What kind of errands....

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What kind of errands....
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:41pm

Do you run on a daily basis? Weekly basis? Monthly basis?

I've often heard people say that they need a lot of time during the week to run errands and that those errands would otherwise take up their evenings and weekends if they had to WOH ft. It made me curious because I just don't seem to have many errands to run at all. Are we just lazy :-)?

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:41pm
We have a bike trailer for the baby, it works out pretty well.
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Registered: 11-12-2003
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:42pm
Which is exactly why I said something. ;)
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Registered: 01-05-2005
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:48pm
I don't know what she did but we sure as heck did. In fact my husband was still working out of town a fair deal and I had a one hour commute. I have no idea how active you are. When my kids were pnjs ages they were involved in, over the course of a year, swimming, skating, skiing, soccer and gymnastics. We went both camping and to disney that year and did alot of day trips to parks, zoos etc. Plus a few trips to visit family and friends 5 hrs away. Since my husband is now working ft in the area, we've had time to up the soccer committment to competitive for boht kids, he has time to coach a competitive soccer team and both he and I have time to play soccer and go to the gym regularily in my area, and we've added hockey, horseback riding and piano to the the list of yearly activities. Although skating and swimming are out (swimming has to get put back for the younger one though). Plus 3 rats, 1 cat and 2 dogs.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:50pm
I was just reading through this thread and had to comment to you that aren't you sorry now that you mentioned to me you could get Thai food delivered at 11:00 p.m.? LOL! See where *that* comment led? ;-)
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Registered: 10-16-2003
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:51pm

"I did make it without any preconceived ideas about what would and would not be suitable though."

** Oh so you just moved without considering any factors like say...what you could afford? The biggest factor in "suitability" is what I can afford to pay and how long I would have to travel right? These are not "preconceived" notions. These are facts. All you have to do is look at real estate in the area, look at insurance rates for cars, look at toll fees, look up train information and look at commute times. It's really not that hard.

Again, I can see that you researched NYC. Its the other side of the coin I'm wondering about.

*** What other "side of the coin" The magical commuter city that I can afford that you have yet to tell me about that would meet my needs? OK. How about this. I have researched areas as far as 2 hours away from my job. I can tell you about real estate from up and down the Hudson, to Jersey, to all the boroughs, to Pennsylvania! Is that enough?

 

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Registered: 03-16-2005
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:56pm
But I do agree with you. Your child is apt to be totally drained by school. Some really are. I doubt very much that QM's were, any more than mine was. Hence the reason I think it's unlikely that your children have had the opportunity to see whether or not they'd be interested in athletics that QM's have and mine has.
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Registered: 07-16-2005
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:57pm
Wow, why bother even owning a home. Sounds like your family just uses the closets and showers.
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Registered: 01-05-2005
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 1:58pm

And the teacher could also send home a note indicating that many first graders will not achieve more than a C+ in anything academic.

Was there something that made you think the teacher meant many 1st graders would be exhausted for months when she mentionned adjust? Because without more info, I might have thought it refered to the time it took for a child to be able to settle down and focus and apply himself and understand expectations in a grade 1 rather than k way.

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Registered: 07-16-2005
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 2:01pm

If I worked your hours or your husband's hours, I would not be able to get this posse of 3 out of the house and in the car each day for their typical mayhem. Only since the youngest was close to 2 did we start traveling abroad.

(We all just got back from England and nary a fanny pack in sight! But I must say the food and fashions just couldn't compare to Paris!)

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Registered: 12-10-2003
Fri, 09-02-2005 - 2:01pm

We must be talking about different things then. I know comparing what kristi went thru and my trek around the bay in a kayak are. Kristi's situation wasn't safe for an "adult" who could swim, much less a kid. If something like that ever happened on the bay in San Diego, believe me, it would be national news.

As far as a bike trailer, they can be perfectly safe if used properly. If you are riding in a safe bike riding area away from traffic then you shouldn't have a prblem. My dh attached one of those bike attachments to his bike for ds. It creates a tandem that is sizes for the child. My ds loves it.

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