I have never seen a Popular star on a post before. But, makes sense.

I could have easily gotten a double Physics/Math, instead of Physics major and math minor without taking any extra classes. I'd had to have a little smarter about which math electives I took. I didn't realize until too late.

I think the trauma comes not from used clothing, but forcing the kid to have/wear clothing that wouldn't choose because it is out of style. As a kid, my mother's taste was about 10 years out of date. So, the clothes she picked out at thrift stores was about 10 years out of date. Those were also the clothes in abundance at the thrift stores. Late elementary I figured out that I stood in a certain way the clothing would hang funny and I'd say "It doesn't fit" if I didn't like it. Got easier when I started to get breasts. Then used clothing was fine.

Me, Me, Me! Now you have. My maternal grandmother was evil. I don't use that word lightly. There are very few people in the world truly evil, but she was one of them. I wasn't abused either physically or sexually. But, yes, I'd rather have not known them. I'd be more whole if I hadn't. My maternal grandfather was a great guy, but did nothing to curb her, so I had lots of anger towards him too for a long time. I saw them a lot until I was 8 and then we moved 1000 miles away. I have told my parents the distance from them was one of the many benefits of the move. I would have cut them off myself as an adult. But, my mother kept hoping for a normal relationship with her mother. So, I kept something up for her sake. I think Grandparents are second in line only to parents in the ability to inflict deep wounds. My paternal grandparents weren't great, but I am thankful I had a relationship with them. Their only problem was that they acted like parents not grandparents, I am extremely thankful that DD has three lovely grandparents who act like grandparents. We don't ask for any food, bedtime or activity rules while with them. But, the second that it looks like one of them might inflict an emotional wound on my child ... Mama bear comes out and that set of grandparents is going in a grandparent time-out, first offense of 3 months. eta: The OP knows her father best. If both her and her husband thinks the grandfather is a positive in their kid's lives., Then it is.

And they SHOULD be.

The middle one would be enough to restrict access.

Only writing allowed is a To/From, or an author's signature. DH doesn't even like there to be a To/From.

The trouble with that is then many people think, "If I spend more for shoes, they will last longer" When in reality most of the time the extra money goes toward the name, not much better materials or construction. So, any shoe better than Payless will last as long as the more expensive ones. There are exceptions out there though. I swear by Sebago flats. I've had boat shoes and penny loafers from them that I've worn probably 340 days in a year, and after a year they still look almost new. I have more than one Sebago, but I stick with one for long stretches because I leave them in the car. Same with clothes. It is possible to buy better construction. Particularly in the very expensive. But, expensive does not equal long lasting.

Before I bought my first house, I read the textbook to get your Real Estate Appraisers License in Texas. One thing it had, but which was news to every agent I talked to, the room must be at least 8'x8'. At the time, many new tract home McMansions were claiming 5 or 6 bedrooms when three of them were 6'x8'.

Run out to a bookstore, or your library if it has it and read Queen Bees. http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Bees-Wannabes-3rd-Realities/dp/1101903058/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1461336011&sr=8-2&keywords=queen+bees It is an entire book on Mean Girls and dealing with them. I wish I'd had that book when I was a kid. I said to run to the bookstore rather than order it form Amazon, because you need to start reading tonight. I also remember a chapter on what to do when your child doesn't want you to intervene.

Dh certainly isn't perfect. But, he really is almost perfect for me.

My sewing machine. Sewing ordinary clothes doesn't save money. The big savings for me have been in curtains and my wedding dress. My wedding dress was made with extremely posh fabric for the cost of what my friends spent on alterations. Curtains are really not that hard. The secret to good looking curtains seems to be maximizing the amount of fabric used . I will be soon making slip covers for our many upholstered parson's chairs that were hand-me-downs and garage sale finds. Also, outdoor chairs. We have many that are frames with fabric slung for seats and backs. The fabric eventually falls apart. I found a site online that sells outdoor fabric remnants so I thought each chair will be a different fabric. Cloth diapers were a huge money savings. I found them so easy I really don't understand why anyone would use anything else unless travelling. Menstrual cup and mama pads.

It seems to me that a dorm would be the worst place for a kid so peer-focused.

I have a B.S. in Physics and an Engineering Masters. I read Physics books for fun. As a child my parents had to cancel a skating birthday party of mine for a good reason but they felt bad so they asked if I had a desired extra birthday present. I named a Physics textbook I'd been eyeing at the local University. They said Yes before they realized the cost, it covered the first three semesters of Physics. BwaaaHahahahaha. So, I'm a Physics geek. In my entire life I have had a real understanding of General relativity for about a half hour time span. That was in Physics graduate school after an evening of prolonged drinking, then I went home slept for a few hours, woke up to pee, and while on the toilet I genuinely understood General Relatively. It was really cool, I just sat there because I didn't want to break the spell. I didn't want to go back to sleep, but I was tired. My point is that true understanding of it is sort of like Buddist enlightenment. You can study your way to a sort of understanding. You can understand the formulas. You can lay the groundwork. But the enlightenment might not come. That said, your track looks interesting.

I second Starfall. At least the free version. The letters page is really really cool. Nice thing about the computer is that it keeps it fun. It never says "No, that isn't right." The video at the end of Z still cracks me up.

I forgot about that! But, I remember reading in several saving money while a bride books that they do that.

I was reading the catalog yesterday trying to figure out how much of Core A I still need to buy. This mommy has a book buying problem and so far I always own about a 1/3 of the books when I think , "I should probably buy the next core." So, I end up studying the catalog a lot. Somewhere in the beginning of the catalog it mentions that many people like to use smaller binders with just the pages for that time period. Have y'll seen that Adventures in Greece book that was just added? That looks pretty neat.

Me, too and it was lovely. All three of us wore a flattering dress that cost extremely little. In my case, I'd gotten extremely lucky and had just purchased a dress for my 10-year H.S. reunion in the desired color.

I would have said No even if they were asking about me. You don't identify yourself? You get nothing.

But that would involve changing fashion's idea of the ideal female form to be that of a teenage boy. We can't have that! (grumble grumble grumble)

You reminded me of my very red wide-whale corduroy bermuda shorts. Man, I loved this things. They went everywhere! All my stuff was stolen in Spain, them included, and I literally mourned those shorts. I was not old enough to wear them when they were new and fashionable. But, my mother had lost weight pre-pregnancy with me because there was a huge hill and then 3 stories up to their apartment. She bought the bermudas when skinny. Put them away when pregnant hoping to fit into them one day. I found the stash as a teenager and wore most of them. Don't remember the rest. I even thought about making some, but it wouldn't have been the same.

That is literally my first elimination criteria of a new fashion. It goes back to when I first saw a bubble skirt in a Neiman Marcus catalog and the models looked fat. A few weeks later someone was trying to get me to try one on, I said, "Those make a Neiman's model look fat." Response, "Nevermind". I agree on the culottes. They look like part of a school uniform.

I noticed this at the local HS co-op. I find it very sad. Good news is that soon he can drive and he can drive himself to social activities, working etc.

Which core are you thinking of getting? With P3/4 and P4/5, I just gave the IG away. The books are wonderful, but I didn't like flipping around so much in what is read. Those binders are ridiculously huge.

Totally agree on that last sentence. The rest is true too, but the last sentence deserved an AMEN! It won't work for Jane, since she lives in the Boonies. But, if anyone else is following that doesn't live in the Boonies. You might look at the nearest opera and see if they have a Family Series. We just discovered that Dallas had one this year when a friend of my mom's gave us tickets. We've seen two so far, and they've been wonderful! The first one, Bastien and Bastienne, totally hooked my daughter and now I have an Opera buddy. (Squeals with delight) (Does a little happy dance) Actually, that opera would be an excellent choice. Mozart wrote it when he was like 12. It is less than an hour long, has only three characters and the plot is simple yet adorable. A DVD might be hard to get though. I don't even see it on the Met's list. I'd had season tickets for years. Then pregnant and laid off, I didn't get that year. Since then it has seemed selfish to go by myself. I wish people would understand how low-brow opera can be. I've been spreading the word about the kid's opera. Many people look at me with a blank look and say something like, "We took the children to the symphony once and that is the same thing." Slapping them wouldn't be very convincing, but words don't seem to work either. What they say is like saying, "I went to a piano bar once, and I didn't like it, so I won't see a rock concert."