<p>^^funny you should say that…don’t you know that last night my husband says, “so you can delete your CC account now?”… my response: “um, no, I don’t think so, dear” (and I don’t call him “dear” ever…not my vocab)…he chuckled though…</p>
<p>what was even funnier was that I left work last night in such a rush, I left my computer packed up, in its bag…he refused to lend me his last night; said I needed CC withdrawal intervention…</p>
<p>I’m on it now but he is not here…hehehe…</p>
<p>rodney - I’m so happy for you and your D! It’s so amazing that we’re making it to the end now - or should we change our perspective and think of it as the beginning? These wonderful kids will have such a rich and exciting future.</p>
<p>Rodney- Congratulations! What great news to have my morning coffee with.</p>
<p>Rodney, I’ve offered my congrats on the 3.0 thread but I’ll give you a coffee toast here as well - Long Live Elon!</p>
<p>I just wanted to make a quick comment about alumni networks. </p>
<p>My daughter went to a tiny college with a strong alumni network that she has reached out to and been helped with numerous times. The professors were happy to give her recommendations for jobs and grad school. She has stayed in houses with people whose only connection was their kids at the college and she’s gotten jobs because of people connected to the college. She’s one of those outgoing, hardworking people that you want to help.</p>
<p>My oldest son, OTOH, is a typical boy that does not like to ask for help because although intellectually he understands networking, he doesn’t really believe that people whom he doesn’t know would help him just because he graduated from the same college they did. His college was a bit bigger then his sister’s but still a small private. I doubt going to a more recognizable school would have made any difference. Alumni networks are great but they are only as useful as the person that is using them.</p>
<p>BTW, woot has a fun “kosher” shirt today - <a href=“http://shirt.woot.com/[/url]”>http://shirt.woot.com/</a></p>
<p>Rodney - thanks for the PM - and congratulations to you and your D. Tell your hubby in no uncertain terms that I said you cannot delete your cc account - we still need you!</p>
<p>Happy Hanukah everyone.</p>
<p>At least the husband did not start with “Now that you will no longer spending hours on CC, here is a To Do list for you…”</p>
<p>What a great ending to your journey!</p>
<p>Rodney - Excellent news! Congrats to you and your daughter!</p>
<p>Rodney!</p>
<p>Congrats & Mazel Tov to you and your D! One app. only?! Wow. Awesome. And you heard ED already. Momjr, College4three, Slitheytove and me are all waiting for our ED’s…hope they let us know with acceptances asap!</p>
<p>Really great news…have a wonderful Chanukah celebration!</p>
<p>Rodney - Mazel Tov! What a nice Chanukah gift! Now your D can relax and really enjoy the rest of senior year. Of course you will have to post updates especiallys since others are considering Elon! I just spoke to someone yesterday whose D attends Elon (family is Modern Orthodox), she is enjoying her freshman year. Didn’t have a chance to ask details, it was an aside in the middle of a meeting.</p>
<p>Rodney - what a wonderful Hanukkah present for you and your daughter!!! So very happy and excited for you!!!</p>
<p>Yes, rodney, a few of us bump into and trade posts over in that forum too, Congratulations on this side as well.</p>
<p>Now what will you do for the next 7 days??</p>
<p>Oh and Rodney tell your dh that your cc friends need you here to get through the next few months!!!</p>
<p>Off topic, prompted by mdmomfromli’s post: I used to have so much trouble figuring out the significance of/difference betweem Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical, Lutheran etc etc. It never occurred to me that Christians might have the same problem with Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Hassidim, Lubavich, Breslov, etc</p>
<p>mhc - I have trouble with all of those distinctions! I remember when it was just Orthodox, Conservative and Reform.</p>
<p>I still can’t believe Hanukah is so early this year. Yesterday, I went to pull out the menorah and remembered that I had disposed of it last year - as it was kind of childish and cruddy. Quick trip to the Temple gift shop for a new menorah and candles. We don’t do much in the way of Hanukah gift giving since the boys are now teens - kind of miss the days when they were little and each night brought a colorfully wrapped truck or train.</p>
<p>LOL, RVM, my former mother-in-law used to bring over song sheets that were so old they were ditto-ed. The kids had to learn the songs by heart because none of them could read the blurry blue ink. And every year they would make a new arts and crafts menorah. I remember one made from hex nuts glued on to wood, another of alphabet blocks and small dolls, and one year a baked clay octopus holding candles in each tentacle. It was so cute I didn’t have the heart to tell my son that octopi weren’t kosher.</p>
<p>Congrats Rodney!</p>
<p>RVM, I didn’t have a clue Hanukkah was starting today until I looked at the calender on Monday to see what day of the week the 30th was and saw, “Hanukkah Begins” on the 1st! Then I called my mom to see if she knew and she had no idea either. Our family party isn’t until the 12th and I just assumed H started around then.</p>
<p>I ran to the nice gift store which carries the hard to find sized candles that fit my Menorah and they were all sold out. I have a few left from last year so I might just have to light one candle every night. </p>
<p>Boychild only likes getting money so at least I don’t have to schlep around buying presents.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS Rodney (yes I am shouting it). How exciting to be done ED. So happy for you. My DH notices and kind of gets a kick out of all of the time I spend scrutinizing CC threads.</p>
<p>MHC48…loved hearing the story about success resulting from the U-M alumni network (as you can tell from my username…I’m a part of it :)</p>
<p>I just finished wrapping gifts for tonite. The latkes were made my a neighborhood deli. I have found that it just isn’t worth the smell and the mess when Bageland does such a wonderful job. I bought candles last year when they went on sale after Chanukah and will definitely do that again. I am really am not as prepared this year because of how early the holiday is. I just folded and put away all the Thanksgiving stuff! I still have to get my husband’s gift (it is at Costco) and my college daughter’s gift (but she won’t be home for 10 days so I have time on hers).</p>
<p>My dad is here and we are about to begin making the latkes! I love the smell in the house during Hanukkah!
wishing everyone a wonderful Hanukkah!!</p>
<p>Rodney, how wonderful!!! I’m sure I’ve got lots of company with the other parents of the junior class when I say we are really excited to hear about Elon as the year progresses. </p>
<p>So I literally had the last of the turkey last night, there is still some pumpkin pie in the fridge and I just bought pototoes and onions on my way home this evening. This is way too fast.</p>
<p>As for presents every night, we just haven’t figured out how to end it. I think it will keep going until we have grandkids to get presents for.</p>