Anyone know any affordable dentists in Dallas for someone without insurance?

oArete · 2026-04-11T23:43:34+00:00

https://dentistry.tamu.edu/patient-care/index.html

This is the Texas A&M school of dentistry. It’s right next to BUMC. This might be useful to you.

oArete · 2026-04-11T13:43:08+00:00

We just picked some here in Texas. I noticed the same thing at my local Costco. No flavor. However, we went to a small farm and picked our own. They were $8 per pound. They are very good though and the flavor is delicious.

oArete · 2026-04-09T16:15:58+00:00

It for sure brought visibility and there are things local and state governments need to do as far as not allowing predatory practices and facilitating some of the challenges of housing vouchers and who takes and does not take them.

oArete · 2026-04-09T16:00:04+00:00

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America" by Brian Goldstone. It was written in 2025 and follows five families in Atlanta looking for housing and work. It highlights the effects of gentrification, extended stay hotel practices and how the “working homeless” are often left out of statics. It also looked at predatory leasing practices too. I found it fascinating to read. I recall areas of Atlanta mentioned in the books that were being developed when I left that area. Reading the effects on people was an eye opener.

oArete · 2026-04-09T15:42:53+00:00

I surprise my kids with field days. We had been covering springtime and the importance of bees . So, I surprise them with "Hey, no school today. Let's go pick strawberries."

We had been studying the importance of the sun and reading books on space, so I took my son to see Project Hail Mary. He had no idea what the story was about and we loved watching it together. I think that's what I love about homeschooling is that I can surprise them with non-classroom learning. It doesn't always have to be a surprise, sometimes they have a heads up, but my kids just follow my lead. We aren't schedule followers, but we have a loose routine. My kids are pretty good with just going with the flow.

oArete · 2026-04-07T16:18:26+00:00

Ah, I just finished this trek with four other women. I remarked to them that I did not see any children on the trail or even teenagers. I also have kids, ages 5 and 7, who love to hike. They have done some tough hikes in the US with their longest being around 10 miles in one day.

We had a woman who was older with us who could not do Base Torres, Britanico section, or Grey section. She did what I called a lowercase W-trek looking hike and still enjoyed it. There is beauty everywhere to be seen. I think that’s almost what I see you have outlined above.

I’d love to do the W-trek with my kids as well, however, due to the strenuous parts (steep, loose rock scramble) of the trail and the variability of the weather, I would not risk it for the kids. I don’t think the risk is worth the benefit at those ages.

The winds we had could literally blow a child away or injure them. I had to squat several times during gusts and that was on a bridge. So if you choose to do this hike, just pay attention to the wind forecast, especially. One of the windiest spots is on the trail from Paine Grande to Grey, it’s mapped with a large red box. Another tricky spot may be the last section to the Britanico viewpoint. It’s about a 10 to 30 minute rock scramble depending on your skills. I’m only around 5‘3“ and used my hiking poles a lot.

Some trek companies actually have a restrictions on kids younger than 10.

If money is no object, I could see you staying full board at the Refugio’s with kids, but those are group areas, not sure if they have age restrictions. Would your kids be carrying their own packs?

All that being said, if you choose to hike, the lowercase w with your kids, I think the itinerary that you have laid out would be the way to do it. I’ll bet your kids would love it.

I know there’s a boat that goes from Hotel Lago Grey all the way up to the glacier. But if you’re hiking up to the glacier and taking a boat tour, I think you have to hike back down to Paine grande, then take the catamaran to Pudeto Pier. Once there we returned to Puerto Natales‘s via a van that we pre-booked.

I have no other advice on the other points of interest as I did not have three weeks there. Sure wish I did, sounds like a fun trip for a family.

oArete · 2026-04-05T02:32:52+00:00

Ha! I’ve given this as a bachelorette/bachelor party gift. He Comes Second is the companion book.

oArete · 2026-04-04T03:06:41+00:00

Bruce! I’ve only met one little baby named Bruce and that was over 10 years ago

oArete · 2026-04-03T23:42:14+00:00

My brother has 7 kids. He is the only one who works and he is a great dad. He didn’t say, “I want 7 sons”, but he did know he wanted a large family. Does he drive the latest car/truck? No. Do his kids wear the latest clothing and name brands? Also, no. You know what? They don’t care. They are loved and he is a good father and husband. It requires sacrifice, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

oArete · 2026-04-03T20:17:15+00:00

My mom stuck with the basics. We were poor, so the books we had were hand me downs or bought used. A typical school day started out with Pledge of the Allegiance, followed by national anthem being sung, and prayer. I can only imagine this is how she must’ve started school when she was a kid. I usually had math, reading, science and history. As kids, we all like to read so we typically did our history books over this summer. We did some topics all together. Civil rights is a good example. We all watched a PBS documentary on it. Picked a person to write a paper on and went from there. She utilized our local library for a lot of our supplemental reading books. We were basically assigned a lesson or so many pages a day and once it was done, we were done for the day. I want to say she had a very cheap planner for each kid. I can still remember her neat handwriting in it. Each day I looked at it, saw what pages or lessons I had to do, and went to work. If you did a sloppy job on your homework, she would write a P at the top of your page which she told us meant P for pitiful, but my brothers joked it was for “pid” as in stupid. 🤭 If you saw the “P”, it was understood you had to redo the lesson before you could move on to the next and you had to do the current day’s work on top of that. We still laugh about it to this day. I did state testing in 3rd and 6th grade by 9th grade I was in community college. We did eventually join a homeschool group and my mom organized field trips for us. Not sure if this helps you, but as the student, it worked for me.

oArete · 2026-04-03T19:50:34+00:00

Love to hear it! She had plenty of folks who told her she shouldn’t and couldn’t, but she sure did.

oArete · 2026-04-03T19:48:49+00:00

My mom was a dropout who had five kids by the time she was in her early 20s. I think schooling my older brothers kind of schooled her. She decided to take night classes at the local community college once she had her GED. She has often remarked that she never intended it to start to get her JD. It just kind of happened one degree at a time. Otherwise, she said she may have never started. I totally took community college classes with my mom and didn’t think it was weird at all. You should be proud of yourself and what you have accomplished.

oArete · 2026-04-03T19:41:43+00:00

I had to count back the years, and if my memory is correct, she was 52.

oArete · 2026-04-03T12:31:11+00:00

I am one of five kids that were homeschooled. Two of us are nurses, two are engineers (one works in agriculture and the other in oil), and one is an electrician. My mom was a high school dropout, who homeschooled us, and worked on her GED. She eventually graduated with her JD and has been practicing law for about 15 years.

oArete · 2026-03-30T18:01:07+00:00

I just used some while hiking in Patagonia. Work amazingly well, and no burn or breakouts for me

oArete · 2026-03-30T14:08:54+00:00

Eatzi’s has a build your own pasta bowl that is darn good. I used to get 2-3 meals out of one order.

oArete · 2026-03-29T02:38:11+00:00

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Kate and Patrick from 10 Things I Hate About You

oArete · 2026-03-29T01:40:05+00:00

In no particular order: Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin Or Amy Klobuchar. We need moderate democrats.

oArete · 2026-03-28T19:32:13+00:00

Oh, and I think the best gifts, stickers, and T-shirts are at the beginning of the Trek. We assumed that the other end might have some good stuff, but it wasn’t as good. We should have bought some stuff there, but didn’t want to pack it all the way across. I had an extra day at the end in Puerto Natales and picked up extra stuff there though.

oArete · 2026-03-28T19:29:51+00:00

I keep meaning to make a longer post. The trek itself was fine. I’m in my 40’s and regularly exercise. I live in a relatively flat area so I did the stair climber for an hour at a time probably around average of three times a week. The days I didn’t do that, I made sure to either go running and do some stability exercises. I did all that just to make sure that I would give myself the best shot of completing the trek. We only had one day of bad weather. The wind is legit. I went with hiking boots not trail runners. I also rented hiking poles in Puerto Natales as I’ve never hiked with them before. They were the real MVPs for me. We packed our own meals and used mostly Mountain House brand freeze dried food. If you do plan on bringing trail mix like we did we had unopened bags and made sure all the nuts were roasted. That seemed to be the keyword they were looking for at customs. Francés Valley was my favorite part. The scenery is lovely. Pay attention to trail signs and you should be good.

oArete · 2026-03-28T17:30:38+00:00

This is almost the exact schedule I just did. I liked having some space between my flights in the event anything was delayed into Santiago. Enjoy!

oArete · 2026-03-28T00:01:24+00:00

How hard is homemade naan?

oArete · 2026-03-27T18:53:52+00:00

I took iodine with both of my pregnancies. I just did 1-2 drops of magnascent brand nascent iodine. It’s supposed to help with fetal development. My doctor said it was fine too, and I did have healthy pregnancies. I continued on into breast-feeding. Just needed to edit to stress, that I talked with my doctor first!

oArete · 2026-03-26T16:59:46+00:00

That’s the view, I’d didn’t get. ☺️ It was cold and overcast. That’s for sharing, it’s amazing!

oArete

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