6 pairs kid shoes out today.

Cleaned out the game closet. Got rid of 6. Also tossed a shirt into the thrift shop bin.

Thank you. I misread it as CMA.

If you need it just to check a box, go with MB. It is best for the 4th, will be light for 7th (require the challenge questions at that age), and largely over the head of the 1st. Apologia will probably make you dread science unless it's a topic everyone is obsessed with, which is unlikely.

Jobs of people I know who did not go to college... welding, office administration, daycare work, chain store management, basic bookkeeping services, driving of all sorts. A lot of those just got into something they were interested in and did it well and moved up when possible.

Here, phlebotomy is several months, but the others you listed are 18m to 3 years, plus exams.

My contract job of many years has ended. The room I used exclusively for work will become a child's room. I emptied the closet, cleaned it out, and put necessary storage items back in. I opened and cleaned the vents, and one of two windows. I emptied the armoire of work items to make room for clothes. This room needs fresh paint and a new lighting fixture. Furniture will be shuffled between rooms when the time is right. Because it is also currently storing items for consignment sale, it will still serve that purpose until spring. I hope to paint and prep over the next few months so that as soon as the sale is over, we can move beds and be done.

Same. I buy stripes and dots for this reason. Sounds like the one I bought today. 🙂

Christmas fabric for pj pants next year. Wrapping paper. Candles. Hobby Lobby is doing 66% of thru the 30th. It was already 66% and picked over yesterday. I'll pass.

I have never had a dishwasher with lights. Nor have my mother or mother-in-law. I don't know about all my sisters, but the one I saw at Thanksgiving didn't, either.

My older boy was 6th last year doing Saxon Alg 1. He is doing AOPS Intro to Alg this year and would be struggling if he didn't have experience with it already. We consider it Alg 1.5. 🙂 We have the same problems with not writing everything all the way through and dropping negatives and transposing exponents, although it has improved with time. When he gets stuck, we work with 2 colors of marker on a whiteboard, taking turns explaining what happens next.

I assumed it was because women tend to shop with other women and/or children and it was space for people waiting on others.

Dishwasher magnets. You flip it for dirty or clean. Works so long as the unloader flips it to "dirty" and the person starting it flips it to "clean".

Nicholas Cage. Everything about him creeps me out.

I get mine from the health food store bulk bin. We have had burnt-tasting hard ones, and creamy smooth ones. I figure it's the variety, origin, or age that is making the difference.

Hmm. I have always read to eat 1-3 a day for thyroid health.

Just last year I discovered The Shop Around the Corner and I loved it. 🙂 I just got the DVD from the library again.

Also, we do not buy things throughout the year just because someone wants something. If they need new something like jeans or sports gear, we buy it. Otherwise, they don't get stuff unless it's a birthday or Christmas. So they look forward to that.

To fund things, we have purchased over the course of the year, price-matched, used rebate app gift cards, and activated the bank's round-up change-saving account. I only have 2 kids. I used to be dollar for dollar. This year, it was less like that but still pretty balanced. We did "want need wear and read". The wear is $ shoes for one and $ cologne for the other. Their wants were Lego and they both got 2 sets but one probably cost $15-18 ?more. They are similar size and type so it's not noticeable. They are even in the stockings. I have a large family and he has a small to average one. I do feel a bit guilty we spent more on his parents than mine, but his parents have and spend far more money on far fewer people. I am about to stop buying for my 20yo nephew who is employed and getting married soon. I only buy for nieces and nephews now on my side instead of siblings.

I was in a Tommy Hilfiger this week and they had some very pretty sweaters 50% off. The normal red, white, navy, as well as some emeralds, baby blues, and a few others. I noticed a few were free of the logo on the chest, too.

My husband still needs to find his parents something. We got them each a trinket but he needs to figure it out.

Mine just shot up. He wears a men's 9 shoe, is 1.5" taller than I am, and weighs 2# more than I did when I graduated high school.

My older one is 12.5. We have had some waves of difficulty for 1.5 years now. According to above replies, we have another 1.5 years I guess. Sigh. And no one warned me boys could be as emotional as girls.

Hey, Dave Ramsey always says to live like no one else so you can live like no one else. 🤣

Odie, from Garfield. IDK why.