We invest in real estate so we've bought many, many houses.

We've had to do that with our dental office. One time it was for my crown. My insurance only pays for a metal one unless it's on a front tooth. I paid the difference but they submitted it wrong. The insurance company rep said to have it redone with a metal crown and they would pay. :confused1: Seriously, who would have a new crown taken out for that. Plus, I would still owe the dentist for the first crown. I talked to billing and they first insisted that I needed to pay the difference. I told them that I already had and that they needed to submit it correctly to get paid. I never heard anything back about it. I will say that if my dentist makes another billing error that we will find a new dentist. The billing department is really rude!

I'm restarting, again. :lol: The kids didn't keep up with their chores of the dishes and so we got ants. :glare: I had to take over to get that situation under control. Good news is my counters are squeaky clean. :smilielol5:

I would make sure you had a good salad or veggie option for each meal. I had to cook dinner for someone who was allergic to meat. I made pasta with marinara sauce and then had meatballs on the side. I have a recipe for lentil stew that my kids love. There are a lot of dishes that you can just have the meat separate from the veggie or starch and then combine on the plate.

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:grouphug: So sad. :(

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The pool was nice. :lol:

It takes me about an hour including drive time. I try to leave as many of the kids home as I can. I usually take 1 to help out. That's once a week shopping at Aldi's. Round trip drive time is 40 minutes. Now, Kroger's is only 5 minutes away but still takes about an hour. Store is much bigger, more crowded, and they always seem to be restocking so blocking aisles. Then there's the wait because only 1 staffed register is open. I won't use the self-checkout unless I really have to.

Thanks. I did find the "best" days to visit each park. DH made reservations for a 3/2 house that's only $80 per night. I need to decide if I want to make t-shirts for the kids like I did last time we went. They're cute but take awhile.

:grouphug: So sorry to hear. Hopefully everything goes smoothly for you. :grouphug:

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So, DH just dropped on my lap planning a DW trip for the week of Sept 18-22. We're thinking 4 days, one per park and will be driving down. What's the latest scoop on the parks? It's been 6 years since we've been.

I use a microfiber cloth or vacuum depending on the surface needing to be dusted.

When we were having a basement finished, it got to 80-90% done and then they stopped coming. They had started on a new project so didn't have time to finish out our job. We were still within the estimated time frame for completion. My husband called them and offered them a bonus if they would finish early. They were at our house the next morning and finished up to get their bonus. It wasn't a huge amount of money.

I did horrible yesterday. Realized when the girls were going to bed that somehow all of the twin fitted sheets are "dirty". I think they were making forts or something. I have to wash all the sheets today which wasn't on my radar. I also need to do towels because they went through ALL of the towels again. :cursing: And all of the kids have sore throats & runny noses which means I get to pick dirty tissues all day long. :glare: Since I have yet to shower, I will clean the shower today. :lol:

My mom was very disappointed when we announced #4. That's why we waited until the half-way point to say anything about #5.

Today I am going to have to fold the 2 loads of towels that my 15 yo hasn't done yet. There's at least 2 more loads of towels to wash thanks to the other 2 girls. I've decided that I will unload the dishwasher in the morning for the 12 yo since she sleeps in. That way the breakfast dishes aren't in the way of me making lunch. She'll have an opportunity to unload the dishwasher for her chore later in the day. I started organizing my desk. I need to file some papers in a binder and they were all scattered. That's all together. Now I need to print off the rest so I can just file them all at once. I will clean the bathroom tonight. I should have done it when I was in there showering but I have to shower fast so the 3 yo doesn't destroy the house.

That's usually company policy. They are very strict about what you can & can't say on social media.

I think that's a good idea to keep the extra supplies in a community area of the school for the use of all the teachers.

Karate is 20 min with no traffic, 45 with traffic Gymnastics is 15-20 min Piano is a 5 min walk

I have Android and couldn't find that one. I did find FlyHelper which is free. You can upgrade to a paid version if you want.

:grouphug: Praying! Are you able to be up and moving around? Walking might help bring that baby down.

I got showered!! She has become a recluse as she's entered puberty. She made a little hideaway in her closet and spends most of her time there. Not sure what incentive to try with her. We've tried money for her to buy a toy she wants but as soon as she earns enough she'll stop doing chores. If you tell her she can't watch tv, play on computer, have her tablet, or whatever until it's done she just says fine. I could do it but that is kinda what she wants. She tends to be a touch lazy. I know once we get everything caught up that the cleaning will be easier/quicker. The big problem I have is time management. How do you plan out your day to be most productive. I know that being on the computer isn't the best use of my time but the work I do (homeschooling and real estate) are both mostly on the computer. I find myself getting easily distracted and then wasting time. If I can't get the kids doing their work as soon as they get up then I have to nag them all day to start. Same with the chores.

I cleaned the little thing under the water dispenser on the fridge. I have to put away the crockpot, rice maker, & pressure cooker. Then my island will be clear of clutter. Will get the 9 yo to do her chore of sweeping and mopping the kitchen. Hopefully can get the 12 yo to empty the dishwasher this morning instead of waiting all day. My sink is almost never empty because I have to wait on her to do her chore. Is there someone similar to flylady who actually has to deal with kids & their clutter? They are the reason that I end up sticking with her for such a short time each time I try.