Assuming that your tutoring is all about writing and editing, I'd frame it as a writing business that caters to "your unique writing needs" and list everything else as services under that umbrella. It all seems related to me even though you service students and businesses. Sort of a one stop shop for the written word. On your main webpage you can make it easy to click through to your specific service. I think that when you are the expert and doing vastly different things within your field you can forget that people who aren't you don't always make those distinctions or fixate on the details like you do. I have a minuscule dance business. Some of my services are nothing alike TO ME, but the general public is not remotely bothered that one person wears all of these hats.

But that's WORK. Ugh. You're probably right. OK, I read that whole thread. I've got a homemade carpet fresh (baking soda, borax, and essential oil) down for the night. I'll put out some vinegar bowls for the night when college girl goes to bed. She can't hack vinegar smell. I even changed my furnace filter for the first time ever and learned that I'm not great at it. I'll have to send dh in to fix double check my work.

I did not think about changing the filters! Maybe I'll try one of those air fresheners that you put ON your filter! Do I just leave baking soda open like in the fridge? My fan does have an ON setting. I flipped it on earlier and opened all of the windows. The one piece of luck I've had today was the unseasonably warm weather. I think it hit 60 today, but it's back in the 40s now and my family closed all of the windows. Nobody was on board with my "just snuggle" plan.

Is her high school that stressful, or is she a person who has trouble managing stress? There are some schools/districts that are such a rat race that kids actually get a bit MORE breathing room when the go to college. I know my own dd got more sleep because our district is a bit insane about the hours these kids were expected to work. If it's not really situational, and she has the personality type that will suffer from anxiety no matter what she's doing, that would change how I'd advise her. School IS stressful, but is it more stressful than having the adult responsibility to support yourself and pay your own bills? If she opts out of school will she also have the choice to opt out of the world of working responsibility? Where will the money come from to establish new gardens on the OP's property? How will she react if half of her plants fail the first year? Is there a plan to launch her if she becomes comfortably ensconced at home where her bills are taken care of? Some people need a break and some people need to maintain their momentum.

I made an epic cooking blunder. I pressure cooked a pork roast without enough liquid. The stuff that dripped under the meat rack burned so badly that it permeated the meat and made it inedible. My house smells horrible and it's HOURS later. I've removed the meat, trash, and pot from the house. I've opened windows, turned on fans, and lit candles. I'm simmering rosemary, orange, and vanilla. It's better than it was but that horrible charred smell is lingering. I think I need to wash my hair again and the smell is melted into my nose. Any pro tips for this? It's been a looong time since I've had such an epic cooking failure and I don't think I've ever poisoned the air in the house so much. My poor sensitive nose is very uncomfortable. I do not have any Febreeze in the house, would it be worth it to get some and spray down all of the drapes, carpets, and upholstered furniture when we go to bed? I will never live this down.

If you are an employee this sounds about right. I’m guessing there’s room for you to advance until you’re paid 30% of what the students are charged and no more. They’ll spend 30% on taxes, insurance, and building expenses, advertising, non-teaching staff etc, and that leaves 30% profit for the business owner. If you’re a contractor then it’s a really bad deal

It sounds like his is more about the calendar than a cross-country sampling. You could change the title and still do your idea.

Ikea had a clever apron design where there were no ties at the neck, you tighten everything at the waist. You can buy any apron you like and just sew the neck together so you don't need to mess with it. You could also go with a pinafore/asian apron design there are no ties at all. There are also those chef, shirt things that button up the front. They have the benefit of sleeves for maximum coverage. I have a lot of aprons. I'm messy.

Why not? It's too heavy to just jump down/slide off, but it's not so heavy that you can't safely lift it. It has some weight, but it's more inconvenient than dangerous.

Ugh. This would make me angry. We're generally flexible about times and dates, BUT if she's usurping ALL of the good times for her preferred family EVERY year, that's just nuts. The holidays are so close together that I wouldn't be the least bit upset of someone was missing from one or the other dinner as long as we spent SOME time with them at some point in during the season. It's a 4-week time frame. Of course, I would never bother to worry that ALL are present and accounted for at EVERY event. I'd probably do lunch for one holiday to accommodate her then do dinner for the other and let her adapt or miss out. Maybe you need to have a direct conversation with your sister-in-law and work out a compromise. It sounds like the family you both married into is willing to be pushed around so you two will have to work it out and just inform them of the schedule. "Hey, SIL, I know you like to reserve all of the best times/dates for your preferred family, but how about throwing us a bone for ONE holiday a year?"

I sort of DID make me a baker. I'd rather cook than bake any day. My daughter was the home pastry chef. If I had to mix something I'd often task her with holding the hand mixer. The kitchenaid was her gift idea when she shopped with DH. Originally I used it just for bread and retired my bread machine fairly quickly thereafter. I'll use it for a boxed cake mix. It's on my counter and easy to get too. I do more dessert-type baking with it than I ever did without it. I make most of our own bread since I don't have to hand knead. I even use it to mix meatloaf and shred pork and chicken. I have an attachment that peels and seeds vegetables that I use when all of the tomatoes are ripening at once and I want to can or freeze the puree. I also use it for whipped creams, meringues, cream cheese based dips, pie fillings, and brownies. I don't hate making cookies now. I never use it for biscuits/scones or pie crusts because I think it would be a bad idea. For me, owning a stand mixer DID transition me to a person who baked only under duress to a person who uses a mixer once or twice a week. I always cooked, so I don't think it would turn a person who hates being in the kitchen into one who loves it, but it did the trick for me with baking. My sister owns the pasta attachment and has only used it once or twice. It's such a production that I wouldn't own one just for that. You might be happier returning it and getting a manual pasta machine or one of those things that is the bread machine equivalent to a pasta maker.

I think it’s time to change. Next year DS won’t be in high school and DD will be out of college. I’m ready for new traditions. We generally do lots of kid gifts, fondue Christmas Eve, and some kind of nice Christmas dinner. Usually I spend Christmas Eve baking/prepping and caring for DS (special needs) while DD and DH do a last shop and get lunch together. I don’t want to step on their tradition, but fondue is a lot of work (or it just felt like it tonight) and I’m over it. Next year I’d like each person to get one gift for each other person. I’d like to be somewhere else (cabin or beach condo). I wanna skip the fondue and do a meal out or take-out on Christmas Eve and something easy or ordered Christmas Day. I’m good with pizza and movies or reading a new book. I think I need a few years of low-key, low-stress adult holidays so I can regroup and recover before grandchildren and we have to go full Santa again.

I have a friend who had her first baby at 45. She's had the same husband since she was 21. They thought they couldn't get pregnant and gave up trying years ago. Now they're chasing a three-year-old. It was all quite an experience. Her friends are all launching their kids into college and she's potty training. It's a great joy, but it is a bit unusual. She scared a lot of her friends into doubling up on birth control. You can get careless in your late 40s.

Do 5 things that start with the letter O for the big five-O. Visit Ontario, eat some Oreos or omelettes, hang by the ocean, do an obstacle course or put some oars in the water, anything goes!

With older people, it can help to have a pile for "Things That Stay in the Family." They might easily pass something on if their granddaughter can use it in her college apartment. Box it up, put a name on it, and get it to that person. Any kid who will launch in the next few years is fair game. Also, are they willing to give up a bedroom to use as a storage room so that the boxes aren't IN their living room. I think it would be better to house guests in the living room now and then than keeping a whole room available for occasional use while they stare at boxes every day. Even pushing all of he boxes against a wall and putting up a curtain to hide it can greatly reduce the stress of visual clutter. Drop cloth and conduit pipe makes the world's cheapest room dividing curtain. If the item has a significant memory that can be evoked by just seeing it, maybe they'd be willing to photograph it then pass it on. They could have one of those online photo books on their shelf so they can "see" their item any time they want.

Sew them shut? Zipping a seam through your machine would be faster than wrapping any day. It would slow down the opening part significantly.

A huge display shelf/photo ledge for his boxes and boxes of fandom knick knacks? I need to do this for DS because he has so many little video game characters that he loves, and wants to look at, but need to get OUT of his usable space area. This is the second post today where I've recommended display shelves. Maybe I need to stop projecting and install some in my own home already.

Ha! Procrastineering For The Win! Yesterday we got an out-of-the-blue (never happened before) invitation to DD's BF's parents home for Christmas dinner. I was planning to do roast beef, but haven't gotten around to buying the meat yet. They're making roast beef and a few lasagnas AND we can just walk there because they live so close. We've known them for years, but have never done anything like this because our kids were just high school sweethearts. DD is about to graduate college and they're still a thing, so it might be time to admit that they're a long-term item. 🤣 I'm in charge of potatoes because DD is notoriously picky about potatoes and they do instant. I'll do a few breads and a dessert too. Um, I might drive so I'm not carrying a crockpot down the block.

My son makes decisions faster when we do a Keep, Toss, and Maybe/Storage pile. It helps us organize very quickly without thinking too hard. Getting rid of the Toss pile frees up some space quickly. Once the Keep/Love/Use Daily/I'd-save-it-in-a-fire stuff is back in place and his room looks so light and clean, it's always easier to be more objective about all the Maybe stuff because he doesn't want to re-clutter his room. ETA: Display shelves can also help with some things because they can be put up on unused wall space and not clutter the floor. Sorting that Maybe pile into categories can also be useful when it comes time to purge even more.

I did a big gift like this last year. I just propped it against the wall on Christmas eve and only wrapped the front. You could even wrap it in sheets, tablecloths, or curtains and tie it with some ribbon.

DO IT! I'd probably start with a cabin, or beach condo to myself for a weekend because its much cheaper than a cruise when I just want to read and knit and think. Or if you have a hobby, find a convention that centers on that. Then, you can hide in your room and do your thing or go out and attend workshops or whatever your hobby people do in groups.

As long as a cookie doesn't have coffee in it, I'm all for it. My kids appreciate wide range of cookies. I make a pecan/candied cherry cookie for DD, an oatmeal raisin for DS, and biscotti for DH. For myself I make a fruitcake cookie recipe that I modified to use rum and my favorite dried fruits.

nylon?

This article might help. https://thebreadguide.com/the-best-bread-baking-books-that-should-be-in-every-home-bakers-library/ At my house we have Brother Juniper's Bread Book and Beard on Bread (by James Beard). Neither of these are mentioned in the article and I can't promise they're still in print. These days I use my pinterest bread board for lots of recipes. With sourdough, its more of a patience thing than a recipe. It's good to have a cheater recipe that uses the sourdough starter for flavor only when you don't want to take the time to actually rise the bread with your sourdough. It does taste better to make true sourdough, but if you want it in just a few hours you can get commercial yeast involved. If you get tired of mixing with no equipment, try no-knead bread. It can make a nice rustic sandwich loaf with the big holes and it's super easy. Here's one that uses a dutch oven and has a video, but you don't need a dutch oven for every recipe of this type. ETA, I just cheat and use a baguette pan when I make baguettes

I do have two questions for the OP. 1. You don't ever get the chance to establish family Christmas traditions in your own home, what will your holidays look like when grandchildren arrive? I'd start gradually making the transition to THAT scene now while your kids can attach fun memories to YOUR home. and 2. Why hasn't someone pointed the non-shopping grandparents to online shopping with gift wrapping? Technology makes gift giving easier than it's every been.