sassenach
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I bought 2 fairly expensive items, paid $100 using a gift card, and $120 using my visa. I went to return the $80 item today and they wanted to give me part of it on gift card and about $50 on my Visa. I said, no, I want it all on my visa since I charged the greater amount on my visa. The manager would NOT do it. He said that it was their policy to return proportional amounts.
I took the item home with me and will now be returning BOTH items and repurchasing the item that I want to keep. So DUMB.
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I'm trying intermittent fasting right now and drinking black coffee in the mornings. Blech. I reward myself with coffee and cream in the afternoon.
Worst case scenario, you only have 2 weeks to go. When you go finish W30 try to just have coffee and cream, without the sugar. I bet it will taste like heaven after a month of black coffee.
Sorry I don't have any suggestions to spice it up!
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Did you all see this? 😂
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The whole country is Konmariing right now so I’d hit up your local thrift stores.
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The most helpful thing for my husband was to see a good counselor. The pain persists despite trying dozens (and dozens) of interventions, but his counselor was able to help him mentally/emotionally/spiritually increase his capacity to endure the pain and experience joy in the midst of it.
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We’ve had housing allowances for both military and clergy. Both times I don’t think it was counted as Medicaid income, but I wouldn’t bet money on my memory.
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I’m so impressed that you did those ceilings yourself!
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Watched the first episode. My favorite part is the gratitude piece. As I go along in life, I’m finding more and more that gratitude is the key to almost any heart change (and home reorganizing is largely about heart change).
Watching more today!
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3 hours ago, marbel said:
Beth, I know you have a lot of anxiety and so this seems sensible to you. I hope you can see from this thread that your level of fear over this is not reasonable and I hope you won't pass it on to your son. Over his life he's going to have to give his phone number out. And if he hits someone's car in a parking lot, the owner of the car is not just "some random person" but a person your son now has a connection with.
You know that if your son hits a car and the owner is there, there will be all sorts of information exchanged. You should show him where to find that information so he's prepared ahead of time.
Or in a bigger accident, you're exchanging license info, with your home address, etc. There's no reason to be afraid of exchanging information in these scenarios.
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Freshman year is tough. It's good that you're pushing them to finish out the year. They might feel differently at the end of the year. In my state, it's an all or nothing deal. The ps will not take homeschool credits. Each state is different, though, so I would check with local people.
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5 hours ago, MEmama said:
In most large parks there are a thousand ways to walk in. Of course the gates are closed, but that doesn't mean people won't just park and walk around them.
My mother did that in Acadia during the last shutdown. I was so angry; I told her they were begging people to stay out for all the obvious reasons; she didn't care. I warned her there were no services if she got hurt or had a heart issue; didn't make any difference. She wanted to go so she went. I was livid (but it's typical...sigh).
The older I get the deeper I understand why good behaviour requires good government. Left to their own devices, too many people will allow their selfishness to take over and destroy something that could be good for all (parks, healthcare, infrastructure, you name it). It's sickening to me.
I don’t think that’s accurate for this shut down. It sounds like maintenance is shut down but rangers and other staff are not.
Also, at least for Yosemite, which was the main topic of the article, closing the gates would solve 99.9% of the issue. The gates are WAY far from the valley.
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I really don’t understand why the gates are still open if they can’t run the parks.
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1 hour ago, GailV said:
Hmm, my request to join is still pending from ... last time this came up, which was at least several weeks ago. I can see other people have joined recently, so y'all are apparently still accepting requests. So .....
😞 That stinks. I have no idea how these groups run/who’s in charge/how to help.
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There's a whole social group for you!
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2 hours ago, SeaConquest said:
Yes! The cohorts in So Cal are ridiculous. I literally had a better chance of getting into Harvard Med School. I applied in February. First, the April cohort was cancelled, so all the people from April got rolled over to August (which is why I was rejected). And then Cedars Sinai decided that they were only going to hire their own people for the October cohort (which is why I was rejected again). I had basically given up, but a cohort opened up in OC and they called me. So, they are only admitting around 10 people per cohort, but getting 350 applications each time. And the applications just roll over, so if you are not at the tippy top of the list, forget about getting in. It's crazy.
Amazing!!! I have heard about the competitiveness of their SoCal program. They’re on my shortlist for the RN-BSN bridge if I don’t go to a Cal state.
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1 hour ago, SeaConquest said:
I have to apologize. I haven't posted in forever. I was rejected twice for the only nursing program that was going to allow me to continue homeschooling (the August and October cohorts), so I had basically written off nursing school and had been depressed for months. I couldn't bring myself to post about it. But, I received a surprise phone call this month that a new cohort opened up in February, and I was top of the list for California. So, I am in and going, even though I am scared to death! I start my orientation on January 15th. The first six month are all didactic courses (online) with a few labs on the weekends. The clinicals won't start until September, which will be the real test for me -- 12 hour shifts! Like I said, scared to death! But, I've lost 63 lbs since my gastric bypass, which will (hopefully) at least give my body a fighting chance to make it. Anyway, all of that to say: I'm back! 🙂
Is this WGU?
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2 hours ago, Bensmom2 said:
I know many Hive members have experience moving around the US. If you have lived in both states that are generally considered low cost of living and states with mid to high cost, where do you see the biggest price differences besides property cost? (For the sake of discussion we should probably rule out AK and HI which have special inflation due to the expense on shipping goods to the area). Do you see a significant difference groceries, clothing, automobiles, healthcare, fuel, utilities etc.?
Is EVERYTHING more expensive? How much more?
Any tips for moving from a low-cost to high-cost area without busting the budget?!
Moved from Florida to Northern California. Yes, everything, with rare and insignificant exception, is more expensive. Everything. For us, it was about 3 times as expensive. This really depends on the specific areas you are moving from and to. If we had moved from Miami to Sacramento, that would have felt different than Orlando to San Francisco.
Tips:
1. Count the cost. Really calculate out whether the salary you are moving to would sustain you. Pay special attention to the income tax differences.
2. Understand that you will very likely live in a smaller and less nice place than you previously did. And it will be ok. You will adjust, and might even come to appreciate that.
3. More expensive places are usually awesome. You will likely gain a lot in the weather, nature, and culture departments.
I love where I live but we were originally from CA so we had other driving factors pulling us back here. For one, family. For another, we wanted to go back to CA culture. I like Californians. I our weather and our sites. Without that, I’m not sure we would have made the same choice.
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I like dressers but our rooms are too small. We have drawers under our bed and as part of our closet organizers.
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Scully is 10 weeks old today.
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What's everyone registered for? I'm wrapping up my science prerequisites with microbiology. I'm really looking forward to the course content. I'm also taking stats. That will complete my Natural Science AA, the biggest benefit being 10 points added onto my nursing school application. I decided to just take 2 classes in the spring because it's a busier season for my kids and I will have a 2 light semesters before starting the actual nursing program. No need to overload myself.
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18 minutes ago, Seasider too said:
Links please?
I heard about it on the Jamie Ivey podcast. Tara-Leigh Cobble was on her show (twice) and I really connected with her story and objective. Here’s the website for the Bible Recap and everything you need to participate. https://www.mydgroup.org/podcast
I’ve tried many time to read through the Bible but I’ve never tried to listen through it. I have podcasts running all day long and I’m hopeful that this might be a very successful approach. We shall see.
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I wrote out some goals today. They are audacious in their own way
Bible- I’m going to listen through the 1-year chronological Bible plan along with the Bible recap podcast.
Exercise- 4 days a week.
Food- intermittent fasting and cutting down sugar
Screens- I’m going to use my screen time tracker and set a yet to be determined limit.
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I watched the first season till they got to Jenny and I realized that I liked the visuals in my head better than theirs. For some reason I could tolerate Claire not being quite right better than Jenny.
Bed, Bath, and Beyond's stupid return policy
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But it’s kind of the opposite, they were gaming me so I ended up with more store credit than I started with!
I think I might have lost my cool in your situation!