Will your sister inherit the house when your dad passes away, or once both have passed? I'm curious (but you don't have to answer this) if your other siblings are aware and complaining at all. Also, is there anything in writing that says that your sister will be giving you a share? I would find this situation very upsetting. I am the more stable sibling in my family, or at least I was for years and years. One of my siblings has improved immensely in how he handles money. I never understood why my parents were so quick to help them and never me. I didn't need it as badly, but that was because I had too much respect for my parents to ask them to pay for my bad choices, so it seemed especially hard-to-understand when my siblings were helped and helped and helped some more. Sometimes it was big things - like giving one a house. Sometimes it was little things - like going out to eat together and paying every one's bill but my family's/mine. It went on for years and years. Then one day, my mom gave me a huge chunk of money, telling me she knew it hadn't been fair. I was grateful and relieved. Especially relieved. I will pray for you to come to a resolution about this, but I'm also praying that your parents consider the situation more carefully.

I've heard that this is caused by sewing the borders on even with the edges of the quilt rather than using measurements of length and width taken at the center and then easing the quilt into the border. But I think it's also caused by more quilting in the center than on the borders. Can you add some quilting to the border? It's a beautiful quilt! I love the pattern and the colors, and you can be very proud of it, even if it's a little wavy.

I would use the counter for my favorite cook books. For under the counter, I might find some plastic drawers that fit there, and then hang a little curtain in front to cover it up.

I watched it this week with dh, and it was powerful. I had listened to the podcast a few years ago, and it did explain a few things that the series didn't. It was chilling to see how LE handled the case and to realize that our society hasn't come as far as we might have thought.

I would buy a kneeling seat. I don't think I would do any yardwork if I couldn't use one!

I wonder if the teacher is having a hard time making ends meet on a teacher salary, and that's why she's bold (and oblivious) enough to ask for cash. The point of gift giving at school is offering your child opportunity to show appreciation for their teacher's hard work and care for them. I am not crazy about "gifts" of books or Kleenex for the classroom, since those are for the students and not the teacher. I think gift cards can be a treat for any teacher and might help stretch the budget or offer an occasional splurge. If she/he really can't use it, it can always be re-gifted (if you don't write their name on it).

Please send me your venmo information, too.

I'd love it if my parents NEVER sent in play-doh, slime, squishy-melty-messy anything. I always end up cleaning it up, no matter how many times I tell students to open it at home, not at school.

If you are thinking you'll need a reference from this job, I wouldn't do anything confrontational. It sounds like a really difficult situation, and I don't see how you can win with this guy. He sounds narcissistic. I'd keep my eye on the next job, and just try to get through the end of the season.

Couldn't you sue him through small claims court? Or is it too much money for that?

I have read on fb teacher groups that tea tree oil shampoo is effective if you think you've been exposed to lice.

Dh and I saw it today. There were two sex scenes and then flashbacks to those scenes. I thought it was way too graphic and was sorry that I was there, though I am glad to have learned about Oppenheimer.

We loved the free Shakespeare play in the park. I think I would rate it as out #2 after the Met. You do have to get the tickets ahead of time, but I don't know how that works now. It really is worth the late night!

Am I remembering correctly that your mom died a few months ago? I'm surprised that your therapist is pushing such a major life change on you when you're still adjusting to losing your mom.

I think the sale price won't show up in your cart. You have to go to the listing for that item, and then you'll see if it's on sale. (Maybe you know that, but I discovered it by accident.)

Thank you for posting this. You might have changed my life.

I would ask for a hysterectomy and have both ovaries removed. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that this is the advice an oncologist would give to you, also. (I've had that surgery and am thankful every time I think about how much easier life is without irregular periods and that the pre-cancerous cells didn't have time to become cancerous!)

Thank you so much for posting this! I now have access to sooo many more audiobooks - yay!!!

I love anything by Sally Hepworth! I'm listening to The Rose Code right now, and it's good enough.

I have difficult in-laws, and I spent most of our marriage trying to get dh to set some boundaries. He cannot do it because of lifelong family dynamics. I was in a similar situation with my ILs as your dd, and this is what I wish someone had told me, way back when we were having babies and even before: If your dh cannot set a boundary, then you need to do it. If you don't, you will only become more and more resentful of your husband, and your marriage may not survive. Often people say that the child should be the one to set boundaries with their parents to minimize conflict, but if he won't do it, there IS going to be conflict. I would much rather have had conflict with my ILs, which I already had, than dh. If I were in your dd's situation, I would write a note card to dh' parents, expressing how excited we are about the new member of the ____last name____ family. Then I would say that I know they want to come and stay, but that it won't work for anyone to come for long visits, and not overnight. I would avoid promising longer stays later. Then I would tell them your plan for how they will know when I'm at the hospital and how things are going, showing them that they are important and will be kept in the loop. Also, she'll need to be ready with ways to ask for what she needs - for the visit to end, for help with laundry and cleaning, and for meals and groceries. The benefit of this approach is that it will help dd feel empowered and in control in a crazy situation, and it will take pressure off of their marriage. It might even help dsil see that boundaries can be kindly set and enforced and help him with ongoing craziness. So many of the stories here are about dysfunctional family relationships, and I certainly have had years of resentment toward my ILs and dh for how I have been treated because of their dysfunction, but I think I could have prevented a lot of that if I had figured out how to stand up for myself when no one else would, and we all would have been better off.

I just swab-tested, too, with the same results: no lead detected. Yay!

I just ordered a lead testing kit and will report back with the results on Tuesday.

And think of all the kitchen tools you wouldn't need anymore. Your kitchen cupboards and drawers would be nearly empty!

When we bought a lift recliner for my mom, we found them at regular furniture stores. You might try calling or looking on local stores websites to first make sure this is true in your area.

I need to inventory about 1000 books in my classroom library and then upload the list in a Word document. Is there an app that will let me quickly scan the barcodes and then eventually print out a list? You'd be my rescuer from hours (days?) of tedium if you have a suggestion!