sassenach
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We’re in the middle of the same thing for my grandparents house. It’s so hard. (((Hugs)))
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I think you need to empty your inbox first 😉
Oops! Done.
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Casava flour? I've heard that makes a good substitute. Mostly, she's probably going to have to get used to not eating bread-like products.
ETA: this is the brand my friend raves about http://www.ottosnaturals.com/faq/
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If I get a referral from one of you, does that wave my first styling fee?
Cuz if you have a code like that, you should PM me :-).
I just ripped 1 of my only 2 pairs of jeans and I think it’s time to give SF a shot.
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I feel like we always search everywhere and then end up at Ross, where we find the perfect dress for $20.
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I think that’s pretty standard. Super outdated, but not unheard of.
When my grandparents paid off their house, the bank made the last payment for them and sent them congratulatory flowers. Some banks are better than others.
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IME, most scholarships are academic merit and based on straight up GPA and test scores. Extracurriculars seem to only made a difference if you are applying to a highly competitive school or going for a scholarship in a specific area (then they have to be extraordinary- not just volunteer, but actually found the organization, etc).
I would not freak out about this.
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They’re so comfy for casual wear, but my problem is that they’re too heavy for a lot of walking. I can feel the strain in my knees (probably coupled with the lack of arch support). I can wear them for normal days when I’m in and out of the house, but not days when I’m out a ton.
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100% turn it into police
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My very American thought- can you sue them for emotional damage toward you?
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Yes. Give yourself a break. If it’s awful, you can always withdraw.
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Curious if our family is weird in this. I always hear about people turning their thermostat down at night, but we actually feel better turning it down in the day. I keep it at 66 during the day and 68 at night. If we keep it lower overnight, we're all miserable and freezing (there are also a couple of genuine medical needs that seem to do better with the thermostat up a little). During the day, we're all moving around and can very easily keep it a few degrees lower.
Do any of you use the Nest "smart" thermostat? Is it worth it? I kind of like that it learns your family's patterns. Would love some reviews.
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It's crazy because it feels like NorCal hasn't gotten a winter this year. We just got some rain after 2 months of sun. We've had 25" of rain since July. Last year we had 85" for the same period. Last year was insanely heavy, this year has swung the other way. Normal is 40".
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I don't think my answer is going to help you much, but yes, I'm comfortable. I've driven a full-sized van for 14 years now and it makes regular trips into the city. I only get into trouble if I have to parallel park it. I can parallel park just fine, but not in the tightly packed spaces that are usually portioned off by the tiny city cars. It's also too tall for a lot of garages, but I always manage to find something.
The driving part is easy.
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Ours is on an outside wall because every other wall also has issues in our house...not big enough, opposite the oven, floor heater vents, and windows.
We leave it 6 inches from the wall for air flow and haven't had a problem in 10 years.
Same. We don’t have any other options. It’s technically the garage wall, but I was still concerned. So far it seems to be fine.
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It sounds like national parks could be your thing.
Utah- the mighty 5
California- Yosemite, or a coastal tour?
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So much love headed your way. I’m so very sorry.
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That sounds kind of nice to me right now. My 1st physio exam was not too hard until we got to the essay questions. YIKES. It took a full page for each one. She wants DETAIL.
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Leuchtturm1917
Amazon sells it but this link has all the colors together. I’m about to start my third. They sell an add on pen holder.
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Yeah, I am wondering to some degree on the friend choices, honestly wouldn't see what happened as cyber bullying but more a lack of maturity (that one particular friend is, imo, somewhat attention seeking, but not mean). It's just frustrating that in the old learning curve of peer relationships - that we've navigated with all our older kids - there's a new span with social media. I'm just stretched by it in ways I wish I weren't, kwim?
Totally.
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If Julie Bogart is going to be there (she’s from Cincinnati) I would love to see her. I don’t think she’s spoken at the conference any of the times I’ve gone though.
I think she got uninvited many years ago. It was kind of a big deal.
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I just did this with goo gone and it worked beautifully.
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I would have no problem with a reasonable level of communication. In the day of the landline - which I would happily reinstitute - we weren't allowed to hang on the line 24/7, constantly with an ear to a group conversation. We saw our friends regularly and had normal face to face conversations. We are not stay at home only home schoolers, we get out A LOT. Kid sees friends very regularly, for extended periods of time.
I wouldn't give a stick of dynamite to a person who can't handle a firecracker. I feel like we are still in the firecracker training phase. Group texts blow up, kids are texting all night long, all through times when they're sitting in academic classes, and the responses pile in until there are hundreds of messages. My child might share something in a one-on-one conversation, then have that person share a screenshot in a 15-member group chat. It's insane.
I monitor but try to not be overbearing about the content. But I think it's important because I've had two instances where kids were sharing about self-harm, and someone had to be discreetly notified. I am worn out and frankly concerned that my tender-hearted kid is accepting too much emotional baggage from the constant stream of thought messaging from an age group of kids that tends to be on the dramatic side.
This seems almost more related to friend choices than texting itself. Maybe it's more about cutting off the texting relationship with certain kids. I agree that not all relationships are fit for the kind of constant interaction that texting involves.
Our kids can't have their phones on at school, during baseball/dance, during dinner, or in their bedrooms/overnight. What that leaves is the spaces in between, and my kids do text a ton during that time, but it's not a problem for us because we have clearly portioned off phone-free times.
And their friends are healthy (enough).
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We have been trying so hard to establish a balance. But yeah, we have come to the decision that there will be no social media accounts in the near future (next couple of years anyway).
My biggest problem right now is the texting. If a friend has a social media account, they can take anything my kid shares in a text conversation and post it on their own social media account. Tough learning curve happening here, about both the consequences of frivolous posting and the loyalty level of friends.
Personally I would love to just completely pull the plug, and can actually get away with that in the short term. But in the world we live in, good habits must be formed, so we will eventually go through this again. I am hoping we can at least get past a couple of drama intense years and on a little more mature, forward-looking level before re-engaging.
I just can't keep stretching thin enough to keep all the bases covered, so I am taking this part of it out of the game. Huge crackdown on texting coming.
I guess if there's a question in this, it would be whether any of you have gone to plans that allow only a certain number of texts per month. I'm thinking one group chat blown up could teach a real lesson there! A kid should not wake up each morning to find hundreds of message notifications.
Oh, that's a hard one. We haven't dealt with cyber bullying as much as opting out of the drama cycle. One kid has felt pretty left out of that part of the social scene, though that seems to be less of an issue currently. (I think because snap chat has recently had a decline in use, so it doesn't feel like he's missing out as much). The other one has friends whose parents are more like us so it hasn't been an issue.
We're liberal with texting because it hasn't been a problem. I'm sorry that hasn't been the case for you guys.
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Do you think this is unhygienic?
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It doesn’t bother me at all.