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  1. When I was in college I worked in the behind-the-scenes areas of the school library, doing things like shelving, assigning lc numbers to books and applying shelf tags, binding periodicals together by years, etc. I have often thought I would like to do that again.
  2. Subbing. We need to change something about how we do meals, and a subscription box might be a good place to start.
  3. I thought of another: dyslexia is caused by teaching sight words.
  4. I have to say, I have never attended a church with a bouncer. I think I'm missing something good. :laugh:
  5. Both my former church, which does not ordain women, and my current church, which does ordain women, have female ushers. I've never thought of ushering as being a leadership activity, but maybe at some churches the ushers do more than greet churchgoers and pass out bulletins? Edited to add: Ah, I see Bolt's post above about serving communion, so that was what I was missing. At my former church, deacons helped the pastor serve communion, and at my current church....well, I'm not sure. It's a huge church, a new denomination to me, and I'm not sure exactly what position everyone holds!
  6. It's okay to parent your kids to sleep--they won't need it forever. If I could go back I'd sleep train from day one.
  7. Yes, unfortunately. I hear it quite a bit from my family. Surprisingly, from younger family members--30s and 40s.
  8. We were able to get an 80-20 loan, no down, no PMI, but it was before the last real estate crash. I have heard that lenders tightened up the qualifications for getting loans, but with a new bubble appearing on the horizon, I don't know if they will be able to resist...
  9. I have 6 cans of salmon with a best-by date of July 2016. Other than salmon patties (salmon, egg, bread crumbs, spices) what can I make? Bonus points if they are kid-friendly. :) TIA.
  10. This is so appealing to me. I stink at preschool activities. Lol. I might order the book and see how I could implement it for my K'er and 3 y/o. I bet my 8 y/o would enjoy a lot of the activities too--he still enjoys sensory play.
  11. There weren't many local listings that fit the criteria, but they ranged from 369k in a rural area known for meth labs to 1.1mil in a wealthy city.
  12. Maybe it's a regional usage. I'm familiar with it from...south King county cops. :)
  13. kiana, on 13 Jul 2016 - 06:44 AM, said: It sounds about right to me--if someone has 50 pounds of fat to lose, those 50 pounds can liberate about 1550 calories per day. In a week that would be just over three pounds. If you only have one pound of fat, you really shouldn't try to lose it. :)
  14. I am familiar with this usage from working retail. I think it's just easier to say "tresspassed from" X than "was charged with trespassing and is is no longer allowed to visit X under threat of additional charges."
  15. *shakes fist* :laugh: That was one that I wanted--I missed it by this much! Lol.
  16. This is an occasional treat--fill a BIG mug half full of spray whipped cream. Add coffee slowly, stir vigorously as your pour. Yum.
  17. I wanted to buy a few board games, but they all sold out almost immediately. So I bought nothing.
  18. Thanks to your post, I used this one last night when I was trying to do several things at once plus tell the kids what they were supposed to do. They gave me a look, but knew what I meant. :)
  19. I don't know--I've received an awful lot of packages with delivery confirmation that were addressed to the same address one street over. On the plus side, I've gotten to know more neighbors than I otherwise would have. :lol: But if I wanted to know if a package had arrived, I'd just text and ask.
  20. Yep, this. I often tell my kids "You're my favorite 8 y/o." Or "You're my favorite daughter." (2 boys, 1 girl.) Sometimes i joke with my dh that whoever isn't three is my favorite. Our current 3 y/o has changed my perception of 3, though. I'm not sure if she's actually less of a pill, or if by the third 3 y/o I've just relaxed a bit and have fewer buttons left to be pushed?
  21. Thanks! I'll check out the youtube offerings.
  22. I'd forgotten about Cal Worthington! We used to sing "If you really want a truck, that will really really suck, go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal."
  23. I can see both sides of the argument. I have a neighbor who has quit smoking by switching to ecigs and gradually reducing the amount of nicotine. She still vapes flavored solution though--I guess part of the habit is just the physical act? The secondhand vapor doesn't bother me--it's much less irritating than smoke. On the other hand, I'm in a state where marijuana is legal, and while smoking weed in public is illegal, vaping in public is not, and who knows what's in the juice? I don't know about the cool factor--I think that vaping looks kind of silly, but I also think that the blown-glass marijuana pipes look silly, and people seem to like those, so what do I know? I was always confused by the anarchist-types at my college who hated big corporations, and sat around complaining about "the man" while smoking their camels, so I think that I just don't understand the kind of "cool" associated with smoking.
  24. I caught my 5 y/o singing 1-877-kars4kids--k-a-r-s-kars4kids the other day.
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