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  • Birthday 09/24/1966

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  1. This is our favorite recipe (I use mayo instead of Miracle Whip - personal choice). It's a little salty right away but it gets better as it sits. I make a double batch because my teen boys take huge mounded bowls of it! http://www.food.com/recipe/charlies-famous-chicken-salad-with-grapes-53508
  2. We've discussed and considered, and have decided to pay to have them rescore the tests (and probably to get the frq booklets as well). There are just enough things that don't add up that it's worth it for the peace of mind if nothing else. I am just hoping that I don't have to get into it with CB over this. If it comes to that, asta, I want to hire you to be my Confrontation Consultant, lol. I'm way too lily-livered when it comes to this kind of stuff.
  3. He's a senior this year, and needed a 4 or higher on both exams to place out of the core economics requirement - which was why he was taking both exams. I tend to agree that if it were only one test with a poor score it would be more likely to have been a scoring error - but the scores are worse than he did on Dr. Richman's final exam, after which he started doing test prep in order to improve. I would chalk it up to unsuccessful prep except for the fact that he felt very confident coming out of the tests. I suppose it's just a life lesson for him. I do wish the class continued further into the spring, however - I think test review within the class would have been a helpful thing. At the very least, he's got a solid economics foundation that will hopefully help him with his core requirement next year. The mom with the checkbook just wishes she weren't paying tuition for this all over again, heh.
  4. Okay, I have what feels like a really dumb question, but I'm hoping there's some Hive wisdom out there. DS took AP Economics this year with PA Homeschoolers. It wasn't his favorite class ever, but he liked the games and ended the class with an A-. He prepped with the Barron's book and aced the practice test. He took both Macro and Micro tests, and came out feeling like he had been well prepared and was confident about his scores. He's taken AP's before, and gotten 5's, so he's familiar with what it takes to score well on these tests. This morning he got his scores - both 2's. He is kind of shocked because he was not expecting those scores at ALL. Has anyone ever had this situation? I keep wanting to think that perhaps there was some scoring mistake, although I realize it's unlikely. But it's just so bizarre - he really felt like he had probably gotten 4's on both tests, and now he's discouraged and disappointed. Should I investigate this with CB, or will that just make both of us look foolish? If this has happened to your kids, what did you do (besides pick up the pieces and encourage them that it wasn't the end of the world)?
  5. This made me laugh out loud this morning, thanks! We are in the same boat here with DS. He's not a big fan of transition/change, so I have been prodding a lot. "Would you like me to order your summer reading book for you?" "Have you checked your portal to see if there's any new information on roommates?" "You should really be checking your college email address more than oh, once a month." :glare: I know he's not ambivalent about going, because he's going to school 8 hours away even though his girlfriend would like him to stay closer, so. I think he just doesn't want to deal with any of it because it's boring, it's summer and he'd rather play Minecraft. Sigh.
  6. The area director is a 20-something who's been in charge for a couple of years, but I'm sure there are times when the director is gone for a period and the scouts are left in charge, and as far as I know they handle themselves quite ably. Everyone on the shooting ranges, regardless of age, takes safety VERY seriously, and if they weren't deemed responsible enough they wouldn't be working there. My guy, who in everyday life is a pretty major goof-off, gets really fracked at scouts and especially ADULTS who don't listen to instructions and then get irritated and mouthy with staff when they get kicked off the range for the week.
  7. This is my son - his whole life revolves around robotics, and he has one requirement left to finish for the Robotics merit badge. However, since everyone (in good fun) has given him such a hard time about it, now he refuses to finish the badge. :rolleyes: He figures he earned his Eagle rank, has enough mb's and time to get a couple of palms before he ages out, and so he's all good. I figure it's his experience, so I just work on keeping my mouth shut. Sort of, lol. He is working camp staff this summer (and having a blast), where yes, as a 17 year old he is helping teach the Archery MB. Our camp has scouts as staff, and plenty of them do a fine job. Some of them are a little rough around the edges but leading a MB is part of their learning/leadership experience, too.
  8. Meh. I don't care what kind of rodent it is, frankly. It's fear and pain don't trump the fear, potential for pain and potential for property damage of the humans in my house. Different strokes.
  9. Okay, this is hilarious. :lol: And fwiw, I am totally with you. Compassion would pretty much be the last thing on my mind if I found a flying rodent in my toilet in the middle of the night. <shudder>
  10. We voted at a church within walking distance of my house. The lines were long but it was full of neighbors visiting and strangers helping each other navigate the confusing line system. It felt real, and democratic, and patriotic. I am sure that mail in ballots are convenient, but I wouldn't trade my neighborhood polling place for anything. Wish there had been a bake sale, though, that would have made the 40 minute wait easier to handle. ;)
  11. Five robo-calls Saturday, six yesterday and seven today. I'm pretty sure I'm taking the phone off the hook tomorrow so we can get schoolwork done. On Wednesday I can turn the phone back on and un-hide quite a few people on Facebook. There just needs to be a sea change in how elections are done in this country. It won't ever happen, but I can sure dream.
  12. Agreed. A gazillion thanks to the powers that be for keeping this a political free zone - it is such a relief.
  13. When my boys were younger teens, I came to the realization that they would eat carbs from the moment they crawled out of bed until the moment they crawled back in - and never, ever be full. Plus they were scrawny and not particularly energetic. So, I decided to get rid of the empty carbs, and it made a huge difference. They actually eat LESS because they are filling up on protein and fat instead and it keeps them full longer. I took the toaster out of the kitchen and put it in storage, and they get a loaf of whole grain bread a week which is enough to keep them in sandwiches. Otherwise they get full-fat homemade yogurt (to lower the sugar content), veggies, string cheese, stuff like that. We are all happier.
  14. Me! We lived in a little isolated neighborhood in small town central MA - it wasn't a high plowing priority, and we had no school, so my friends and I spent the days cross-country skiing up and down the streets and dragging each other around on sleds. My folks still have a picture of my dad up on a ladder digging the 4-foot deep snowdrifts off the roof. I don't remember losing power or anything, but it was a fairly new neighborhood with underground cables so we might have been okay. I remember the travel restrictions, though.
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