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However, I would make it a point to get the shoes before the week's end.
If he's sliding around, then his practice is being adversely affected, and that's got to be frustrating. I would think I was setting him up to fail by not getting him the proper equipment.
:iagree: I played basketball in college, and the sport requires constant starting and stopping motion. It is so difficult to play in shoes that don't have traction. His coach probably got tired of watching him slide all over the floor.
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I would talk to your doctor about it at your next physical and make sure you get tested. You need to know if you have it.
I am extremely tall and knew of a female volleyball player that was my height that died from it, (heart ruptured after practice). I asked my doctor about it and he performed an echocardiogram to rule it out for me. It is straight forward to treat if you do have it.
Here is the wikipedia entry about the volleyball player who didn't know she had it. Her death may have saved her brother's life because it turns out he had it too.
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Old Navy has tall medium through their website. Search on men, tall, athletic wear.
http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=54493&vid=2&pid=796949&scid=796949002
Also maybe try one of the box, sports stores like Sports Academy.
JC Penney is my main source for tall clothes, but I don't think they carry mediums.
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Since she hasn't received decent writing instruction at home and you are her teacher, I would:
1. Assign her a special project on plagerism, (define it, research the consequence if you do this in college by having her look it up on three different college websites, and have her write a few paragraphs about Stephen Ambrose).
2. I would require her future papers to be turned in in stages: ask to see her planning document or outline first, then draft, and lastly final copy. She might just be overwhelmed and this would help break it out for her.
3. Give her an F on the paper she turned in and make sure her parents knew why.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
Your skirt sounds very cute. I think you should keep the focus on the chains on the skirt. A necklace, even with a thin chain, might compete with the skirt. It is hard to tell without seeing it.
If you need to finish off the outfit a scarf would be cute.
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If I signed my kids up for an art class I would expect to pay a supply fee. My ds is taking a semester long art class at his charter school and the supply fee was $25.
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I think it goes even deeper than possibly saving their life. You are taking about quality of life, too.
I am raising a child that was from a neglected home, and he still has major issues from the neglect. Not receiving basic care, (food, diaper change, love) can severly impact a child emotions.
You have just made those children's future much brighter. :001_smile:
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Funny you should ask. There was a thread on these boards last week where several people chimed in about the benefits of using a tablecloth vs. placemats. After reading the thread I went out and bought this and love it:
So I am switching from placemats to tablecloths. See how influencial y'all are?
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So if you have an open floor plan, do you use "virtual walls" to keep it in one area, or do you just let it go and it does the whole area?
They work best it you confine them to a smaller area. You can use virtual walls, (mine came with 2) or a physical barrier, (chair on its side).
I have an older unit so the largest area it does is about 15' X 15'.
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I want one just for my sunken living room that gets a TON of heavy traffic. We vacuum it daily. The rest of the house can go with just once a week, but my living room would be a nasty mess if I let it go that long.
Anyone have the scuba or mint? I'd love that in our kitchen and dining area IF it works. Do you have to sweep first? Can it handle kitty litter? We have a bathroom and laundry area off the kitchen and there's a cat box in there... Plus there a rabbit hutch on the floor under a built in desk in the dining room... Not to mention 11 people eating in there.
I have a Scooba that I use in the kitchen, nook and laundry room. Even though it has a vacuum feature, I always sweep first before I turn it on. The vacuum tray is very small so I don't think it would handle kitty litter.
Just like the Roomba, you need to confine it to a smaller area. Unlike the Roomba it needs to finish the complete cycle, which takes about 40 minutes. It is very noisy on tile so I don't like running it at the end of the day when everyone is home. Some people complain that it leaves the floor wet, but that is not an issue for me. I also think the set up and clean up is more time consuming than the Roomba. We have textured tile that I really dislike mopping so the extra set up clean up time is worth it for me.
I have had ours for about 2 1/2 years. I bought an extended warranty and it has been sent out for repair twice.
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We don't follow a script, just say thanks for the food, always say thanks for the hands that prepared our food, and if it's the dc asking the blessing, they always throw in thanks for something that has happened that day.
Ditto. We just pray.
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I love our Roomba. I have had it about 3 years and bought it with an extended warranty. It has been replaced twice in three years so mine haven't been very reliable. Best Buy's warranty has been wonderful. I just take it in and if it can't be repaired they replace it. I wonder if the new Roomba are more reliable.
The battery needs to be replaced about every 9 months to a year, which are not covered under my extended warranty. We have a large home though so mine runs every day.
We have a dog and it does a great job on dog hair.
I have their mop too. Love, love, love the iRobot products.
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We use serving dishes at the table most nights. It bugs me when my kids go back and forth for seconds so I like having everything on the table in front of us. I serve off the counter when we have a crock pot meal. When my kids were younger I served them off the stove.
My dh does the dishes and has not complained about the extra work of washing serving dishes. Bless his heart!
ETA: That is the way I grew up only my mom would put EVERYTHING in a serving dish: ketchup, gravy, butter, milk.
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We serve family style at the table so everyone serves themselves. If my dh is not home in time for dinner then I make a plate up for him and put it away.
If we serve buffet style then he makes his own plate.
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One of my children is on doctor's watch for his weight so I tend to make their snacks for them.
We have whole grain bread topped with peanut butter and banana. I slice the bread in 12 bite size pieces and top each piece with banana slice.
Fruit with yogurt or skim cheese.
Smoothies with frozen fuit.
Lighter banana muffins. I keep these in the freezer. I tweeked the recipe by reducing sugar to 1/2 cup and I add 1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. I also use wheat germ/whole wheat/regular flour blend in lieu of regular flour. Makes 24 mini muffins and each mini is 1 1/2 WW points.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lighter-Banana-Muffins/Detail.aspx
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Blackberries picked fresh in my childhood neighborhood in WA
Blackberry pie that my mom made from the blackberries that we picked
Baguettes delivered fresh each morning to our B&B door in France
My mom's chocolate chip cookies - warm from the oven with milk
Macademia nut, coconut pancakes with fresh pineapple side in HI
Hershey's chocolate cake made by my son
Lobster in ME
Strawberries from the Farmer's Market in CA
Kimchi in Korea
Sushi that my kids make
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Here's another vote for inviting some of the girls she knows over to play, one at a time. Doesn't have to be a sleepover. Just an afternoon with an aquaintence at your house. See if a friendship develops.
Friendships do NOT develop without time and one-on-one interaction.
:iagree: Could you set up a play date for her? My dd's best friend used to come to our house every week while her mom visited a friend in need. My ds's best friends are neighbors that he sees every day.
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I started WW when I turned 51 after going through menopause, and lost 20 in 4 months. I am extremely tall so my points were 27 and ended up at 25, (without the extra 35 points). I think on average I used about 10 of the 35 extra points each week - mostly for treats or going out to a special event.
Tracking is the most important step of WW. If you are doing that and not losing then I would check your portion size. Weigh and measure everything possible to make sure your tracking is accurate. Another thing that really helps with portion control is to track before you eat. Our class moto was, "If you bite it, write it". I did the reverse of that, "Write it, before you bite it". That made me accoutable for everything that went in my mouth, and there were several times I wanted seconds but didn't indulge since it was already written down.
WW has a list of filling foods. I tried to add one to every meal and snack and that really helped control cravings and hunger. For example at lunch I often ate a Morning Star Mushroom burger on a Sandwich Thin round bread, with FF mayo = 3 points. I started added cut tomato which didn't add any points, but helped me feel fuller. I also rarely ate a starch at dinner, though I tried to make double veggies, and I pigged out on those.
I attended meetings weekly and someone there mentioned that you will lose weight twice as fast if you exercise. I exercised the last 2 months of my weight loss by walking or riding a recumbant bike - probably 1 hour average 5 times a week.
To answer your original question, I wouldn't lower your points, but I would be viligant about portion control and tracking. It really works and the weight will come off.
ETA - I forgot to mention that to help with tracking I made a list of my 5 favorite breakfast and lunches along with the points for each. That way I didn't have to recalc points every meal. For dinner I used an online meal planning service, e-mealz.com, point version. They list the WW points with each recipes so I didn't have to calculate dinner points either. That made tracking much more managble.
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Our middle school has doors on the bathrooms stalls.
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Well......this is not going to be popular, but if you are in debt and can't pay the debt while keeping your kids in the extra classes, you can't afford the extra classes. That is what Dave Ramsey would say.
I have really researched extra curricular activities and have come up with some that are free or low cost.
We have a homeschool Tae Kwon Do that is $6 for the first kid and $5 for any other children. We go once a week for 3 boys and it comes to around $60/month.
We also do cub and boyscouts, talk about bang for your buck......$40/year and some extras during the year, but not a whole lot. That is our biggest extra curricular and we plan to do it through Eagle. It is part of our hsing. It is also a homeschool only pack/troop!
When we were getting out of debt we ONLY did cub/boyscouts! We just didn't have the money to do all the extras. We did the free homeschool activities.....park days, Rec center days, etc.....that was it!
I think it is harder if you have been doing it and have to cut it out vs. just not starting until you are out of debt, but it sounds like something needs to go.
Dawn
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When I was researching martial arts several studios told me that they thought children got more out of their classes when they started a little older. Your children are still pretty young. If you can get yourself out of debt in three years there is still time for them to learn a martial art when they are older. Also it is okay for your son to be disappointed. Managing finances is a great life lesson.
Maybe you can find a different sports outlet for them. Try park and rec, church groups or hs organizations.
I would keep the older child in piano and tell you younger child that they get to start lesson when then turn 9.
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Timez Attack and Times Tales. The lower times tables we just memorized with skip counting and drill. For 6-9, I swear by Times Tales.
:iagree: We also used Times Tales for 6-8 times table. For 9 I prefer the 9's trick rather than Times Tales. We also memorized skip counting for 2, 3 and 5's. The 4 times table is just the 2's times table doubled.
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Praying for you and your son.
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Okay, so am I the only one who doesn't like it? I feel like a jerk.
No, you are not the only one. I couldn't stand reading that book aloud. I would choose Big Red Barn over Goodnight Moon whenever possible.
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No suggestions but I just wanted to say:
Congratulations!!!
I had no idea you were expecting. So exciting.
You guys motivated me to try - Weight Watchers sign in tomorrow...
in General Education Discussion Board
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I did WW at the beginning of the year and my breakfast, lunch and snack staples were:
-oatmeal
-frozen berries, use in oatmeal or smoothies
-egg beaters, (I bought at Costco and used in recipes in place of eggs or to make breakfast sandwiches)
-Sandwich Thins, (round bread), 1 pt, use with egg beaters to make breakfast sandwiches or with bean burgers for lunch
-Morningstar Mushroom Lovers burger, 2pt - in frozen section with above bread
-FF mayo
-raw almonds, (I bought in 100 cal packs to avoid overeating)
-WW yogurt
-94% FF popcorn, (I know microwave popcorn is not good for you, but I ate this several times a week and it was so filling)
-lots of fruit, veggies and salad makings, (Walden farms has a FF Cesar salad dressing that is pretty good)
Have fun!