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We've one "nice" towel per person (6). Then there are the "not so nice" ones: our old ones, some gifts, ect. We've acquired a few more of these recently - maybe there are 12 altogether? (Not quite sure. . .) We also have 4 beach towels and one double beach towel, but we don't use these for everyday bathing unless it's a serious pinch!
I think two towels/person plus a couple of guest towels (if you host a lot) seems doable both for usability and also storage space. That way you can wash the dirty ones but still have a clean one for each person.
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So very sorry. Prayers for you!
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We love our Blendtec as well. We got it refurbished from Blendtec with a 10 yr warranty (I think?) Can't quite remember the number. . .
Anyway, it's awesome. We include almonds in smoothies to add protein, and the Blendtec always does fabulous even with the whole, frozen almonds.
One nice thing about the Blendtec as opposed to the Vitamix is that the Blendtec has cycle settings you can set and then walk away from. It will finish and stop by itself so you don't have to wait through the noise to stop the machine when it's time. Those things are LOUD.
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I housesit and farmsit.
I really appreciate having enough food available (aka more than peanut butter and bread.) It's a pain to have to haul food in, then haul it out when you leave, especially if it's a long stay.
Also, it's nice if you're willing to be available to answer questions while you're gone. This means that you are also easy to reach.
If you can possibly at all try to convey the impression that you are easygoing, not too picky, and confident in his/her judgement, your house sitter will love you!
I have clients that I absolutely love because they're good about all these and more. I have other clients whom I still work for if they ask, but I do not particularly enjoy the job. . .I call them my "picky/worried" clients. :glare:
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System??? You all are so organized!
My cash goes in according to whatever order I received it. Oldest in front.
When I go to pay for something, I rifle through it and find the right denominations. Then I put the change in the back in whatever stack the cashier handed it to me in.
I know, I know. Sloppy. :D
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Hey - that's not "out west"! Or if it is, where am I? That's east from here!! :D
I've always thought the Midwest should actually be called the Mideast and that the Dakotas/Wyoming, ect. should be termed the "Midwest." :001_rolleyes:
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How about motion-sensor sprinklers? That should fix both the lady and the cats!!!
Now THIS is a good idea! :leaving:
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:huh: Maybe it's time for a moving truck rental? $850 is ridiculous.
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At our church potlucks that are in the church fellowship hall, the plates/utensils are provided. When the church has a potluck picnic, everyone brings their own, although usually there are some kind people who bring extra and share with those of us who forgot.
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You should let us see pics if/when you get it done. :001_smile:
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Is your yard fenced/is the weather extreme where you are? If it's fenced and outdoor conditions are good, could you just maybe have her outside for an extended period to kind of. . .err, force the issue?
Sorry you are having trouble. Dogs can be so weird sometimes.
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Reliable? My Toyota Corolla Wagon (1996) has 273K and is still going strong. She's got her quirks, but can't be beat for reliability! You can definitely get a really nice used Corolla for $15K.
I am also a Civic fan.
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I visited my great-grandmother in the mid-west when I was a child, and I distinctly remember a raisin pie in her refrigerator. I didn't try it. The image still haunts me.
:blink: Raisin pie? :ack2:
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Honestly, my opinions are definitely colored by my family circumstances. My brother, who uses so many of the same words I've read on this thread to describe what he expects/demands from his kids? He goes to trial on DV charges in a week. I don't really expect to be neutral. I fully get that the language choices don't necessitate abuse but I bristle, on a visceral and admittedly not fully rational level, at the idea that kids owe their children more respect than their parents show them.
Thank you for this. It helps to understand where you are coming from. Domestic violence is awful, and in no way did I intend to come across as feeling that kids don't ever have a valued voice or opinion. :grouphug:
It is such a very complex issue.
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Peach.
Or blackberry.
Any kind, as long as it's homemade!
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Ahh, "helpful" ladies. :glare:
I wouldn't worry about leaving the kids, according to your description.
Slightly different scenario my family experienced:
Once when we were young, my mother left two of my younger siblings and myself in the car while she went to use the ATM at the bank (maybe 15-20ft. away?) A lady came up to her and told her that if she didn't get back into the car and go through the drive through instead she would call the police and have us taken away from her for leaving us in the car (I think it was during the summer.)
Mom was scared and didn't know what the police would/could do, so she complied. Later, though, she called the police department and asked what they would have done. The policeman laughed and said the lady was WAY overreacting, they wouldn't have done anything in that situation.
Sounds like your lady wasn't really threatening, but maybe if you'd like reassurance that no undesireable "police" things could happen you could call the department and just ask?
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I also love the Jeeves and Wooster series with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
1000 times yes!
The BBC 2009 Emma miniseries is also well done if you like Austen.
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That's sweet of him. :001_smile:
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Well, your DH's opinion is based on concern for your safety, not some random whim. Based on that I'd probably walk.
Is there an issue with concern over not being able to carry everything back if you walk?
But in the end you'll have to decide what you think you should do.
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This would offend me. My mother used to "joke" that she was keeping tabs on how much she spent on me so she could send me the bill later on. To this day I don't think that was all that funny.
I really often felt like my parents couldn't wait for me to leave. It was not a good feeling. I didn't feel like I had a home. I go out of my way to make sure my kids don't feel that way.
I'm sorry. That is hard. It must have felt like she resented you. :sad:
I wouldn't be surprised if the way each of us looks at this whole issue is directly coloured by our personal experiences earlier in life.
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I really don't see what the big deal is about saying that:
-kids aren't freeloaders. To paraphrase one of my favorite WTM posters, these kids aren't people who showed up on my doorstep and banged loudly to be let in and raid my fridge.
I recall making the choice to have them.
-money doesn't buy respect (unless you're looking for the same sort of respect you could get selling crack on the corner)
-respect is something we show others, of all ages.
-some people who may or may not pay the bills aren't people that have earned or maintained respect. Responsibilities to family far exceed merely the financial.
And I would agree wholeheartedly with all of these points.
I don't feel that these values come into conflict with my opinion as expressed above.
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Do you really think that respect boils down to being only due to those who pay the bills?
No. Not at all. I didn't say that, either - I only said that adult status comes with responsibility. One way adults take responsibility is by paying bills. Of course, this is not always true. Eventually there will be an adult whom children should respect because he/she is an adult, even if that individual doesn't contribute financially. I'm thinking of my uncle, who had fallen into a rough spot in life and was living with his parents. Of course it would have been vastly inappropriate for myself and my cousins to treat him as our equal simply because he didn't have a job or a way to support himself - he was (is) still an adult.
I don't think at all that children's opinions don't matter simply because they pay no bills. I think it is perfectly acceptable for children to ask adults questions respectfully.
However, that was not the idea I got of the situation from what the OP wrote. Her daughter doesn't understand why she can't have adult status, "literally feels as though she should have the right to treat adults as peers" (to quote the OP,) and her questions are posed in a rude, disrespectful manner. I didn't get the feeling the OP felt she shouldn't have to respect her daughter. I have no doubt that the OP truly wants to help her daughter understand this problem in a gentle way.
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Granting adult status to a child is different from giving respect to a child.
The OP and her DH should be able to respect and value their daughter and her opinions without having to put up with an 8-yr-old treating them as her equals.
I gave that opinion in my pp simply because I felt it might be a good way to help the OP's child understand how different the adult's world is. Kids see all the "perks" of being adults, but sometimes they don't realize what some of the sacrifices are.
I'm sorry if my previous post was unnecessarily harsh.
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What are her hobbies? Does she sew? Paint? Camp? Love literature?
Can you get her something pertaining to one of her interests?