A house that fit this description sold for over 7 million in my city. Outside city limits closer to 3 million. Without the land it's still over a million.

Put elastic bands around her water bottle near the bottom. Every time she fills the bottle, she should move one elastic to the top half of the bottle. At the end of the day count the "drank" elastics.

Exactly this. I probably should have specified that this is in North America in my first post. Removing the bits and pieces that make the back end kosher is very complicated and time consuming. And none of the certification bodies here will approve it. From what I understand, even in other parts of the world the skill is being lost. So it might be universally gone in a generation or two.

Kosher beef is only from the front half of the cow and most people prefer the cuts from the back half (sirloin burgers, anyone? Maybe a tenderloin or a new york strip?). You don't notice it when it's a brisket vs a round roast because a brisket should taste different, but you notice ground beef that is missing all the trim from the rear side.

To install 5 billion lightbulbs would take more than 4700 man-years (30 seconds per bulb non-stop) so there would be no feasible way to get them all changed as they burned out. 5 billion is an insanely large number.

My parents were divorced, but not from each other; both had previous marriages that were very bad choices. Their relationship together lasted almost 20 years when my dad died. Two of my aunts are divorced, another really ought to but stays out of religious concerns. The other 4 had/have happy marriages. My siblings all have happy marriages.

We have a KinderBike. It has real tires and a handbrake so it's "just like Daddy's" (an important selling feature for my little boys). It goes short enough for a 2 year old but tall enough that my 6 year old can still ride it. It's on it's 3rd kid so far and it's still holding up well.

Does she watch a lot of Mythbusters? The announcer (I think he's Australian) says Haitch.

I'm the shocking one who said 20 weeks for "even dubious" reasons. I actually had a much earlier date before my first miscarriage. Closer to 12, maybe 15 weeks tops. And then I had a 17 week miscarriage. I held that tiny thing in my hand and mourned the person they would never be. But that fetus was so much less developed than I expected, so small, so alien and combined with the fact that doctors and nurses assured me over and over that while I had been in excruciating pain, my baby hadn't suffered at all because the brain is not adequately developed yet; I changed my mind. 20 week fetuses are not viable, and they are not adequately developed to feel pain. Plus the anatomy scan that discovers most issues happens just prior to that age. As for dubious reasons, a woman I know had an abortion at 19 weeks for what she self-describes as financial reasons. Her baby was missing a leg (among other issues) and there was no way she could support him with her current employment and relationship status knowing his higher needs. But if she would have been financially independent, she would have chose differently. So to most people it was a disability and/or quality of life issue for the baby, in her opinion it was purely financial. Not only to opinions vary, so does perspective. Just because I think someone's reasoning is ridiculous, doesn't mean it actually is. I, and other people, will almost never have all the information. The only person who has all the information is the pregnant woman.

Personally, I call them assholes. I am pro-abortion in that I don't have any ethical issues with abortion before 20 weeks. I'm fine with people having as many as they want for even the most dubious of reasons. But I can't make that choice for someone else. Anyone who claims they can is an asshole, point blank. We don't know what one woman can handle over another. Maybe Sally can raise two sets of twins less than a year apart, and maybe Jane won't commit suicide because of her rape. But maybe Sally can't and maybe Jane would. And the only people that know what Sally and Jane can cope with are Sally and Jane. They should be able to go to their doctors and get honest information about what the pregnancy means for their health (including mental health) and they need to know what services are available for whichever choice they do make.

I feel your pain on the multiple miscarriages. I've had more than my fair share as well, ranging from very early to as late as 17 weeks. It doesn't compare at all to my friend who lost a newborn to SIDS. Thank you for sharing your story.

There was a different issue later in the book for us. I can't remember what it was specifically, but there were two groups of words divided over two lessons. The first lesson the vowel combination was said one way and then the second it was supposedly said another way, but we say them the same here. Even my husband, who was once fired from a college radio dj position for allegedly over-enunciating, pronounces the two sets of words with the same vowel sound.

Nope. I totally misread that.(1/2)×800 +45n = 940-45n ? My kids are doomed lol

800+45n=940-45n Where n is the time in minutes Maybe? I need to start brushing up on my algebra, it's coming up way too quickly.

I couldn't kegel if someone paid me to, so I bought what is essentially a thigh master for that area. It's inserted and you squeeze, if you're doing it right the two sides close. It really helped me sort out what I should be squeezing. It also comes in three resistances depending on how bad the problem is. It had an awful name that I can't remember... which I guess makes this whole post pointless lol

You can't slow a kid down. But you can focus on non-academic skills and hope that she doesn't pick up on school related skills without direct instruction. Depending on what she likes, there are lots of fun things that school doesn't cover. And you could continue to support growth in her weak areas. So instead of math and reading, you do cooking and speech or knitting and yoga or sensory play and singing etc.

My husband and I are expecting #4. I am already 36 weeks along. I was sent for an ultrasound because I'm measuring big. No surprise there, my littlest so far was well over 8lbs. The surprise, or rather shock, is that I've been scheduled for a fetal echocardiogram. Google tells me these are normally performed before 25 weeks... which terrifies me. Something is so wrong that they need to do this test now (well a week from now) rather than wait until the kid is born. And it's something that was missed in all of the four other ultrasounds I've had this pregnancy. What I was actually told is one of the major veins returning to the heart from the lungs is not attached on the correct side of the heart. I know better than to google these things... Dr Google is the worst everyone is going to die and/or has cancer. Has anyone had to have a fetal echocardiogram? Particularly a late one? I have so many questions. If this confirms what they thought they saw, does that mean the baby needs surgery? Will I have to have a c-section so the baby heart team is ready for him as soon as he's born? Is baby heart surgery even performed on brand new babies or does he have to be bigger? Is google right that he's likely to die before he can even get surgery? I have a full week to wait and I'm pretty sure I'm going to spend it freaking out. I would appreciate anything people have to lessen the freakout. Real experience, reliable websites, positive thoughts, platitudes, anything...

Happy Birthday Caden!

April 15th was the final deadline to order tests, so if the school hasn't ordered one for the kid, they aren't getting one.

I actually have a friend whose son is "Kevin" but in actuality Kevin is his 4th name in a string 8 long. He has his dad's first and second names, dad's dad's first name, Kevin, mom's dad's first middle and last name, dad's last name. So when he registers for things he's registered as his legal name, normally they have enough sense to warn the coaches etc that he uses a different name. It has happened that they forgot though.

I'm not at home to check but if I recall correctly, book 4 is harder than book 5. (It might be book 5 and 6).

As a mother of gifted kids, nothing is more upsetting than the clueless, yet disturbingly judgemental, opinions of other parents. When I started reading this thread I was excited about everyone's plans and saw a few things I might want to explore, but now I'm so insulted that I don't want to participate in the discussion at all.

We just had this happen to us. 2004 civic, 6000 in body work. Completely drivable (ours was the back corner not the front) The insurance would have charged us about $250 to "retain the salvage" however it would then require a salvage inspection which was another $300 because of how long it takes to check all the things required, plus any repairs. Our mechanic said virtually no car passes the first time because of silly things. In our case there was some hail damage to the roof that was starting to rust, and one rust spot was too close to the windshield. Ultimately we took the money and surrendered the car. We had less than a week between their decision to write it off and them coming to collect the car. I definitely would have liked more time to think it over.

I don't even call my mother mom anymore. She's just grandma to everyone now lol

The cutoff here is March 1 after the school year starts. So this whole discussion is weird for me. Kids born March 2 to August 31 only have one choice of school years (the current school year's Kers are born in 2010). But kids born between September 1 and March 1 can go a year late. It used to be very rare to see kids be held back. But it's becoming more common. One of my sons plays hockey. There are strict age cutoffs. His age group is only kids born in 2009. There are both kindergarteners and second graders on his team. There is a notable difference in maturity between the two groups that cannot be explained merely by the 10 months between them. One Ker is 17 months older than the youngest kid in his class but he still seems like a Ker. And the second graders both have kids 15 months older than them in their classes, but both seem like second graders. And then this discussion makes it seem like most 2009 kids in the US are in kindergarten this year. I have to wonder if your first graders seem like our second graders, or if our first graders are the same as yours... This probably doesn't really help the OP, so I'm arbitrarily saying put your kids in the higher grade. :)