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Post by lecky on Jul 4, 2020 6:44:25 GMT
springbeduk we've done 2 varsity tutors camps. The first one was really good. The one we just did this past week was awful. We didn't even do the last 2 days. The lady was not engaging at all. She was just sitting in her basement making crafts basically and she never changed her Zoom name so it said Mamaw 🥴 We signed up for the Manadarin one which I think is at the end of this month so we'll see how it goes.
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Post by lecky on Jul 4, 2020 6:50:33 GMT
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Post by lrmrtn on Jul 4, 2020 14:05:06 GMT
I am about to be facing moving expenses and the first thing I want to buy is a big, beautiful Balsam Hill Christmas tree to replace the tall, skinny tree we have that was the only thing that fit in our current house. Priorities. Same. But we need to buy a washer and dryer first.
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Post by athena on Jul 4, 2020 14:25:23 GMT
springbeduk we've done 2 varsity tutors camps. The first one was really good. The one we just did this past week was awful. We didn't even do the last 2 days. The lady was not engaging at all. She was just sitting in her basement making crafts basically and she never changed her Zoom name so it said Mamaw 🥴 We signed up for the Manadarin one which I think is at the end of this month so we'll see how it goes. We've done one so far and have another next week. DD1 loved the first one we'll have to see how this week goes.
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Jul 4, 2020 15:44:16 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 4, 2020 15:44:16 GMT
lecky athena what was the one that you did that was good?
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Jul 4, 2020 15:51:44 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 4, 2020 15:51:44 GMT
I'm so out of momming energy at the moment that I'm considering paying 10$ for dd to do a 30 minute 20 questions/mystery box activity this evening. Silly.
There's a scavenger hunt one early afternoon that's only 6$ though ... Probably worth it.
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Jul 4, 2020 15:59:05 GMT
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Post by lecky on Jul 4, 2020 15:59:05 GMT
lecky athena what was the one that you did that was good? Hands-on Home Science Lab
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 4, 2020 16:06:54 GMT
lecky athena what was the one that you did that was good? Hands-on Home Science Lab Oh dd would really love that (if it's being offered again - I think I saw it on the list for upcoming dates though) and it's helpful to know it's good - thanks! I'll have to look at the details about it and see how hard it would be for her to do in her room without catastrophic mess or to keep ds out of stuff (hah!) if she did it in the kitchen ...
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Post by athena on Jul 4, 2020 16:38:17 GMT
lecky athena what was the one that you did that was good? Fairytale Fun
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jul 4, 2020 18:01:46 GMT
Some one is going around shooting out and breaking windows on cars and store fronts. Several cars in our town and our old town have been hit, along with one of the windows on the store where I buy yarn. Theybhave also hit a couome of towns in Iowa too. The cops have a couple of grainy pics from some security cameras, but no leads. I told dh im putting my van in my garage, and he should out his as close to the house as possible since we cant get into his garage yet.
We also want to get some security cameras, but want to find some that we dont have to pay a monthly fee for. Any ideas on brands?
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Jul 4, 2020 18:06:19 GMT
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 4, 2020 18:06:19 GMT
We had fools driving around with a giant American flag hanging off the back of their truck last night after dark lighting massively loud and terrifying fireworks out of the bed. In addition to all the others doing them from their homes. It was shaking the house. I just turning up the white noise machine in the kids room. They only woke up once.
Tonight is going to be fun! Not.
FTR, we’ve had massive amounts of fireworks nightly for the last several weeks. Last night was the worst so far, though.
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Jul 4, 2020 18:08:49 GMT
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 4, 2020 18:08:49 GMT
Some one is going around shooting out and breaking windows on cars and store fronts. Several cars in our town and our old town have been hit, along with one of the windows on the store where I buy yarn. Theybhave also hit a couome of towns in Iowa too. The cops have a couple of grainy pics from some security cameras, but no leads. I told dh im putting my van in my garage, and he should out his as close to the house as possible since we cant get into his garage yet. We also want to get some security cameras, but want to find some that we dont have to pay a monthly fee for. Any ideas on brands? We have cameras and find them useless to thwarting property crime. The police here just don’t respond most of the time unless someone’s life is threatened. We have Ring for what’s it’s worth and pay a monthly fee but no complaints. The video quality it good, we like the motion censor and alert parts, too, but so many raccoons, rats and spiders set them off 😂
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Post by luvboston on Jul 4, 2020 22:09:29 GMT
Happy 4th!
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Post by athena on Jul 5, 2020 1:00:39 GMT
Our AC went out today. So that's fun. Luckily my uncle is in HVAC so he's looking at it for us. FX it's an easy fix.
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Post by luvboston on Jul 5, 2020 2:09:51 GMT
Our AC went out today. So that's fun. Luckily my uncle is in HVAC so he's looking at it for us. FX it's an easy fix. I’ll pray for you. We need a new toilet and our pipe is clogged so that will be at least $500 why do we own houses?
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Post by athena on Jul 5, 2020 2:40:13 GMT
Our AC went out today. So that's fun. Luckily my uncle is in HVAC so he's looking at it for us. FX it's an easy fix. I’ll pray for you. We need a new toilet and our pipe is clogged so that will be at least $500 why do we own houses? Thanks. He's got us working for now. We need a new capacitor, which luckily is not that expensive. He's got a couple of old ones hooked up to keep us cool through the next few days. It's in the 90s with like 90% humidity so we'd be dying without it. ETA Spoke too soon. It worked for about 30 minutes and then kicked off again. It's 84 in the house and it's muggy.
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Post by luvboston on Jul 5, 2020 7:32:22 GMT
@catitude how’s it going?
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Post by jennyinheaven on Jul 5, 2020 13:36:54 GMT
Happy 4th! What is that? Rice crispie treat?
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Jul 5, 2020 14:20:51 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 5, 2020 14:20:51 GMT
I’ll pray for you. We need a new toilet and our pipe is clogged so that will be at least $500 why do we own houses? Thanks. He's got us working for now. We need a new capacitor, which luckily is not that expensive. He's got a couple of old ones hooked up to keep us cool through the next few days. It's in the 90s with like 90% humidity so we'd be dying without it. ETA Spoke too soon. It worked for about 30 minutes and then kicked off again. It's 84 in the house and it's muggy. Oh no. is the capacitor by any chance a part that one can just walk into whatever store is open on Sundays and buy? (Or call ahead and pickup; whatever stores there are doing these days ...) Probably not but I hope he can get it fixed at least short term soon! Or maybe had a spare window unit he can lend you? One a client got rid of but that still works or something?
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Post by meggypoo1 on Jul 5, 2020 14:49:01 GMT
We are potty training this weekend. I don’t remember C struggling to poop on the potty just that she hated the big potty. T has pee down pretty good but poop he is a struggle. So gross...
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Jul 5, 2020 14:57:02 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 5, 2020 14:57:02 GMT
We are potty training this weekend. I don’t remember C struggling to poop on the potty just that she hated the big potty. T has pee down pretty good but poop he is a struggle. So gross... Good luck! Does he still just want to poop in diapers? (That was dd for a reeeeeally long time) or is he pooping other places?
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Post by meggypoo1 on Jul 5, 2020 15:09:04 GMT
We are potty training this weekend. I don’t remember C struggling to poop on the potty just that she hated the big potty. T has pee down pretty good but poop he is a struggle. So gross... Good luck! Does he still just want to poop in diapers? (That was dd for a reeeeeally long time) or is he pooping other places? No he doesn’t even though he is in a diaper for nap and bed so I am a little surprised. He just screamed for 2 days and then he just pooped in his underwear. He doesn’t really give a shit (yes I said that on purpose, lol) about the fact that I made him throw out his underwear.
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Post by athena on Jul 5, 2020 15:42:21 GMT
Thanks. He's got us working for now. We need a new capacitor, which luckily is not that expensive. He's got a couple of old ones hooked up to keep us cool through the next few days. It's in the 90s with like 90% humidity so we'd be dying without it. ETA Spoke too soon. It worked for about 30 minutes and then kicked off again. It's 84 in the house and it's muggy. Oh no. is the capacitor by any chance a part that one can just walk into whatever store is open on Sundays and buy? (Or call ahead and pickup; whatever stores there are doing these days ...) Probably not but I hope he can get it fixed at least short term soon! Or maybe had a spare window unit he can lend you? One a client got rid of but that still works or something? He's coming by later today to see if our fan motor is killing the capacitors and we need a new one. If we have to, we'll go to my parents house for the hottest parts of the day. They live in the same town just a half a mile away. He's got other capacitors in his work truck he can hook up, but if it's the fan motor, we'll probably have to wait til he can get the part. We'll be okay though.
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Post by niko on Jul 5, 2020 22:15:23 GMT
Let’s see, in the last 4 days... My Grandma’s chest freezer went out (over 20yrs old), so we were able to empty one of ours and give her because you can’t find/order a freezer anywhere around here right now. We now have a few months to purchase a new freezer before our hog we’ve agreed to purchase gets butchered. Our a/c stopped working and DH called our hvac guy last night at 11:30 to see what could be done. Thankfully, it was an easy fix and not very expensive, only $200. I then woke up this morning and opened our refrigerator and water dripped onto my foot. The damn fridge went out! So, we had to go shopping for a new refrigerator this morning. Luckily, we found one that is able to be delivered this Friday. Things are nuts around here and I really hope this is it for awhile.
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Post by athena on Jul 5, 2020 22:25:44 GMT
niko, that's a lot. My parents chest freezer went out last week too. They got one from my grandma as they too have found they are impossible to get.
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 5, 2020 23:41:46 GMT
J went without a diaper last night and all good. Cot night trained herself a while back. I’m almost ready to declare victory and claim diaper-free household!
Feels weird to say that.
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Post by scout251 on Jul 6, 2020 0:29:10 GMT
J went without a diaper last night and all good. Cot night trained herself a while back. I’m almost ready to declare victory and claim diaper-free household! Feels weird to say that. We are officially diaper free too and it’s awesome!! I gave away the last of our good nights pull ups today actually. Dd2 basically night trained herself right after she potty trained and then DD1 ditched her nighttime pull ups because god forbid DD2 do something that she isn’t.
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Post by scotty on Jul 6, 2020 3:07:44 GMT
We spent the weekend at my parents where they have air conditioning and I slept great for the first time in a while. When we got home it was 83° in our house and even hotter upstairs in the bedrooms. This summer has been brutal and it doesn't look like it is letting up any time soon.
We also had our fridge die about 2 weeks ago. We were lucky to find one about an hour away. It was overpriced but we didn't have any other option.
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Post by jennyinheaven on Jul 6, 2020 10:27:51 GMT
I really wish I could just have a day alone....
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Post by njgirl84 on Jul 6, 2020 11:03:31 GMT
I really wish I could just have a day alone.... I completely feel this
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