We are all different and we all have strengths and weaknesses. I am stronger in some areas and dh is stronger in some areas. We mostly appreciate those things in each other. Maybe looking at that way might help you to feel differently towards your dh's weaknesses. I am meaning to be helpful not to give you a hard time. Marriage at times can be difficult and baffling.

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Brad Paisley - I'm Gonna Miss Her

Retake the professional engineering exam for the second time even if I never work again.

I don't understand why renter's insurance wouldn't cover their hotel. We had a problem with a toilet cracking and flooding our apartment in another state. The apartment complex did the repairs and our insurance covered our stuff and hotel. I would talk to a lawyer before paying them anything.

I buy books (many and various types, not all from 1 company, and do it at home. I do have some great courses stuff that we watch, but only as enrichment. If I go to a homeschool activity is it skating or park day or something like that. I am not into co-ops. Dd is 7. I figure we will continue this way.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GUKTDM/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1EQ4K6ZGJPZEA&colid=1VXPBRZYH0XAX I don't remember all the details, but this is the one we will get when we get one. Not sure if you are looking for one in this price range or not.

Ask the pharmacist about the meds on broken skin. Other than that I am sorry that doc didn't work out.

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Sometime in high school my friends and I started doing halloween parties at our houses instead of trick or treating. It was usually less than 15 of us but we had a lot of fun overdosing on sugar, dressing up, playing games, listening to music and watching scary movies. It was a lot of fun because it was so social.

Check out apartmentguide.com often times they list leasing terms available. I did a quick search and the first on I clicked on advertised 7 and 8 month leases.

Something i have just thought about is won't it be dark earlier at night when the time changes during the winter? It may very well be dark coming home even if you drive in for the 5:30 class. I think you have to decide if you are willing to drive in the dark and if not the class should wait until next semester.

If you do really low carb include fat in the meal even something as simple as chicken with the skin on or some full fat cheese with the broccoli.

That would go over here like a lead balloon. :laugh:

I met Strom Thurmond in DC in high school and also went to high school with his kids.

I figured out last night that I have got to quit drinking caffeine by mid day. I am usually up in the middle of the night for a few hours, but yesterday I didn't drink any caffeine after about 11:00. I woke up long enough to use the restroom and went back to bed and went back to sleep very easily.

https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/371416883/chicken-breast-stuffed-with-spinach-mozzarella/ This is really good although not crockpot. You have to leave out the bread crumbs which we do since dh has to be gluten free. It is really yummy and it tends to impress dinner guests.

I am just starting again today. Breakfast was some cheese and bacon. For crockpot ideas a roast would work or crockpot a whole chicken. I also like jalapeño poppers wrapped in bacon.

OK, I have done this before and lost weight on it, but I am trying to figure out how to make it simple. We eat beef, chicken, fish, pork, bacon, ham, cheese, cream cheese, nuts, seeds, most veggies, most fruits. Obviously I will cut out the bread, pasta, potatoes, and soda Is the easy trick to this to fry the meats in oil (canola, olive oil, butter, etc.) and cover it with cheese to get enough fat and then to cut out fruit other than a small amount of strawberries and blueberries and do reasonable amounts of non starchy vegetables. It seems like one other thing I did before was to drink coffee with heavy cream. We like stuff like mashed cauliflower and spaghetti squash with either tomato sauce or alfredo sauce...is that type of thing still reasonable? I am not a big avocado eater but am willing to try if someone has a good recipe for it. What else am I missing? Any other great tips? I am planning on starting Saturday morning due to a big party tomorrow night at our house.

Fairness aside, if you don't want to go, don't go.

Prayers for their safety...is your husband part of the crew going down?

Family drove from Maryland on Thursday and it took them 18 hours when they normally do it in 13 or so. We lost power last night for about 4 hours after having it all along. I figured they took everyone nearby offline to do the repairs to get lots more people on. There were concerns though about not having phones charged and not really having food staged in the fridge versus the freezer etc. Plus I had a load of laundry in the washing machine that hadn't made it into the dryer yet.

Drove around town to check on houses for friends and family out of town. It is much better than expected here. Some trees down, some shingles off houses here and there, fences down but overall not bad.

I am sorry for your loss we will pray for you and your children.

dp