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If she eats a good range of stuff then the only thing I'd worry about is iron and I think whether you do well on a vegetarian diet is quite individual. I suspect my eldest will become vegetarian at some point in her teens, she's always leaned to liking meat less than everything else for a host of reasons, it just troubles her. She was vegetarian until about 3. I worry about iron intake because I have really struggled with iron deficiency and it's been really bad during the times I was eating less meat (my husband was vegetarian for about 25 years).
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That is really frustrating.
It rains all the time in Devon? I am in Lancashire, & I always think of Devon as sunny (perhaps by comparison!!!)
Yep, Some parts are a bit drier but Devon is extremely wet. It's up there with Wales and the Lake District. The only bit that that's significantly drier is around Newton abbot/Torquay because it's in Dartmoor's rainshadow. I guess everyone thinks of Devon as dry and warm because they go to that area on holiday.
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There's a book and DVD called The history of Scotland by Neil Oliver. I'm part way through the DVD at the moment and finding it in interesting but not seen the book in person.
There's also a book and dvd called the Story of Ireland by Neil Hegarty and Fergal Keane.
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That is really disappointing when the weather is bad. We live in the north of England where is *always* rains, so I was astonished by the clear skies.
I'm in Devon and it always rains here too but we've had 2 clear days before it and a yesterday and today were lovely. So mega frustrating.
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No, I've never liked babies and toddlers and have no desire to spend any time in their company. I really struggled through that phase with my own and I'm beginning to see something more fun now my youngest is 7 and more independent. I have zero need to do any of it again. I would probably never have had kids if my husband hadn't been so family oriented. I was a kid who hated kids too, I hated babysitting and generally found my peers deeply irritating. I did get less annoyed with little kid noise/chaos in public for quite a while as I got used to it but I've noticed myself getting grumpy with it again so I guess I need to choose to be more understanding.
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Would he find the Dragonbox algebra app useful when he forgets? It's quite fun.
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Happy Birthday!
When my friend's husband forgot her birthday their credit card took a bashing and it's become an annual thing for her to handle her own birthday present/celebration. He was always a very lame present giver and just kind of took her for granted a bit and it's really important to her.
My husband has never forgotten but he puts in no real effort or forethought and it's clearly last minute most of the time. It's been pretty hurtful at times and It makes me really uncomfortable so I end up saying don't bother, as in I'd rather just receive a card. His present giving tends to be one up from something that can be grabbed at the service station shop. I do think norms in a family make a big difference. In my family we rarely ask for present ideas, you kind of just notice/remember things someone wants or find something they'd like, whereas my husband's family relies on lists for all present giving events and it's strange to buy non-list things. It can feel very cold when you're not used to it.
We don't do much in the way of celebrations, the kids get a party every few birthdays.
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It was so cloudy in my neck of the woods. So frustrating because it has been lovely clear skies for a few days and the rest of today was clear.
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Oh, yeah, I understand that. My snark was mostly because the UCAS strange split between AP's means that a SAT2 in, say, American Literature, becomes good for admission, but not AP Art History.
Hmmm....but how upset would it make the Uni if one of my kids entered on American qualifications, and then ends up paying home fees? Should be obvious, yes, but.
Some if could also be the subjects. There's a core of A Levels that are considered hard subjects and you'll tend to see those subjects as main entry requirements for nearly all courses. They'll be things like English Lit/Lang, maths, sciences, geography, history, languages. Most of the rest are soft subjects that most unis won't like or require even if they relate to the degree subject. That'll be things like like general studies, philosophy, psychology, music, media studies, sport, art, business etc. and a student might really only want to take one as an extra subject on top of 3 hard subjects. That is probably why American literature would be considered good but Art history not acceptable as entry to a degree.
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It was in the hours before dawn here. The sky was clear when I went to bed but clouded over at some point so nothing to see unfortunately.
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I rarely lend things anymore. People just don't give stuff back and I've even had them pass stuff on to others so I have no idea where my things have ended up. I've also had stuff given back water damaged and with their name written in it in ink.
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Book depository is part of Amazon and I think has been for some while. I have had two friends who sold Usborne, one of them didn't like the pressure to sell from her team leader (not sure if that's standard) and didn't do it for long and the other just struggled to find the opportunities to sell as it's just such a common thing that people sell and the books are everywhere so much cheaper.
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Cottage pie. It exists to use up leftover roast beef and while some recipes look like they have loads of ingredients it's really basic like onions and carrots normally and nothing long or complicated. You just top it with mashed potato and bake it. Here is a simple recipe, just replace mince with the leftover beef.
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You can use a normal photographic tripod for binoculars but some are more awkward than others, it depends on the head on the tripod, some have more range of movement than others. You need an adapter to add to the head to add a fixing point in the correct place for the binoculars, mine both have the fixing point in different places. This website has a guide. You need to check the tripod will take the weight of whatever you put on it though as low end tripods often don't take much weight safely.
Both my binoculars were not designed for Astronomy. They are both Swift binoculars, Audobon and Newport. One was free and one was about £12 in a market. They both needed cleaning.
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I believe trying to focus on an object, with Binoculars, would be very difficult. I have never tried that, but my belief is that it would be difficult to locate the object and much harder to keep the object in view, with binoculars.
No it's not. Mount a pair of binoculars on a tripod and it's really easy for a child to manage. You have less magnification than a telescope and a wider field of view and so if anything it's easier to get to know the night's sky as you can physically see more area at once. You're more likely to be able to see the whole of a constellation and they're great to view the moon with too. Obviously it's also cheaper to get a good pair of binoculars and an appropriate tripod than to get a decent telescope.
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My kids mostly watch Stampy, Squid, DanTDM and Sqaishey.
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I enjoy cooking but I dislike dealing with the couple of fussy eaters in my family who have an ever changing range of things they like one week and not the next. I cook nearly every day. It's fairly rare for us to eat out or buy take away.
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Some of the universities have their own entrance examinations that can be taken.
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I can't help thinking that without at least some core exams it's just making life hard for yourself. Especially as it's also quite hard to get any basic work here without a maths gcse.
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An EU social group sounds like a really good idea.
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I agree on the binoculars and also a tripod. There are tons of astronomy magazines and online forums that have reviews of ranges of binoculars. I've got a couple of different Swift binoculars and I like them both.
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I've found it hard to do it for free, you can certainly do some areas on a tight budget, but other things are more of a hassle or a huge time sap to research and pull together for your family than just buying something. Our library system is not great so books have always been my main expense. I have fast internet which helps massively and is worth the cost.
Teenagers and the need for sleep
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My eldest is only 11 but well into puberty. She easily sleeps 11 to 12 hours a night. Can you let her just sleep until she naturally wakes up even a few days a week and just see what she actually needs to wake feeling refreshed.