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Laurelin

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Can I join the money woes? Tires on car and now replacing the fridge.

So at this rate I'll never buy a house because I'm just replacing crap that breaks.
 

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Can I join the money woes? Tires on car and now replacing the fridge.

So at this rate I'll never buy a house because I'm just replacing crap that breaks.
Those feels *hug* my hours at my job are short and getting shorter because of lack of business, and i cant get a second job without a valid ID,and I cant get a new ID without $30 for a new birth cert and then $18 for a new ID, and I cant manage to make that money to set aside because literally 150% of my income goes to rent, leaving nothing for me. I just need a BREAK XD
 

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Well... we're pretty sure it's the belt... but something is leaking coolant too. Not sure what.

I broached the subject of a new car with my dad and while he didn't tell me yes, I should be looking, he also didn't say no, there's no reason to look.

($*@.
 

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god i hate banks. MONTHS AGO i mailed a money order for $55 to be deposited into my account and somehow between mailing and arriving, my account was close due to inactivity. and instead of sending my ****ing money back to me, they applied to it a bunch of bullshit made up fees which ate all of it, plus $10 more,so now theyre saying I OWE THEM another 10 ****ing dollars. this was in MARCH and i just finally got a ****ing straight answer that basically they can do whatever the **** they want with my money because i mailed it to them. uh... NO. if i go into a ****ing bank with a check and am told "all of this will go towards your negative balance" i have the option to say "no, thank you, give it back" and THEY WILL GIVE ME MY CHECK BACK AND I CAN LEAVE THE BUILDING. the teller doesnt ****ing hold the money hostage! i want to just cry. i needed that money and i STILL need that money and they had no ****ing right to do **** i didnt authorize with it
 

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Dude, seriously. Facebook shopping is the worst thing EVAR for me. Talk about lack of impulse control.

I really am trying to save a lot more. But having money sitting in my PayPal from a huge sale is NOT helping. I'm buying bronc halters. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A HORSE. Make it stopppp.
 

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geeze this is so heart breaking. :(


My vent for the morning... It's looking like it's more than likely going to need to be my transmission that needs replacing....

That's our entire savings right now if we were to get it fixed and we are supposed to be saving up to move out and we have already stayed in this living situation longer than we were supposed to and I'm sure they are ready for us to move. We were finally getting close to saving up what we need to move and now this?

It's almost not worth it to even fix the transmission. My car only has about 90,000 miles on it and I did some reading last night and found out that early transmission failures are pretty common in ford escapes... crappppp. I can't handle this. If we replace it they are just going to put the same type of transmission in right? So... that one will probably fail early on as well right? We are better off just getting a replacement vehicle, but if we try to trade it in with a failed transmission then more than likely we wont get much for it and will owe the remainder PLUS a new loan which will end up being way more a month than we can afford. The other option is getting a used car from a private owner off craigslist or something and that option makes me sick to my stomach since I don't know the first thing about cars to even know how to begin looking at older used vehicles from private owners.

Today is mine and Josh's 3 year anniversary. It's supposed to be a fun day and we are supposed to celebrate... how can we? How can we celebrate and do something fun when all of this is happening? I'm TIRED of being in debt. I'm TIRED of not having a home of our own. I'm TIRED of everything bad that can happen ALWAYS happening to me. I can't EVER seem to get past it and live a comfortable life. I hate feeling so stuck all the time and I'm so depressed right now over all this. I also hate seeing my husband completely depressed over all this too. Last night he was a mess. :(
I'd get the Escape fixed for as cheaply as possible, and then sell it. Buy another used car but get something reliable (a Honda Civic for example).

Your husband could buy a transmission from a junkyard for cheap. Do you have any mechanic friends who could help you out?

That really, really sucks :(
 

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Civics are the best! If you treat them kindly, they'll return the favor in spades. I have an '05 Civic LX& it has 334,000km on it (I drive a lot.. don't judge) and it has had 0 issues other than regular maintenance. I am not entirely sure I'll ever beat that dependability.

Also, I get 680- 700km on a $50 tank of gas. WHAT UP?
 

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Civics are the best! If you treat them kindly, they'll return the favor in spades. I have an '05 Civic LX& it has 334,000km on it (I drive a lot.. don't judge) and it has had 0 issues other than regular maintenance. I am not entirely sure I'll ever beat that dependability.

Also, I get 680- 700km on a $50 tank of gas. WHAT UP?
Love my Civic as well. It leased it new in 2011, and three years later I have about 40,000 on it. Love it. Will be taking out a loan to purchase it when my lease is up the end of the year. I get about 32mpg in town, with interstate driving creeping up around 40mpg. And since it's still new I wouldn't expect anything to really go wrong with it...but I have had zero issues. And it drives and rides so well, and hasn't gotten me stuck in snow yet! LOL
 

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Take it to an actual transmission shop first. My truck had issues and it was one simple thing to fix and I almost bought a new car instead. 20,000 later still going good.

And with newer vehicles some electronic stuff can apparently make it seem like it slips. Friends minivan just needed an update to the computer system! I did t even have a clue they did that.
 

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position for veterinary receptionist on craigslist.
my heart is torn. Part of me wants to do this. Part of me wants to stay in design.

all of me doesn't want to be broke anymore.
 

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position for veterinary receptionist on craigslist.
my heart is torn. Part of me wants to do this. Part of me wants to stay in design.

all of me doesn't want to be broke anymore.
Applying can't hurt. You can always turn it down :) Also, many times the employee discount you usually get is a nice bonus. But that may only be because I have a herd of dogs, lol.
 

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position for veterinary receptionist on craigslist.
my heart is torn. Part of me wants to do this. Part of me wants to stay in design.

all of me doesn't want to be broke anymore.
At least apply. If nothing else, you can take it while you look for something else. But a fair warning, they probably don't pay much. At all. I was a vet assistant for 7 years and I only made $9/hr when I quit several weeks ago.
 

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My friend's son passed away tonight. Very sad but very glad to have spent time with him and glad he is no longer in pain and suffering.
 

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Applying can't hurt. You can always turn it down :) Also, many times the employee discount you usually get is a nice bonus. But that may only be because I have a herd of dogs, lol.
This! My pet care discount is really nice. It's pretty much the reason why I was able to adopt Happy. I do more for all of them, medically, because it's affordable. I've really saved a TON of money in the past 9 months, and it's not even like I have animals that need to go to the vet all the time.

I say apply and go from there. That's kind of my method when it comes to jobs - apply first, think later. lol.
 

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This! My pet care discount is really nice. It's pretty much the reason why I was able to adopt Happy. I do more for all of them, medically, because it's affordable. I've really saved a TON of money in the past 9 months, and it's not even like I have animals that need to go to the vet all the time.

I say apply and go from there. That's kind of my method when it comes to jobs - apply first, think later. lol.
Yeah, I'll apply... I always apply. As it happens I know the practice manager (know of her, not personally know her) so I'll probably get an interview. I can legit see this turning into a job offer based on who I know.

But the reality is that I don't want to leave design. I just might have to because I need to eat and pay my mortgage and all that.


ETA: My resume reads like a joke when I apply for these things. Sent marketing e-mails generating over $$$ in sales. Assisted with complete redesign and launch of new website. Shot, edited, and recorded voice over for instructional video. Skills: HTML, PHP, CSS, jQuery, Liquid, Wordpress, Adobe Creative Suite. At least I removed all the radio-specific programs.
sigh.
 

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It's almost not worth it to even fix the transmission. My car only has about 90,000 miles on it and I did some reading last night and found out that early transmission failures are pretty common in ford escapes...
For what it's worth, our 2004 Escape has 150,000 on it, with no transmission problems. I just talked to my husband about this- he said he's never heard of Escapes having transmission issues. Good suggestion about the computer. Years ago, our Mercury wagon wouldn't start, despite nothing showing up on my husband's tester. He replaced a bunch of stuff anyway, then decided to take it to a local shop. Turns out it was the mother board for the computer, which doesn't show up on the tester as being bad.

My friend's son passed away tonight. Very sad but very glad to have spent time with him and glad he is no longer in pain and suffering.
I'm sorry Laurelin. My heart goes out to his family.
 

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ETA: My resume reads like a joke when I apply for these things. Sent marketing e-mails generating over $$$ in sales. Assisted with complete redesign and launch of new website. Shot, edited, and recorded voice over for instructional video. Skills: HTML, PHP, CSS, jQuery, Liquid, Wordpress, Adobe Creative Suite. At least I removed all the radio-specific programs.
sigh.
It's not a bad idea to write a job specific resume - I had something like 4 different versions during my big job hunt.
 

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My morning opening girl is a no call/no show. Thankfully we only had one boarding dog and daycare has been relatively slow, but UGH. I have a bunch of computer stuff that I should be doing, but instead I will be in back getting covered in dog drool. Not to mention a deshed on a Golden.
 

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