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Post by Mel on Oct 27, 2023 14:01:21 GMT
My DD is a Senior in HS. She will not be allowed to go to her Sr. Prom because she is graduating early (January) & it was a choice between going to prom or walking with her class for graduation. This is a really stupid rule IMO. Anyway, she went to her Jr. Prom last year with her first boyfriend. We took a million pics (I'm not even sure I have any of just her alone). They have since had a very bad break-up, to the point of an order of protection being sought against him(she has a temporary one in place) because he is stalking/harassing her. This relationship started out really good, he was on a good path for his life and tossed it all away when he started drinking(he seriously blew his life up, kicked out of the army, flunked out of HS with one class left to finish, etc.). He got in with some questionable people and boom!! He is in all of the prom pics. What should I do?? Cutting him out (or editing him out) will probably not work. Do I scrap them in the moment since they were a "happy" couple at that time? Do I not mention him at all (even though he's in the pics)? I've never had to deal with this sort of thing. I have family that don't speak to us anymore but I've scrapped those pics because it was a happier time, and eventually I'll make a page (or maybe not) about them leaving our lives. I am divorced, but it was amicable and even 8 yrs later it is still. Plus, he is their Dad, so he really needs to be in the pics. LOL Help??
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Post by Mel on Oct 27, 2023 12:55:49 GMT
I agree 90 minutes is long! Why don't they show them looking for food! My husband is over all the whining. 😄 I was saying that too!!! GO fishing!! Build a fish basket (I watch Naked & Afraid too hehe)!!
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Post by Mel on Oct 17, 2023 14:44:03 GMT
Ooooh I will try!! Yay!!
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Post by Mel on Oct 17, 2023 14:43:22 GMT
I went to a CM gathering at a Mommy & Me club in 1995ish. I thought it was a really cool hobby but there was NO way I could afford CM stuff, I always said when I got rich I'd start. LOL Thousands of dollars & 28 yrs later I have a Scrapbooking Shed in my side yard that is FULL of supplies & tools! LOL
I will say that my purchasing habits are WAY different from when I started. I would buy it as it came out back then. Now I buy it to fit certain pics/events/occassions... probably still over purchase... NAH!! LOL
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Post by Mel on Oct 16, 2023 15:08:11 GMT
I'm hit and miss!! LOL
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Post by Mel on Oct 12, 2023 14:38:47 GMT
Out of curiosity, Mel , what is the cost to have a single person disinterred where you work? Not including replacing the coffin, just digging up the vault and placing it somewhere else within your same facility? And to be honest, the necessity of replacing a coffin didn’t even occur to me. I assumed all coffins are put in those cement vaults. That is all I have ever seen done. I'm not sure on the cost of the funeral home(they basically oversee everything and sometimes they are the ones that help with the paperwork and making the arrangements) and vault company (lifting the vault out and transporting it to new locale and placing it in new grave). For our part though: the rough costs are ... $50 Administration fee (changing our records, etc)... $300-400 (I think? we haven't had one in a couple of years) to dig into the "old" grave... $750 to open and close the new grave... if there is a headstone that needs moved it's $100 for removal, and around $100-200 for the new foundation to be done (depends on the size of the stone)... So it could run around $1500 (give or take) for just the cemetery part. I'm betting it's close to that or more for the others as well. Filing fees/court cost, funeral home, vault company, cemetery... I'd guesstimate it's in the ballpark of $5000-6000 when it's all said and done. I'll never understand why people feel it necessary to do it just because they want to. I can totally understand if it's necessary for legal or health reasons (to prove a crime was commited, etc).
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Post by Mel on Oct 10, 2023 13:08:16 GMT
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I voted!! I hope she wins!
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Post by Mel on Oct 10, 2023 13:04:39 GMT
I so hope your relatives are returned to their original place of rest. Was something done at the cemetery where they were taken from to insure those plots could not be sold to anyone else? Will anything happen to the cemetery where they permitted your relatives being removed? They should have some sort of repercussion so this does not happen to another family. You can’t just have someone waltz in and have a body pulled without the proper paperwork and legal permissions. I'm not sure if the OP has addressed this, and don't know what state she is from but in my state, Iowa, this all has to go before a judge and there has to be a court order issued giving permission for any disinterment unless it is cemetery mistake(this would really only be if a person was buried in the wrong place, and there should be lots of safe guards in place so that doesn't happen). I know the hassle & expense of one disinterment, I can't even imagine 7!! And to have to do it all over again!! Wow! If you don't want to know the "logistics" scroll on... To do a disinterment here, there has to be funeral home involvement throughout the whole process, a vault setter/mover, transportation to & from, grave digger(which entails equipment and personnel). Then, depending upon the condition of the casket(if they are in vaults, they just move the whole vault and don't open it so they don't see the casket, if they do not use a vault though the casket is subject to decomposition/deterioration) & how long it's been buried, they might have to replace the casket which is a whooooole other set of expenses & craziness. All of this doesn't even begin until paperwork is file and a court decision is made. I work at a very large cemetery in Iowa, and I've seen about 4 of these in my 10 yrs here.
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Post by Mel on Oct 5, 2023 20:47:52 GMT
Umm... isn't the whole idea of self-check out being able to check out your self?? If I wanted someone else to scan my goods, I'd go to a manned register. Seems a bit counter productive to me.
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Post by Mel on Oct 5, 2023 20:45:05 GMT
Ohhh... I was going to mention that the tribe with no flint HAD Brandon with eye glasses... I know it's a lot of work but with some persistence, they probably could have had fire using the sun and his glasses...
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Post by Mel on Oct 5, 2023 14:14:45 GMT
It sounds like getting a jump on things with the "new" guy is going to be a good thing since no one else has really talked to him. He knows what your needs are so he can compare that to what they think the needs are and maybe figure out what the real problem is. Hang in there!! And, yeah, I'm a nosey Nellie too... hehe
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Post by Mel on Oct 5, 2023 13:09:19 GMT
YAY!!! Happy update!!! Congrats!
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Post by Mel on Oct 5, 2023 13:06:04 GMT
I think everyone is still getting their footing as far as who's who in the tribes, and they are focusing a lot on the yellow tribe (LuLu?) because they are such a train wreck it's hard not to. LOL I'm glad that Brandon is gone. He did tell a little more of his story which clarified his comments about being a superfan since he was 11, etc.
I'm not sure I really like Bruce. He doesn't seem like much of a team player. I know that is part of the big picture but in the beginning you sort of have to be to see where everyone fits in to the whole strategy. I guess we'll see.
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Post by Mel on Sept 29, 2023 13:29:38 GMT
I have the Stampin' Up! trimmer... it's nothing special though. LOL
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Post by Mel on Sept 29, 2023 13:00:10 GMT
It sounds like she is scrambling and trying to make it seem as though she didn't get the original stuff so that when it is due and not completed she can say that she was waiting for such and such so it's not her fault. Not necessarily with malice, just desperation.
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Post by Mel on Sept 28, 2023 15:39:12 GMT
I have a pair of my Great-grandmother's earrings, and a ring that was hers, I will pass them on to my girls eventually. I have a couple of my Dad's tie tack/bars. I'll have jewelry of my Mom's when she passes.
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Post by Mel on Sept 28, 2023 15:31:30 GMT
I agree with all of what you all said. As for the one who returned, Jeff is the one who put the target on his back by pointing out that he was returning. Should be an interesting season...
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Post by Mel on Sept 28, 2023 13:29:41 GMT
Generally in schools, kids can bring a packed lunch or they can get "hot lunch"- when I was in school, it was one option in elementary school- Tuesday was pizza day. When ds was in elementary, I think there were 2 options and they could also get breakfast in the morning. Free or reduced lunch is provided for those who qualify- although our state jidt passed a bill making lunch and breakfast free for everyone. In middle and high school, there are various options plus an a la carte line. This is how it was when I was growing up (70s & 80s) and still today at the schools here (I'm in Iowa, US). We don't have anything yet for free for anyone so you have to apply every year if you feel that you qualify for free or reduces prices. I used to pack a lunch for the kids to take because they were so picky and I didn't want them to go without if the hot lunch was something they didn't like. Now, I still have two in school, and my DS(16) eats hot lunch but my DD(17) can't eat what the school provides because she has Celiac and we can't be sure that it'll be safe for her to eat. If she eats at school, she always has to wipe the table, chair, etc. before she sits down due to the chance of crumbs contaminating her food. She was diagnosed when she was 13 so she is old enough to know what to do. Now that she is a Senior though, she only has morning classes so she can just eat at home when she gets done with her school for the day. If I had wanted to push the matter, the school would have had to make accommodations for her food safety but I didn't feel like it would be very nice to make such demands on the overworked lunch ladies when it was just as easy to send her lunch (not to mention the GF choices were very limited).
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Post by Mel on Sept 27, 2023 18:42:39 GMT
Ugh, one would hope that schools don't do this kind of thing anymore, but then articles like this pop up. When I was in elementary school, they would line us up in groups. Free lunch kids first, then reduced lunch kids, then everyone else. I'm sure it was for the ease of the cashier, trying to get a class through the line as quickly as possible, as back then we had to bring actual cash for lunch. But still. Even as a 1st grader, I knew I would be embarrassed if I had to be at the front of the line. Kids will pick on each other for anything. When I was in school, we had a ticket system, free, reduced, paying were all the same.
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Post by Mel on Sept 27, 2023 18:39:21 GMT
I think one of the things that jumps out at me is that they call it "Ice Cream Friday" like it's a school-wide treat that everyone can participate in. They should just say "Ice cream is offered as an ala carte item on Fridays during the lunch period". I wouldn't think of that as any different than offering cookies as ala carte items on the days that they bake extra. Bringing attention to it as "Ice Cream Friday" is sort of misleading.
I agree with all of you who have said kids shouldn't suffer for the parent's lack of money or motivation to keep up with the lunch account.
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Post by Mel on Sept 27, 2023 17:33:33 GMT
Awwwwww
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Post by Mel on Sept 27, 2023 17:31:11 GMT
If you haven't talked with a Q Anon believer - it is way worse and way more scary than you think. It's terrifying. I don't understand how people can whole heartedly believe this stuff. They would defend it (and him) to the death.
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Post by Mel on Sept 27, 2023 15:30:29 GMT
Wow!!! I'd be mad too!! I hope your attorneys can work their magic!
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Post by Mel on Sept 15, 2023 14:08:27 GMT
Bookstores would be nice, we have a tiny locally-owned one but that's all.
I'd also love to see LSS come back. I miss being able to touch things and see the real colors, and the fellowship, and demos, etc.
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Post by Mel on Sept 12, 2023 13:10:40 GMT
I've been summoned twice, I was excused the first time, there were no jury trials during the time I was on "stand by". The second time was about a year ago. Made it all the way through voir dire, I was juror #3, and they settled during a break before the trial was to begin.
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Post by Mel on Sept 12, 2023 13:02:57 GMT
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad 14 years ago this month. Somedays are pretty tough, even now. We finally convinced my mom to go home and sleep in her own bed, shower, eat, etc. and he passed away a few hours later. The last thing I said to him before I left for the night was to ask him to just please wait until after midnight so that it wouldn't be my DD's birthday anymore. The call came at 1:40 am.
Prayers for you and your family.
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Post by Mel on Sept 12, 2023 12:52:41 GMT
I’m with those saying that the director needs to have a conversation with her. There is a difference between cutting her some slack due to health issues and her not working at all. Right now it sounds like she is not getting anything productive done and that either needs to change or she goes back on leave. As to her emails, I would probably respond saying that those tasks were done x amount of days ago and that now we are just waiting on her report. I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I agree with all of this!! Health related or not, the bare fact is, she can't do her job, and it's making everyone look bad when she tries to pretend that she can (like sending cc to the clients, who does that?). You should definitely talk to someone. I'd also let HR in on the goings on, they might not have a clue that she is doing any of this, and you are the one that looks incompetent in the meantime. I'm so sorry that you're in such a stressful situation!!
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Post by Mel on Sept 8, 2023 15:17:57 GMT
Definitely weird. Are you sure your account hasn’t been hacked? DH and I have been checking our account logins for a few accounts and have seen some as far away as FL and AL, and we are nowhere near those states. Needless to say, we closed out any open sessions anywhere we are not (or couldn’t logically be considered routed through), and changed passwords. Nope! I did close out the other sign ins, and changed the password though, just to be safe!
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Post by Mel on Sept 8, 2023 14:34:30 GMT
Congratulations!! Here's to 100 more!!
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Post by Mel on Sept 8, 2023 14:30:17 GMT
Ok, so HOW does Netflix think they are going to crack down on "sharing" when the location is SO FAR off?? My DD just signed in with her tablet, she usually uses her phone or tv but decided to use the tablet this morning. She is in our home, using our wi-fi, and I got the "new device has signed in" email... the location says
The details
Device
Web Browser
Location
Virginia, United States
(This location may not be exact.)
Time
September 8th, 6:42 AM PDT
She is in the same place that she always signs in(her room, on our home wi-fi!)!! She's never been to Virginia!! LOL
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