Crescent Connection

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Got something in the mail today and apparently they are going to a new 3rd party administrator (probably a fallout of the hacking event). It claims expanded investment options but feels like fewer to me. Pretty much all of the Vanguard funds will map to either US Equity Index or International Equity index. Hopefully these are still vanguard funds with vanguard expense ratios.

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These options are horrible with the new 3rd party service. Basically just 2 funds worth a shite...START US Equity Index Portfolio and START International Equity Index Portfolio. Everything else is capital preservation/bonds or a target date fund. Very disappointing.

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No. Might even make it better.

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What’s your reasoning on that?

My kids travel well. Ages 14, 9, 7 and 5. Last few 12+ hour trips, we’ve only had to stop twice for gas and food. I enjoy getting on the road that early because it’s almost guaranteed that I will have no traffic on the basin, in BR, on I-12 or in Mobile.

Plan on leaving Lafayette at 2am. That puts us at Foley around 7am. Destin around 8am. Lunch at the turnpike around noon-1pm.

Taking the family to Disney World in a few weeks for the kids’ fall break. Went 2 years ago and stopped only twice from Lafayette. Gas’d up at Buc-ee’s in Foley and grabbed breakfast there and then stopped for lunch at Tropical Smoothie in Lake City by the I-75 turnpike. Seeing if anyone knows of any hidden gems along the way for either breakfast or lunch.

We have 4. Ages 14, 9, 7, and 5. I wish we could have a 5th, but my wife had 4 c-sections and her OBGYN doctor told her she would be too high risk for a 5th. We're both working parents and don't have immediate help nearby (her parents 1 hour way and mine are 2.5 hours away). It's very busy and constant chaos, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Our kids are our world, and they will have purpose on this earth as adults. We send them to private school and vacation as much as financially possible. It's worth all the hours working to provide them that luxury. And we're not OT baller rich either.

If your hesitant because you don't think you can financially afford kids or that you will need help, my advice is that you will find a way to make it work. And it's worth it. In 13-14 years, we would potentially be empty nesters, but we won't be alone when we're in our 60s/70s and older.

These 11 female jurors need to be outed and given constant ridicule till the day they die. White liberal women are just the worst.

Busch Fireplace on Settlers Trace does grill cleaning/maintenance.

My dumbass wasn’t thinking clearly. I saw some Virginia buttonweed around a few of my Eagleston Hollys planted back in January. They are in my lawn by the fence line. Spot sprayed under the drip line of a few of them.

How screwed am I? No big deal or should I dig up the top layer of dirt that I sprayed?

Surprised St. Thomas Moore is not on the list.

We flew into Kalispell. Maybe 45 minutes to an hour to get to Whitefish or Somers. We stayed in Somers and would drive into Whitefish for dinner every night.

Abruzzo for Italian.
Herb and Omni for farm to table ($$$)
Blackstar Brew Pub for lunch or if you get back from hiking late, can eat outside upstairs and it’s still daylight till 10pm