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Wife and I are doing max contributions on everything we can, we had a couple trips in January where each trip came in a couple thousand under budget (my wife over budgets because we sometimes just say fuck it and go big) and both are getting bigger bonuses and commission checks bigger than budgeted for. January has been a hot start to the year and got us significantly ahead of where we budgeted when we did our 2025 planning in early December. We did a massive backyard renovation (pool, built in kitchen, etc) in 2023 and had a year to pay it off on our 1 year interest free construction loan. We paid it off early and are still pretending we have that payment and saving that money as well. Reason we’re still “pretending” is to keep that aggressive savings to hit our target savings for 2025 earlier. We’ll probably keep this up to get a second place somewhere to escape the Texas heat in 2-3 years.
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Bears fan here. Wife and I decided last minute to drive down from Dallas for the game earlier this afternoon. We’re staying at the Springhill by the stadium. Plan is to go to Little Woodrow’s or Pluckers for the noon games and then head back to hotel and then walk over to the stadium. From past experiences for Texas Tech games they’ve had beer stands, festivities, etc setup between NRG and I believe the Astrodome that we would normally go to after the Tech Alumni tailgate wrapped up. Does something similar to that setup happen on Texans game days? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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ESPN Channels and Disney owned ABC affiliates pulled from DirecTV right now
TTU13 replied to Macklemore's topic in Football
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There’s definitely some mental aspect to this too. Everyone I know that is taking it currently has some major mood swings and having erratic behavior. It’s to the point where some people we keep at an arms length away because the behavior is so unpredictable and not worth the headaches.
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Yup, artificial! Appreciate the quick response, most things said good to go but I’d then come across the random blog saying don’t do it. In retrospect, it was probably a more “do everything natural!” blog.
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Anyone have any recommendations for ways to kill weeds popping through newly installed turf? It sounds like regular weed killer will do, but want to make sure before ruining the turf and putting green. It’s nothing crazy, just here and there from the seeds and weeds that grew through the construction of the pool. I’ve been pulling the root best I can, but it’s hard as I don’t want to pull any of the turf itself.
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I’m right across the street from Cal as we speak. Based on vibes, no one knows they field a football team.
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Any recs on app controlled water faucet adapters? Looking to be able to fill pool when out of town remotely.
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Finally took the keys over for our pool (will post pictures once landscape is done). Chlorine levels are super high, but chalking it up to them shocking the shit out of it and having the chrloinator on full blast before handing over to me to maintain it. My plan was to let it come down naturally (rain water, filling it with water and setting chlorinatior to min) over the next couple days. Especially since the pH is spot on. Am I wrong for this? As a kid, my mom spent so much time trying to add chemicals to balance out the other chemicals and it was a back and forth game. Where my dad would just end up draining half the pool and refill it when she’d go out of town and it would be spot on for months. Another question is run times (rpm and schedules). I’m seeing several different things and they’re all conflicting. Any advice? Any good recs on pool stores, where best to buy supplies, websites/message boards to follow? I live in Wylie for reference.
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Back in the game. Life got in the way again.
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In the middle of putting a pool in and backyard kitchen. Need advice on what conversation to have with the insurance company to make sure to get the right coverage, but not to overpay on premiums.
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I can finally walk without pain. Going to get back into it tomorrow.
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Plantar fasciitis sucks and completely derailed my progress. Hopefully a couple days of minimal use does the trick.
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I have multiple TVs in my man cave and am a chord cutter so games I want to watch and flip between isn’t a big deal for me. The game changer not being talked about is legalized betting. As more states legalize gambling and if game times are staggered enough you’ll see more adoption. I have friends who never cared about sports or only care about one sport (not football). As they e gotten exposure to sports betting they’ve gotten way more into sports. That is the game changer I imagine Amazon is betting on. Bars are starting to recognize this and are doing a much better job pre-setting their TVs with various platforms and marking the TVs so when you show up it’s pre determined what is on where. This is most likely the future and Amazon is going to get into the sports betting world with their own app or acquire someone.
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Fun fact…. Drunk burpees are easier than burpees first thing in the morning.
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