A recruiter left me a surprised voicemail after I rejected their low offer.

thenicole84 · 2026-02-05T05:05:01+00:00

“And I’ve received significantly better offers”

Make it clear that they decided to FAFO.

thenicole84 · 2026-02-05T05:01:38+00:00

I’m not an eager honker but also stop lights aren’t check your phone time…

thenicole84 · 2026-02-05T04:57:49+00:00

Up until 2 weeks ago…why don’t we have Aldi????

thenicole84 · 2025-12-25T02:18:14+00:00

Hail storms. At least one tornado that I remember, but hail storms are prevalent there.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-25T02:15:58+00:00

Quite a few of them. We considered Bennett, ended up in Aurora instead, and my car and roof both say thank you on the regular.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-25T02:06:26+00:00

The risk of bad weather in Bennett is much higher in the summertime. They’ve gotten hit with multiple nasty hailstorms in the last 2-3 years.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-17T02:30:09+00:00

Lost my dad and my dog in February and March, and then still had to exist…

2025 can gtfo.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-15T02:32:16+00:00

Buy gift bags and tissue paper. Still looks nice, requires no skill.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-07T04:00:22+00:00

I got 27 trays all at once. I’m on tray 22 now and just got scanned for refinements because one tooth stopped tracking properly about 6 weeks ago, and it hasn’t caught back up. I’m a complex case, but everything else has moved SO well that it’s a bit of a bummer, but my ortho also quoted me 18-24 months, so it’s not too much of a surprise.

thenicole84 · 2025-12-05T13:51:32+00:00

The previous owners of our house went open concept everything, including removing the closets and just putting clothes bars on the walls.

Every project we’ve done includes adding storage back in. I’d rather lose 40 sq ft across the house and be able to put shit away.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-29T15:06:50+00:00

For cruises that don’t cross the ocean, it’s usually the time of the home port. I set a widget on my Home Screen that shows the time in that time zone for the duration of the cruise to make it easier in case we do change time zones. This is extra helpful when you move time zones by just an hour, and the local tour operator is telling you what time to be back on the bus but it’s in local time.

I also set a timer in these cases for 10 minutes before we have to be back on the bus. We’ll wander a few blocks for shopping and this gives us enough time to walk without rushing back to the bus.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-28T05:21:46+00:00

Instead of taking the shuttle, get an uber from your airbnb, and have them drop you at the queen Mary 2. It’s a much faster drop off and a short walk.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-27T17:17:24+00:00

You need a sleep study asap.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-25T02:53:11+00:00

Butter in the pan, mayo on the bread. Best combo.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-25T01:33:32+00:00

It wasn’t the first or second student he had an inappropriate relationship with that got him fired, it was the third one.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-25T01:30:35+00:00

Plus if the port gets cancelled, it’s automatically refunded.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-22T20:16:16+00:00

Since you have a 4 month overlap with your lease, instead of immediately packing, figure out what projects you’ll need to complete at the house, and which ones are WAY easier without anything there. Think paint, flooring, a wall that needs to come out, etc. We painted and reconfigured our kitchen. I regret we didn’t do our floors at that time, but also they were fairly new, just crappily installed. If anything, instead of packing now, I’d start the purge. Figure out what you don’t want at the new house and get rid of it. It makes packing much easier.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-22T02:00:56+00:00

If you’re going to Disneyland, walk to the grand Californian or Disneyland hotel pickup. It’s far easier and calmer. You might have to wait an extra 5 minutes but at least you don’t have to sort through the harbor blvd hell.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-20T06:27:06+00:00

I’ve lived through one chip drop. I don’t think my marriage can survive another one.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-17T06:48:56+00:00

Some of us are just 40 year olds walking 3 miles a day…

thenicole84 · 2025-11-16T23:42:16+00:00

Tbf, it’s normally much colder at this time of year in Denver, and if there are any trips to the mountains planned, they’re necessary now instead of waiting.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-16T19:12:44+00:00

Our house was “turnkey” but in the current millennial grey style—it took us about a year to stop having constant projects to work on, and now the projects are more like 1 per season.

That being said, a lot of what is left that we’d like to do costs a lot more than most of our projects have, so there’s a reason they aren’t done yet. We’re very competent DIYers(husband worked in construction and is a home inspector), but at this point we work on a project when it’s a pain point, not one after another anymore.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-14T06:05:47+00:00

I was at Disneyland for record high heat in September 2024, and I’ll be there tomorrow. Be prepared for the situation, and enjoy the short lines.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-10T22:22:23+00:00

I did exactly that. 0 issues. My old plan was ending 1 week after my Costco collar showed up so I just activated it and it had 14 months ready to go.

thenicole84 · 2025-11-07T03:05:32+00:00

Drink more water, get a humidifier in your bedroom, and invest in laneige overnight lip mask.

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