight, and I base this on the fact that I actually used a light tampon one day and it fell out. My boobs are only perky when wear a bra, and that is mostly because all that tissues just piled in there being held up. That said, worth it. Totally would do it again, just wish I was mega rich and could have one of those Mommy Makeover plastic surgery sessions. And there you have it.