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It comes and goes on when I am so fed up that I start cleaning. Clutter and not being able to find stuff I want right away are my biggest issues. The other day I was extremely frustrated that I could not get into my back storage room and that there was a stove in the middle of my kitchen (the landlord's stove). See, one, we bought a new stove and two, we took an entire storage unit of a family member and agreed to keep it safe until we can deliver it. Her stuff was in MY storage room. It is now in my smaller storage area. I worked for two hours straight, moving everything out of the little storage area, putting her stuff there and then I emptied my storage room, drug the stove in there and piled my stuff in front of it.
I then realized that I still have back problems from having my son. Bleh, now my place looks worse and I want to jump up and clean it more, but I know it'll make my issues worse. And even better, I still have two beds to bring up and the rest of her storage unit that I tossed in the basement. But, there is no stove in my kitchen and I found my homeschooling stuff. That makes me happy.
Smells bother me too. I will clean like crazy if I smell something awful. Or, if I leave for a weekend trip and come home, I clean. Why? I don't know, usually my place is clean before I leave but I clean like a crazed person after a weekend trip.
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So...will this eliminate the HS Assist program?
From what I understand, no, this doesn't change access to HS assistance program. This only makes it if you want to continue filing a CPI and doing assessments, you can but it isn't required anymore.
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Yes, this!! I am extremely happy about this news. (Ok I was quoting Ellie to agree and I lost it. I'm not very forum savvy.)
I'm copying part of the e-mail NICHE sent out last night.
Today the Iowa Legislature passed Governor Branstad's Education Reform package (HF 215). After a long, hard battle this session, the Education Reform bill contains three major advances for home school freedom in Iowa, namely:
1.Optional Reporting Under Competent Private Instruction. If you like completing CPI Forms and annual assessments to send to your school district each year, you may continue to do so. If you do not, you may choose not to do so. Some simple wording changes make annual filing and reporting under CPI completely optional! Access to dual enrollment, home school assistance programs, and nonaccredited private schools, however, all remain intact.
2.Independent Private Instruction. The Iowa Code will also include a new home schooling option that not only eliminates annual reporting to the state, but also makes home schooling more accessible to modern-day families. IPI will allow up to four unrelated students to be part of a home school program, opening the option of home education to foster children, single mothers, and others.
3.Parent-Taught Driver Education. Long sought by NICHE and Iowa home schoolers, we will now be able to teach our children in the last subject matter that required separate certified instruction. Parental involvement is the number one factor in preparing good teen drivers, and we will now be able to show that loving parental instruction is the only factor needed. This has worked well in other states, and we are thrilled that Iowa will join those states.
Governor Branstad still needs to sign this bill for it to become law, but there is no concern there. After all, it is his Education Reform bill!
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You can't build a safe room to withstand 200-300 mile an hour winds which is what Moore has experienced twice now. It will just be flattened.
After this tornado, I went on a rabbit trail to see how Joplin is doing. On their facebook page, I found a link for safe rooms made in Joplin.
They say these can handle an EF-5 tornado. I'm not sure if it's true, but right now it sounds pretty nice considering a year or two ago a town an hour or so from me was partially destroyed by a tornado. I've been through tornados and I've been through a hurricane...I'm not sure which I would rather do again. Neither is my obvious answer but ugh...I think we need a safer place than the basement.
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Alright I did a quick search on realtor and came up with a 4 bedroom/3 bathroom, roughly 3000 sq ft including the finished basement on 5 1/2 acres of land for $150k. Actually most of the houses that have 4/3, regardless of size of the home, with 3-5 acres are between $150k-$200k. The house with the most acreage is a 5/5, 4700 sq ft on almost 20 acres of land is $430k.
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I have always bought used vehicles. I love my used vehicles and this year is the first time for any of my vehicles that I had to make a major repair. Since we have been together for 6 1/2 years and this is the first vehicle of...5...that needed a major expense, I think we have done pretty well. I am extremely picky about cars though. I overthink every purchase but I've gotten a good idea of what I would trust used and I what I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole. This year I bought my newest vehicle ever, a 2008 Smart Fortwo Passion. It is an awesome little car and exactly what we need for my SO to get back and forth to work. It hasn't been our year for vehicles BUT the problems that happened (an accident in my awesome Ford Windstar and a random freak fire in my VW Beetle) were not because my cars were older. If something (knocking on wood) would happen to either my van or car this year, I would again buy used. My friend bought a brand new vehicle recently (although I wonder how she managed to do that). She has had nothing but problems with it. The sound of the words "new car" or "first owner" sound nice but I don't think they are the perks that people make them out to be.
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I want china dishes, the older the better. I will never inherit china from my grandmother or my mother. I'm pretty sure I have absolutely no family heirlooms and that makes me sad. This is me though, not you, so if the china doesn't make you happy then donate or sell it to someone who will love it. I'm hoping for an anniversary that I can scrounge up money to buy a set of china. I'm also the weird person that would like different sets of plates for the different seasons. Clutter doesn't bother me as long as it has a home. My sister, on the other hand, hates clutter and every time she comes into my house she tells me all my problems would go away if I would donate half of the stuff in our place. It is probably her problem that would go away because clutter stresses her out, not me.
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Eh, I can deal with one bathroom and my family is larger than most. The house we absolutely love right now only has one bathroom. People are sometimes too picky. Also, if they would read the description beforehand, they would realize it only has one bathroom. Then they could pass it over since they know it isn't what they want. :pÂ
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It is supposed to snow later. I have read we are getting anywhere from 2-8 inches. I hope my chickens will be okay. We will be seeing how well a Smart car can handle on snow. That was supposed to happen when winter came back. I guess winter doesn't want to leave.
My only real complaint is a few days ago, it got up a bit past 80 so the neighbors turned on the AC (they control the bottom level of this building). It is now like 40 out and the AC is still on!!! We are all cold. I need to hunt them down tonight and tell them to kick the heat back on.
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I had to google it, since I never heard of it.
http://youngadults.a...ccalaureate.htm
I am assuming the link is correct in its description of the event. It doesn't sound like it would be something they would require them to attend. It does sound like something you would be looked at oddly if you did not attend though.
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Six years ago, our old car was a 1993 Dodge Shadow (I miss this car and will buy another one if I can find one in good shape). It eventually was sold once we got the 1999 Ford Windstar. It racked up a lot of miles with no problems until this year when it got hit by some stupid person. We ended up getting a 2002 Dodge Ram for our family vehicle and a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle for work after the accident. The Beetle decided to be nice and catch on fire while people were in the car so it was totaled out this month (it's not practical to repair apparently). We agreed that we needed a dependable work vehicle so we bought a 2008 Smart Fortwo. Now I feel all fancy driving a "new" vehicle.
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I will eventually in the next few years be a surrogate for my sister. My SO is opposed but he agrees that it is my body and I can make that choice if I want to have a baby for her. We have discussed a lot of scenarios that could happen in pregnancy and came to the same conclusion for each of them. I have the traits that I believe make me a great candidate for a surrogate. I am really fertile, I have an easy time maintaining a pregnancy and I really want to make a difference in her life. :) I have offered for another couple but they declined, something about I had too many children. My sister will be the only person I do this for, no one else. I would have done it for my other sister as well but a miracle occured and she became pregnant after trying for, oh wow, 8 years I believe after being told many times it would never happen naturally. I do have the added bonus of my sister will always live near me, so I will still see the child even after I have him/her.
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I'd still eat it but I'd eat almost anything posted on the "would you eat it" threads.
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I love Progressive! In the 9 months, we have had made 3 claims (one our fault, one not and the other just happened a week ago). They are so easy to work with, their customer service representatives are awesome and the rate I guess is good. I'm not one to shop around honestly. I don't know if we are getting a competitive rate. I stay with them because in the past 4 years, they have shown me nothing but awesome customer service. That is worth whatever extra cost they might be as compared to others.
I did try to switch to a different company for my little car when we got it. We figured let's try to see what other companies are out there. It was a horrible experience and I went straight back to Progressive after 2 weeks. I don't think I will ever try something crazy like that again.
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This actually did happen to my oldest when he was little (probably 10months or so) and I hate to admit this, but I didn't take him in until the next day either. I observed the situation as a whole, not as one part. After his breath holding episode, he would come back around so the next day I scheduled an appointment. The lady at the front desk didn't even sound concerned when I described what happened. The doctor listened to my description and based on that, confirmed he had breath holding episodes. It lasted until he was 4 or so. I never had extra testing done to rule out anything else. He's 10 now and completely healthy.
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So beginning of the year, some really smart person smashes into our van because he was in a rush to get home. It was completely totaled. We replaced it with another van and a smaller vehicle for getting back and forth to work. The van decides to die 5 hours from home (we were retrieving some family heirlooms from out of state). Thankfully we made it to a dealership but we spent ALL of our savings on that trip due to the van (and a bit of the rent as well). Then today I get the awesome phone call that our little car was on fire. Ack!!!! If we make it out of this year with money back in our savings account we will be super lucky. Right now, we have absolutely no money. None. We are broke. So much for trying to be financially responsible for once in our lives. Stupid vehicles. We will never be able to move this year if this continues. My SO and my son are safe though. That is all that matters. We'll make it through, I'm confident of it. I'm just having a momentary break in my sanity and needed to vent.
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Eh, I'd still eat them. I'm pretty sure I have done that before.
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I used to love pasta (especially spaghetti) and now if it isn't made right (and I'm very picky), I can't eat it because it tastes slimey. It kinda tastes like I'm sucking back worms. Blech.
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Yes, sensory processing stuff in general tends to go with dyslexia. Also, a person with auditory processing issues can have excellent hearing.
Yes, my son's hearing is amazing but he most likely has auditory processing problems. Unfortunately right now we can't pursue it further. From what I gathered from the lady I spoke with after my son's hearing screening, Iowa doesn't recognize it as a true disorder (but it is obviously), I can only get an assessment in Nebraska so I would have to drive to South Dakota for him to be diagnosed. Oh what name did the lady give me? Hmmm....I think it is Teri Bellis...I was told she was one of the leading people on auditory processing disorders. A quick google search showed a book she wrote, but I haven't read it.
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Hmmm, if you already did the menu, preferences, updates and changed the inactivity to 8hrs, then I can't think of anything else that would work. I never record the splash screen on my DVR programs though so I've never experienced this issue. My DVR programs record whether or not my box is on which is why I love it so much.
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You described me. I have ADD so I know that is my problem. LOL I am here when people are talking to me but oh my, I have way too many things going on in my head to focus. My SO will be talking to me, discussing who knows what and I'm like "Uh huh" or "Yea" and then he really gets my attention back and I realize I didn't hear a word he said. I know he's talking to me, I just tune him out. I forget everything, unless I focus on what I am doing. For example, I set down a key and unless I focus on where I put it, I forget where I put it and sometimes even forget that I touched that particular key. I've always considered meds but I've adjusted over the past 30 years. I'm functional just really spacey at times.
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I thought of Maxine right away. One of my dogs growing up was Maxine. Her mom was Sadie, if my memory is correct.
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I am momma.
That is my "name". I chose it. I earned the right to choose it after 9 months of barfing, and several hours of pushing.
Not mom.
Not mommy.
Not mother.
Not Lara.
When they stray, they are guided back.
This is how my SO's mother is exactly and how we are teaching our kids to be as well. When they are little, I allow them to use Mommy but as they are aging, they are taught I am Momma and that is that. I remember my son calling me Mom one day and my SO calmly interrupted and said "You mean Momma". My sister was taken by surprise about that. Her son calls her Mom and he's been doing it ever since they moved out here, so hmmmm, 3 or so is when he started calling her Mom.
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My son has it and we haven't had any success. The cream that they gave him just made him a slippery mess so we discontinued using it. Hopefully someone has a success story.
So I just purchased a chicken coop...
in The Chat Board
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The main advice I will add is to make sure they have an enclosed run, with a roof if you have predators that can eat them. Make sure at night you get them into the coop. This is our first year with chickens and I have to say, this has been incredibly stressful because we are using the landlord's chicken coop and chicken run. No wonder all the owner's chickens died and the landlord's chickens died. *sigh* We lost a bunch last night due to the run not being properly constructed.