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Alexandra

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  1. Has anyone here done this? I've seen some videos and still shots and everyone looks like they're in their twenties. Could a forty-something housewife train for something like this?
  2. My MIL has three hives near her garden, and she got stung yesterday (once). I hate to get rid of bees, but once I heard that if they're stinging people, they're probably Africanized. Does anyone here know bees? Thanks, Alexandra
  3. I thought the show was great. Did anyone notice all the Biblical names? Peter, Paul, Francis, Christine, Rachel, Adam....
  4. Wow, thanks for all the information ladies. Joanne I'm sending a message.
  5. thanks to everyone. There were not charges filed. The couple has no children and the person is female. I have another question...is it possilbe for this to be handled medically - seems to me I've heard of medicine that helps curb cravings? I have not yet PM'd Joanne, but plan to this afternoon.
  6. Someone I care about is abusing alchohol. This person becomes a rageful, combative person after drinking and has NO memory of it the next day. There has been one DWI (that Iknow of). A few days ago this person was out at a bar, slugged the bartender, had seven cop cars show up and was pepper sprayed. This person is resistant to any advice. The spouse is desperate and needs support. What can be done before this person kills someone or self? Thank you.
  7. I taught GED last year and I liked the Steck-Vaughn material. It is my understanding that they are the publishers of the actual GED test and that gave me an added sense of confidence that the material was well thought out. You can buy it on Amazon. I also am not very strong in math. I did 1-2 hours of homework each night to prepare for the Algebra section. The regular math and Geometry stuff was fine - actually fun! GED is a tough gig, especially if you have little court ordered teenagers. It was an education for me too. Good luck to your husband.
  8. For those who have done this WOE can you tell me how long the low energy lasts and if you continue to have problems with cravings. If so, when does it become easy? :) Thanks!
  9. A member of my family is going in for the third surgery on this problem. The surgeon suggested that we try a different healing method where they don't stitch it up but leave the wound open! Anyone have any words of wisdom on this difficult and stressful problem? Thanks! Alexandra
  10. His lawyer has spent all of five minutes with him. My student thinks that he will get one year probation when all is said and done but I wish that I could figure out a way to get the whole thing dismissed. I know it sounds unfair but this kid has been paying all his life. I just wish that I could help him get a break, kwim?
  11. so it is difficult for him to get a job. He lives with mom and dad but they have no actual home. We live in TX btw. Do judges take extenuating circumstances into consideration?
  12. A young man I teach with be going to court in a few weeks for a Misdemeanor theft charge. He is very bright and I am looking into college options for him. His family is basically homeless and I want to get him some scholarship help if he qualifies, but I worry about this charge. He is so bright! He knows he made a terrible mistake. Is there anyway that I could help him? I am writing a letter to say how he has made such gains in my class. He even helps/tutors other kids! Any ideas on how I can help this wonderful but exasperating young man?
  13. I like to write and allow the story to unfold and a friend of mine says that she thinks that it would help my writing if I really planned it out. She's not a writer but she's read everything that I've written and I appreciate her responses. I've tried using an outline and I think the writing seems stale when I do that. Are you a planner of a seat of the pants writer?
  14. Yes! She is the heroine so she should be framed or set up or something. She can be accused of sleeping with the judge for example but she musn't be guilty of it. She's flawed but she's not a floozy or a criminal. She got into defense because her mother was a Gloria Allred type lawyer that defended floozies. And so she went the other direction to defend the common guy - or gal. Thanks to everyone for their posts and thoughts on this.
  15. I am reading a great deal about law and disbarment but I am drawing a blank on how to get my character (a defense attorney) to face some sort of inquiry or some sort of major legal headaches. Anyone want to help me with this small little writer's block?
  16. So I sent in a 15 K story to harlequin and exactly two months later they send me an email saying they're not interested. No problem except I wonder if they really read it. One of their suggestions was that love scenes should not have crude or gratuitous s@x. The friends who have read my stuff say my love scenes are LAME! So does anyone really think that they read all thos electronic submissions? Do I need an agent? Do I need to INCLUDE crude and gratuitous s@x scenes...:) I loved my story btw. It's easy to love your own story isn't it? It's like loving your own children. Maybe I'll just self-publish the derned thing.
  17. Has anyone gone through the course? It is a huge amount of money and I wonder if one can't just pick up a book on meditation and learn by doing! Thanks
  18. The director of the Special Education Dept. told me that my son was the worst reader she had ever come across. I took him out of school halfway through second grade and homeschooled him for six and a half years. Sometimes I would leave him be to wait to see what happened and other times I would get very enthusiastic about some program or another. What finally made a difference was Barton Reading. It wasn't a miracle but it helped him. At twelve he still could not spell the word "the" or tie his shoelaces. I have the feeling that going through puberty helped him but at the same time he also returned to public school in seventh grade so who knows. Now he excells at school. The first month I had two teachers tell me that he needs to relax about grades a little. He walks around with his Honors Chemistry book and reads ahead. I have a nephew who followed a similar path. His mother a ps teacher used to talk about him like he was a dumb kid until he went through puberty. Then he also started to excel. He got a full ride scholarship and is a Phd in Engineering, teaching at a major university in California now. I don't think that the idea of late blooming is an "unschooling fantasy." I see it happen all the time. I think that the school system as it stands now is a hostile environment for elementary aged boys. I thank God for homeschooling.
  19. I have a relative who has signed up for all sorts of things that have been offered to her over the phone. This eighty year old lady is getting ESPN Magazine as well as Ebony Magazine! (she isn't African American or a sports enthusiast btw). Now this month my dh discovered she has given out her banking information and there is a charge directly on her bank statement! I am going to take her to the bank today to talk to them but neither dh nor I know much about this. Has anyone been here been down this path and if so would you care to tell me what helped? Thanks!
  20. The publisher that I am talking about is Avon Publishing btw. Thanks for you thoughts.
  21. One of the publishers has a page where you answer a few questions about your book and then upload your manuscript. Why does that feel sort of weird to me? Am I being paranoid? I'm just sure they are going to take my baby, by masterpeice and steal it and make millions....:lol: I figure that is how some of those authors out there put out a novel every eight weeks.
  22. Harlequin even though they have those covers that bother me - a lot. I am also thinking of submitting to Avon. My goals for this afternoon is to write a decent query letter. I am nervous about it... Alexandra
  23. What sort of timeline would you put on such a thing? Thanks.
  24. This is a romance set in Middle Ages on an island in the North Atlantic. I am going through for final revisions over the next 3-4 weeks. It is about 70,000 words. How would you rank a publisher? Thanks for any thoughts on this.
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