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Post by auntkelly on Sept 2, 2023 13:15:27 GMT
As huskermom said, the Huskers lost in a close one last night. I had no expectations for this game. Road game. New coach. We played so much better than I hoped and then lost a heartbreaker. The Huskers have lost 26 one score or less games in 3 years. We have to get over the hump. Just too many mistakes. This. I always have hope but it’s been a long time since we have been impressive. We can only get better… I think Nebraska has one of the best coaches in college football. I think Rhule will put Nebraska back on top after a couple of seasons.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 2, 2023 13:08:06 GMT
My Oklahoma Sooners play Arkansas State today.
It should be an easy win, but you never know how things will go in the season opener.
All the realignments are crazy. It won’t be much of a hardship for the football team to fly across the country a few times a year, but when you think about sports like soccer, basketball and softball, in which athletes play a couple of games a week, the travel schedule will be grueling.
BOOMER!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 31, 2023 18:53:48 GMT
I love the Nebraska fans for getting out and supporting their female athletes!
Here in Oklahoma, the state has gone mad for softball due to the success of the OU softball team (OSU is pretty good too!) It's nearly impossible to get a ticket to an OU softball game and the tickets to the national championship tournament (played in Oklahoma City every year) are also hard to come by. The whole state is talking about nothing but softball when the tournament is going on.
I just love that people are finally starting to realize that it's just as fun to cheer on the female athletes as it is to cheer on the male athletes.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2023 16:18:29 GMT
I finally finished Demon Copperhead. I thought it was a good representation of the societal issues in the area I live. Many parts of this book are heartbreaking and unfortunately all too accurate. I had to take breaks while reading this book. I cannot stop thinking about that book, especially the relationship between Demon and Coach. I was so mad at Coach as I read the second half of that book. I was yelling in my head, "Sober up and make Demon have that surgery! Don't let him move in w/ that girlfriend! Make him finish high school! What are you thinking!!!" I was just so sad that Coach didn't save Demon. However, in the end, Demon didn't blame Coach for his problems (as I was doing), but realized Coach was battling his own demons. I thought the reconciliation between Coach and Demon at the end was so beautiful and understated. Demon didn't blame Coach for his misfortune. We really don't even know what Demon and Coach talked about. We just knew they understood each other and forgave each other. I thought it was a beautiful way of resolving that relationship.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 20, 2023 14:09:21 GMT
My kids have attended both public and private schools. The first private school they attended in Oklahoma had a program for kids who needed extra help. They met for an hour before school started and the program cost an additional $1400 per year. That was twenty years ago, so I'm sure it's gone up since then.
The private school my son attended in Texas billed itself as a true college prepatory school and didn't offer tutoring or any accommodations, as far as I know. They made no bones about suggesting underperforming kids find a school which better fit them.
Both of these schools were secular and I don't think either school would be interested in receiving any money from the government, especially if it came w/ strings attached.
Obviously, I think private schools have their place, but I don't think they ought to receive any government funds and I don't think parents should get a tax break for sending their kids to a private school, for all the reasons which have been discussed on this thread.
In this particular case, I can't help but wonder if there's more to the story about why the school is charging so much for such seemingly simple accommodations. I'm not saying the parents aren't being truthful, but people often leave out key details of a story which don't support their position. Of course, the school can't talk to other parents about this child. They can't tell their side of the story.
If I was in the OP's position and felt the school was dealing unfairly w/ other students I might go to the administrators and talk in a general way about how they handle students who need accommodations. If I felt the school wasn't living up to their mission statement, I might call them out on it.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 20, 2023 13:37:41 GMT
My husband just went to his 50th; people came from all over and he really enjoyed it. I think good planning and reaching far and wide for alumni makes a considerable difference. I'm biased, but I think my hometown does a great job of making everyone feel welcome at their class reunions. The reunions are all held on the weekend of the homecoming football game on the first Friday in October. (It's always the same weekend). Every five years classes have reunions. I graduated in 1978 and my class is celebrating its 45th reunion this year. All the classes graduating in a year ending in 8 or 3 will be having reunions at homecoming. There is a coffee at the school in the morning, a luncheon that the whole town is welcome to attend, an assembly at the high school where each class is recognized, a parade in the afternoon and then the football game that night. The class reunions are usually casual events which are held after the football game. (A lot of people pick and choose what events they will attend, but I like to go to all of them). The high school kids see the alumni having fun and think "someday that will be me coming home for my reunion." And people do turn out for the reunions from all over-especially the big ones like the 20th, 30th and 50th.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2023 14:05:39 GMT
I think it's fine for business casual, especially since it's a fund raiser.
I'd dress it up w/ a gold pendent necklace (I have one from Julie Vos that would be perfect w/ that dress).
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2023 13:46:17 GMT
I have stuff in carts all over the internet.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2023 13:42:31 GMT
I've been to most of mine and have always had a good time. I grew up in a small town, so that might make a difference.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 16, 2023 13:34:48 GMT
What a nice photo!
I'm always happy when Peas post meet up photos. (And to be honest, I'm always a little jealous too, even though I've gotten to meet several peas over the years).
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 15, 2023 23:10:55 GMT
Great!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 15, 2023 17:58:19 GMT
I saw Sean released a statement. This is from People magazine: people.com/blind-side-sean-tuohy-speaks-out-about-michael-oher-legal-petition-7643431This is interesting to me, must be what he is offering as an explanation: "Tuohy insisted the conservatorship that prompted the filing of Monday’s petition was unrelated to the movie. Rather, it was a way to appease the NCAA, the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics, when it appeared Oher was likely to play football at the University of Mississippi. Tuohy was an All-American point guard at the Southern university known as "Ole Miss" and an active supporter of the school. As such, he would qualify as a “booster” under NCAA rules." “Michael was obviously living with us for a long time, and the NCAA didn’t like that,” Tuohy told the Daily Memphian. “They said the only way Michael could go to Ole Miss was if he was actually part of the family. I sat Michael down and told him, ‘If you’re planning to go to Ole Miss — or even considering Ole Miss — we think you have to be part of the family. This would do that, legally.’ We contacted lawyers who had told us that we couldn’t adopt over the age of 18; the only thing we could do was to have a conservatorship. We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure the biological mother came to court.” And also: Oher's attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV told ESPN that the Super Bowl champion recently learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks, and hired Stranch to begin looking into the situation. That led the attorney to uncover the conservatorship papers earlier this year that showed Oher was allegedly never officially adopted by the Tuohy family. Sean’s statement possibly explains why the Tuohys petitioned the court for a conservatorship, but it doesn’t explain why the Tuohy’s didn’t exercise their power under the conservatorship to negotiate a cut of the movie profits for Oher, as they apparently did for themselves and their two biological children.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 14, 2023 18:23:28 GMT
How exciting for your son and his husband!
Their dogs are certainly going to enjoy having a big yard to play in!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 14, 2023 18:17:43 GMT
I had one DNF this week You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. I stopped reading when one character asked another if she'd let a guy she'd just met ride her bareback and nut in her. I'm no prude but it was so crassly written I couldn't go on.
Sometimes this thread is just as helpful to me in deciding what I don't want to read as what I do want to read.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 14, 2023 18:09:42 GMT
I read Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. I think Patchett is a wonderful writer and this book is a great summer read. The main character's three young adult daughters have moved back in with their parents during the covid lockdown. The parents live on a cherry farm in Michigan. As the daughters help their mother with the cherry harvest, she tells them of a long ago romance she had with a now famous actor.
I don't think this is Patchett's best book, but I did enjoy it and highly recommend it.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 14, 2023 13:10:04 GMT
I hope all your kids have a great year! I miss those days!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 13, 2023 3:29:10 GMT
So I’m getting out the tape measure . . . .
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 13, 2023 3:21:43 GMT
Congrats! Great photos!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 10, 2023 14:17:44 GMT
We're attending a destination wedding next month. I don't really consider a destination wedding to be a vacation. When you have to get dressed up and attend events that someone else has planned, that's not really a vacation in my mind. It's easy to say "you don't have to go," but realistically, when you've been friends w/ the parents for forty years, it's pretty hard to say "we just don't want to spend the money and take the time to go to your child's wedding." With regard to the handful of destination weddings we've attended, I've never felt like the couple chose a destination wedding to save money. I think all the destination weddings we've attended would have been cheaper in the couple's hometown. I think the bride and groom just wanted to have a destination wedding. Everyone is different so I respect that. Respectfully though, I would agree it would be tough to say you don't want to spend time and money to go to a dear friend's child's wedding (though unless I was very close with the child I wouldn't feel obligated personally), but ONLY if the wedding was a typical event...a gift, a local venue, an evening...that I think is reasonable. When you start talking travel, taking off work, etc...all bets are off, IMHO. That's a big ask. I just don't agree you ate obligated. And I would absolutely understand if I was your dear friend. I don’t know that I would use the word “obligated” to describe how I feel about attending my friend’s daughter’s wedding. Both my husband and I really want to be at the wedding. We just wish it wasn’t a destination wedding! Our friends would understand if we didn’t make it and they have specifically told us that. In the end, we’ll go and have a good time and be glad we went. We’ll have another great memory to share with our friends. As others have said, I was just venting because it would be easier for me if the wedding was local.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 10, 2023 13:07:06 GMT
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 10, 2023 12:54:44 GMT
I’m so sorry. 🙏
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 9, 2023 12:33:33 GMT
What are the odds of being in the exact spot where the hawk dropped the snake?
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 8, 2023 17:30:56 GMT
I'm so sorry.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 8, 2023 14:24:49 GMT
We're attending a destination wedding next month.
I don't really consider a destination wedding to be a vacation. When you have to get dressed up and attend events that someone else has planned, that's not really a vacation in my mind.
It's easy to say "you don't have to go," but realistically, when you've been friends w/ the parents for forty years, it's pretty hard to say "we just don't want to spend the money and take the time to go to your child's wedding."
With regard to the handful of destination weddings we've attended, I've never felt like the couple chose a destination wedding to save money. I think all the destination weddings we've attended would have been cheaper in the couple's hometown. I think the bride and groom just wanted to have a destination wedding.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 7, 2023 15:17:03 GMT
My daughter got married last May. She and her husband chose to get married where we live, rather than the state they currently live in. As soon as they got engaged, the groom’s parents sent my husband and I a text that said they would like to help pay for the wedding and would split the costs in any way we wanted. We ended up splitting the costs fairly traditionally and it worked out beautifully. We paid for most of the wedding and reception. The groom’s parents paid for the rehearsal dinner, the musicians who played at the wedding and the band who played at the wedding. They also payed for part of the honeymoon. In the end, I think it probably worked out pretty evenly. We told our daughter and son in law how much we were willing to spend on the wedding and they stuck to that budget, paying for a few extras themselves. I agree with peabay about it being one of the best nights of our lives. I enjoyed our daughter’s wedding every bit as much and maybe even more than I enjoyed our own. To me, it was worth every penny we spent. I’m not sure my son will ever get married. At 31, he seems pretty content as a bachelor. I can’t see him ever wanting to have a big, traditional wedding like his sister. However, we will be supportive whatever he decides. I’m not sure we’ll give him the exact amount for his wedding as we gave his sister. It has nothing to do with gender, we’ve just never believed that we had to spend the same exact amount of money on our children. We tend to look at situations when they arise. For example, we spent a lot more on our son’s education than our daughter’s education because he chose to go to a private university while she chose to go to a public university. At the end, we didn’t say to our daughter “Here is all the money you saved us by attending a public university rather than a private university. We owe it to you since we paid more for your brother’s education than we did for your education.” I don’t think there is ever a right answer about how much a parent should contribute towards a wedding. It all depends on the circumstances. I don’t think anyone should ever go into long term debt to pay for a wedding.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 5, 2023 21:07:13 GMT
I’m so sorry. I hope you find a new job which you love soon.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 5, 2023 21:04:55 GMT
My favorite is plain w/ strawberry cream cheese.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 4, 2023 13:54:11 GMT
That gives me a whole new perspective on all the yard signs that will soon pop up in my neighborhood which say "Happy Fall, Y'all."
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 4, 2023 13:29:20 GMT
I do get obsessed with trip advisor and any other site I can find addressing any aspect of an upcoming trip.
I don’t worry too much about random negative reviews if there are mostly positive reviews. Some people will complain about anything!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 1, 2023 23:28:49 GMT
I love living in Oklahoma. Your signature line says "TX" for location. Just something I noticed. I'd have left for OK, too! We lived in Texas for ten years, then moved back to OK. I copied my signature line from the old board (we were living in Texas when the old board shut down).
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