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  1. Huh. This is really interesting to me. DS and I both have had well visits in the past two months, and we brought up concerns and chronic issues at both appointments. Both were billed as well visits, even though both generated referrals for tests and appointments with other providers. We also don't have to have a well visit each year for insurance purposes. I guess I'm even more appreciative of our doctor now that I've read all these stories here!
  2. I'm a latex pillow convert after years of only using down. I finally got tired of always trying to squish the down into the right thickness. I've had several different ones that I've liked. I just got a new one from Amazon a couple of weeks ago, and it's my very favorite. Plush latex pillow
  3. Yeah, the few times I've had problems have all been when the shipping company lost it. I had a problem last week when I saw something wasn't going to arrive by the time I needed it. I contacted Amazon before then, and they made sure it arrived on time. I guess that's what I don't get. If you need something by a certain day, why not contact Amazon before that day so they can fix it in time for your deadline? If I really need something by a certain day, I check the tracking info a couple of times a day to be sure that it's proceeding as it should.
  4. How on earth would anyone ever be able to turn left at most intersections in a city if one were not supposed to sit in the intersection and wait for the light to change to turn?
  5. Only if they haven't discovered the magic potion that can keep the frizz away from my super-curly, very-frizz-prone hair. It couldn't keep up with yesterday's wind-driven rain, but it keeps me pretty frizz free on normal winter days.
  6. Yeah, I noticed that after I posted the OP. I wonder why it's showing up on the chat board.
  7. This is really bizarre. When I went back and looked at it again, it shows this across the top: The Well-Trained Mind Community → Groups → KDrama Fans → Group Discussion → The Chat Board Does that mean that it's a group post that's somehow showing up on the chat board? I'm a little afraid of reopening all the private groups controversy! Why is it showing up on the chat board if it's in a private group?
  8. Any ideas what would cause this to appear? I noticed it on this thread. I checked some other threads, and I could reply to those.
  9. Was this other internet group featuring people from the area who actually understand the commute, or were they just random folks who were basing their answers on how you described the two commutes and locales? I live in the Puget Sound area, and I would never choose Bremerton over Edmonds unless my husband worked over there. For a job in downtown Seattle, no way, never, which is pretty much what every other person on this board who actually lives in this area has said. It's clear that you prefer Bremerton. Just be sure before you move there that you will really prefer it in when the ferry isn't running because of a bomb scare or a mechanical issue or high winds. Be sure you'll really prefer it when it consistently adds an hour and a half to his work day on both ends. That extra three hours a day is a big deal to a lot of people, yet you seem to want your husband to spend it commuting so that you don't have to go to a laundromat. Take some of the money you save by not taking the ferry all the time and buy a washer if it's that big of a deal. You seem to really believe that if he misses his train, he won't be able to come home, but that's absolutely ridiculous. As others have said, buses do run to Edmonds. It's actually not that far of a drive anyway, so if I lived in Edmonds and my husband worked in downtown Seattle and he missed the train, I'd just drive down and get him. No big deal. Or he could take the bus to a park and ride up north. Again, no big deal. I know I sound harsh, but I'm really absolutely boggled that you seem that set on Bremerton, of all places.
  10. Chocolates, a scarf, nice gloves, lotions, a framed picture of her granddaughter, a small album of pictures of the wedding or the baby
  11. Be sure it will fit your wrist. A friend recently pointed out to me that many (most?) of them don't go down small enough to fit my wrist the way they're designed to fit, so I think I'm pretty much stuck with the one that clips on.
  12. Just an FYI, most airlines will send an email. They may not all send this email, so do not count on it. They will certainly not all send the email exactly 24 hours ahead of time, which is when you can and should check in for best seat assignment options. Did you buy your ticket directly from the airline? If you used something like Expedia or Travelocity, you may not be able to check in online. Sometimes you can, and sometimes you can't. (That's why I always buy from the airline directly.) I would suggest setting an alert in your calendar for exactly 24 hours before your flight departure time. Go to the airline's web site. There will be a link for "check in" somewhere on their main page. If you can't find it, google your airline name and "online check in." You will need your last name and your confirmation number, which should be on your receipt. The form will tell you what info to put in. If more than one person is flying on the same reservation, use the last name of the person whose information you entered first when you bought the tickets. You'll click through some screens about hazardous items. Mark if you're going to check bags or not. There should be a place for changing or selecting seats. Look carefully; it's not always super obvious. Look for seat options or just click continue if you already have seats that are fine. Some airlines will charge more to change to certain "better" seats; others won't. If there's an extra charge, it will be obvious once you click on that seat. Once you have seats, even if you don't like your seats, you need to go on to print your boarding passes and pay for checked luggage if you'd like to do that ahead of time. Pay for checked luggage if you'd like to do so in advance. If you do, take the receipt with you to the airport. It's cheaper with some airlines to pay in advance rather than at the airport. Print your boarding passes. Whew! All done. When you're returning, do all of the above again. If you don't have access to a printer on either end, don't worry. Just click it as if you do, and you will still be checked in online. (Usually there's some sort of "done" or "finish" button to reassure you that you're checked in.) If you can't print in advance, just check in as above without the printing, and then print boarding passes from a kiosk at the airport. You'll usually use your credit card (the one used to make the reservation) or your last name and confirmation number to do so. Have a good trip!
  13. First, focus on your dd. She's young, and she can learn a different way of living. It will be harder and slower with your DH. I'd suggest starting to change how you talk to her about things. Talk about your process of decluttering. When you bring home something new, talk about how much space you have for item category x and how now that you have a new x you'll need to get rid of an old x or two to make room for it. Over time, this will start to seem like the normal way for her. Be patient. She's at an age where she's probably interested in making things pretty and in being responsible for having helped with something. Play on this. "Wow, look at this kitchen drawer. It is way too full. Hmm. I wonder what we don't need. DD, let's go through this drawer and figure out what we can get rid of in here to make this drawer pretty and easy to use." Then get her involved in finding new homes, including the "donate" or "sell" bag and in making the finished result pretty. Use pretty wrapping paper as a drawer liner, and talk about how you want to be able to admire the pretty paper every time you open the drawer. Smile and comment out loud when you open a drawer or closet you've organized. Talk about how it makes you happy to know that everything has its own place in that drawer or cupboard. You can help her become your ally. I used to use this language with DS, and I think it really helped him. "Do you want to get rid of this item now, or do you think you'd rather get rid of it the next time we go through your closet?" It helped plant the idea that while he's attached to it now, he will be willing to give it up. I would, of course, only do this with things that he really wasn't using at all, had outgrown, or which were actually trash (old wrappers, for example!). Once your DD agrees, even reluctantly, to part with something, get it out the door fast. Don't leave donate bags around because it's just a chance for remorse to kick in. Take it out to the car immediately, if possible. Old toddler toys never look so appealing as they do when they're piled up ready to be donated. Honestly, with your DH it will be harder. My way is not a popular one, but I'll put it out here. I decided I had a right to live in this space too, and I started getting rid of things that he absolutely didn't need or use. I started small with things like old washing machine hoses and outdated software manuals. I told him I had gotten rid of those things because we clearly didn't need them. I started asking in what scenario, exactly, he could anticipate a need for the old, wooden toilet seat with the damaged finish (for example). I chose items where there was clearly no need to save them. However, my DH was not an emotional hoarder; he had just learned to keep everything just in case. If he were an actual hoarder who was emotionally threatened by getting rid of items, I don't know what I would have done. I also commented repeatedly over the years about how we couldn't find item x because of all of the stuff we had that we didn't use or need. I pointed out when we had to rebuy an item that we knew we had somewhere but couldn't find. This helped DH see that keeping everything "just in case" was not helping us. I also started boxing those items up and putting them in out-of-the-way storage. It sounds like you don't have much out-of-the-way storage for putting those things, however.
  14. OP, I think I understand. It's not that there's a car parked in front of your house; it's that they have a full run of empty curb in front of their house and yet choose to park in front of your house and block access to your mailbox when doing so, right? I think that habitually parking in front of a neighbor's house when your own house has no one parked in front of it is rude. It's not illegal, but, come on, yes, it's rude and annoying. It's a totally different situation if one lives in an area where parking spaces are at a premium and you park where you can, but I'm not getting the sense that's the case in the OP's situation. When parking is scarce, of course you park where you can. However, in neighborhoods where there's lots of empty curb space, does anyone really find it normal to habitually park in front of someone else's house, blocking that person's mailbox access, while leaving the curb space in front of their own house empty? Occasionally, sure, but all the time? Really?
  15. We let DS eat as much as he wants with a couple of restrictions. The bag of candy is kept on an inconvenient, high shelf in a kitchen cupboard, so it's out of sight and not accessible for a random grab as he walks by. We want to him to have to make a conscious decision to have some candy, not just mindlessly munch on it because it's in sight. He's also not allowed to take candy to his bedroom. Not having the candy easily accessible and in sight made a huge difference in how much DS eats. As an added bonus, DH and I eat way less of it as well!
  16. I looked that up, and it looks interesting. I think I'm going to give it a try. Here's the link for anyone who's interested: Copy Me That app Are you able to take a photo of a recipe and add that to the Copy Me app? I have a mangy, dog-eared, food-splattered collection of clippings and printouts, and I'd love to be able to store and organize them all digitally.
  17. Raynaud's would be visible--you'd be able to see a marked color change in the affected parts if that were the case. They would also feel colder to the touch because the blood flow would be restricted. I'd ask the next doc you see and find out if he or she has any thoughts about it and which doctor (specialty? pediatrician?) you should see if it continues.
  18. If you like Keens, why not try some of their boots? They don't work for me, but they're awfully cute. I tend to order a bunch of shoes from Zappos and return what doesn't work.
  19. I agree that you should get more quotes. That being said, I'd either want to provide the paint myself or specify which paint would be used. There is a big range in paint cost, and it's one of those things where you get what you pay for. If you're shelling out to have your house painted by somebody else, then you want to spend the extra to get high-quality paint. You don't want someone to lowball you with a cheap estimate and then use cheap paint to make up some of the difference.
  20. Interesting. I've never used a Fire. I wonder if I wouldn't have that annoying period of adaptation where I'm hyper-conscious of the page-turn flash. I try to avoid blue light before bed, though, so there's that problem for the Fire!
  21. OP, if you like Hershey's, you might try Theo's milk chocolate bar. It's very creamy and smooth. I've found some organic brands of chocolate don't have a pleasant mouth-feel--they're kind of gritty, almost. The Theo is very smooth and has a nice mouth-feel to me, and the company is very committed to fair-trade cacao. They work with small farmer-owned cooperatives and monitor the work practices on the farms.
  22. I think some brick and mortar stores have them too, don't they? I'm sure I've seen at least some Kindles at Wal-Mart and Best Buy. I like the Voyage better because I found the Paperwhite didn't want to recognize when I'd tapped or swiped. It worked fine for my husband and my mother, but it didn't like me. It was frustrating tapping the screen multiple times to get it to change. I got a Voyage for my birthday, so I could have the buttons and not need to tap multiple times. It turns out that the Voyage's touchscreen is much more responsive to me, and I can use either the buttons or the touch screen without problem. I don't have mine in a case. It did take me a while to get used to having to use the upper buttons to go backwards. There are four buttons--two longer ones on the bottom and two shorter ones above those. My natural inclination was to tap the lower left button to go back because I was always squeezing the lower right one to go forward. I adjusted eventually. It is nice to have both kinds on each side for one-handed reading. One other thing about the Voyage buttons is that you don't tap them so much as press or squeeze there. You can adjust the sensitivity needed to make the page turn from pretty light to a decisive squeeze. You can also adjust how much vibration you want as feedback that the button activated (I have mine off).
  23. Have you had a Kindle before? The Voyage is faster than any of the previous ones I've tried. I have noticed, however, that with each new Kindle I go through an adjustment phase of a few days where I'm hyper-conscious of the page-turn lag. It's not even really a lag, but there's a moment where the page changes over, and it takes me a while to stop noticing it with every page turn.
  24. Thank you for saying this! That was my experience with SmartWool too, and I was reading all the glowing comments above about them thinking, "What the ???" I shelled out way too much money for several pairs for me, and they didn't even last one winter before developing large holes. I like Darn Tough and the Costco wool ones. They've both held up really well here.
  25. Yeah, my thought was that I'd consider it a great learning experience for a 10 year old. I guess I'm mean, but I'd be very unlikely to drive money or lunch over for a 10 year old, and I'd never in a million years do so for a teenager. In fact, I wouldn't even have mentioned to him more than once that his lunch box (in high school???) was a dumb place to keep it.
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