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Greta

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  1. I like these two very simple programs: http://www.simplefit.org/workout.html http://stronglifts.com/5x5/ The first one uses body weight. The second one uses a barbell, but I don't have a barbell (and it's too heavy for me anyway) so I use free weights. The first time I did it, I just did bodyweight only for the squats, and 3-pound dumbells for the upper body stuff. I'm now up to 15 pound dumbells for the squats, so 30 total. I think a barbell weighs 40 or 45. Maybe some day! I'm only up to 12 pounds for upper body. Don't do weights two days in a row, and two or three times a week is sufficient. Both of these programs are 3 days per week, but I just do 2.
  2. Wow, that's too bad. So, is this a big deal for getting into UT Austin in particular, or anywhere in the UT system?
  3. Yeah, I know it has a reputation for being liberal by Texas standards, but I was guessing that would still make it pretty conservative by our standards! :) Yeah, that's an important point to consider. I would really love to know more about this Arts and Technology degree program, because that sounds like something my dd would be very interested in! I'll see what I can find out from their website, but if you have any other information to share, I would be grateful. What is your oldest child planning for his/her career? It does sound like UT Dallas would be a better fit for her than UT Austin. Thanks for letting me know about this!
  4. I do think she would like an East coast city more, but as far as we are aware, the University of Texas system is the only one that offers this discounted tuition arrangement. But my husband is going to look into it to make sure. Thank you!
  5. Thank you. I really appreciate you sharing your insights.
  6. Thank you for this heads-up, because I did not know that! She is considering the possibility of getting her associate's degree from our local CC at the same time she completes her high school diploma. I wonder if she applied as a transfer student whether that would help or hurt her chances. I'll see what I can find out. Also, the part of your post that was in blue didn't show up in my attempt to quote it, but I wanted to thank you very much for explaining more about Austin. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that such a large state can vary so much from region to region. I'm so glad to know this. All I really know about Texas is Dallas, and I'm sure we must have board members who live in Dallas and love it so I didn't want to start with a rant about how much we hate Dallas, but, well, <whispering> we really do hate Dallas.
  7. Driving through Dallas remains one of the scariest experiences of my life! I've been to Ft. Worth a couple of times and did find it to be much more pleasant than Dallas. Dallas is weird to me. For the size that it is, it just doesn't seem to have much to offer. It's so . . . I don't know, it's like it's all football and shopping and that's it. Thanks for your post, because it's really great to hear that Austin is nice from someone who also thinks that Dallas sucks! :lol:
  8. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am going to pass this along to her. You are not the first person who has told me that it is tough to make friends there. In the sorts of casual interactions that we had on our vacation, I found the people to be exceptionally friendly -- friendlier than the US cities of similar size that I've been to. But that's a very different sort of interaction than trying to really make friends and establish a community!
  9. Yes, I think that is an excellent idea, and we've been talking about doing just that. I was also interested to hear people's impressions of it. Thank you!
  10. Her only experience with London is six days that we spent there in the fall of 2012. It made a huge impression on me, too, and I would move there in a heartbeat if given the chance! But I'm 41 and have moved before (not to foreign countries, but across this country. she's never moved at all.) She only has vacation experience with cities (we live in a small city of about 400,000 people), not live-there experience. But she always wants to vacation in cities, not rural areas or charming small towns, so I do think she would enjoy living in a bigger city. I'm just not sure her first move, and her first big city, should be THAT far away. But this is a very clingy mom talking here. :)
  11. As of right now, she has no plans to attend graduate school. But that could certainly change, and this is a very good point to keep in mind. And that's part of the reason that I find a student exchange or study abroad program to be appealing. She could get a taste for what it's like to live there without committing to a full three or more years. She has lived her whole live in the same house, and she's been homeschooled the entire time. I think it's going to be a lot more culture-shock than she realizes when she's suddently alone in a foreign country half a world away from everything that she's ever known. Don't get me wrong, I think it would be a wonderful experience. But I also think she's got a little bit of a rose-colored view of what it's going to be like.
  12. Yeah, that's a good point. So, let me see. She didn't like the mega-highways -- she has no interest in driving and would rather live in a place where she can use public transportation and walk. Dallas is definitely a very pedestrian-unfriendly city! We were trying to walk in some areas where there weren't even sidewalks, so people were walking either in the grass or in the street itself. Weird! She really loved the beauty of the older architecture in London, but you just aren't going to find that in the US, so it's kind of a moot point in this discussion. But Dallas is a really unattractive city. Billboards everywhere, and most of them for strip clubs and the type of restaurants where they are really selling their scantily-clad waitresses more than their food. She was pretty disgusted by that. And though she's a city girl, she has a profound appreciation for a good park. There may be some beautiful parks in Dallas, we just didn't go looking for them on that particular trip. Also, I know it would mean a great deal to her to be in a place where she can visit art museums and see plays. So, do you think she would find Austin more to her liking?
  13. Thank you! Indeed. We'll do London if there is any way that we can manage it financially. If not, she'll have to settle for a semester or year abroad. Not the end of the world. More than I had. But not what she wants. :(
  14. "Nouveau nerd" - I like that! :) It sounds great - thank you!
  15. I lived in Dallas for a short time many years ago (husband lived there for several years) but I have never even visited Austin. Is Texas pretty uniform culturally from one city to the next, or does Austin have a different "feel" to it than Dallas does? What is it like to live in Austin? Is there much there in the way of museums, performances, etc.? Does the city have a public transportation system of some sort? Is it generally a safe place to live (especially the area around the university)? The reason I am asking is that the University of Texas has this program that allows the children of employees of national laboratories who live in other states to pay in-state tuition. So that means that even though we live in New Mexico, my daughter could attend UT and pay the same tuition as Texas residents (assuming my husband stays at his current job, that is!). So, that's pretty cool, because the state schools here do not have anywhere near the good reputation that UT has. Daughter is only in 9th grade, so we have plenty of time to figure this out. She really wants to go to school in London, but I've told her that she has to pick at least one school here in the US in case that dream doesn't become a reality (and I noticed that UT has some great exchange programs with UK schools!). I think UT is probably the best school that we could afford (assuming no scholarships). And it isn't that far, so we will probably visit at some point to check it out. But in the meantime, I would love to hear your impressions, both good and bad, about life in Austin. She's going to be comparing it to life in London, so I think this is going to be a tough sell! Her only experience with Texas was a weekend in Dallas, and she hated it. Please tell me that Austin is different!
  16. I follow this philosophy of skin care: http://www.paulaschoice.com/expert-advice/anti-aging/_/How-to-Prevent-Aging-Skin
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