Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[acishere]

Aren't you already married?

<confused>

The wedding will be held in a secret compound in Utah. Does the arrangement make more sense now?

 

[englanddg]

Carsland.

But that's in DL, so it doesn't count...

No, it doesn't. And, outside of it's Test Track 2.0 attraction (man did Diego Parris get upset when I called it that, but that's what it is!) breaking down every time someone sneezes, it's fantastic!

 

[englanddg]

The wedding will be held in a secret compound in Utah. Does the arrangement make more sense now?

I am Catholic. And that means I'm obtuse.

So...no.

 

[JenniferS]

Aren't you already married?

<confused>

I thought your proposal was just that I be the household chef and I'd get every other weekend off.

Well at the time I proposed, I was on a <600 calorie/day diet, so I actually meant it.

I've been off the wagon though for the past 9 days, since my life went for a carp.

Back on track after the funeral on Friday.

And yes, I am happily married. Deliriously happy, actually. But oh baby, he can't cook like you! And I don't cook any more than I have to. It's just not something I enjoy.

Weekends off? Really? That's when I'd need you most.

 

[englanddg]

Well at the time I proposed, I was on a <600 calorie/day diet, so I actually meant it.

I've been off the wagon though for the past 9 days, since my life went for a carp.

Back on track after the funeral on Friday.

And yes, I am happily married. Deliriously happy, actually. But oh baby, he can't cook like you! And I don't cook any more than I have to. It's just not something I enjoy.

Weekends off? Really? That's when I'd need you most.

<600 calories a day isn't healthy.

If you want, I can whip you up a 1500 calorie or so per day weekly menu...not tonight, but this weekend, if you like.

But, anything less than 1k...BIG red flag. You shouldn't do that.

Don't do it again.

 

[englanddg]

How tall are you and how much to you weigh? (you can PM me the answer), but I'll need to know it if you want me to menu plan.

I'll include recipes, but I ain't getting into conversions if you follow the goofball UK mix of metric/imperial they do.

I love how they still cook with "cups" and "teaspoons", yet pick on the US for using miles.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I have a few years to go, but my plan is...

1) Kid working by age 13 - 14 part time (< 10 hours a week) doing SOMETHING, and filing taxes around the same age. The debate her mother and I have right now is WHAT will she be doing? Based on her interests this past year, we think she's going to go the lifeguard route. She recently passed her Level 3 Swimmers exam with the Red Cross classes she's in, and seems very interested in aquatics as a whole. But, she's 9...hard to tell at this age. At least working by 15, though I'd like to get her into something sooner if possible (again, I stress, part time and summer work)

2) Kid finances first car (at VERY reasonable "parental" terms with 0% APR, extensive warranty and "family" discount) and the first car is a stick shift (her mother and I both love manual transmissions, and think it's a good life skill to have) and not new, but decent and well maintained (Mommy and I will pump some money into it that she won't know about).

3) She is responsible for the gas / regular maintenance of the vehicle, and as part of the agreement, provides us proof that she is maintaining the vehicle. She is also responsible for a portion of the insurance for the vehicle paid monthly to us in check or she loses access to the vehicle outside of school or school related functions. (yep, I'll lojack that sucker if I have to)

I believe you have to be 16 in MD to get your lifeguard certification. I was thinking about going that route, but the courses were so expensive that it wasn't worthwhile (I know back then it was 16). You'll have to wait until she's 14 before she can do anything other than babysit/mow lawns/shovel snow.
You know my dad still cannot drive a stick? My mom can. One of these days we're going to borrow my uncle's car so that she can teach me. All of our cars have automatic transmission for that reason, though. My parents don't make me pay insurance on the car or gas, but I essentially use it for school, my mom's errands, and attending religious functions, so they aren't worried about it. I am responsible for maintaining it, though. They'd rather me put any money I make into my bank account.

 

[englanddg]

I believe you have to be 16 in MD to get your lifeguard certification. I was thinking about going that route, but the courses were so expensive that it wasn't worthwhile (I know back then it was 16). You'll have to wait until she's 14 before she can do anything other than babysit/mow lawns/shovel snow.
You know my dad still cannot drive a stick? My mom can. One of these days we're going to borrow my uncle's car so that she can teach me. All of our cars have automatic transmission for that reason, though. My parents don't make me pay insurance on the car or gas, but I essentially use it for school, my mom's errands, and attending religious functions, so they aren't worried about it. I am responsible for maintaining it, though. They'd rather me put any money I make into my bank account.

That stinks. When I lived in NOVA (20 years ago) it was 14. I did one summer where I worked as a lifeguard at a community pool.

This concept that "children shouldn't work" bothers me. It's not that I propose she go off and work in a sweat shop 80 hours a week and neglect her studies, but I think producing money for herself, that is her money to spend as she sees fit, at around 12 - 14 is important.

I'd see it all the time when I was with CEC. Some Mom (normally a Mom) coming in to tell me her child couldn't work their 15 or so hour Sat and Sun based job anymore because their grades were slipping.

I wanted to slap them in the face and say "Well, what do they do from 3:30 when they get home until 6 or 7 when you get home? There are 168 hours in a week! Start teaching them some darned time management!" But, I never did. Just accepted their resignation and excuses.

Instead of having to beg me for that new thing my kid really wants, she buys it herself. Instead of having to ask her mom to get her the shoes she really wants that are way overpriced but stylish, she can save up and buy them herself.

I think this is a very empowering lesson, and one that is best taught when one is also becoming emotionally and physically an adult.

Will there be magical parental subsidies? Of course. The monies paid to her car would go into her college fund (or more accurately, the several funds I have set up to finance her college, since I'll likely by purchasing the car).

But, the point is, it teaches her valuable life lessons before she thinks they are burden and while she may gripe as a teen, far better to do that when she doesn't have to worry about a roof over her head then deal with her when she's 30 and has 2 kids and can't figure out how to provide for herself.

And note, to me, her "college fund" isn't a college fund at all. If she ended up not going to college out of high school, I'd support that. She better darned well be working and doing something she enjoys though! If she can come up with a solid business plan, I'd happily sink that money into that.

It's rather hard to explain, but I think these lessons are better taught when people are younger, than older. I mean, for goodness sake, we have people with Bachelors Degrees who can't file their own taxes...and it's much easier then back when I was 13 and my mom made me do it (and 14 and 15 and 16 and 17) and I had to do it all by hand because I had Schedule C filings, etc...

I also have been investing in IRAs since I was 13. And, that has left me a rather nice nest egg, though one I can't touch without penalty for a while, and is a great concept to pass on.

I learned how to invest, I learned about business, I learned how to scrape and survive. Since then, all the rest of life's troubles, at least when it comes to how to survive, haven't been all that difficult.

I'm glad I learned them young, no matter how much I thought my parents weren't being fair at the time.

 

[Gabe1]

There are three major lifeguard programs. Red cross is 16, Ellis which is what Disney uses and it is 15. Not sure which starguard is. Lifeguards must pay for certification but are generally paid for training hours. Up here with minimum wage it generally washes. 4 hours in service a month and generally a 24 hour per week minimum commitment for summer work. Guards generally must find a sub for vacation to cover shifts. The hardest things are getting brick with a surface dive feet first, 14 feet here, deep water spinal backboard rescues and treading water with two bricks out of water in hands for 3 minutes.

Swim instructors can start at 14 or 15. My kids are life guard instructors and train swim instructors. Any questions ask. They teach Ellis and red cross.

And also train starfish swim instructors

 

[englanddg]

There are three major lifeguard programs. Red cross is 16, Ellis which is what Disney uses and it is 15. Not sure which starguard is. Lifeguards must pay for certification but are generally paid for training hours. Up here with minimum wage it generally washes. 4 hours in service a month and generally a 24 hour per week minimum commitment for summer work. Guards generally must find a sub for vacation to cover shifts. The hardest things are getting brick with a surface dive feet first, 14 feet here, deep water spinal backboard rescues and treading water with two bricks out of water in hands for 3 minutes.

Swim instructors can start at 14 or 15. My kids are life guard instructors and train swim instructors. Any questions ask. They teach Ellis and red cross.

And also train starfish swim instructors

Well, since I'm 20 years out from that world, what would you suggest she look into next (er, more accurately we guide her into?) I'm thinking we have her leveled out of level 7 courses by this time next year, at the rate she's moving...

We've debated sticking her in some competitive swimming for a year or two (discipline of her choice, but I suspect anything lap based, not dive based, will be her choice). Then go from there?

Certification costs would be paid by us up front. But, for sure we'd have her write them off on her taxes!

 

[Gabe1]

That stinks. When I lived in NOVA (20 years ago) it was 14. I did one summer where I worked as a lifeguard at a community pool.

This concept that "children shouldn't work" bothers me. It's not that I propose she go off and work in a sweat shop 80 hours a week and neglect her studies, but I think producing money for herself, that is her money to spend as see shes fit, at around 12 - 14 is important.

I'd see it all the time when I was with CEC. Some Mom (normally a Mom) coming in to tell me her child couldn't work their 15 or so hour Sat and Sun based job anymore because their grades were slipping.

I wanted to slap them in the face and say "Well, what do they do from 3:30 when they get home until 6 or 7 when you get home? There are 168 hours in a week! Start teaching them some darned time management!" But, I never did. Just accepted their resignation and excuses.

Instead of having to beg me for that new thing my kid really wants, she buys it herself. Instead of having to ask her mom to get her the shoes she really wants that are way overpriced but stylish, she can save up and buy them herself.

I think this is a very empowering lesson, and one that is best taught when one is also becoming emotionally and physically an adult.

Will there be magical parental subsidies? Of course. The monies paid to her car would go into her college fund (or more accurately, the several funds I have set up to finance her college, since I'll likely by purchasing the car).

But, the point is, it teaches her valuable life lessons before she thinks they are burden and while she may gripe as a teen, far better to do that when she doesn't have to worry about a roof over her head then deal with her when she's 30 and has 2 kids and can't figure out how to provide for herself.

And note, to me, her "college fund" isn't a college fund at all. If she ended up not going to college out of high school, I'd support that. She better darned well be working and doing something she enjoys though! If she can come up with a solid business plan, I'd happily sink that money into that.

It's rather hard to explain, but I think these lessons are better taught when people are younger, than older. I mean, for goodness sake, we have people with Bachelors Degrees who can't file their own taxes...and it's much easier then back when I was 13 and my mom made me do it (and 14 and 15 and 16 and 17) and I had to do it all by hand because I had Schedule C filings, etc...

I also have been investing in IRAs since I was 13. And, that has left me a rather nice nest egg, though one I can't touch without penalty for a while, and is a great concept to pass on.

I learned how to invest, I learned about business, I learned how to scrape and survive. Since then, all the rest of life's troubles, at least when it comes to how to survive, haven't been all that difficult.

I'm glad I learned them young, no matter how much I thought my parents weren't being fair at the time.

Yeah very different world. Great job though. Labor laws and the hours 14 and 15 year olds can work 16 year olds more attractive hires. These laws are for all type of jobs not just lifeguards. My Dd started as a swim lesson teacher at 15. My DS a life guard at 15 but red cross went to 16 shortly after.

 

[englanddg]

Yeah very different world. Great job though. Labor laws and the hours 14 and 15 year olds can work 16 year olds more attractive hires. These laws are for all type of jobs not just lifeguards. My Dd started as a swim lesson teacher at 15. My DS a life guard at 15 but red cross went to 16 shortly after.

Insurance and the litigious society we have become has a lot to do with it as well. Not a political comment, just a factual one.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

That stinks. When I lived in NOVA (20 years ago) it was 14. I did one summer where I worked as a lifeguard at a community pool.

This concept that "children shouldn't work" bothers me. It's not that I propose she go off and work in a sweat shop 80 hours a week and neglect her studies, but I think producing money for herself, that is her money to spend as see shes fit, at around 12 - 14 is important.

I'd see it all the time when I was with CEC. Some Mom (normally a Mom) coming in to tell me her child couldn't work their 15 or so hour Sat and Sun based job anymore because their grades were slipping.

I wanted to slap them in the face and say "Well, what do they do from 3:30 when they get home until 6 or 7 when you get home? There are 168 hours in a week! Start teaching them some darned time management!" But, I never did. Just accepted their resignation and excuses.

Instead of having to beg me for that new song she really wants, she buys it herself. Instead of having to ask her mom to get her the shoes she really wants that are way overpriced but stylish, she can save up and buy them herself.

I think this is a very empowering lesson, and one that is best taught when one is also becoming emotionally and physically an adult.

Will there be magical parental subsidies? Of course. The monies paid to her car would go into her college fund (or more accurately, the several funds I have set up to finance her college, since I'll likely by purchasing the car).

But, the point is, it teaches her valuable life lessons before she thinks they are burden and while she may gripe as a teen, far better to do that when she doesn't have to worry about a roof over her head then deal with her when she's 30 and has 2 kids and can't figure out how to provide for herself.

And note, to me, her "college fund" isn't a college fund at all. If she ended up not going to college out of high school, I'd support that. She better darned well be working and doing something she enjoys though!

It's rather hard to explain, but I think these lessons are better taught when people are younger, than older. I mean, for goodness sake, we have people with Bachelors Degrees who can't file their own taxes...and it's much easier then back when I was 13 and my mom made me do it (and 14 and 15 and 16 and 17) and I had to do it all by hand because I had Schedule C filings, etc...

I also have been investing in IRAs since I was 13. And, that has left me a rather nice nest egg, though one I can't touch without penalty for a while, and is a great concept to pass on.

I learned how to invest, I learned about business, I learned how to scrape and survive. Since then, all the rest of life's troubles, at least when it comes to how to survive, haven't been all that difficult.

I'm glad I learned them young, no matter how much I thought my parents weren't being fair at the time.

I agree that it's good to teach your kids to save up their money and pay for things themselves. That's why I've had a bank account since I was 8 years old. Any money that I got from babysitting, relatives, etc. all went in that account. I swear even stuff my dad "paid" for was money he put into my bank account. I never had a job in high school, but with a sibling on the autism spectrum, it meant I was needed as a babysitter at home a lot (still am) so that my mom could work, run errands, etc. One year of high school I had to be there a lot because she had surgery and took a two-month substitute teacher job, so i had to be at home taking care of things. We can't leave him by himself. So I did volunteer work a lot. Had so many hours that I got an award at the end of high school.

I think I remember my swim teacher saying that it's 16 because they want you to be physically bigger.

I believe they also want you to be in high school when you're working. There will be a form she'll have to have her school fill out. Having the age set at 14 doesn't mean she has to be a lump on a log. The legal babysitting age is 13 (there's a course by the Red Cross that many of the libraries up here offer for free). She can mow lawns. She can help clean houses. And there is something to be said for volunteering too. If nothing else volunteering looks good on work and college applications. And of course, at home chores

Now my parents were extremely adamant that I would go to college. It wasn't optional, so if I wanted my pick of schools instead of being stuck at the public state school, I had to get the grades to afford that. And I did. I'm at a private school now on scholarship with my parents paying the rest and I've got enough credit that I earned through AP exams in high school that I'll be able to graduate early.

 

[englanddg]

I agree that it's good to teach your kids to save up their money and pay for things themselves. That's why I've had a bank account since I was 8 years old. Any money that I got from babysitting, relatives, etc. all went in that account. I swear even stuff my dad "paid" for was money he put into my bank account. I never had a job in high school, but with a sibling on the autism spectrum, it meant I was needed as a babysitter at home a lot (still am) so that my mom could work, run errands, etc. One year of high school I had to be there a lot because she had surgery and took a two-month substitute teacher job, so i had to be at home taking care of things. We can't leave him by himself. So I did volunteer work a lot. Had so many hours that I got an award at the end of high school.

I think I remember my swim teacher saying that it's 16 because they want you to be physically bigger.

I believe they also want you to be in high school when you're working. There will be a form she'll have to have her school fill out. Having the age set at 14 doesn't mean she has to be a lump on a log. The legal babysitting age is 13 (there's a course by the Red Cross that many of the libraries up here offer for free). She can mow lawns. She can help clean houses. And there is something to be said for volunteering too. If nothing else volunteering looks good on work and college applications. And of course, at home chores

Now my parents were extremely adamant that I would go to college. It wasn't optional, so if I wanted my pick of schools instead of being stuck at the public state school, I had to get the grades to afford that. And I did. I'm at a private school now on scholarship with my parents paying the rest and I've got enough credit that I earned through AP exams in high school that I'll be able to graduate early.

We are not that far apart in age. Not even one generation. Yet, our experiences are completely different.

There is no reason why there should be a law that prevents someone under a certain age who passes a qualification for a 1099 job to be ineligible.

There is no reason why age should be a definition at all when it comes to a service that is skilled and qualified and has a robust certification mechanism. Period. None.

But <shrug> it exists, because people are silly.

There is no reason why "child labor laws" should be so intrusive into family economics OUTSIDE of school hours that they are required to certify whether a child can or can not work.

I get if the child is late, or missing classes, etc...but otherwise? None of their business.

I want my daughter to go to college, but I also know it's not the only path. It is, if you have the right choice of majors, a very good path. One that opens a lot of doors in the hallways of life. But, it's not the only path.

She shouldn't think she is "stuck" in life as long as she can reason, budget and market her skills, abilities and services. Does it open doors to have a high level education listed? Absolutely. Is it a worthy investment? If it can be done with limited expense, yes. Does it limit your potential for success? Even your total profitability? Nope, not at all.

I want her to know what it's like to "feel" like an adult without being one. Her income won't go to "savings" mostly, and I won't tell her it should. They'll go to finance whatever lifestyle she chooses to lead. Want designer jeans? Sure, I'll give you the $10 bucks I'd pay for them at target, you go out and buy what you want just pay the difference.

That way, she has pride in what she owns, but she understands that it was an investment SHE decided to make (jeans in this case), and there are only so many pairs a rational person will buy before they go...this is silly.

Does that mean she won't get a surprise from me and Mom at holidays? Nope. But, it does mean that the majority of her wardrobe / makeup / whatever expenses (for me it was video games and clothes) she is wholly aware of the cost.

 

[Cesar R M]

Frozen I got the Blu-Ray DVD Combo pack. I would have liked the Saving Mr. Banks combo pack, but they didn't offer it, and there's only one Blu-Ray player in this house at this point, plus my laptop does not play Blu-Rays, and that's what I use to watch a movie the majority of the time, and I've got a converter program that will convert the DVD to digital for playback on my tablet. So at this point, I like combo packs if available, but I still favor the DVD if it's between a DVD and Blu-Ray

but dont most combos offer the "ultraviolet" version? (aka the already ripped low quality version for online purposes?)

It is a reference to the movie Robin Hood: Men In Tights. There was a scene toward the end where the Merry Men send a possum to deliver a message. Or maybe it was a fox (?)

Either way, I need to dust off that movie & watch it again. Good, corny laughs.

love that movie due of their puns!

LATRINE!!! XD

I'll tag along in my own car.

you really have a nemo car? lol

Not as good as Spaceballs...it was the beginning of Mel Brooks decline...

And for that, I will always be a Sad Panda.

disagree, I preferred men in tights than spaceballs.

 

[Cesar R M]

She's just creepy. Photoshop and surgery goes a long way though.

There is this guy who really wants to be the real barbie, he had so many surgeries he looks like a freaking alien.
and thats sad.. considering he looked good before.

Just build something already!

but they are!, they are building avatar.. even if it means cutting quality everywhere

Plus, Disney had built a lot of things.

Benches...restrooms...DVC hotel complexes.

Not to mention magic bands.

Come on, they are MAGIC!

oh gods, do not mention.. bathrooms.. bathrooms everywhere!

The wedding will be held in a secret compound in Utah. Does the arrangement make more sense now?

in a nuclear silo or a anti nuclear bunker?

 

[MinnieM123]

Exactly. And given that you and I represent two different generations, we must be right!

If I want to dress a toy with a flat chest and big middle section, I have Mr. Potato Head.

I like your Mr. Potato Head collection! As for a newer version of Barbie, I'll bet that little girls will be just as happy playing with her, as the older, skinnier version. When I was a little girl, I played with all kinds of dolls in various shapes and sizes, and I had fun with all of them. For each one, I created its own personality; all were equally loved.

 

[Nemo14]

Happy Spring!!!

and welcome Sir Robin!

 

[trr1]

here is something to ponder
you will be going to work in winter and coming home in the spring

 

[NYwdwfan]

Wow! She is amazing. So many possibilities for such a young talent.

Thanks!! She actually water colored over it with black for added shading - I will post it later. Kind of picture her sitting outside in France painting someday. France in EPCOT, of course!!

We've had a good deal of melting snow here, in the past week or so. Can't help but notice that the occasional warmer temps are really bringing out the skunks. Man, do they ever REEK! You step outside in the morning, and its enough to make you gag!

You sure it wasn't Starbucks?

Quick story...
This morning, twice I heard a shrill little electronic chirp. I asked DH if he heard it, and not only did he not hear it, he insisted that I didn't either. I did check the detectors in the house, and everything was working fine, so I've wondered all day if I'm losing it.
Fast forward to an hour or so ago, when the internet started acting up. DH still thinks I'm crazy... Finally he goes down cellar to bring up the laundry and he hears the same chirp I heard 14 hours ago. It seems the box that comes into the house for Verizon has an aging battery, and lo and behold, I'm not crazy. Who knew?!!

Pretty sure you're still crazy

Happy Spring!!!

and welcome Sir Robin!

LOVE the crocuses. (Crocus? Croci?)