[Putting in a bathroom for the elderly--dazzle me with unusual solutions]

If possible, I would go with a full bath and convert that game room into a 1st floor master. There are a lot of house with both a master on the main and another upstairs. It will increase the value of your home.

[Parenting advice: should I push or give in?]

I'd probably let her switch.

[What was your first job?]

I painted & cleaned for a landlord for $0.75 an hour plus lunch. Then there is the babysitting, which I don't recall how much I was paid. My sister & I used to both do New Year's eve and you get paid a ton for that! I also helped a friend on her paper route for a little bit. My first "real" job was working at a movie theater as a "Candy Girl". I used to switch with one of the ushers. The owner wanted only girls selling food and boys as ushers. 🙄 I had a bunch of different part-time jobs in college (filing out paperwork for the clerk of courts, cleaning books in the Museum Library, Research Assistant where I was basically a gofer for the office, tutoring). 

[When did you last leave the house? For any length of time?]

Over the weekend, my son & his girlfriend were up to visit for the weekend from the Atlanta area. Saturday we went to Rock City and had lunch in Chattanooga. Sunday we walked a new part of the Chicamauga Battlefield that we hadn't seen before. 

Monday I drove to Home Depot in Chattanooga, TN to pick up an online order. I live in NW Georgia. I stopped at a Wal-mart and my '"local" Aldi's which is 30 min away. I had my 17 year old with me.

[vipkid or other teaching english]

I've been with VIP Kid since Feb. My bookings are down to 1 kid per week. They have about 100,000 teachers and 800,000 students. 

[My pregnant dd needs prayers, positive thoughts, well wishes and rain dances if you are so inclined.]

Prayers for babies, mom & dad, and all the grands. 

[If I am a decent baker...]

I use an 8x8 glass pan. Also, don't overcook them. I can't make cupcakes. I always burn the bottoms. I have no problem with muffins. 😂

[Where to buy decent earrings online?]

I just got my daughter these  earrings from Amazon. She needed something that wouldn't poke her at work as she has to wear a headset. 

[Maud Arbery]

4 hours ago, SquirrellyMama said:

I always leave my doors unlocked, but I wouldn't if I had a gun in it. 

And, I'm not even surprised that people have guns in their vehicles. I am shocked that it isn't a crime to have a gun in an unlocked car when a person isn't in it.

Kelly

In our previous county (suburb of Atlanta) whenever there was a cluster of vehicle break-ins, there was always at least one gun and one computer stolen. These vehicles were in driveways in "nice" neighborhoods. The agent we bought our house from lives in a very rural county. Her & her husband were flying out of Atlanta. He forgot that he had his gun with him so had to lock it in his vehicle at the airport. His truck was broken into and the gun stolen.

[Maud Arbery]

18 hours ago, SquirrellyMama said:

Why is this not criminal? Why would you have a gun in an unlocked car? Shouldn't that be a crime? This entire case makes me sick. I'm sad that so many cases like this in the past didn't make me sick until the last few years. 

"No string of break-ins was reported in more than seven weeks before Arbery's death and there was only a burglary report after a gun was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in front of the McMichaels' home, police said."

I don't have the answer to why people leave guns in their vehicles but in suburban Atlanta it happens. A lot of people in rural areas leave their vehicles unlocked.

[Where Do I Want to Live?]

GA, TN, NC all would fit your description. We're in NW GA and get just a touch of snow, have the mountains right here, about 30 min drive to Costco, and live in a rural county so no restrictions on chickens.

[Garage window coverings]

We've always just done mini-blinds so all the windows in the front match.

[Talk to me about a gas stove]

We had them put a gas line into the kitchen when we bought & remodeled this house. It runs off the propane tank. There was no way I was going back to electric. 

[Opinions wanted]

She enjoys it and likes the free time outside. I like to mow. I can listen to music and get some exercise.

[When authorities disagree about kids]

So sorry. Too bad their focused on "winning" instead of what's in the best interest of the child.

[UPDATE! Miscarriage--how long until I feel better? (physically)]

Sorry for your loss. For my early miscarriages I felt better within about a month. For my later miscarriage it took longer but I also needed a D&C.

[For those kids getting free breakfast/lunches from the schools]

I don't get them but I do get the calls about them. Our county was dropping them off at homes via the bus routes and had pick-up locations. That lasted about 2 weeks before they went to just the pick-up locations. They are supplying food twice a week (Mon & Thurs). I know originally they were doing sack lunches so I presume they have continued with that. I would think that they are providing multiple days of food at a time. I know that there are some complaints as the pick-up time is mid-day and many people have to work or cannot get rides to the locations.

[Dislocated elbow (nursemaids elbow). What is the fix like?]

One of mine had that when she was little (under 2). At the urgent care the doc just popped it back into place. Kid was in pain before but no problem as soon as it was fixed. Hope they can do the quick fix for your DD.

[DD coming home from France Wed; help me w/strategies for containment]

Adding to what the others have said. You could use disposable plates, cups, silverware for her. I would do the 2 weeks confinement like the experts are suggesting. No visits from boyfriend. It lives up to 12 hours on hard surfaces and less on fabric. Leave her things in the garage for at least that long.

[Not sure if I should let my DD keep working]

9 hours ago, 1GirlTwinBoys said:

 She works in the grocery pick up with online ordering.

Is she wandering the store picking out the groceries? Do you have any cases in your area? My 17 yo works at Hardee's. She said that she will quit if we get any cases in our county because she doesn't need the money to live off. They called yesterday to let her know that they are going to drive-thru only. 

[Can we talk about grey hair and coloring?]

I didn't vote because I still don't have gray hair. Most of my younger (in their 30's) friends do color their hair. My older sister colors her hair. For me, I wouldn't do it because I don't want to have to be dying my hair every 6 weeks. I'm a low maintenance kinda gal.

[Air duct cleaning]

We had ours cleaned in our "new" house. This house is almost 50 years old, there was a mold issue in the basement, we had remodeling done so lots of drywall & other dust, and the vents are on the floors. So, definitely worth it for us. They pulled out chunks of carpet, brick from the fireplace we had removed, puzzle pieces, dead bugs (there was a wasp problem), and lots of dust. I am the one with allergies and made DH get it done. It wasn't very expensive & only takes a couple of hours.

[Do I get any say in this?]

That's a weird place to store a product that touches food. Will that argument work? Honestly, the main cook gets to decide where to put things in our kitchen. That's me! Can you move the junk drawer somewhere else?

[FYI: GoodRx Shares Data With Google, Facebook, and Others]

Seriously! On the one hand, it's a free service to the user so they have to make $ somewhere. On the other, does any company give a though to privacy anymore? We don't use many medications so I've only ever used it a handful of times. Guess I'll go ahead and delete the app.

[Garage doors and quotes]

We had 4 different people come out to quote us for replacing our windows. We went with the middle priced company because we meshed well with the sales guy.