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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 24, 2019 15:56:27 GMT
Yes, it is hurricane system, but it’s not as if they appear out of nowhere. If there is no depression heading in that direction, you can just expect the typical rain and sun that we get this time of year. Believe me, if there’s a hurricane heading toward Ft. Lauderdale when your conference is scheduled, you won’t have to wonder. It will be cancelled and rescheduled.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 22, 2019 22:27:34 GMT
DS got our 8 year old Honda CRV when he turned 17. He didn’t bother to get his license until then. When he went away to college 2 years later, he traded with his dad and is now driving a 2010 Outback. We didn’t feel comfortable with him making 7 hour drives to and from college with a car with over 100,000 miles and the Outback has better safety ratings as well.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 22, 2019 2:27:38 GMT
No, because the public still needs to hear the verbal diarrhea he spews daily so that he can be held accountable, BUT it should spend more time on what his admin is doing and less time on what he says. Flip the coverage concentration.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 21, 2019 23:05:42 GMT
Tuition is paid by the state because DS was adopted from foster care. He earned a Bright Futures scholarship and got a transfer scholarship when he transferred from community college (free because of me) to UCF. Those pay for his books and give him loads of spending money. DH and I have a 529 for DS, and we pay his housing out of that. Since he was already on our insurance, cell plan, etc, we continue to pay those things.
He also just got a part time job with the college, so he’s saving his money from it. Like both of his grandfathers, DS is pretty tight with his money. He might actually graduate not only debt free but with more cash in hand than when he started.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 12, 2019 15:21:58 GMT
I’m in Pensacola, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it as it is one of the poorer counties in Florida. However, the Gulf Coast beaches are definitely the better ones, as is the water unless she wants to get into surfing.
Living near a beach is easier as a young adult who might be willing to live in a small (but expensive) condo on the beach, but probably not once your daughter starts a family. Houses on or near the beach are expensive! And one hour from the beach is NOT close. DH and I live 30 to 45 minutes from both Perdido and Pensacola beaches yet almost never go because of the hassle of packing up and traveling back and forth.
I would second New Port Richey (near Tampa) as a possibility, perhaps also Destin or Navarre (near Pensacola). Just get ready for energy sapping heat and humidity. Our heat index today is 113, with actual temp of 94. There’s a reason everyone has AC here. Bugs—eh, I’m a Florida native, so those stupid palmetto bugs are nothing compared to nasty little food roaches, which I almost never see around here.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 3, 2019 23:34:29 GMT
DS is staying in the same off campus apartment, so he doesn’t have a move-in date though I believe his new roommate is moving in 8/13. His classes start 8/19 as do mine. 😭
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 31, 2019 15:06:28 GMT
We originally went with Sling and subscribed to CBS All Access, along with the Prime and Netflix we already had. It was . . . okay. CBS All access was VERY glitchy. Lots of freezing and refusing to finish a program. We’ve switched to PlayStation Vue and get all our local stations streaming. Still not perfect, but much better than Sling and my non-HD via internet provider that I had before.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 29, 2019 21:15:14 GMT
Students who email me to ask what they should be reading for class this week instead of looking at the schedule ON THE SAME WEBSITE THEY EMAILED ME FROM. (Dumba$$es)
Generally, the exact same students as above who email to ask why they got X grade on an assignment when all that information is on the rubric and the marked paper online.
I swear online students can be the laziest creature on the planet.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 29, 2019 15:45:47 GMT
I am Mom voted for JFK while pregnant with me old.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 29, 2019 1:12:46 GMT
I have an iPad and DH has a Fire. Many times, he tries to order things online and is unable to because of compatibility issues. When that happens, I get to do the ordering from my iPad—no problems for me. So, yes, it should do the things you are interested in but you will probably run into a few sites that just won’t work correctly on the Fire.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 28, 2019 15:56:28 GMT
OTC cortisone can help some as do cooling gels (like for sunburns) though bad flare ups generally require prescriptions for me.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 28, 2019 15:49:51 GMT
I've lost my mojo, I feel so sad that I can't show my mum the things I'm making. We might not have seen eye to eye about many things but she was always so interested in what I was doing craft-wise and loved seeing my crafty purchases. The husband is trying to be interested but it's really not the same. Is there a local yarn shop near you with a knitting group? Perhaps hanging out there could help you get that mojo back? My husband tries to be enthusiastic, too, but eventually he gets the same glazed look that I develop when he starts talking sports or video gaming to me. The yarn shop really helps!
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 28, 2019 15:39:34 GMT
My husband’s putting up with my crazy helped before my hysterectomy, but did nothing for the hot flashes. I was using Estroven (OTC) and some nasty estrogen internal cream, neither of which consistently helped because my doctor was reluctant to put me on an oral estrogen replacement due to my mother’s history of both breast and ovarian cancer.
After finding I didn’t have the errant BRCA gene and getting a hysterectomy, my surgeon put me on Estradiol and it has been smooth sailing! In addition to the sweats and mood swings, I had also been having hormone-linked migraines. Those, too, disappeared. (Of course, weight appeared instead, but all in all I am okay with the trade-off)
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 28, 2019 4:18:52 GMT
This has been the policy in our district for a while. The results of the test are not common knowledge. If there is a problem, the parent is notified and the school arranged counseling (if the parent wants). Students who test positive aren’t allowed to take part in their extra curricular competitions until they are clean. It’s random and unannounced.
As a parent, I would rather learn early so that I can take action than only find out when he’s in the hospital.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 25, 2019 15:53:43 GMT
I’m a member at my unionized college, also executive board member and past president. It’s VERY important for us as we have an administration that is very antithetical to faculty.
In the last few years, we’ve fought (and won) against admin putting double the amount of students in online classes as in face to face, replacing tenure-track with non-tenure-track faculty, keeping faculty on annual contracts beyond state limits, censoring the student newspaper, . . . Unions do far more than bargain salaries!
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 23, 2019 22:36:51 GMT
To me, it’s over the top. Was it expensive for your DS to take the car with him? Car insurance rates here are crazy high and parking permits run around $100/mo. For us, adding parking/gas/insurance would have increased our monthly cost by at least $300/mo. Add that to a $30K+ tuition/housing we were already paying and it just wasn't something we could do even though it would have made their lives a bit easier. He was already on our insurance and his parking pass is $75/ year for campus. Parking is included at his off campus dorm, so no extra cost there. Since he’s living off campus (he was a transfer with no on campus housing available), it’s far cheaper than having him Uber every time he needs to get groceries, movies, etc. for us, it was just a given.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 23, 2019 20:20:19 GMT
To me, it’s over the top. DS is in college 7 hours away; we never considered not sending him with his car—especially since he’s living in off campus housing. While UCF has shuttle service, I don’t want him stuck if he’s on campus after shuttles stop running, or not able to get the supplies he needs for classes that the bookstore doesn’t sell, or lugging his groceries on a bus or wasting money on Uber to go to the movies and concerts. We are actually pretty pissed that his girlfriend’s parents shipped her off to UCF as well, apparently trusting that either our DS or her roommate would always be available and willing to ferry her around.
When I went off to college, freshmen weren’t allowed cars; I made it to Thanksgiving without mine. Even with the activities on campus, I was going stir crazy not being able to leave campus. My college was slap in the middle of a residential area, with NO shopping, restaurants, entertainment within walking distance. So, while I understand why some colleges restrict freshmen from having cars, I don’t think it is a great solution.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 21, 2019 16:40:58 GMT
Definitely! DH teases me that I cry at comedies, so tears really flow with truly dramatic deaths in movies or series. And I have been known to get tears while reading the conclusion of “Sonny’s Blues” short story in my college English course. Happy tears, but tears nonetheless.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 18, 2019 15:02:23 GMT
I am so sorry for the loss of your wonderful daughter but hope that being with her husband and the grand babies may help you all to cope.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 14, 2019 16:37:36 GMT
At this moment, I’m watching the Wimbledon men’s singles final instead of doing overdue grading or cleaning the house. After the match is over, I’m sure that I will find something else I would rather be doing than the boring chores I hate.
Both being lazy and being a perfectionist play into my procrastination. With chores, it’s being lazy, as well as a sense of futility. I’ve graded so many papers over the course of 30 years, yet the vast majority of students just look at the grade and move on. Why should I waste my time marking the problems to help them improve? Yet my gut won’t let me not do it, so I put it off. With things I like to do, like knitting and crochet, it’s perfectionism. Am I making the best use of that fabulous yarn? Am I sure I know how to do this? What happens if I mess it up?
Both parents played into this. My mother was a huge perfectionist. The house was never clean enough. I never was thin enough. Dad never made enough money. Dad’s response was to shrug his shoulders and let the garage and shed and man cave be hoarder’s paradises. Lucky me, I incorporate both.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 12, 2019 17:02:34 GMT
Ours are all in the kitchen, in a corner cabinet that is too oddly shaped for much of anything else. Prescriptions are on the lower shelf, with mine on one side and DH’s on the other. OTC, like aspirin and Pepto are on the same shelf, behind the prescriptions. Less used OTC and bulky things like glasses cleaner, Neti-pot, and retainer cleaner are on the top shelf. Doesn’t take digging to find anything and it’s all corralled near cups and water.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 11, 2019 17:00:10 GMT
I started learning to knit in January and have worked up to beginning to knit socks. I’m accumulating needles, and I want to get good ones that will work for me for years. So, here’s the question:
In general, what are your favorite needles? Do you use circulars for everything or a mixture depending on the project? Finally, if you knit socks, what do you prefer: double points, two circular needles, or magic loop?
i realize that every person knits differently, but I’m just trying to get an idea. And, while I don’t have unlimited funds, I am willing to invest in needles that will last.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 1, 2019 20:45:29 GMT
To a degree, we’ve had this come up with both my parents and my in-laws, more aimed at religion than politics, though. Both grandmothers told my son that he should get us to go to church because they wanted to be with us in heaven. Also, my mother complained that so many of my friends are LGBTQ and didn’t I have any “normal” friends. To a 10 to 14 year old. Of course, DS immediately came home upset about his grandparents denigrating his parents.
Our solution was simple. DS spoke to his parents, both together and separately, and I spoke to mine, letting them know that we didn’t appreciate what they were doing to DS. If they had issues with our parenting, they could speak with us, but to leave DS out of it. They stopped until DS had gotten into high school and then started in again. At that point, DS just started telling them what he believed (more liberal than either of his parents), which shut them up.
Of course, now that he’s finishing college, all they ever talk about is what a great job we did raising him. Yup! We raised him to think for himself and evaluate evidence. Glad you approve.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 1, 2019 20:12:56 GMT
I’m with voltagain. I don’t consider cooking, gardening, or researching on the computer to be fun things—just things to be done—and my family knows that. DH and I split chores, with more weighted to his side, so the issue you’re having has never cropped up for me. My hobbies are reading and yarn stuff. My crochet and knitting might result in a gift for a family member, but it’s still primarily for my relaxation!
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 29, 2019 22:06:55 GMT
With stipulations.
Going forward, before getting a loan, student would have to contract for X# of years service with an approved business or government entity for every Y$ to be forgiven. This could include military service. For those who have already accumulated the debt, again, there would be some sort of trade off of service for forgiveness—not simply erasing the debt.
If it were set up so that the service would develop salable job skills, that would benefit both society and the students.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 27, 2019 16:54:22 GMT
How do y’all keep polish on your toenails and still walk on the beach? Pensacola’s sand scrubs it right off, so there’s no point in a pedicure if I’m spending much time at the beach.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 25, 2019 17:54:51 GMT
I teach literature, so there are several that I reread every year as I teach them: Huck Finn, Passing, The Awakening, some Shakespeare plays.
For fun, I reread a lot, especially when I just can’t seem to find my reading mojo. Pick up an old friend, and I’m back in the groove:
Outlander series Sookie Stackhouse series Harry Potter series Jane Yellowrock series Mercy Thompson series Dragon riders of Pern series Everything by Mercedes Lackey
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 25, 2019 17:27:32 GMT
HahahahahahhhHhahhahahhhahhha
I don’t even remember the ones I had last semester. To be fair, though, I have around 150 students per semester and I see them twice a week. I’m lucky if I get all their names correct by midterms.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 24, 2019 19:26:33 GMT
DH coaches swimming and lacrosse for the high school at which he teaches. I have been to one lacrosse game in 3 years and no swim matches, up I have been to all the banquets at his request. I don’t know the parents or the students, so there’s no reason for me to go to a game or meet, sit by myself and read or knit. I can do that at home in more comfort.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jun 3, 2019 4:51:44 GMT
I generally have read the book first, but don’t have a rule that I must read it before seeing the movie. Occasionally, I will learn that a movie is based on a book only after seeing the movie. At that point, I often go back and read the book. In most cases, the book is still better or at least gives me more insight. The only movies based on books, and I use the term loosely, that I won’t read are all the superhero ones. I love the spectacle of the Marvel movies without having any desire to read years’ worth of comics!
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