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| Sun, 10-20-2013 - 8:02am |
Kind of joking there. But the other day I met a mom who was certain she knew which area schools were the best. I told her my children are happily in public school, but upon entering middle school and/or upon entering 8th grade, if any of mine wants, then we'll take a tour of all of the schools in the area ~ private, several Catholic. Not a Catholic, lol, she told me unequivocally that, yes, I needed to take my children on a tour of the local Catholic schools NOW because they are the best schools in the area. Because of course her kids went there. Her children graduated from high school long ago, but I never quite got my answer on what they were all doing now. 
Anyway, the "conversation" (monologue?) continued until my friend saw me cornered. Has this kind of thing happened to you ~ older mom telling you how to do it better? How do you handle moms with children older than yours who are a little too liberal and pushy with their advices? ....Have you ever been that mom?

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Cash is always good! Congratulations on selling your house.
I'd love to have a butcherblock countertop. But it creates a huge maintenance and cleanliness issue.
For now, until we have the funds to really do it right, we're looking at painting the current laminate countertops. It would provide an inexpensive short-term facelift.
And, again, I love the look of tile. Something like these would work well in the overall feel of our house.
"I don’t mind a banshee, that’s fine. 2 banshees? I HATE you. I actually wish bad things upon you." -- Day[9] Daily #459 P1
I'm sorry, but what are you asking?
Not really, granite and concrete counter tops weigh about the same.
I'm not crazy about PW but she does a good comparasion on many countertops choices.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/2009/03/countertops-a-comparison/
PumpkinAngel
its just really overdone I think.
PumpkinAngel
I didn't recommend you go on cruises. I don't, so why should you get to? I said it would be selfish for me to pursue another advanced degree when my children were in need of direction with their own college careers.
I'm with you on the house I grew up in, my parents are still there and I would hate to see it gutted or torn down. I like the changes they have made over the years but I could easily see someone wanting to come in and toss the wood floors and butcher block counter tops for granite and "new" wood floors. Heartbreaking to say the least, I get that.
PumpkinAngel
I'm thinking of my parents house and they also paid very little for the house numerous years ago and it's worth much more, but I really can't see that those are unusal costs to selling a home.
PumpkinAngel
"I don’t mind a banshee, that’s fine. 2 banshees? I HATE you. I actually wish bad things upon you." -- Day[9] Daily #459 P1
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