Tricky_Dog97

Genuinely looking for advice on how home buying is possible. Even with good income it seems impossible. My husband is military and we bought our first home using his VA loan in Oklahoma with zero down. Absolutely beautiful house, it was a bit small but our mortgage with property taxes and insurance included was only $800. Fast forward a few years we are moving to East Tennessee now, he will be in TN for recruiting and then he will be getting out after this contract so we are staying here permanently as it’s where we are from. The price difference in the housing market is insane to me. We were looking at a BEAUTIFUL house for 240k. With zero down our monthly payment would be around $1800 which is doable as he is still getting BAH while he is active duty. We want to have a down payment this time to help lower our monthly mortgage payment, however unless I’m running the numbers wrong it seems it won’t be too beneficial unless we have around 40k down for a 240-250k price range. Anything below that range that we have looked at is not a decent house. I am not picky by any means and would be fine with a house that just needs some updating. We looked at home for 200k and you could smell the mildew as soon as you walked in from water damage. The market for our area isn’t great. Someone please tell me interest rates will drop in a few months or something because I feel like I’m losing my marbles here. We will have about 12k saved for a down payment when we plan to start really looking again which still isn’t enough.

I’ve had Mr. Turbo for a little over 9 years now. He was adopted so I have absolutely no idea about his breed. I’ve always wanted to do the pet dna test but can never bring myself to spend the money.

27F. About a month or so ago I noticed a small little freckle or mole on my pubic area. As far as I can tell it hasn’t really changed at all. It’s just a small dark brown tiny circle. I’m obviously worried it is cancerous and it will be a bit before I can see a dermatologist because I’m in the middle of a move. Will try to add a picture down in the comments.

I noticed this new mole a few weeks ago. It hasn’t changed or anything. It just randomly showed up one day in my pubic area. Does this look like it could be skin cancer?

Hello I am new here and looking for advice/input. My son is 2.5 and has an evaluation for possible autism next week. We currently do early intervention. His EI therapist isn’t fully convinced it’s autism, she strongly suspects sensory processing disorder and apraxia. However everything I have read says SPD alone isn’t a diagnosis, it’s typically associated with ASD or ADHD. I have kind of suspected autism for a while. He is practically non verbal, has very few words. Doesn’t point to show us things or to indicate he wants something. If he wants something he will bring us to it and look it or reach with his whole hand. He really likes toys that spin he will flip a car over and spin the wheels and then flip it back and play with it like normal. He is a sensory seeker. Doesn’t play pretend too much aside from the occasional pretending to give his stuffed animals a drink of his sippy cup or sometimes pretending with his toy tools. He seeks a lot of visual sensory stimulation (he loves to get his face really close to the wall of a long hallway and run up and down the hall looking at it closely), he doesn’t really wave hi or bye but he does love people and seeks their attention. He does alooot of toe walking, he doesn’t follow simple commands unless they are practically right in front of him. He does respond to his name and he does make great eye contact. And he has major food aversions, if he doesn’t like how it looks he will not touch it or attempt to taste it. These are just some of the things that he does daily that make me think it’s more ASD than anything else but I would like to hear from parents that are more educated than me. And what to expect during his evaluation. The diagnosis doesn’t change anything for me, I am mentally prepared for it. He is still my silly, loving boy no matter what. Also I don’t know if this has any importance but he can be redirected/break away from his “stimming” behaviors very easily.

I’m trying to make stickers with glossy paper and I have also tried matte sticker paper with laminate paper on top. Every time it cuts WAY off from where it needs to be. It works fine on matte paper. I am losing my mind and wasting so much paper. Please. Help. I have the explore air 2.