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We heard (but didn't see) some near the outskirts of Indy.
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I too usually give them 7 days.
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People have mentioned tires. They also offer free rotation if you buy your tires there.
The other big savings for us has been their Car/Home Insurance. I re-price insurance every two years, and up until this year they were always the best price. This time they were not, because they offer an extremely small discount for college students living away from home and Travellers was a lot better for us in that regard.
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Safeway has an app that you can download coupons on, based on their weekly sale ad. Sale ad is online or probably pick up in the store.
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I'll third the dark chocolate PB cups. Also, I almost exclusively buy greeting cards there, since they are 99 cents.
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Wow--is your signature still up to date? He's NINE? (Even if he's older now, what a gift/passion he has!)
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My teen and I like to work on a paint by number together some evenings.
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Rice seldom lasts that long here either, but we've certainly eaten 6 day old rice before. We re-heat our leftover rice in the micro with a maybe an additional tsp of water per serving added to soften it up. I sure don't take any special care getting it in the fridge or anything either.
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I'm terrible at decorating/matching, so have not insight there. but I wanted to say I love your tile choice!
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(wow,that's a long link....). I like it because it's white, but not completely plain. I enjoy using colorful/seasonal table linens, which I couldn't do as well with my yellow and blue flowered stoneware.
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I read a really interesting and heartbreaking book on this subject earlier this year. Gift link (I think) to the NYT book review:
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Do you know anybody in any of the layover cities to rescue her, should she get stuck there?
Otherwise consider the whole "how to get a minor a hotel room" scenario--good advice from Dmmetler. Is winter weather part of the equation anywhere?
Several years ago I had an 17 yo unaccompanied minor's flight home get delayed/delayed and then canceled, and it was stressful. She was an fairly experienced traveler, though this was her first time alone. I was on the phone with United AND on the United website seeing all these horrible connecting options getting her home 18 hours late, with an overnight layover in Miami. She is friendly and made friends with a woman from the same canceled flight (on vacation with her family) in the customer service line ahead of her, and whose kids, as it turns out, go to the school I work at, though I didn't know them. It turns out this family "adopted" her--she joined them in their rented minivan to travel to another airport a couple hours away, spent a very short night in a king sized bed with two of their daughters before they caught a 6am flight. (Actually my dd was standby on that flight, but there were several other flights later that day, so I decided to be okay with it.) She was back to our home airport by 7am the next morning. It was really quite remarkable...one of those "substitute mom to the rescue" things, and quite possible orchestrated by God.
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Don't hate on the school nurses!
I just want to chime in here that some (most!) school nurses don't like these rules either. It is specifically stated in the IL Department of Health Services "Recommended Guidelines for Medication Administration in Schools" document, written by them and the IL State Board of Education that:
(a whole bunch of stuff before and after this) 1. A written order for prescription and non-prescription medications must be obtained from the student’s licensed prescriber. The order includes: • Student’s Name • Date of Birth • Licensed Prescriber, Signature and Date • Licensed Prescriber Phone and Emergency Number(s) • Name of Medication- dosage- route of administration- frequency and time of administration • Diagnosis Requiring Medication • Intended Effect of the Medication /Possible Side Effects • Other Medications Student is Receiving • Time Interval for Re-Evaluation • Approval for Self-Administration • Approval for students to carry emergency medication on their person (i.e. inhaler, Epi-Pen)
Every school nurse and administrator I know will pretend not to see a kid take advil IF they are a good kid overall--good, as in not having been previously caught with illegal substances... Tell your kid to go to the bathroom and take in private. Backpacks etc. only get searched if there is a suspicion of under the influence. Also--the need for the 6 DIFFERENT sheets is a little over the top. I'd probably fill them out and staple a copy of the one you originally turned in the the MD signature onto it, and see what happens...
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My daughter is a sophomore at Harvey Mudd, studying physics, though because their core is the first 1.5 years, she hasn't actually taken any specialized major classes yet (though core has 2.5 semesters physics, I think?). She would say she loves the people there, but is struggling with the workload this semester. I really feel like they have a diverse and interesting student body. Since it's undergrad only, many sophomores and some freshman already start working in labs. They have an amazing Makerspace that any engineer would love. I'm sure she would answer specific questions or take time to meet with your son if he visited.
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Our family went to the museum maybe 6 years ago, and adults and young teens enjoyed it--there were two excellent immersive exhibits (old and new testament) that were especially interesting. We are Christians and value the Bible and I appreciated the history of scripture it presented. They had a rabbi there answering questions about the Torah, so I'm not sure they are trying to actively evangelize for the protestant faith--it didn't come across that way to us. FWIW, we regularly pay exhorbitant prices for entertainment ($30 for Field , $40 for Shedd in Chicago recently, sigh).
Aside from price, I guess many seem opposed to the ethics of the museum. That's for each individual to decide. I am not excusing the sloppiness of their acquisions, I only heard/read occasional headlines. But From the NPR article I googled dated 2020, and wikipedia entry it does appear that they have improved and changed their processes for the bettter. For me, they appear to have admitted wrongdoing, returned items, paid fines, and are committed to doing better. Is it right to be more harsh with them because of who the owners/board are? Was there more publicity around these problems because of who the board is?
In the case of the Gligamesh tablet acquisition, Christie's (the auction house) seems at equal or greater fault than the museum. Another quick google search shows that many many museums have found their collections to contain some (or many) fakes or forgeries, or stolen antiquities (see British Museum reference from elegantlion, and https://matadornetwork.com/read/stolen-artifacts-museums/).
I still go to zoos and aquariums and believe my exposure to the wonderful animals there make me more committed to conservation. So the good outweighs the bad. I kind of look at the Museum of the Bible the same way. It's not a perfect place, but it was enriching and interesting.
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What a rough time to be going through. Praying for you and your family, Melissa.
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Another podcast possibility--https://bibleproject.com/podcast/series/ancient-cosmology/. In this series, Tim and Jon explore cosmology in the Hebrew Bible alongside other origin stories of the ancient world.
I listened to this in part a couple years ago, and would fit the bill for the first question, at least.
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Wow--I'm so impressed, and a bit jealous too! So glad you had an amazing time. The difficulty finding/seeing the trails seems a bit scary to me. I would never be brave enough to do something like that without much more experienced "guides" than anyone I know. Love the pictures.
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So, so sorry for your loss.
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For me-James Herriot -All Creatures Great and Small and sequels. I like the quirky cast of heartwarming characters and pets of yesteryear.
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My kid's public school doesn't ask about scholarships, but somehow they know where kids applied and the outcome of the application in previous years--maybe from the common app? Naviance, the college guidance computer program they use has a scatterplot of GPA or test scores vs acceptance outcomes for many schools. The school does have 4400 kids, so while it's anecdotal, one can perhaps see trends.
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Wow, wish I was on this board 20 years ago when my husband and I took a pre-kids trip and had Lewlma's advice! We too had two weeks. If I were to do it again, I'd skip the North Island altogether, probably. We were big hikers and loved Mt. Cook, did a hut to hut (Routeburn) trek, walked on a glacier, kayaked in Milford Sound. One really unique thing we did on the North Island (I think) was called "black water rafting". We wore wetsuits and floated on inner tubes through a river in a cave and saw glow worms, which was really cool. It's a stunningly beautiful country, with such varied scenery.
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I saw this today, perusing my online NYT. This article should be "gifted" so you can see without the paywall. "The College Data You Can't Find But Definitely Need"
This would have been helpful for me a year ago. I haven't gone to any of the sites, myself, but it might be helpful to someone. I don't know how to shorten the very long link.
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2 hours ago, BandH said:
recipe?
This is what I make:
https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/chicken-enchilada-casserole-recipe/
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Chicago -- Is there anything besides the bean?
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The architecture tour on the river (and some go on Lake Michigan too) is a MUST! - dress appropropriately and have sunscreen, get tix in advance and line up a bit early to get a good seat if it is a full cruise. I've been on both Wendella and the Arch Foundation (CAF), and they were both excellent. The one by CAF was a bit more serious and is a bit more expensive. If you really like architecture (and Chicago is famous for it) you can do walking tours from the CAF too--also excellent. Walking along the Riverwalk also gives some pretty views and is enjoyable.
If you are going to the Art Institute, definitely walk through Millenium Park (directly to the north of the museum) with the Lurie Garden, the Bean (from afar, as it's blocked off for ??), the Crown Fountain, and even walking to the Shirley Ryan playground across the ribbon bridge is cool. Across the Michigan Avenue from Millenium Park is the aforementioned Chicago Cultural Center, which is free and beautiful to walk through.
I personally like Museum of Science and Industry, and I skip the extra ticketed exhibits. If you go, spend time reading/watching the videos as you go through the submarine exhibit and you will get much more out of it. No real reason to pay extra to go inside the sub.
If you're going to do at least 3 tourist attractions look in to getting a CityPass which lets you pick and choose attractions at a discount as well.
Parking downtown is easiest for me using the Spot Hero app. You can put in the address/attraction you want to be close to, and it gives a map of discounted parking in that vicinity for you to choose from. I believe if you just drive up to Millenium Park Garage (where one would park for it, the Art Institute, possibly the boat tour) you would pay $22/day, but using SpotHero it was $14 last Saturday.