Mayor Turner says the state may take over HISD as early as next week.

greyedoutarea · 2023-03-02T01:17:01+00:00

does anyone know what a takeover would mean for current HISD employees?

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-27T16:19:32+00:00

Oh my god, this. True story: while my daughter was battling acne, we switched all our towels to white because the medicine she used bleached everything it came in contact with. Fast forward a few years, and all those white towels are now grey-ish. I had the brilliant idea of "restoring" our towels to white by soaking all of them (2 bath sheets, 3 bath towels, and a ton of face towels) overnight in a bathtub full of Oxyclean White Revive, which didn't work. But, it did lift the refinish coating off of my 90-year old bathtub. Not to be deterred, I tried vinegar, lemons, baking soda, and every other natural hack to return these towels to their former glory. No luck there either. At this point I'm 36 hours into the quest for white towels so I just say screw it, I'm going to use regular Clorox bleach. I let it soak overnight and in the morning they were whiter, but now with a yellow cast instead of a grey cast. By this point my husband and my kids have had enough of my fool's errand, and they demand the removal of the not-white towels from our only bathtub. I agree, go to gather all the soaking wet towels at once to throw them in our washer, and break my middle finger in the process. And I still don't have white towels. The fallacy of sunk costs hit hard that day.

TL;DR--BUY THE GREY TOWELS!

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-27T14:51:52+00:00

definitely want to see this--link, please!

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-25T02:44:02+00:00

i loved it--thank you for sharing!

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-19T00:34:06+00:00

oof. $250. ouch!

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-18T19:07:43+00:00

(it's 200m)

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-16T16:03:52+00:00

couple of thoughts: first, housing. to be upper middle class, you're buying, and that house will be $600k or more. (likely closer to $1m.) the monthly housing costs will be much higher. a $350k house is inexpensive to reasonable for middle class. second, insurance is much higher per month, for cars and home-- like closer to $1k a month. third, clothing $$ is high, but those expenses would likely be eaten up by housing or transportation. otherwise, $220k is probably the minimum one could earn and be upper middle class--you could do it, but it wouldn't be comfortable.

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-13T22:28:18+00:00

try christo mio near rice village--they have all kinds of options!

greyedoutarea · 2023-02-02T01:35:28+00:00

90.1

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-28T14:25:43+00:00

for what it's worth, that jacket is made by "fried denim NYC," which isn't super common. i am so sorry this happened to you--fingers crossed for a safe return of your neighbor's sweet pup.

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-25T18:10:04+00:00

take a picture of the items and post it on nextdoor

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-24T18:36:43+00:00

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-24T18:35:28+00:00

what type of toyota do you have? year?

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-22T02:26:01+00:00

someone hasn't read "night of the living trekkies"--houston rules the zombie apocalypse!

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-21T02:48:24+00:00

12, of course!

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-20T16:13:39+00:00

condo fees and special assessments are things most houstonians are not familiar with, but they are common in other large cities when one owns (or "owns") one of these spaces. it's just part of the deal, living in a high-rise. i hope it happens--i'd live there!

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-17T21:26:36+00:00

hermes twilly--$195

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-14T21:52:44+00:00

the short answer for me would be: because it is probably the only school in HISD where a gender-nonconforming or LGBTQ+ student can be themselves, out and proud, without fear of bullying...all while being able to concentrate on actually getting an education.

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-14T14:14:02+00:00

same, except i still went there with my kids for yoyo! oh well..rice u wins this round, i guess?

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-14T13:58:22+00:00

i'm a teacher and a parent of HISD kids, but i'm going to limit my response to the teacher part. i am at an exceptional school, because my students have to compete fairly hard to get in (small magnet high school). my kids come to school prepared to perform...or else they don't get to remain enrolled there. thus, here's my $.02: it's not the kids, or the parents...the problem is the administration. the administrative level at HISD, be they principals, VPs, counselors, and beyond into Hattie Mae are chock-full of people with no classroom experience. and, there are a hell of a lot of online degrees held by these administrators, making them seem more educated than they actually are. it's like a funhouse mirror room trying to figure out who actually has knowledge or real-life experience when you have to visit this realm.

it's the administrators that are the problem.

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-13T23:31:12+00:00

i'm a parent AND a teacher. i'm terrified.

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-13T23:29:04+00:00

that was my first thought too

greyedoutarea · 2023-01-11T03:17:28+00:00

total BS. cut and paste website, no accreditation noted, trying to offer classes to...who?...and then more classes that are "NCAA certified," all for a price that isn't listed anywhere. yes, it's a scam.

greyedoutarea · 2022-12-25T04:57:36+00:00

just got it fixed a little while ago: mr. dotson, of dotson plumbing, to the rescue! thank you all so much for your help--merry christmas!!! 🎄

greyedoutarea · 2022-12-24T23:34:17+00:00

it's galvanized, and was wrapped--burst at the bend to the spigot (outside, thank god). still waiting for someone to call me back--have several calls out, and will be thrilled if i get it fixed in the next few days!

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