[-]does brushed nickel kohler faucet look nice with a white (also kohler) sink?
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[-]Private Schools in San Diego? Moving in June - just got big job offer. DD - 3rd grader & DS - 6th grader. Applying to Bishop's, Francis Parker, & La Jolla Country Day; any other suggestions/ideas -- local rep/stereotypes? Friend of a friend suggested Pacific Ridge for son (head is old Horace Mann Head??)
8 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Oh, for heaven's sake--nobody goes to private school in San Diego! It's not New York! Move to a good public school district (e.g., Bird Rock Elementary, La Jolla Elementary, etc.) and be done with it. Muirlands Jr. High and La Jolla High are just fine and will get your dc's into decent schools. (Actually, as others have pointed out, they will probably have a better shot at Ivy's, etc. than all the NYC kids, just for the sake of diversity.) Your taxes will more than equal private school tuition here. If you really want private, go with Bishop's (a very nice Episcopal semi-boarding school) or Frances Parker (where the smart kids go).
[ Reply | Options ]Pacific Ridge is the model for Zoey 101, and LJ Country Day is for really dumb rich kids.
[ Reply | Options ]Actually, people DO go to privates in SD--depends on where you live. La Jolla & Carlsbad schools are good, but other districts are spotty. Private is a safe option--especially given the economic hardship of the state/localities. My family lives in Encinitas and Carlsbad and have houses in "good" school zones, but many of my high school friends send their dcs to privates. Don't let people on this board tell you otherwise!
[ Reply | Options ]I hate to burst everyone's bubbles but the public schools in San Diego are not uniformly great. I am more familiar with high schools as a former college admissions person but I would say that they are big and hurting because of the economy. I would send my kids to private if we could afford it.
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[-]Please comment on the dinner menu below-- need some help: firstcrudite, stuffed mushrooms. appetizer 2. mini chicken wellingtons 3. main- french roast with balsamic reduction, chimmichurri grilled chicken, side: spinach salad either w pear dressing and pears/apples or with grapefruit dressing, grapefruit and cranberries, brown rice w carmelized shallots, baked acorn squash 4. dessetr tbd. i apreciate your help
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Wait, all this food? Or like, pick ONE main ONE app, etc? B/c this is a lot of food.
[ Reply | Options ]What is a French Roast? And chimichurri seems out of place with everything else. And chicken wellingtons--also not familiar--assuming like little beef wellingtons? If you're making yourself, sounds like a lot of effort.
[ Reply | Options ]it's just a cut of meat-- like a california roast. i know the chimi sounds out of place-- that's what i was worried about-- any suggestions for a great boneless chicken breast recipe. i normally would do turkey but dont want to since it's thanksgiving next week. the weelingtons or yummy and most of the steps can be done in advance
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[-]NOT SPAM !! WOHM needs other moms' help. My firm is looking to understand moms' views on buying and/ or not buying 'green' household products. We'd like to have a conversation with moms who use, and moms who don't use, these types fo products. The research will be on-line, in a discussion forum some time the week of December 1st. If you would be interested in sharing your views on this topic, please e-mail me (Norah) at greenresearch12@yahoo.com. TIA.
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[-]What are you getting your 5 and 8 y.o. DDs for the holidays?
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[-]Just curious: do you exchange holiday gifts with siblings you don't see over the holidays? What about birthday gifts?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Generally don't exchange gifts. And I'm beyond pissed at my sister right now, so I definitely won't be sending anything.
[ Reply | Options ]Thanks... Bro and his fam live in Denver. We always did big gift exchange growing up, and at some point when we were all adults switched to 2 each to each person with a $$ cap. They weren't here last year and won't be here this year and I've just suggested that we do it when we ARE together, but that running around and finding gifts and paying to ship them is something we can probably all do without (esp. since I am out of work this year and things are tight for them), and we can just do small gifts for each other's kids, and for our Mom.
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[-]I have a SIL-don't we all-that enjoys "lecturing" at all events on all sorts of topics. Childhood obesity (my children are bone thin and eat like elephants), I shouldn't give them the McDonald's first-I should wait (whatever), H1N1 vaccine is harmful to children, etc and so forth. I just let her go and keep my mouth shut because seriously, I don't care what she says. BUT her DCs have NEVER EVER written me a thank you note for anything. My older DC has begun noticing. So one day, I found an etiquette course on line and in the midst of PMS, I had the company forward a brochure to her. The next "event" my niece-not my nephew-wrote me a thank you note. I almost fell over. Okay-so my question is this, when we get the lecture about etiquette...
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[-]Other than the cry out method, what worked for you to help your baby sleep through the night?
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9 months. He slept quiet well for a little while, then he started teething then rolling, then crawling, and now teething again. I don't have the heart to have him cry out (which we tried for one night). Just want to know if there are any other options.
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Infant motrin. But he still wakes up wanting to nurse... and he will fall asleep a minute or two after nursing, but I don't want to make that a habit.
[ Reply | Options ]if he is teething you are just going to have to deal with it, and not worry about it becoming a habit. try the teething tablets, they are very small and melt under the tongue. i did both and it did help, mine is 13 months old and we are dealing with more teething this week. i also have 3 yo, teething is tough and can take forever, off and on
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full disclosure... we have naturally good sleepers but one thing that we think helped was using this CD called "The BabySleep System". It's an hour long CD that you can loop to play continuously... has a deep resonant heartbeat bass, some gentle chimes and very slow undulating chords. Is supposed to mimic the sound of the baby's in vitro experience. Don't know if the premise is total bunk or not but our 1st slept thru the night by 8 weeks, twins slept thru the night by 3.5 months. FWIW - we had to employ the CIO method at some point with all three kids but it was (thankfully) very brief... usually 2 nights of about 15-20mins of crying and then it was over for good.
[ Reply | Options ]I think you have to understand that most of them go through phases. The best thing you can do is teach them to go to bed on their own, keep it dark and don't make it fun for them when they wake up in the middle of the night, have a schedule during the day, make sure they eat enough to be full, and be consistent.
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[-]so desperate for a change in my life that I'm thinking about spending $5k + $5k travel expenses to goto a tony robbins "life mastery" seminar - anyone ever go?
21 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I would rather spend that money on an awesome trip to a place you always wanted to go... see what happens!
[ Reply | Options ]ITA with this. Plan the trip of a lifetime - $10,000 is alot of $$ and will pay for a fantastic vacation. GL!
[ Reply | Options ]np: I think she would be even more unhappy if she took a 10k vacation, and had to come home to the same miserable life. Maybe a 5 k vacation and 5k of therapy in her hometown.
[ Reply | Options ]Take a TRIP (not a vacation...) - an experience in a foreign country, learn the language, stay for a few weeks in a low cost hotel, eat the native food, meet native people, I didn't say blow it on a weekend vacation. I know a few people who went on trips like this and it changed their life - new perspective, new experiences to talk about, new confidence, etc.
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Why don't we give you a life mastery session right here and now, then you can go to spa in asia for 4 weeks for half the cost. So what's the problem? Give us some details.
[ Reply | Options ]op: I'm very very unhealthy - have seen all types of Drs, looking mainly todo the cleanse..
[ Reply | Options ]is this life-long struggle with weight or recent? if it's life-long, then tony robbins isn't your guy. you want to find a new lifestyle, so pick something like yoga and really get into it. get to know the people, get to hang out with their skinny asses, etc. or, if yoga isn't your thing, find something that is. perhaps horseback riding, or something fun that will get you to fly right because it's a part of your life now.
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fwiw, i went to a destination spa and found it to be a very inspiring experience. i'm not very touchy-feely so wouldn't call it life changing. but it did help me get back on track with a healthy life physically/emotionally. Just being in a quiet, meditative place with the chance to focus solely on my body and mind for 5 days was inspiring. but a self-help type seminar would bore me to tears and elicit way too much snarkiness from me.
[ Reply | Options ]Go to Rancho La Puerta instead. In Mexico, but yOU fly int0 San Diego and they meet you there. A good place to regroup mentally, spiritually and physically. You can go twice for that price, even with air fare and travel expense....so spend a week now and a week in 6 months to follow up.
[ Reply | Options ]Traveling to "find yourself" is a stupid idea and never works. The only thing that can change your life is if you take a RISK. Going to a spa in Bali will not help you discover much about yourself except you like massages and warm weather. Do something that scares you, interests you, etc. For 10k you could take a whole number of classes, etc. I don't think the Tony Robbins thing is a bad idea if it will allow you to explore what you want to do next or give you the courage to do it. But traveling will not help you. You'll come back to the same old life.
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[-]When there are family events that involve the inlaws, my MIL is quick to point out differences in my DCs versus her "other" grandchildren. Examples: My 3YO DS takes naps, still. When I try to get him to lay down or if he just passes out, she'll say, "Well Ryan never took naps at that age. Can't believe he still naps." My 12YO niece just got a cell phone and she asked me if my 6YO DD will be getting one. Things like that. Drives me crazy. Not sure if she says these things because she is disapproving of her "other" grandchildren's habits (trying to give the benefit) or what. Her tone suggests disapproving of me. WWDYT?
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Here's what I do with my similarly annoying MIL, just with a different theme: I ignore her as much as possible and answer her as briefly and unemotionally as possible. Over time I have trained her to make the annoying comments less often because the don't get the rise out of me that she's looking for. It works, I promise. Just don't engage.
[ Reply | Options ]Just find a standard response and use it every time. Eventually she will get sick of hearing it and stop.
[ Reply | Options ]People are just annoying that way. My mom used to tell me that my nanny was forcing dc to nap during the day when he was 3yo so that she could have time off in the afternoon. Meanwhile, when he didn't nap, he was a whiny cranky disaster by the time I got home. But since I had not napped past the age of 2, in her mind, no kid should.
[ Reply | Options ]I always just say 'yes' to any nutty suggestion mil has and then ignore advice and do exactly as I was planning to anyway. She's satisfied because she gets a positive response, and I'm satisfied because it never escalates into a conversation about who should be making the calls on how to raise my children. Perfect.
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[-]what did u think about the interview on ABC with rihanna? At least rihanna 'woke up' and smelt the cofee. Again, she's human and acted on impulse so...
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Merriam Webster - Main Entry: smell Pronunciation: \?smel\ Function: verb Inflected Form(s): smelled \?smeld\ or smelt \?smelt\; smell·ing Etymology: Middle English Date: 12th centurytransitive verb 1 : to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves : get the odor or scent of with the nose 2 : to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell <I smell trouble> 3 : to emit the odor of
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I liked her until she decided to stay with that guy that beat her up. Then I was finished with her. Don't read about her or listen to her music and turn the channel when I see her face or hear her name.All these celebs have a chance to make a stand/difference and they don't. They smoke, do drugs, drink and drive, and become inept at making the right decision. She had a lot more resources than the normal person had to get away from him and she didn't. She also could have been a role model for millions of woman who are being beaten regularly by boyfriends/fiances/husbands.
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She's just trying to save her image and maintain her marketability. I send Cover Girl a snarky e-mail after they ran a new campaign with her shortly after she was attacked and had gone back to Chris Brown. I mean, really, are they trying to be the best makeup brand to cover up bruises from domestic violence? So I saw the headlines about Rihanna's "wake up call" and now today there's one from Chris Brown "I don't know what I was thinking". In my opinion, both should be untouchable from a marketing standpoint.
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[-]My little 2 yr old son comes into my bedroom every morning and wakes me up by caressing my face and hair and planting a gentle kiss on my mouth. Best way to wake up. Will he be doing this in thirty years to his girlfriend? I don't even want to think about it!!!!
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Awwwww. Big smile on my face. My near 3 year old sometimes does something similar. Occasionally he'll climb into bed and push daddy! I never put much stake in Freud, but it really is hilarious in its following it so perfectly!
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So adorable! I have a 10 month old- OP/other posters, do you remember when your DCs started doing this kind of stuff?
[ Reply | Options ]it all evolves. starts with little kisses and hugs and little moments of real tenderness. i also believe that they copy what adults do so if you and your partner show affection like this, the child will surely start doing the same. i had a friend whose husband was always telling his wife how beautiful, how lovely etc etc and sure enough, they have a Lothario for a son
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[-]As I was pushing my stroller, a woman came up from behind me in a hurry and pushed me aside and her little rolling suitcase got caught in the wheels of my stroller. When she passed me, she turned around and sneered "What are you trying to do? Run me over?" At which point, I responded "Are you crazy? You B****, you pushed me from behind, how can I run you over" So, I'm really ashamed I used the B word because its such a derogatory term for woman and I hate the word. But I must admit, felt better afterwards.
3 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I was crossing the street yesterday (carrying 2 year old) and the person in the car at the corner was looking the opposite way for oncoming traffic instead of the other way, where I was. As I start to cross the street he gunned it b/c it's a busy street and almost hit me and my dd. I usually NEVER flip anyone off but this is one instance where it could have cost us both our lives.
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[-]My DS is 6; dresses monochromatically (red shirt, red pants, red socks, red shoes; then blue shirt, blue pants, blue socks, bluck shoes another day etc and so forth); has a speech impediment (thwick or thweat on Halloween for example) and we were just told that he needs to be seen by an occupational therapist for hand coordination/mobility issues. He also has few friends and rarely asks for playdates and doesn't play with his toys "appropriately"-could this be autism?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Does he connect with others (i.e. have close bonds)? Does he become upset with things are out of order? When you say he doesn't play with toys appropriately, do you mean he puts pieces in a bucket to dump out when they should be used to move on a boardgame or something like this?
[ Reply | Options ]No he does not connect with others; doesn't really become upset with disorder per se; "doesn't play appropriately" means-acts like a golf club is a broom; cuddles a laser gun; will scratch his head with his foot and act like a monkey and then make the noises for a few hours; loves loves loves the vacuum...
[ Reply | Options ]I would ask your ped. Do you think it's autism? How is he with you and his father? Does he like or not like being physically touched (huged, kissed)? Does he play with other kids or like to be by himself? Do you ever see him walking something like lights/wheels turning/spinning things?
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[-]What are people's experiences with mice? We just killed one and Im so upset! I know they are so unsanitary, but no one really wants to kill anything! Weve tried everything! Glue traps, snap traps, the little discs that they go into and it snaps closed. Ive heard of the noise makers that you plug in, but how could those work? Also, does having a cat really keep them away? We have a small baby and I am at my end! We live in a clean apt in a pretty pre-war walkup, HELP!
53 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]The ONLY thing that works is to search for any holes around the house and seal them (behind kitchen appliances, radiators, around washing machine, every possible place) We've had problems and used everything and that was really the only thing that worked. Trust me. We've also caught mice on glue traps and my husband took it to the park and set them free with oil.
[ Reply | Options ]We had a problem when they were doing work in our apt. They would come and go but it wasn't until dh found the hole that we ended the problem.
[ Reply | Options ]Get a cat. We used to see occasional mice in our pre-war, but got at cat 2 years ago. The mice don't dare enter!!! Suggestion... go to a shelter and find a nice adult cat that's been declawed by the previous owner. Since you live in an apt and the cat will be an indoor cat with no natural predators, it will be fine and so will your baby!
[ Reply | Options ]^^^ BTW... it's not "politically correct" to declaw cats, so if the idea of adopting one appeals to you, just matter of factly point out that you live in an apt and kitty will be strictly an indoor cat. 'nuf said.
[ Reply | Options ]Declawing the cat is not the same thing as clipping their fingernails, it's the equivalent of cutting off one's fingers at the knuckle. I considered it when I adopted my cat, but opted against it after doing the research.
[ Reply | Options ]well, you can't blame a homeless kitty for having no claws (I think it's nuts to declaw a cat, btw) but I don't understand how a cat without claws can even kill a mouse. eeeww.
[ Reply | Options ]I declawed both of my cats when they were kittens. It was either that or the shelter would have killed them. I think they live a pretty darn nice life without their claws.
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Well, obviously if a previous owner declawed the cats, then the deed is done. I am saying that you don't need to declaw cats without at least giving them a shot at living with them.
[ Reply | Options ]For us, it was either declaw the cats or they wouldn't get adopted by us (and therefore killed by the shelter). I think a pampered life without claws (no predators, clean and warm home, food and water aplenty without need for hunting and scavenging) would be preferable to no life at all.
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You should notlive with vermin in your house -Seal every hole with steel wool packed as tightly as you can, pay special attention to where pipes come in and behind cabinets, mice can slip through incredibly small holes. Set traps inside the house along baseboards - put peanut butter on the spring trigger, but trapping alone will not work as they reproduce so quickly. Noise makers are useless, glue traps are actually worse if you want a humane death - would you rather have your neck swiftly broken or would you rather die of starvation, exhaustion or asphixiation while you struggle in a vat of glue? well probably neither... but refer back to my original point
[ Reply | Options ]We had this problem years ago in our old place. At one point DH caught 17 mice in glue traps in a week! THe problem was not resolved until we put out DCON. We didn;t have dcs at the time, so didn;t have to worry about anyone getting into the poison though. Can you go away for a week and do it? Live with grandparents? A friend? A hotel?
[ Reply | Options ]i have no objection to animals running free, just not in my house. any animal caught in the house (uninvited) gets labeled as vermin, and there's a no trespassing under penalty of death invoked. i love cats and have one, but don't get one if you want a mouser - it may not be one, and if it is one, you may get mouse corpses in your bed for your troubles. just kill them and seal up the holes.
[ Reply | Options ]We plugged up all our holes but then I think the mouse was stuck. Eventually we just put down a snap trap. In the end I couldn't bear the thought of a mouse dying a slow death on a glue trap or the reality of releasing a live mouse on the street.
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[ Reply | Options ]i don't want vermin in my house, so by any means necessary has become my motto.'
[ Reply | Options ]I'm dealing with them right now too so I'm not judging--all of my Beatrix Potter instincts go out the window when I find poop on the counters--but I just couldn't do it personally. Whereas I have less issue with borrowing a cat to come in and savage them. Hypocritical and irrational, I know.
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OR i have one of those too...luckily the other guy is still going strong but getting slower thats for sure..;)
[ Reply | Options ]call an exterminator and have them seal up your apt. will cost about 2000 for a small 2 bedroom-- more and more if ur house is bigger. worth every penny. ask if they can guarantee their work for a year- if the prob comes back they reseal for free. some companies offer this. you cant do it nearly as well yourself and neither can your super if he's nice enough to offer.
[ Reply | Options ]EXTERMINATORS: Complete waste of time and money. Our landlord sent exterminators (2 diff companies at different apartments) and they come, act all professional, set steel wool in possible holes, set glue and poison traps all over the house and leave. The mice are back in no time. The only way we got rid of them was to find the holes ourselves. Both times we had mice, there was construction work a few apts away.
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Just trap them in a corner with another person to help you out. Put it in a container =)) and pour hot water inside. Cats can help but I wouldn't count too much on it too coz sometimes the mouse can be too big
[ Reply | Options ]Like people above said, you HAVE to find the holes....check along the base of your kitchen cabinets...get down and feel all along the base of them and look up where each cabinet meets (when you look inside a cabinet, where you see the 'wall' on the side that is where that cabinet ends.....look up and under at that spot, there may be a little hole that you can't see unless you feel for it. You have to seal all those up, plus make sure your outside doors don't have any gaps and also no gaps around radiator pipes. You'll know they are in your cabinets if you find mouse poop under your kitchen sink. They usually don't seal the walls before installing cabinets. In the kitchen you should make sure you seal off any exit from behind the cabin...
[ Reply | Options ]^^oh and as poster above said, dcon works but more will just keep coming. We finally had our apt sealed up sooo well that there were 6 mice trapped inside. They would hide during the day in closets or behind appliances and come out at night. We had to put long lines of glue traps at certain spots we knew they would cross and eventually caught them all. By this point I didn't give a crap about them suffering. Finding mouse shit in my dc's lunchbox one morning was the last straw for me.
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I once had a RAT problem in a country house (no not the Hamptons) and the only thing that worked in the end was poison. We put it under the sink where they were getting in. Since you have a DC, the second best thing would be a cat. I hate them personally, but our DD has become very attached to the one we have which is another benefit.
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