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  1. I found emails for a couple of the art teachers at the high school and asked them. One of them gave me a very good recommendation for a local artist who gave private art lessons.
  2. This will be the first election in a while that I haven't taken my dd to. When she was little, she would come with me in the booth so I could show her what it was all about. I don't remember taking by dss as much, probably because they weren't as patient waiting in line. I will be taking ds19 with me for his first voting experience! Ds22 is voting with his girlfriend.
  3. I agree with this. I worked for my dad's company years ago--they did asbestos removal and encapsulation.
  4. I had the same experience as you did. I must have read a sanitized version as well. Ah! I googled a bit more and apparently there is a short story AND a novel. I definitely read the short story!
  5. Mine have done theirs since they were about 8yo. That worked because they were homeschooled and had more time when they could do it. They did have assigned days when they were younger because it annoyed me to have to wait for them to move their clothes through. As far as the OP's situation, it seems like one ds is being punished more than the other since the one attending the concert wouldn't be using the phone anyway. I'd probably lean toward annoying them into putting their laundry away before I had to step in and deal with it. After warning them, with humor, that this was going to happen, I would wait until they were in the middle of a computer game or TV show or something and ask them to put away their laundry RIGHT THEN. I would force myself to be proactive about it for a month, and by then hopefully the new habit would be formed. But, I also wouldn't have a problem leaving an almost 15yo home with 'only' a landline.
  6. We have done them but only where dh and/or I are part of the team in charge or the genders are in separate buildings (many times boys were at the church, girls at our house) or I knew and trusted the wisdom of leaders in charge (rare).
  7. My dad used to be an apprenticeship representative in VA. He speaks highly of the NN shipyard apprentice school. Part of the apprenticeship program, there at least, is classroom training and they are paid even while they're in the classroom. From their site: During your 4 or 5 year apprenticeship (depending on the option you choose), you will earn while you learn. You will take an academic load of college tuition free classes while �on-the-clock� that will be of value to you wherever your future aspirations might take you. We offer associate degree tracks in either Business or Engineering. Also, as the school is fully accredited, your classes are fully transferable to other institutions if you plan to continue your education.
  8. I have a good friend like that. I tease her about it. I think she honestly can't wrap her mind around people thinking differently than she does. She really is a sweet person and would do anything for you, but will argue til she's blue in the face that "everyone likes...." or "no one likes..." I kind of enjoy being that ONE that doesn't or does. ;)
  9. I am 49, have never colored my hair and don't plan to in the future. I'm way too lazy to keep up with it. It does help that I am only now starting to get some gray along my hairline and part. I'm still generally taken for younger than my years, so it looks like I can just ride it through letting my grays bring me back to looking my age. I have a good friend who stopped dyeing her hair when she was in her mid-30s. It was a rough transition for a few months, but she totally rocks her silvery grays now.
  10. When we lived in NJ, the T/Ters seemed to start just as soon as they could get their costumes on after they got home from school. Maybe 3:30-4pm. Freaked me out the first time. More would come around 5-6pm with some stragglers as late as 8pm. Here in VA, they come around 5-7pm although I don't think there is an official time for it.
  11. I have a glass top stove and use an enameled pot (Le Creuset) on it with no problem. I am careful while I'm using it, but not paranoid. I am also waiting for my stove to die so I can have a gas range, so I kind of wish the pot was harder on the glass top!
  12. When my older dc started staying out later than I wanted to be awake, I would leave my bedroom door cracked open and have the latecomer close it quietly when he got home. Or leave the hall light on for him to turn off. That way, I could go to sleep and know whether he was home when I roused in the night. I feel your pain. I don't do well on less than full sleep at all!
  13. This will only get worse--the chasm between how your dn and your ds are living and being raised. Find people who think like you do with slightly older kids and gauge what is right off of them instead of off of your family. My boys are 22 and 19. Neither have dated. The older, less social one went straight into a serious, leading-to-marriage relationship after having been friends with her for 5 years. She's awesome, and they make each other better people. The younger, VERY social, one has tons of female friends but also plans to fore-go recreational dating in favor of enjoying his (male and female) friends until it's obvious that a particular someone is meant for him. Boys can 'like girls' and still not date. It might not be typical these days, but I really hate for anyone to use THAT as their yardstick.
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