I just bought some nice flannel ones from Restoration Hardware recently on sale (they had race cars, retro air planes, and sail boats in the colors you mentioned). Not sure if they still are.
There are still some on the website, but they are more expensive than the Pottery Barn sets.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 27, 2015 10:33:29 GMT -5
So I'm looking for some fun printed sheets for my 3 year old son. I have a navy blue bedspread and would like something more interesting to go with it. I love the Pottery Barn Kids sheets, but I can't stomach the price (especially for the full size bed). Are there any other options? Thanks!
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 26, 2015 10:00:01 GMT -5
My MIL was great when the kids were little, but now she is totally BEC. A small list: - wants to watch my kids only when I'm not there - was harassing me about switching them to a convertible carseat and then to switch them forward facing - is in a competition with my mom/parents about who gets to see my kids more. My parents are both retired and willing to travel. They win, period. - wants to know when I'm going to let them watch tv. The kids don't care, why should I try to force tv on them? - has archaic gender stereotypes that she tries to force on my kids. I don't care if my son wears a hair bow or nail polish. He's 3, get over your issues. - takes over meals if I'm not making something she likes (like deciding to make macaroni salad with the burgers and such we were making because she didn't like any of my sides) - bitches about when we are going to FaceTime her next. Uhhmmm, pretty sure the iPad works both ways.
Oh, I could go on forever. Not sure if any of you remember my houseguest from hell situation a couple months ago. That was all my MIL's doing.
My husband's company has certain packages that come with different levels of relocation assistance. $5,000 sounds like a bare bones package. Don't undervalue yourselves or your time.
This is so hard for me to figure out. We have never, ever had a job that offered this kind of stuff. Heck, this is my first job with a retirement program.
He is skeptical that relocation would be included at all, so I'm just wondering if they don't offer him relocation, what is reasonable to ask for up from nothing?
Shoot. I wish I had saved the relo paperwork from when they were trying to move us to Seattle. It was full service movers, car transport, flights from our current city to Seattle, a COLA, a tiny bonus. Oh, and a vague promise of promotion. Our international move was MUCH better, full service movers, storage, car selling assistance, house hunting trip, pet moving allowance, COLA, etc. It would also include language lessons and help for me to find a new job. Really, companies will do a TON if they want you.
In your case, I think it would be reasonable to ask for full service movers (you guys aren't new grads paying your friends with pizza), a house hunting trip/apartment hunting, car shipment (depending on how far it is), and a signing bonus or relo bonus to pay for security deposits and utility hook ups. Really, you don't know unless you ask.
Can you share some of what you do in the crockpot? We have one and it get used 2-3x/year. I would love to use it more but DH isn't a fan of much in there (we do beef stew and chili, that's pretty much it). His meals, while very good, are complicated, take forever,, and don't make leftovers, so we end up buying lunches too. He loves to cook but gets resentful that he does 90% of it, even tho I'm a terrible cook. Maybe I can become a crockpot master.... (hot)
Are you allergic to anything or greatly dislike anything? I'll PM you some when I'm at a computer
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 26, 2015 9:19:26 GMT -5
My husband's company has certain packages that come with different levels of relocation assistance. $5,000 sounds like a bare bones package. Don't undervalue yourselves or your time.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 21, 2015 11:37:37 GMT -5
This was posted not too long ago, but it didn't get the attention it deserved. Did you know that bone china is actually made of bones? I know it seems like an obvious thing given the name, but it fascinates me.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 21, 2015 10:36:05 GMT -5
SS- WITH ICING!!!! Oh how I could go for a cookie cake smothered in icing right now. Who is coming to visit RockNVoll next so I can bribe you to bring me one?
I'm a little worried about this year. Along with moving overseas, my husband got a promotion. The way his company is treating him isn't the norm, so it worries me that they will have screwed something up and we will owe big time.
It would be ironic if they screwed something up, hope you don't get a big surprise like we did.
I don't even want to think about dealing with our taxes for the next couple of years given how complicated they've gotten: being a two-country household for parts of 2014 and 2015, salaries in two currencies, likely selling our house this year, etc. I won't even know if a mistake is made on the returns because it took me 30 years to get a not-great grasp on the U.S. tax system; I have no hope of understanding how the U.S. and U.K. systems interact!
Uhmmm, yeah, not counting on that. We'll blame it on payroll if it happens.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 21, 2015 4:13:55 GMT -5
I'm a little worried about this year. Along with moving overseas, my husband got a promotion. The way his company is treating him isn't the norm, so it worries me that they will have screwed something up and we will owe big time.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 20, 2015 14:10:18 GMT -5
We had one in Charleston, SC when we lived in Charlotte, NC and it was perfect. It was close enough to get away on a normal weekend (3ish hour drive), but far enough that it felt like we were getting away. It was nice that we could drive there and not have to rely on the rigid schedule of planes (you know until we can afford our own private jet, ha). I would pick a different house, possibly on the beach when we hit the jackpot, but I love the general area.
As long as it isn't jeans, it works at most tea places. Black pants are pretty standard here. But maybe not the fancy places.
*whispers* both scm1011 and I were wearing jeans at the Wolseley Both black AEO jeggings, LOL (shout out to jenny1980, who is the reason I bought them).
Wow. Never noticed. I guess black trousers of any sort work then.
Glad you had a fun time scm1011!!!! Next time we will have to go to tea at Fortnum & Mason or one of the other really ritzy places! And happy that my kids (or husband) didn't annoy you too much.
Ha, they were all great! And yes, I'm down for fancy tea next time I'm in town. I'll have to remember to bring less scrubby attire next time
As long as it isn't jeans, it works at most tea places. Black pants are pretty standard here. But maybe not the fancy places.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 20, 2015 10:18:37 GMT -5
Glad you had a fun time scm1011!!!! Next time we will have to go to tea at Fortnum & Mason or one of the other really ritzy places! And happy that my kids (or husband) didn't annoy you too much.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 20, 2015 4:16:56 GMT -5
I think it's a worthy cause, but sometimes it just doesn't work out. I tried several times to donate blood with various issues (it takes FOREVER for me, I've had the vein stop giving blood, then they had to try the other arm, I feel faint, etc) to the point where the Red Cross people told me I wasn't a good candidate. They won't ever tell people not to donate blood, but what they said to me was about the closest they come. I feel bad not donating, but it just wasn't a good situation. Good luck to you in your decision!
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 19, 2015 10:34:39 GMT -5
Not sure how you would ask this, but I would want to see how many houses in your area they have listed and sold. We had a unique neighborhood and looked at two realtors, one clearly wasn't as familiar and was going with prices based on detailed analysis. But the detailed analysis (comps) left out things in our neighborhood that made things valuable (like we had a full, side by side concrete driveway while a lot of other houses had on street parking only). The realtor we hired sold a TON of houses in our neighborhood, her sign was everywhere. She knew the comps without having to do a spreadsheet. The suggested list prices were 50k different. We got within 10k of the higher list price. Oh, and both of them lived in our neighborhood.