Finally Friday FFFC

[ironbaby]

I have been sleeping with a stuffed animal for a week.

[ironbaby]

Oct 7, 2016 6:49:16 GMT -5 alwayscheese said:

My "confession". I always hear about buttercream icing like it's something great and special. Found out yesterday it's just my normal. I'm appalled that some people's "normal" icing uses shortening. Cannot think of anything that I use shortening for that I don't cook/bake afterwards. This probably belongs in an UO thread.

Shortening is used to make the frosting totally white and the help it crust and hold shape even in warmer temperatures.

However, I won't make my buttercream with shortening. Just explaining why some people do.

[ironbaby]

Also, I have Toddlers and Tiaras on series record right now. I am so ashamed.

[wannabmama]

Earlier this week, I got a financial gift from my parents...I almost didn't tell H how much it was for so I could stock some away for myself. (We have some separate and done joint accounts.) I ended up telling him, and now it's all going toward good, adult decision making...sigh.

[ironbaby]

Oct 7, 2016 7:08:09 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Earlier this week, I got a financial gift from my parents...I almost didn't tell H how much it was for so I could stock some away for myself. (We have some separate and done joint accounts.) I ended up telling him, and now it's all going toward good, adult decision making...sigh.

Stupid adult decision-making.

Glad you told him, though. I'd have flamed you if not.

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Oct 7, 2016 6:52:22 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

I have been sleeping with a stuffed animal for a week.

I've slept with the same teddy bear for like 10 years now. Didn't realize this was confession worthy.

[rooskie]

I am going out for a girls night for the first time in a long time tonight. We got an email last night saying we are getting a free HBO weekend this weekend and part of me wants to cancel so I can finally binge GOT.

[ironbaby]

Oct 7, 2016 8:51:50 GMT -5 rooskie said:

I am going out for a girls night for the first time in a long time tonight. We got an email last night saying we are getting a free HBO weekend this weekend and part of me wants to cancel so I can finally binge GOT.

One weekend is not enough time. I'd clear your schedule for a month.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

FFFC - MH and I watch Judge Judy on the reg and love it. Such train wrecks.

[rooskie]

Oct 7, 2016 9:13:28 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Oct 7, 2016 8:51:50 GMT -5 rooskie said:

I am going out for a girls night for the first time in a long time tonight. We got an email last night saying we are getting a free HBO weekend this weekend and part of me wants to cancel so I can finally binge GOT.

One weekend is not enough time. I'd clear your schedule for a month.

We plan on buying a few months of HBO go this winter when life settles down/we get off work for the holidays.

But I bet we can make it through season 1 in a weekend if we try.

[ldubhawksfan]

Oct 7, 2016 9:56:34 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Oct 7, 2016 9:13:28 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

One weekend is not enough time. I'd clear your schedule for a month.

We plan on buying a few months of HBO go this winter when life settles down/we get off work for the holidays.

But I bet we can make it through season 1 in a weekend if we try.

You definitely can. We don't have HBO, but have watched 3 seasons by checking it out from our library, in which we have a week to return it.

[ldubhawksfan]

I came in early today to work, and have basically done nothing for an HR. Sometimes working alone in an office makes it so hard to actually do work.

[diamondsndaisies]

I have been trying to rent GOT from my library and someone refuses to return season one. It is seriously frustrating.

[ldubhawksfan]

Oct 7, 2016 10:11:34 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

I have been trying to rent GOT from my library and someone refuses to return season one. It is seriously frustrating.

Luckily our county system has like 5 copies of each, but there is a wait list. Hence why we haven't binged in Season 4....plus there was quite the episode in season 3 that I needed time to process.

[diamondsndaisies]

I have no hidden funds from DH. I could if I wanted to pretty easily. I am sure DH has considerably more assets than I am aware of but nothing in cash form.

[ceejay]

Oct 7, 2016 8:32:39 GMT -5 @led said:

Oct 7, 2016 6:52:22 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

I have been sleeping with a stuffed animal for a week.

I've slept with the same teddy bear for like 10 years now. Didn't realize this was confession worthy.

+1. For me, it actually has nothing to do with the teddy bear itself... it could just as well be a pillow or substantial blanket or anything. I'm just used to sleeping in a certain position with the teddy bear between my arms.

[ceejay]

Oct 7, 2016 10:30:03 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

I have no hidden funds from DH. I could if I wanted to pretty easily. I am sure DH has considerably more assets than I am aware of but nothing in cash form.

+1. We have all joint accounts, but H almost never looks at them. I'm responsible for all of our finances, and H would never know if I moved some money around. But I can't think of any reason I would ever want or need to do that secretly.

[rooskie]

Well I guess H and I are weirdos. We have a spreadsheet that has all of our accts listed and we update the balances at the end of each month to calculate our net worth. H keeps track of our investments on a daily basis and I track our bank account. But we always know about how much we have.

[diamondsndaisies]

Oct 7, 2016 11:00:31 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Well I guess H and I are weirdos. We have a spreadsheet that has all of our accts listed and we update the balances at the end of each month to calculate our net worth. H keeps track of our investments on a daily basis and I track our bank account. But we always know about how much we have.

When I say assets, I mean farm equipment, tools, car parts etc that have monetary value that I don't know they exist. I know he has crap stashed everywhere but no idea what those things are specifically. I also never truly know how many head of cattle he has at a given time. I keep my nose out of that for the most part. I told him he needs to keep good records with the cattle if something ever happened and I needed to deal with it. 

[wannabmama]

Oct 7, 2016 11:00:31 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Well I guess H and I are weirdos. We have a spreadsheet that has all of our accts listed and we update the balances at the end of each month to calculate our net worth. H keeps track of our investments on a daily basis and I track our bank account. But we always know about how much we have.

MH always wants to do this...I like having a little autonomy.  I am totally willing to do it, we both have a good idea what each other have and have access to all accounts, but I like being able to surprise him with things I buy from "my" money (plus, we got married when I was 36, maybe that's why it is hard for me to let go of being in charge of my own finances). That said, I am fine putting everything together and keeping track, but I am not so interested in doing it that I will make it happen...and he's lazy...so it will probably never happen, ha.
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[akraus2015]

I'm sure I've confessed this before, but when I'm by myself I listen almost exclusively to 90s country music.

[akraus2015]

H and I have joint accounts for everything, but I have my little blue card that my Stella earnings get loaded onto, and H buys and sells cars and car parts and keeps cash for that kind of stuff. I have no idea how much he has squirreld away. Don't care.

[akraus2015]

#threadkiller

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

MH and I both log in to see each other's retirement accounts. We like to watch it go up. #dorks

Oh, and we have joint everything.

[ironbaby]

Oct 7, 2016 12:13:31 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

MH and I both log in to see each other's retirement accounts. We like to watch it go up. #dorks

Oh, and we have joint everything.

Pretty much this. Except H doesn't care to look at any of it.

I just cannot fathom keeping money secret from my H.

[rooskie]

Oct 7, 2016 12:13:31 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

MH and I both log in to see each other's retirement accounts. We like to watch it go up. #dorks

Oh, and we have joint everything.

We seriously spent some time last weekend calculating how soon we can retire based on market returns and potential pay increases. It's kind of sad.

But in all reallness our spreadsheet started when we did the whole Ramsey budget thing and now we just track our account balances instead of all our expenses.

[diamondsndaisies]

I just had a seriously enjoyable conversation with my boss, and CW got brought up. He has noticed everything that goes on between us. He flat out told me he wishes I could just go work for his private office. I told him I would quit this place in a heartbeat to go work for him elsewhere. This was the highlight of my day. 

[easilyunamused]

I always have some money stashed away in case of an emergency. That emergency could be having to leave MH. We are fantastic now, and plan on being, but you never know. Id rather be prepared to take care of myself if needed.

[ldubhawksfan]

Oct 7, 2016 12:13:31 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

MH and I both log in to see each other's retirement accounts. We like to watch it go up. #dorks

Oh, and we have joint everything.

We have our individual retirement 401ks linked to our investment portfolio, so we can see our total worth. We have joint accounts with everything else. I think the only thing right now that he doesn't have access to or know the balance is my debit account for my state paid leave, but since I use it the same as my CC, it's essentially being used for joint things.

[ironbaby]

Oct 7, 2016 15:02:09 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

My grandmother decided to get a job after her kids were in school. She decided that my grandfather's responsibility was to pay for everything, so she put alllllll of her paychecks in her own account and didn't touch it because, again, it was grandfather's job to put food on the table and a roof over their heads.

A few years after they retired, when they finally moved to the ATL area to be near family, she decided she was going to build the house of her dreams, bought some land in an area they agreed on, and went to fucking town. She had about 20 years of pay and interest in that account.

When I heard this story I was a little incredulous, mostly because she was not known for putting her foot down with my grandfather. Giving him the finger on her paycheck and the way they managed double income was wayyyy out of character.

I'm impressed.

I wonder what would happen if I told H his job was to provide everything.