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Participant[quote=flu]what is a DH?[/quote]
Dear Husband
Participant[quote=flu]Note to self…..
1. Make daughter independently wealthy so she doesn’t need to depend on a stupid guy..
2. Train daughter with lots of guns, knives, martial arts…so that if she runs into someone like NeetaT, she can slice off his penis…literally.[/quote]
Love this comment, flu. I have noticed that also my DH has become much more in favor of women’s issues since he has had a daughter…brings it all into perspective, doesn’t it.
ParticipantWe live in the older section of Carmel Valley, south of TPHS. It is quiet, pleasant, relatively low-cost (because the houses are older), walking distance to elementary, middle and high schools, as well as walking distance to shopping, library, community center, etc. I love having my middle-school-aged kids be self-sufficient transportation-wise. Limits the “mom-taxi” time.
Participant[quote=EconProf] Just buy new and take good care of it![/quote]
This is what we do also. My DH just sold his falling-apart Mazda, bought new 15 years ago. Now he bought a new Nissan Leaf, plus solar panels on the roof (of the house) to power it. Wow is he having fun with that–both the Leaf and the solar panels 🙂
March 27, 2012 at 2:40 PM in reply to: OT: Anyone got a good optometrist and good dentist in Carmel Valley or Mira Mesa area #740623ParticipantWe go to Optique, 12880 Carmel Country Rd., 858-350-1302. Fine for optician. Small selection of reasonably-priced glasses; lots of expensive ones. Very nice people who adjust all glasses very professionally, whether or not they were purchased there.
Dentist is in Del Mar: Patricia Murphy, 1410 Camino Del Mar, Suite 120. 858-792-8880. I like her because she has 7am appointments and nice parking right in front of the door. Although they are not cheap, they don’t seem to push unnecessary stuff, like other dentists. They let me keep my yellow teeth without always nagging me to bleach 🙂
ParticipantI am currently deep into the Carmel Valley middle school/high school scene and have lots of experience with Asian parents (Chinese, Korean and Indian). My observations:
1. It’s not one-size-fits-all, that’s for sure. Some Chinese parents are the classic “tiger” parents, who will roar at anyone who gets in the way of their kids’ Ivy resume-preparation. Some are the nicest people who are teaching their kids excellence, but not at the cost of human kindness/fairness. Bunch of great parents out there, long as you avoid the ones with the knives under their jackets, ready to stab anyone who gets in the way.
2. I think the CV high schools offer an amazing breadth of high-level (AP, etc.) classes and top-notch teachers. There’s a reason TP has such a great reputation, and CCA is now right up there with it.
3. Bottom-line: if your middle- or high-school kid finds a great peer group of kids who are motivated and smart and kind, who cares what their ethnicity is. And the chances of that seem very good in CV.ParticipantSo happy my own weight loss plan is working (down 5 lbs in 5 weeks):
4 cups veggies per day
protein source 3x per day
cut out animal fat and trans fat
drink tons of waterI haven’t had to track or count anything, and I’ve been much less hungry. This is really working for me, as I am WAY too busy to diet.
ParticipantCongratulations on the persistence and due diligence!! So glad it paid off for you!!
December 28, 2011 at 7:52 AM in reply to: Paying extra to your mortgage, why balance went down only by $544.75 when I paid $2,131.96? #735081ParticipantNinaprincess, I think you are smart. I just went through a job scare (they laid me off, but hired me back within a couple of weeks) and the fact that we live in a small-but-paid-off house allowed me to sleep at night during that difficult period. I am nearing 50, and definitely feel that I am no longer as marketable as I once was.
Don’t buy into this culture’s mantra of over-leveraging to buy a bunch of stuff you don’t really need!!
ParticipantI have playon.tv installed on my main PC. It streams all kinds of content via our Wii to our TV. We are admittedly not huge TV consumers, but we have yet to run out of things to watch. Playon is $40 a year, sure beats the cable bill.
ParticipantCredit card is better than PayPal IMHO because credit card transactions come through on the statement with much more information attached. PayPal transactions just come through as “PayPal”–not too helpful for categorizing, etc.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude]Just tell her to ignore the brats, go find the nice kids and play with them. It isn’t that difficult, really.
As for yourself, FLU – do the same with the parents. Don’t focus on all the Carmel Valley social posturing. Just find some nice people and conect with them. I guarantee you they are there.[/quote]
Really excellent advice here! Both for the kids and the adults. These are prerequisites for successfully surviving the CV school scene. Wish someone had told me this back when my kid was in kindergarten–instead we both had to learn by experience.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude]Just tell her to ignore the brats, go find the nice kids and play with them. It isn’t that difficult, really.
As for yourself, FLU – do the same with the parents. Don’t focus on all the Carmel Valley social posturing. Just find some nice people and conect with them. I guarantee you they are there.[/quote]
Really excellent advice here! Both for the kids and the adults. These are prerequisites for successfully surviving the CV school scene. Wish someone had told me this back when my kid was in kindergarten–instead we both had to learn by experience.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude]Just tell her to ignore the brats, go find the nice kids and play with them. It isn’t that difficult, really.
As for yourself, FLU – do the same with the parents. Don’t focus on all the Carmel Valley social posturing. Just find some nice people and conect with them. I guarantee you they are there.[/quote]
Really excellent advice here! Both for the kids and the adults. These are prerequisites for successfully surviving the CV school scene. Wish someone had told me this back when my kid was in kindergarten–instead we both had to learn by experience.
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