[-]Has anyone bought or sold real estate in the last 3 months? In the market? Trying to get a sense of what is going on out there. Would love to sell our place and buy something bigger. I heard loans are hard to get now, though. Are boards being tougher as well?
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[-]need a reco for my mom -- she needs a mother of the groom dress. pretty traditional, doesn't have a load of $$ to spend. i am going to go with her to nordstrom, bloomingdale's, where else?
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[-]Have you been propositioned (for an affair)? What was the circumstance and how did you respond?
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Ikea... west elm... fortunoffs (we got our dining room set there)... Home Goods for finishing...
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LOL sure I hate how everyone tries to be cute here :-P! Most of what we have we got from my parents... we have a rug from the ABC carpet and home outlet/basement... We are replacing our sofa with a Jennifer Convertible (from my folks again). We have leather ottoman cubes for toys (I think west elm) and side tables from Ikea... Hope this helps! If I were you I would get catalogues if you have time and look for what you like... also try crate and barrel for dishes. Look at CB2 as well if you like modern... Ballard Designs if you are more traditional/classic. Also try Pottery Barn.
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[-]Can you test for G&T if you are not in NYC. Possible move, want to know options. If DC tests well, how do you get into Andersen. What is next step? TIA. If I knew we could get into Andersen, would make the move a lot easier.
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I highly doubt it unless you have an NYC lease, etc. They do offer additional testing over the Summer for DCs who move, but few spots available.
[ Reply | Options ]If your child tests well, how do you get to select Andersen over NEST or TAG? Are those the only three choices in the Manhattan?
[ Reply | Options ]There are City-wide options and District-wede options. Last yr the cut off scores were 97 for city-wide and 90 for district. If you made one or both of the cutoffs you received a form that allowed you to rank choices. That is why I feel pretty confident saying you would not be able to test unless you lived here, your choices are partially based upon where you live. last year siblings were given preference and then if there was more demand than supply for a school from 99 scores names were "drawn from a hat". Then the 98s got their choice, etc. The rules seem to change every year so who knows how it will work this year or next.
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[-]Do you think we have seen the worst of this economic crisis? If not, what do you think is coming next....? DH and I are not in finance and feel lost. TIA.
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[-]I recently found out I'm pregnant w/ dc #2, and I'm so stressed out because of our financial situation. I want to be happy - we've been trying for a long time, and now it finally happens as the economy is tanking and I've been laid off. Anyone else going through this right now?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Yes I am in the same position. Dh just lost his job and I am 3 months pregnant with #3 which we had been ttc for a year. I anm worried everyone is going to blame me for putting more pressure on dh (even though the baby was concieved prior to him losing his job). I wohm and was hoping to take 6 months leave which now isn't going to happen...but at the end of all of it I will never regret having this child.
[ Reply | Options ]i understand. i work in financial services and am having a baby in a week and it's very stressful because i really can't take very much time off. my dad keeps reminding me that they were trying to have a baby for 6 years when they had me and he lost "all" his money in the market right before I was born (and mom had quit her job) and he said that it didn't matter bc they were so excited to have me and money can be made again. Think positively!
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[-]have SB testers for Hunter always taken a photo of child and parent after giving the test? my friend told me her tester took their picture after her DC took the test... didn't know they did this. is this the norm?
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[-]This is the time when you curse your wealthy parents who left you no inheritence.
4 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]No, I wouldn't do that. Their money is their money. No wealth in my family, though.
[ Reply | Options ]OP. On a rational level I agree with you. In my case, father left all money to second wife and children he had with second wife (3 sons), which really makes me bitter, when I think about having to pay my way through grad school and pay back my debts and take care of my mother and support my kids.
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I feel for you. My Dad is a jerk. Plenty of cash. He knows DH and I are having tought times but hasn't offered anything. He didn't contribute to my life financially growing up (divorced) wouldn't expect anything now, but just feels rotten to think you have a parent that could be there for you if need be, but wouldn't. I am thinking of cutting all times to him b/c I think, if he couldn't be here in a crisis, why bother. It's not about money, need to stand on our own feet, but it jsut seems wrong. My MIL, who has so much less, offered us an interest-free loan if needed. We won't take anything, but makes me @$#%$#.
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[-]2 yr old DS has a fever last night, and woke up this morning with green slime looking snot. What do you suggest it is? Because of the green snot, does that equal an infection? He has had a cought that he hasn't been able to kick for over a month now too.
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[-]i have a new housekeeper who is terrific. she has been with us a month. she comes on thursdays and mondays. last thursday when she was leaving, i said see you on monday. she hasn't shown up today. i am guessing she is taking off because of columbus day, which is a bit surprising to me since typically this is a minor holiday and past housekeepers haven't taken it off. question is: do i pay her for it? or just pay her half of her wage for this week? i don't want to fall into the trap of paying her in full for every moday holiday on the calendar, as she is only part time! but she's good and i do want to keep her happy. advice?
4 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]2x a week. lucky. how much do you pay. are DCs home....? I wouldn't pay her if she didn't come.
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i have never paid my 1x/week cleaning lady for days she doesn't work, although i have always given her the option of rescheduling the day she comes in around holidays or her personal commitments. i think if she's not going to come in for a holiday (one that's not something obvious like Thanksgiving or Christmas) she needs to at least let you know about that.
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[-]anyone here deliver at the birthing center at St. Luke's/Roosevelt? trying to help advise a newly pg friend decide where to give birth in NYC, and I feel like I've heard good things about this place. she's in brooklyn though. would it be too far? any good alternatives in brooklyn?
53 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]a few of my friends (one very recently) and both loved it. That's not for me..I gave birth in the same building but in the labor and delivery dept. I think where in Brklyn depends if the schlepp to manhattan is worth it or wise
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I lived in Carroll Gardens and delivered at Cornell. Lots of my friends delivered at other hospitals too in Manhattan. I think the only Brooklyn Hospital I would think about giving birth at is Maimonides.
[ Reply | Options ]thanks. i think that her current ob/gyn delivers at Cornell, so maybe she should just stay there. i'd heard some good things (long ago) about LICH, but it seems that maybe they've closed their maternity ward. anyone know?
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advise her to give birth the only decent place there is--home! Not crawling with staph, no medical personnel who have their malpractice insurance premiums as their main concern, utter privacy and control over your body... the perfect place to give birth.
[ Reply | Options ]not in a billion years would i do that. btw, i gave birth at st lukes/roosevelt and it was a very good experience, considering that i ended up having a complicated delivery (including, among other things, a vacuum delivery and two nights in the ICU for me). giving birth at home would have been disastrous for me.
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