I think the problem is if you don't slide the cart near the bagging area then the cart is maybe in the conveyor belt area where someone behind is trying to use the conveyor belt. I feel like I'm doing everything wrong all the time in the grocery store. I'm sure I'm annoying someone lol. If I'm worrying about where my cart is and trying to move it along the cashier is waiting on me to pay. I just try my best to unload, usher ds and the cart forward and see if I can get some bagged items in the cart if the cashier is still scanning.

Mine is in a HBB called the Safety 1st Boost Air. I have a tall child and I don't think we're on the last notch yet. A tech told me about the seat. I liked that it had semi wide padded wings up top. We are in the car long periods. Please note that some HBBs require head support from the vehicle and some do not. In our case the car head rest stays inside the vehicle. This has a lot to do with the fact that I didn't want to use the school van. The bench seats looked like they offered no head support except on the youngest/shortest. Look up any car seat/booster you are considering online. Many are on Car Seats for the Littles with pros/cons. They also have a facebook page. https://csftl.org/safety-1st-boost-air-protect-booster-review

I would think twice because of maturity and naps in cars. A harness holds someone in more upright but a seatbelt allows them to slump over to the side of the car. I see pics of kids asleep in cars online all the time. I cringe when my facebook feed shows pics of kids completely leaning out of their seat (maybe they weren't that way long) with a caption like, "had a big day." My 9 yr old uses a high back booster right now. We do own a low back, but I prefer him using a HBB. I still have to remind him to straight up his belt if it falls out of the guide or tell him not to sleep like that (if he falls forward). He can dose off with his head leaning against the wings on the HBB, though.

OP, are you literally asking harness vs no harness? Like switching modes? Or are you talking about buying a booster because what they are in does not convert to a booster?

fancy... what did the pen look like? lol That is the part that made things get weird first. I would have either not explained why or referred to myself as a germophobe as an attempt to attack myself first rather than be attacked. /shrug I think the woman was over the top but I also think if she didn't have a pen with her then stating what you did might just make her feel uneasy.

My understanding is it doesn't matter as long as the car seat is installed correctly. But personally I have qualms about some car seatbelts because they come from odd angles like the ceiling. I don't know about all that. I haven't become a car seat tech yet, but would like to become one. Just show him that website. It may help you decide.

I'm not sure I understand. Using LATCH is always optional. Is there an issue with the seatbelts? LATCH cannot be used after a certain weight, anyway. http://csftl.org/harness-or-booster-when-to-make-the-switch/

when electronics that are off still glow/have a light on. Our TV has a red light that means off.

Mine were purchased in 2005 and I'm not particularly concerned about them, but I do think it's something to be aware of when comparing the boots of today to ones people have in their closet. I have never once thought about resoling them. I didn't even know you could do that with them. Like I wouldn't even know who to take them to. I'd have to do a lot of research probably. There may be models with a zipper, but just not the particular ones I fell in love with. If she wants like a 14 eyelet or smaller, it may be less of a pain to lace. Nowadays lots of girls wear skinny jeans under their boots. I do not think they would fit under the boot very well. It would be very challenging for me to lace them closed with denim underneath. I can do it with leggings (I've done this with leggings + dress). I usually wear my boots under bootcut jeans or with some cargo capris. When I was in college I used to wear them with skirts a lot. They are unisex so it really isn't so much a man vs woman sizing thing as making sure you know which whole size to get. They don't usually offer half sizes. I remember it was hard for me to figure out my size. You can try them on at zappos and mail back but I'm not a huge fan of trying on shoes via mail. It was kind of a last resort thing as my retailers were limited. I fell in love with their wing-tipped shoes, but tried them on in the past in a store and they never fit my foot right (the hard tongue on the shoe stabbed me). We had a store called Craftsman's but I don't know if it's nationwide and it's hard for me to even find a website. You could maybe try Journey's.

I wouldn't count on Doc Martens being of the same quality now. Most are not made in England anymore and Nike owns them IIRC. I own two pairs. My beloved ones I got on ebay were ruined in Hurricane Katrina and I could never find that model again. They were so comfortable. They were a reddish color with a softer inside. The black ones I own are not like that inside. No arch support, either. I have two pairs. One pair has steel toes (pictured in my avatar) and a straight shaft. The other pair has a curved shaft that hugs the shape of your calf and no steel toe. The second pair looks a bit more feminine. I don't know enough about different boot brands to tell you what is best to get. I have narrow ankles and I have to wear thick boot socks and even go as far as to wear band-aids sometimes to prevent blisters. When I say boot socks, I don't mean just any socks that have a label "boot socks." I mean thicker at the bottom including above my ankles. They were a gift so I don't know what to link. Probably military grade. They might be too hot for your dd's feet, though. And definitely less toe room in the ones that don't have steel toe so the fit would maybe be too tight. I wear them once in a while, but they are a pain because they do not have a zipper. I lace mine over/under/over all the way up and really wish my laces were longer. Both pairs of mine are 20 eyelet. How tall you want them will be a significant factor in price. One of my pairs I think was $150. The other I think was around $130. I got them once in a shoe store and once from zappos. I actually feel kind of badly about my boots because they're real leather. But several vegan styles can be quite expensive. If you get leather I'd recommend shoe polish. I polish mine periodically.

I remember many years ago not knowing what camel toe meant and was too embarrassed to admit it. This girl was looking at a magazine with me and said something about the model. I remember looking at the model's feet and having no idea what I was supposed to be noticing haha

So glad she is okay.

Yes, in some ways Amazon has ruined me... I don't like to pay for shipping and I don't like to pay so much for items I know are less on Amazon. I got a flyer this week that my nearest B&N is having some teacher appreciation days in August. That's 25% off retail price. But that isn't a bargain on several of the items. I do think you should expect fast shipping when you pay for it. And complain if you don't get it. Maybe they can refund you some of it.

I have never lived in a home with a basement and I wish I had a slab foundation. Most of the homes here (or at least ones I look up online on the market) do not have slab foundation. I hate these dumb pier foundations. Ugh.

I don't see why the elevator has four pictures. Just one for open and one for close should be enough, right? I get tripped up inside the elevator sometimes... "wait, am I coming from ground, lobby, first floor..." so I know which button to hit to return. One of our remotes would confuse me and I drew the symbols and/or words back on with sharpie, but they rubbed off again :/

My dh is 100 lbs or so overweight and it does affect things. He was overweight when we met and I overlooked it, but he's gained more since then. I'm still attracted to him, but there was a time when I really struggled with the weight. Ds has asthma and it does affect things. I always pack his nebulizer when we leave town, except recently the ped. gave us a prescription for an inhaler. I worry more about him when we go certain places (around smokers). The coughing doesn't happen a lot, though. I don't know if that is strictly her asthma causing the cough?? I guess it depends on her environment. His is paired with allergies. I don't know if I'd call it shallow or not. You want people to be able to do things with you. If their weight or asthma prevents you from doing things together or getting their help with something it can be a damper. Dh complains about aches and pains which I think are definitely partly weight-related. He's tall and overweight and has issues with discs in his back and can't really bend over well and was told not to lift anything heavier than X pounds which means he's not even supposed to lift dd! He still does, but he shouldn't. I am having to do almost all the diaper changes because we don't use a changing table anymore and it's hard for him to help her. He goes on weight loss/exercise kicks but sometimes yo-yos. If I was seeking a relationship with someone I would be less concerned about the actual weight and more concerned about what are they doing about it/how do they feel about it? Are they wanting to change? Are they trying to eat better and/or exercise? Or are they content as they are? No concerns about it/no desire to change/no motivation to change = shorter time on earth and other obstacles. That is a bleak way to look at it, but yes that would cross my mind. Same goes for questions around asthma. Like are they a person with asthma that refuses to quit smoking? Is it going to progress to COPD or sleep apnea? Will they require a sleep mask at night? (I don't know how to sleep next to that and I know that's a shallow thing to bring up! When we visit family someone uses one and it's so noisy).

You made a new group for yourself, "from scratch" ;) I eat a variety of things, but cannot handle spicy and have issues with some dairy. I think I'm lactose sensitive. I'm thinking about attending a potluck on Friday. I read one of the recipes and it calls for two sticks of cream cheese. I thought best for me to avoid that dish.

I am not sure if the babysitting is happening while OP and her dh are in counseling of if they are unrelated visits. I would think that some of the visits are "unnecessary" as they are 4x a week and often with a sleepover somewhere in there. As someone with no local support system who is seeking marriage counseling herself I can say that I get the burden of the childcare thing. That is why I'm seeking out a sitter. I don't think Catwoman and I are trying to beat up the OP. Just pointing out that 4x a week + a sleepover seem excessive for a situation where there's a weird dynamic. Yeah, I had to rely on my MIL a few times to get me to a job because I had no one else. I get that sometimes you have to lean on people in ways you don't want to, but I doubt that 4 times a week is how many times the OP has appointments. So what is the OP getting out of this? Are they providing dinner or she just needs the break or what? OP, if you don't want to answer, that's okay. I'm just trying to wrap my mind around this. Maybe you grew up staying at your own grandparents' home often so it's the norm for you. I did not. I didn't do sleepover with grandparents, either. I think I just stayed over night when I was with one of my parents and we were visiting from out of state at that point in time. edit: ok I just saw the explanation about illness in the family. I guess I will have to go back and read some things I missed.

Yep, I found that funny. Maybe because of the weight of the item or something it's a bigger pain. :confused1:

This sounds so much like Gilmore Girls to me. They pay for the school so they expect to see Rory and her mom every Friday night for dinner. Well, don't let them pay for TKD and maybe you don't feel obligated to be there every week. I'm not really sure why you're there every week (4 times?!) if the visits aren't pleasant.

Bummer. We got two items from Targetdotcom around Christmas and they said I could keep it. I knew if I had to I could take it back to the store. I ended up gifting it to a boy in ds' class for the Christmas exchange. Sounds like he really liked it. A few people on the Instant Pot facebook page said two IPs arrived at their door when they ordered one!

As a family? Someone is usually hungry/has to use the restroom for us to stop. And it's usually just a drive-thru. But we're talking road trips, right? Well sometimes we've made mult. stops but usually short ones. There's this place that sells fried pies and ever since dh stopped there once I always ask if he'll stop LOL. Traffic was so bad we couldn't get over last time, but I wanted to get something for ourselves and my mom who we were on our way to see. I'll probably ask him about it next trip. We also often had a cat in the car and I felt bad keeping her cooped up longer than necessary. If we didn't send the cat litter via Amazon to our family's home we'd stop at the pet shop but that was about it. A couple times we did stop at this clothing/shoe store in the middle of no where. We browsed a bit and used it as a bathroom break. If I am not with dh I am known to pull over at a walmart as a restroom (and maybe snack) destination. I might even browse briefly. But in general pit stops like that aren't real fun with kids in tow! lol

Pick up lines feel recent to me, too. It's all foggy now, but I think my mom drove us sometimes. I do remember walking and not having a school bus to our home at my first elem. school. I don't recall a "pick up line" scenario, though. Like an organized thing with parents pulling up and teachers assisting. I think buses parked right out front (in jr. high) so not sure where parents were to go. But like I said it's all kind of a blur now. I don't remember really thinking about pick up lines til a few years ago when my mother-in-law told us about picking up the grandkids and sitting outside the school for 30 min. Then I experienced it for the first time when ds went to school and the school van solution fell through for us. Some of the adults involved could be quite rude (pull up!!) and a bit ignorant (trying to get my then 8 yr old in the front seat. Um no he sits in the back).

they don't say "verified purchase" on the review, do they? The only way that I could see that happening though is if they used a gift card and were logged into your computer.

Is this public or private school? Either way I'm thinking this is a clever way for the school to make money.