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Maybe try Supercuts or Walmart's SmartStyle salon. I found mention of dyeing on both of their sites, though Supercuts only mentioned dyeing hair to be natural looking so I'm not sure if they do bright colors.
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I have yet to try the combo of bacon and sweet.
I can't believe I haven't tried that combo...
My first time trying a bacon-sweet combo was at Burger King a few years ago. They had bacon brownie sundaes with caramel and they were tasty!
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I'm so sorry.
Both of my miscarriages happened without medical intervention at 12-13 weeks, but the babies measured 8 weeks.
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I owe my first bee sting to She-ra. Or maybe it was my lazy babysitter ;). I had awesome She-ra high-tops, but I was 5 and needed help getting them on. So my (adult) sitter sent me outside barefoot to run through clover-filled grass. I was stung on the bottom of my foot :(.
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Oh, I think using a finger for spacing is pretty normal for this age. I would not find that unusual at all.
My first grade teacher gave each student a Popsicle stick with a smiley face sticker on it to use for spacing our words. It worked well and was a useful reminder to have sitting in the desk even once we didn't need it all the time any more.
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What size writing paper is that? Is it very wide-ruled beginner paper? It may seem counter-intuitive but I found that my DS6 writes much better with smaller lines because he can control the pencil better when he's not making large strokes.
Also, have you tried small length pencils, like golf pencils? Another thing we got were these triangular mechanical pencils with thick lead that help. http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-Paper-Mechanical-Pencils-1862166/dp/B00CR381DG
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I haven't finished it yet, but the book "The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends" has been highly recommend to me by several people.
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In theory I would have used one, but it didn't work out in our case. I owned the cute little monkey backpack but only used it maybe once or twice with DS on a trial basis. He was a runner and didn't seem bothered by being waaaaay far away from me. I put the backpack on him a few times to get him used it it, but he became inconsolable when I tried to actually use it. He was my only child at the time, so I found other methods to keep him safe.
DD was not a runner, but I tried to acclimate her to it just in case. She would melt into a wailing puddle if I brought it near her, so I got rid of it.
One of my earliest memories is of wearing a yellow harness/leash at Disneyland when I was 2 1/2. My parents had me pose with Pluto holding my leash, and I remember finding it hilarious that "The doggie is holding my leash!"
About 5 years ago I saw an elderly woman in an airport with 3 children aged approximately 6, 8, and 10 wearing leashes. I presumed she was their grandmother. It was such an odd sight, but I have no idea if the kids might have had special needs. She had an obvious physical ailment that would have prevented her from being able to chase anyone, especially in two or three directions, so perhaps it was the best thing she could think to do in that situation. All three were sitting playing game devices when I saw them, but she would have known immediately if one got up.
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Am I the only one who can't get past blow drying a toddler's hair? I'm sure there are good reasons, but it has me 😒. (Also, the side eye emoji is by far my favorite.)
I used to blow-dry my son's hair when he was a toddler. I washed it 1-2 times a week before bed, and if he went to bed with wet hair it would stick up at crazy angles until I washed it again. If I dried it he wouldn't have bed head. Plus he thought it was great fun to get blasted with my hairdryer :).
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My mom founded a private school when I entered 7th grade, and we voted on school colors and mascot that year. One girl lobbied hard for The Squirrels, but the teachers were going to exercise their veto power if it passed. Considering our student body was eight 7th-8th graders, I think the squirrel would have been fitting :).
We settled on eagles and the colors teal and purple (it was 1994 ;)).
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I get this sometimes, in response to all of the categories listed in the poll, and also in response to a moving/impactful/insightful sermon, quote, book passage, conversation, or personal realization in a discussion. I would say vocal music is the most frequent trigger for me.
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Depends. There are even a few places here in NC where malt vinegar is actually already on the table for fries, mostly fish places. My husband likes vinegar on fries, so I do buy malt vinegar in the grocery store for him. Some bbq places will also have vinegar on the table, but the vinegar will have peppers in it and be intended to be put on the bbq (which is chopped pork in a vinegar-based sauce, but that's a totally different discussion ;) ). https://www.texaspete.com/product/green-pepper-sauce/?item=about
When I worked at Cedar Point in Ohio, vinegar on fries was common there. It was my first encounter, and I was sold. I've always loved salt and vinegar potato chips, and the malt vinegar was even better. The burger chain Five Guys has malt vinegar for fries too, yum.
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7 months after DH and I were married, I went from being a full-time student with a work-study job to having only one class remaining to earn my degree. For various reasons, WE chose for me to stay at home rather than pursue a job at that point. I was intentionally unemployed for about 9 months.
A few years later, I was pregnant and finished a year of teaching, intending to stay home. A few weeks later I miscarried our first child. I did not go back to work. I was pregnant again 6 months later.
We LOVED those periods when I was at home. I could keep the house nice, cook interesting foods from scratch, exercise, volunteer, etc. during the day. Then we had our evenings free to just BE together. There was no stress to work at home after a full day of work outside the home.
I don't feel guilty in the least about not contributing financially because it was our mutual decision and the intangible value-added was worth it to us. We are a unit who create a home and family together, not roommates each paying our "half" of the expenses. We entered into marriage both embracing this. When my children are grown, I may do it again if we decide it fits our desired lifestyle then as well.
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We eat biscuits and gravy here in Idaho. I've had it at restaurants and hotels in CA. Both my dad and husband (from AK) love it, so I make it once a month or so.
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I typed in "white gravy" on the local grocery store's website (you can order anything they sell in store on-line). You know what came up? Cat food. LOL
So I guess we don't have white gravy mixes around here. I'll try this. Sounds interesting.
It's also called country gravy. This is how I usually see it labelled in stores. I just use the medium-thickness recipe in the back cover of my old Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.
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Treasures of the Snow is one set in Switzerland that I remember fondly from my childhood: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasures_of_the_Snow
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Bucket balance and some objects to use with it like LEGO bricks, paper clips, marbles, etc.
Geoboard and rubber bands
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Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook?
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I see they have a FB page—could you ask on their page or send a message asking?
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There are far fewer extroverts here. I think others are right that most extroverts are out interacting in person: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/192645-so-mb-personality-poll-for-extroverts/?fromsearch=1
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So many INTJs...that would explain why this forum is so opinionated lol.
I'm an ISTJ.
Check out my polls from 2010. INTJs are massively represented here: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/192646-so-mb-personality-poll-for-introverts/?mode=show
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I'm on my phone not at my computer, but there is a chain icon to link boxes and a pitcher icon appears to "pour" your overflow text from the full box to your linked box.
Check out the last section here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Flow-pasted-text-to-the-next-page-or-text-box-f7856677-9f70-4acc-890d-450e79e18426
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Yes. It is allowed. This is not a freeway. It is a highway by name and function, the main north/ south route that existed for this area before Interstate 5 was built, and now either just a route for local traffic, or a scenic alternative to Interstate 5. House driveways come right off of this highway which is one lane in each direction with a double yellow line down the middle.
We live right off a similar highway. My kid is only 6, but DH and I are not comfortable cycling on it ourselves. Ours has a 55 mph speed limit and a lot of impatient drivers who exceed this or don't allow sufficient following distance. It's unfortunate, as we would like to bike out of our neighborhood without driving first, but I've known (or known of) too many cyclists who were killed in similar roads. My husband (who was wearing a bright vest in broad daylight) has been clipped by cars while riding his bike three different times, on roads with a 35 mph speed limit. Fortunately he was not seriously injured. One time our toddler son was in an attached bike trailer! We are cautious because we've experienced too many inattentive drivers.
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Little things you realize you haven't taught your kids
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It's amusing to me that it was Chili's with a youth group. When I was 14 my youth group went to Chili's during a youth conference. Our leader addressed the whole group and explained about tax and proper tipping so there would be no confusion at the end. He was embarrassed to discover our waitress was standing right behind him at the time ;). Your son is not the only 16-year-old I've known who needed to be taught that lesson.