The green beans and carrots look interesting. I've had kombucha going since this summer. I keep thinking that maybe it is time to let it go, but it is so easy! I have a question about the lacto-fermented vegetables. Meaning no disrespect to anyone, do you think non-iodized salt is suggested because it is more pure, or do you think the iodine actually inhibits the process in some way?

Interesting that you mention this. I read something similar that suggested the yoga position Child's Pose, or similar. I'll keep up with a variety of squats too!

What a great way to warm them with love 🥰

I got a request for pajama pants from my DD at college. I tried 2 new to me free patterns. Bought the plaid, but had the aqua terry in my stash - and glad to find it a home!

DD confirms my recollection. She added that it wasn't uncommon for someone else to have the same question, so sitting through others' questions sometimes paid off I should have mentioned, though, that she never did the self-paced course. She needed the regular, "scheduled by sunshine else" classes to keep her on track.

I'll check with DD, but my recollection is yes. She rarely used it, but when she did it was lightly attended and the instructor addressed each student's question and others could listen in and stay after if they wanted. I think DD would have something to work on engine date was waiting, if necessary, and she could tune out until her turn or something snagged her interest.

Also, I've never seen a loom used in that fashion. Very intriguing!

Well, I think so. I received, used, and made plenty like that. The only "digit entanglement" stories I heard were long or curly hair related. Every new mom has her own hang ups, but everyone will appreciate the gift, even if they decide to drape it artfully out of reach for a couple of years.

Those are so pretty!

My grandfather had a record that included that take on Beethoven's 5th as a sportscast. I can still hear his chuckles when we listen to it. 😀

I agree with your assessment. They streets departments of all the affected municipalities have had time to clear the roads. Pack your car for the slim possibility that you get stranded (warm clothes, some easy food, water, whatever you have at hand that makes sense.) Stay on the highways and high volume roads. Know that hospital routes are top priority for road departments and then just drive calmly and attentively. Sorry about your fil.

My in-laws' house got cold one winter while they were away and all their dishes crackled. So give a bit of thought to what you would leave behind, I guess.

Beautiful! I love the little beads. I would hate to put pins in this. 😀

Oh, yes! I think I can often trace the course of that nerve. You started this thread with the disturbing idea that your symptoms are wriggling around like a landed fish. That sounds terrible, and terribly difficult to address. So you have any medical support? Doctors or prescriptions trying to help?

I, too, suffer from low-pressure induced headaches in the sinuses on the right side of my head. I am hesitant to self-diagnose as migraines because they don't seem as bad as what people with actual migraines suffer, but they can definitely make me nonfunctional while they last. Acetaminophen, pseudoephedrine, and Breathe Deep Tea have been my go-tos, but I'm not convinced they actually help consistently. I'm going to add some more suggestions from this thread to try out. One problem I have is that when I get one of these headaches I can't seem to decide what approach I should take to address it. It is as tough the headache comes with a large side of analysis paralysis. I'm trying to get dh to just tell me what I should do, but that would require breaking too many years of training, I guess. So I'm going to have to make myself an instruction list. "Dear future headache sufferer, Step 1..." What would make a headache actually a migraine?

I imagine this is stressful to watch, as a parent, but I'm impressed that he has selected what looks like a workable plan for going forward. So many times people seem to get mired in rejecting the thing that is not working for them and seem unable to look forward. I hope things work out as he would like. My ds also got "okay" grades. Since he doesn't seem to have any interest in graduate school or a super-selective career, none of us are particularly worked up. I burned that Straight A, Superstar Scholar dream years ago. Now I feel content just watching him transition to being an adult (🤞🤞)

Not around me, they don't. We talked about that approach for ds last year but ended up using an additional return option on the software we had to purchase for ourselves. I made the argument you are making, but in the end the electronic return made more sense.

You can do as many languages on Duo as you want. On the mobile app, tap the flag in the top left corner and it will let you choose another language.

I agree with your post, but wanted to jump off this part. My 14yod was on Germany for 2 weeks last spring. She couldn't get her atm card to work at all. I was surprised because I have never had persistent problems with that when I've traveled. In the final analysis I decided that it was most likely because she only had a savings account and not a checking account. At home she very rarely uses it, and the credit union allows atm withdrawals from savings. I think the German network couldn't support that. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Such lovely fabric!

🤦🏼‍♀️ Of course! I forgot about the flavoring injections.

Do you (or anyone) know why this is? Is it added salt to dishes with chicken, or something about chicken itself that is high in salt?

It has been a long time since we enjoyed those books together! Instead of the review cards, we put together a lapbook for each of the first two books. They served a similar purpose. I think every 5 chapters we would stop and spend a day talking about the pieces for each of the previous chapters, assembling them, and gluing them into the books. As a bonus, there was additional review when Grandma visited and everybody wanted to look through the lapbooks with her. I just pulled out the lapbook my high school freshman made way back when to remind her about the Seven Wonders after a discussion with her sister this week about the Colossus of Rhodes. If I were to use the cards I would either use them to prompt a casual review conversation or else the Montessori idea might be appealing. Avoid the trap of letting it get tedious for your dd! Maybe let her be in charge of the cards half the time, or something. Another idea that I used to see from other families was to hang a string in the wall and then as you review the cards, hang them up with clothes pins like a laundry style time line. In our house, history was a subject I tried to keep pretty casual about. I feel like it is one of the few subjects where even low key, consistent exposure really makes a difference.

This is true for me also. When I'm forced into those short term free trials of Premium I've been using that time to go back and get to legendary status on lessons from a few levels ago. During Premium there is no cost to trying for legendary and it allows me to do some deep review.

My first pair of pants came off the machine as an ankle length pencil skirt that went directly into the trash with a scream. The machine didn't see daylight again for quite a while. 😀