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hamletthedane · 15 days

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Middle Earth map mural is complete! Definitely the coolest thing in my house right now.

…and it only took ten paint pens and three seasons of the West Wing to finish 😅

(“But what about the resale value??” my relative asked me when I started this project. Look, I do not make an ungodly mortgage payment every month just to treat my house like a rental. That’s what they invented primer and paint for :))

Before/afters under the cut:

#lotr #tolkien #middle earth #I’ve been showing this to literally everybody I know. it’s my baby.#those are not the final side tables - still waiting on those to be delivered #i worked so hard to be able to afford the down payment on my house #and among all the less-fun serious update projects (bc i could only afford the cheapest house in the neighborhood 😅)#i have to throw in some fun things like this!!#i know I basically made the exact same post before when I was starting this but here’s the final version haha

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bonneblah · 3 months

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new digs!

#ts4 #simblr #ts4 gameplay #*family dynamics gen1 #*family dynamics gp #the house still isn't complete #I forgot to fence the lot😭#Alycia can finally afford getting bundles on a regular lmao

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lexalovesbooks · 12 days

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This description of Queenie in the glossary of the eidolon is pretty funny, considering.

#the eidolon #the tarot sequence #i knew about it ahead of reading this book but honestly this was so pleasing honestly #i know after the first book came out a lot of people were like… ‘hey and why is one of the only women in this book a housekeeper who lives #to serve the MCs?#and he’s added more women since but she’s still been in the background. continuing to have no purpose but Incomprehensible Housekeeper #(how do two broke guys who live in half a house afford a housekeeper? how did they decide this was a good financial decision?)#and well… now were finally finding out why :)#‘oh that’s queenie. she’s been with us forever. don’t worry about it don’t think about it :)’

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rubenesque-as-fuck · 17 days

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Anyway I got notified that I'll be getting a nice $$ bonus from work today and I wish that I could celebrate with someone in a way that didn't just feel like obnoxious bragging. Like beyond the financial aspect, it's just nice to be recognized for good work and I actually feel... good?? about this job??

But it feels so silly to say I want to celebrate when I just got back from what felt like my first real vacation in a very long time and am doing cool comic con stuff this weekend and am scheduled for a new tattoo next weekend. I am already doing lots of things to try to make myself feel good! It feels selfish to want more!

But I guess even with all of that, there's just still a hunger for external validation from trusted sources. Will I ever grow out of wanting someone to be proud of me?

#stoned ramblings #life of faye #i swear I'm not as sad right now as this makes me sound just kinda lonely is all #work bonus #boss also said that if i wanted to take on more responsibility we could talk raises as well #and like most days I'm done by like 1 so it's not like I'm wildly overworked as it is #I'm going to set some aside for fun stuff and the rest is going in my savings #i am finally FINALLY trying to build up a savings again #it's probably a silly dream but I still want to save up for a house #so what else can i do but try and save?#rent's gone up so damned much everywhere that for somewhere halfway decent it costs about as a mortgage to rent anyway #the only reason my rent is semi-managable is because I've been here for 8 damn years so they haven't been able to drive it up as much #other apartments here start at hundreds more per month for new tenants #so i feel like I'm stuck here until i can afford a place #my one real hope is that I inherit enough from my midwest grandma when she passes to make a good down payment somewhere #sometimes to torture myself I like to go look at houses that I think are in my approximate realistic price range if i could cover the down #i want a yard for velma #i want to be able to open my blinds and/or windows and not feel like a whole apartment complex's worth of people can see me #i want a kitchen where all the burners work and I have enough counter space to work #i want a dryer system where my apartment doesn't get filled with warm wet air when the neighbors are doing their laundry #i want to do nude gardening #and have backyard bbqs with friends #i want enough dedicated space to do art that i don't constantly have to shuttle the easel around the living room and up and down the stairs #all pipe dreams i know #but hey the grandma did say that i was one of her three main inheritors in the will #so we'll see #just to be clear she has not passed but she's nearing 90 and keeps talking about it so it's hard not to think about you know?#anyway these are the sorts of things that i would talk about if I had someone to cuddle on the couch and talk to about my day #texts to nobody

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squisheebugdoodles · 2 months

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Okay Here Is The Problem: everything costs money and yet money is something that i just literally never have. solution? kill the idea of money so that nothing costs anything Please. i'm so tired

#despite making more money w/ my commissions than ever before this year #i am still. not able to save up literally even one (1) single penny of it bc of bills #i have to make like 600 every month just to break even at like 5 dollars in my acct #please i am so fucking tired #i want to get myself things and do shit #i want to buy things for archie and jack's dog and for the house so that things are better for all of us #i want to be able to afford snacks more than once every three months like if i maybe want a bag of chips #instead of saving up for three months and going 'yeah okay 5 dollars for a normal sized bag of chips is finally worth it' ?????????????????#why the fuck are chips so expensive that is potatoes and spices and like all of it is automated hello?? what are we fucking paying for?????#ANYWAYS.#i am just fucking. Tired #due to recent events I was like #'okay how much are dog treadmills.... oh. i see. i will never be able to afford that even after three years saving. got it'#there are five hundred fundraisers on my dash (BARELY hyperbole) every single day and everybody needs help #so i COMPLETELY get people not having a ton of disposable funds this isn't me complaining about that i'm just.#i wish that i sometimes had money so that i could MAYBE save anything up or y'know. have ANYTHING to show for it #bc right now i am working full time at this job (commission/freelance artist and adopt maker etc) and making like maybe 4 dollars an hour #which is great bc when i started i was only getting about $0.11 an hour but like. that's still not. Good. For all the time i put into it #but due to circumstances and situations this is about all i'm physically and mentally able to do here and i LIKE doing commission but it's #not really. getting me anywhere and i just want to afford things finally.#i'm 27 and everything i own fits in one room and almost all of it was gifted to me for free bc i couldn't afford to get it on my own #delete later i'm just so tired man

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lifesver · 3 months

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val was telling us about how women could like, mostly not open a bank account of their own without their husband's signature until 74 when an act passed. so i rly do think lorelai was able to get cecil out of their family's life more when she could finally sign for her own bank account. and then eventually divorce his dumb ass.

#cecil got Worse over the yrs and got worse to leland in particular and lorelai was finally able to get out of the financial leverage he had #over their family and be like Enough Is Enough bitch #saves up enough to afford the house alone and draws the fucking line when he gets physical. hardworking protective mama bear mckinney

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bunnyboy-juice · 4 months

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guys i might actually be able to finally see my best friend in person after like 8 years of knowing each other im going to throw up

#personal #its not anytime soon #at the earliest later this year #but she's finally getting stabler housing and assistance and this is literally what we've been waiting for #to both be stable Enough to afford to travel to each other #and we might spend a holiday together 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺#ough im so happy with this realization i started sobbing and shaking LMAO

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milkweedman · 1 year

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forcing myself to "eat protein" and "be responsible" after once again encountering a week long period of all my muscles hurt so bad and are so weak despite doing the same thing they always do assuming without checking that it was probably because im eating mostly coffee and plain untoasted bread in small quantities. and its not even a whey bread or 100% whole wheat, ive been trying to use up my bread flour/whole wheat blend (i dumped them in the bucket together, maybe on accident ? unclear) so its just that with whatever else i threw in. spent $6 on the only yogurt in the store that had at least 5 grams of protein per 1/4 cup, which is still very little, only to get home and finally google what the symptoms of protein deficiency are. they are not that. those are the symptoms of Who Fucking Knows, As Always

#i dont even like yogurt...#god the food situation is so bad #so it turns out i can do one of the following--but badly and it takes more than 100% of my energy and is miserable and untenable long term #and involves injuring myself to do it: school. work. taking care of stuff around the house. taking care of myself.#i can do ONE.#i also dont get to pick because obviously i have to work #so feeding myself (even like making a bowl of cereal or eating a granola bar) is so impossibly difficult that i can only really do it #at night when high and finally able to feel hunger #and even then its still incredibly difficult and i usually get as far as cutting a slice of bread and then giving up and eating it plain #most of the actual meals i eat are because my roommates are usually kind enough to make enough dinner for 3 #but i also have very weird and frequently changing dietary needs that i have not communicated 2 anyone so i cant necessarily actually eat i #have cooked some and made sandwiches a few times but its very clear i am borrowing from tomorrows spoons....#i ran out of the ensure a bit ago and i will get more although none of the stores nearby sell it #but i absolutely cannot afford to live off it #have luckily found that if i just drink one in the morning it staves off the majority of the nonstop random nausea attacks #so a 12 pack would last a lot longer but then its like. so now i need to figure out the eating thing again #cant win etc etc #augh. anyway. complaining over #disordered eating #chronic illness

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dunmertwink · 2 months

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#so im gonna be a lil bitch on main for a minute #ive been offline for a while #pretty much absent from all my socials #im in a pickle financially like i have no money anywhere #my credit cards are maxxed #my bank account is negative 400 dollars #im getting 20 dollars less in disability benefits a month without a clear reason for the witholding #granted its only 20 bucks less but that still makes a huge difference when thats my ONLY source of income #AND i am moving into a new apartment which should be an exciting experience finally moving out of my parents house and on my own and all BUT #even with the voucher program i would need an additional 600 to be able to afford my rent share and utilities #on top of being negative 400 dollars a month so now thats -1000 #WHICH end result and the crux of this whole rant #i can no longer help #like i am fucking useless right now and people are literally dying #i have many unanswered asks from gazans right now that I cannot even help bc im so broke #it feels really bad bruv like reallybad #feels like absolute shit #and it ust feels so wrong to ask for help when others need it more #like i dont think i could do that #wtf man #is it me upset that my entire disability check goes to bills to the point where i overdraft every month? yeah sure #my art does not sell and ive tried everything! like it just DOES NOT sell #and it all kinda boils down to me not having any sort of following online #i just breached 200 followers here after 13 years on this website #most are inactive blogs from years ago so i maybe have like... 10 active followers?#whiny usamerican rant over for now #delete later

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alilbabysprout · 6 months

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I GOT INTO THE ONLINE COLLEGE I APPLIED TO

BACHELOR'S IN ENGLISH/CREATIVE WRITING HERE I COME

#literally cried when i got the email #I'm so happy and lucky to finally be in a place where i can afford to go to big boy college #thank you mimimum raise going up for food service workers and a very lucky housing situation #sprout talks

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the-punforgiven · 8 months

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Me, knowing full well I'm gonna be evicted from the house I've lived in since I was 9 in just a few short months, socially exhauted from watching a constant stream of people come in and look around with intent to buy my childhood home for three days in a row now, knowing that this'll keep happening for the rest of the week and right this moment people are engaged in a bidding war over the truest home I've ever lived in and that I'm powerless to do anything about it since I'm broke as shit: Man why do I feel so bad right now

#I remember we used to move around a lot when I was a kid #but this place was where we finally settled for so long #like I know on some level we'll make it through this since we always have before but just. man.#this shit sucks dude #this little shithole of a house #with ghosts in the walls and asbestos coating the outside #is the cheapest place in the entire town #and even HERE it feels like we're barely making ends meet #and so just watching people waltz around with clear intent to take this from us #the only place in town we can fucking afford #just kinda pisses me off tbh #especially with rent and housing prices skyrocketing since fucking covid #one of the guys apparently wanted to buy this property just to rent out to people #and I'm glad I wasn't in the room for that one because I don't think I could have held my tongue for that one #plus all these tours have been fucking with my sleep schedule and I'm exhausted as shit lol #plus the stupid fucking property service that my ''homeowner'' does deliberately anonymizes the shit out of him #so I don't even have a name or a face to be pissed at #just this vague nebulous force that's been bleeding us of money for years #who's never once done anything to help upkeep the house he owns #and now that he's faced with a fairly large cost he can't ignore #(something with the city and new pipes)#he's just gonna sell it and make it someone else's problem #and just completely uproot and fuck over our lives in the process #and the worst part is that I know this isn't even an uncommon experience #landlords pull this bullshit all the time #and it drives me insane that people are just fucking OKAY with that #not to speak for everyone since I'm just one broke queer person #but this shit should not be allowed to stand #well I've hit the limit on how many tags I'm allowed to post so I guess that's the end of that #Pun's text Posts

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dylanlila · 4 months

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i cried SO MUCH and i am still crying, but i was in irl house's office today 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

#jo in the tardis*#i cried before the class and then we had to do this exam on the computers #as a final evaluation or whatever and my account just WOULDN'T work and irl house and my favourite assistant were there with me #trying to fix it and they were both like you are ALWAYS on this account solving everything we know you would know how to log in #and then we managed to do it and when i tried to hand in my answers it just wouldn't accept them #so that's why i was in irl house's office because he was trying to fix it #and he has SO many books there... sooooo many i was just turning around trying to read every title #and i just kept thinking i really really hope i have this someday #and i had to try soooo hard not to cry right there #i've never had this in my life. ever. never ever ever ever. this sense of belonging somewhere entirely #and i think both irl house and my assistant sensed this was my problem today and they were both so kind to me #and she literally said that it doesn't end when the classes end ANY of it i can always come to lectures and ask them things #and that also made me want to cry #i just really love this place and these people and i can't afford to lose it... like i don't know what will i do if i fail this year #and can't come back for the next... i've finally FOUND my place and i can't lose it #like what will i do...

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medicasino · 10 months

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i literally cannot wait until there is actually other life sim games like the sims that are actually publicly available to play!!! like Tiny Life is out now and i do definitely want to play it but... come 2024 we might have Life by You and perhaps Vivaland in our hands... also i am Really Really awaiting Paralives as well i am PRAYING for a release date to be announced. like i will exercise as much patience as i can but tbh ts4 is depriving me (i only have base game + my first pet stuff + desert luxe kit so i dont have 95% of the gameplay i want .) and i would love to just be able to have something else to play too??