I'm sorry your daughter's birth didn't go very well. I hope you can get beyond the disappointment and enjoy your little nursling. :grouphug: Can't wait to see photos of your little one.

praying for a speedy outcome for both requests.

swoon.....

I'm rather picky about purses but I don't like spurging on myself either. It takes me quite a while to find a purse I like and once I do I keep it for a long time - so to me spending a little more on a purse is worth it because I get my money worth. I'd figure that if you spent around $40 and use it for a year - that's what??? less than $4 per month? Totally worth it, IMHO.

Nice to be back too.

I want to see this movie... I had no idea it was a book first. cool.

We've had this one for a year and been very happy. It's much like a Kenmore canister - which I also loved but died. I tried an upright windtunnel type vacuum and hated it. Both are hard to navigate on the stairs but the upright was MUCH worse. We got this handheld for doing our stairs and I'm so much happier.

I agree. Congratulations Laura.

We put one child in school when she was 13 and her other siblings were still home. It worked fine. She really needed the school environment and it was a positive experience for her.

yeah me too. I've had a horrible day...my eyes are puffy from crying my eyes out... I needed something silly like this to get my mind distracted. Thanks!

that was so funny! I especially liked this 2star review: "I tried the banana slicer and found it unacceptable. As shown in the picture, the slices is curved from left to right. All of my bananas are bent the other way." :lol:

just seeing this. I'm so sorry. :grouphug:

Thanks, now I understand. My friend's cows are grass or hay fed. she also spoils them with lots of apples from her apple trees. :D Okay, thanks.

] me too. Total dealbreaker. I've never been in a situation with barking dogs where they eventually died off. A dog person will just get more dogs. Any house can be made into home, but you have very little control over your neighbors and their animals.

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:bigear: I'm also looking for something to take me away....although I'm looking for audio books (already reading two books). "The Name of the Wind" happens to be available at my library. Woot! I'll 2nd Terry Pratchett. He's a great writer.

thank you. I've pretty much decided against it myself, but your note firms up my resolve. While I don't want to just throw her out in the cold, I strongly believe that she does have to learn to make her own way. Otherwise she'll never be truly independent.

I was able to ask dd about TA's yesterday and her answer was 2 didn't speak English very well and the other was "no help" - whatever that means. I remember that my oldest had a lot of trouble with non-English speaking TAs. I have not heard much from my boys about this - they tend to grouse about it and then buckle down and do it no matter what (and are usually at the top of their class), where the girls call home crying. She doesn't mind getting help - but she is frustrated that she works as hard or much harder than her peers and she still struggles. This comes up a lot. Yeah, she mentioned recently that her friends who've already taken the classes got similar test results and still came out with a B. I'm not sure exactly if she's only looking at her test grades (she says she's getting 110% on labs!!) and panicking or if she can see her overall grade already. I'll have to ask her. I really do appreciate everyone's help and ideas. It's good to bounce these things around in my head.

Woohoo!! Doing the happy dance about this part. Congrats on the new job.

she started out with the free tutoring... and she got what she paid for. :glare: Then she tried emailing several tutors advertising and none replied (I think she waited way too long and they were busy by then), then she went to the Prof. I love your idea about the study group - great idea. I don't really understand about the test files, but it sounds promising. I'll ask her about that too.

yes. I agree too.. it's an excellent point.

One of the positives is that my dd is learning to deal with adversity. She's learning that sometimes people are not going to be on your side but you still have to do your best and work through it all.

I don't really know about all of them, but I *think* she went during office hours for at least one. There is somewhat of a jumble.. .one of the things I didn't mention was that her Chem professor (who really brushed her off) died suddenly a few weeks ago. New professor (who apparently has the WORST "rate-my-professor scores - according to dd) was already teaching the other Chem classes... so his load just jumped *a lot*. I don't think she's even tried to talk with him. I think the newest issue is with the Pre-calc prof. Oh and I did want to address the whole teachers having to teach to ALL kids even the ones taking it for an "easy grade". One of the reasons I encouraged her to go to her professor was to explain to her prof. that she wasn't a slacker. She was studying and trying very hard, but not getting a lot of results out of her work. I encourage her to explain to her prof. that she did care about the class and it was very important to her to do well.... and all she got as an "I don't care, it's not my problem". Needless to say...it was very discouraging.

I get what you are saying and it's certainly possible... but unfortunately, these are required classes for her major (Chem, Biology, Pre-Calc)... she's playing catch up so she's taking several harder classes at once. Since she transferred (and changed majors) she didn't get to ease into university life by taking an easier load. Like I said before - it's not that they couldn't help her - it's that they didn't even seem to care. I even warned to not to expect HELP from the professor when she went to talk with them...but what I didn't expect was a "I don't care what happens to my students" attitude. Her older sister is a TA so I'd be surprised if she didn't know about them already.

I have never heard my dd mention a TA for any of her classes, but I will ask her about it. Surely, one of the Prof. would have fobbed her off on them when she went to him/her?