LaxMom
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We pretty much always keep the same stuff on hand and my pantry is always stocked with spices, pastes, etc.
When I'm on my game (which I'm not right now), we have a theme for every night of the week:
Monday - Throwback (stuff we ate as kids in the 60s-70s
Tuesday - TexMex
Wednesday - Asian
Thursday - noodles
Friday - pizza
Saturday - "free square"
Sunday - slow cook
So I have some framework for each night, but it's variable. Monday might be meatloaf or chicken pot pie. Tuesday could be tacos (chicken, beef, steak, fish) or enchiladas. Wednesday may be stir fry, curry, or tandoori chicken. And so forth.
It's easier for me to think in that framework when I'm shopping or pulling stuff out of the freezer.
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Happy birthday, Ellen!
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Oh my goodness! Thanks, Cat.
How odd to be looking for scandal updates and see my name! :D
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I wear skirts and dresses in the summer, too, and have the same weird mental struggle. They're just airy-er than shorts.I'm voting totally YES, as long as you are slim enough to pull them off.
I've switched to long skirts this summer, and my only concern is that I don't want people thinking I'm a "dress wearing" kind of homeschooler. Nothing wrong with those who are, but I'm not.
It's like wearing pajamas, but I can go anywhere!
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That.I seriously loathe them. And I agree with the above that they're really only flattering to those who are tall and skinny.
That said... everyone should have their own style and go with it.
They are in the same category for me as the caftan. People who pull them off are statuesque and supremely elegant. The rest of us just look dumpy.
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Maybe we should all try this exercise:
Reach down and take hold of whatever you have on your feet (proverbial boots, with straps). Pull. See how far upward you move.
I'll wait right here.
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Right? So, steal an item, wait for another guest to check out so you can turn it in under their room number, wait six months and it's yours? Great policy.I know, right!? It's a policy that appears to encourage theft and things turning up, magically, after six months. Because then finders keepers.
Ugh.
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That is generally offered as a courtesy for people traveling. In our Y, the threshold was living outside a 50 mile radius.Ooh yeah... can you pay per day at the Y? When we visited family on vacation last summer we just paid for the day to use the pool. Maybe you could just go sometimes then.
Any splash pads at the local parks?? I've seen those free or $5 a visit. I'm sure prices vary from place to place.
I worked for our Y for years and my experience was exactly as Kerileanne described. Our FA person always talks to people before finalizing pricing, though, because she knows that what's on the paperwork is rarely a whole depiction of finances/challenges. Do set up a meeting, either by phone or in person, to discuss whether they can do better.
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I can't wrap my head around the need to find a person and assign blame. "Missiles" (what the insurance companies apparently call airborne objects) happen. They are not in any way the same as driving a vehicle into another object.
Irritating, yes, but it wouldn't even occur to me to assign guilt, much less accost someone to assign guilt to them. And I'm not even Canadian or in Alaska.
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For some reason, ds took to driving like a duck to water (perhaps all those video games). He's a natural That wasn't the case for dd. She had a lot more trouble. She still has trouble keeping a steady speed when she's going slow. She does this tapping thing with the gas pedal, causing the car to surge and slow, surge and slow, surge and slow. Makes me car sick, but she doesn't even realize she's doing it. She's been driving for 2 1/2 years. She's way better than she used to be, but she has a way to go.
My FIL drives like that. It's nauseating.
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I had the same (not shocking, we're probably in the same age cohort), though I took private drivers ed because in-school was a full semester and I wouldn't be able to do it because of my birthday , which would have made me 15 and 9 months (permit age) in the middle. I recall that it only applied to under 18 prospective drivers, though. (Or, maybe it was only made mandatory by our parents who would be footing the horrific insurance bill)I got my license, ignored the laws for twenty years, and now have a teen going through the process. When I was her age, you got your learners, then three months later could get your license. If you wanted to, and wanted an insurance discount, you could take driver's ed for free as a class in high school.
I missed, when, why, and how Driver's Ed got removed from the schools AND made mandatory for licensing.
When my eldest daughter learned to drive, the mandatory out of school drivers ed, recorded hours of supervised driving (by the instructor, then by us), etc. was in place. She's now 26, so it's apparently been a while.
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I saw her yesterday. Snort. Doran is so enduring. (And a lovely, lovely human.)
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Woohooooooooo!
Well done, Quill!!
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We're within an hour (traffic notwithstanding) of several state, public, and private universities/colleges, many of which I passed on my daily commute when I was working full time. I would commute to grad school in DC if my kids were older/in school. I will drive/metro in for seminars and panel discussions as interest dictates, and internship/volunteer opportunities.
15 miles from our house gets you almost to the local community college, but there are a lot of people who live here and commute to PHI/BAL/DC/NoVA for work and school.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson was the speaker at my commencement two weeks ago. His speech began with "After tomorrow, your grades do not matter." And I laughed because I am positively neurotic about grades, but it is so true.
He also talked about your SAT scores not mattering anymore and about how he had recently gotten something from ETS in the mail and - having earned multiple advanced degrees, authored multiple books, etc - FREAKED OUT. Turned out they just wanted to use a passage from one of his books for a section of the test. Lol.
I feel her pain, but he's right. It won't matter after the now.
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My youngest are 10. I went back to school two years ago to finish my undergrad. I graduated Friday, summa cum laude... Only took 26 years. I start grad school next month and will ponder a PhD for the next two years (because the boys will only be 12 when I graduate again). Regardless, I'll be poised for my second career when they're indepenent enough for me to jump in.
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Withdraw. She has effectively made any discussion of racial/ethnic experience competitive rather than an exercise in mutual understanding, which renders her classes moot.
Despite her lack of (general) institutional and structural power (which I agree with) she has positional power over her students.
Is she right? Probably in some observations, possibly in others. But she has a responsibility that comes with her position to express herself in constructive ways. I truly hope that the tweets (which are a tragically limited and limiting medium for comments on very complex ideas) were made in response to specific ideas/claims/whatever. Otherwise, she is in the wrong business.
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This, exactly.My daughter's birthday is in October. We lived in Arizona with a very firm August 31 date for school entry. So she couldn't go to school the year she was four almost five. So we did kindergarten at home. And then we just kept going. And going. And added my sons when they were ready.
And ten years later... Still going.
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East coaster (ME/MD) here. It's half and half (or table cream) or black. Never milk, and never, ever creamer. Gag.
I accidentally bough fat free "half and half" (it can't really be half cream and fat free at the same time) last year. My coffee tasted weird and then I found white sludge in the bottom of the cup. And then I dumped the rest of the half gallon down the drain. Because yuck,
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East coaster (ME/MD) here. It's half and half (or table cream) or black. Never milk, and never, ever creamer. Gag.
I accidentally bough fat free "half and half" (it can't really be half cream and fat free at the same time) last year. My coffee tasted weird and then I found white sludge in the bottom of the cup. And then I dumped the rest of the half gallon down the drain. Because yuck,
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Sooooooo disappointed!
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This thread is a good justification for I-Only-Go-At-Home Poopers...
:leaving: <----An *I-Only-Go-At-Home Pooper* who is leaving, bc, ya' know.
This is for you.
I am utterly disappointed that this has not come up in the thread yet. Utterly. Disappointed. In every one of you.
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That wouldn't bother me in context. When I worked with all 20-somethings, that was the best general identifier. But I don't want it to be general identifier. That would be demoralizing in my 40s.
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Yep. They where shoes more often than I do. I only wear them when I'm legally required to or there's snow.
44 years, no worms.
How do I get strong smells out of sheets?
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About the worst thing I can say is that, after a decade of using way too much soap (beginning with three kids in cloth diapers for the first 6 years, so constant laundry) the sensor started wigging out from the residue build up, so now I use a tiny amount of detergent (the actual recommended by appliance repair people) and do a sanitize wash with washing machine cleaner about once a month. We also have really soft water, so salts build up on components, too, I'm sure. The washer cleaner and a vinegar rinse help with that, too.
OP- for really funky things or things with difficult stains (my husband's white work shirts that he usually does in the firehouse washer), I've found the Tightwad Gazette stain soak really works well. Cascade powder, Clorox 2, (and I add in some oxy, but it works well without) really hot water, and soak everything overnight in a bucket. It's sick how well it works.