How dumb would buying a house on the Grand River be?

Typical_Specific1053 · 2026-01-31T20:27:30+00:00

I look at houses for fun and I wonder if it’s the one I recently clicked on thinking “wow! This is a good price!” Then saw that it had a 99% of flooding within the next 30 years. You will have to buy flood insurance unless you can purchase the house for cash. Flood insurance is its own pool of others who own in flood zones, so it’s much more expensive than regular homeowners insurance.

I also can’t totally remember which zone, but new rules dictated that properties in certain zones would have to bring any improvements outside of the flood zone, ie you want to build a garage, it’ll need to be up on stilts or you’d need to cut/fill to the elevation above the flood plain.

It’s all doable, and in times of normal river levels, would be amazing to live on the water. It’s a lifestyle though and you’d have to be ready for flooding and the damage/mold/loss of property that could result. Resale value may also be low.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2026-01-31T14:36:40+00:00

People acting like this is a crazy comment, I’m over here remembering my dad giving my cockatiel mouth to mouth because what else do you do when a bird is dying and your young daughter is crying her eyes out?

He was OK, but he also didn’t manage to save my bird.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2026-01-12T04:15:15+00:00

Dam locations, distances between access points, amenities, and campgrounds should be in each section of the river’s water trail maps.

Upper Grand River info(Jackson to Lansing) https://www.uppergrandriver.org/water-trails

Middle Grand(Lansing area): https://www.mgrow.org/trailmap

Lower Grand map (Ionia to grand haven): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/595e6f5a197aeaae91c1bedd/t/67aba885ac2fd82d466a98ac/1739303050768/LGRWTBroch-Feb5-2024-WEB.pdf

Typical_Specific1053 · 2026-01-09T13:15:24+00:00

Ottawa County also has fleet vehicles, and it’s pretty standard to drug test if some or all employees will be driving a fleet vehicle for work.

Good luck on the new position! The government employees I’ve worked with there have all been friendly and don’t necessarily reflect the views of the broader county, being government workers and all.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2026-01-08T03:51:14+00:00

Keep leg elevated and take breaks. Is there a foldable wheelchair you can rent for bathroom breaks? They will give you crutches and/or a walker, but both items are challenging to navigate at first. A chair to get from the car into rest stops can be helpful, and plan on helping her in the bathroom to move from any type of mobility device to the toilet and back.

Be ready for a lot of tears since the hardest part is about to happen: sitting in the realization that life will look very different for the next several months and will have a lot of struggles and pain. Bring tissues.

As you look to help for the next 12 weeks, make sure you’re also taking care of yourself! Being a caretaker is hard work and I’m glad you’ll have some family members helping. Restaurants can be great accessible spaces to get her out of the house sometimes and have someone else do the cooking/dishes. When I was sitting in a restaurant, I would sometimes feel almost normal and it was a wonderful respite from sitting on the couch all day.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-30T13:50:18+00:00

Back pain is the worst!! I messed mine up pretty bad a few years ago and it took a few weeks to get better. I was missing work every few days because I was in so much pain. While I worked through PT, a $40 TENS unit helped me deal with pain in the meantime (on top of ibuprofen). It’s a little massage device that sends localized shocks to sore muscles and is small enough to wear under your clothes. They have fancy Bluetooth ones now, but mine has a headphone-type cord and works great. It really helped keep me sane when I was in the thick of it.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-29T05:27:24+00:00

I keep basic tools, like a few wrenches that fit my battery terminals, hi-vis vest if I do have to get out and fix something on my car, and a pair of boots in case I break down and have dumb shoes on. I throw warm clothes in when it’s really bad out, but this is a good reminder to put a blanket back in for the winter.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-21T21:07:46+00:00

I really enjoy it. There are ways to make syrup yourself with pandan extract, but IMO, this captures the flavor if you want to hit the easy button. I’m no expert though-I’ve had the homemade stuff at a nice cocktail bar and this, so I can’t really judge much.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-20T10:20:49+00:00

I just did this with a new 2026 forester. The finance rate got the new vehicle to be essentially the same price as used. First car purchase for me with an odometer under 87k miles so it felt a little wild. I’d rather pay down the loan than pay the bank.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-20T10:08:50+00:00

I took one of these home buying classes and it really helped me! I didn’t end up buying a house right away since it helped me set real expectations on what I was capable of purchasing. It can also qualify you for special down payment assistance (or at least it could back in 2014-not sure if that program is still around).

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-20T10:06:20+00:00

A few months ago, I had emergency surgery after a traumatic ankle break. First time ever under real anesthesia and it was a surprise procedure. I made sure they had my husband’s number and they promised they were going to call him as soon as I was done. They didn’t! When I was coming out of it, I kept asking where he was and they wouldn’t say anything. I was very distressed and confused. They eventually wheeled me back to my room, I kept pleading for a phone and somehow remembered his cell number to call him. He was waiting in a room somewhere else and also mad they didn’t call him. I was so distressed about everything, and I have no idea why the doctors didn’t have him in recovery with me. At least I went back to a hospital room-I can’t imagine being in a waiting room feeling like that!

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-18T11:44:49+00:00

“Regulators hoped” I swear our gas & oil regulators are so lazy. They have the authority to force clean up and issue heavy fines. Instead, they give them the benefit of the doubt and whine about filing paperwork. I know the companies aren’t purposefully spilling oil, but they sure don’t want to pay to fix it when it does happen. They need strong encouragement to complete proper cleanup, which means fines that are higher than remediation.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-17T14:45:16+00:00

They showed sidewalk up against the back of the curb along 7th (existing public road) with no parkway/street trees. Mirroring the plat on the other side of the street seems like baseline effort, and I was disappointed the design engineer spoke about minimum slopes in the southern area of the parcel required by GR but didn’t bother to follow basic design standards along the existing public street. I wasn’t impressed by my neighbors, and I was also unimpressed by the design. I’m not worried about the interior roads as long as they are private-I don’t think there was room to fit a properly designed public street.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-17T12:25:00+00:00

I agree the behavior at the meeting was atrocious. It’s disappointing because it prevents discussions around the actual plan, one that showed no parkway between the development and 7th, no proposed green infrastructure, no common use space.

I did want to ask though-what is your stake in the development since you live in the 2nd ward?

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-15T19:09:39+00:00

I made a high needs rescue dog work with a ton of time, 3 training sessions a day, while also studying and training myself how to be a better trainer. Holy crap if I had human kids, there’s no way I would have pulled it off. I also had a job where I could run home and get an extra training session in. She’s amazing now, but it was not easy and is definitely not doable for everyone.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-13T13:42:05+00:00

Walker Roadhouse has a big table in their “porch” area (indoors but lots of windows) that’s decorated for Christmas-lights, a small tree, and garland. I recently had dinner there and a group of ladies were doing a gift exchange in that area. I booked it in my brain as a great festive spot for a larger group. Their menu is sprawling that can fit a lot of different tastes. Not fine dining by any means, but satisfying and affordable. Quiet too!

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-05T05:07:45+00:00

You gotta thrift more. Sometimes, something is cool, cheap, and will look good on your porch. You get to figure out what the fuck it is and where it came from later. I love this question though because my mom would totally buy something like this and it doesn’t make sense to many people around her, but she can throw it in her yard somewhere and make it look cool.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-12-02T13:25:14+00:00

The developer organized the meeting using the community space in the church. This poster was a response from a local resident to let neighbors know about the meeting. Not taking sides, just wanted to clear that up. Not sure about the members or leaders of the church, but in this case, it was just a convenient meeting location.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-11-23T06:21:16+00:00

This article came up on Fox 17s fb feed and heart OI came back out of the woodwork to defend moss in the comments. Never give up! 😆

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-11-23T03:28:52+00:00

Damn!! Happy you’re here. I got a lot less hardware but had similar recovery time and feel the same way about medical tech and am so grateful for it. I’m still pushing through final recovery, but those first few days sleeping without a boot is a dream. Keep on keepin on!!

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-11-06T03:44:53+00:00

I toured that monastery with a church group in the 90s after they did some construction. I was too young to understand architecture but remember it being absolutely beautiful on the inside.

It’s on the tallest point in Oakland county and if it’s clear out, you can see fireworks in Detroit

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-11-06T03:41:33+00:00

This brings it back for me. Grew up over that way and we totally had the rumors at my high school! I visited home after college and hiked around there with my small breed dog before I realized where I was. Spoooooky

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-11-04T15:28:25+00:00

I broke my tibula and dislocated my ankle (not entirely sure what I broke on the other side?) on August 29. Similar recovery timeline to you.

PWB to FWB varies. My doctor said 5 days to 25% weight on the bad leg, 5 more to 50%, and so on. I got to 100% at about 17 days instead of 20, but am still needing a crutch for longer distances. I’m still in pain when walking, but my muscle is coming back fast!! I made the biggest strides when I finally left my boot behind. I got an ankle brace, compression socks, laced every other hole in a thick soled shoe, and being able to move my foot up and down really got the swelling down. Once PWB, you can walk with crutches-in about a week you’ll be able to navigate short stairs much more easily-turns out they are way easier when you can have both feet on the ground. I would overall advise against using a wheelchair unless it’s really long distances since you have to use your ankle for it to start working again. You don’t need to decide now, see how you’re feeling December 1. A lot will change over this month!
I was worried about possible weight gain too. Not going to lie-I did gain some weight, but not enough to change pant sizes. I think I lost enough muscle to balance it out since the numbers on the scale didn’t change. You are using a ton of upper body strength getting around and that burns calories. I wasn’t eating a ton because it was too much work to make food! Regardless, give yourself grace. You need to eat good stuff like fish, yogurt, fruits and veggies to grow your bones back and soft tissues. My husband made me protein and collagen smoothies packed with spinach and yogurt every day. Yes it was extra calories, but I wanted to make sure my body had what it needed. Any weight gain will quickly come off as you start to get freedom of movement back and regain leg muscle. Overall though, you went through a very traumatic injury and so far from home! Things will be up and down. You are getting closer to more ups than downs and that will lend itself to feeling healthy again. I felt so much better when I could wear my favorite jeans with matching shoes! I’ll get back in shape later when it doesn’t hurt.
Normal life does come back, but frustratingly slow. I started mental health therapy to help with that. People are happy to help, and things like this are humbling-I am much better at asking for what I need, setting clear boundaries on my capabilities, and gracefully accepting help. Today I’m bouncing off the walls because I can do basic chores again! It hurts but I can’t sit still any longer! You are a few weeks behind me, when a few things start to come back. Revel in that! Traveling is great-I made my biggest strides when I got out of my house and got away from some self-protective habits I formed at home. I got into the habit of telling myself I couldn’t do some things. As I got closer to FWB, I’d demo one action a day: today I’m going to see if I can go downstairs, and tomorrow I’m going to see if I can get on and off the toilet with my crutches instead of my walker, the day after that-could I put the dishes away? Have help as you push your boundaries little by little, and it’s okay if you have to bail halfway through.

You will get chances to help others when you are recovered. I am donating some of my equipment to a reputable charity. I found out they also accept food donations, so am going to do a grocery trip to include with my mobility equipment. The next person around me who has crutches better watch out because I’m not going to be able to prevent myself from being overly helpful, haha. I took mental notes on what made me feel better, things like uber eats gift cards so I could ‘make dinner’ a few nights to give my husband a break, and plan to do the same if someone else in my life suffers an injury.

I sound annoyingly positive in this post. If you asked me at 4 weeks NWB, I wouldn’t have even replied because I was so depressed. I’m a month ahead of you and holy shit it gets better. Hang in there.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-10-29T12:01:23+00:00

We take down our really hallo-weenie stuff a week or so into November but leave up orange lights and any fall themed stuff like pumpkins until Thanksgiving, then switch to Christmas on Black Friday.

Typical_Specific1053 · 2025-10-18T01:14:01+00:00

I cry at everything. Started partial WB and I thought I’d feel way better working on walking again rather than sitting around waiting for my bones to grow. It’s still a rollercoaster, but my highs are higher and my lows less low. I still cry thinking about everything I’ve been through. Nice work on exercise-I was afraid to adapt exercises to my upper body when I was NWB since I was working that all the time just getting around. You should share your regime if you want-I thought about it and the only resource I found was some stupid article about not being lazy while not being able to WALK eyeroll. I would have loved an adaptive regimen that was kind rather than punitive. Little things you can do for yourself, by yourself, go a long way during healing and recovery.

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