I want to change the club from closed to private so people who are not in the club cannot see who is in it. I assumed that I would be able to do that with Club settings, but there is no option to change any settings in club settings. All you are able to do there is edit the name of the group. None of us can post to the club either. Help, please.

I had boxes sent quarterly and did it for three boxes and then canceled. I just wasn't getting what I had hoped out of it. The first box was really the only successful box. Each of the other boxes had one thing that I really liked, but that cost way more than I wanted to spend.

I just checked and it no longer appears. I guess it was ended. I'm going to start a new one.

Nobody has been on it. In fact, nobody has posted in any of the clubs that I was in for several months. I'll switch over there and see if I can figure out who owns it.

We replaced our floors downstairs in March. I really liked the idea of vinyl planks, but we have two large dogs and one medium dog and they are all active. I worried about them managing to get scratches in the planks. We ended up going with wood-look tile. The cost was about the same. If we were planning to be here long-term, I would have gone ahead and gotten vinyl, but since we plan to move in 5-7 years, we went with something that we were sure wouldn't get damaged and when I talked with local real estate agents, they said that tile would be better for resale in our area.

I taught forensics at my high school for the first time last year. For our chromatography lab, we used markers. I tested out several different black markers to try to find at least three that looked the same on paper, but had different patterns with chromatography.

That depends on the teacher. The calculus teachers at UT Dallas did not allow any graphing calculators on their quizzes or tests. My dd was very relieved when we found that out because neither of us really knew how to use them.

About 22 credits vs. 26. 26 credits is for Foundations with Endorsements. This is the equivalent of graduating under the old recommended plan. Graduating under just Foundations is the equivalent of graduating under the old minimum plan. I didn't include the other 4 required credits because they are different depending on which endorsement you graduate under. If you go to the link that I had in my previous post, it gave the requirements for each of the endorsements. They all require 26 credits which consist of the Foundations requirements and something more as outlined below: School districts and campuses are not required to offer all of the endorsements outlined below. If districts choose to offer only one endorsement it must be the Multidisciplinary Studies endorsement. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics endorsement STEM is the only endorsement that requires Algebra II, Chemistry and Physics. A student pursuing a STEM endorsement must complete all other graduation requirements and either: A coherent sequence of four or more CTE credits, including at least one advanced CTE course, and a course that is the third level or higher course in a sequence; or A coherent sequence of four credits in computer science selected from an approved list; or Three credits in mathematics by completing Algebra II and two additional math credits for which Algebra II is a prerequisite; or Four credits in science by completing Chemistry, Physics and two additional science courses; or Algebra II, Chemistry, Physics and a coherent sequence of three additional credits from no more than two disciplines represented by the options listed above. Business and industry endorsement A student earning a business and industry endorsement must complete all graduation requirements plus either: A coherent sequence of courses for four or more CTE credits that includes at least two courses in the same career cluster, and an advanced CTE course. The courses may be selected from a list of career development or CTE innovative courses approved by the commissioner of education, but the final course in the sequence must be obtained from one of the career clusters relating to: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications; Business Management and Administration; Finance; Hospitality and Tourism; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Marketing; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Career Prep I or II and Problems and Solutions if the course addresses a career from a field listed above; or Four English elective credits to include three levels in public speaking, debate, advanced broadcast journalism, advanced newspaper journalism, or advanced yearbook journalism; or Four technology applications credits to be selected from a list; or A coherent sequence of four credits from the above options. Public services endorsement A student earning a public services endorsement must complete all other graduation requirements and either: A coherent sequence of four or more credits in CTE with at least two credits from the same career cluster, and at least one advanced CTE course, which includes any course that is the third or higher course in a sequence. The final course must be obtained from a CTE career cluster relating to Education and Training; Government and Public Administration; Health Science; Human Services; or Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security); Career Prep I or II and Problems and Solutions if the course addresses a career from a field listed above; or Four courses in JROTC. Arts and humanities endorsement A student earning an arts and humanities endorsement must complete all other graduation requirements and either: Five social studies courses; or Four levels of the same language other than English; or Two levels of the same language other than English and two levels of a different language in languages other than English; or Four levels of American Sign Language; or A coherent sequence of four credits, selecting courses from one or two categories or disciplines in fine arts or innovative courses approved by the commissioner; or Four English elective credits from an approved list. Multidisciplinary studies endorsement A student earning a multidisciplinary studies endorsement must complete all other graduation requirements and either: Four advanced courses that prepare a student to successfully enter the workforce or postsecondary education without remediation from within one endorsement area or among multiple endorsement areas that are not in a coherent sequence; or Four credits in each of the four foundation subject areas to include English IV and Chemistry and/or Physics; or Four credits in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual credit selected from English, math, science, social studies, economics, languages other than English, or fine arts. Performance acknowledgements and Distinguished Level of Achievement A student can earn performance acknowledgements in several different areas including: outstanding performance in a dual-credit course outstanding performance in bilingualism and biliteracy outstanding performance on a College Board Advanced Placement test or International Baccalauereate exam outstanding performance on the PSAT, ACT-PLAN, the SAT, or the ACT; or earning a nationally or internationally recognized business or industry certification or license. The performance acknowledgement will be noted on the student’s transcript. The requirements for the distinguished level of achievement are the same requirements to be eligible for admission to a public Texas university under the automatic top 10 percent law. To earn this distinguished level of performance, a student must successfully complete four credits in math, including Algebra II; four credits in science; and the remaining graduation requirements; and earn at least one more endorsement.

Physics is not required to graduate high school in Texas. It is recommended and the counselors definitely try to push it, but it is not required unless you are trying to get a STEM endorsement. Last year I taught chemistry and forensic science. Several seniors were transferred from physics to my forensic science course in an effort to try to find some kind of science that they could pass so they could still graduate in June. For the upcoming schoolyear, I am teaching forensic science again and will also be teaching physics. I am sure my students who are failing physics will be transferred to one of my forensic science classes or possibly to environmental systems in an effort to get them the mandatory minimum number of science classes. https://tcta.org/node/13847-graduation_requirements Hsers do not have to follow state of Texas graduation requirements, but I'm including them so you can see what they actually are. They are from the link above. English — four credits: Students must earn credits in English I, English II and English III. The fourth credit may be chosen from a list of approved courses. Math — three credits: Students must earn credits in Algebra I and Geometry. The third credit may be chosen from a list of approved courses that includes Algebra II, Statistics and many CTE courses. Science — three credits: Students must earn one credit in Biology, AP Biology or IB Biology. The other two credits may be selected from a list of approved courses that includes Chemistry, Physics and many CTE courses. Social studies — three credits: Students must earn credits in U.S. History Since 1877 (one credit), U.S. Government (one-half credit) and Economics (one-half credit). The third credit may be chosen from World History or World Geography. Languages other than English — two credits: These credits may be earned in any two levels of the same language or two credits in computer programming languages selected from Computer Science I, II and III (if those credits are earned prior to Sept. 1, 2016). Upon completion of the first credit, if the student demonstrates an unlikelihood of completing the second credit, the student may substitute Special Topics on Language and Culture, World History or World Geography if there is no local district requirement for their completion; computer programming languages; or another credit listed for languages other than English. Physical education — one credit: Students are required to earn one credit in PE. They may do so by participating in a private or commercially sponsored physical activity program offered on or off a school campus and outside of the regular school day, if approved by the commissioner of education. PE credit also may be earned through participation in athletics, JROTC, drill team, marching band or cheerleading. Students unable to participate in physical activity due to a disability or illness may substitute an academic elective credit or a course or activity offered by a school district that is developed with an institute of higher education and local business that will allow students to enter a career or technology training program in the region, an institute of higher learning without remediation, an apprenticeship training program, or an internship required as part of accreditation toward an industry-recognized certificate. Fine arts — one credit: Students must earn one fine arts credit. They may earn it in a traditional fine arts course or in a course such as Digital Art and Animation or 3-D Modeling and Animation or other approved courses. Electives — five credits: These credits must be selected from an SBOE-approved list or from a locally developed course or activity that does not satisfy a specific course graduation requirement.

I would make sure that she completes everything she needs for EMT, but it sounds to me like she's doing fine. ASL is probably going to be a lot more helpful as an EMT than French.

Distance to beach - Depending on where you are in or around San Antonio, it's 2-3 hours from Corpus Christi. If you are on the east side, you will be closer to Corpus Christi. When we have gone there, we have always stayed at El Constante. It's right on the beach so you can walk right out and don't have to drive anywhere else. I have no idea about nightlight, but there are a lot of attractions: Fiesta Texas is a fun amusement park (last trip there was 8 years ago) Schlitterbahn is a great waterpark and is within an hour of San Antonio The Riverwalk is a lot of fun (that's where we went on our honeymoon) If you are willing to do Sea World, there is (or was) one in San Antonio

I don't cook much anymore, but also rarely eat out. Everybody is an adult here. I have three kids working variable shifts sharing two cars, so everybody posts their work and appointment schedules on the whiteboard calendar in their assigned color. We actually plan out in advance who is parking where so we don't have to do a car shuffle in the morning. Mostly everybody fends for themselves. My 22yo has discovered that she really likes cooking meat (only eats vegetables raw), so I mostly leave that to her. She works at a grocery store, so she will often pick up whatever looks good. She puts everything like that on the credit card, which I pay. She uses the credit card only for things that I pay, like vet bills when she takes my dogs to the vet. She will usually cook 6-8 servings of whatever meat she fixes each time and tries to have a variety of meats prepared in the fridge. My most common cooking (and what I do every single day) is making a fried egg sandwich. Aside from that, I will fix an entire bag of frozen vegetables at a time, usually a stir fry. Whatever I don't eat then, I store in the fridge for the next day. I would really like to cook more, but I have a really hard time making myself actually cook after about 6pm. I rarely get home before 6pm on school days. I find myself falling back on frozen foods far too often.

Princeton is much cheaper to live in than Garland, but it's also way farther out. Garland is right next to Dallas. To get there from Princeton, you have have to drive through McKinney and Allen and Plano and Richardson before you arrive at Garland. Garland and Richardson both border Dallas. The closer you are to Dallas, the higher the price is likely to be. The same is true for Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. If you move farther out into the suburbs, you are much more likely to get something affordable. That distance also puts you farther from jobs (longer commute) and means no public transportation. The schools that you are zoned for matter too, even though you are hsing, because it matters for resale. If you do end up moving to Texas, make sure you know about the community colleges and whether or not you are in the taxing district. We have a fantastic cc system in the Austin area. I used to teach in the Collin County system (before kids, actually my first job after college). Back then it was a good system, but I have no idea what it's like now. At one point back when we were in the Dallas area, we looked at moving closer in - Plano or Garland or Richardson. It was way out of our price range. We ended up moving even further out, from McKinney to Princeton. The Austin metroplex is a lot more compact than the Dallas metroplex, so we don't have to be as far out to have something affordable. Where we live now is a suburb of Austin. The prices have increased a lot. We paid $200,000 for our house 15 years ago and it's valued at $400,000. Without doing any work on it at all, we could probably sell it for $325,000. I just did a search on my suburb and found only 4 houses for sale $200,00 and below. The lowest price was $175,000. If you go out one more level to the next suburb out, there are more homes in the $175,000-$200,000 range, but still nothing below $175,000.

On Ting, I am able to set alerts that can go out via text or email to all of us or just to the one who is approaching whatever limit I set. I can cap each phone individually for minutes or texts or data. I have my dh set to suspend data at 6GB. I set the rest of us to suspend at 2GB. Only my dh has ever gone over 1GB. He uses 2-4GB each month. I have alerts set up for him at 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, 4GB, and 5GB. We do use wifi when at home. If we didn't have wifi at home or had to use our phones as hotspots, then our data usage would be much higher.

Even though we have roadside assistance, I still want to have a lug wrench, jack, and jumper cables just in case. I have changed my own tires before, but the last time was more than 20 years ago, before I had a cell phone. I couldn't get the lug nuts off, but a kindly driver who was built like a lumberjack pulled over and helped me.

My oldest had an on-campus private apartment. We were told that in order to keep that apartment, she would have to pay for it year-round (during the summer too). Once she moved out, she would be back in the lottery. My youngest had a private dorm room with air conditioning (AC was a medical accommodation). A did not return to that school the following year because everything was a fight to get them to comply with ADA, the school was highly conservative to the point that there were some terrifying incidents for some of the LGBT students on campus, and they had a lousy math department.

Ting has two separate networks. We use CDMA because Sprint works everywhere we go. https://ting.com/coverage We had been with Sprint before, but switched because our cost was so high, over $300/month for 5 smartphones. With Ting, our highest bill has been $115 and we have only been that high 3 times in the past year. Our average is just over $100. With Ting, we pay only for what we use. Before we made the decision to switch, I went to my Sprint account and wrote down our highest minutes, texts, and data usage for the previous 6 months and used those to calculate our rate at Ting on this page: https://ting.com/rates . Since that cost was around $125 using our highest numbers in each category from the previous 6 months, it was an easy decision to switch. They had to ship us new SIM cards for our phones, but that was all we had to do.

Check out Ting. We have 5 smartphones on our plan and our highest bill was $115. Our average bill is just under $100. We range from $85 - $115.

If you are on state insurance, then you don't want Texas. The conservative government in Texas has been cutting back expansively on anything that can be considered a social service as much as they think they can get away with (and they can get away with a lot) so they can give that money to businesses. Special education in Texas is under fire because TEA (Texas Education Agency) set a maximum percentage of students identified as SpEd in districts and schools that were higher than that got in trouble. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/14/school-groups-special-education-texas-legislators/

Ting allows you to set limits on everything individualized to each phone. I have my plan set to send text alerts when certain data values have been hit. You can also set it to cut off anything after a certain amount. If you do that, I would definitely set it up to send alerts (either text or email) at the 50%, 75%, and 95% points so they don't just abruptly lose their access.

My 22yo just bought her first car, but it did not come with a spare tire. It actually came with just a pump and a can of fix-a-flat. We bought a spare tire today, but we still need to get a jack and a lug wrench. What kind of jack should we get? We do have roadside assistance, but I still want a jack for the car. It's a 2011 Hyundai Elantra.

Texas pretty much fits what you are looking for. HS laws are easy here. You just hs. No documentation required. You do need to be aware that in high school it is pretty much all or nothing. The high schools will not accept any hs credits. In order for them to accept your credits, you will have to use an accredited umbrella school of some type. I hsed all three of my kids all the way through, so it wasn't an issue for me. I am now a public high school science teacher. If you want your child to go to public hs, they need to start as 9th graders or they will be starting over as 9th graders. In Austin, we have a great community college system with free dual credit for the first 12 courses as long as you live in the taxing district for ACC. You should also be aware that you can't do any kind of partial day thing with the schools and cannot participate in any school sports. I know that is an option in some states, but it is not an option here. Texas has a conscientious objection form that you can use for vaccine exemption. COL is low compared to many other states. Texas is, regrettably, extremely conservative. Therefore, if anybody in your family has special needs or needs mental health services or is LGBTQ or is minority, you should probably look elsewhere. We plan to move to Oregon after our youngest finishes college because Texas no longer feels like a safe place to be.

I really like Ting. We have 5 smartphones and have never had a bill over $115. Our average is just under $100. You pay only for what you use. Apparently we don't use nearly as much data as most people do. We all use wifi most of the time and use data only when not at home.

My middle dd needs to always have some kind of protein readily available. One of the easiest things she does uses IQF boneless skinless chicken breast. Since they are frozen, you don't really feel any grossness. Lay out the chicken breasts on a sheet pan (can line it with foil for easier cleanup). Drizzle some olive oil on all the chicken breasts. Then spice them up however you like. Put them in the oven at 350 degrees (preheat) for about 30-40 minutes. I recommend a meat thermometer to check the temperature when it's done. Bigger, thicker pieces will take longer. My dd would end up using a different mix of spices on each piece of chicken sometimes. https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-frozen-chicken-247433 http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/easy-frozen-chicken-breast-265634 https://www.workingmother.com/momlife/13527336/how-to-cook-frozen-chicken-breast/

We just have the blinds that the previous owners of our house already had in the windows. The previous owners also had some lacy valence things that went over some giant knobs that they had screwed into the wall at the top corners of the windows. I washed those once and then threw them away. All three of the kids have blackout curtains in addition to their blinds.