I love credit cards so much! v2.0 (see first page for add'l details)

[hsmamato2]

well dang, that coconut point resort was on my radar. Maybe I could book it now for easter weekend...

Both maui resorts are going up too.

Annnndddd both Charleston properties that I was eyeing as a portion of my 2 month summer residence.

I'm staying at coconut point in a couple of weeks! I was kind of skimming the Hyatt chatter until I saw that- I was thrilled with such a cheap redemption..... 8k per night with free breakfast!

 

[hsmamato2]

I have the current cards in this wallet
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G851Y4C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Old cancelled cards in a rubber band in the drawer lol

Oh..... I have my cards and pages/info in my notebook binder also.... (in little baseball card pages,yes. I hadn't thought about the fact I used to do my coupons this same way!

 

[DisneyMandC]

Ugh...so my Hyatt pts didn't post this month for either SUB tier (40k or 20k additional pts). I met MSR too close to my statement closing date, I guess. I put $2k on early in the statement month, then $2K two days before the statement, and the last $2k the day before statement closing. When I check Chase for pts detail, it says I've earned 6k pts that have been transferred to WoH, but no SUB pts listed. Booo. Will have to wait to see it post on my March statement probably.

Hate it when that happens! Thanks for letting me know.

 

[wendow]

so applied for the CIP initial method last night. Got the message we will let you know in writing. called the status line immediately because we all know how patient I am at waiting! Got the 2 week message. Called the status line this morning and approved! Already called and expiated the cards. I'll update once I get the sign up bonus (sorry can't use that abbreviation). Now do I apply for DH's card or wait till I meet some of this spend to put some time between the two apps

Congrats!! How many chase biz cards does this make for you and how long had you had your first CIP? Thinking about trying this for my dh to get him another CIP. I'm over 5/24 so no bueno for me right now.

 

[palhockeymomof2]

so applied for the CIP initial method last night. Got the message we will let you know in writing. called the status line immediately because we all know how patient I am at waiting! Got the 2 week message. Called the status line this morning and approved! Already called and expiated the cards. I'll update once I get the sign up bonus (sorry can't use that abbreviation). Now do I apply for DH's card or wait till I meet some of this spend to put some time between the two apps

Congrats ...if you can meet the spend on both I’d go for it

 

[amalone1013]

We have 5 of the Disney Kinkades and then quite a few Disney Ravensburger puzzles. I find the Kinkades so hard and we are puzzle diehards. We bought one to do at Christmas and could never even get it finished. About 2/3 of the puzzle looks like exactly the same color pieces

They are hard! I hadn't done puzzles in years, but BIL gave me this set for Christmas last year.

So far I've done the Dwarves last Christmas and then this year at Christmas I just felt inspired to do a puzzle so I did Mickey and Minnie in one night... I thought my eyes would fall out from looking at flowers.

Then we got these two, I think last January on our trip. Or maybe the castle in WDW last January and RSR in DLR last April. What's funny is DH was more of the instigator of the purchases, but he's not much of a puzzle person and did not help with either kinkade so far.

Actually, now I feel like doing a puzzle so maybe I'll break one out tonight.

 

[amalone1013]

Also, I'm addicted to the art print postcards. I have a whole stack from various trips and want to do a big gallery wall, using those plus personal photos in it.

 

[linzjane88]

I love this wallet, I'm so glad I got one. I broke down last week and got a 40 card one of Amazon, for sock drawers cards and such.

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Next I want to go thru my Samasung Pay wallet and add all the AMEXs with a cheat sheet as to which is which, for offers and random spend

I should have mentioned I only use my baseball card holder thing for my 'sock drawered' cards. How crazy would you look lugging a binder with 100CC's in all displayed in their little sleeves? Well probably as crazy as I looked lugging the binder full of coupons around I guess.

We have 5 of the Disney Kinkades and then quite a few Disney Ravensburger puzzles. I find the Kinkades so hard and we are puzzle diehards. We bought one to do at Christmas and could never even get it finished. About 2/3 of the puzzle looks like exactly the same color pieces

Ooh! I didn't know I was in the company of fellow puzzle nerds! I recently switched over to the Ravensburger ones and my word they are so much better. Higher quality, no questionable fits, and way thicker. Plus those blurry soft lined Thomas Kinkade ones are so hard! I still have an Aladdin TK one waiting for me on the shelf though. We finished the Pixar Scrapbook one and it was so much fun https://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Disney-Pixar-Scrapbook-Puzzle/dp/B079SPWC1M. I worked on it for a few nights sipping tea and binge watching Wild Country on Netflix. Currently working on the Pixar movie reel puzzle and....yikes it's hard! Lots of similar colors and patterns.

 

[Haley R]

Yeah, but where are the penguins? Seriously, EEK! Stay warm.

Yeah we got the bad end of it. Poopie weather with no penguins!

 

[wendow]

They are hard! I hadn't done puzzles in years, but BIL gave me this set for Christmas last year.

So far I've done the Dwarves last Christmas and then this year at Christmas I just felt inspired to do a puzzle so I did Mickey and Minnie in one night... I thought my eyes would fall out from looking at flowers.

Then we got these two, I think last January on our trip. Or maybe the castle in WDW last January and RSR in DLR last April. What's funny is DH was more of the instigator of the purchases, but he's not much of a puzzle person and did not help with either kinkade so far.

Actually, now I feel like doing a puzzle so maybe I'll break one out tonight.

We have a different 4-pack of the kinkades but it has the Cinderella one too. The other one I bought at Christmas is Mickey and Minnie ice skating https://www.amazon.com/Ceaco-Thomas-Kinkade-Sweetheart-Holiday/dp/B000GKEW4E

My friend brought me one from the parks that is a Signature one but we've not broken it out yet. Our favs are the Ravensburger. We do the 1000 pieces since we have a 7yo who loves doing puzzles in the mix and he does great with those.

 

[Haley R]

I should have mentioned I only use my baseball card holder thing for my 'sock drawered' cards. How crazy would you look lugging a binder with 100CC's in all displayed in their little sleeves? Well probably as crazy as I looked lugging the binder full of coupons around I guess.



Ooh! I didn't know I was in the company of fellow puzzle nerds! I recently switched over to the Ravensburger ones and my word they are so much better. Higher quality, no questionable fits, and way thicker. Plus those blurry soft lined Thomas Kinkade ones are so hard! I still have an Aladdin TK one waiting for me on the shelf though. We finished the Pixar Scrapbook one and it was so much fun https://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Disney-Pixar-Scrapbook-Puzzle/dp/B079SPWC1M. I worked on it for a few nights sipping tea and binge watching Wild Country on Netflix. Currently working on the Pixar movie reel puzzle and....yikes it's hard! Lots of similar colors and patterns.

That Pixar puzzle looks really fun!

 

[wendow]

Ooh! I didn't know I was in the company of fellow puzzle nerds! I recently switched over to the Ravensburger ones and my word they are so much better. Higher quality, no questionable fits, and way thicker. Plus those blurry soft lined Thomas Kinkade ones are so hard! I still have an Aladdin TK one waiting for me on the shelf though. We finished the Pixar Scrapbook one and it was so much fun https://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Disney-Pixar-Scrapbook-Puzzle/dp/B079SPWC1M. I worked on it for a few nights sipping tea and binge watching Wild Country on Netflix. Currently working on the Pixar movie reel puzzle and....yikes it's hard! Lots of similar colors and patterns.

YES!!! Love puzzles. Our family loves doing them together and I have to be careful how much I do after the kids go to bed. If they get up the next morning and see I did much, they get mad at me We don't have that Ravensburger one! Maybe we need this as a family V-day gift

 

[Haley R]

They are hard! I hadn't done puzzles in years, but BIL gave me this set for Christmas last year.

So far I've done the Dwarves last Christmas and then this year at Christmas I just felt inspired to do a puzzle so I did Mickey and Minnie in one night... I thought my eyes would fall out from looking at flowers.

Then we got these two, I think last January on our trip. Or maybe the castle in WDW last January and RSR in DLR last April. What's funny is DH was more of the instigator of the purchases, but he's not much of a puzzle person and did not help with either kinkade so far.

Actually, now I feel like doing a puzzle so maybe I'll break one out tonight.

I actually saw some of those as artwork at the festival. I took a picture because they had our puzzle there as a painting!

 

[elgerber]

We have a 4 pack of the Kinkades, I bought it just for one, the Tangled Lantern puzzle. Alexa loved the print, but the puzzle was way cheaper LOL, so she put it together and we framed it. The other three are still sealed in the plastic bags in the closet, 4 years later LOL.

 

[Haley R]

What did you get? We have a couple puzzles to do also. A few Disney Kinkades and then a few we got at the parks

We have a kinkade beauty and the beast puzzle. We got it on Black Friday at target two years ago and it took us that entire time to finish it. It was so hard and Dh and I had no motivation to finish it. I told him I need that puzzle off my coffee table lol.

 

[Haley R]

Yep, that's what I see too. I am soooooooooooo over it. It can all just stop now. These commutes the last two weeks are insane, my husband is just beyond crabby! And his company sells and services snow removal equipment, and no one takes care of their stuff so they are super crazy with people needing repairs. Last night someone called to drop off a non working tractor, and they didn't show up until 30 minutes after he closed.

Omg that would be so annoying. I’ve never seen the schools closed this much. They’re gonna have a rude awakening this summer when they’re still in school through June

 

[amalone1013]

We have a kinkade beauty and the beast puzzle. We got it on Black Friday at target two years ago and it took us that entire time to finish it. It was so hard and Dh and I had no motivation to finish it. I told him I need that puzzle off my coffee table lol.

I need to glue the Mickey and Minnie one. I have it on a piece of foam board and just keep moving it from place to place to get it out of the way.

 

[elgerber]

Omg that would be so annoying. I’ve never seen the schools closed this much. They’re gonna have a rude awakening this summer when they’re still in school through June

That was exactly my thought when they show video of the kids being all excited about snow days, boy will they change their tunes about June 10th LOL.
Thank goodness my kids are not in school anymore, it's just ridiculous at this point. We got 6 inches overnight, what did you end up with? Seriously not sure how my dogs are navigating the yard at this point.

 

[wendow]

We have a kinkade beauty and the beast puzzle. We got it on Black Friday at target two years ago and it took us that entire time to finish it. It was so hard and Dh and I had no motivation to finish it. I told him I need that puzzle off my coffee table lol.

We have that one too (was in a 4-pack we have). And I just realized as we are discussing this that I have another kinkade 4-pack that some friends gave us two Christmases ago. I never even opened them since just thinking back to our first 4-pack exhausted me. Now I feel bad. I meant to get them out and try them but just never did

 

[Haley R]

I need to glue the Mickey and Minnie one. I have it on a piece of foam board and just keep moving it from place to place to get it out of the way.

So this was our first puzzle and we didn’t really think about the whole framing it or hanging it part. I found sticky strip type things online that had really good reviews and we ordered those instead of having to glue it. It comes with two plastic hangers so we didn’t end up buying a frame. They are supposed to come Thursday but I’m not really sure how to get our puzzle flipped over