one that actually makes sense. When I worked, we would transfer over work without closing the branch. Bringing "down" one teller at a time to change over to the "next" day. Sometimes customers would agree to make the deposit at the "least popular teller" because the line was shortest there (ie the one on "tomorrow") and then complain when something "went wrong". It doesn't sound as though this is what happened to you. What could have happened: the teller was supposed to be on tomorrow, but hadn't adjusted her date, however her work was turned in on the following day for processing the teller made some sort of mistake that delayed the processing (ie turned her work in late) and they are absorbing the error, but couldn't stop the notices from going out to the customers In any event although they paid everything, I would at least require an explaination other than, "well we paid everything for you". You could always approach then from the angle that you want to prevent the difficulty in the future. Oh and get names of everyone you talk to so that IF it happens again, and you do get charged, you have ammunition.:)

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You can even choose the type of owl! I get the small ones for Girl Scout day camp and have wonderful luck with them - sure some were a bust, but the vast majority were quite good. (I'm talking about 3-4 boring ones in about 200 pellets). I've always thought it would be fun to get some of the "fancier" ones for us at home.... http://www.owlpellets.com/

but that might have been because they got weekly baths rather than really being "hypo-allergenic" :) Cleanliness is super important. Short hair is good. Small size helps. Many terriers don't have short hair. I've heard that many people with allergies have luck with poodles - maybe because they get groomed often? Think about trainability too.

I think that some religions prefer plants to cut flowers too but that is a niggling thought in the back of my head and I don't know where it came from...... If its local, how about a call to a take out on a night that you know they are home and haven't cooked anything yet? It really is the thought that counts.

speed (film speed?) to the fastest I could. no flash. My digital SLR doesn't fit my DH's film SLR's tripod - and I didn't think of it anyway. I also have no clue how to use our over fancy telescope ... I allowed the camera to focus for me as my eyesight is so bad and I need a new prescription. I did use the car to steady me and the camera for some shots. Surprisingly it was a clear night after a snow fall and we could see Saturn and Regulus (as well as several constellations) quite clearly. That is quite a rarity here because of the light pollution reflects off even the lightest cloud cover.

if you research the reasons the the method was developed you'll see why! Both my aunt and my mother had wonderful handwriting well into their 90s and you could barely tell them apart. But I think it really comes down to practice, practice, practice, good small muscle control and hand eye coordination. My handwriting varies little - original Zaner Bloser but with modifications. I practiced and practiced and practiced until my Z-B was letter perfect. Then Sister told me the reason I couldn't use pen yet (like everyone else) was because I was lacking individuality so I changed a few things. I'm getting messier now because I type too much - no practice.

all else can follow from that foundation, or picked up from that base

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you're just being a facilitator letting her crash on the couch. I would NOT have let the roommate use my bed. I'd have dumped her stuff on the floor and let her sleep there (actually I bagged up the stuff when I did this). And where does she usually sleep when the roommate lets the boyfriend stay over? The RA has a supervisor, just have her climb the ladder; someone else out there doesn't like their roommate either. I'm lucky, if DS can put up with sharing a bath with his sister the slob, he can live with most roommates. I hope.

I discovered that DH just simply hates to travel. It has taken me a long time to get over the "guilt" and just to go by myself. At least he doesn't try to make me feel guilty, I can manage that all by myself :)

so I'd start there. It is quite possible that the PR has no clue what to do. For some reason even sane, easy going individuals get paranoid when made a PR and start playing cards very close to the vest. I think that they have to sign that they accept all this awesome responsibility and they are personally responsible for mistakes and they get really really cautious. "Nothing can be distributed" and "need to wait 5 years" are NOT the reasons that a will can't be read. There is either something else causing the delay or you're being given a line. The death needs to be registered, I would go to that county (in person or on the phone) and ask for a copy of the cert, then ask the clerk how you can check on the registration of the will as you know there is one. If the clerk can't find a will resistered, then I would go from there to a lawyer's office for a consult. <><

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DS (17) hit the neighbor's car when he parked. This is the third time he has hit a car while parking. The first time, the neighbor-owner couldn't see the damage and DH was all upset that she needed body work and repainting.... Then the next time (not a neighbor) put in a claim to our insurance for loss of the use of the vehicle, body work, repainting the entire car (it was supposedly a custom paint job), two new headlamps... The insurance company took care of that - they insisted that they take the car to their approved shop and we never heard another word. On Sunday, DS hit a different neighbor's car. It was late (about 10pm) so DH just put a note on the car. They haven't contacted us and I can't see any damage. DH is frantic. Just like last time, he is obsessing about damage no one else apparently sees. He wants to go over there and talk to them about it. I know that they got the note (I saw them reading it before they left the next morning) and I think the ball is in their court - why borrow trouble? If they can't see any damage, I say let it lie. Opinions? Oh and I told DS to FRONT in the parking spot, but of course DH insists that he BACK in parking spots. As you can tell, DS is not all that good at backing in.

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Absolutely agree!! You can see loads this way, and not worry about tickets. Oh - and check out every nook and cranny. There are some lovely spots behind the houses and just a bit off the beaten path. Remember to talk to the interpreters (DH hates when I do this, and hates when they try to talk to him but I love it!). Eating in a tavern (there are several all with different menus and atmosphere) though pricey was fun (and hey, you have to eat anyway :)). Get reservations IN ADVANCE - as soon as you know the schedule of activities. It would make a good break in the day (between the day and night shows), or a fine finish. The bakery was fun - the cookies were AWESOME! I got a cookbook and still make them! Humm, where is that cookbook, I may set DD to work on them today! Don't be tempted by the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum or Bassett Hall. They won't hold kids' attention and would be a waste of time (and money). Do check out the websites for "teacher resources" and kid activities. Are you Polish - I'm not but found this interesting. [from HEAV newsletter 2/12/2008] Polish workmen arrived in Jamestown at the request of Captain Smith in 1608. The group included Dutch or German men as well. Their work included glass-making, operating sawmills, making "soap-ashes," and making pitch and tar. In fact, their contributions were so valuable that in 1619, after first denying them the vote, it was decreed that, "They shall be enfranchised, and made as free as any inhabitant there whatsoever; And because their skill in making pitch and tarr and sopeashees shall not dye with them, it is agreed that some young men, shalbe put unto them to learne their skill and knowledge herein for the benefit of the Country hereafter." They were also allowed religious freedom, despite an initial ban on Catholics who were feared to possibly favor Spain, England's chief rival of the day. Follow links in these sites to learn more. http://old.polishnews.com/system/main.php?a=text/news_and_correspondence/poles_at_jamestown The lesson plans here are designed for middle schoolers and above. http://www.polishcultureacpc.org/LessonPlan/lessonplan.html This link has other links including one to an interactive website on Polish immigrants to Jamestown. http://www.polishamericancenter.org/FirstSettlers.html This article has background information on the Powhatans and the Poles. It was written by one of the descendants. http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/AmPoles.html Colonial Williamsburg Games Page If it has been awhile since you have seen the kids' pages on the Colonial Williamsburg website, stop by to see all the games and activities that make learning loads of fun. http://www.history.org/kids/games

Actually I had to look up "bento box", but I hae seen these in the store. I also looked at all the links you have been given so far. Too cool. I wish DH would pack a lunch, but I did get him to start buying food he can nuke in the lunch room and that has helped the budget. He has the absolutely worst eating habits, and is my pickiest eater. Unfortunately, as the kids got older (now 12 & 17) they decided that "do as I say and not as I do" is hokum. Sigh :(

now they are all in there on the web checking their My Space and FaceBook and playing games. It got marginally better when they posted that only one person could use the computer at a time and they started paying for a police officer to be in there (they tried a private service, but the guard they had assigned was about half the size of the boys (and some of the girls) and couldn't speak English). I thought about working in a library as a second career, but not any more. It is pretty awesome that the librarian (who is about 5 foot wearing heels) can stare most of these teen-aged boys down. But I thought that it was only because our library was in a low-income area, many of the others in the system (in better parts of the county) are much quieter. It is a shame though, that our branch's budget must be spent on protection instead of books. One time I was in there and the girl next to me was happily checking out everyone's MySpace. She and I had to keep re-signing up as the computer time is limited to 30 minutes. We had rotated through about 3 times on different machines when her mom came in to pick her up. She complained that she wasn't finished her homework research. Her mom wasn't pleased. I stopped the mom on her way out (without the girl whom she had told could have only one more session) and told her what had happened. She was hopping mad, went right back in and sat beside her daughter while she "finished" her research. There was no confrontation there but I haven't seen the girl on MySpace lately. I occasionally see the girl and luckily she seems never to have made the connection that I finked on her. I guess she thinks her mom reads minds. :D

I use the half press technique too, but for DD's basketball photos, I use the sport setting and the fastest speed I can set and there is no delay.

Not only did DH buy a new computer, it needed all new software (of course :rolleyes:), monitor, keyboard etc etc etc The amount he spent will get to be about three times what I budgeted (and I budgeted more than he told me he would need) by the time he is finished. The same thing happened last time - but I thought I had covered all the bases when I asked how much he'd need.... but , NO, evidently he meant only the computer. Hey the monitor, the keyboard and the software is not "the computer". I feel like just boxing it all back up and telling him to return it. (And he wants to buy the college computer for DS now rather than later.) None of the homeschooling software will work on the new computer. There are either no upgrades available or I simply don't use them enough to spend the money to upgrade them, but I would have liked them still available. DH says that there are better tracking programs available now, but this is probably the last year I will homeschool - so what's the point? He finally installed the software I bought at the beginning of the school year, and I think it works, but I haven't been able to get onto the computer long enough to actually try them. And when I do have the time, I can only work for a few minutes without developing a roaring headache. He's still playing with it and planning on what he wants to add to it (more USB ports, an additional hard-drive, more software). The new (wireless) keyboard has smaller keys than I am used to so I am constantly making mistakes, there is no indicator when the "Caps Lock" is on (or the "Num Lock").It doesn't tilt ("Just put something under it!") and it has less tactile feedback on the key strike. But the worst part is the %&^%$$&^* monitor. I HATE HATE HATE HATE the monitor. It is like reading teeney tiny letters the color of wood smoke on a white background. YUCK. I am going blind faster trying to work on it. I asked him to do something about it and he "changed the font" but I can't tell a difference. He has the "old" computer desktop running as a virtual machine (so the old software can run), and isn't pleased whenever he sees me working on it. I have tried to explain that I can't comfortably read the new whatever it is called (theme?) and I can read the old one, just. I guess I should have asked if this new machine supports add-ons for the legally blind - I'm sure I'll be needing it sooner rather than later :( I'm done complaining, but I need need some things translated into "computer geek" please. 1. I need more contrast between the print and the background. Everything it too pale. 2. I need larger type. I can't comfortably read it with or without my glasses - not with the far lenses or the close lenses - or even the mid-range lenses. 3. The larger monitor is absolutely useless, I agreed to a larger monitor so I could read it more easily not less easily. Stretching out websites or documents doesn't help in the least. I tried to show DH the difference by putting the "old desktop" on the virtual machine next to the new one, but for someone who is so sensitive about HIS "color deficient" vision, he can't seen to grasp that the new equipment isn't compatible or support MY vision. Thanks, I need to take some Tylenol for my headache, but will check back later for responses. Did I mention, he bought a new TV too - and I can't figure out how to make anything work? :rolleyes:

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I have never found it effective, and certainly not worth the side effects. Alcohol may make me sleepy, but I don't sleep well and then I battle sleeplessness and dehydration when I wake up part way through the night. Since DH is the most frequently sick, the most likely to catch whatever is "going around" or the kids have, AND he is out for twice as long as anyone else with the "same thing", I figure whatever he does isn't what is needed.

lets see if I can link to it! It is the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction (Canadian) http://novelst4.epnet.com/NovApp/novelist/results.aspx?sid=5A4A9DE0-0C19-454C-8A74-9D7F188710C3%40sessionmgr7&control=tr&pid=401614&level=12&title=Geoffrey%20Bilson%20Award%20for%20Historical%20Fiction 2006 Porter, Pamela Paige The Crazy Man 2005 Noel, Michel (Shelley Tanaka, trans.) Good for Nothing 2004 Doyle, Brian Boy O'Boy 2003 Clark, Joan The Word for Home 2002 Schwartz, Virginia Frances If I Just Had Two Wings 2001 McKay, Sharon E. Charlie Wilcox 2000 No Award Given 1999 Lawrence, Iain The Wreckers 1998 Watts, Irene N. Good-bye Marianne 1997 McNaughton, Janet Elizabeth To Dance at the Palais Royale 1996 Brandis, Marianne Rebellion 1995 Clark, Joan The Dream Carvers 1994 Pearson, Kit The Lights Go on Again 1993 Lottridge, Celia Barker Ticket to Curlew 1992 No Award Given 1991 Brandis, Marianne The Sign of the Scales 1990 Pearson, Kit The Sky is Falling 1989 Godfrey, Martyn Mystery in the Frozen Lands 1989 Perkyns, Dorothy Rachel's Revolution 1988 Matas, Carol Lisa's War

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