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  1. Yes and they lose points for incorrect answers. This really bugged me last year honestly. (First year in school, 9th and 11th grades.) But she did allow them to correct it and get half credit back for lost points.
  2. It doesn't sound like this since you said it is not raised, but it did make me think of pityriasis rosea. I had this several years ago and it started as a small rash/patch in the middle of my chest. Over a couple of weeks, several more spots popped up and started itching really bad. It's essentially caused by an immune response to a virus.
  3. Does your husband work from home? You said he is in and out all day. What does he use the study for? I agree with this. You can welcome the kids back to a guest room that is their *shared* guest room. Keeping designated rooms for them seems silly when they don’t live there and you need a room.
  4. Well that settles it then. Thank you 😊
  5. I’ve been looking into these. Are they really permanent? Can you use it on the bikini line?
  6. Well, I will just tell you our story and maybe that will help you. We sold our house in 2 days in October 2020. Moved in with my parents while we looked for something to buy. Got outbid over and over and over despite offering 30K over asking and adding in ridiculous escalation clauses. Finally decided to build. Builder number one said they could do what we wanted, then said no we can't do that. Ok. Builder number two contracted with us for a custom house; then the lumber prices skyrocketed (by now it was spring of 2021) and he bailed. Started looking at pre-owed houses again. Same story; outbid, nothing great, awful awful. FINALLY found our dream builder. Only problem - small lots only. We did originally want more property but we realized that this was the area we needed to compromise. This builder turned out to be wonderful. We have a custom house that is perfect for us and we don't need to fix anything or do renovations. We have great neighbors. But small .3 acre lot. Oh, and, we were living with my parents for a year and a half 🥴 If I ever do this again, I WILL NOT SELL FIRST. No way. In your situation, I would do whatever possible to get the land and custom build. Can you do something less conventional and live in a camper on the land while you build? Two campers if you have adult kids? I don't know. You really want land, and you have specific needs. I would not settle for a house that you don't like. Moving is hard enough; downsizing when you still need the space would be miserable.
  7. Someone recommended the Driver's Ed in a Box on a local homeschool group as being really thorough and covering defensive driving more than the others. I think I read a review about AAA being not that great. She is currently taking behind the wheel through AAA.
  8. Has anyone used this? If you are not aware of my other thread, my daughter has her permit and she is taking behind the wheel driving lessons. She did pass the written test already but the instructor said she would benefit from a course. (She never took a course, just read the manual and took the test. It is a very easy test in PA.) I'm looking at AAA online, Allstate online, and Driver's Ed in a Box. Any feedback on those programs? I am definitely getting her a course for her own confidence and review of rules of the road, so comments saying to just take her driving are not helpful. Yes, we will continue to practice practice practice behind the wheel.
  9. Does anyone have a pergola? If you do, I have some questions. Does water collect in the canopy and is that a problem? Does it get moldy? What about wind? I would love a covered porch but we can't do that right now. I'm looking for something to block the sun and give me some privacy while sitting outside. Something like this is what I'm looking at.
  10. We were extremely limited in what chairs I could get for our master bedroom because a lot of them can't fit through the doorway. I never in a million years thought about that.
  11. I forgot to mention that we got a dual zone HVAC system and it is awesome. Another thing I am glad we spent the extra money on.
  12. Yeah so, I wanted to make this the choice. Get your license or take the bus. But I really don't feel like I should put that on her right now. The bus would pick her up at 6:30am vs leaving our house at 7:15, and gets her back after 4 vs getting home just after 3. She also has a chronic pain condition and dysautonomia with a strong heat sensitivity and the bus is really uncomfortable. My big thing is, I want her to TRY. I want to see the motivation to get her license. I think we need to take it step by step and see what happens as the year progresses.
  13. We had a great experience building a house. Some things we wish we had done: -Wider doors everywhere. All doors. Double front door, oversized other doors. And the main staircase and hallways easy to bring furniture up. Ours is fine, but could have been better. -Covered porch in the back. -Hire a designer to help with ALL design decisions. It is HARD to make all of these decisions for a custom house. Even down to the type of trim...it's so overwhelming. Lighting is really hard too. If you will not do this, find Maria Killam's blog and read about her timeless advice for new builds. I found her just in time and it saved me from making really trendy mistakes that would date my house quickly. -Have the basement designed ahead of time. The HVAC people put our system in the wrong place and it totally screwed up what we wanted to do for finishing the basement. -I don't know the proper terms for this, but find out IN WRITING how flat your yard will be. Our lot was FLAT. Completely flat. We had no reason to think that it would not be flat when the house was finished. Well, our tiny lot has the house elevated on a hill and we have pretty much no usable flat space in the backyard. Our theory is that they stopped blasting down when they hit too much rock and didn't want to deal with going farther. Something we are so glad we did was a staircase from the garage to the basement. Although DH wishes that he had made that double doors. I am so, so happy that I splurged for the stacked cabinets in the kitchen. I love them. Get references for the builder you choose. Talk to people that live in his houses. Our builder was awesome and his references show it. If he is unhappy with a subcontractor or if they do not show up when they said they will, he never uses them again. As a result, he built our house in under 5 months just like he said he would.
  14. Thank you so much everyone for your responses. My big take away is that I just need to be more patient and it will take longer than I originally thought. FWIW, we live in a pretty rural area. The residential areas do have more traffic. But she can get anywhere she needs to (school, future job, stores) on easy roads. Going to the mall would require a merge onto a big highway - I have no intention of rushing that. But public transportation is not an option here, so it is just NOT an option for her to not get her license. I was originally hoping that she would be able to drive herself to school next year (easy back roads) but now I am just hoping she will be able to drive herself to college classes the following year. re: teens and driving. Most of her friends have had their license for over a year and had their permit at least 6 months before that. I don't advocate that she should get in the car with just anyone, but she is unwilling to consider and evaluate what would likely be a safe situation (five minutes with a responsible friend on an easy road) vs a dangerous and risky situation. There are restrictions for teen drivers in the beginning. I think until they are 18yo it is considered a junior license and they can only have one other passenger under 18 in the car. re: her OCD and anxiety. Yes, this is definitely a factor. She takes medicine. We have been through lots and lots of therapy. I have had to learn how to parent her differently and not let the OCD dictate my parenting decisions. It is not rational and allowing the OCD to dictate just feeds the cycle. Anyway, we will press on and keep practicing. Thank you 🙂
  15. If that's what you meant, I misunderstood your post. I thought you were saying that I should not make her learn to drive because she will end up dead.
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