Washable Workwear Wednesday: Braided Trim Tweed Jacket
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It’s time to take out the summer tweed! If you’re looking for a winter white that’s made for summer, check out this jacket from Ann Taylor.
This tailored (and machine washable!) jacket has a fun braided trim, jeweled collar neckline, hook-and-eye closure, and functional pockets. Wear it as pictured with a sharp pair of jeans for a more casual setting or swap them out for a pencil skirt or sheath for a more formal office.
Ann Taylor’s Braided Trim Tweed Jacket is $179 full price — but currently 30% off with code SUMMER — and available in regular sizes 00–16 and petite sizes 00–14.
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PSA: This webpage a free digital book you can read with kids about school shootings. https://akidsco.com/
A parent I follow that always has good tips posted this and it looks good for elementary age. I plan to read it with my kid tonight.
I have a day in Chicago with my 11 year old son who is super into trains, planes and history of space travel. Suggestions for things to do?
This is his birthday trip. We are taking the sleeper train from Boston to Chicago, then spending a day in Chicago and flying back to the east. His little sister will be at sleep away camp, so I really want to make this special for him.
My 6 year old is asking for a Nintendo Switch for his birthday, and I honestly have no idea what the deal is with video games and kids these days. Is this what kids his age are playing on? Is there more of a beginner’s system?
So, I’m mostly finished with Hunt, Gather, Parent. There was one part that really resonated with me — the idea that we all talk way too much when parenting, and that in the face of a meltdown, just being silent is a valid option. While I’ve never been a yeller, the major alternative (acknowledging feelings, e.g. “you’re feeling so mad”) always feels artificial to me, and my attempts to reason them out of it always (unsurprisingly) fail miserably. I don’t know why I never thought of just saying NOTHING.
I tried it this morning — my 4yo wanted me to read him a chapter of Dragon Masters, but it was time for breakfast. He started getting mad and instead of saying “wow, you really wish we had time to read” or “it’s okay, we can read after breakfast” or “PLEASE stop, it’s too early in the morning for this,” I just said nothing, and chilled on the couch. And after a minute I picked him up, gave him a hug, and carried him to the breakfast table and set him down. Meltdown over. Now, I don’t think it would have been a huge one regardless, and I actually think some of the other strategies would also have worked just fine too, but this approach felt SO MUCH BETTER to me. So much more like “me,” as opposed to reading from a script, if that makes sense.
Anyway, I have nothing particularly useful to say about any of the rest of the book (some I liked, some I did not) but I thought that part was gold.
I am curious About this, so taking a very informal poll…. At what point did your little one move from a crib to a toddler bed (or any size bed)? My son just turned three and he has never, ever tried to climb out of his crib and shows no indications of wanting to be in a bed. So, if he’s having a rough night and while comforting him one of says, “do you want to come lay in bed with mom and dad?” He responds with “no, I want to be in my crib.” There are no younger siblings on the way, and no moves to a new house on the horizon, so nothing that would present an opportunity for a transition.
So heartbroken about the tragedy in Texas. This is the first time I’ve had to talk to my kids about a school shooting and I couldn’t make it through without crying. They are too young to know about Sandy Hook.
Do any of you moms have any experience dealing with Natera’s (genetic testing company) billing department? I’ve been having the most awful time dealing with them, but they’re one of the (if not the only) in-network providers for a certain type of test for my health care plan. I have seen all the BBB complaints, class actions, and government fines – so I know they’re notoriously troublesome – but does anyone have any practical tips that have worked for you and/or any contact people that I might be able to go through who can help me? My situation is that my insurance did not pay them. On my EOB it states that the test is covered by my plan (which I confirmed prior to the test, too), but that it is excluded from the in-network contract between Natera and my insurer. The EOB also states that they cannot balance bill me, and I owe nothing. When I talk to my insurer, they say that it should be Natera who would appeal (either submitting a different CPT code or appealing saying it is within the scope of their contract). Natera is insisting that I appeal, and keeps sending me invoices. Any contact person/practical tips would be helpful! I’ve spent hours on the phone, and had multiple three-way calls with my insurer and Natera, and so far nothing has been successful.
This morning while in the drop off line for school, kid told me his throat hurt ‘so much’. I had to turn around because… can’t send him in.
Then, on a call where I am the client, he loudly broke into my office to say he got a little p00p on his underpants by accident. Later, there was a discussion as to the fact that I had not gotten him new underwear and he couldn’t find clean ones. The word ‘pOop’ was used multiple times. Guess who was not (as she thought) on mute.