TrixieB
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Shaun Alexander, former Seattle Seahawks player, homeschools his kids.
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Yes, Math Analysis junior year. I have very clear memories of the teacher, but don't remember much about the course itself. The only thing I now for sure is it didn't cover trig. I never took a class that covered trig.
There were no AP math courses at my high school.
8th: algebra 1
9th: geometry (shudder... the teacher AND the course)
10th: algebra 2
11th: math analysis
12th: calculus
There were two juniors in my calculus class. I don't know what they did senior year, because the school didn't offer any classes above calculus. This was before dual enrollment in my state so... maybe they didn't take math senior year?
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Just wanted to say one of my kids used Karen's syllabus last year.
Our opinion:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I'll use it again with my next kid.
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I have a high school class ring, have never worn it, really really really really wish I'd never bought it.
I have a college class ring that I wore regularly in the past, don't wear it now, no real regrets about buying it.
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Yes, one of my aunts is the family historian.
The interesting thing is that she is an aunt by marriage. Her husband, who was the sib of one of my parents, passed away many years ago. She keeps up-to-date on everybody's email addresses, kids, grandkids, etc., goes to the family gatherings, sends out all the family news to everyone. She is the one who did the bulk of the genealogical research on our family.
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Schools here are going to similar rules like those, although not quite as bad in some ways. Maybe worse in others, though.
- You must have a doctor's notice for all absences (this is new, used to it was after 2 days) for them to be excused. No exceptions. 5 unexcused absences in a school year means detention and possibly a truancy charge and appearing in court. Your child may be held back even if their grades are all A's.
That policy is crazy and would really make me mad. Say I couldn't get my kid into the doctor ($90) because the office was fully booked -- then I would have to take the kid to the urgent care ($200). Plus I would miss work so wouldn't get paid. I think I would tell my sick kid to go to school, and if they barfed or whatever, just hang out in the nurse's office for the rest of the day. 'Cause that way they'd be AT SCHOOL...
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I buy most of my groceries at one store, but stop briefly at two others most weeks to pick up ad specials. They are all within a mile of my house.
Once a month or so, I shop at another store to buy things the above three don't sell (jumbo packs of nori sheets, bulk herbs, plum paste, etc.).
Oh, and Trader Joe's about twice a month.
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About Prismacolor, I just want to say...
the 72-color box I bought years ago was one of the best "kid stuff" purchases I ever made. It felt like a splurge at the time, but wow have those pencils ever gotten a LOT of use.
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United Healthcare commercials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDIEpusrQyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YiTIYO-2A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bja2_Qclk9Q
There are more, but these are my favorites.
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I remember wearing bread bags between two layers of socks, so we could play in the snow in our sneakers. We didn't have snow boots.
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I am curious why your dentist made it sound like a porcelain crown is not an option for kids. This is for a permanent tooth? I would ask why he/she feels that a stainless steel crown is the way to go. Is it standard procedure to re-do the crown later, using porcelain? Or is your child looking at an implant down the road? The dentist should be able to explain this.
If you have dental insurance, it might be a good idea to find out what your coverage is for this particular situation.
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I know someone who bought a house with the eyesore of the neighborhood across the street. They were told they are moving, dying and a ton of other excuses. Years later when they went to sell their house (unrelated reasons), the eyesore house was still there. And the new buyers were again told the eyesore house is selling, dying, etc.
Location location location.
Yep. I know someone who bought the house next door to Mr. Junky Hoarder, figuring MJH would sell/die/whatever. But he's still going strong, almost 25 years later.
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I know nothing about potential maintenance for George.
But I showed your post to dh ('cause it was DEFINITELY a unique question) and he told me this:
Dh recently visited his sister. She stores some things in a old one room schoolhouse. Among these things is an old buffalo head. After she acquired the buffalo head, she took it to an elderly taxidermist to get it evaluated. He removed a bit of the buffalo, put it on his tongue, and said, "This is from the '30's. I can taste the arsenic in it."
:drool5:
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I didn't make. They asked. One played piano for five years, then switched to a wind instrument, and then settled on a different wind instrument. The other started on a wind instrument eight years ago and continues to love it. They both like playing in band class and in community groups.
For both kids, the student/teacher bond has been very important.
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My experience with honeydew melons:
when they are unripe, they feel fuzzy
as they ripen, they become smooth and sticky-feeling
they may get tan areas when they become very ripe
and they should have a honeydew fragrance at the stem end when they show the above signs of ripeness
You could also go to a nearby grocery and ask the produce person how to tell when a honeydew is ripe. He/she may have a few examples of varyingly ripe honeydews on hand.
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If we had spare money, it would go toward a new roof and replacing some carpeting that is limping along at the end of its lifespan.
If we had more spare money than that, I would like to go on a real vacation... one that is more than 3 days long, and one where I don't have to cook all the meals.
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No.
We are not into crafting and cutting up magazines. They would sit on a shelf, being read at maximum once, and make me feel guilty about throwing them out because, after all, the photography is so gorgeous and the articles so interesting. They'd entrench themselves and become part of the clutter.
We had a NG subscription for several years and have not parted from any of the issues... we don't re-read them. They just take up space and gather dust.
This. Exactly.
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Winco is great. When I visit my brother, I try to go there.
There will be a WinCo at 220th & Hwy 99 in Edmonds, near Dick's. It's supposed to open next year.
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Heads up, though: Even with 2 layers of insurance, he is not necessarily fully covered.
When I had DS, I had insurance from my employer and DH's. They both were supposed to pay 80% of a hospital stay. So the first one paid 80%. Then the second one paid 80% of what was left! :cursing:
So by all means, keep your favorite one first, and use the second one if it's free, but don't expect full coverage. Insurance is ridiculous.
That is how it works when you have your own policy and are also covered on a spouse's or domestic partner's plan. There will be a residual amount you owe, unless you have met out of pocket for the year.
In the OP's son's case, he has to choose one or the other because he is an under-26 dependent. He will not have a secondary policy.
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Can you tell me or give me a good link for explaining how this works?
Ds just received a new medical insurance card in the mail - for an insurance that we did not ask for or pay for. I already pay for ds' insurance with another company. I called, and was told that it was from his employer even though he works very part time. They told me that this new insurance is now considered his primary insurance and the one we pay for is considered secondary.
From a previous post, your ds is in a union, I think...?
Check his pay stubs. There should be a small weekly deduction for insurance. If he works a minimum amount of hours per month, he is covered by the insurance.
Next, check the policies. From the article linked in a previous post above, he can have only one insurance -- yours or his. Which one gives better coverage? Does either limit the doctors he can see?
One problem I foresee: if he works under the minimum amount of hours in a month, he doesn't have insurance for that month. Then you would want him to be on your policy. I think -- just think, don't know this for sure -- that if you keep him on your policy, he could access it if he is in the situation where he hasn't worked enough hours to have his own insurance, but otherwise he would need to file claims with his own insurance.
Maybe he could talk with any other same-aged co-workers at his job site to see what they do in regard to insurance.
Can he opt out of the insurance through his employer? If he does this, check to see when open enrollment is, in case he does need the insurance at some point.
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He is the same age that I was, when I was a kid.
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Transportation is an issue. A serious, serious issue. Unless your employment is home based, you can't buy without regards to the commute, unless the wage earner really wants to be in traffic for a sizable chunk of the day.
This, this, a thousand times this!
Point A to Point B (which is a typical route for many people) = 30 minutes on a weekend morning or afternoon.
Same commute on a weekday is an hour minimum.
Find out where your job site is located, then look at nearby neighborhoods and check the commute from other areas.
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All righty... I asked the rest of the family.
one dc: Led Zeppelin
another dc: "Thousands are Sailing" by The Pogues
dh: Led Zeppelin
Dh and I didn't know there was a remake. He thought maybe somebody confused Robert Plant's
screamingsingingscreaming with Nancy Wilson'sscreamingsinging. I had to google... but couldn't bring myself to listen. It would mess with my mind too much.-
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Managing trash and recycling
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Recycling here is divided into two categories: one bin for yard waste and one for mixed recycling.
We have a lidded food scraps container on the kitchen counter; it gets emptied daily into the outdoor yard waste bin. Dh lobbied for a bigger food scraps container but I am anti-fruit flies and anti-smell and put my foot down on that one. It is NOT that hard to run the scraps out daily.
Glass and plastic recycling is rinsed and put in the under-sink cupboard; it goes to the bin in the garage every couple of days.
Paper recycling goes into a bag in the pantry; it goes to the bin in the garage when it gets full.
Trash goes to the main garbage can as needed, usually twice a week.
We haven't had an issue with guests throwing out recyclables. OTOH, when we visited dh's family a couple of years ago, I asked where to put the food scraps and cans for recycling. "Recycling? No, we don't have that. I guess you could take the cans to the drop box in the next town over. We just put everything in the garbage." Every house had a huge wheeled garbage cart and some houses had two or three. That really surprised me.