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love the pie logic. Can you sneak in some potatoes in your purse or something for your immediate family? :laugh:
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I had my tonsils out as an adult - the first night was by far the worst. I felt like I couldn't breathe unless I was sipping on water. Felt like my throat was closing off. How about some broth to drink? Can she get that down ok? By day 2, I was up and about and feeling a lot better than that first night and by day 3, I went out to dinner with a school group (I only ate mashed potatoes, but I felt ok to go).
Hope she feels better soon!
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It would have to be pretty extreme. I'm not there yet, so I can't say with 100% certainty.
I will say, my brother, his wife and their son live with my father. They moved in with him after college. It's an unorthodox arrangement, but it works well for them. My dad's house is big enough for all of them. My dad likes the company. Everyone chips in towards bills. They are all respectful towards each other (no late night parties or anything) and the arrangement works. Not what I chose for myself, but multi generational living isn't necessarily dysfunctional.
My aunt lived with my grandparents for years. She paid weekly rent and helped out with groceries. I think she was in her mid 30's when she moved out for good. My mom moved in with my grandmother (grandfather had passed by this point) when she and my dad divorced. She couldn't afford rent, but helped out in other ways- groceries, running errands for grandma, taking her to dr's appointments and sewing club, etc.
I'm still trying to think of a circumstance in which I would kick DS out at 18. Drug addiction needs treatment, so I would do everything I could to get him some. (hard to think about that with a 6 yr old) I think some people just need a little more time to mature and it's not automatic at 18. One of my friends' son is living at home still, working a job at a convenience store and floundering a bit. He pays rent and one of the conditions of him staying there is seeing a career counselor to figure out his next steps. I think that's a much better option than "don't let the door hit you on your way out".
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I did! My aunt and I watched it together while on the phone. so scary!! We watched his grand canyon walk too. eek!
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VT hits a few of your criteria, but we're not a lower cost of living and it's not a moderate climate. :-) It is nice though!
What about a place like Asheville, NC? I think that hits your wants and it's gorgeous there too.
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and some are simply spread so far apart, it's not practical. we have to go somewhere else. it's probably been ten years since we had a trick or treater. my daughter lives in a 'normal' neighborhood - and had three.
This is us - we live on a nice long, rural street, but when we moved here, we realized that no one ToTed here. The first couple of Halloweens, DH would get all dressed up and ready for ToTers. No one came. So we drive to a neighboring town which has houses that participate.
Everyone we ran into last night, from babies with their parents up through teens was very respectful and polite while ToTing.
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Do they have a playhouse/theater nearby? I started getting my mom and her husband 2 tickets to a show that I think they'd enjoy and my brother and his wife gets them a gift certificate for dinner before the play. They get a nice evening out and I can pick a different show each year. Last year, they went to Memphis and loved it.
Something to open - I like to get people nice splurge type socks. I got mom's husband LL Bean smartwool socks as part of his birthday present this year. They're $20 a pair, so nothing they'd usually buy for themselves because it feels a bit frivolous to buy yourself $20 socks. But they're worth every penny and great to give as a gift.
Other ideas - 6 month netflix or audible subscription, board game, nice stationery/note cards with a nice pen and a book of stamps, a new set of kitchen towels with something for the kitchen, even nice hand soap/dish soap.
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Target has this one which looks like it meets the criteria: http://www.target.com/p/women-s-ski-jacket-night-fall-zeroxposur/-/A-15170078#prodSlot=large_1_4
Lands End Squall Parka is great - I got this for DS this year and it's super cozy warm (in kids sizes). They're around $100, but Lands End is having a 31% off sale:
http://www.landsend.com/products/womens-squall-parka/id_243928
This LL Bean coat is nice, but a bit higher than your price point. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a sale soon too:
http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/70410?feat=610-GN1&page=winter-warmer-jacket
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I'm not from Texas, but I would assume any story written by a website called medicalkidnap.com would have at least a bit of bias in it. The problem with these medical horror stories is that the medical professionals are not allowed to comment due to HIPPA, so we only ever really hear one side of the story. I feel badly for the sick baby. :-( Hopefully they'll get everything sorted out soon.
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One of my best friend's from high school was a music performance major and his brother was an art major. Their poor parents thought they'd have both boys back in their childhood bedrooms trying to figure out how to get paid for their chosen careers. :-)
The music major decided to double major with recording engineering and now has a nice career teaching music and recording at a private school, teaching private cello lessons and performing nights and weekends. Happy and successful.
The art major went into video game design and is currently one of the top artists in the country for water effects and underwater explosions. He's worked on a number of well known games and is also doing great.
I feel like if it's a real passion, students will find their path with parental support.
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DS has had a leapfrog Tag for a few years now - his maps get the most use. He has a US Map that teaches states and capitals. He also has a world map. Playing with these has taught him all his states, capitals and countries.
he also likes stack the states and stack the countries on kindle.
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can you let the instructors know? Do you have a camera or phone? I'd be tempted to pretend to text and get a video of them and show it to the owner/manager of the studio.
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I'd be annoyed too- it does sound like your DH is stressing a bit, but it's still not right to put that on you. Is there a steakhouse nearby with a salad bar? You could get a baked potato and salad. Asian restaurants are very vegetarian/vegan friendly and omnivores can have lots of good choices as well. Where is the hotel? We can help you restaurant hunt if you want?
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I think it depends on your state's laws. DH was cited for an accident last year. He was at a stop sign and was trying to cross over a 2 lane road - an elderly lady stopped her car (on his left) and waved for him to go across. He started inching out to make sure no one was coming from the right and she apparently forgot why she was stopped and started driving again. Timing was such that DH nudged her car at about .5mph. Our insurance had to pay to buff out the scuff on her car and has since gone up since he was at fault. Some states if your car hits another, no matter the reason, you are at fault. So Car B would be at fault in Vermont.
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I don't understand the singing in car and recording yourself idea, but mason jars are very convenient. Our entire downstairs floor is tile and dropping a glass on the floor results in hours of clean up because they shatter and shards end up in every corner of the house. Mason jars are much sturdier and when they break, they tend to just crack pretty evenly and break into 2 pieces. Much easier clean up. We could just be incredibly clumsy, but the last set of real glasses we bought lasted a few months until they were all broken. Mason jars are much easier!
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Couples counseling with a licensed therapist is your best bet.
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I don't limit TV because DS can take it or leave it most of the time. If he wants to watch a Beakman's world or Magic School bus or winnie the pooh for an hour in the late afternoon, that's fine with me. I do limit game time. He's been playing stack the countries and stack the states which are both great games, but he'd play it for hours at a time if I let him. So he's limited to 1/2 hr of time on the kindle per day. Maybe when he gets older, he'll be able to self regulate better, but for now I love Kindle Free time because I can set it to 30 minutes and then he has to switch to reading a book.
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I had some weight loss success earlier this year and have plateaued - need to get back to it. What helped me start to see a slow steady loss:
1. My Dr. told me to shoot for under 20lbs a year for a loss. She said that slow and steady losing is more a key to long term weight loss than trying to lose quick. And it's less daunting to think about losing a couple of lbs a month. For some reason, changing my thinking helped me.
2. My son needs an afternoon snack. I do not. :-) I will however have a cup of coffee with frothed up almond milk and cinnamon to make a homemade latte.
3. I start lunch and dinner with a salad. Starting with a salad helps fill me up and gets some good greens and veggies in. I eat less of the main meal when I do this.
4. Cauliflower! When I make pasta, I make half the box and saute a bag of frozen cauliflower while the pasta is cooking. I love pasta, but cutting it with yummy cauliflower is delicious and cuts down on calories. Also makes great rice when you grate it.
5. I have a treat every night after dinner. Something small - under 150 calories, but it helps me to feel not too deprived.
6. Potatoes. I roast a bag of the smaller (but not fingerling) potatoes up in the beginning of the week. If I'm feeling snackish and hungry, I ask myself if I want to warm up a potato for a snack. The smaller ones are 100calories or less and are nice and filling. If I'm not up for one, I don't need to eat anything because I'm just wanting to munch rather than actually hungry. If I do, then it's 100 calories that has a lot of good nutrition.
7. I don't drink anything other than coffee, unsweetened iced tea (in the summer), seltzer and water. Occasionally hot tea. I try not to drink my calories.
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When I worked out of the home, I would call to say that I would be out. So call out sick. Usually I hoped to get voice mail, so I didn't have to actually talk to my boss. I hardly took any days off (unpaid) from work over 7 years, but when I was out, all my classes needed to be canceled and team girls needed to double up levels in practice, so it was a pain in everyone's rear. So I tried to not do it often.
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I would not feel able to say I think the aunt intended fraud without knowing about the conversation with your daughter. It's possible your daughter said things that made the aunt feel she needed to protect your daughter from you. In her anger your daughter may have said untrue or unfair things about you that concerned the aunt.
This. The aunt could have been acting maliciously or from a place of caring - not really possible to tell based on the information given. We don't know what your DD told the aunt either.
And I agree, a counselor for you and family counseling is a good idea in addition to her personal counselor.
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Love these - you could probably put chocolate chips into the batter instead of melting on top, but they're really good on top. I typically do a blend of nuts and coconut too.
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/1s69g9re/susans-toffee-bars.html
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My favorite show ever - happy it made it to Netlix!!
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I ran into this last year with DS. We did chapter reviews almost exclusively for much of MM1 and beginning of MM2. I also had him do the puzzle corners and word problems. If we got to something he didn't already know or that was not intuitive for him, we did that lesson. He's almost through 3A now and we've settled into a good place where he's learning new concepts. At this point, if he picks up on them immediately, I have him do a few problems instead of the whole page and the rest of the time, we just work through the book once lesson at a time for new stuff.
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One of the wildcraffts episodes scared DS and now he won't watch it. He's not super sensitive to TV stuff either. I'm trying to remember which one was scary.
Peg + Cat is a favorite here
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
Little Einsteins
Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that
Word Girl
Beakmans World (fun science show)
(we do a lot of PBS kids here)
Dd had tonsils/adenoids out. She's miserable...what else helps?
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How is she feeling today? Hopefully a bit better!