Clarita
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Although it sounds like DMV or whatever vehicle agency was not notify ever of the sale. This should be a form your father and the charity filled out together. Someone should have turned this in to the DMV. Seems like charity is claiming this should have been him? You can ask them to confirm.
If not maybe you could just ask them to fill another one out. I only know when it's selling a car to another individual but in that case in my state a notary was not necessary.
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38 minutes ago, DawnM said:
We are going to look again this weekend and I plan to call the insurance company and state vehicle place and explain that my elderly father with dementia lost the paperwork, but I don't know what else to do. The place we donated it says they gave it all to us and don't have any other files on it. I may have to call them again and beg for them to recreate them, but I don't have the plate number or anything anymore and I don't think they do either.
Call the DMV (dept of motor vehicles) or whatever agency that's trying to levy the fines. When my mom sold her car to the neighbor who didn't complete the paperwork with the DMV, the DMV threatened her for not registering the vehicle. When she told them the story they said she can ignore it because the punishment is them taking the car away (which doesn't matter to her anyways).
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8 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:
I've found that kids aren't all that able to make scientific observations. At least my kids aren't. Like, there's a lot of wishful thinking happening when the observations they make don't actually match what they wish happened. "Yes, that paper airplane went farther, but I bet if I threw my favorite one better, it'd go farther."
So for me I make their wishful thinking the hypothesis. Then we do the experiment and so far I make the obvious observations let them make some attempts and show how they know. The conclusions my kids make are way off base usually, so I just state the conclusion.
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On 9/27/2021 at 8:02 AM, Not_a_Number said:
I don't push "physics" when they are little, because I think physics before algebra isn't even all that effective.
I am so opposite. I find physics one of the easier topics to teach little kids. They can actually make hypothesis, experiment and observe in physics. For some of physics they already have some background to make a decent hypothesis balls rolling, water moving, etc. It's a great topic for little kids to try out the scientific method for themselves.
Of course I may be biased on this because physics is one of my favorite sciences. It's also a favorite along with chemistry among my kids because they love experimentation.
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My kids call my MIL and FIL granma and granpa. My mother they call PoPo, because in chinese all your relations have specific names to be called.
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TMI and please don't quote.
I had this issue too. For the tampon insertion issue, I started with lite tampons with plastic inserters (going in at an angle is the key). Then I moved up from that to regular tampon. I tried heavy too later to see if I could stretch it out more but I don't have heavy flow so it's a bit uncomfortable to pull out. In terms of the making babies part of it. I made an appointment with my OB about the issue and discovered I was pregnant. So, you can get pregnant without much of the whole thing up there. After having my first the problem was solved (be sure to request in the hospital forms that you do not want to be stitched up tight, apparently sometimes in fixing a tear after birth doctors will stitch you up tighter than before).
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17 hours ago, Danae said:
How much would you expect to pay for a commissioned quilt? And do you have a pattern and fabric in mind, or just a general idea of what you want? (And if you’re the kind of person who chooses fabric and quilt patterns, how have you not gotten sucked into making them yourself yet?)
I would pay $200 - $400+ depending on size and design. I usually do not have a pattern or fabric in mind, just fall in love with them when I see them. I don't know how to and have no desire to learn to sew. (I've tried to learn to sew, and it is not an enjoyable task and I rather pay someone else.)
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I have a cooler bag and a trunk liner. The grocery store bagger/cashier just keeps or places the groceries in my cart and I unload directly into my trunk. For things that need to stay cool they go into the cooler bag.
For giving things to my friends and stuff we just all have a stash of reusable bags (I get them as freebies from places or nice gift bags which are sturdy enough to reuse a few times) we all just pass those around.
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I think after getting to being a competent writer, you can start looking into writing for specific fields. I'm assuming your kids don't want to be writing career because otherwise it would be obvious where to go.
I hated it as a kid but timed writing and having to write a given length (2 pages, 10 pages, 500 words...) helped me a lot in my professional life as an Electrical Engineer.
And everything @Lori D. said. If all of that is excellent, then I would have a wider audience give my kids suggestions for their writing. I guess until you hand them off to a professor or the world to continue to improve their writing.
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Quilts are hard though because they are a high priced item and most people shopping at the fairs don't want to drop that much cash. Oh and also little folder bags for holding crayons and/or coloring books and stuff. Also crayon rolls.
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I love the kitchen towel idea with the hanger on the oven. Things I've bought at craft fairs are cloth napkins (I just find them of a high quality for the price compared to mass produced ones), the heart shaped oven mitt things, and I can't keep myself away from the quilts.
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13 hours ago, kristin0713 said:
So then what about a wok?
Your wok would also need to be flat bottom to work on an electric.
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2 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:
I'll say that we've never memorized any poetry or anything and our kids definitely use more sophisticated language than other kids. It's basically because WE use more sophisticated language around the house and it gets internalized and because they read a lot and also because they are simply bright kids.
That could be true too. It could just be the exposure.
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My kids have an easier time memorizing stuff that we are also doing lessons or something else with. So they memorize math and science facts naturally (I just have to find/make a short succinct statement). My youngest (3) uses these memorized statements to figure out if something is a particular shape; I showed her a 5 min video on shapes.
Poetry and scripture I haven't pushed too hard. We just read the same thing over the course of the week and my only expectation is that they listen while I read. If they choose to repeat it they can.
I didn't start off being enthusiastic about having them memorize anything, but it's growing on me. I've seen them be able to use more sophisticated language over time and compared to peers. In math and handwriting it seems to help them be more fluent (quicker). Of course for math and handwriting it's in conjuncture with hands-on activities and practice. In language arts and reading, To me it's another tool to learn things.
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24 minutes ago, wendyroo said:
However, it is worth noting that in my experience, 5 year olds and Snap Circuits can be problematic. My 5 year olds have always been "outside the box thinkers", and that can prove very hard on the Snap Circuits. If the kiddos either can't build properly from the instructions, or they choose to go off script, they can actually damage the components.
That is what would happen at my house. Are the components expensive to replace?
32 minutes ago, HomeAgain said:We bought it for him when he was 6 or so, and he played with it up until age 10. At 11 we got him a proper coding kit with smaller circuit boards and LEDs and such. The whole kit fits into about a pencil case-sized tackle box.
Actually that would be an age close to being able to show him how to design his own circuit boards (if he's interested). They sell boards with a sheet of copper taped/glued on one or both sides. The copper can be cut out and peeled away (the glue isn't that strong). It's essentially a handmade printed circuit board. If he gets more curious about the circuit side of things vs. the coding side of things.
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Son is almost 5. Which snap circuits kit should I get? Is JR too small to really do anything? SC-300 will it take him years before he's building and understanding those? SC-750 overkill??
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I'm opposite of you. I grew up using electric; that was what I knew. We had the heated ring type then later moved to one with a smooth top. When I got married my husband insisted on gas and it's what we have now. I LOVE it. I do not foresee myself ever going back to electric again.
The smooth top electric is very easy to clean. The gas is easier to clean compared to the ring style electric. I did realize I needed to clean my grates; it's no big deal (with a large sink) you put it in soapy water and wipe clean. I didn't wash the grates for years (because I didn't know it was necessary) and no elbow grease was required. Get it dry (no drips) then just turn on the cooktop to complete the drying process.
Why I love gas over electric? Gas makes cooking so much faster. My gas cooktop won me over by boiling water. Gas can do things electric can't do. Electric cannot get the wok hot or evenly heated enough to do a proper stir-fry. The flames for sure wrap around the wok better than electric (which depends solely on the cooking vessel to get the heat on the sides). I can also flame roast peppers on gas.
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@Moonhawk , @purpleowl, and @Matt Layman I'm doing the trial on School Desk, will check it out. Yes I tried Trello and MS OneNote and there were too many other things and I was too busy setting the right background or the perfect sticky note color. Writing is doable right now, but it's a bit more paper then I'd like.
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15 hours ago, Matt Layman said:
My wife likes to print out the weekly view of tasks within School Desk. She mostly uses it as a tool for herself since my children are still elementary aged. I am biased because I made School Desk, however, I think does a good job of showing what her plan is each week.
I'd like her review of this program. I am struggling with school planning and school planners for my Kindergartener.
What does she think this planner gives her that others don't (both dedicated homeschool planners and teacher planners). I tried Trello, but I felt like I do need a paper copy so I don't have to run off every 10-15min (after each activity) to figure out what we are suppose to do next. Right now I'm doing lots of paper with redundant information, some to wrap my head around what we'll be doing and materials I need to gather and others to make a weekly plan for me to refer to during the day.
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8 hours ago, Spirea said:
Mystery Science he does on his own or a sibling sits with him... ugh it's just watching the lessons. I just don't have time to do more with him. I feel like I'm barely hanging on and always behind with everyone.
I've done lessons with my kid (younger) in science both hands-on experiment and just watch a video. In my opinion at this age bracket (K-2) it feels like the retention and the things they are getting out of it is about the same. In fact sometimes when I do an "elaborate" science experiment all he remembers is making a mess or something not science related. Whereas the science videos usually repeat some scientific statement and the kids remember those facts much better. I just ask my kids after the video or at dinner time What happened or What did you learn in the XYZ video.
Don't let Pinterest guilt you into always hands-on science.
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I went to public school and starting from about middle school they had all these programs directed toward girls interested in STEM. I wonder if you could ask your local public school if they know of some of these programs local to you. For some I just had to pay for supplies, some were fully sponsored, and some needed payment but had a lot of scholarships available. I did everything from science/math teachers doing fun activities afterschool once a month, to field trips to local businesses, to women in engineering volunteering their time to do a day camp where girls got to do fun projects in different fields and talk about their experience in their field.
These programs were mostly fun and not super educational, except for the fact that they got me exposed to the fun things I could possibly be doing in different fields. Also exposure to actual women doing "traditionally" men's work and getting their perspectives and learning who they are and who I can be (that they are regular women). The one that stuck with me all these years was a female welder and learning she too liked shopping (I had been told a lot before then that I was too much of a girly girl to be an engineer).
Any way I really enjoyed my career as an electrical engineer. I only stopped because I had two wonderful children that I wanted to stay home with.
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2 hours ago, GoodGrief3 said:
I did the part time thing for a few years. It was the worst of all worlds for me. Still needed to keep up all professional requirements of a full time worker, did not have the same connection to co-workers. Kids were not in day care enough to feel entirely comfortable there, and the cost was higher because of part time status. They seemed to be there just enough to get whatever illness was going around, and the employer was less understanding about the part-timer calling in sick. Spent the first four hours of the day working to pay for the child care, and the rest bumped us up a tax bracket, so no real financial advantage at that time (some-20 odd years ago, tax laws may be different now)
I could see this happening for me as well. I guess it's more of grass could be greener on the other side. Financially speaking there wouldn't be any real financial advantage for our family either. There would be some extra money coming in (maybe?). The only benefit is that if anything should happen to my husband or our relationship, I'd be able to financially take care of the children and I solo. Emotionally I'd probably be a wreck anyways so ...
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3 hours ago, fairfarmhand said:
What I have told my daughters is to plan for a career that they can do part time or evenings/weekends if they want. Or work from home. Always leave their options open and try to keep a foot in the door somewhere.
I sort of wish someone told me that. Although not sure if I would have followed that advice when I was younger anyways. I had a super fulfilling career up until I had a second child, but it's hard to figure out how to do that part-time.
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I'm utterly lost. Granted I have no idea what the methodology they are trying to teach is, there is a part of me that feels no matter what method they are teaching the kids about adding, multiplying, dividing, multivariable calculus, etc. shouldn't the problem look something like something they might encounter in real life (even if it means they have to be rocket scientist or mathematician before they encounter such a problem).
Of course aside from SAHM my other career was electrical engineering so I'm fully in the math is a tool for doing fun stuff, and not math is fun in and of itself.
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PT for being too tight "down there" ;) Ladies only please
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