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  1. Ooh! Thank you! Can you explain how you decided what size? I haven't thoroughly read the description, but from the pictures, it almost looks like a maternity panel at the waist. also, what did you wear over the pants on top?
  2. I do like straight cut and even love the look generally of wide leg pants but that was what I was alluding to when I said that some cuts maximize what's maximum on me. The most flattering linen-blend pants I've ever had were St John's Bay brand from JC Penney. They had an elasticized and drawstring waist and were straight but with the slightest taper toward the hem. I wore them out. I wish I could find some that fit like those!
  3. First caveat: I don't love pants but for the travel we'll be doing next month, I need them. The reason I don't love them is that I am long-waisted and have unfortunately developed a nice middle aged paunch. I also have wide hips and carry weight in my legs. Pants that are too short in the inseam make me feel like I'm being eaten alive by angry piranhas. Basically, I'm trying to find something that doesn't make me look like I'm 75 (I'm not yet 50) and also doesn't cause me pain. second caveat: they need to be something I can wear to work due to budget restrictions. (I don't need any clothing I only wear for one event/occasion.) I am a librarian with a fairly casual work atmosphere (I.e. nice jeans are okay), but I do like to look professional. I prefer natural fibers like linen or cotton. I have owned many linen pants over the years, and I am willing to pay for them. However, I do feel that the silhouette of many linen pants only adds to my frame instead of minimizing what's maximum on me. 🤣. Also, with regards to travel, something that doesn't get quite so wrinkly would be better, so I'm not ruling out other fabrics. Any ideas or suggestions? 😄
  4. Chiming in to say I'm 100% in the same boat. My life moved on after we stopped homeschooling. My baby is just ten, and we have a thirteen year old (as of next week), so we are busy with their activities. Our older girls are fairly independent but we still occasionally have something to do with/for them. Add to that full time work, and that's about all I have the bandwidth for. See the large church thread for how it goes for us at church. 😩. I do have a core group of friends from homeschooling (& most of them were still homeschooling through this year--that will change next sxhool year) but we have to make a REAL effort to get together in person; that happens just a few times a year. We text each other on a near-daily basis, though. My parents are aging and my mom in particular has had multiple health problems over the years, and it is a LOT. I commiserate.
  5. I have flown 8 times in the past 25 years or so, so I'm not exactly a newbie, but I don't do it frequently enough to become really comfortable. I can psych myself up for it because I really like to go places, but it has almost gotten to the point that the effort to keep myself calm makes it almost not worth it. Here are things I do: Plan how I'll spend the flight. I love to read but flying is not the time for me to read. I need something in my ears because it's the sound of the engines and the landing gear, etc., that raises my anxiety the most. I usually watch movies. Not entertain too many scary thoughts. Don't let my mind go there. Take an aisle seat if possible and if not, close the window shade. Pay attention to the calm demeanor of the flight attendants. Last summer we flew to NYC and I prepped by going through some exercises on an app specifically to fear of flying, and it helped. I also used an app that showed the potential turbulence for flights and the time the flight would encounter turbulence. This could actually go either way, but somehow it helped me. what do you do to help yourself? I'll take any advice you have because we are flying to Denver in July. PLEASE NO SCARY FLYING STORIES OF ANY KIND. Thank you. ☺️
  6. Just wanted to commiserate on the well-used Ektorp. We bought ours when our ten year old was an infant. We've been through 3-4 slipcovers. We need a new sofa but there's something reassuring about having an old workhorse while we still have teens and tweens.
  7. I have always wanted to read this. Thanks for the reminder!
  8. We attend a large church and I can't exactly tell what we do well (we're actually pretty dissatisfied generally), but I can tell you what we DON'T--we have almost 0 community there. Small groups just don't do it for us, mostly because in an effort to make small groups accessible, etc., we've totally gotten away from the Sunday School hour, which for us would be the easiest way to be consistent with not a whole lot of extra effort since we would already be there for worship--that sort of thing. Over all, I'd say that a lack of consistency and ability to reach out to EVERYBODY due to the inconsistency is the main thing that keeps us from feeling it's a vital part of our week. My dh has worked in a variety of positions, and I have faithfully taught a preschool class, for years. It got the point that we literally felt like we were going to do a job (& that was actually pretty consistent with what we do IRL since we both worked for years in education). I actually haven't been to church in weeks (months?) outside of working for a variety of reasons, and to my knowledge, only 1-2 people have even noticed. We're not exactly Joiners, but we ARE historically good at church. I don't know. It's just weird. Again, I think it's mostly a lack of consistency and follow-through on plans they make to get people together. sorry. This turned into a oh-woe-is-me confession.
  9. What about Trader Joe's or another such place? I've seen all kinds of fresh flowers there.
  10. We're at the beach and my ds got to go deep sea fishing for his upcoming 13th birthday.
  11. Dd19 will be on summer break from college and will work as many hours as her grocery store will give her. She will also go on her own adventures (that she won't tell me much about 🤣). DD17 will be a docent at a local historic site and ENJOY the summer between high school and college. Ds12 (13 next weeK--EEK!) is signed up for a few enrichment camps (band, art, and something else) at his school and is supposed to do soccer workouts. I'm not sure about that. He will also be taking tennis lessons and competing on the Junior Circuit to help be ready his last year of middle school play. ds10 also has enrichment camps at his school. He will attend one week of VBS at mil's church, which will be his last year for that. Both boys will participate in summer reading at the library where I work, including attending our Friday programs. our family is currently on a short vacation at the beach and will go on a trip to Yellowstone, etc., at the beginning of July in honor of dd's high school graduation.
  12. As a librarian, my brain automatically goes to checking on the library calendar to see what it might be offering. I know you mentioned checking out books, but summertime is a huge time for programming. Due to staffing and an extremely busy-with-kids summer reading program, my library mostly does adult programming in the late summer/early fall, but many libraries offer all kinds of summer programming for all ages.
  13. I work at the public library and we have an adult courtyard and children's courtyard. I went out with another employee to water some flowers in the children's courtyard the other day and she had to use a key to turn on the water. I don't know what to call it, but I think it would be ideal for your situation.
  14. @4kidlets4me @Vintage81 I hadn't read David Copperfield when I read Demon Copperhead, but started listening to the audiobook shortly after I finished Demon. I still haven't finished it, but I listened to several hours of it and it did enhance my understanding especially of David/Demon's naïveté and the evil of the antagonists.
  15. I read it and was wowed by it. I think knowing it was modeled on David Copperfield did it for me. Also, Barbara Kingsolver is 🤯 to me. I'd never call it enjoyable, but memorable for sure. ETA: also, I listened to it in audio, which might've made it better for me.
  16. I just finished the audio version of The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr. It was very good, though I confess some of the historical details left me lost in the weeds at times (more a result of listening rather than reading). I grew up in a denomination that permits women to preach, etc., so it wasn't exactly a problem I saw firsthand, BUT I can say that I was affected by the idea as a young adult. I never had a hard time resisting the idea of women not being allowed a voice in the church, but I hadn't thought about how it has trickled down elsewhere.
  17. @GailVI hope you do re-read! I was surprised to see on Amazon that there are two sequels! I'm going to request them at my library (where I work). @Kassia Yippee!
  18. I just stayed up way too late to finish what will surely go down as one of my favorite books of all time: These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner. I LOVE histroical fiction, and this one is the perfect blend of historical authenticity and character development and beautiful writing. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
  19. She's my last child who was mostly homeschooled. She is graduating from a private school that's basically a tiny public school but with tuition and weekly chapel (& kids who generally behave). We skipped her a grade when we enrolled her (so she started as a freshman when she was actually an eighth grader) because she's 18 months younger than her older sister and had done a lot of school with her over the years, and that decision has not hurt her in the least. She is graduating with honors and has a "full ride" to our local university. That's all. 🥹
  20. Yes! Then national average now is somewhere around 20 or 21, so LOTS of students would love to have a 28! While it's obviously not the highest you can make, it's nothing to sneeze at. And I agree-I think she had more education than she recalled (or something).
  21. I'm not sure how I feel about the ACT and honestly hadn't considered that it has changed. I made a 32 and my husband made a 31 back in the day (early '90s), and both of our kids who have taken it as high schoolers have managed to meet or beat our scores. Maybe I should pat myself on the back for homeschooling them for most of their educations (they both went to institutional high school). 🤣🤣🤣 Anyway, I DO think the math would be hard to score very high on without some formal learning, but I'm no expert.
  22. Kidlit

    Meal Plan

    Right now. . . Ballpark burgers and whatever we can scrounge and cook quickly in the air fryer 😬. is healthy a stipulation? 🤣 We're coming to the end of the spring crazy with my dd's graduation tonight and a quick beach trip for the family this weekend. Next week I will figure it all out. Ha ha.
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