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kmac30

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  1. Been there. 4 years ago my twins were 1, oldest was 2. I was on my way to work and started feeling like shit. Called wife. Just so happened her mom was coming in town for a couple days then they were going to her house for Xmas holiday. I would join a few days later. Tested positive for flu. I went to hide in my office until MIL could get there and evacuate everyone. Sick as hell for 5 days with flu all alone.
  2. I know a guy that knew Stan they had a great relationship. It’s a sad time.
  3. Friday morning wife is headed to Austin from Houston area to visit a friend. She was leaving at 8am. She took her mom’s car (newer and more reliable than mine and I need her’s because of car seats). I get a call at 8:24 that goes like this: Her: I’ve done a bad thing. Don’t get mad. Me: What? Her: (getting upset, but obviously driving) I don’t know how it happened and I think it’s really bad. Me: What is it? Her: I got in a wreck. In my mom’s car. I hit our neighbor’s new mailbox. Me: (long pause) That’s it? Where are you? Her: (said wherever on her way, seemed a lot farther than she should have been) [she went on how only daughter was home and left msg with neighbors wife and I would have to deal with this over the weekend] Me: What happened? Her: Don’t get mad I’m already upset. Me: I’m not mad, I’m asking what happened. Somehow she’s in the car in front of our house and starts entering her cousin’s new address into Waze. The car is rolling and she doesn’t realize it. When she does, car is either hitting the curb or hitting the mailbox. I couldn’t tell if the car was really in park or not. It’s an Acura MDX. My BIL who is very detailed was driving that car once and got out (also in front of my house). The car started rolling away and almost ran him over. He swore up and down it was in park. He hates the car. And I’m pretty sure it’s rolled after FIL has claimed to put it in park. So we discussed it, I got her to calm down before she continued her drive and she made it. Mailbox wasn’t that bad. I bent it back in place. Neighbor will probably want to replace it, and that’s fine. MIL laughed when wife called to tell her.
  4. Just bought a new house. Yard (St Augustine) has a couple large weed spots. What can I do to start attacking those? I should probably try and get pics.
  5. That belt seems to casual for a suit with those shoes.
  6. For some unknown reason, the last few days, I’ve felt like we should have another kid. Oldest is 6 and twins just turned 5. Risk of twins is higher. I had originally said no after 40 (which was in March). Wife is still just 36. She would be game. I mentioned this to my assistant. She thinks this is because my dog died and I miss walking her. She suggested I get a dog before I get the wife pregnant. There’s a lot of substance there. We’re going to be moving into a bigger house in about 5 months. Space won’t be a problem. Am I crazy? I mentioned it to my wife and I think she blew it off.
  7. When we lived in Tarrytown we had something I called a basement. Pier and beam house. Lot sloped back and whoever built it dig out under the back of the house. It was only accessible from the outside, but it was pretty awesome. Never hot. There was an ac unit - handler (to the house) in it and I ran the condensation line to a bucket. In the summer there was so much condensation ( old unit) I set a timer up to a pump and ran the water out to my garden through a drip system twice a day. When I first moved in the room would flood with an inch or two of water. We painted masonry sealer on it and that was the end of water coming in.
  8. While I agree, for overall health reasons people need to slim down, I don’t agree that it always makes people look older. I know plenty of slim and in shape people that are my age and look 10 years older. I know a really big guy that is 10 years older than me and I never would have known until we had a discussion about hold old we were. Sometimes you just can’t control genetics.
  9. My wife’s niece is in town. She’s 1 and has usually been standoffish towards me. Today she let me hold her and play with her. My kids are 6 and 5 (twins). Originally we said we were done when I turned 40. Chance of twins again is higher than normal. I could handle one more but no way could I handle twins again. SIL is preggo and due in April. She’ll be 40. My wife is 36.
  10. How did this lady get licensed or whatever to be able to run this kind of business?
  11. This probably has some truth to it. Like I mentioned, she didn’t make Pom this spring. Made the final day. That was tough on her but she handled it well. The one she wanted wasn’t top 6. She ended up OK and I think she’s going to be happy.
  12. No. I don’t have pictures of her. But I bet if I really tried I could find one.
  13. She’s sheltered. Smart girl, just a little clue less about some things in life. I was surprised she was dropped by the one she wanted. She’s a cute girl, was head cheerleader. She’s a goodie goodie. She got into UT because she was top 3%. If I can find a pic of her I can post I will.
  14. Our babysitter (no pics) just went off to UT. She’s going thru rush and keeps calling my wife (no pics). She didn’t get the ones she wants and was considering bailing from Texas altogether. WTF! I had to coach my wife what to say to this girl so she wouldn’t bail to aggy where all her dumbass friends went. She’s doing the right thing. She just doesn’t realize it yet. Hell, school hasn’t even started yet. She finds out tonight if she gets the one we all decided she should go with. Poor girl barely missed making Pom earlier this summer to boot. If she had that this would be a lot easier. No clue where her mom is on this one. My wife got really close to this girl over the last year and I guess I had some drunk conversations about how awesome Texas is. Disclosure: wife didn’t go to Texas
  15. Thanks guys. It’s been a little over a week. Kids seem to be fine. It sucks coming home without her here to greet you. I had a black lab that would kill possum all the time. Our vet in Austin had a bunch of kittens and I spoke with the vet about getting one (for wife) but was concerned the lab would kill it. Vets response “if she kills it, come back and get another. We have plenty.” That stupid cat and lab became best friends. I can’t stand cats. The cat is 8 and has seen 3 dogs leave us now. Crazy thing, she is definitely mourning the loss.
  16. Lexi passed unexpectedly Thursday night. She was about 11 or 12 years old and it was way too early for her. She was in perfect health until late in the night and it all happened so quick. It was crazy. I’ve never had anything like that happen before. We definitely weren’t ready for this and our family is torn up. This is my kids first loss and having to explain it to them made it so much worse. She was an awesome dog.
  17. What happened with your kid? And it’s not going to be your kid, it will be someone else’s. My kid almost drown in a friend’s pool 2 yrs ago. I pulled her out. Scariest moment of my life and I will never forget the look on her face. She didn’t make a sound. 10 kids, 10 adults standing around (most not paying any attention to any of the kids in the pool). People have to watch their kids if they are swimming.
  18. This is fucked up. We know a couple like this and now they have 2 kids and do everything together. It’s so weird. Tell your wife no. Tell her it’s ok to do things alone. You’ll be right back.
  19. Oldest is starting 1st grade. My wife was a first grade teacher for 9 years before we had twins and she “retired”. We didn’t get any of the teachers she wanted. The last 4 days have been a shit show. Meet the teacher last night could have gone better. First day is tomorrow and it’s going to be brutal. Daughter will be great. She’s ready. Just sucks she doesn’t have any friends in her class. All the kids she knows are in other classes. Wife in full freak out mode - searching for other options already. Not like her at all. Going to be a long week.
  20. Any realtor referrals in Burnet county? Asking for a client, so I need them to know their shit.
  21. kmac30

    Shit My Kid Says

    At the in-laws a couple nights ago. A beer commercial comes on. 6 and 5 yr old girls start saying “Beer! Beer! Daddy loves beer!” So I ask the 6 yr old to go ask mom when we’re leaving. Instead, she tells wife and MIL “Daddy needs to go home right now because he needs beer.”
  22. I agree. And if you don’t want the pool boy or the next husband to get all your money, there are guys who handle setting up just documents just for those situations. Estate attorneys are great resources. Term policies rarely pay out. But would you want your wife to have to sell your house and move to an apartment or find some new rich guy to support your family? 131 for $1M term seems high to me. Even if it is two different policies. Shop around. You can always just ditch what you have. Great thing about shopping for insurance, go through the process and if it’s not the price you want just say no thanks.
  23. We have a deal. Wife handles just about all kid stuff during week (during working hours) and I get weekends. I have been taking oldest to gymnastics one night a week and I take son to tball. Other than that, it’s pretty much all her. When school starts, I want to take our oldest to school every morning (1st grade). Since I remember my kids are either asleep or just waking up when I’m leaving for work, so this will be new for me.
  24. Is there an investors/ideas thread over here yet? I think you have a good start.
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