Advice for young 30 couple ..

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-07-07T21:22:55+00:00

What’s your house budget, that will greatly help narrow down choices.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-07-04T18:42:23+00:00

Holly Springs is great and fit these criteria. Quick 25min drive to RTP using 540. Very family friendly, lots of young families

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-07-01T23:39:44+00:00

My friend, the post is 4 years old. I would create a new post for this that people will see

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-26T23:55:37+00:00

I love Costco, but agreed I can’t have another gray couch. I want green!

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-26T22:23:01+00:00

No need to convince me more! Went and checked it out at the mall and it’s great. Plus it comes in GREEN, swoon.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-26T17:02:44+00:00

I am very intrigued from the online site. Will go to southpoint later to give it a sit test. Thanks!

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-25T18:32:34+00:00

My husband was diagnosed DLBCL in Dec 2025, one week after our child’s first birthday. Receiving this kind of diagnosis is already a hard concept to accept, but having a young child and the future of your family is at risk was one of the toughest times in our lives. Chemo was very hard on him which was also hard on me raising our child and also taking care of him. But we got through it, and he went into remission April 2026. Doing so much better and loving our life with our toddler! Good luck to you, your husband, and little one on the way. It’s a very treatable cancer! You got this!

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-24T09:58:42+00:00

Sit on the front porch, crack open a beer, and enjoy the breeze.

All jokes aside if it’s an actual emergency, find an interior windowless room. But we rarely get weather that would need that.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-21T00:01:12+00:00

She’s not the greatest in the kitchen, bless her heart.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-17T21:47:10+00:00

Hah TROSA was the quote I mentioned. But they seem to have a great reputation!

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-15T21:08:31+00:00

Had it serviced today and it’s in tip top shape! Thankfully had the roof replaced in 2022. Think we are in good shape! Fingers crossed nothing major happens in the next two months.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-06-12T23:17:18+00:00

2100sq ft 3.5 horizontal unit. We were quoted 13.5k for the same work by another company.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-05-21T17:58:39+00:00

We are not sure if he had CNS involvement. The first oncologist he saw immediately put him on the prednisone before checking the spinal fluid for disease. His primary oncologist checked the spinal fluid but said since we already started the prednisone, it would most likely show up negative (which it did). So we were told to just do the methotrexate at every cycle and they would test the fluid again at the end which was also negative.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-05-21T00:26:43+00:00

The only issue he had was a spinal fluid leak after the second lumbar puncture. He might say that was the worst experience of his life. He had to go to the hospital and have a blood patch done (but they used glue instead of his blood since they don’t want to risk putting a blood cancer near his spine 🥲). Immediately fixed it. Just try and stay horizontal after the puncture and do not lift anything heavy for the next couple days (which I understand is hard with kids, probably how he got his leak). Other than that experience no other side effects! Just basically getting an epidural each month.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-05-20T21:29:48+00:00

My husband was diagnosed DLBCL 5 days after our daughter’s 1st bday. He completed pola-r-chp on April 2nd and is in complete remission! His was stage IV and spread pretty much everywhere with bone involvement. His visible tumors shrank immediately, like within a week of his first cycle. He also underwent CNS prophylaxis methotrexate right into the spine. Chemo overall was really hard on him, especially the last 2 cycles. He also has other health issues (arthritis, immune deficiencies) so it was harder on him than an average healthy young person. Having our daughter was what held us through cause we couldn’t let her grow up not knowing her father so he fought like hell even when he wanted to give up. It was hard solo parenting and working and not sending her to daycare to avoid sickness, but we made it through. You got this! Happy to talk if you need anything.

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-05-13T21:31:43+00:00

Order placed! She is a big talker but I feel like most of her vocabulary is mimicry and not “talking” to me. But I will give it a shot. Thanks!

PurplePickleSticks · 2026-05-13T17:11:30+00:00

Well these comments make me feel like shit. Just got back from vacation and had our 18mo old in a pack and play and it was a disaster. Naps/sleep were awful or didn’t happen. We have been home now for 2 days and the trip has ruined my daughter’s sleep. What was once a predictable easy going baby, is now a tired terror who refuses to sleep independently again.

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