Lolly
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My current goal is to undecorate by dh's Feb. birthday...Or, just wait until Jan. 2017...
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I would stick with an air mattress. Get a converter so your car can pump up the mattress! Twin size is plenty for me, and I'm not small. Otoh...I used to keep a large dog bed in the back of the van. It was one of those rectangular foam ones that is about 4 inches thick. I slept like a baby on that thing! They take up a lot of space...but you can pack on top of them.
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I have painted a lot. a whole, whole lot. For interior paint my favorite paint is Behr Premium Plus. I prefer it with primer, but it is a debatable point and depends on the wall. I strongly dislike their Marquee. It is difficult to use (have to use a certain pattern and certain rollers while painting in order for the guarantee to be honored). It takes twice the paint to cover the wall (super thick). It still took two coats, thus twice the paint. Also, I agree with pretty much everything prairiewindmomma said!
Most importantly, use egg shell or satin/Never flat. Wash the wall before you paint. Just wipe it down is fine. I like a vinegar/water combo. Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams are my second and third choices (SW second/BM third). I don't think you can really go wrong with any one of them as long as you don't use a flat paint. When using a shinier paint, you will see every imperfection in the wall. Make sure to do good prep before painting to help there. Plus, just be aware that it is going to happen. Walls are not perfect. But, you will be able to wash them down without taking the paint off of the walls.
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I would just avoid them for him. Allergy testing is fairly hit and miss. It is definitely not an exact science. My dd tests as a slight allergy to eggs. It is more than slight. She can have them in baked goods, but nothing else. She also reacts to vaccines, but I am not sure/don't think that is the egg component/but it is possible. With her small reaction on the scratch test, her allergy doctor said she should be able to eat eggs. (There are not that many foods she is allowed to eat.) She most certainly cannot. She throws up every. single. time she has an egg based dish. When she was smaller, even the smell of eggs cooking made her physically sick.
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I have several pair that I make sure I rotate. I also find that I need to rotate style and go between hiking boots and running shoes. I have two pair (different brands) of hiking boots and two of running shoes (currently New Balance and Asics/I am not stuck on any brand or style). Wearing the same shoe, and even type of shoe day, after day is not good for the feet. I will admit that for a few years, the only shoes I could wear were those funny five toe shoes. They took me from being barely able to walk because of arch and ankle issues to not needing them anymore (which is good because the ones they are making now don't work for me/they changed the shoe too much!). I still have an old pair that I wear sometimes, but the thread in them has rotted and they are falling apart.
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Just chiming in. Only use as a PE credit. (I just used as a single credit/that is what was needed for PE by our state grad requirements.)Then just list as extra curricular activity.
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Because she can. It will attract a whole group of people. I also have another take on it. She is an " every woman". She is hardly alone in her battles. I have empathy for that and I'm sure others will too.
This. She is the normal person, that is one who struggles constantly with their weight. How many people who have lost and then regained will be encouraged to try again? Despite what everyone/most people think, weight is going to be a constant struggle for most who are overweight. And, the lifestyle change doesn't tend to work because the extreme many people have to live in order to be thin is just that...extreme...and not easily, or even moderately easy, to sustain. In fact, for many overweight people it is not something they can do long term (and quite likely not healthy for them either). Oprah will appeal to those people because she is one of them.
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What do they even do for mild concussion? I thought there wasn't really much to be done?
Is he nauseous? Are his pupils responding correctly to light?
Honestly, I'd let it go, mostly because I think all the hospital does is observe anyway. Obviously if something changes, go in, and if I am misinformed about how concussions are treated, I'd be very happy to be corrected. I'm not trying to spread misinformation!
This is my reaction too. Dd called from school (college) to ask if she should go to the ER after a bike wreck one night. After talking to her for a while, we decided she should have her friend stay with her for the night. She never developed any signs of concussion. If she had, they would have told her to go home and take it easy. Btdt before! We decided to let it go because either way the outcome (without more serious symptoms) was to take it easy and watch for other symptoms. As far as total rest goes, most adults I know really do not have that as an option. (Unless they are to the point they need to be hospitalized.)
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Dd was called her freshman year. She was released from duty. It seems like it happens to a lot of college kids. Perfectly normal, and they will let her out/not just postpone.
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I have this cover http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G8ZFP24?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage. It works well and has protected my Kindle from many drops. It is also cheap. The not really leather has held up pretty well. It is almost two years old and is just starting to show wear. (The pleather on the outside edge has come off. You can't actually even tell when you look at it. I only know because I peeled the loose strip off.)
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Try the wrist strap for a few outings. I got a new large wallet with one this summer and made the switch from purse across body to wrist only. I've been really surprised at how easy the wrist strap is to use. It just hangs there, hands free. I don't put it into the buggy and leave it. I'd try using it alone, and if it still didn't work for me, I would go buy a new purse to put it in.
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We have. After mil died, dh was having to spend every single afternoon (after work) with fil up to the point of going to bed. Fil simply could not manage for himself even though there was nothing physical stopping him. He had a woman to take care of him his entire life (laundry/cooking/company) and didn't seem to be able to figure it out for himself. In less than a year's time, we were all living together. Fil had the main floor of the house. The kids had rooms on the second floor. Dh and I moved into the large finished basement. Our bed was on one side, a family area on the other. It allowed us to see dh. It was okay, but extremely stressful. Fil did not approve of the way I do things. I was far too independent in his opinion. He didn't think women should leave the house if it was raining hard, much less if snow were forecast... My taking off (alone/no other adults) on trips with the dc on the spur of the moment drove him absolutely bonkers. I think he probably drove mil to the grocery store a mile away as her escort... We survived, I would do it again because, quite honestly, there wasn't really another choice. He refused to leave his home. He would have died if we did not care for him. But, it wasn't the most pleasant situation and certainly brought a constant stress.
We will not do this with/for my parents. #1 the distance is too great. I always thought we could manage it with my mother, but time has changed that. She has changed. I dn't think I could live with the person she has become as she has aged. And, she has said that she would never move/live with any of her dc. She would prefer a nursing home/senior home. My dad, I couldn't manage either. He requires too much care (dementia). If I absolutely had to, okay, I would. But, I might go insane myself.
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Well, I fell for that gray hair when we were young. It is solid snowy white now. Has been for a long time! He looks better every single year as far as I'm concerned. Really not fair how men can get better with age! I love the wrinkles he is getting around his eyes. Honestly, when I met him, his looks are not what drew me. He was average/a little above. If I were to meet him today, they would.
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We stopped doing gifts with nieces and nephews a long time ago. It had gotten ridiculous. We have 4 kids. Everyone else has 2. They would all just send cash or a gift card. It was so lopsided that it made us feel strange. We just did away with it altogether. We also stopped most of the adult exchange. (We now only get a gift for unmarried aunt/uncles.)
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And, I would suggest going with email. Things people say on the phone are hard to prove and therefore impossible to hold them to. Emails can be saved as proof of what you were told.
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Not necessarily abnormal. I'd just wait and ask dentist about it on next visit.
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I can't imagine having a 2 yr old wash dishes as a required thing. For fun, sometimes, to splash in the water? Sure. But as a chore, no. I don't expect each person to wash their own dishes after a meal, so it seems odd to me. I mean, do you and your husband wash your dishes separately from each other? If not, why does your son?
We don't wash our dishes separately, but each person is expected to rinse and put their dishes in the dishwasher when they are finished eating. Works great if someone has emptied the clean dishes out!
I'm in the do your thing and maybe look at using different vocabulary with family. And, grow a thicker skin. It is very useful in parenting! I've had many people ask how I got my dc to be so helpful around the house. Including a sil who wanted to know when her dc (who were 10 and 12 at the time/mine were around 17-19) would be old enough to jump up and cheerfully help with the dishes after a meal. I sort of stuck my foot in my mouth when I unthinkingly responded with they started when they were just toddling about. It has just been our lifestyle from day one. She got curious and asked about more specific stuff later (like how old when they started doing their laundry when she saw ds putting his in). She was overheard bragging to a friend the next summer about how her dc were doing their own laundry. Some of this comes from homeschooling. They are home and it seems to naturally lead to them helping out more. More time to do things earlier and more often together. I know my mom got us off to school and then managed the household stuff without us around to get in the way. It really is easier to just do it by yourself, but when you don't have by yourself time the littles naturally want to help. As long as you can lower your standards and have the patience, it is really good for their little selves to be allowed to help and learn.
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Favorite: ds==welding DE...
dd21b--BJU biology
dd23--Write at Home-- research paper
Least favorite--dd23 and 21--a computer health class (I must agree it was absolutely awful)
Ds--Write at Home
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Well yes but I really think I'm being irrational. Mostly it's pre-calculus. But if she pushes she should be finished.
It absolutely will be fine. Even if she doesn't finish pre-calc. If she doesn't, you DO still have the summer she can keep working on it. It is even okay for you to report it as finished and give it a grade so that she can send in a final transcript. (Keep in mind that most schools do not complete a text book!)Her placement for math is most likely already decided based on ACT/SAT scores. Some schools do have dc take a separate placement test at their summer orientation. Either way, she will be perfectly fine.
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Dd21b started her break off having a couple of wisdom teeth removed. Happy to say that she has finally recovered. Now, she has begun her winter break class online...She is going to have a busy break. Dd21a has been making cookies and watching tv. Dd23 has been sleeping and going to doctors. So far she has a new prescription for glasses and has clean teeth. Allergist is set for after Christmas. So, for the most part, she will sleep. Ds doesn't start break until after Monday.
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I know of two people who were held in a similar manner who were both white and both convicted of "crimes" they did not really commit. One of them avoided jail, one went to jail for two years. In both cases a serious scapegoat was needed. One of them was a school situation, one was a work situation, but both of them were teens who were held without their parents being told until the "confessed" to crimes they had not committed. Both of them were white, middle class boys.
Sadly, I doubt this situation was as uncommon as people would like to think. One good thing about it is that with all the Muslim attention maybe this will get enough press to get this stuff stopped for good. I do think that prejudice against teens is just as common as racial prejudice. I think there is a borderline element in law enforcement that believes teens to be not worthy of due process. Not all law enforcement is that way to be sure, but it only takes a few to really ruin someone's life.
This is what I was thinking too. His being Muslim may work in his favor. It will bring public focus and pressure to not discriminate. (Even if his religion is not the cause of the charges.) As a result, he may have a chance to be released/not charged. I hope for his sake that this is the case.
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Had this happen to a friend's friend quite a few years ago. He was arrested, held in juvie (where his family was not allowed to have any contact with him), and prosecuted. He was found guilty despite the fact that every single person involved said that they knew he was not making a threat. (He whispered to a friend, "Hey, I got something you can buy." During a bomb evacuation. There were many at this time. He opened his coat like he had stolen goods hiding in the lining.)He was kicked out of school for a few years. It has negatively impacted his life in a large way. (He is now 23. He was in 8th grade at the time.) I sat through the trial. It was an absolute farce. The judge should be prosecuted. THe school administrators should be prosecuted. The child who "reported" it should be charged with making a false report. The school system did get what it was after. They got a kid who was struggling out of their system. It had nothing to do with race.
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If you provide half of her support or more, you can claim her as a member of the household. EEk. Just realized what you were asking. I think, but am not certain, that she would be considered an independent student...Such a common issue. Seems like there should be an easy answer. Hope someone else comes along who knows more...
editing to add: I can't believe I thought about this in my sleep... FAFSA is actually for the school year which means it would run starting in Sept/Aug. The awards are for the school year, not the calendar year. So, I would fill it out in Jan. with where she will be starting in Sept. 2016-May 2017. THis spring semester is covered under last year's filing.
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I chose from what we have on hand because it is in an easily accessed account, but I would put it on a credit card. (I really see the first two answers as being the same choice.) I don't walk around with or keep that kind of money in the house. I prefer using credit card to checks (not to mention many places do not want/take checks anymore), also another cash back fan. I put everything on cash back.