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How many of us are there here? I am an ICU RN. I used to work full time, but six months ago made the change to part time agency work. I just picked up a contract at one facility to work 2 12-hr day shifts per week through January 13th. After years of nightshift, this is a wonderful change for me. Dh and I share hs duties and try to work opposite days.....but we do have to find childcare sometimes, which is very difficult for us (like the Von Traps prior to Maria, we can't keep a babysitter).
So, who are you and what is your specialty?
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I have the furry-lined crocs and I love them. Better to get them a size bigger, especially if your dd's feet are still growing. crocs should not be tight, the philosophy is to have no pressure points on the foot. I like mine big because then I can choose to wear socks or not to wear socks. When I wear them out, I feel like I'm wearing my houseslippers in public.
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at scrapbooking. But I do use Shutterfly dot com to make photobooks, which is similar to digital scrapbooking, but they give you layouts & backgrounds & places to type captions. The end result is a hard-backed, glossy book with glossy pages (so none of the layers you get in real scrapbooking) that comes in the mail. There is a way to go more advanced and a whole group dedicated to those who exchange page templates, but as I said, I'm lame. FWIW, everyone likes my photobooks and they look nice even on the shelf becuase I personalized the spine.
I upload all my photos to Shutterfly (this service is free) and organize them online. I have very few actual photos in my house. I also can choose to have actual photos sent via USPS anywhere at a reasonable rate (I think like .12 per photo + nominal shipping fee).
I think there are other sites like this, but Shutterfly is very user friendly for me.
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very cute...my boys like toots too. And I think I'll incorporate "snuglish" into my vocabulary.
My dd4 told me she liked learning about the pimples. What? "You know, the pimple people who came over on the mayflower boat." Now the pilgrims will forever and always be pimple people in my mind.
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well, we don't exchange gifts for xmas...but since it is dh's birthday, if money were no object, I'd buy him his own airplane. He knows which one he wants. For myself it would be trip to an all inclusive resort in Hawaii with my whole family.....the kids share my dream of visiting the island where Lelo & Stitch live.
Or maybe I could go to Europe with Tib...
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Isn't a great feeling to get your kids something you know they will love? How can you stand to wait to give it to them? Awesome gifts.
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here's a link to a Popular Science story about this, but in Japan, not Europe: http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-10/biggest-dig
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I fly a lot. As soon as my dc were no longer lapkids, I made them sit in the airplane in carseats. Nobody ever checked to see if they were "airline approved," even though we made sure to get the ones that were. I have 3 so I always try to sit 2 kids together and 1 with me (although last time ds8 had to sit alone by a stranger - he handled it). Since they're now big enough for boosters, I use them in the plane. That way they sit a little higher (again, nobody has every checked to see if they're airline approved). And I make each kiddo carry his/her own booster. I must travel w/boosters cuz we rent a car on the other end and need them for driving.
With all that said, if my dc weren't going to sit on the boosters while flying, I would absolutely gate check them, if for no other reason than I know my boosters are on the same plane as I am.
Good luck. These days flying w/kids is an adventure, to say the least.
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Why is it that a group of women have to get their panties in a wad over ...
A miscommunication?
Ummm....do you realize what group of women you're asking? :tongue_smilie:
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I don't kow the amounts of each, but my dc make foamy soap by just combining the regular liquid soap in water....it's foamy when it comes out the dispenser. Oh, and I'm pretty sure they don't measure. :001_smile: We reuse the dispenser from a cheap bottle of foaming soap we got at the dollar store.
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Allegedly the study found that childless couples were reportedly happier across the board, regardless of which life stage they were in.
Good for them, then. I've never felt sorry for childless couples....a bit jealous sometimes (like when our childless friends take a diving vacation to the Great Barrier Reef), but never sorry. I think sometimes people have children thinking that it will somehow make them happy. I think children add tremendously to a couple's life, but some of what they add is stress, worry, and emotional pain, which could translate to lower levels of reported happiness. Having someone depend totally on you is stressful.
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Well, I think childless couples may be less stressed, which could be perceived as happier. They certainly have more time to work on their relationship, so they may have a perceived higher level of happiness compared to a couple like dh & I who barely have time to talk to each other, let alone work out relationship issues. I think perhaps the happiness rating of childless couples verses couples with children would vary depending on stage of life. I am another who thought I would not have a family, and was happy. Now that I have a family, I am also happy. Perhaps I am just the type of person who would be happy regardless of my situation.
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we made one one year using the recipie out of Cook's Illustrated and it tasted like ham. The meat really retained the salt and none of us liked it. I have heard people rave over brined turkey, though, so maybe it's just us, or maybe dh did something wrong (to be honest, he does all the fancy cooking, so when I said "we" above, I really meant him).
We also tried to deep fry one a few years ago, and nobody like it either. I guess we're just traditionalists when it comes to turkey.
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We look for the adjustable waist pants wherever we go. My ds8 is slim, but swears the slim size feels "weird" and won't wear them. whatever. Luckily we've scored big time on adjustable waist jeans at our local Goodwill store.
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What a wonderful conversation. Let me say that I do not consider my English Lit degree to be personally useless. I loved getting it, love that I can do a little skit about Mary Queen of Scotts when it comes up in homeschooling, love that I can pontificate on all sorts of novels, plots and poetry.
However, when my dh was laid off and I wanted to enter the workforce, I was qualified for...well, office manager, maybe retail (although with no experience at my age?). I would have to return to school to teach public school (18 months), but in 3 semesters I got an ASN and began working as an RN right away, making more than a teacher makes anyway. Now I'm working on my Masters in Nursing, which will lead to a teaching job at a university.
I totally agree that no education is useless on a personal level.
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A poster in another area of WTM was asking about a psychology or philosophy degree and one response was "a BA in psychology and two bucks will get you a cup of coffee" I had always heard that in reference to my first degree, English Lit. I consider a BA in English Lit a useless degree in that I could not use my degree to obtain an entry-level position into a profession related to said degree. So, based on that criteria, what other usless degrees are out there?
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I am happy with who I am. I have grown into a strong, confident woman. Intelligent and educated. Respected in my profession. I Have a great family, who I love and think are the best kids/husband for me. We "fit" each other perfectly. Everything in my past, good and bad, combined to create this woman I am, and I would not spend one moment regretting any of it.
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I liked the political threads. It doesn't upset me when people argue, discuss, whatever. I think its fun (and sometimes, funny).
What does bother me are snarky comments that are obviously meant to zing someone in particular, but "pretending" to be nice. I think, as someone once said, everyone should find their big girl panties, pull them up, and ignore people who are constantly offending, either with the feature designed for this or in their own mind. That's not to say I haven't been guilty of doing something that I find bothersome, and I'm sure many have me on ignore. I'm also not above rethinking a position or comment, but not because of a general post. What I have changed, tends to be because of a personal note/conversation that was well-worded and convincing.
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2 Uncles - Army
1 Cousin - Army (died from cancer 1 year ago next month)
dh's half-brother - active in Navy
dh's nephew just enlisted in Navy
FIL - USAF retired
Dh - USAF (gulf war)
many, many friends still active or retired, including my dear friend who is currently in Iraq
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Depends on my mood, if their chit-chat makes them slower at passing my stuff over the beeper, and whether or not I'm in a hurry.
Usually I don't mind friendly chatter and I'll smile and chatter back. I do, however seem to have the kind of face that says "tell me your life story." This, I find uncomfortable.
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ds8's response: Yeah.
Why?: You get out earlier
ds7: Yeah
Why?: (Name of Public School) doesn't teach kids to read.
I should note that ds8 attended public school for K & 1st and did not learn how to read, and ds7's best friend (same age) is in the same ps and cannot read a word. ds notices.
dd4: Yeah.
Why?: 'cuz.
Cuz why?: Just cuz. why do you ask?
Profound.
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Lets be fair, how many of them are dressed that way because their lawyer or father said "Son get a haircut before you go in there and wear long sleves to cover those tats."
Further, as most kids still have fairly short hair and few tattoos one would expect the majority of offenders still to be conservatively dressed. As a percentage, however, I would still argue that the numbers still indicate that those with excessive tattoos and unconventional hair or piercings represent a disproportionate amount of offenders.
Correlation does not equal causation
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I don't think you need anything too expensive. My dh is very into holistic/alternative medicine/methods. I am not. at. all. I do, however have digestive issues that go unresolved despite full GI workups, dr visits, etc. (stress related, doncha know). So....I agreed to take a probiotic he bought (he said he got the cheapest one, since he didn't expect me to be faithful in taking it). Well, what do you know! After 3 weeks I noticed a marked improvement. What he got looks generic (white bottle, blue cap) and says "Pro-Biotics Acidophilus" on the label.
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I decided long ago hair would not be an issue to me. I went through many, many hideous hairstyles/colors as a tween/teen/young adult. My boys happen to like their hair short. They like to go to the barber and each boy gets to tell the barber how to cut his hair. If they didn't want it cut, I wouldn't care.
I will point out a bit of my own hypocracy, though. My dd4 wanted a buzz cut and I did not let her get one. She was a baldy until two years old and just got to the point that she had long, beautiful hair. I let her get it cut in a "Posh Spice" cut right at chin level. It is adorable and she loves it. I just couldn't bear the thought of all her hair coming off when it took so long for it to grow. I even made the barber promise not to cut it if dh took her in. Dh says next summer if she wants one, she will get it, because it will be so much easier when we swim every day and he hates to brush it. If she still wants a buzz come summer, I'll probably let her, but I won't be able to watch.
ETA: I don't mean to hijack a teen thread...but its never to early to think about some things, right?
Shout out to Nurses who Homeschool
in General Education Discussion Board
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Wow.....Nine so far. Interesting to see everyone. Thank you for posting, and it is nice meeting you all:
Sharon in SC - NC has high continuing ed requirements. I'm all for continuing ed requiremenets for RN's...but IN has zero
Wendy B. - My dh is also an RN (as his 2nd career) and will go back to it when he gets furloughed from his first career in January.
Nakia - Do you get a chance to smell the sweet newborn babies' heads when you work? I think every mother who delivered in a hospital remembers the good mother/baby nurses.
battlemaiden - How did you find the chart review gig for the NIH? that sounds interesting. Did you do it from home? Dh has done some chart review for an attorney we know.
nursewithgrace - is your dh USAF? My dh is x-USAF & was TDY to S.Korea several times (never PCS'd though). Is it cold there yet? Have you found those awesome fake mink blankets? They make great gifts (everyone in our extended family has one).
Karen FL - with an FNP you have lots of options. Do you like the psych facility work?
Jennifer - NICU scares me! I can only take care of critical adults. Every NICU nurse has my deepest admiration...its a tough job.
Cafelattee - don't discount rural hospitals. It could be an easy way to pick up some extra money. My agency has contracts with rural hospitals, so the pay per shift is great, the staff is friendly, and the patients aren't very sick. The ICU has to be staffed regardless of census, so I have been paid to sit on an empty unit and the local staff appreciates having someone with my level of experience.
Nursing is flexible and its a great career to "fall back on" because I think it is recession-proof. I am currently working on my Masters and if not for the fact that dh does half off the homeschooling, I'd never be able to do my own schooling, work part time, and school the kids. We won't even mention how my house looks!
For those of you who aren't currently active, do you think your nursing skills are like riding a bike? Do you think they'll "come right back" so to speak, if you return to nursing?
I'll try to keep track of all of us and am interested to see how many more of us there are. Thank you everyone for responding!