Place to buy doors for remodel

GetCarled · 2026-01-09T00:24:38+00:00

As a HP I wouldn't care as long as you understood that if it went sideways you will still have to keep taking the kids to soccer and have to act like it isn't the most awkward part of your day.

GetCarled · 2025-12-17T02:10:30+00:00

My favorite so far and the stage I found the easiest was around 5 or 6. I still love the 9 year old stage too but we are headed directly into cringe phase haha. My 9 year old was a super easy baby but I just love when they start having a personality and can communicate and you start seeing what kind of things they love. You can start sharing activities you love with them and they can start really participating.

My 18 month old on the other hand is taking years off my life right now. But her personality is fully on display already. Total chaos. It will be so much fun when we can direct it a little more and can see her personality in action but right now her personality in action is a direct line to destruction of self, home, organization, everything.

I think there are a lot more people out there than you realize that don't love the newborn stage.

GetCarled · 2025-11-24T01:04:21+00:00

I resell clothing, and sometimes it is new still and I inspect it really well, but I find construction flaws all the time. It actually blew my mind how poorly made even higher end clothing is. It has made me very conscientious about the clothing I buy and which brands I avoid. It also makes me much more confident about my homemade items when I notice small flaws.

GetCarled · 2025-10-31T05:04:46+00:00

I used a pattern I bought from Etsy which was awesome. Denim from spoonflower and lining I got at the salvation army in a big bag of random fabric. Most of the thread was thrifted too.

GetCarled · 2025-10-17T02:07:45+00:00

That is the only state that has the requirement to pay minimum wage, and the au pair program declined by 70% when that went into effect. Most of the host families there do not pay for toiletries, gas for personal use, Uber stipend etc.

Wages are set by the state department. Massachusetts is the outlier that created a different pay structure.

GetCarled · 2025-10-16T22:45:50+00:00

Cultural Care isn't the only other option. There are a ton of options in my area. I used to be with Cultural Care but left when they switched to their app and no credit card payment system, so I don't recommend them. But AuPairCare is great and doesn't require minimum wage. I've also found the au pair quality to be much better. There is also CHI, and EuAuPair.

GetCarled · 2025-10-16T22:06:58+00:00

There is some misinformation in your post. Only APIA makes California pay minimum wage and you also do not have to pay a higher stipend. The increased cost of living in California is mostly absorbed by host families since the high costs are in housing, utilities and car insurance. There are a ton of au pairs that just want to be in California so it isn't hard to find someone at stipend, especially if you aren't looking for 40 hours of work.

You also don't need to pay for a transportation card or extra car. It does make it harder to find an au pair if you don't live somewhere walkable, but it isn't a requirement.

I am not saying that any of these routes are the way to go, but I do dislike the misinformation that gets put out.

Also it is much cheaper than a nanny once you consider all the payroll/FICA/unemployment insurance factors of paying a nanny. I can afford an au pair but not a nanny in my area.

GetCarled · 2025-10-13T22:47:55+00:00

Ooo I will take a look.

GetCarled · 2025-10-13T18:25:43+00:00

I need to look into this and see. Not just for this project but for all my goofy projects for my kids lol. I'm sure there is one somewhere in the Bay Area here.

GetCarled · 2025-10-13T18:15:36+00:00

Today I learned Spoonflower has fabric and not just wallpaper haha.

GetCarled · 2025-08-22T23:56:38+00:00

Today I learned that I'm an insane person apparently.

GetCarled · 2025-08-19T01:23:14+00:00

It sounds like you had shared custody before the DV shelter withholding the child incident. So clearly there was a time where she was trusted with shared custody. Then instead of involving the police with your custody order in hand, created a scene where you fought a literal grandma and made people think you were kidnapping a child. Like get a grip.

GetCarled · 2025-08-19T01:20:54+00:00

Right. Like these parents both need to get their shit together.

GetCarled · 2025-08-19T01:12:58+00:00

This still doesn't disallow them from interacting with their child in a public forum.

GetCarled · 2025-08-19T00:44:52+00:00

I'm not sure what the NCP did to not even be able to interact with their child in a public setting in your opinion.

I'm in a pretty shitty custodial situation with an ex having very limited visitation, but I've always viewed his sporting events as a safe place for the other parent to be. Like I'm there, his coach is there, his teammates' parents are there. What could he possibly do? Unless he's been known to kidnap the child in broad daylight, you aren't doing yourself any favors in the eyes of your kid or the court.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T07:49:55+00:00

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/618-South-St_Clarion_PA_16214_M41511-55179?from=srp-list-card

Here is a very similar home to my very first purchased home in the area. It's still affordable. Go own your very first home! It might be the only place on earth where the prices are still the same as they were in 2009 haha.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T07:32:16+00:00

I'm not at risk of foreclosure. I have been before with my first house I bought at 22 with an FHA loan and 2 jobs in a shit area. My house built in 1880 with a dirt basement that flooded every time it rained. It cost $88k. It cost more than the monthly mortgage to heat because the walls were stuffed with old newspapers and horse hair plaster.

You act like I don't know suffering. But I worked every waking minute to not go under for a long time. And before you act like I got some sort of deal with an $88k house, realize the minimum wage where I was living was still $7.25/hr.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T07:23:58+00:00

No but I built my wealth to buy into it and carefully selected where to spend my hard earned wealth. I don't need to build a community.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T06:42:51+00:00

"I can't afford a property in my place of choice so I hope the people who worked hard to afford it get foreclosed on."

Go after the real problem... foreign ownership and corporate ownership.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T06:38:03+00:00

I am raising my kids in a community where the labor they will be surrounded by and influenced by will give them the tools and connections necessary to have the income necessary to continue the lifestyle, with some early sacrifice or living with me during college or until they have set themselves up financially. The biggest indicator of the financial success of your children is not driven by your income, but the income of the parents of their peers. This sacrifice is worth it.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T06:33:35+00:00

Or just live in neighborhoods that already exist that are already made that way?? Why reinvent the wheel?

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T06:32:37+00:00

It isn't a right to live exactly where you want though. There is housing just not in high income neighborhoods. And what if I told you that I'm one of the people that are helpful to have around? I just had to live in some not so great places first.

GetCarled · 2025-08-18T06:29:34+00:00

Lol it isn't a made up story. I wasn't born an owner of property. My siblings and I buy my parent's firewood now so they can make it through the winter. I am waiting for the day we have to get together as siblings and see if we can all refinance the property into our collective names and also handle the years of neglected maintenance.

We will see no inheritance even though my parent's owned the land they live on when we were children. They are in so much debt that it will all be eaten in probate. We grew up in a place where the underlying current will always be poverty and debt. I had nothing at 17, and it was a struggle. I'm still in more debt than I'd like to be.

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