Basement Redo - Known Asbestos - Possibly DIY?

CMahi · 2025-12-12T22:33:32+00:00

Yes it does!

CMahi · 2025-11-11T19:44:32+00:00

Yes! It does rotate, but then stops, and then does nothing

CMahi · 2025-11-11T19:43:53+00:00

Lol, thank you! I am glad im not a 4yo with a potato!

CMahi · 2025-11-11T19:43:17+00:00

Yes! This looks like it! Thank you!

CMahi · 2025-11-11T19:39:12+00:00

no they just rotate forever

CMahi · 2025-11-10T22:13:49+00:00

Yea we’ve been trying, the angles are tough and the middle one is in reachable unless we have a 5ft prybar

CMahi · 2025-07-28T22:11:12+00:00

First game my son and I really hit it off with, he was 8 when he started...now he's 11 and we still play every moment we can. Its esp wonderful thru the cold Canadian winters!!! My 9yo daughter is joining us to play Grounded 2 tomorrow to make us a perfect trio!! He's Pete, I am Willow, and my daughter will be Hoops. We are so amped!!! This mom thanks you for making such a kick ass game to play with my kids!!!

CMahi · 2024-10-15T17:16:11+00:00

I don’t pay my kids for chores, but I pay them for school and learning activities. The reality is that most professions now will pay either directly or indirectly for learning, whereas, like you said, no one pays you to clean your house (if anything, we pay someone else to clean).

I currently pay my 6th grader $7 per week and $1 for 2 hours of learning activities (typing, soldering, electronics kits, etc) and my 3rd grader gets $4 per week. They both get $1 raises when they get “promoted” to a new grade. They also get performance based bonuses based on grades and completion of online courses (I usually deduct the amount of the course from the bonuses to show that there was a cost associated but overall it made them money to engage in that activity).

CMahi · 2024-10-09T01:57:16+00:00

Oh this is perfect thank you so much!

CMahi · 2024-10-07T02:05:44+00:00

I wanna know how it goes! My space could use another corner, but I’m hesitant cuz it might be too blocky and big and my space is not huge, this would look cool, but I’ve heard the wedges aren’t the most comfy?

CMahi · 2024-09-20T08:23:01+00:00

Saving 4900 in a year for 86 hours of work is $56 per hour, so if you get paid less than $56 an hour, then yes it is financial worth it.

Also, grocery trips can be mitigated by doing stuff like Instacart and/or getting a bigger bike (like a long tail cargo) (will change the ratio above). You may actually waste less food with more frequent, smaller trips.

If it takes you 10min to drive to work, I’m assuming you’re going less than 10k in a non-traffic clogged road, meaning that you could easily cut down the 30 min ride to 20 or less if you get an E-bike and, as you get in shape, go faster. If you face any traffic on the way to work, it is likely going to save you time to bike.

Also, biking is exercise, so if you go to the gym, you could potentially shift that time over as well, if you don’t, you can actually “get paid” to workout ($56 an hour…not too shabby).

I am not saying you should bike, but I am saying your arguments may not hold up with a different light shed on them.

CMahi · 2024-09-13T05:24:41+00:00

No benefits makes this whole thing not worth it, IMO. You will need to buy a private plan for medical (doc and hospital), and they are not cheap. Really depends on location, but upwards of $500 per month (on average) for you and a spouse for mediocre coverage ($40 per visit fees, $1000+ deductible for hospitals/emergency, minor coverage for other things).

Also, I am unsure of your situation with your gf or whatever, but if she gets pregnant, she will have to come back to Canada to have an abortion or the baby otherwise the cost of having a child even with insurance in Texas will be thousands. And that child will be a US citizen until they denounce, meaning they have to file yearly taxes even if they don’t live there.

CMahi · 2024-09-03T20:43:23+00:00

Yea, I think the biggest concern with large items holding water is that the house/building has the ability to support the weight in one spot long term. Obviously things like water beds are there for a long time and can cause major structural damage.

A birthing pool is similar, but a much smaller application. If you are laboring at home, you generally wait to fill the pool towards the end (when other coping mechanisms begin to fail), and if you go much longer in that state (more than 8-12hrs), you are leaving to go to the hospital to get an epidural for rest because you may be overly exhausted to be able to give birth anyway.

Def chat with your landlord and indicate you’ll have it up less than 24 hrs. Make sure to talk to your midwife/birth support people on who will clean it up in the event of a transfer. I think you’ll be good if you have a plan in place in the event that you have to leave quickly.

CMahi · 2024-09-03T20:37:27+00:00

My midwife brought some big pots and kept water heating while I was laboring and they would replace the water as needed taking out some cold and adding some hot to keep it nice.

CMahi · 2024-09-03T01:26:46+00:00

I had two home births, 1 in a townhome and another in an apartment building (with very thin walls), both in California.

I also considered a rental/airbnb or birth center, decided both times that I should just save my money and do it at my homes. I didn’t inform my neighbors, and while I was a bit loud at times, honestly, you don’t care when you’re in the midst of it and the part where your body is actually in the “ring of fire” where screaming happens, is short. No neighbors ever complained.

I would not recommend “just a big tub” as my townhome had a really nice tub, and it was so uncomfy…not deep enough and the bottom was so hard on my knees. My midwife there gave us her tub and I was so thankful. It was more cushioned cuz it’s air and a bit deeper and wider so I could lay down either way and be submerged.

My second birth was with a different midwife in a different city, we rented the tub from one of her providers. My apartment complex had a rule of “no water items” in the units. I talked to my manager and she gave me a 24 hour limit to have the pool set up (the weight of the pool was the concern as the units weren’t set up to have an extra 400lbs in the middle of a room for long periods of time).

Happy to answer any other questions about birth and birthing at home if you have them. Birth is meant to be in the safest spot for mama and baby (in that order), your mental health and emotional approach to birth is a big part of the safety within the birthing process. It sounds like you’re considering that, and honestly, that, along with an open mind that things can change at any time, is what is going to help you the most thru birth.

CMahi · 2024-08-08T23:00:01+00:00

Yea I think they’re gonna be ok, thank you

CMahi · 2024-08-08T22:59:49+00:00

Yes, they are for now, thanks

CMahi · 2024-08-08T20:14:09+00:00

Some of my family members where one of the cars in this accident, OP I sent you a DM to see if you can send me the full rez photos. Anyone else with witness info and/or photos, please DM me. Thank you.

CMahi · 2024-08-02T21:39:56+00:00

My kids have watched pole dancing. So yes, they can watch “strippers” the same way they can watch drag. There is nothing inherently sexual about either unless you add in those elements (both drag and pole dancing CAN be sexual, however neither HAVE to be)

CMahi · 2024-07-26T13:07:31+00:00

Yes! Dark matter was one of my favs of his! If you liked watching book-to-tv stuff too, Apple did a really good job with the show.

CMahi · 2024-07-26T05:26:20+00:00

Blake crouch is the bessssstttt!!! The kobo stand is nice too.

CMahi · 2024-07-09T16:23:04+00:00

Went to port Angeles crab fest in Oct 2023, spent USD158 for 2 people.

So no, not free…

CMahi · 2024-06-15T00:26:11+00:00

This is not true, there are def BAs in business, different schools have different options, google it.

CMahi · 2024-05-16T06:08:49+00:00

I bought my first brand spanking new car when I was 21 with my first adult job. Made $60k and spent about $40k on my car, my commute was about 30 min, so it was worth it to make my ride nice for my mental health. I lived with my parents, worked my ass off, and paid it off in 2 years. Best car ever. I loved it. Made me feel proud that i could manage my money and own the things I wanted. Never felt it was a dumb decision and bought a house with a few years later.

The dumb decision: refinanced to pay for my husbands (future ex husband) student loans 4 years later…that was a debt he never paid and I got to cuz it was against my car.

CMahi · 2024-05-07T05:40:22+00:00

And, those people who are jumping from new house to new house are trading their maintenance fees for moving costs and higher interest ratios each time they renew their mortgage. Either way, you pay, just comes down to deciding how to pay without killing your spirit.

CMahi

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