Is the one of the most wanted?!?! Fabulous news 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Something pretty to look at that I found on Etsy. Not all colleges are there, but there are quite a few. They are note cards, but you can get bigger prints made too. Both of my boys' schools are there. https://www.etsy.com/shop/elgreenart?ref=usf_2020&section_id=27051477 There are other Esty shops that have other college stuff like this too.

I am going from my iPhone 12 Pro Max to the 14 Pro Max tomorrow. My DH needs a new phone (like he can't make or receive any calls anymore on it) and he wants to take mine and get me the new one for the better camera. I will need a new case for the 14 Pro Max. Me and my boys are using this one https://www.amazon.com/SPIDERCASE-Designed-Waterproof-Protector-Shockproof/dp/B099RZMRV9/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MRUKLHEU80QX&keywords=spidercase%2Bfor%2Biphone%2B12%2BPro%2Bmax&qid=1678380149&sprefix=spidercase%2Bfor%2Biphone%2B12%2Bpro%2Bmax%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-2&th=1 . It wasn't too expensive and has held up well for almost 2 years. I was looking for the same one for the 14 Pro Max, but don't see it. What I especially like about my current case is that the plastic covers (back and front) are built into the case so I don't have to put those on separately. Any recommendations? For my old Samsung, I used an Otterbox, but that would be a little too bulky for me with this bigger phone (my Samsung was small - think 2014 small).

For me, it would depend greatly on who the someone is.

Duluths. They have long tail shirts and are good quality.

We were all around DS2 before he tested positive. We isolated him after his test. I was the only around him after that and I was masked until DS1 tested positive and they isolated together. DS1 started a scratchy throat and tested positive 5 days later, but was negative 3 days later. DS2 was positive for over 12 days. Who knows with this crazy virus.

One of mine has had both and one has just had metal. I think it is painful anytime they are making an adjustment. For Invisalign, it is when they move to the next set of them - each time. In our experience, adding the bands always hurt for a couple of days. I had soft foods available and they took some meds for the pain. Unfortunately, I think it is just part of the process :-(. I think metal is probably a little harder than the Invisalign, but the Invisalign isn't without discomfort.

I can only speak from experience. DS1 tested positive 5 days after DS2. DH and I never tested positive. I would be cautiously optimistic that he avoided it, but would continue to isolate from him. If it were me, I would not expose your new brother and his family to this on Sunday.

I was just coming back to add some info. When I did this for baseball, it was easy to manage for the 12 or so kids on the team. Our swim team has over 200 swimmers. We currently utilize a password to allow parents to view the photos on Shutterfly. How would Google Drive work with 200+ families? Also, we upload about 500 pics of each swim meet (6 meets), and maybe 750 for our last meet (3 teams at Divisonals). We have 2 to 3 people taking pictures each meet that would need to upload. Someone on the Board of Directors is currently saving all the pics on Shutterfly from 2013 😱. I would think, whatever we use, we could give people time to get their photos before we delete everything for the next year. I don't think we need to keep them so long, but I only took over the Shutterfly account in the past few years. My boys only have 1 or 2 years left and they age out.

I am looking for a free photo sharing site (for sports teams, etc.). I used to post baseball pictures on Shutterfly's share site for years and our summer swim team has used that site for years to post pictures for our swim families to view, print, and download. I am hoping to find an alternate since Shutterfly is shutting that feature down in a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? Or if a paid service, something that isn't too expensive? I am one of the team photographers and we are trying to find a solution for this summer's photos.

I met my roommate at orientation and we hit it off for that day (way before social media). However, she was a nightmare and I went home every weekend and cried on my mom's shoulder every time I had to drive back. Got the RA involved and everything. She locked me out of my room (I was in a friend's room down the hall) to have tEa in our room 🙄. This was just one of many things that weren't good. Thankfully, I got a new roommate the 2nd semester and we stayed together the remainder of college. Ironically, her crappy roommate and my crappy roommate decided they wanted to room together and we were ok with it. Best thing ever!

🙄 Neither of my guys want to do the social media thing to find a roommate. I know mine aren't the only ones. In the JMU 2027 FB group, all the girl moms are wanting to know where to go to find roommates. Insta, FB, etc. A boy mom responded that her son said, "H$LL no to that!" LOL. A bunch of responded the same of our sons. A lot of the boys are saying they are going to wing it and meet people when they get there. JMU has pretty good success with roommate matching. Not sure about UMW, but I guess we will find out. I'm going to let it go since mine aren't doing the social media thing. Anyone going through this? Boys or girls?

Thanks all! DS2 is going to pick the dorms with the hall baths for freshman year. Those were renovated in 2020 and 2021 and are super nice. Huge rooms with tall ceilings, big windows, and nice furniture. He will be eligible to move into their on-campus apartments next year that are 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room. Each bedroom is for 2 students (like a dorm room) with a bathroom in each bedroom. That would only be 2 to a bathroom then. If we can get him a single in those apartments for a little more $$$, we will do that. That would be the perfect place for him.

Fresh or frozen?

I am in agreement with you -- LOL! My 2 have shared their bathroom forever. Neither is perfect, but one is def better than the other. And...they are used to each other. 4 boys who don't know each other 😬! I guess, for sophomore year, they can see if they find a group of 4 boys who they know would be somewhat tidy.

Hope this is ok here as I know there are moms with lots of knowledge with this! Freshman boys - 2 different schools. Hall bath or suite style for freshman year? For DS2's school, small and not a party school, hall baths are cleaned Mon-Fri. Suite style would be 4 boys with 2 sinks, one shower, and one toilet (does have a privacy door like a public bathroom stall would have). Boys would have to clean it, little older dorms, and we provide the TP. Hall baths at this school are in recently renovated within the last couple of years - the whole buildings were renovated and we have toured one of them. They are nice! Any thoughts? For DS1, we are going to be able to go into about 6 different dorms this month and he doesn't have to decide just yet. He is my less neat kid in the bathroom 😬.

I'm going to go talk to someone at the Verizon Store. I believe they will need to move my number to the new phone and I'll transfer all my data. Then they would need to move DH's number from his Samsung to my iPhone.

My boys and I got iPhone 12 Pros in June 2021. My guys first phones (made it to age 16 🤪) and I hadn't had a new phone (Samsung) since 2014. My DH decided not to get a new phone at that time. He was going to wait for the iPhone 13 to come out, but then never did. Now his Samsung S5 (from 2014) is dying. He wants me to get the most current iPhone (for the better camera, which is my thing) and him take over my phone. Has anyone transferred all their stuff from one iPhone to another? App, settings, texts, etc.? If so, did it go well? I lost a lot in my transfer from android to iPhone and had to set everything up again. Would rather not do that again. And...would it be easy to switch my number to the new phone and put his number on my old phone? We are all on the same Verizon plan.

OP here. I would like to thank everyone for their feedback. It was really helpful to me. DS2 went ahead and accepted Honors so he could move forward with enrollment, but I think he will likely decide not to do it. DH and I are in support of whatever he decides so he doesn't have to worry about what we think, which is good.

My boys are taking Derek Owens AP Calc AB. Does anyone have a prep book they would recommend for the exam? Or another source of study? They are doing fine in the class and can work on extra problems in the books too.

I was able to get reimbursed directly from my insurance. I filed a claim on-line and uploaded a copy of my receipt.

We have them throughout our house. Love them. Only complaint is they have gone off when a kid has a humidifier in their room on the highest setting (when sick).

I was also wondering how i didn’t know she had triplets 🤣🤣🤣.

@matrips This is fantastically awesome news! Good job kiddos and good job mama!!! 🎉

No experience, but wishing you a successful procedure and great recovery!!!