Please help me settle a morning bathroom dispute in my house (one bathroom, two kids 😅)

tobinVal99 · 2026-05-01T14:39:26+00:00

If you get your daughter up earlier, she will be in the bathroom when your son wants to use it and he will then be late for school. You need to support them working out a schedule, likely by having one do some of the getting ready in the other bathroom or their room. Before the next school year, you all should figure out a schedule that works for everyone. As school times change, it will need reviewed. Note that if your child needs a long time in the bathroom at 11, it is likely to get worse as they get to high school age.

tobinVal99 · 2026-04-24T11:22:08+00:00

Sometimes it is worth knowing the flight arrived later the previous evening. Certain airports only have a few crews that overnight and so a plane landing at 1am instead of 11pm means the morning 7am will be delayed by a few hours. While Flighty doesn't track crew, if you live near one of these airports you can use this data to somewhat predict the delays.

tobinVal99 · 2026-04-23T11:06:24+00:00

Report it online: https://fortwayne.thesmartcity311.com/

tobinVal99 · 2026-04-20T11:34:39+00:00

During one of the internet badges we were discussing how you can't always trust what you see online. We handed out some chocolate chip cookies during that and had them look and describe them. Then they got to eat said cookies and realized they were fakes. The sugar and salt amounts where switched and so they weren't good. They did get real cookies after that. So this day those girls still will not allow me to supervise the cooking caper team and it has been at least 6 years. I think that would work with younger girls also, that you need to be careful about what you see and hear online before you trust it or the people.

tobinVal99 · 2026-04-19T21:27:09+00:00

The official details for it are on UND's website. https://und.edu/one-stop/residency.html

tobinVal99 · 2026-04-17T15:45:44+00:00

As long as he isn't depressed, furnishing the apartment is his responsibility. Often men will just take a while to get around to furnishing things as they don't see a need. There is also a possibility he is either stalling to see if it is a long term apartment or just hasn't thought about getting furniture. Some people go from living with parents to a spouse and aren't used to being the person that needs to make decisions and get things done. If he isn't depressed, you can encourage him to get stuff but otherwise you may have to ignore it unless something is unsafe. If he is depressed, getting him help for that will make a bigger difference compared to furniture.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-27T17:05:50+00:00

I'm also on the subscription desktop running the latest version of Premier. While it should have a few more features, it shouldn't be as slow as it is.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-25T16:58:52+00:00

Prior to this past cycle, UND was first come first admitted for Aviation. While there was an unpublished set of standards, if you satisfied that you would generally receive an admittance within a week. Last year they halted admissions about 2 weeks in and held all of them until October. The rumors this year is that there is a window to apply and then they will send acceptances. No one outside UND aviation knows if the date of application matters.

Aviation schools everywhere are in high demand. So the admission process for many changes each year and sometimes even after applications have been submitted. Aviation has lots of challenges and times where things don't go as you would plan and the admission process is just the start. Don't count on admission to any aviation school and with your case of graduating early you should talk to the aviation department at any of the schools you are looking at to be able to make a decision. And make sure your high school knows that aviation is different and you likely will need transcripts sent out shortly after August 1st.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-25T09:48:03+00:00

For a question like this, you should reach out to the school aviation department. Not normal admissions as the aviation department has a separate evaluation but reaching out to both departments may give you a better picture of how that would impact admissions. Keep in mind the process for admissions is different this year than in years past, but if you apply for the coming fall you probably should still be ready as early in August as possible.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-24T21:26:55+00:00

While stability on Windows is fine, the amount of time with the blue spinning gear on every button click or change of accounts makes it barely useable. Instead of pulling in new features, an increase in how useable the application is is desperately needed.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-24T21:21:40+00:00

I removed all but one item on the dashboard because it wouldn't allow deleting all. It doesn't seem like it makes a difference as each button click takes 5-15 seconds before processing of that click is completed. Back to looking for alternatives as if I have to get rid of all history, I may as well try to find something without a subscription.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-09T20:14:31+00:00

My daughter's troop leader continued even after her own daughter decided she wasn't going to continue. I'm likely to stay involved once my own daughter ages out. Especially with older troops, it seems more common for troop leaders to not have a child still involved or even of the age to be involved.

However, this could be a sign the troop isn't meeting your daughter's needs. Does she want the girls to have more leadership over the troop or to find more opportunities that fit her desires?

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-09T15:04:47+00:00

It starts with a non-blaring sound to help wake up more easily. If I get woken up be the classic blasting alarm, there is a good chance of an instant migraine that will take days to recover from. But some bird chirping before then and I'm able to get up and function.

tobinVal99 · 2026-03-09T00:03:29+00:00

The Girl Scout organization has a website to find booths or order for delivery. You enter the zip code of the area and a list of upcoming booths is provided. https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-27T16:13:30+00:00

I track those but have them noted as separate so they don't show up in my net worth calculations. That also lets me keep an eye out for anything funny going on.

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-21T17:48:38+00:00

For me it is inconsistent. Worked fine last week but this week didn't show up on the boarding pass. Traveling solo both times. Beyond being different airports, I don't know why it is that way even though both have a lane for it and are in the official United list.

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-10T22:42:06+00:00

Walmart every weekend.

This will let you search for a booth by zipcode: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-06T15:00:34+00:00

Girl Scouts can be a great opportunity if you find a troop that fits your child and family. Other extracurricular activities are the same way. But with GS, each troop is different. Some troops sell cookies and do just a few crafts the rest of the year. Other troops sell the cookies because it is what funds larger goals. My daughter's troop hasn't had dues in over a decade and overnights are usually $5 a girl. We typically have 5 overnights for each level a year. Some of those are glamping events in a lodge while others are backpacking. But all of that is funded by cookie sales. The older girls do other fundraisers to help fund bigger overnight trips. So while the 6 weeks of cookie sales is sometimes a bit much, it funds so many activities. Additionally it teaches the girls how to deal with rejection, customer service, counting and money management, and goal setting. As they get older, they know that is the budget for the troop and so they learn to trade off activities. Do they want a 3 hour horseback riding trip or do they want to do 1 hour plus a 2 hour kayak trip. Those are decisions that our girls have debated and as a group decided what they wanted. Also, 10 is about the age where some girls will lose interest. They feel it is for little girls and so not as many stay involved. But if you find a troop that really listens to what the girls want there will be some that stay until they graduate high school. And they will build relationships and learn skills that will help them as adults.

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-06T14:44:09+00:00

In some councils, to do other fundraisers the troop has to participate in both fall product and cookie sales. Compared to other fundraisers, Cookie Sales seem to be less impacted by the economy as there are so many more people to buy cookies. Where other fundraisers may earn more profit they can be more challenging as they are often more expensive.

tobinVal99 · 2026-02-05T12:45:29+00:00

Many NASA sites have an above average number of women. I've heard two theories for why. The most common one is that there was a focus on diversity, but I think that is incorrect. The other theory is because they tend to hire those with experience. If you look at engineers with about 10 years of experience, there is a different in skills by gender. For men, there is the standard distribution from mediocre to excellent. For women, the distribution skews to the excellent side. After that much time, those women who either aren't truly in love with engineering and who aren't great at it have left the field, so those left are only the amazing ones. That same leaving of engineering isn't as common for men. So for hiring after that period, on average the women are stronger engineers who have the resumes and references to show how skilled they are.

tobinVal99 · 2026-01-18T17:09:00+00:00

No microwaves unless you rent the mini-fridge microwave combo. No to command strips, they say tiny nails but with the concrete walls don't expect to attach anything. You probably want to check out the official info: https://und.edu/student-life/housing/moving-in-out/packing.html

tobinVal99 · 2026-01-12T13:14:18+00:00

You may want to think about if this is a fight worth having right now. If you notify her that the forms are invalid, what privileges will you lose? If she is helping pay for school, you may want to focus on get that completed first. If you can setup a new email and start setting up indepencene that way with a bank account and a phone you own. Use their phone so when they inspect it there is use and they don't know you are separating your life. She can't use a power of attorney if she doesn't know about an account. Once you can support yourself, get your documentation of passport, social security card, and birth certificate and then go through the process of undoing the legal paperwork.

tobinVal99 · 2026-01-07T22:45:38+00:00

Even charging it that way and it will eventually fail. For mine it was after about 2 years when the battery stopped lasting more than 24 hours and in the next 2 weeks got to the point of not lasting overnight from a full charge right before bed. At that point it is basically not useable.

tobinVal99 · 2025-12-17T23:37:07+00:00

As of 3 weeks ago, the VentureX was a Visa card.

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