[Bread Bakers -- Question about Adapting to Gluten Free]

You might want to check out Gluten Free on a Shoestring blog for bread recipes. Nicole released a bread book last year, but the recipes generally use some specialty ingredients. The ones on her blog (generally) don't, though.

 

All-purpose gf flour is not as "all purpose" as AP wheat flours. Pamela's artisan blend (blue bag), Better Batter, and Cup-4-Cup are all pretty all purpose, but Bob's Red Mill is bean based and would not be usable in any recipe that called for a different or "all purpose".

[s/o adults texting teens]

Ruth, the only thing that would annoy me in your scenario would be adjustments to tutoring times, and only because I would need to be in the loop since I'm the driver. (Which would be moot if the kid in question delivers himself to tutoring or is very good about communicating with me)

 

What you describe has a different feel to them than the communications described in the other thread. They don't seem to be cutting parents out of the communication so much as a question/answer or feedback on a joint effort. Plus, you're not in a position of cultivating something deeply personal (faith). I think that affects the feel of side communications as well.

[Psychics]

All rightie--this is for fun because it is raining out and I have nothing better to do right now:

Have you ever been to a psychic and had him/her tell you things that they could not have known and did it change your opinion on them?

 

Disclaimer: I am an atheist yet tend to believe that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Went with a friend to a psychic for fun and he said a lot of things to me that were NOT general statements that rang true (he could not have said the same thing to my family or friend and have them be true). He did not ask a lot of questions fishing for information, he did not know who I was ahead of time, did not know my phone number or last name.

 

Wanna share?

I had my palm read once when my oldest daughter was young. Maybe 3? I was divorced and not planning to ever remarry and one child was plenty. He told me he saw three... no... four children for me. I laughed in his face.

 

Guess what? Four children. Including a set of surprise twins. Weird.

[Brand name dishwashing powder?]

Um... I think you need to clean your dishwasher. That happens no matter what kind of detergent you use. ;)

[Are these capris or cropped pants?]

Dp

[Are these capris or cropped pants?]

Capris.

 

Cropped pants go to the top of your short socks, if you wore them with short socks, which of course you wouldn't. I only mention the socks so you can picture where they fall.

Right. That's where I see the fashion people draw the line. Cropped are short ankle length (above the shoe). Capris are above ankle length (calf to below knee), what were formerly called "pedal pushers".

[Are these "old lady" shoes?]

:ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2:

 

Unfair quoting! Unfair quoting!! That looks like I suggested open toe boots! Lol.

[Don't take the SAT in Spring '16?]

Along with the new prep book, CB and Khan Academy will have free prep programs. It's not like the prep materials are going to come out after the test.

[Are these "old lady" shoes?]

Go for it. I actually think the thing that makes 'old lady' the fastest is a lack of accessories. The right scarf or chunky necklace can transform an outfit instantly. To tie those shoes in I'd be doing a leather cuff or more detailed belt, and potentially a handbag that pulls out the colors and material, too.

You sound like my 67 yo mother. ;)

 

I don't think they have an old lady vibe about them. But, then, I'm 44 and as far as I can tell, young and hip means inexplicable things like platform wedges and open-toed boots so I may be confused.

 

(Count me in as wouldn't be caught dead accessorized)

[S/O: When HOA people move to the country]

We had to sign a statement acknowledging that we understood that we were moving to a rural community (we live in town) and there would be farm implement noise and rogue smells as part of our buyers' contract.

 

At the time ('99), I thought they might want to implement that for the mental giants who keep buying homes next to BWI and then trying to get flight patterns changed. Oy.

 

I see getting stuck behind a combine as notice that I need to shut the windows because there will be tremendous dust for the next week or so.

[At what age do you get wisdom teeth?]

My wisdom teeth came in in my late teens through early 20s. (Teething along with your kid is so odd)

[New update in OP. Shoe color with prom dress?]

I'd go with silver strappy shoes.

[I think I'm going to have to give up almond milk]

Double

[I think I'm going to have to give up almond milk]

We just bought rice bran oil from Azure Standard to try in place of where we usually use grapeseed and olive oils. For cooking, I'm liking it a lot. Haven't tried it yet for cold things like salad.

 

Erica in OR

OT but I wanted to point out that US rice not grown in CA (TX, AR, etc... Generally the former cotton belt) has pretty significant arsenic levels, and the majority of the arsenic is located in the bran. I'm not sure if rice bran oil is purified (or naturally arsenic-free) but it's something you may want to look into.

[Why do I get so many wrong number calls?!]

Eek

 

I remember once at work someone put in my desk's phone number into the fax machine and set it to try 100 times. HOLY COW. I went running through this huge building looking for the person so the phone would stop ringing!

I had that happen at one job, but from outside the company. It used to fill up my voicemail. I finally got clever and forwarded it to the fax when the call came in, tracked the person down and told her she needed to change it.

 

When I worked for a doctor, we'd get calls from a guy demanding to talk to our mortgage dept regularly. And then he'd get mad when I told him (again) he had reached Dr ----'s office. Finally, I suggested he correct the number in his speed dial and he never called again. (I wasn't the receptionist. I can't imagine how often she talked to him.)

 

And we had the fog delay, school closing, low lunch balance and "you're kid is not in school today" automated calls at the Y until I mentioned it to one of administrators.

 

My guess is that the temp agency has automated call and somebody fat-fingered the phone number for one of the nurses on the call list.

[A vent]

My daughter is in the second semester of Curr-Click High School Biology hybrid class. There are 2 or 3 live webinars, Roni (the instructor) gives the assignments and suggested schedules, grades the uploaded work, provides support. She uses the CK12 text, virtual labs (we have a big box of lab specimens for live dissection labs, but that's our option).

 

My daughter is enjoying it and it's as thorough as when I took HS biology (in the Dark Ages, of course).

[Amazon Dash]

Oh c'mon. Haven't you ever been sitting on the toilet and realize you're almost out of TP? Of course, with a button, I'd expect it to magically appear. :)

Never. Our TP magically appears already. (Because I have it on Subscribe & Save) OTOH, if a drone magically appeared with my order, we might order TP one roll at a time!

 

It looks like manufacturers are working with Amazon to foster brand loyalty the same way they do with grocery cards that cue up coupons at the checkout. Meh.

[Online planner]

Also love Homeschool Planet. I liked Scholaric, too, but there were some features I wanted that it didn't have (I can't remember what they were). We used Homeschool Minder instead, and I liked that a lot, too, but I get the user interface of Homeschool Planet more naturally, if that makes sense.

[Owning or renting?]

I'm getting ready to head to grad school. I'll finish just before my kids head off to college themselves and I look forward to simplifying by selling our house (it will be paid off by the time the boys fledge) and having the freedom to live where it's convenient for our second-career jobs (my husband is eligible to retire as soon as next year) and change our living arrangements more easily if we feel the need to do so.

 

IOW, I'm looking forward to renting and living light after what will be 25 years of home ownership.

[Helping an introvert develop interpersonal skills--ideas?]

I agree with 8circles. I am an extreme introvert, but not shy, and I don't intimidate easily. At 14, though? I would have been very intimidated by someone in that role. I think it's pretty typical for an adolescent meeting with someone they don't know, who will be judging their worthiness.

 

It wasn't until I developed expertise that I could walk into a meeting room cold and feel confident. I don't think most people have that in their early teen years.

[Helping an introvert develop interpersonal skills--ideas?]

I agree with 8circles. I am an extreme introvert, but not shy, and I don't intimidate easily. At 14, though? I would have been very intimidated by someone in that role. I think it's pretty typical for an adolescent meeting with someone they don't know, who will be judging their worthiness.

 

It wasn't until I developed expertise that I could walk into a meeting room cold and feel confident. I don't think most people have that in their early teen years.

[S/o mass exodus]

Then this is a good example of how words with strong emotional content can be interpreted in different ways.

 

When LAXmom used the phrase "How f-ing sanctimonious," I interpreted a lot of irritation/disgust in the phrase. Also, I thought what she wrote was hard to understand overall. Another poster actually asked for clarification. Thus, I thought maybe emotion was clouding her reasoning.

 

We just read it/felt it different ways.

 

It might be helpful for posters who desire for their writing to be understood by a wide audience here on the forum, and who feel no personal objections to profanit,y to know that the emotional intent of their words could be misunderstood.

I am not at an emotional 10 or any measurable level.

 

I have no dearth of modifiers. I simply chose the one that best reflected the disgust you so aptly identified.

[S/o mass exodus]

I didn't say anything about refusing hugs or sympathy or empathy from people of other faiths or no faith. I just said that former believers of a faith, who have rejected it, probably aren't going to add value to most discussions about that faith, particularly those who are hostile toward or disdainful of it.

 

I have no idea how this relates to Mother Teresa embracing lepers. I don't equate people who don't share my faith, or people who once shared it but now reject it, as lepers, and I'm not sure how anyone made that leap here.

No, you didn't. I was referencing other comments in conjunction with people wading into threads where they were apparently unwanted, even to offer a virtual hug or sympathy for someone going through difficulty, after my example of someone having something of experiential substance to add to such discussions.

 

And maybe you don't, but that has been brought up as being experienced by more than one person. (And not for the first time in this thread)

[S/o mass exodus]

I think Laxmom was referencing that Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun.

I was. And suggesting (apparently rather obtusely) that the same people who sit on their asses judging who is a "real" Christian while doing exactly nothing to benefit other humans, and reject genuine gestures of sympathy from those they judge unworthy to extend them, would also judge her to be the "wrong kind".

 

Thanks for clarifying for me. :)

[S/o mass exodus]

There's a big difference between being a former dance mom because her kid grew out of it, and being a former adherent to a religion because she rejected it. Honestly, I think former believers of any faith should refrain from participating in discussions on it, unless that viewpoint is specifically requested. I am a former Roman Catholic and while I haven't any animosity or bad memories associated with it, there is no point to me participating in a thread on it. Even more so for those who do feel disdain for their former faith, or for any faith. There are plenty of other people who can add more value.

"Dance moms: Help me reconcile <objectionable feature>. I/my child really wants to dance but this <objectionable feature> is now causing me/her/him to dread/have anxiety about going to dance. "

 

"We found <objectionable feature> to be the norm. I/my child danced at X number of studios in multiple states. It seems to just go with the territory. I/my child finally realized I/he/she not getting enough satisfaction/enjoyment/whatever from dance to offset the horrible <objectionable feature> experience, so we walked away. We've never regretted it."

 

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CC, as Audrey has already explained, means "Christian content". It does not mean specific-regional-variation-of-one-denomination only may enter, just that the topic is or is being addressed from a Christian perspective, which we all know is a pretty damn broad (or narrow, depending on who you are) spectrum. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to fathom that anyone (even a non or former believer) could contribute something to the conversation, even the suggestion that if a point of church doctrine causes that much angst, perhaps the denomination is not a proper fit for one's actual belief system. Not shockingly, those of us who are non-believers have a pretty good idea of the range and details of theology. Probably because we learned it before rejecting it, and also because we live in a society of Very Loud Believers who want the comfort of assuming that everyone embraces the same beliefs. 

 

No to mention that at least a couple of people on this thread have been told their hugs are not welcome as a wrong-believer. I would point out that Mother Teresa embraced the lepers, but she really wasn't the "right" kind either. How f-ing sanctimonious.