AngieC
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I always list "price is firm." on craiglist ads. If the item doesn't sell, I can lower the price and repost a week later.
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If you're not opposed to candy, what about a big theater box of candy? Here they sell them for $1 each at the local Walgreens (drugstore). Make some stickers that say "Thanks for coming to my party" from your dc's name.
I've also done big cookies made at a bakery - I've gotten the age my dd has turned (as in this year she got "9" cookies). They are decorated and have her name on them. (Those are $3/cookie). Again, we made a tag to attach to the cellophane bag.
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Yes, but I only know her from Free to Be You and Me...I couldn't pick her out in a picture, I just know the name.
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I just paid $120 to have a piano moved about 3 miles. If you're in a large-ish area, I would keep an eye on craiglist. The piano I just had moved was free on craigslist, about 40 years old and in excellent shape. In my area, there are free and inexpensive pianos listed on a regular basis.
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Yes, but I had a DVT so I'm a higher risk for another. I also walk up and down the aisles a few times, take my shoes off and periodically squeeze the muscles in my legs to help keep the blood flowing.
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I would have emailed them by now! I can't imagine any reason to wait any longer.
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I have never seen a family hot tub - they have always been for ages 16+. Even at hotels we have stayed in they have had signs up...no lifeguard to enforce the rules, but we have always told our kids to stay out simply because those were the rules. It never occurred to me that those rules were withholding warmth from kids (and really, it still doesn't). It's a kid-free area. Nothing wrong with that.
Growing up our community pools had the mandatory 10 minute break for kids, but I haven't been at a pool with that in years. Nothing wrong with breaks, either.
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If your hands/arms are hurting on your bike, it's probably not correctly sized/fit (things like the saddle position, stem length and angle can greatly affect comfort).
If you DD3 is closer to 4 have you considered a trail-a-bike? She's going to rapidly outgrow a trailer if she's almost 4 and a trail-a-bike might be a much more fun option. She just has to be stable enough that you're not constantly worried that she is going to fall off. We got ours when my DS was 4 and he loved it!
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Next time you should consider setting up your team on Shutterfly. Communicate with parents and ask that they mark their child's availability on the roster. http://www.shutterfly.com/sports-team-websites/index.jsp My son's baseball team has done it for the past three years and the coaches always know who will be absent from the game. You can also set up practices on there so they can mark if they will be there or not. It automatically sends reminders to parents about upcoming practices or games.
I think if you set the tone at the very beginning you might have better luck getting people to at least reply about whether or not they will be there.
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If that were my daughter, I would want to know.
That said, if you decide not to say anything to the parents, they might figure it out when she flies back to school and they have to pay the fee then. Hopefully, she will let them know that you paid the fee on her flight home at that time.
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The only think I have to add that hasn't already been mentioned is to see The Lion King on stage if it comes anywhere near you. I took my 8 year old dd last year and she is begging to go to another musical!
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Road cycling is wonderful!
For your questions:
1. Gear - don't want to spend a billion dollars up front but I certainly want the essentials and any extras that will drastically improve my experience
Decent shorts, a frame pump and a good helmet are a must. A brightly colored jersey would be wonderful, too. Glasses, gloves, double water bottle cages if you're in a hot climate, and cycling computer for entertainment are good to have. You must have a bag with tire levers and a spare tube and know how to change the tube. You will flat eventually. Add a patch kit and know how to use it if you have bad roads. (A nice bike is great, too, but the biggest thing you're going to get for more money is a lighter bike - how important that is is going to depend on where you live and what type of riding you plan to do.) Make sure you have the correct gearing if you're in a hilly area.
2. How to get over those fears (especially about the toe clips or clipless pedals)
Practice! I fell over the first or second time I used clipless pedals and I don't think I ever did again in the next 10 years of using them. I wouldn't worry. Clipless pedals are easy to get out of once you know how to do it. I always used Speedplay and never had a problem. You will damage them if you do a lot of walking in them so take that into consideration when choosing pedals.
3. Anything else you can think of that I should know
Be safe on the road and ALWAYS assume the car drive does not see you....because even if it seems obvious that they should, they may not. Be predictable when you ride - so don't zigzag in out out of lanes if they suddenly widen - it just confuses drivers and they may not expect you to come back out in the road when it narrows again. Also, don't skirt up the side of drivers if you hit a stop light so that they suddenly have to pass you again (unless you have a really wide road!). Multi-purpose paths are great, but can also be dangerous - walkers/runners/kids on bicycles are not necessarily going to look before moving in front of you. They are not the place to see just how fast you can go. :) It's not always safest to hug the shoulder - sometimes you need to ride more in the center to encourage a drive not to pass you.
Look up some cycling groups! Group rides can be fun, but please make sure the people you ride with don't act like fools. Pack cycling can bring out the idiot in people.
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Also, I thought I remember something about the coaches wanting Rebecca to skip some levels. Do all levels of team practice together or will Rebecca be with entirely new girls next year? Maybe things will sort themselves out then.
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I'd be willing to bet it's a combination of being new, so everyone is set in their ways and Rebecca's ability/scores. Is there even one girl on the team that she could try to form a friendship with outside of the team? Might be worth a few 40 minute drives to help her break into the group. Maybe suggest an ice skating trip or bowling or pottery painting - whatever the kids like to do. Alternatively, you could offer to have a girl over for the day and offer to drive one direction if the other parent will drive the other.
Lastly, is there anyone else new(er) to the team that you could try to hang out with? My dd started at a new gym last summer and it seems like newer parents hang out with other new parents and those who have been there hang out with other old timers.
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Canceling the party is a reasonable solution if she is that concerned. How loudly she wants to proclaim why is her own business - but she needs to keep in mind that she risks alienating parts of her extended family-in-law depending on what she says and how she says it. Given that it's her DH's family, I would suspect her DH ought to have a lot of say in how this is handled.
She is free to do whatever she wants as far as her religion goes - what people are saying is that she is not free to impose her beliefs on others. Don't want to drink? Fine, don't drink. It is unreasonable to ask others (not in her own home) to not drink alcohol because she doesn't want to be around it. She simply needs to make the choice to not be around these people, not to expect them to conform to her beliefs.
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I worry that even if your MIL graciously accomodates your wish and asks that no guests bring alcohol to the party that it could potentially strain your relationship with the extended family who might now feel awkward about bringing alcohol to any future family gatherings. Do you expect them to never drink alcohol in your presence?
You make it sound like these folks are such light drinkers that it is no big deal to ask them to refrain from drinking alcohol entirely. If that is the case, don't you think they would just forgo it all together without needing to be asked since they know that you and your family are opposed?
Personally, I don't see any way you can make this request without appearing to be very judgmental. I like the idea of changing the venue to your own home where you could reasonably request that no alcohol be brought.
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Just recently I donated several boxes of books to a charity that gives them out to kids in need who may not have any books of their own. The director of this particular charity explained to me that it was possible that this would be the first book some of these kids had ever been given and that they wanted it to be something special that the child would remember - that is why they preferred new or like-new condition.
I explained that in the hundreds of books I had given, many were in like-new condition, but there were also plenty that were not. She said not to worry that they would find homes for any of the books that did not meet their criteria to give out.
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The thought has crossed my mind more than once! I keep trying to convince myself that that's a paranoid thought.
My dd's grades inched up last week, but - BUT! She got a D on her Friday memory verse. She had practiced the verse and she's good at this - for Q3, she had all 100%s on memory going into Friday! She has never received such a low grade on memory work before. I can't help but wonder if this is her teacher balancing out the horror of my kid getting some As on her seatwork. :/ Please tell me I'm crazy.
I'm having a hard time trusting this lady.
Based on all of your posts over the course of the school year, I don't think you are paranoid and I think you have very good reason not to trust this teacher.
Do what you have to do to help your dd succeed in school.
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Given that the information is out there for any parent to review, I can't see a problem with it as long as your dd is learning the material, rather than memorizing it.
Your poor kiddo can't seem to get ahead with her teacher this year. Do you think it's possible they are looking for excuses to require that you retain her and if she if is passing her work that messes with their plans? I can't think of any other reason why this teacher would seem to want her to fail.
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My 6 year old needs 10-10.5 hours hours. My 8 year old needs closer to 11 hours. I wish it were less.
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I think it's the addition and subtraction that are 3 or more digits, not the multiplication.
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Are you trying to get an early entry into K or just a regular entry in a competitive school?
Rec. really great kid-appropriate documentaries? Any topic!
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Planet Earth by BBC is amazing! We've recently been watching Ken Burns: National Parks recently. My husband and I are enjoying it, but the kids don't love it like they loved Planet Earth.