*Michelle*
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Thanks. We'll just have to make do, though. The CDC cheerfully informed me that they have a spot for the 3 yr old tomorrow, and the 1 year old on Friday, but that's it.
Fortunately, we just moved to this rental at the end of July when we sold our house and we cleared out a ton of stuff at that time. Our rooms really are pretty bare with minimal furniture. We don't have couches, dressers, etc. The kids each have a bed and small bookshelf. Our garage is mostly empty, other than a few things that we're giving away. Hopefully, that will help!
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I don't know the ages of your kids but if any are under about five, get them into daycare, babysitter, or a friend's house. It is much safer for them there
Oh, boy. They're 6, 4, 3, and 1. We don't have daycare or a babysitter and our only friend who is a SAHM is out of town this week.
I think I'm going to go pray now.
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Thank you everyone! We really can't absorb the cost of feeding a team for four days, so that's out. We'll make sure to get a cooler of waters, though.
I have no idea why they're saying it will take 3 days. We don't have a lot of stuff. We have a few big things, like a piano and a safe, but we don't have a lot of knick-knacks. Our kitchen cabinets are all half empty. We got rid of our living room set already. Our closets are pretty sparse, too. I'm ruthless about getting rid of things that don't get used, so I hope it will just be one day and then done.
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So, lunch and waters? They're going to be here for three days for packing and one day for moving. That's a lot of food. :( Is that the norm?
We're heading from Florida to Virginia.
I've gotten the bathroom stuff consolidated, cleared out the laundry room and put our suitcases and bags in there, etc. Good to know about the mattresses. We ordered some air mattresses because I wasn't sure if they would box up the beds in advance. At least we'll have them at our new place until the delivery comes.
I have the cleaning supplies set aside and I'll put the vacuum away too until moving day.
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Such waste. :(
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After almost 11 years of marriage, my husband and I begin our first PCS tomorrow. The movers are supposed to take the 16th-18th to pack and the pickup is scheduled for Monday.
The instructions said to make sure things are disconnected, beds are stripped, etc., but what can I expect? We are staying in the house this whole time because there are no nearby hotels that can accommodate us, plus we have pets. When we leave, we'll be hauling some belongings on a trailer. I already have our suitcases packed and separated and a box of toys for the kids. I'll be boxing up other things like kitchen necessities, bathroom things, and so forth, but we're going to need them until we leave, so I can't get them all out of the way now.
Any advice? I feel kind of ridiculous as first-timers this late in the game. :blushing:
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Even though the Heroes of Olympus series doesn't seem to be a chronological year between books, Percy and Annabeth have to be what, between 18 and 20? The other characters I'm not sure.
In HoH, Annabeth says she is 17.
I finished it last night. The revelation was a bit of a surprise and I had to put the book down for a couple of days and think about it. In the end, I picked it back up and kept reading and I'm glad I did. It's really a brief portion of the book. The focus later on in the story is the character's sadness and confusion; it doesn't become the main part of the storyline.
My kids are way too young to read these books. Our oldest is probably a good 5 or 6 years away from picking up the Lightning Thief. I can't imagine him not being aware of the existence of people who have same-sex attraction by that time, especially since we have family members living the lifestyle. I just hope the character in question continues to be developed as a whole person and not defined by one part of him.
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Or perhaps he has moved on to a new girl. That was actually going to be my suggestion: encourage the parents to help him find a new girlfriend, one who is more available and more appropriate. Nothing makes one forget an old love like a new love.
I always imagined that Rosaline's parents breathed a sigh of relief when Romeo moved on to Juliet. :)
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We are interested in this, too. My husband hopes to have another 14 years before he retires from the military, then we'd probably take another year to pare down our belongings and practice living in a smaller space. We'd then most likely have a 19 y.o. with special needs and a 16 y.o. with us on the road and two more living independently. We're thinking that 15 years is a good amount of time to save up and buy a nice 5th wheel and something to pull it with.
The thought of having nothing except what we can fit in the RV and of traveling to a new place each month is so appealing. This is the first time I've been excited thinking of plans for the future.
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I don't have that option. Where is that setting?
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Careful with Facebook. He may have you and his mother as acquaintances and can limit what you see. You can check by looking at his friends list. If you can only see mutual friends, you're an acquaintance. If you can see all of his friends, you're a friend.
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I thought of another: Cheaper by the Dozen. There's an old version that's good, but the new one was awful.
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Is this for real?? It's hard to believe! It's quite amazing!
Apparently so! http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/Visual_Arts/article1099136.ece
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Skydrive from Microsoft.
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You know, propaganda is exactly what I thought of when I read about Carroll. :)
If you want to think of Carroll as a devout Catholic, you are more than welcome to do so. I doubt anything anyone says will convince you otherwise. His work means nothing more to me than any other piece of historical fiction.
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LOL, how about this:
James Carroll is very controversial, not mainstream, not endorsed by the Church, and not run by trained Catholic theologians (even though [he acts] with that pretension). [He is] in bad standing in the Catholic community, and.. enrich[es] [himself] off the [sales of his books.]
Anyone who denies the fundamental doctrines of the Catholic Church is not a Catholic.
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Seriously? How does it even work if he's an American?
Swiss Family Robinson. The movie is a disneyfied disaster.
Seriously. Look at this review:
Our young hero is Will Shanton (Alexander Ludwig). Will is your average awkward teen struggling to fit in after his father's job forced the family to move overseas from America to England. He's just turned 14, and has also just discovered that he's part of a prophecy that he never knew about. Supposedly, thousands of years ago, there was a great battle between the forces of Light and Darkness for control of the world. Light won out in the end, but Dark is vying to make a comeback. The Dark is represented by a villain called The Rider (Christopher Eccleston), named so because he rides around on horseback. The Rider keeps on appearing before our young hero, and sending demonic mall security guards and evil grannies who can summon snakes after him. He claims to be looking for "the Signs", but Will doesn't know what he's talking about. Fortunately, there are some people to help explain Will's destiny, and explain the plot (but do little else). They represent the "Light", and inform Will that he is the "Seeker", and that only he has the power to seek out six Signs - powerful artifacts from the past that hold the fate of the world. As the Seeker, Will gains various powers including super strength and traveling through time, of which only the time travel one seems to be of any use to him in his search.
All the ingredients are here for a fun fantasy adventure, but The Seeker: The Dark is Rising doesn't even seem interested in itself. This movie has such a shocking lack of wonder and whimsy, two things all fantasy adventures must have. The incredible keeps on showing its face throughout the story, but the movie forgets to allow the characters to react or even respond to it. At one point, Will's younger sister discovers her brother's power first hand when she accidentally travels through time with him. How does she react to this? She doesn't. She finds herself transported thousands of years in the past in the middle of a battle, and all she cares about is that she rescued a kitten from the battlefield. She doesn't even ask her brother what's going on, nor does she ever bring it up again in a later scene. She does, however, keep on clutching to that little kitten she found for the rest of the movie. I guess time travel, super powers, and the fate of the world itself just can't hold a candle to the adorableness of a kitty cat.
It's like they just kept some of the names and left off, oh I don't know, the entire plot.
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The Dark is Rising. I refused to even entertain the notion of watching the movie when I read they'd made Will Stanton an American. The trailer sealed the deal.
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Specifically, Carroll is anti-Catholic. He is a professional anti-Catholic. He can say he is a "dissident" Catholic all he wants, but he attacks the Church in all areas. He denies foundational doctrines. He is not a Catholic.
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We became a net importer of food (both in terms of dollars and volume) in the last 7-8 years.
My understanding is that was mainly due to increased demand for exotic spices, cheeses, wines, and beers. As far as things like grains, we're still the largest exporter.
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Apparently, I can't get frozen bagels anymore-which is frustrating, because I don't need to eat a dozen bakery ones in the time before they go stale. The frozen ones worked great to stick in the toaster oven when I wanted just one.
We load up at Panera on bagel Tuesdays and just freeze them ourselves.
I miss Jell-O Gelatin pops. Not fudge pops, gelatin pops. I haven't seen those since I was a kid.
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It's complicated, isn't it? The more you look at it, the more you realize that. Many of us here who are for universal health care aren't so much fans of government run-anything (after all, we're homeschoolers despite the presence of free government-run schools in the US). But we've generally had some experience living abroad in countries with universal health care (or having friends/relatives who do so). We've seen first-hand that, while not perfect, it can work very well the vast majority of the time.
Employer-based or individually purchased insurance *can* work very well, for those who have it. However, people who are seriously ill often cannot work (I'm not talking about slackers here), which also means they aren't getting paid, and may lose their job. Which means they may lose their employer-based plan, or be unable to afford to continue their individually-purchased plan. Any system that requires very sick people to have a job and a good income is problematic.
I don't believe health care is a *right* (because ultimately it is supported by limited resources), so much as it is a *privilege* that the citizens of our great country can (and, I would argue, morally should) choose to provide as best we can for those of us who need it. (And no matter how healthy we are and how much we live a healthy lifestyle, those who need it can be *us*, in the seconds it takes for a drunk driver to hit our car, or a baby to be born with serious complications, or a doc to diagnose leukemia in a child.)
I believe making health care non-employer-based can help keep US businesses competitive. People who are freed from the need to keep a specific job just for the health insurance can afford to take the risk of starting their own business, going part-time to stay home with their young kids, working for a non-profit or faith-based organization for low or no wages because they care about the organization's mission, etc. And small businesses can take on new employees without also taking on their health care expenses.
There are many opportunities for cost savings. For example, if the system is integrated, the ambulance service and the ER and the family doc are not separate companies, which makes it easier to craft solutions to problems with "frequent flyers" and other challenging populations.
In the UK, lower-income folks can get the basic care they need, and higher-income folks can go the private route if they desire. The UK has had universal health care since 1948. That's plenty long enough for us to see that it *can* work, and work well.
This is pretty much where I am. I just don't know anymore. I've been thinking about the conclusion to this series for a while.
By revoking or changing laws that effectively establish barriers to greater competition in the medical market within states, and those that establish barriers or drive up the cost of medical schooling, treatment, research, and equipment, Distributism would help to increase the number of medical providers and bring the cost of medical care down through greater competition.
By revoking or changing laws that allow extreme awards and drive up the cost of insurance in general, and by allowing doctors to establish cooperative associations to establish or obtain insurance at a lower cost and assist new entrants with medical training, Distributism would help reduce the cost of the medical business itself, which, combined with competition, would help reduce the cost of medical care.
By revoking the tax barriers that discourage the charitable contribution of time, money, and resources to organizations that offer medical treatment to those in need, Distributism would help to address the medical needs of those who cannot afford the cost of medical care or insurance.
By allowing, or even funding, research on the comparative effectiveness of alternate treatments and medicines with “advanced†treatments and medicines, Distributism would help provide greater access to affordable and still effective health care.
By establishing laws that allow individuals and families to keep their insurance policies when they change jobs, and by requiring options for long term and even life time policies, Distributism would help alleviate the problem of people losing their insurance for pre-existing conditions when they change jobs or have to renew their policy.
Effects of insufficient sleep on long-term health
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I'll be dying a very early death.