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ring camera with spotlights in place of any existing outdoor light fixtures work well. They pick up street traffic outside my house. I have flush mount lights on the front porch so that does not work there but we have used the battery powered ones there and on the back porch. They are rechargeabl...

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You can use I bonds as an emergency savings vehicle. No tax on interest until maturity. Don't go crazy on savings you are likely getting taxed on interest at your marginal tax rate plus a surcharge of 3.8 percent and state taxes so if you have excess savings you might as well use it for something ...

A second vote for the waterfall drive Oregon Trail museum is quite good Beaches on the coast are awesome Lots of good wineries to visit...

columbia newton ridge plus 2 I have used these for 10 plus years good out of the box. Good tread and insole. Waterproofing is good. I wear in them working outdoors in the summer. Available in wide width....

I have done a fair amount around my houses and growing up when my parents moved or built a house we did a lot of our own landscaping. Whatever the plants you want cost, you can figure 3-4 times that is what it will cost to get it planted professionally. Pay attention to the spacing suggested ...

Nice reply to the O.P. 8) Set up your accounts to invest in them each month and split it out to the funds the way you see fit after you spend some time to educate yourself on the fund mix. OP, I keep it even simpler than this and have kept putting money in every month. I increased it whenever...

I agree with all of this [quote]Yep, do this. This debt will weigh you down forever. The delta from 4.24% vs 5% in CDs is beans. Pay the sucker off Take $13.5K out of the ~$33K left from sale of condo and fund your '23 and '24 Roth ($6.5K for '23 and $7K for '24) Put the remaining $19.5K in t...

Just send him the link to this post and the replies and he will figure things out....

If Camby is not too far away it might be an option. My siter lives there and I have visited a few times. Small town feel about half an hour from Portland. Portland was awesome in the late 90's but a crap hole now. I can't speak for schools....