I think we will be close to starting a family and once that happens we’ve talked about me staying home. Dh and I both are on board with me being a stay at home mom. My teaching license actually expires this year in November so I’m not sure what I’ll do. I’d have to look at the process of changing my license to a Florida one
I see some houses that would be in our budget but their pushing our limit. Dh should get a big increase in salary though if we move (otherwise we won’t probably move). Does PT mean part time? If so, yes! lolWe looked at doc Phillips. It’s really nice but definitely on the pricier side. May be within your budget though. You could get on PT at Disney
Yeah we won’t rent an apartment. It would be best to get one place and stay because we have cats and it’s hard to move with them but we would be okay renting if we aren’t finding the perfect houseI can see your DH's point because we felt the same & were considering buying where we live now, but we never pulled the trigger & I have to say that buying would not have been the best decision. We loved the neighborhood, we were 20 minutes from Disney... but my fiance had a LONG commute to work every day & it was really not at all fun for him. The long commute initially seemed like a good idea because we didn't want to live in the craziness mid-city & we liked having our own space - but it turned out that we just went too far out of the way. So, we ended up buying into one of the "garden suburbs" which, while not cheap, is really the best of both worlds - but we didn't initially realize that.
Additionally, the only properties available to buy in our old neighborhood were apartments & we didn't want to raise a family in an apartment, no matter how big or nice it was.
Lol that’s definitely a possibility. I’m sure we could live off the novelty of a pregnant drummer
Give yourself credit too!! There are a lot of people who stop by this thread or see something on reddit or a blog about points and think, eh - not worth it! YOU took the time to jump in here, YOU took the time to read & ask for advice, and YOU took action! I definitely appreciate how you thank all of the wonderful folks we have here, but also acknowledge that you did what 99%+ of people aren't willing to do, and that's learn and apply that knowledge of this game towards something that provided you a lot of happiness!I want to take a minute to say thank you to all of you. When I found this thread I was just looking for a way to accumulate some points so that my family could take another trip abroad without waiting 6-7 years to refill the bank of points we spent on our summer 2018 trip. Thanks to your encouragement, patience, and advice we have what we need for that next trip and it's booked for 2020, plus enough that I am hoping we can get to visit our DD this fall. If I hadn't found you all having this kind of flexibility to be able to add on an unexpected trip to Norway to visit my daughter wouldn't even be remotely possible. I think we still need more miles, and maybe some strategic advice since we will be looking for seats without a one-year lead this time, but I can't even begin to explain how amazing this is. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.
My dh’s parents were in a band for 15’ish years. My MIL was the lead singer and she went through her pregnancy, with my dh, still performing every night. My dh is named after the bar they played in every night lol. Once he was born they kept playing and she’d leave him in a bassinet with the bartender! I dont recommend that but apparently they’d get a lot of celebs in ( this was in LA) and they’d all take turns holding him lol!
That’s really cool!!!!!
I think whenever someone hangs up on you it should be “bonvoyed” because my thankfully limited interactions with Marriot CSRs involved being hung up on. “I was talking to my mom and we got in a disagreement and she bonvoyed on me!”This is what they deserve for "BONVOY"
It feels like it's been forever since I've contributed, but I didn't feel right posting about weather since I'm in TampaI did get to visit Denver last month for our company's SKO, and did my second snow angel ever! Then proceeded to walk 4 blocks while it was snowing and 3 degrees. I've had enough cold for the year, this Florida girl was ready for heat and humidity!!
We've hit MSR on P2's CIP (a month early by paying medical bills), and are ready for a new MSR!
Current Stats:
P1
08/18 - CHASE CIP
10/18 - CHASE CSP
P2
01/19 - CHASE CIP
The plan was to do the SW DD (Personal/Biz) this month for me for the CP, then refer P2 to CSP in June. We don't have immediate need for the CP or RRs (wouldn't need to fly SW until summer 2020 for DL trip), and have about 300K MRs we can use for flights to Utah in January (SW doesn't have direct flights into SLC). I mean, I could always find a way to use RRs though - it would be a great excuse for a trip!
Should I stick to the current plan? We will have another round of medical bills in April (my son has to congenital heart defects that require annual monitoring), so that would be an easy $3K to put towards an MSR during that time.
Thoughts?
Is this old news? I saw that starting in 2021 we will need a Visa to go to Europe? Not pleased about this one.
