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Greenville is a wonderful city with a vibrant downtown and arts scene. The homeschool community is large, but skewed towards the more conservative. It is politically conservative.
If I were you, I'd look for housing on the north side of town/county, that way you are close to Asheville and the NC mountains. All the newer developments, though, seem to be in the south.
Atlanta and Charlotte are both around 2-2 1/2 hours away (in opposite directions).
There are four distinct seasons with the summers not too hot and the winters not too cold.
It's the home of Bob Jones University, but if that school is not your cuppa, then it's very easy to avoid it and those associated with it.
I love Greenville and would move back in a heartbeat.
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It really depends on the state. I've had interactions with GAL in two states and one state gave much greater authority to the GAL than the other.
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This is no longer accurate. At least not for my county. It's now August 31.
Nope, it's the whole state:
In the OP's scenario, though, the cutoff date would have still been Oct. 16.
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I would tell her that someone else who was there gave a very different account of what happened
This is the plan. We plan to talk to the mom and daughter in the front yard with the neighbors watching. We're going to say that Lacy told us what they did and give Katie a chance to tell the truth.
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Delete them from your Facebook accounts too. I would also delete or put private anyone on your Facebook who you think would allow her to see your account through theirs.
Thanks for the advice. I've deleted and blocked her. Thankfully we don't have any mutual friends. None of the neighbors like her and her kids either, but they love us. :001_smile:
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This girl has the potential to ruin someone's life as she gets older. All someone needs is a "he raped me" or "he touched me" accusation. Even the rock incident, seeing as she went so far as to injure herself for verisimilitude, could lead to an assault charge against your son if someone were to take her seriously. That's why the documentation you are putting together is so important. Fortunately, your son is only 6 so I would doubt it would ever go that far but as they get older, it could get serious.
This is what scares me. Some people just don't seem to have a conscience and will say whatever they want and don't care if it hurts others. Thankfully they are renters and mom has a new boyfriend who lives about an hour away. I don't see them living here much longer.
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Document, photograph and Whatever else you need to do to protect your family. I would also NEVER allow my children alone around them. Personally, I would pull my children out of all programs that this family participated in. Your poor son hid under the house, that is so sad.
Their grandparents go to our church, but we don't know them. We've told the boys that if they see anyone from that family they are supposed to come straight to us or the Children's ministry director.
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DH suggested Emma is displaying sociopathic behavior and probably needs professional help.
That's the first thing I thought of.
I think Katie is deeply disturbed also. Both times Sally has yelled at and accused my boys of doing something they didn't do, Katie was the one who lied to her.
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After you clear up the current miss-understanding, I would never have anything to do with them. If it were me, I wouldn't even let my kids ride their bikes past their houses. I remember a kid like this when I was a kid, and they were bad news.
We had a long talk with our boys tonight and told them they are to never talk to that family again. If the mom tries to talk to them, they are to come straight home. Unfortunately we live on a cul-de-sac, so they have to ride past their house to get off our street.
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I'm so sorry this happened. Glad the other child saw it...
Hope it gets straightened out soon. :grouphug:
Thank you
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Call your neighbor and have her document what really happened. Have Lacy and her mom sign and date it.
I'm writing up something right now. Good idea to have them sign and date it. I've also taken screen shots of the facebook/text messages.
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We live in the best neighborhood on the best street. It is truly an awesome place to live. However, we have some people who have been renting a house up the street for the past year who have made things a little more unpleasant.
Back story here:
When they first moved onto our street, the mom from the rental, Sally, came down to my house and said that my then 10 year old son had mowed over her two year old with his bike and was laughing about it. The way she talked made it sound like she had seen the whole thing. I went to find my son and ask him about it and finally found him under the house crying because he felt so bad. He said the toddler had walked out in the road in front of him.Turns out the mom didn't see it and it was her 3rd grade daughter, Katie, who was "baby-sitting" the two year old who saw it and told her mom that my son hit the toddler on purpose. Sally admitted not seeing what happened when I asked her about it. We've tried to steer clear of them since then, but have had a few minor run-ins with Katie taunting my boys as they ride their bikes up and down the street.
This summer, Katie was in the same VBS class as my middle son and then just a few weeks later, she was in a church art camp with him. Since Sally is a single mom and the art camp was a long drive, I decided to be kind and offer to carpool. Sally was super sweet and friendly so I thought maybe we had just gotten off on the wrong foot.
Today Sally sends me a facebook message that says my youngest son (6) had hit her daughter's friend, Emma, in the head with a rock. Since that is so out of character for my son, I was pretty suspicious. When I asked him what happened, he started crying and said Katie and Emma were throwing things and him and calling him names. These are two 9/10 year old girls! He did admit that he picked up a rock and threatened them, but he dropped it. He then told me that Sally threatened to call the police on him. What the what? (said in my best Liz Lemon voice.) What kind of person threatens a six year old with the police!? Especially when she didn’t see what happened?
Then another neighbor called me and her daughter, Lacy, filled in the details for me. Turns out Katie and Emma asked Lacy for a rock, so she handed them one and then Emma HIT HERSELF in the head with it. When Lacy asked why she was doing that, Katie and Emma said they were going to tell Sally that my son threw it at her so that he would get in trouble.
I’ve texted Sally and told her we needed to talk, that we found out there is more to the story. She texted back and said she wasn’t home at the moment and that Emma’s parents are “really upset.†I told her Emma’s parents were welcome to call us too.
So, there we stand. I’m beyond livid.
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Oh, I also found out that my neighbor's niece is good friends with my cousin. My cousin and the neighbor's niece live across the state from us.
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If it makes you feel any better, I was two seconds away from doing the same thing. I caught it right as I was about to hit the final order button. :grouphug:
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I found out that my husband and a friend of mine from high school were born on the same day at the same hospital and their moms were hospital roommates.
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I just explain to the kids that in our culture, it's considered rude and ask them to not point with their middle finger. I don't get into why it's considered rude. I start the first time they point with that finger.
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:D Yes I think I'm very tidy.
Aren't cats usually very tidy?:leaving: :D
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I have this cover in sky blue for my Nook and I love it. It is so sturdy and so well made. I'm rough on things and the Oberon cover really does a great job. I love it so much that I'm getting ready to order a cover for the new Nook I bought for my kids.
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Click Contacts (above the big red "Compose Mail" button)-->(the big red "Compose Mail" button has turned into) New Contact
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Have you been able to do this recently? I was able to save the file to my computer, and as long as I did not open the file, the check out period would not start until I actually opened it through ADE.
The last few times I have tried it, it would not work though :( After doing some reading on a Nook message board, it sounds as if Overdrive has been able stop
that ability.
I was bummed. It always seems like all my holds open up at once, and I can't read them all.
Oh no! I haven't check any ebooks out of the library this summer, so it's absolutely positive that that has changed. Too bad, because like you I seem to get all my holds available at once.
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Another trick I figured out. Your checkout time doesn't start until you put it on your nook. You can check out a bunch at one time and just let them sit on your computer until you're ready to read them.
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I've actually never read any. I just remembered people on here loving her. I'm going to buy them, though. Which one should I read first?
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B&N nook is offering all of Georgette Heyer's books for $1.99 today.
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I can't take the background music myself. I hate to admit my sillyness but background instrumental music is just like images of teddy bears with angel wings...I immediately turn and run away. :D
Probably sounds shallow but I tend to think the images and style of a blog generally reflect the content. If the styling of it doesn't appeal to me then generally the content doesn't either.
:iagree: The quickest way to get me to leave your blog is to have auto-play music.
Tell me about the Greenville/Spartanburg SC area!
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The school system is excellent. Of course, like every school system, there are some not so great ones, but over-all they are above average.