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Thanks for the congrats all!!!

thanks for the congrats, guys, especially CK for pitching in with my data collection ... definitely a huge relief to be done with it ...

Semi, it was a study of body image dissatisfaction in males ... ironically, now with all my free time, I think I'm gonna join a gym ...

SL

I got a red belt in Taekwondo.A step closer to black(1 more)and a step closer to defending the little guy from the loud obnoxious asshole at the end of the bar who always causes shit,and beating the shit out of him when he gets out of line.Courtesy of your friendly neighbour vigilante.

again,sorry for swearing,it is in my blood.And we all know that A**hole deserves it ,right?

My good news: we've managed to refinance our house (by the skin of our teeth) which will pay off all our credit cards and leave us in a much better situation financially. We're signing all the docs tonight. Now maybe we can start getting our credit rating back up, and stop having to stress about bills all the time. We're still strapped for another week or so but then we're going to get some cash back out of the close and get a refund on the last mortgage payment to our outgoing mortgage company. Plus my car is paid off as of December (the final payment was pretty fat which is what started us on this whole thing to begin with.) I think we're going to be in a position to actually put a little away at the end of the month instead of scraping paycheck to paycheck.

Just wanted to let you guys in on some good news!

Matt, that's great news! Glad to see you're clawing your way out of debt--that leads me to believe there's hope for me yet

Great news!

My good news: I survived the trip home tonight... after almost being hit head on by a guy that was just hit by a semi truck! Yay me!

Matt.

Always good to hear of people getting their finances on a level keel. Hope you feel the benefit, remember to spend a little on yourself too, you deserve it.


Lantern

Glad to hear you are ok. I bet your heart skipped a beat there.

Thanks guys, we crossed all the i's and dotted all the t's last night, now we just have to wait for all the payout checks to get cut. It's a big relief to be done with it.

I think I forgot to mention this earlier but I got into grad school and will be starting monday on the road to getting my masters in advertising. Its sooooo scary going back to school after working for two years! I'm gonna have those 'I didn't study for my final!' nightmares again

Oh, and I've been using up my vacation time from work so I went to Maui for a coupla days with my friends - that's even been news than my "I ate a turkey sandwich!" post.

Congratulations, MEL! May you eradicate all monkeys from global advertising! Consider it your mission.

Belated congrats, matlock! May the sailing be smoother from here on out.

Congrats, MEL! So, will you be using your awesome powers for good or evil?

A masters in advertising? C'mon Miner! Of course its for evil! You have to shine the flashlight under your chin at graduation!

Well my good news is that after about 8 years of trying I've finally been promoted! Yay me.

With a 7.3% pay increase! Even yayer me!
Unfortunately this pay increase only just covers the pay decrease from prior to Xmas when the company we work for cut the hours we can work by one hour a day. Boooo hissssssss.

Still, it looks like I'll get about an extra £8 ($12) a month in take home pay.

So, more family time (sort of, but definitely more 'sitting-in-traffic' time) + the same amount of work to be done every week + more responsibility = £8 a month.

Hmmmmmm.

Congrats Numf, I think

They dont tell you all the down sides at the interviews do they

Well, yesterday Grandmother's family got together to help her celebrate her 90th birthday.

Her surviving brother and his family were there.
Grandmother's kids were there, along with her grandkids and great grandkids.

There was a LOT of cutting up that went on. Nobody was safe ... even some of the new people that just married in to the family.

We're pretty lucky. Grandmother's slowed down a little. She had a pretty bad heart attack at the beginning of school, and as a result, she received 3 stints. Since receiving the stints, she's gotten a LOT of her energy back. She's wearin' out Mom and Dad.

Anyway, it was nice to have the whole family together for for a HAPPY occasion.

She's still pretty active. She does most of her own cooking, but joins my parents every once in a while. She's absolutely brutal when it comes to playing games. Dominoes, 42, chicken foot, scrabble, crossword puzzles ... you name it. She's still got a voracious appetite for reading. And she CONTINUES gets down on her hands and knees to clean the base-boards.
*sigh* Some things never change.

And if there are any doubts as to how tough Grandmother is, here's just one example -
Grandmother got deathly sick when Mom was a little girl. She was laid up in bed for weeks, and everyone had just about given up on her. But she finally began to get better, and eventually got back to normal.

Several years later, her appendix ruptured. She was rushed in for emergency surgery. Afterwards, the doctor came out with the strangest look on his face and asked, "When did the appendix rupture the first time? There was a spot on the appendix where it ruptured before, but apparently healed."

Hey ... I'm proud of my Grandmother. And I'll brag on her to anyone who will listen.

Aw, that's great Beagz . You're grandmother sounds like one tough woman, and a lot of fun too! So *that's* where you get it from

Great, Beagz!

I can relate. My Grandmother was a tough old Kraut... your Grandma reminds me of her.

Happy belated B-day to your Grandma, Beagz!

Sounds like a great time was had by all.