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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat do you really want for Christmas?
Not Peace on earth or politics.
What you personally want?
benld74
(9,904 posts)For our various devices
Darn things dont last at all
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)LeftInTX
(25,380 posts)Marthe48
(16,975 posts)it might charge a little faster
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)Keeps getting put off because there are so many more necessary expenses that come first.
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)...tho I can with you Merry Chrithsmuths
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)Bite those GOPigs too. They would not be around in 2019, I can tell you.
I'd bite PUTIN too and take all his $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and give the $$$$$ back to the Russian people.
I have dreamt about this before !!!!
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)we would never ever ever ever never ever ever ever never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever see him again!!!
trust me, i would do a great job !!!!
underpants
(182,829 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)or on drugs as a beginning and a wish for permanent recovery for those who are addicted.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)A warm place to live and more food to eat. Easy to please.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)There has been a cold snap where I live and the tent gets really cold. The libraries are closed for the holidays, but it is warming up a bit and so, wandering won't be so frigid.
You also need more food as calories to burn to stay warm enough, with SNAP that really is a challenge as is obvious with rising food prices. SNAP does not do COLA Not having way to prepare foods, (a kitchen) does prove difficult since you can't use SNAP for hot foods or eating out. Snacks and cold cans of ravioli are the kind of fare one has!
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)withdrawing support for my Win 7 unit. (IMO Win 7 is the best platform Microsoft has ever come up with
and I'm sure I'm not alone in that opinion.)
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)snowybirdie
(5,229 posts)But they are way too expensive to ask for.
zeusdogmom
(994 posts)A really good one. Not the adequate one I currently have. And a box of reeds which all work beautifully right out of the box
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Kali
(55,014 posts)Or a new heated swimming pool.
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)time to myself....
Great minds .....
Niagara
(7,627 posts)Nothing fancy, I just want simple and modern.
The bathroom still has that 1960's plastic pebto-bismol sheet tile. I've never painted the bathroom, but the paint is cracking and peeling on the ceiling and close to the ceiling. It's super gross.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I plan to at least try to do all of my own labor, which saves a lot of money. I might need a little help with anything that requires muscle strength. It'll probably take me months to do, but that's ok. I waited 16 years for my then husband to get around to helping me. I know that doing it myself will be very satisfying.
Niagara
(7,627 posts)Don't forget to take before and after photos. I would like to see your photos.
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)Just sayin....
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Come on down anytime. Ill be waiting.
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)Merry Christmas doll! And thank god for DJT or I could never have said that to you!
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Freddie
(9,267 posts)Not a hoarder but stuff after 21 years in this house. All of our parents are gone now and somehow all the stuff (books, collectibles, records and CDs, some furniture, etc.) ended up here and not with our brothers. And more stuff. Id love to hire people to do this but DH (who has hoarder tendencies) refuses.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Try it in small increments and it won't seem so overwhelming.
I'm a minimalist at heart. When relatives passed on I graciously declined accepting things for the most part. My brother took boxes and boxes of things, and I'd bet that after over a decade everything is still in those boxes.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)DHs brother lives in a little house with no basement. My brother was conveniently busy when we had to clean out my folks place at the retirement community. Youre right - little steps - starting soon. Thanks for the encouragement.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)After 35 years. Hoboed to Costa Rica.
Divesting is very liberating.
Good luck.
seaglass
(8,173 posts)worth of stuff. I am very slow at this because I need to decide item by item to pack or dispose and then whether to trash, recycle or donate. And then who to donate to. My husband would just throw everything away and I am not for that so I think I can see where your DH is coming from. Maybe your DH could get involved in sorting things out?
The stuff with memories attached are the hardest but I took pictures of those items and that made it easier to get rid of them. Maybe that is something that would satisfy your DH?
Good luck!
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)So I set up an auction. Cleared $11000.
Check it out. Furniture sold poorly. But stuff from30 years ago sold well. All my rusty yard art went really well. My hubs thought it was all worthless crap. What do husbands know.
Check it out.
ChazII
(6,205 posts)my house for me. Since my son's brain tumor is now growing into his brain stem they got together an really cleaned and organized one room of my house that had become unmanageable. It is truly a great gift.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Not huge or fancy, just a home in the woods with a few acres so I could raise food, plant trees a garden.bIt would need solar panels and a wood stove. I want it near public transportation that's really good, with places to go,people to meet.
Places to volunteer. I'd definitely adopt a few cats, maybe a dog and keep chickens and maybe a peacock and a few pea hens..
I ask for no landlord, no mortgage,no rent,no housing association , no tax. No reason to be found for this Haven to be stolen or confiscated away.
Because I that want it to be my permanent refuge. Not a place that could be confiscated ever.
A refuge no rich pig ,no market games, no thieves with money,or manipulative greedy assholes,zoning bullshit, among the other billion reasons a home could be lost and taken away from me.
I want that stability in my life and a community I could connect to and grow to love. Build myself a tribe/ family. I would share this refuge with a friend I've known for decades who suffers financially too. We have lived together before and that time was to both of us the best times of our lives.
I would make this place a true asshole free zone,a refuge in every sense of the word. I would turn it to a work of art, and love. A sacred place (not in a religious way ) In time maybe a few people whom I grow to love and trust could build thier own little place in the woods nearby. It would be by most precious dream,realized .
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)I'm disabled and live in HUD. I thought about leaving when trump got in and I found out alot like you have to make a minimum of 1,000 bucks a month to be permitted leave the country. And passports cost 300 and some change.
Deliberately out of reach I'd say yes.besides other countries don't want disabled immigrants.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Best wishes to you!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)Half of what you think.
I realize you might still not be able to afford it, but it's not as expensive as you believe.
Plus, there are no minimum income requirements to leave this country. Another country might require some minimum for you to be a permanent resident, but you can leave even if totally broke.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)took my son to get his in July.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Issue from when I was considering
Getting out of here. And some countries have fees like you said.
Looks like passports just got cheaper. When I went to the post office to get one 5 years ago it was listed as $ 300 and some change.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)why that had that number posted. Passports have not gotten cheaper. You either mis-read what you saw or bizarrely, they had completely erroneous information. It is somewhat possible that the $300 amount was for some independent company to expedite getting a passport. Some years back when I needed a passport renewal in a hurry I paid some extra money for that service, but it was maybe fifty bucks above the cost of the passport renewal, which back then was probably about $75. If you're renewing a passport it's only $110. And if you only want a passport card it's only $65.00
Here are a couple of links that might be helpful: https://www.rushmypassport.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-get-a-passport/
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html
And again, it's not the leaving of this country that costs (other than air fare or bus fare or some such), in that there's no income minimum imposed on someone who wants to leave. So leaving isn't really a problem. It's staying somewhere else that might be. I honestly don't know a lot about this topic, but doing some serious research, country by country, might be worthwhile if it makes sense for you to relocate.
TlalocW
(15,384 posts)Not Laser Eye Surgery or LASIK. Hyphen is very important. I want to be able to shoot lasers out of my eyes. Is that too much to ask?
TlalocW
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)my family doesn't want to go. I may ask a friend.
The nap will be forthcoming Christmas day.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)on Grand Cayman. She came once a week on Friday mornings and cleaned the whole house, did laundry and dishes. She was Colombian on a work visa for a year and did a great job. She would hitchhike to work in a white large flowing flowered dress and a parasol.
She didn't speak a word of english nor I spanish, she did a great job at a great price.
This is what I'd really love for Christmas :I want all things money cant buy. Love, Peace, Respect, Freedom, Happiness, Loyalty, Honesty, Dignity and the Liberty to enjoy them all.
Taken from a Haitian Man OWS.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)Hot Dog!
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)my family and friends to be happy, healthy and safe.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)No cooking or cleaning!!
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)I always wanted one. Now, with the knees getting older, Im afraid my time is done.
Maybe, I can get my 28 year old daughter to get a horse and I can help. If she has the time , and the costs.
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)I have plastic drop cloths and pee pads down that she might use, depends She thinks she's doing good dropping her turds beside the box.
MFM008
(19,816 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)That's not asking for much, is it?
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Good luck! ⚡️💫
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)I'm not getting any younger. I'm on the down side of the hill.
I keep hoping.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Works for her.
Hope for you too.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Keep looking Up!!!
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)I will! As soon as it stops raining!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)My old one got stolen from my car. Grrrr
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Sounds like Chevy in Christmas Vacation!
Good luck. Hope your days improve!
Harker
(14,024 posts)made by irish master weaver Eddie Doherty of Ardara, County Donegal.
A blue or gray one would do just fine, thanks! I have a few already.
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)Teeth removed and Dentures installed.
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)the New York Yankees. Gee that was fast, thank you Santa. Now can you do something about removing IPOTUS from our house, Santa?
Wawannabe
(5,661 posts)For my ride. Its expensive. 🙁
MissMillie
(38,560 posts)to keep us warm through the next few months. (It'd be nice if we didn't have to worry about how we're going to pay for it.)
And a large bottle of whiskey to ring in the new year. (OK, the whiskey is for me, but since my guy wouldn't drink it, a couple of cases of beer for him.)
Ohiya
(2,234 posts)I hate replacing batteries.
lastlib
(23,248 posts)A new house, With. An. Office! And the biggest honkin' DESK in captivity! SO. DAMN. TIRED. of existing crammed into a corner that I no longer fit in!
And after that, a puppy!
Grey
(1,581 posts)a new furry friend to bring home.
A big clumsy middle aged Dog would do nicely...
Backseat Driver
(4,393 posts)non-EMF full spectrum infrared sauna enclosure with all the bells and whistles if I'm willing to share? LOL, don't say yes all at once!!!
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)nocoincidences
(2,220 posts)for the family room.
I got it.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Countdown to the New Year with your new clock! See you right here on 2020
Iggo
(47,558 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)area51
(11,911 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Good luck in 2020!
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)I'm replacing my computer in March.