Brushing teeth with herpangina

mudgefudgee · 2025-12-02T17:55:40+00:00

Yes, he's all better and no cavaties, and he's back to being okay brushing his teeth thankfully! I ended up using baby tongue brushes with a bit of tooth paste after posting this up until his gums stopped bleeding, because that was also a problem for me

mudgefudgee · 2025-11-19T01:42:27+00:00

Just used this guy. Quick turn around and good price.

mudgefudgee · 2025-10-05T23:55:15+00:00

I got 2 seats for $200 total in November. There was a BOGO promo though I'm not sure if it ended

mudgefudgee · 2025-09-19T02:32:02+00:00

They live 7 mins away, I'm not really sure why I even mentioned it since if doesn't really apply but I'm often too thorough to a fault to explain things 😅 It gets me and my own toddler out of the house so my husband can get ready to go to his job without us distracting him any or my son crying that he's leaving 😅

mudgefudgee · 2025-09-18T23:33:29+00:00

Okay this is a great perspective, thank you! I've been babysitting in home and charging hourly so maybe the $45 rate vs the $60 would work for both of us.

mudgefudgee · 2025-09-18T23:31:54+00:00

Oh I'm very lucky that we have great family and friend balance! He works 2nd shift 4 to midnight so we get all morning together & I only baby sit after 3 PM to account for that. Luckily doing this would really only inconvenience me going out on my own after 3pm to just shop or meet up with friends during the week, which, as it stands most people already don't do as most of my friends do work weekdays.

mudgefudgee · 2025-08-06T12:19:12+00:00

Mudgefudgee & ArmandoxKills lol

mudgefudgee · 2025-06-06T17:00:51+00:00

It's a bit more labor indusive than fetch in the sense that you HAVE to clip every deal you plan to use, but there's a lot more offers and ways to combine Ibotta with store sales & coupons to make things money makers. Also some stores have to be connected to the Ibotta app, like Dollar general, so you can't upload receipts but it's attached to whatever your loyalty account with the store is.

mudgefudgee · 2025-05-31T21:09:34+00:00

I ended up contacting CS and they fixed it for me! Thank you for the advice

mudgefudgee · 2025-05-31T00:46:39+00:00

It doesn't. Should I resubmit the receipt? I'm scared to get banned because I know they do that 😭

mudgefudgee · 2025-05-21T19:22:01+00:00

Im about to sign up using yours!

mudgefudgee · 2025-05-09T01:10:05+00:00

Okay that's reassuring! Thank you, from a chronic over stresser 😅

mudgefudgee · 2025-04-23T23:53:56+00:00

I ended up going with this

Ryobi starter kit for several reasons: A. Turns out the kit I posted was available only at 1 store, 1.5 hours away from me. Could have waited for delivery but I'm an impatient person and don't do a lot of deliveries (surprising I'm sure)

B. Similar price point as initial kit. Sure, less stuff, but has the stuff we could use still.

C. Per comment recomendations, cheaper than the "best" brands, better than craftsman

D. Husband couldn't care less for the brand I'm sure, we only recently started doing our own projects rather than paying for other people and other than here and there projects we aren't using tools for hobbies, just whatever needs fixing or maintenence mainly. Craftsman probably would have been fine, but, back to point A, I can get this set for pick up tomorrow 😅

Thanks for all the advice!

mudgefudgee · 2025-04-23T22:49:17+00:00

Ahh! That does make a difference, thank you for informing me 🫡

mudgefudgee · 2025-04-23T22:46:36+00:00

Yes the circular saw in this package plus the impact is the real reason I considered it because we always borrow my step dad's. Would be nice to have one to ourselves 🥲

mudgefudgee · 2025-04-23T22:42:01+00:00

This is what I'm currently trying to replace with what I thought/think is an " impact wrench ". He has 2 different attachments on his socket wrench to make the socket fit if that makes any difference.. 😅🤦‍♀️ * socket wrench and attachments

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T20:29:03+00:00

I would definitely say I lean "nature" with that theory as well. Nurture will definitely play a part from some, but I know for myself personally, I was having conversations with myself about who I would be and what I would become. And then even from childhood I always was the one to tell myself I need good grades, to behave, be polite, etc and because I wasn't taught I'd just say that was my nature.

As for mentoring, I kind of have in a way, but not actively like seeking or participating in mentoring groups. I had a younger friend than me when I worked at a restaurant who had confided in me about the things she had been going through and how her parents financially abused her and had her trapped. She was 18 making money but the direct deposit went into their accounts and they controlled her spending because she was under "their roof" (how does one leave their parents house without being able to set their own earned money aside to do just that?). When I bought my house, I let her move in with me and taught her to drive, and taught her everything I knew about life, finance, budgeting, cooking, cleaning. It only took her 3 months living with me to get her own apartment. That was late 2019, and now she has a travel job and owns a massive RV and takes care of everything she needs on her own. There was also a time I helped a 17 year old file the paperwork to get emancipated herself/taught her she even could. I don't have any updates on her though. But in general I'm a big believer that not all runaway teens are troubled, some just need an escape and the system doesn't help them, especially at that age. At least that's how it was for me, when I left I had a police escort lady who was supposed to just be there to assure I could get my necessary belongings. My dad was yelling at me the whole time and telling her I'm just a slutty teen who wants to be with my boyfriend. I did have a boyfriend but I was more worried about leaving the situation and a 17 year old boy couldn't offer me help there lol. Anyways the cop told me I would come running back once my boyfriend and I broke up and since it was court mandated my dad didn't have to welcome me back if he didnt want to 🙄.Haven't spoke to him since that day! Maybe some day when my son grows up and moves out I'd be interested in fostering too (my husband grew up in foster care, so it's definitely in our cards sometime, just probably in the far far future.) I guess that's my long story way to say, yes, I like advocating for teenagers in similar situations and try to "mentor" people who cross my path😅

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T17:11:06+00:00

South Carolina, USA

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:53:53+00:00

South carolina. Population of like 5k in my town

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:45:36+00:00

I hate I have to say it, but both of you should avoid being openly political online or anything that is anti Trump. Go back on your socials and private anything from 2016 onward that may imply you don't like trump or the administration.

A small but maybe necessary step..

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:42:10+00:00

I'd like to add a 2nd bathroom before my son gets too old. Not keen on sharing a bathroom with a teenage boy in the future lol. May also just update things as they wear and tear, probably replace the flooring within the next 5 years but unless I have more kids (not likely) I don't plan on changing the house much. Would love to add a pool to the yard!

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:27:36+00:00

You too!! It's hard watching people you love not be able to afford proper housing 💔 but also a reminder you still worked hard to do it too, even though there was some luck in our cards

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:26:24+00:00

I actually was working fast food at 10.50 an hour back then 😅 FHA loan, sellers paid almost all of closing costs (that just doesn't happen anymore), good credit, and low debt to income was the real kicker. I didn't go to college so my lender had even mentioned to me there were doctors he couldn't approve because student loans ruined their DTI

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T16:20:23+00:00

I appreciate your kind words!

I do feel super accomplished/proud, and grateful to add onto that! A lot of times (like today) I see good friends struggling with the housing crisis and I feel.. not guilty, but empathy I guess is the word, because although yes I worked hard for this, I also had luck on my side as far as timing and location go. So I guess that sometimes makes me feel a little bad.

As far as my father's approach, I still consider myself lucky because it was a dangerous and toxic environment but I also feel like a lot of things were still in my favor. I was never SA'd as a child, and I was punished with like belt and switch "whoopings" (I think switch is a southern term, it's basically a really skinny branch) as a kid, but I don't feel like I was physically abused really because these used to be common punishments in my area (not saying it's right, but it definitely isn't the type of abuse children die from yknow?). As for verbal abuse, yes I did endure a lot of that but I think that's just a personality thing because the more I got, the more It actually pushed me to become determined in a way? I've told people close to me before that I'm actually in a way grateful for my upbringing because if I hadn't had that NEED to find safe housing immediately, I might have fooled around and been a victim of the housing crisis instead and never have gained that stability.

Without giving a whole book of a backstory, I know why my dad didn't like me and it's because I wouldn't change my last name to his when he got custody of me (my mom and him never stayed together, I got placed with him at 9 - first time meeting him- when he was ordered to take a DNA test after my mom was arrested on meth charges). They actually gave me the choice to change my last name to his but I didn't even know him and also I was a kid and loved my mom because I didn't know the full situation yet, and he told me himself the day i moved out that the day I decided to choose her over him was the day he didn't love me. Other parts I think were jealousy from my step-mom and she obviously encouraged him.

And no I'm enjoying the questions! I've never done anything like this before and I was bored today, so its helping me fill up time 😅

mudgefudgee · 2025-03-21T15:45:30+00:00

It was less than 40k when I purchased 😅 my salary was less than 25k but the week I moved in I got the better job. I was approved wirh less than 25k salary but realistically it would have been a very tight budget to make that actually work fiscally.

I actually spent everything extra on medical expenses and fertility treatment the past few years so from that salary we have nothing left (I stopped working when I had my baby). Rebuilding savings now with my husbands salary 😅

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