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  1. I like the chairs a lot. I had to search for where it didn't line up for a bit so I guess it didn't bother me.
  2. My daughter has had two ports placed. Simple procedure but under anesthesia so will need a ride home. After care was simple and mostly she just slept.
  3. We put ours in the family room in front of the big window. You can see it from the front windows as well in this location and I enjoy seeing it as we drive up. We end up rearranging the whole room and moving a chair or two out of the room but when we first moved here we tried it in multiple locations and we like this the best. Makes me happy to see it most of the day. We have an open type floor plan where you can see kitchen, dining room, family room, etc .. Minimal walls. Our living room/tv room up front is too small to hold everyone plus a tree, it was originally designed to be a library/sitting area and with a family of seven plus all the animals and when others come over there is just no room there.
  4. One of my daughter's did vision therapy. One round of treatment, one day a week (normally they insist on two but that wasn't going to happen so they agreed to one) She has an eye that wanders and shuts down when tired. It definitely helped her but wasn't a miracle. She doesn't get quite as tired reading and such. She wore bifocals to help her eyes focus for years. This was done around the age of 12 or 13. It did help but wasn't a miracle. When sick or extremely tired the eye still wants to wander and shut down but much, much less. She wears glasses now (20 years old) for distance.
  5. This would be a hard no for me. I struggle with SAD anyway and at home I either don't have window coverings or they are usually open, rarely closed. I need sunlight and ability to look outdoors. We even moved from PNW to Colorado to help once we had kids. I don't think any of my kids would be okay with this either. Just a single dorm with a window last year was a challenge.
  6. We always run two accounts, actually counting business I think we have a total of eight. The two personal/family we put grocery, fun, classes, etc type money for the month in that one and in the other it is for household type bills, electric, mortgage, cc bill, etc... Works for us. That way we know monthly how much we have to spend and the only debit card is attached to the grocery/fun account
  7. Thank you, I got the typewriter for my son. Didn't even know it existed, he is currently enthralled with typewriters
  8. My daughter's doctor (nephrologist) recommended getting them at the same time. She says a combined shot is now in development (I think Moderna) My daughter is getting her Covid booster along with flu shot. I got the flu vaccine yesterday, no symptoms other than stinging when it went in. Not even a sore arm. I'm not an expert though, just passing along what doctor is recommending for my child, she tends to be pretty conservative and protective of my daughter's health for the past ten years. Good luck with your decision making. I know how hard it is to figure these things out and weigh the options. Kimberly
  9. We feed Purina Pro Plan Sport Salmon and Rice. They do very well on it as does my daughter's dog. I have one with a sensitive stomach.
  10. No, we have tons of windows, floor to ceiling with minimal covering. Despite being on acreage neighbors could see in as well as delivery people. I am not bothered by it as I never go naked for any extended period of time.
  11. With three of us we would all be in same row, I'd be stuck in the middle. With just the two of us my husband wants aisle with extended leg room. I usualy get stuck with an aisle seat, he gets offended when I want to sit elsewhere and doesn't seem to get that it is uncomfortable to me to be squished, he likes it because he doesn't have to worry about the person next to him. however this is going to change as I'm tired of being stuck between two large men. (dh is 6'3 and broad). We are a family of 7 so we've done multiple configurations through the years and kids are now grown (20-26) except for our 15 yr old.
  12. My son is exactly same size, though 15 He wears American Eagle 26x30 jeans and they fit perfectly The skinny and slim styles
  13. 15 yr old had it this June and did fine. Just tired and sore arm.
  14. Yes, he started Sophomore year on Tuesday. In person mask optional school is extremely crowded. He has been vaccinated but it isn't required just advised. Most of his friends were vaccinated as I got to hear all their experiences when they were over the other day. Our area Delta numbers are low but climbing. Elementary schools have mask mandate as well as the Universities in the area. Middle schools and High schools not yet.
  15. My sons both ran light for their heights. His older brother is 23 and 5'8" He lifts weights and still only weights in the 130's. They just run lean. It's okay so long as they are eating and not losing lots. When either son gets sick though they can lose up to 5 lbs in a couple days easily. The younger one was monitored for failure to thrive when younger but doctor determined after watching him for several months that it was just genetics. (not from me sadly)
  16. My fifteen year old son is 5'51/2" and 93 lbs. We're always trying to put weight on him. He is just a super healthy eater and doesn't eat a ton.
  17. Splash1

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    Both of my parents had their eyes done this spring, they are currently 80 and 85. No complicaions or problems at all. Both are very happy. My mom's only complaints were she saw different colors looking at things when only one eye was done, it took several days for her vision to be clear and it bugged her, also didn't like the eye drops. My dad on the other hand had no complaints. Think it was great except that now he can see his hair is thinning and I had to buy him some special shampoo.
  18. I don't remember the kitchen aid model dishwashers other than the original was the architecture series and purchased in 9/2005, Next we bought in 2009 and the last one in 2012, they all were the metal inside and upper end Kitchen Aid, They were all repaired multiple times while we had them. Somewhere I read not to by my Bosch at Home Depot or Lowes so I went to Specialty Appliance store nearby. I wanted a German made one but they were way more expensive so I went with the one I posted. Has three rows. People swear by Kitchen Aid I think I'm just a lemon magnet for them.
  19. If I built again or totally redesigned my kitchen instead of a double wall oven I would buy two separate wall ovens or a range plus a wall oven for cost reasons. Also the cost of the built in microwave was much more expensive so I don't think I'd do that again either for replacement costs along with the limited models that fit that specific spot.
  20. I love my Bosch model SHX68TL5UC. It took me a bit to learn how to load it but once I did, its been great. We had high end Kitchen Aid dishwashers (3) that we continually repaired and replaced before this because repair men kept telling I didn't want a Bosch. So of the sixteen years in this house the first 11 yrs had kitchen aid that we continually repaired or replaced. Current Bosch dishwasher we've had about four years and it is still wonderful. I will say we run our dishwasher 1-3 times a day, especially when homeschooling and all five kids home for every meal. Kitchen aid double wall oven was a lemon, broke every single year around Thanksgiving until I finally replaced it. Kitchen aid fixed it for free for about six years, then would send the parts and I'd pay labor. Replaced it with a GE profile double oven I love and has worked consistently well. I have a Wolf five burner gas cooktop that is great. No problems with it, sixteen years old now. Only Original appliance from our build is the kitchen aid refrigerator which I'm looking to replace this year as it has developed a leak and most of the door shelves are broken and you can't get replacements so dh has taken to duct taping them together, really pretty. I wish I had put in a Subzero refrigerator but couldn't justify the cost. My parents have had them in their last two houses and they have been reliable.
  21. Thank you for all the responses and ideas of what to look for, test, etc. She was adopted from Korea and we have no genetic information to go on. We went to National Jewish Hospital to see sleep, asthma, etc specialists. She said she was no help except for the asthma part. She did encourage us to go to several different specialists because she thought her constellation of symptoms was concerning and pointed to an underlying problem, she just didn't know what. Sleep has been a problem since puberty and she's been seeing a sleep specialist for five years. Currently Trazadone takes her sleep from 0-2 hours to maybe 4hours a night. They are also thinking that it is possible she is sleeping more but her brain just doesn't recognize it as sleep so she never feels rested. Next week she has a bunch of breathing tests at NJH and an appointment to get a sleep study approved per the new sleep psychologist recommendation. Some of this is terrifying to me, I have another daughter with a ultra rare life threatening/shortening disease and a sister in law that has EDS, POTS, Lymes, Dysautonomia, Immune deficiency, congestive heart failure, etc and has been bed bound for the past ten years and will probably die in the next twelve months. I'm trying to remain calm as I guide her and go with her to specialists. It's just hard. Also reading all this information, I see my oldest son, also adopted, in EDS/hypermobility as well. It explains a ton of his experiences. Thank you again for sharing your experiences, knowledge and ideas. Kimberly
  22. No, she hasn't. Rheumatologist mentioned it but then decided she didn't fit the criteria.
  23. Thank you, I'm sorry to hear you're going through this as well.
  24. My daughter who just graduated college and is almost ready to begin a three year graduate program has just been seeing doctors since March, PCP, Orthopedics, Rheumatology and the current idea is she has hEDS. All bloodwork, echo cardiogram, x-rays and on MRI came back "normal". She is in so much pain, mostly hips and knees, that she currently is using a cane to walk (she is my daughter that will hike ten miles with dh like it's nothing). We went to doctor because of insomnia (extreme 0-3 hours a night), she had joint pain, would sometimes lose balance or knees would give out, chronic fatigue, asthma, horrible pain level 9/10 periods, dizziness, nausea, etc. Blood pressure is 90/54. Today she lost vision for a couple of minutes, became weak and almost passed out, So far the only thing they've recommended or prescribed is physical therapy and Advil/Tylenol. She did four weeks of physical therapy in April but it didn't change anything and he told her she was done. Only good thing is all the pain is causing her to sleep now, maybe as much as five hours in a 24 hr period. Does anyone have knowledge of this disease that can help me guide her to. It has gone from annoying and a little painful to extreme in less than four months. I just feel like we're just left to figure everything out on our own. Geneticist wait is currently over a year to see if it is another variant that has more involved systems.
  25. We stopped at five for multiple reasons. 1. Kids were all adopted so coming up with the money was getting harder each time. 2. Age of dh and I (41 when youngest was added to our family) 3. Age of other kids and all their activities keeping us busy 4. I honestly one day just thought to myself that I was good, done. That no one was missing and I had no desire to add another child. I never thought that would happen honestly, I figured I would always be up for one more, but at that point (youngest was about 3, other kids were 8, 10, 11, and 15) I just felt done.
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