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Is it me or does anyone else wonder why SOME of those who ask for the RAOK offerings don't say thanks in PMs? Not even a TY?

Bittersweet, the DH left for Kuwait. Attended conference, flew to Dubai, whoops, no transit visa to Afghanistan which he should have been furnished before leaving US. No intl cell phone service, no internet without a hotel. I had devised a plan to pay the house payment on Monday, the last grace day before being late. Now had to withdraw a chunk of those funds to pay for cab fares to hotel, to embassy, back to hotel, back to embassy, back to airport, not in that order perhaps but also pay for the...

The overseas contract offer went silent for 3weeks while my husband prepared to leave. His footlocker is packed in the living room; but something is wrong and we don't know what it is. Went into almost panic mode and started educating myself on the foreclosure process paying particular attention to deed in lieu. I have learned how to roll RRs into food items to keep us in smaller meals.

Back from an urgent trip, a bit too personal to share here, I try to get back into a routine while waiting to see if my DH is getting an overseas job. Knowing I have to sell my house, I try to think of ways to really be bargain intensive because transition is coming and with that comes a slack in income. How can I use Walgreens and CVS to have food and a few necessities while the income is on life support?

Anyway, because my DH hates my couponing and that's because I am unorganized,...