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And yet, amazingly, people in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Alaska, and other cold places manage to have modern lives and lifestyles without complete dependence on cars and gasoline.
Americans simply lack imagination.
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Kind of a nature/nurture question.
DW is a band director. We met in drum corps. DD has been hanging around mom's rehearsals since birth (prenatally if you count that one xmas concert). On the one hand, DD is very musical; on the other, she's been around it her entire life. DNA or environment? I say both.
Therefore, that DD's big activities are dance and music is a result of her interests, but certainly guided by her parents' interests. Had her life so far been surrounded by, say, hockey, would that have a stronger appeal? Perhaps. Girl Scouts didn't come from that, but was a let's-try-it thing. When the troop wasn't doing enough to DD's liking, we went independent and it's fabulous. That's the other thing -- activities can be sometimes adapted rather than abandoned.
Parental interest in a particular activity has to be counted, and balanced. No one wants a pushy stage parent, but I had parents who didn't particularly care about my activities, and that really sucked too. I'd say it's fine to steer, to suggest, to encourage as long as you continually watch for signals that you might be going to far, which is possible in any activity.
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It's not you, it's just meatloaf. Meatloaf is gross.
How's that for an answer?! :laugh:
You just need to use more black truffle oil.
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I struggle now making meatloaf, only because I can't use eggs anymore as a binder.
What recipe were you using?
I haven't tried it sans-egg, but according to the teeny bits of molecular sciency stuff I've heard, you want to allow the meat proteins to curl and tighten back up after mixing, so just refrigerating the mix for a while before baking might do it. Messing about with the bread crumb content, or adding oats, has been cited, but it's prob easy to make it too dense. Soaking bread in milk can work, too. With the ATK loaf, it's one egg, which isn't a whole lot to replace.
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Dr. Nebel will take you all the way through 8th grade (2 volumes).
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Spelling Workout. The upper levels cover word roots, prefixes, and suffixes from Latin and Greek. DS used the series until he got to the end. Its also what SWB recommends in TWTM Logic Stage.
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Spelling Workout. We've been through the whole series and are now on the last book!
Vocabulary Vine is excellent for roots, too.
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I must disagree with the small stockings theme. We have large ones which allow for multiple placement options for some gifts that would normally go under the tree. That is the way to fill a stocking, and spreads out the day's un-wrapping. Plastic lined felt using an old pattern from the 60's.
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He only seems to have variations on one set of moves, too. 15 minute fame clock is ticking.....
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Mine is perfect for me. Lots of cupboard space and open to the dining room. I can work without others underfoot and still feel a part of what is going on. Plenty of counter space, a window to the outdoors over my sink. Tall ceilings so the room is spacious.
I was standing in the dining room when I took that picture.
What I would change. White floor. (I didn't pick that. Dh did. I never let him hear the end of it either)
On my wish list is a better counter top surface. I have laminate that has a few ugly spots on it. I wish my pantry was just a bit larger.
LOL. I'm working on about two square feet.
That's all of the usable prep area right there. The cutting board on top of the micro just about fills the counter. Toaster doubles as a staging shelf. All my pots are in the single cabinet below. Three small drawers to play with.
Space. Just flat space. Acreage is what I seek.
I do have a genuine 1920 butler's pantry, though, so there are pluses to old houses.
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America's Test Kitchen Meatloaf. The only one you'll ever need. I don't do the bacon wrap, but I do the ketchup glaze. Insanely good.
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I only do in-person, but you might find someone who does online at Wyzant. It's the only online service I'm still a part of just to pick up a new kid here and there. They do background checks, which is a plus.
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OK - this probably belongs on the unpopular opinion thread but if you have a dedicated playroom that is just used for toys I would just leave it messy and close the door.
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We don't have a dedicated room, so the living room can get a bit jungle-like, but I agree anyway.
Imagine the clean, tidy, orderly, deafening silence when the cherubs go to college.
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Have you tried letter boxing? It's similar to geocaching, but you don't need a gps. Basically it takes you on a walk on a decent trail to a place you might not have noticed before. All you need is a rubber stamp, a notebook, and directions to a box (free online). Just go to letterboxing.org or atlasquest.com to get started.
We started geocaching pre-smartphone-gps by using the coordinates to print out a google map and/or aerial photo, then bushwhacked it from there. It worked, and definitely developed the "geosense."
My OSW and I talk hobbies, and I was at a loss to come up with what mine might be the first time she asked. I've come to put activities in that category that I want to do, not must do, have no deadline or required interval of participation, and let me think only about the chosen task at hand. Therefore, making artisan bread and soft pretzels counts as my hobby.
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Any of the America's Test Kitchen books. Some go into great geeky detail, some less so, but all I've read are really good.
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8th grade Geometry puts you on a track for 9th grade Algebra II, 10th precalc/trig, 11th calculus A, 12th calculus B (or another advanced calc). I'm guessing Algebra I was last year.
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*snort* lol
That's a fabulous way to state things.
I'm telling you, it's THE best thing, especially when we have these old-guard veteran teachers telling us "you're doing the right thing, and I wish I had done it." So far, one other teacher and the vice principal have pulled their kids out following our lead. If that's not validation....
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I do, but the front door has a window to check, and the screen door has its own lock, so there's plenty of opportunity to judge who's there. Never been a problem.
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Not of our home district, but to an extent in the district in which DW teaches, two towns over. It's a wonderfull, continual source of encouragement that we are on the right path.
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Skeet shooting with prizes, or aerial pinatas.
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Another vote for vocab vine. We did Caesar after that. DD still knows her roots.
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Why do we need new houses if the population isn't growing? Partly because it's a tourist area, so lots of people have summer or winter homes here even though they aren't year-round residents. Partly because people would prefer to build new instead of live in an older home. Partly because homes in the village center are converted to hair salons, attorney's offices, gift shops for the tourists, etc.
We encountered this when buying our old house. There seems to be a population of buyers only interested in new homes -- those staples-together envelopes with thin walls and loud pipes that won't be here in 100 years. That's one reason I can no longer tolerate watching House Hunters -- all the whining about master suites. Grrrrrr. I live in 1100 sqf that's 90 years old with one upstairs bathroom. Shut up, already. :banghead:
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Good point. Not everyone who came to America did so for the adventure. Many were forced here by famine, poverty, or slavery. And society has changed a lot over the past few hundred years.
Definitely, which is why no single theory will explain/work on a population of 300 million spread across 3000 miles.
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Yes, surgeons, being masters of the universe, seem to be ignorant of after-care, recovery times, etc. For the real story, ya gotta ask a veteran RN.
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DD just found an ornament she made 7 years ago in PS K and said, "Oh yeah, this is from the bad old days."
Must sees for half day at Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC?
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For 3 hours, stick to one or two floors and break it up that way, like a layer cake. The less up-and-down you do, the better, and you won't feel rushed. The exception would be the gift shop on the main floor (or the little hidden one below it with off-price stuff) and the basement cafeteria, which, while not cheap, is worth the convenience and actually has some decent food.
Time of day will be key, as school groups will ebb and flow up to mid afternoon, then disappear. However, we've found that most of the big groups hit the main floor first -- the big Egyptian stuff, so you can plan accordingly around that to an extent.