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  1. Are you asking whether the trees will be green and lush in April? Or what in particular do you want to see? My son goes to school right there. If I don’t have an answer for you, there are a lot of local parents on the college FB page I can ask. I know it is beautiful in the fall when the leaves change.
  2. I agree this is one of the more worthwhile ones. I believe this is usually offered to juniors/seniors?
  3. I take our expired meds to a CVS med drop off box. They are located near the pharmacy. They do have some rules so I would look at those, such as amounts of liquid meds allowed, before you go.
  4. My son has started receiving some emails for academic honor societies. We researched one of them and decided it wasn't worth it (NSCS). He went to an info session for Eta Sigma Phi today so we will see. I don't know anything about the particular one you are asking about though. I am new to all of this too. I have told my guy to see what is involved/requirements of the chapter. I added that participation in the honor society is probably as/more important than just having it to note on a resume. I want him to look at clubs and honor societies related to his major and to see what else comes down the road for him as an upperclassman. I also searched on his school's FB parent groups to see what was said about the particular honor societies he received emails from.
  5. I 2nd the orange chicken! I go just to stock up on it. We also like their tomato soup in the box, and pumpkin bread mix (seasonal). I know someone else said no, be we love any of the chocolate Jo-Jo’s here. Better than Oreos for us.
  6. My boys are using Earth Breeze laundry sheets at college - figured it was easier not to have liquid running all down the sides of the Tide bottle in their dorm rooms -- LOL. They work fine on my stinky boys. They don't get dirty - like working in the yard dirty - but they are certainly stinky boys (especially the one that works out hard at the gym at school). I tried them at home first and I thought they worked fine.
  7. Why do you put yourself and your family through this experience 😳? You know how it turns out every time. I guess I am getting old and crotchety 🤪, but I would not continue to ruin my family holidays if this is what happens every time.
  8. My washing machine just died. I am literally looking at many loads of dirty clothes as both of my boys came home from college yesterday. One brought me a gift of 3 weeks of dirty clothes 😆. I am heading to the laundromat tomorrow morning to get caught up. DH and I are looking for a top load that doesn’t have an electronic programming board (we are going to for knobs and dials this time). We don’t want a Whirlpool again. Need a good size drum to do larger loads. Any recs (or ones not to buy) very welcome!
  9. My boys have chosen to use Lume. It isn’t perfect, but better than not using anything. Worth a try for sure.
  10. I still old school reconcile too - to the penny 😁. I am the bill payer in the family and I am the one who checks the accounts and makes sure everything is as it should be. But it is ok to stop for sure!!!!
  11. I think you should just take your assigned dish and the sides your family likes. People don't have to eat them🤷‍♀️. I'm glad you mom is being flexible though! We had an issue for several years when we were having Thanksgiving at my BIL's (they took over Thanksgiving at their house when my in-laws got older). My FIL LOVES turkey and mashed potatoes, but my BIL said we weren't having mashed potatoes. I said I'll bring them. He said they aren't on his diet (he was dieting at the time) and not to bring them. I told him not to eat them then. Let's tell an 85+ year old man he can't have mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving. Good grief. I brought them anyway.
  12. It is for now thank goodness! But it is a ton of money and won't last forever! My DH is no longer working and my boys are both in college (we are cash pay) so we won't be paying if the money runs out to be honest. And my sibling cannot afford to help. I was told a year and 8 months ago he likely wouldn't make it a year. 8 months later, he is still going, but in the steep decline. I just signed another lease term for his apartment 🤪. It is cheaper than him in a nursing home with 24/7 care (he would be dead already if he was in a nursing home with out hiring care in there too) and he refused assisted living when it was a possibility. So...here were are. I've been doing this for 5 years and 2 months with my dad. And we went through this with my in-laws during covid who both died (not covid related). They refused to leave their house until a month before they died saying they think it's now time for that assisted living. Well...that assisted living ship had sailed a long time ago. It has been a nightmare and really opened our eyes to how we want things to be going forward. And now one of DH's dad's best friends - his son is dealing with it too and he is saying he doesn't want this for himself either. Nothing can prepare you for this experience until you go through it.
  13. Right there with you - just my dad though. We are bleeding money on 24/7 care 😔.
  14. I would for sure. That was my plan, but Covid happened. I think it is good to start early and be low stress. It becomes high stress the closer you get to application time and they have a lot of other things on their plates - senior year classes, exams (SAT, ACT, AP), college applications, essays.
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