CalicoKitty

So are Anna and her daughters in the girl's dorm? And the sons in the boy's dorm?

There are also side railings available for regular beds. "Magic Rails" is the one I found for a neighbor. Ma would not have railings up on her bed if she was in a facility. Nursing homes and hospitals make it very clear that rails are a form of restraint. My dad kept falling when he tried to get out of bed without help, and the staff lowered his (hospital) bed all the way to the ground and put a fall mat next to it. That way he would roll out instead of fall out. It seems to me that a patient would need a bed rail for safety, but that is not the way the law sees it. You cannot restrain a patient. I was actually told that "a patient has the right to fall". But you can have rails on a bed at home.

Hospice will provide a hospital bed, but we had already bought one when my dad was still on Medicare. Hospital beds are also available to rent from hospital supply places. But I don't know think Medicare will provide one.

I get what you mean, but I'm hoping that the smugness is an instilled "attribute" from his mother, or maybe a coping mechanism. My mother was very self-centered and you have to learn to cope. I can't imagine being one of Jill's children. You may be correct, and he is just a smug fool. I'm hoping that he would have a change of attitude if he had someone that really cared about him--and not just in a post to show how great a mother she is. I just feel so sorry for all of these kids, and now grandkids.

Maybe, just maybe, Tim will find a girl who has a mother or an aunt who will accept and treat him like Hilaria has looked after Claire's husband. It would be so great if he found a mother-in-law who actually liked him and would look after him. That is about the only hope he has.

I finally figured out that if I go to the "view" tab on my computer (not this site, but the actual computer setting), and click the zoom in option, the print in this forum is about the same size as the large print on the old site. And it seems to be staying, even when I leave the site and return. I don't have to adjust it for each page. But it is not changing the font size on any other site, so I guess I would have to do the zoom in if I wanted larger font on any other site. FYI, I am using a MacBook Pro.

I'm happy you have good eyesight. I much preferred the previous font size choices.

This "largest" font size is not working for me. I don't understand why there is not a larger option.

Thank you. If you are going to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas, at least know when they are. The 12 of Christmas is NOT Advent.

Is anyone else getting notifications on posts that are not yours? I get the notification message that I have responses to my posts (the bell symbol at the top, and a notification message). I click on the bell to see what post has a response, and someone else's post appears. It has nothing to do with anything I have posted. Nothing I have posted is even on the same page that appears. This has been happening frequently for the past week. Very strange.

If you are planning to use 2 air fryers at once, be sure to check your plugs in your kitchen. I think air fryers pull electricity, so make sure you can use two at the same time, along with whatever equipment you are using. You might have to use a plug in a different room that is on a different circuit. I know my kitchen plugs are on a different circuit than my living room plugs, and my stove has it's own. Just so you don't have any surprises....

Speaking of perfume commercials: the one I dislike (and can't figure out) has a woman driving--I think a truck--with flowers in her hair and screaming some song, and then ends up lying in a flower field. No idea how she ended up dressed differently in the field. And stop screaming!! I thought commercials were supposed to make you want to buy the product.

A classmate of mine in nursing school dropped out because she "knew more about delivering babies" than our instructor. She was always pointing out how much she thought she knew. She finally quit, and I guess went out and started delivering babies. I never heard anything about her again.

There was a discussion on private church schools in the Dillard thread. All church sponsored schools are not created equal, unfortunately. In my area there is a Lutheran high school that is quite small. They graduated around 30 seniors last year. Their academic olympic team placed first in the state this year, and have placed every year for the past several years. One student is a finalist for a National Merit Scholarship. I get the idea that a lot of these students attended private church-sponsored schools for grammar school. It makes me so sad that every child does not have the opportunity for education to be prepared for whatever they want to do in life. Private or public, children deserve a good education to function well in life. Being plopped down with a workbook with little supervision is just sad, in my opinion. Being "taught" by someone with little education is sad. The Amish children in Iowa have their own small schools near their farms, and used to have their own teachers--an older child or young adult that "graduated" from their own schools, which was about an 8th grade education. The State of Iowa decided that the children in the Amish communities had to go to school with a real, certificated teacher. I remember this so well because it happened in the community near where I grew up, and it made the national news. The state sent school buses to pick up the children on the first day they were to go to public school, and the kids hid in the corn field and threw ears of corn at the buses. They refused to board. After some discussion, it was decided that the Amish children could continue to attend their own little school houses, but a credentialed teacher would be teaching. The teachers drive their cars to the schools, wear pants and dress like regular teachers. The Amish children get a better education than in the past, but, being an agricultural community and life style, still mostly quit school after 8th grade. But they are getting some exposure to the outside world and a real education--unlike the Rods or the education at the SOTDR--or poor Spurge. I am sorry for adults that did not receive the education they deserve.

Taking my comment to the Prayer Closet

Has anyone else been getting notifications that someone reacted to your post, only it is not your post? I have been getting a lot of them in the past few days.

I did mean the state of Washington. I need to remember that not everyone follows the weather on the west coast! This was a very wide spread storm. We had rain all day yesterday and about 4 inches of snow over night. I just finished clearing the driveway, and now there are snow flakes falling. My new Sun Joe snow blower worked well. I'm glad because there was too much wet snow to push with a broom. This is the most rain I have seen in years. The last time we had a lot of rain I was still in California, and the gutter right over the front door had a big leak. My HOA took months to replace my gutter, and I had a big storage bin right in front of my front door to collect the rusty water. That was no fun. I have good gutters here. They are predicting clear but very cold weather for the coming week. FYI, there is a Washington, California. It is a very small town in Nevada county with a population of about 200. Town of Washington, county of Nevada, state of California. No confusion there!!!

I hope everyone from Washington to Fresno in CA is doing ok in this storm. I am just on the other side of the mountains, and there is no way I could possibly get to California right now. I was awakened about 5:00 this morning by the noise of the wind. We get strong wind here, but I have never heard it blow like it is now. It is very cloudy--in fact it looks like it is about 6:00 PM right now, and it is not even 1:00 in the afternoon. We are getting rain, and we had rain earlier this week, and we have had wet snow, so I'm thrilled to see the water levels rise. We really need the water. But I could sure live without this hard wind. People are tough around here, though. One town north of me is still planning on having their Christmas parade tonight. I hope no one gets blown over. I am not going anywhere except my chair by the fire today. I will probably not move for several days. It is not supposed to get above 35 all next week.

And poor nutrition. And stress from living with BME.

Weren't there some baby chicks, too?

I think "Anna's" LLC sale was JB moving money. I think it was said before that two signatures are needed to sell anything in their LLCs, and JB or his local lawyer (forget his name) must be one of the signers. I don't think she has any control over what is sold when. The Umbrella has all the control, and she is now under JB's umbrella.

I think, maybe, she has pulled her arms inside her dress and across her body. I can't see either of her arms in the picture. It looks like her right sleeve is hanging empty.

The boots and the outfit were probably in the dollar bin at the thrift store. At least the clothes fit (kind of). I'm sure they don't have much money, and are finding out how expensive kids really are. But I agree, there must have been some outfit more appropriate for pictures with a "real photographer". Nemo and his sibling(s) will be dressed just like the Rod kids. Those children do not look happy at all. At least put a towel down on the wet sand.

My brother and his new Whippet puppy. Her name is Scarlet, and she has much a lighter coat than I thought from previous pictures. I thought she would be black with some gray pattern. I love her big black nose. They will have a 7 hour drive home tomorrow, which should be fun. She is a lucky dog. She will get so much love and attention in her new family.

Table knives on a daily basis. But a butter knife is used in a very formal setting.