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I'm going to answer before reading other responses (or part 2, if it's posted already):
This sounds like a classic "ask forgiveness, not permission" strategy on their part.
Is there any other entity overseeing both of you? Who has the final authority on the physical space both groups are using? I would think there would have to be someone else arbitrating decorating decisions, or it could be a constant back-and-forth between your two groups!
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I went 4.6 hours from induction (Pitocin) to birth at full term.
Similar for both of my kids. I didn't go into "active" active labor on my own with either; they induced me both times after my water broke. It was from 4 am to 10am for the first and 2 pm to 6 pm for the second.
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I had structured my (now former -whoo hoo!) rental activities to run separately from the family's household expenses.
I would take profit from the rental from time to time, and occassionally had to float a loan from the household budget for repair or improvement on the rental.
It was a pretty tight margin, but, especially with the tax breaks and appreciation, it ended up in our favor.
I imagine if someone wasn't as careful to keep things separate, or was running a tighter margin that got upset with raised taxes or utilities, or dealing w/unemployment and sacrificing the rental to protect the family home...
It's pretty easy to imagine the situation.
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Wow - I can't wait to get home from work and read this! Here at the office, it's blocked due to "adult/mature content"! Whoo-hoo!
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Just wanted to say I have absolutely no clue what anyone has said so far in this thread.
Sigh. I feel so old.
And yes, we had this album
in our house growing up.
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I can't remember much of what we had to read, and I may be getting mixed up, because I read a bunch of classics just for fun, but here goes:
The Black Pearl
Cry the Beloved Country
Heart of Darkness
Hamlet
King Lear
excerpts from Romeo & Juliet
Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men (yeah, someone liked Steinbeck)
A Tale of Two Cities (and I didn't appreciate it at the time, but loved it when I re-read it years later)
Crime and Punishment
For Whom the Bell Tolls
excerpts from The Divine Comedy - the Inferno
excerpts from Blake
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While in college none of our friends were studying to be math teachers, but we did know some people studying to be teachers.
While we were applying multivariable calculus and differential equations they were studying See Spot Run.
We were laughing at their homework, not at them.
Similar background here - I'm guessing you must be an engineer.
A former coworker described a war between the engineering major TA's and the math ed major TA's when she was teaching as an undergrad. Apparently the engineers were aghast that the math ed majors were teaching "guess and check" as a valid problem solving method in the calculus classes she was teaching, and the math ed. majors were irritated that the engineer-led sections were consistently scoring higher on the tests. :D
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Give it two episodes.
It's pretty friggin awesome, but it can take a bit to get into the characters.
:iagree:
If you're not in love with the characters by the end of the second episode...well...I just can't imagine this happening.
I didn't read all the comments, so maybe this has been mentioned, but did anyone see Kaylee and Simon on Warehouse 13 recently??!!
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Thank you, thank you for the suggestions!
We're planning to start one day at the Art Institute, then work our way up Michigan Ave. after lunch and end at the Hancock tower.
The other days are up for grabs. Is the Chicago History Museum worth seeing? I think it's near the Lincoln Park stuff. The other option is do the Field Museum & Aquarium.
I would love to have a life-changing meal! I think we'll have to pass on it with kids along. But I'm filing that one away for a just-dh-and-I trip some other time!
One last thing - we're staying west of the city (Oak Brook area?) We could take the BNSF Metra in (there are stops right by the hotel) - but it looks like the main city stop is Union Station? Or we could drive 20-30 minutes to catch the blue line at Forest Park. Is either way preferable? Any "L" dangers - riding or parking - that I should know about?
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Did! Would love to have heard him!
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We're headed over to Chicago next weekend - using dh's hotel points (all that travel is good for something!)
Can you suggest interesting places to visit that are off the beaten path?
Thanks!
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we took up golf as a family. it is so much fun to do together. i know this probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but if you and dh can get ahold of some cheap clubs, try it out just for fun...do it! it's a blast. talk about quality family time. exercise, fresh air, time to talk, focus on something other than the normal stuff, laugh at and with each other, work through frustrations...it's a great game.
You know, we hadn't really talked about doing this yet! (And it's so obvious.) Thanks for the encouragement. (And I love your Rich Mullins quote!)
And thanks for other advice - much appreciated. After her camps, I think she knows more about course etiquette than we do! I think we'll have to get g'pa to take us all out. It does sound like great fun.
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Thanks to all who advised on clubs a while ago. Now the next question...
Dd15 is just learning. She's taken a couple "camp" programs so far. Now she wants to play. So how does she do that? Should a knowledgeable adult take her out? Can she go by herself? (Although I'm not sure she wants to.)
The problem here is that neither dh or I have ever played, and don't know the first thing about course operations or etiquette. She has a grandpa and a couple of uncles who play, and may be willing to take her if asked.
I know there are a couple of youth leagues around - would that be the way to go, or would she need more experience before league play?
What's the best way for her to gain experience?
Thanks for your help!
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A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken. This is his (and his wife's) personal journey from "paganism" (as he describes it) to belief in God. He addresses many of the questions posed in your original post, and goes into great detail of emotional and intellectual "sticking points" that were addressed to his satisfaction as he became more familiar with the Bible and theology.
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Dang it! Missed one (#7-Gettysburg Address). An easy one (well, insofar as I've read the danged thing and commented on it to my dc's!) too!
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Sounds more like family dynamics than general population reality.
:iagree:
A friend has 3 boys (one - an adult-divorced w/kids, a 19yo, and a 17yo) and one daughter (12). I talked to her several weeks after her recent hysterectomy, and she was still dealing with severe pain. She finally admitted that she was still "looking after the family" and couldn't get the rest that she needed - had a family dinner the weekend before, was watching oldest son's kids, and was in desperate need of someone to go to the grocery for her! She has 3 men (including her dh) able to drive in the house, and one grown son nearby and no one could go to the grocery for her????!!!!! You have got to be kidding me.
As I've gotten to know her, I've not been able to figure out if her dh requires it, or she encourages it, but somehow they have some pretty strongly reinforced gender roles (as well as a strong sense of entitlement) going on there - to the point of ridiculous! I really pity those boys' future wives! (And have warned my older dd to stay away from them!)
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We have yellow beans in the garden. I love them cooked ~20 minutes in boiling water, then salt & pepper. They don't even need butter.
The green beans we got in our CSA share were even better than my homegrown! They had a sweetness to them that was fantastic.
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Thanks, Hillfarm. I do know that 4-H as a whole is a fantastic organization, and in spite of this, the girls have had a pretty good year so far.
I do think I need to confront them. I like Laurie's approach. I'm just so bad at doing those things without getting emotional.
And Jean, I think it would hurt the relationship w/my GS co-leader. (Actually, it already has because I'm nursing this suspicion.) But it's because of the relationship and knowledge I have of her that I wasn't able to assure my dd's that they must have misunderstood, IYKWIM. And not my pastor - and this kind of behavior is one of the reasons why, IYKWIM again.;)
Thanks, everyone.
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My dd's belong to a large 4-H club run by a public school teacher (who is also my girl scout co-leader) and a pastor who prides herself on her work with children.
Back in April, when the club started up for the year, elections were held. My oldest dd ran against a friend of hers, who is a year older than her (and the pastor-leader's daughter) for president. She was very excited about finding ways to help the many new, young members learn about presenting projects from the older, more experienced members, and about having a fun club this year. She discussed with me her ideas for her "speech" before the election, and I was pleased with her enthusiasm and ideas.
I didn't stay for the elections, but came back at the end of the meeting. I was mildly surprised that she hadn't won president since many of the younger kids know and like her and not that many knew the other girl running, since she doesn't interact with them very much.
Later that night, dd told me she had a strong suspicion that the other girl had been "selected, not elected" (not her words:D) because of some things that were said out loud and some side conversations that took place between the parents counting votes and the pastor-leader. We didn't have any other proof than her gut feeling, but because I know of several other stunts like this that they'd pulled in the past, I couldn't honestly reassure her that they wouldn't have done something that dishonest.
Fastforward to tonight's meeting. In the course of conversation, another friend of dd's lets it slip that she heard the conversation when it was decided that even though dd had won the vote count, the other girl was going to be president.
Now we've had this gut feeling independently confirmed by someone else. And my stomach just hurts. I was happy with letting it lie, and making sure I was present for any elections in the future, but I feel like something needs to be said, even if it's only to let them know that I know, and think it stinks!
So I'm half looking for commiseration over an unfair event that I wish I had been able to prevent, and advice on what to do with this knowledge now. I think both women would indignantly deny that anything happened.
I have used this as a learning experience for my two dd's. None of us feel we can trust what they say now, since they've proven themselves dishonest. I think it's been a real eye-opener for dd's to see the results of breaking someone's trust.
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You presume that woods are more dangerous at night than the day, are you sure that's true?
See, that's the thing - I really have no idea, and I'm not sure anyone else involved does, either! That's kind of what I'm trying to ascertain here - is my ignorance fueling unnecessary fear, or am I right to be cautious?
My first question would be where are the woods? Are there actually any large predators there, such as bears or mountain lions?
There have been an increasing number of bear sightings (though still rare) in the area they'll be staying. There are a good number of wolves.
It sounds to me like one of those trumped up thrill sessions, talked up so much as to make it a big, hairy deal, when in actuality it would be a whole lot of nothing.Ha - I think you hit the nail on the head. But as someone else says, the benefits don't seem to outweigh the risks. With such an ill-defined purpose and no soothing words letting me know that this is well-planned, I'll likely stick to the mama bear act on this one.:D
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Mixed up: spicy chinese cabbage with grilled pork and a chopped up peach. At the last minute, threw in the salted peanuts left over from a swim meet snack.
That was a pretty tasty lunch - almost worthy of a main dish!
(Simple pleasures...)
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Well, it depends...We used to do a similar exercise at a camp with the jr. high campers. They were blindfolded and given a rope to hold and we wound through the woods. They were placed idividually in a safe location and left alone for several minutes. Then they were gathered back for another short walk to the outdoor chapel where the blindfolds were removed and a Eucharist service was held by candlelight.(mostly citronella!)
The purpose was to listen for a still small voice, not necessarily nature. It was a favorite activity of campers. There were also lots of counselors and adults around to help and in reality everyone was fairly close together. It was very safe!
This sounds like the experience he had as a jr. high student. Now as the leader, I don't think he has a fully realized plan of how this is carried out safely.
Thanks for all the comments. I'll probably bring it up to find out if he's planning to do it, and ask for details of how it will be carried out.
My main concern is what another poster mentioned - these are high school aged students - and many of them have a pretty ornery streak. I'm certain they'd find it funny to "disappear" on him.
Safety really comes down to a good imagination, doesn't it? You sit back and say, "Okay, what could go horribly wrong with this plan?"
Because I'm finding it hard to wrap my mind around
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Having a light bulb moment here -
The fall/winter swim team that dd is joining has several practice options and locations. One is listed for "same sex practice". I was all :confused: but I think I understand now...
We've always permitted mixed swimming. Sometimes in summer swim team they would have boys only/girls only lanes, but usually they divided up by age.