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  1. Ring cameras, Flock cameras, security cameras, a smart phone in every pocket; anyone can take a screenshot from any of those and repost online. I’d say it’s more unusual to not be recorded when you leave the house.
  2. I’d be frustrated too. Last summer we tagged along for work meetings to a nice resort. My kids were doing belly flops into the pool. My then 14 year old was trying to do it without bending his knees, I realized after about 10 minutes that an older girl was recording him. I asked and he said it would be more embarrassing for me to ask her to delete it than for her to post it online. He didn’t like it, but also said it was unlikely any of her friends knew him. I let it go.
  3. Lots of physical activities have been mentioned already. Some things my husband and I enjoy together: cooking, reading the same book and discussing, movies, concerts, listening to podcasts, and volunteering with our church, Ronald McDonald, & Habitat for Humanity. He also follows college football and basketball. We have had season tickets some years. Other years we watch at home (usually I half watch and half read a book).
  4. I’m not anxious. I was at one point in my life extremely anxious and have had a couple panic attacks many years ago, but it’s no longer an issue. 4 or 5 years ago I realized I really can’t control anything by worrying. Partly I think because of my faith I’ve been able to overcome my anxiousness. I think the timing also coincided with Covid. For the first time in our nearly 20 year marriage my husband wasn’t traveling for work, having him home every night really made a difference in my life. I’ve actually started to wonder if I am one of the few women who aren’t anxious. I do occasionally have concerns about things, but I don’t worry over them if that makes sense.
  5. I’m glad your daughter went too, I hope you had a blast!
  6. Have fun! A family we know used their picture with Shatner on their Christmas cards couple years ago. It was hilarious!
  7. We were there for a work conference. I wouldn’t stay there only for sightseeing as it isn’t super convenient. I enjoyed the little coffee shops and pubs, before/after all the tourists arrived/left for the day, walked down to where the Magna Carta was signed, saw the JFK memorial, walked to Eton. We did a little boat tour. I saw the changing of the guards, just like at Buckingham. I did also use it as a launching pad into London.
  8. If there are any tourist sites that you decide you definitely want to see, make sure to book ASAP, things do sell out even when it’s supposedly not the busy season. Most tickets can be prebooked online.
  9. +1 for the Tower of London and British Museum. I actually stayed in Windsor, it’s a lovely town but about 30 minutes from London, depending on where you are going in London. If you go to evensong at St. George’s (the chapel at Windsor castle) you will also be able to go past the Queen’s resting place. I went to evensong at both Westminster and St. George’s, Westminster had way more tourists that didn’t seem to realize they were actually at a church service and ignored instructions not to take photos. I did enjoy both services though. If you have never gone to a castle, I did enjoy Windsor Castle immensely. Almost all the museums sell a nice guide for around £5 that is quite detailed.
  10. I think as long as you are prepared for the weather, you will have a great time. Many years ago I visited in December, which is not really an ideal time to go, but those were the days my MIL had been invited to speak at a conference. I was able to tag along and only paid for my plane ticket. We had a great trip. Sure it was cold and rainy. But we still got to do just about everything we wanted to do.
  11. Congratulations! I’m jealous you were able to complete it. My older two kids and I set out to hike it at the beginning of March. Unexpected weather conditions caused us to bail. We ended up only doing an overnight hiking to Sassafras and back. That climb up Sassafras is brutal! We don’t really have another full week to be able to attempt it all at once again until this fall. But we are thinking about breaking it into two sections and doing it over two long weekends.
  12. I was similar even during high school! The first time we left my daughter home alone in the evening, she asked if she could. She didn’t want to go to her brother’s third basketball game that week. It was on the winter so already dark when we left the house. I never minded being home alone during the day but night was creepy. Fortunately I had lots of siblings so it was rare that I needed to. I did babysit though, I’m not sure why babysitting was fine but being in my own home wasn’t.
  13. My current 15 year old would have been fine at 12, but never had the opportunity. My 13 year old has been home alone until 9 or 10 and is ok with it. I can’t imagine my 10 year old being ready to be left home alone at night when he’s 18 😆 We live in a quiet neighborhood and know our neighbors well so the kids know if they ever have trouble they can call a neighbor.
  14. Completely agree! And yes, Lyme isn’t the only tick born illness, just the one we hear the most about. It’s not unusual to look angry around the area where the tick was, it’s a bite after all. Symptoms of an infection would occur about 5-10 days after the tick bite. I don’t recognize that particular tick, but I’m sure your state has a website that can tell you what types of ticks are in the area where your son was hiking.
  15. I have 5 siblings and 1 SIL in 5 different states. Until a year ago none of them lived closer than a 15 hour drive. SIL visits a couple times a year, all her family is here. One brother moved about 2 hours from me, we’ve seen him a handful of times in the past year. Prior to that we saw him every 3-5 years. One sister and two brothers I see on average yearly. These are the siblings I’m closest too and talk with the most regularly. One sister I never see, there’s no animosity, we just aren’t close.
  16. The trend right now for babies is shades of beige. I’m not huge on the lack of color on baby wardrobes, but I don’t have babies now either. The one advantage is that it works well for boys and girls I had two favorite sweaters that my boys and daughter wore. One was mustard yellow, my husband didn’t care for that one on our sons. The other was brown and then had colorful stripes, red, yellow, green, and orange I believe. All three of my kids wore that one frequently.
  17. Same here. My one daughter especially seems to get a lot of ticks. One of my sons and I have both had Lyme infections complete with rash, a round of doxycycline when we noticed cleared up the infection with no long term side affects. My in-laws have a farm, my FIL got a tick infection last summer, ignored the aches and fever he developed, ended up hospitalized out of state. Initially he was treated for a kidney infection but wasn’t getting better, and ended up septic. My MIL was at home and wasn’t able to communicate with his treating physician. When she finally did and suggested a tick infection, the doctor ran a tick panel, sure enough he had babesiosis. Once he got on the proper antibiotics the infection cleared quickly. He did have low energy for a few weeks after but he’s fine now. We are thankful the doctor listened to my MIL’s instincts because he wasn’t hospitalized in a place where tick infections are common. All that to say, OP, most of the time tick bites don’t lead to infection. They can, so definitely keep track of the symptoms. Make a note of when the tick was removed and if you can remember what it looked like, look up the type. Then if symptoms occur, you have the information to share with the doctor.
  18. Not all tick bites need treatment. If she gets a rash or runs a fever in the next couple weeks then she needs antibiotics. Just keep an eye on her symptoms but most likely she’ll be ok.
  19. It shouldn’t be allowed if you have it blocked. Have you tried updating your software? Restarting the device? My kids can only use YouTube on the TV or through links I send them. Access on the TV limits most mindless surfing since it’s kind of cumbersome and in the center of the house. But yes, that sounds like pretty normal testing of limits.
  20. Oh that makes me want to cry! It’s such a picture of that stage where a child isn’t a child anymore but isn’t an adult either.
  21. My cousin has been a bone marrow donor and a former coworker donated a kidney to her identical twin while we worked together. So am I vaguely aware of some of the concerns. I think donating to a sister or child is probably an easier decision to make than doing it for a stranger.
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