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On 4/7/2024 at 8:39 PM, Heartstrings said:
If people writing articles could do a wee quick google and see that many millennials are in their 30s that would be fantastic. Every millennial I know is already married with kids. I’m an “elder millennial” and have adult children (I started young) and a teenager.
On 4/7/2024 at 9:00 PM, Brittany1116 said:Also, I think there are a lot of people who mean "twenty somethings" when they use the term millennial, not realizing most millennials are 30s and even early 40s.
21 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said:So true! I’m on the boundary between x and millennial and most of these generation articles feels like they are talking about my kids generation not mine when they say millennials!
For real. I'm a millennial with 4 kids, including some teenagers and while I was young when I started, I wasn't THAT young (in my 20s).
"Groceries ranked highest for millennials and Gen Zers, outpacing restaurants, bars, travel, beauty and personal care, apparel, and fitness."
Fwiw, I splurge on my kids, my garden, and some basic travel. I wouldn't consider most of my groceries splurges, but I also don't feel like I splurge much on the other categories listed either, except maybe travel which i do prioritize but very frugally.
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5 hours ago, Heartstrings said:
I interacted with the Reform Alliance on Facebook and they have changed their stance on reimbursement. They will be doing reimbursement for expenses if you get it pre approved. In the webinar they were adamant that they would not be doing that, so that’s a reversal, I’m annoyed that they got it wrong (or changed their mind) in the webinar, but I’m glad reimbursement will be an option.
For real? That will make it sooooo much easier. I'm really interested to see how it works out. My oldest qualifies this year so we'll see, but I was already trying to figure out how to get all of her various resources as "vendors" and it was going to be a major pain.
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Napoleon Dynamite, "Tina, eat. Food! Eat the food!"
Like many others, tons from Princess Bride.
Also lots of Homestar Runner quotes. "This will grow you some nice fish-corn bushes!" and "Kids don't play with too many knives!"
Many more, but those off the top of my head.
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For me we chose induction primarily because it heats our kitchen the least. Our kitchen is in an area of our house that struggles to stay cool in the summer. It was almost painful to use the oven or stove because it just heated the whole room up. When we remodeled, we went induction and it has made a huge difference.
We have all sorts of camping supplies, so cooking during outages isn't a consideration for me. Our outages only ever last an hour or so here anyways.
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2 hours ago, Heartstrings said:
I watched it tonight. It filled in a few details. Thanks!
I'm glad! I watched it too and am still pretty confused about what is going to be covered. But I'm guessing that's most likely because they don't really know yet.
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I have the nesco, which is another electric canner and LOVE it. I still have my stove top ones for large batches, but for smaller things or if I have time and don't want to babysit, it's amazing. And has worked well.
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The new LEARNS Act goes into effect for some homeschoolers this year, but a lot of the information is still unclear. I just found out about this webinar being given by a member of the Dept. of Education that looks like it will answer a lot of questions and thought I might not be the only one. Here's what this says,
"Join us at 7 PM Tuesday, March 26, for an online webinar about the Educational Freedom Account (EFA) program with Darrell Smith of the Arkansas Department of Education. We will cover the basics of how students can qualify for the program and how parents can enroll, but we also will have some important news and updates about the regulations that will govern the program in the 2024-25 school year.
Whether you’re in the program now, interested in enrolling in it for the fall, or just want more information about how the program can provide resources for K-12 education, please join us virtually at 7 PM on March 26. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions using the Q&A feature in Zoom.To attend, you must register via Zoom using the link above. Please share it with anyone who might be interested. Be sure to keep the registration confirmation email you receive from Zoom."-
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2 hours ago, scholastica said:
It sounds to me like he’s really wanting to try pickle ball with you. He’s trying to connect with you and share an experience. A more graceful way would have been to ask you for the set and a promise to try it with him. That would have been a gift. I’d be torn about your situation, because it’s really touching that he’s trying to spend time with you trying something new. The fact that he said he’d buy it again would signal to me that doing this is important to my spouse, however clumsy the delivery.
Yeah, when I read it, my assumption was that he wants to play pickle ball with you. That its more of a him gift than a you gift.
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We have 3. Anna, Thomas, and Mr. Bates.
23 minutes ago, Caclcoca said:Ours is Carson (from Downton Abbey)
Great minds. 😉
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My dd7 has been doing beast academy and while we love it, she would do better with a format that required a set amount of work a day. She struggles with the open nature of beast academy.
My question is about the new version of Singapore. Mostly which books we should get. She's very quick at understanding math, so I don't think she needs lots of extra practice and we plan to continue doing BA online as a supplement. Deeper is better. Is one of the workbooks like the old challenging problems books?
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We have almost all of that in our current home. It's only 1.5 acre though, but still, pretty close. I could easily downsize our house but I wouldn't want to give up our location/lot. In our area we are super blessed because we are surrounded by HOAs and small lots. We are in an older neighborhood kinda hidden in the middle of a bunch of new, so we lucked out. We can (and do) do mostly whatever we want.
On your list, I would give up a dining room first. I just don't like formal dining rooms. If there is a place for a table by the kitchen, I'd prefer that. In fact, I do that. We have a dining room but I refuse to buy a table just to fill the space when I know we'd never use it or barely use it. We've turned it into a sitting area but I'd easily just not have the space.
Next I'd give up the living room. I've tried really hard to change my mindset about what my home is for. I've come to the conclusion that my home is for living and not for the very occasional guest. Having a whole space just in case someone shows up seems unimportant and honestly, I'd rather not have it. It's just another place to clean and buy furniture for.
Our house has 8 foot ceilings except in one room that is slightly vaulted and my bedroom. I will say when I first was considering the house this bothered me. The first thing I did when we bought it was to go through and paint it bright/light colors. This made a HUGE difference. I've also been really careful with my furniture choices and made sure that it all has a low profile. When we redid our kitchen, I made sure that our pendant lights had clear shades. Basically I did everything I could to make it not seem closed in. The next thing I want to do is change the blinds to roller shades since I feel like that opens up the windows so much. All that to say, it hasn't been that bad at all. We just have to be mindful when decorating. I'd still prefer higher ceilings but its not as big a deal as I thought it would be.
The pool would not be a deal breaker either way. Our pool is nice, but it is also a huge pain. I can see both sides of the argument there. I'm happy to have it since we moved in when my youngest was old enough to swim and we'll have it all the way through the teen years. Once the kids are gone, though, I definitely don't want one. It costs a lot of money to run and fix and is a slight stressor for me the whole summer. But it's really nice to have and be able to invite friends and family to use.
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Are non-white people actively discouraged to join, or is just that their audience appeals more to a white fundamentalist demographic?
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In the purple book, lesson 64, my daughter and I have a question about the diagram. Why is the tree necessary? Why can we just split the two object compliments like we would a compound subject? I'm assuming there's a grammatical reason but I don't know enough figure it out.
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Well, every year my husband makes it more and more of a thing. We might have 11 pies. 🙄
I don't even really like pie. Dude is just a nerd about it and enjoys the challenge. Several spreadsheets were involved in coming up with perfect ratios for recipes.
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I have a weird obsession with sailing channels, so for those:
Gone with the Wynns
Project Atticus
Sailing Magic Carpet
Sailing Uma
Then the homesteaders/gardeners:
Simple Living Alaska
MIGardener
Wild Wonderful Off-Grid
The Seasonal Homestead
Epic Gardening
Living Traditions Homestead
Acre Homestead
No-Till Growers
Miscellaneous:
Vino Farm (beekeeping)
Townsend (historical living)
Mark Rober & Mr Beast (clean fun my kids like)
Holderness Family
I also love the videos of antiques being completely restored. My whole family will get sucked in if I put one of those on TV.
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I have 4 daughters who have been into pokemon for the last few years. They are always fans of more feminine pokemon tshirts, socks, and other wearables (I think we have pjs, hoodies, undies, leggings, etc.). We've had good luck with Target having girly pokemon shirts. We also probably have 20 different pokemon plushies. I know Build-a-Bear has a line of pokemon stuffed animals and accessories. That's a pretty pricey option but might be a fun experience gift.
We've also had a lot of time spent on those Pokemon encyclopedias. I think we have 3 versions and they are looked at and studied all the time. I even used one for finding copywork for one of my girls for a few months. You can usually pick them up at Sam's/Cosco or even the big retailers.
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57 minutes ago, prairiewindmomma said:
In my house:
*$100 for 4 25 lb bags of basmati rice (store in food grade buckets with dry ice to kill bugs)
*$100 for 3 25# bags of black beans
(We eat these regularly, along with lentils, gluten free oats, chickpeas, etc.)
canned tuna, canned soup, canned fruit in case of power outages—rotate this through meals
meat for the freezer
The dry goods and canned stuff would boost back up emergency stock, and meat would balance out the budget. We eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruit—I would be using the SNAP money to free up other dollars towards that.
I am very interested in this. I have recently begun keeping a larger food storage and pantry moths are the devil. I have some food grade buckets with gamma lids, but I haven't heard about dry ice. How do you do that?
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This is the one I have. I got it on recommendation from my mom who has had various ones for years. We've used it for about 2 years now and it has worked great for us. I'm considering getting a second one for our bathroom.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I0ZGOZM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
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On 12/28/2022 at 7:56 PM, Elizabeth86 said:
I’ll have to see if dh can because he WON’T hire anyone for anything.🤣
I installed ours on my own. It took me about an hour and was pretty simple. We already had the hole in the counter top though. Without that it might be more complicated.
18 hours ago, KeriJ said:Does it mean that you end up washing dishes with filtered water? I can't get past feeling like it's a waste.
Nope. It has its own little faucet and will need it's own hole in the counter. We use it almost exclusively for drinking water and in some sensitive recipes. But normal tap for everything else. It makes such a difference for us. Our water comes from a lake that a few times a year just tastes like dirt. It takes all that away.
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My guess is 5 hours? DD11 is in 6th grade.
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Alright guys, you've convinced me. I talked with dh last night and we both think staying is the right choice. We've waffled back and forth a lot the last week or so but ultimately I think you guys are right and agree with what my heart was telling me. I would be very sad to lose our awesome location and have been really enjoying being here and looking forward to the next few years with the kids. The house we live in is great. Lots of work, but great and not more than we can handle.
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3 hours ago, Scarlett said:
I think it is a great empty nester plan. Can you pm me what town? I think I could figure it out but my. Rain is tired.
Not communal probably. Maybe a trust or something or possibly just put in our name. We haven't worked it out yet but we'd be careful about it.
Dh's parents are young and healthy. Early 60s. In fact, all of his grandparents are also still alive, although they live across the country. So helping them isn't something we need to worry about for some time yet.
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You guys are making me feel better about my hesitation. You are saying exactly what my brain has been saying.
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10 minutes ago, Lostinabook said:
Based on your description I can pretty much figure out where you live and there is NO WAY I would move.
Curious why you say that. (I understand it is pretty easy to figure out where we are based on my description, more wondering why it would lead you to think we should stay).
Also, absolutely the finances of how the land would work would be a written down thing with lawyers and financial advisors and all the contingencies figured.
But yeah, I've been reveling at being in the middle of everything and the idea of having to drive my soon to be teenagers everywhere sounds like a pain and a huge con.
If your family is from the South
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Yup. My mom's side definitely did. We have many records showing it as well as family lore.
I did one of those ancestry DNA tests and it shows that I have 1% from Senegal from that same side of my family (and other family on that side show the same thing). We have tons of genealogy done and none show any from Africa, so someone is lying along the way. It also makes it especially emotional for me, knowing it is likely I have both enslavers and slaves as my ancestors.