Hope the snow stopped and you don't have too much trouble driving into work or getting dh to the dr's office today.
I priced that once. It ended up that it would cost more to do that than to just rent a cabin or stay at AOA.
That must have been hard as a kid. Stability in an area does make life a little easier for a kid. I cannot imagine having to constantly change schools and try and make new friends. You turned out great though, so that says something about you.
Yeah, I could see the competitiveness being a problem, but I don't think that will be as much of an issue here. High school in the US is set up that way...you compete for scholarships and for honors and awards, like valedictorian, etc...none of that exists over here. You're not competing to get a spot at an Ivy League college or to get a particular scholarship. There's nothing at stake, and nothing to gain by being the best...so what would you be competing for? The only one you have to compete with is yourself.
I am with you there. Do you know how many emails tempt me during the day with sales that seem unbelievable? All I have been doing this month with emails is just push delete next to each icon. So hard not to click and look.I couldn't survive thatbut I feel you. We're doing no more impulse shopping. Which is difficult because every website you go to us full of ads for places you normally shop, thanks to the Google.
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Ask @MinnieM123 . She loves shoveling snow for the exercise. I don't mind it, and I would be willing to help, but I am a tad far away. By the time I got there, you probably wouldn't need help anymore.I went outside to do a quick shovel at 3pm. I came back in at 4:10! At that point we had about 8 inches and it was (and still is) snowing. At one point it was coming down at about an inch per hour. The snow is really wet and heavy and the plow had come by once, which is why I went out to shovel, so the bottom of our driveway was at least double the depth of the rest of the driveway. I should probably go out and shovel one more time before bed but my body is aching and I'm using the excuse that my coat and gloves are still soaked. I guess I will just wake up early tomorrow and do some shoveling.
I only have to work tomorrow morning until 11:30 then I'm taking hubs to the dr. for an x-ray and hopefully an all clear to start walking without the boot. So I can do any clean up shoveling after that. Ugh, why do I live here again. Anyone want to come and help shovel? It is fun....
Can I ask, how long do you get at each port of call? Is it just day excursions and you have to be back on the ship that night?Whatever Carnival's reputation is, our cruise was awesome!!! Everything from the ship itself, to the staff, to the food, to the entertainment, etc.
We priced out a DCL cruise, and it was more than 3 times what we paid with Carnival.
We had aft cabins with verandas. We had 2 cabins for 6 of us for a week. We paid about $4,800 including gratuity. DCL wanted almost $16,000...not including gratuity...!!!!!
I definitely don't see us doing a DCL cruise anytime soon.
It makes me wonder how many people damaged the rental trying to set it up themselves before they decided to throw that in as part of the deal. LOL Just how many overly full toilets did it take for them to decide to do sewer hook-up themselves??
Same to you.I don't know why I haven't been here for ten million years, but I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and happy (late) new year to all of you.
[/QUOTE]We're going to focus on experience gifts for our daughter and nieces and nephews, and the adults are just getting treats.
This is going to sound really bad.... but growing up dirt poor makes it really difficult to curb spending with my own kid. I walk through the store and see something she would like that I would have LOVED as a kid, and I grab it for her. ESPECIALLY if it is on sale. Then I don't want to spoil her, so I keep it until her birthday or Christmas or Easter. But the problem is that I've been doing this year round, so when those holidays come, she's spoiled anyway with a mountain of gifts. She's turning three in a month, so I have to stop doing this now when she doesn't realize what's going on. In another year, she'll start expecting it, and then I really will have spoiled her.
So I'm starting with the not mindlessly browsing sales at the Disney Store, and not aimlessly walking around Target for two hours when I just need a break from life. I've had a few slip ups, but overall I'm doing pretty good.
It's funny because while most little girls grow up dreaming of their wedding day, I spent my whole life dreaming about the day I could buy a cookie cutter house in the suburbs and commute to my job in a cubicle at an office where I had to badge in. I think I'm the only one in my building who gets excited that I have to badge in
[/QUOTE]We're going to focus on experience gifts for our daughter and nieces and nephews, and the adults are just getting treats.
This is going to sound really bad.... but growing up dirt poor makes it really difficult to curb spending with my own kid. I walk through the store and see something she would like that I would have LOVED as a kid, and I grab it for her. ESPECIALLY if it is on sale. Then I don't want to spoil her, so I keep it until her birthday or Christmas or Easter. But the problem is that I've been doing this year round, so when those holidays come, she's spoiled anyway with a mountain of gifts. She's turning three in a month, so I have to stop doing this now when she doesn't realize what's going on. In another year, she'll start expecting it, and then I really will have spoiled her.
So I'm starting with the not mindlessly browsing sales at the Disney Store, and not aimlessly walking around Target for two hours when I just need a break from life. I've had a few slip ups, but overall I'm doing pretty good.
It's funny because while most little girls grow up dreaming of their wedding day, I spent my whole life dreaming about the day I could buy a cookie cutter house in the suburbs and commute to my job in a cubicle at an office where I had to badge in. I think I'm the only one in my building who gets excited that I have to badge in
But my kids do not expect big ticket items...anything like tablets and game consoles that they have, they have bought themselves. They've saved allowance and birthday/Christmas money for a few years and picked out what they wanted. DS when he was 5, asked for money instead of presents because he wanted to buy a PS4. He saved for 3 years and then settled on a SWITCH instead of PS. You might start a sort of chore thing with your DD already...like picking up her toys, and helping to make the bed, or helping to set the table....little things she can do, and then she gets a sticker for each chore. Maybe when she gets a full sticker chart, she gets to pick out a small toy at the dollar store...just to get her into the routine of earning the fun things. Then you aren't really spoiling her, she's earning it, and you still get to give her all the things you wish you had had when you were little.
Depending on the port and the length of your cruise you get between 8 and 12 hours in port and in the evening you're back onboard sailing to your next stop. Sometimes you pull into port early morning and sometimes afternoon. If It's a day with no stop, they offer special activities, entertainment and dining only available on sea days. On Carnival sea days are the only times they have the outdoor bbq buffet. So good!
Sympathy like. Good luck
