Are Costco velvet hangers any good? I’m not opposed to paying more elsewhere. Right now I just have random various plastic hangers.
I switched out all my hangers for these a few months ago, and so far so good! I don't have much to compare them to (my previous hangers were a mishmash of all kinds of flimsy crap) but they made my closet so much more organized, stuff isn't constantly falling off, and none have broken yet.
It's so hard to register for our county park summer camps too. They do some really good special ones. My son loved their Hunger Games camp last year and I was happy to be able to get him in again.
What...uhhh...do they do at Hunger Games camp? Pretend to kill each other? lol
LOL my brother said the same thing! I can't even remember exactly. They made their own tokens or whatever. I just remember it being like Road Warrior for me, because I have to get to him by 5pm WITH aftercare and it's south on the parkway in Jersey Shore traffic. Which now starts on Wednesday for the weekend!
I didn't realize until I got to work this morning that my yellow shirt has random blue sscreening stains on it. I'm assuming it somehow got washed with jeans. Ugh.
Do you use liquid fabric softener? I have had that happen with clothes when I did. If it is that, I pretty sure it will come out in the wash.
Classes start this week, agh! This reminds me that I really, really need to get on meds for my ADHD. I cannot find the paper work from the second screening I had done (though why she won't take my diagnosis at 8 annoys me. It has not changed. It has never been managed.)
Thoughts & prayers to all moms & dads registering for summer camps. We have past that session of parenting but it still gives me nightmares. I am a good resource and advocate for friends. One friend with a kindergartner sought my advice and took it! Basically, it boiled down to : - What camps do you want, what weeks? When day does registration start? - Have you put the registration date on your calendar and blocked out the time??
One mom knew it was going to be a hassle and was prickling against all of the urgency it required. Last month, we were talking about a popular day camp (in our area) and she said “Yeah, I heard that lots of weeks stay open for a while, so I’ll just pick one of those eventually. So & so said it won’t be a problem. ” So, I chimed-in, “Sure, you can a get spot for camp, if you don’t mind doing your own drop-off/pick-up, but the busses fill up pretty quickly, and there are 2 different routes for the bus stops and only one goes through your area”. She got alarmed pretty quick, “The bus? Nobody mentioned registering for the bus!” Yeah, that’s a whole other set of forms, young one.
Post by hannahgruen on Mar 8, 2023 14:05:06 GMT -5
My husband and his mother are talking again. She stopped talking to him 6 weeks ago because we're not taking her camping this year. We go every year with a group of people. Last year was such a mess, she was such a bi*ch, it was the worst vacation of our lives. No more, we decided. She's not happy about it.
Thoughts & prayers to all moms & dads registering for summer camps. We have past that session of parenting but it still gives me nightmares. I am a good resource and advocate for friends. One friend with a kindergartner sought my advice and took it! Basically, it boiled down to : - What camps do you want, what weeks? When day does registration start? - Have you put the registration date on your calendar and blocked out the time??
One mom knew it was going to be a hassle and was prickling against all of the urgency it required. Last month, we were talking about a popular day camp (in our area) and she said “Yeah, I heard that lots of weeks stay open for a while, so I’ll just pick one of those eventually. So & so said it won’t be a problem. ” So, I chimed-in, “Sure, you can a get spot for camp, if you don’t mind doing your own drop-off/pick-up, but the busses fill up pretty quickly, and there are 2 different routes for the bus stops and only one goes through your area”. She got alarmed pretty quick, “The bus? Nobody mentioned registering for the bus!” Yeah, that’s a whole other set of forms, young one.
Someone in my neighborhood crowdsourced a Google Sheet with info on all the local summer camps/ages/cost/transportation, etc. It’s ah-mazing.
PREFERARTORY STATEMENT: I here for proper gender identification and respecting pronouns. I think recognizing that people have different pronouns is important, especially by cis people in positions of power.
I also think there are a ton of people who have started adding their pronouns to everything, always in a way that feels less like normalizing of something important to normalize and accepting people for who they are, and more like slacktivism. I've noticed this especially in the past couple months.
To be clear, I don't DISapprove. But internally I'm like huh. And I want to be like "what else are you doing?"
Are Costco velvet hangers any good? I’m not opposed to paying more elsewhere. Right now I just have random various plastic hangers.
I swapped all mine out last fall and they seem ok so far. I would suggest counting them though, because my first box I was shorted two hangers and so I returned them for a second box and it had an extra hanger.
Also the flocking on the bonus extra hanger was kind of messed up.
The school where I teach has a robust summer program with six weeks of camp, thank God. I registered last week and am now done with summer planning.
That said, I have four back to back weekend trips coming up for which I have planned almost nothing. And we are currently experiencing a covid outbreak, so I'm wondering if either I or one of my kids will get it and ruin everything.
PREFERARTORY STATEMENT: I here for proper gender identification and respecting pronouns. I think recognizing that people have different pronouns is important, especially by cis people in positions of power.
I also think there are a ton of people who have started adding their pronouns to everything, always in a way that feels less like normalizing of something important to normalize and accepting people for who they are, and more like slacktivism. I've noticed this especially in the past couple months.
To be clear, I don't DISapprove. But internally I'm like huh. And I want to be like "what else are you doing?"
So, a big part of why I have my pronouns listed in my email signature block is because I am CONSTANTLY mis-gendered over email. I’m cis. I have a feminine-sounding name. Yet people (men) see my military rank and immediately assume that I’m male. This has gone down slightly since listing my pronouns….but apparently the type of people who assumes that someone of my rank must be a dude are the same type of people who DGAS enough to read pronouns in signature blocks.
I support people who choose to use whatever pronouns they want. I am a trained ally. I also hope that if more cis people listed pronouns, it will de-stigmatize pronoun choice for those who are marginalized.
Are Costco velvet hangers any good? I’m not opposed to paying more elsewhere. Right now I just have random various plastic hangers.
My mom gave me a set. They were too wide for her doll-sized clothing. Warning if you're an XS it can be hard to get clothing on and off. I've had 2 break so far. No idea how it happened.
PREFERARTORY STATEMENT: I here for proper gender identification and respecting pronouns. I think recognizing that people have different pronouns is important, especially by cis people in positions of power.
I also think there are a ton of people who have started adding their pronouns to everything, always in a way that feels less like normalizing of something important to normalize and accepting people for who they are, and more like slacktivism. I've noticed this especially in the past couple months.
To be clear, I don't DISapprove. But internally I'm like huh. And I want to be like "what else are you doing?"
So, a big part of why I have my pronouns listed in my email signature block is because I am CONSTANTLY mis-gendered over email. I’m cis. I have a feminine-sounding name. Yet people (men) see my military rank and immediately assume that I’m male. This has gone down slightly since listing my pronouns….but apparently the type of people who assumes that someone of my rank must be a dude are the same type of people who DGAS enough to read pronouns in signature blocks.
I support people who choose to use whatever pronouns they want. I am a trained ally. I also hope that if more cis people listed pronouns, it will de-stigmatize pronoun choice for those who are marginalized.
Yeah. I see this. I head tilt at my own huh reaction to it.
I’m kind of jealous of those just doing camp sigh up now. Ours are just as hard to get into, but registration is the beginning of December for everything. It’s painful because I’m not ready to figure out vacation weeks, older child jobs, etc etc in November of the year before. So every year I set my alarm and fight the hordes to get DS2 into camp , then every year around this time we realize at least one of the weeks he is signed up for won’t work anymore.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
I’m kind of jealous of those just doing camp sigh up now. Ours are just as hard to get into, but registration is the beginning of December for everything. It’s painful because I’m not ready to figure out vacation weeks, older child jobs, etc etc in November of the year before. So every year I set my alarm and fight the hordes to get DS2 into camp , then every year around this time we realize at least one of the weeks he is signed up for won’t work anymore.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
How old are the kids? Is it their vacation home or something? I would still be annoyed but could almost see what they were thinking if it's their vacation house and the kids are high school girls.
Any other situation, and someone needs to say "oh! I'm sorry if it wasn't clear, but this is meant to be an adult getaway. Hopefully you can still come!"
I’m kind of jealous of those just doing camp sigh up now. Ours are just as hard to get into, but registration is the beginning of December for everything. It’s painful because I’m not ready to figure out vacation weeks, older child jobs, etc etc in November of the year before. So every year I set my alarm and fight the hordes to get DS2 into camp , then every year around this time we realize at least one of the weeks he is signed up for won’t work anymore.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
How old are the kids? Is it their vacation home or something? I would still be annoyed but could almost see what they were thinking if it's their vacation house and the kids are high school girls.
Any other situation, and someone needs to say "oh! I'm sorry if it wasn't clear, but this is meant to be an adult getaway. Hopefully you can still come!"
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
Many years ago, after college, I organized a girls weekend ski trip for my high school friends. It was the first trip ever planned together after graduating high school. One of my friends casually mentioned that she was bringing her very much younger brothers and sisters. It completely blew up the trip, she got mad and rented another condo with them. And my high school friends never planned another weekend girls trip ever again.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
My friends and I do lunch 1x/month sans kids and spouses. We've been doing this for 6 years. At least once a year one of the ladies asks if their spouse can come. The answer is always no.
I’m kind of jealous of those just doing camp sigh up now. Ours are just as hard to get into, but registration is the beginning of December for everything. It’s painful because I’m not ready to figure out vacation weeks, older child jobs, etc etc in November of the year before. So every year I set my alarm and fight the hordes to get DS2 into camp , then every year around this time we realize at least one of the weeks he is signed up for won’t work anymore.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
How old are the kids? Is it their vacation home or something? I would still be annoyed but could almost see what they were thinking if it's their vacation house and the kids are high school girls.
Any other situation, and someone needs to say "oh! I'm sorry if it wasn't clear, but this is meant to be an adult getaway. Hopefully you can still come!"
Yeah, this. Someone needs to be the one to say this ASAP.
My laptop crashed yesterday. All the addresses and spreadsheet I created for graduation announcements and RSVPs are on there. Of course, my external hard drive is at the resort, so I didn't save those things anywhere else. I'm so damn mad. Most of it should be easy enough to recreate, but I'll need to get addresses from my mil again. That was painful the first time so is going to be extra painful a second time. I ran home and swapped laptops with H (we use a desktop for the resort and just bought a new laptop at Christmas for this very reason) so I have some sort of computer so he is going to work on it tonight to see if he can at least get in there to get those files for me.
PREFERARTORY STATEMENT: I here for proper gender identification and respecting pronouns. I think recognizing that people have different pronouns is important, especially by cis people in positions of power.
I also think there are a ton of people who have started adding their pronouns to everything, always in a way that feels less like normalizing of something important to normalize and accepting people for who they are, and more like slacktivism. I've noticed this especially in the past couple months.
To be clear, I don't DISapprove. But internally I'm like huh. And I want to be like "what else are you doing?"
So, a big part of why I have my pronouns listed in my email signature block is because I am CONSTANTLY mis-gendered over email. I’m cis. I have a feminine-sounding name. Yet people (men) see my military rank and immediately assume that I’m male. This has gone down slightly since listing my pronouns….but apparently the type of people who assumes that someone of my rank must be a dude are the same type of people who DGAS enough to read pronouns in signature blocks.
I support people who choose to use whatever pronouns they want. I am a trained ally. I also hope that if more cis people listed pronouns, it will de-stigmatize pronoun choice for those who are marginalized.
THIS. I think everyone should have their pronouns in their email signature. I work in a very male dominated, old fashioned, global company. I get misgendered often because people assume everyone who works here is male. I have a hard time with our colleagues in Asia, I try to write my emails generic if I don't actually know someone's gender and it would be way easier if we all listed it.
When I added mine to my signature (after a specific voluntary diversity training where they encouraged it), my boss actually questioned why I added it (he didn't attend the training). That was a very awkward conversation trying to explain to him why I added it. I think the more people are exposed to it, it will normalize it and I think it is an important step. I knew adding mine would be "weird" at my company, and I actually hesitated because it made me uncomfortable (due to my company culture/demographics), but I did it anyway because I think it is important.
So cville , I guess I'd say you are lucky that it is so normalized where you are that it can be annoying. LOL
ETA: the bold is what I had to try to explain to my boss and he DID NOT get it. He thought listing it is only for people who don't conform to their appearance. Seriously! Someone needs a training.
Post by starburst604 on Mar 8, 2023 15:48:47 GMT -5
Selling our home and buying another is stressful enough, but if one more person asks me "but are there any houses on the market to buy?" I'm going to scream. We have put a lot of thought into this. We are listing our home on 4/3 with a stipulation that we need a certain amount of time to find suitable housing. We are in a very hot market and we think the right buyer will be out there for us, and that we will find the right home for us on the other side. This is what I am manifesting, and I need people to stop asking me the same question. There WILL be a house for us!
I’m kind of jealous of those just doing camp sigh up now. Ours are just as hard to get into, but registration is the beginning of December for everything. It’s painful because I’m not ready to figure out vacation weeks, older child jobs, etc etc in November of the year before. So every year I set my alarm and fight the hordes to get DS2 into camp , then every year around this time we realize at least one of the weeks he is signed up for won’t work anymore.
I’m going on a girls weekend away this weekend with some college friends. One of whom randomly told us off handededy yesterday that her kids will be there. This defeats the point of a girls weekend, and the rest of us are trying to figure out how to deal with it.
How old are the kids? Is it their vacation home or something? I would still be annoyed but could almost see what they were thinking if it's their vacation house and the kids are high school girls.
Any other situation, and someone needs to say "oh! I'm sorry if it wasn't clear, but this is meant to be an adult getaway. Hopefully you can still come!"
it is their vacation home and kids are between 13-16, but we CLEARLY stated when agreeing to use this home that we wanted it “girls only” (it’s in a location that wasn’t too choice but she pushed for it, which I get, and happy to have use of a lovely house for free so no complaints). One of us is calling to talk to her about it. It’s just frustrating. I’m 45 and tired of dealing with stuff like this lol.
Selling our home and buying another is stressful enough, but if one more person asks me "but are there any houses on the market to buy?" I'm going to scream. We have put a lot of thought into this. We are listing our home on 4/3 with a stipulation that we need a certain amount of time to find suitable housing. We are in a very hot market and we think the right buyer will be out there for us, and that we will find the right home for us on the other side. This is what I am manifesting, and I need people to stop asking me the same question. There WILL be a house for us!
I browse zillow almost daily and filter for new houses listed in the last day only. New houses are put on the market every day. In my area, it's a pretty good mix of options from fixers to lovely reasonable sized homes to 30,000 sq ft mansions that I can't even comprehend living in and everything in between. There will be a house for you!
Post by blondemoment123 on Mar 8, 2023 16:02:33 GMT -5
Re: camp. I could sent DS to aftercare where he'll attend school for free. But in order to get higher on the list for summer camp spots, I'll be sending him to aftercare ($$) at his current daycare where he'll go to summer camp as well.
I really wish quality childcare was more widely available and not so incredibly expensive!
Selling our home and buying another is stressful enough, but if one more person asks me "but are there any houses on the market to buy?" I'm going to scream. We have put a lot of thought into this. We are listing our home on 4/3 with a stipulation that we need a certain amount of time to find suitable housing. We are in a very hot market and we think the right buyer will be out there for us, and that we will find the right home for us on the other side. This is what I am manifesting, and I need people to stop asking me the same question. There WILL be a house for us!
I browse zillow almost daily and filter for new houses listed in the last day only. New houses are put on the market every day. In my area, it's a pretty good mix of options from fixers to lovely reasonable sized homes to 30,000 sq ft mansions that I can't even comprehend living in and everything in between. There will be a house for you!
We are staying in the town we live in now and there is literally ONE home that is even close to what we want, which is what everyone else wants to buy in our town - 4 BR, 2-3 baths, 2 car garage with a decently sized backyard because we want to build a pool. This one won't work because it abutts a wetland which is no bueno for digging a pool. I'm going to drive by the open house just for fun, I'm sure there will be a mile long string of cars parked. But this is the time of year when people list, so there will be more houses. We are just trying to be a more attractive contingent offer by already having our house listed or under agreement when we find something we like.
So, a big part of why I have my pronouns listed in my email signature block is because I am CONSTANTLY mis-gendered over email. I’m cis. I have a feminine-sounding name. Yet people (men) see my military rank and immediately assume that I’m male. This has gone down slightly since listing my pronouns….but apparently the type of people who assumes that someone of my rank must be a dude are the same type of people who DGAS enough to read pronouns in signature blocks.
I support people who choose to use whatever pronouns they want. I am a trained ally. I also hope that if more cis people listed pronouns, it will de-stigmatize pronoun choice for those who are marginalized.
THIS. I think everyone should have their pronouns in their email signature. I work in a very male dominated, old fashioned, global company. I get misgendered often because people assume everyone who works here is male. I have a hard time with our colleagues in Asia, I try to write my emails generic if I don't actually know someone's gender and it would be way easier if we all listed it.
When I added mine to my signature (after a specific voluntary diversity training where they encouraged it), my boss actually questioned why I added it (he didn't attend the training). That was a very awkward conversation trying to explain to him why I added it. I think the more people are exposed to it, it will normalize it and I think it is an important step. I knew adding mine would be "weird" at my company, and I actually hesitated because it made me uncomfortable (due to my company culture/demographics), but I did it anyway because I think it is important.
So cville , I guess I'd say you are lucky that it is so normalized where you are that it can be annoying. LOL
ETA: the bold is what I had to try to explain to my boss and he DID NOT get it. He thought listing it is only for people who don't conform to their appearance. Seriously! Someone needs a training.
Sorry your boss is such a jerk.
I am revisiting my thoughts. Maybe I am far more in a bubble than even I realized. I suppose I take for granted, for example, how often I regularly interact with people who are gender fluid, use different pronouns, etc.