<p>Longhaul, not only have we looked at Caltech & MIT … D was admitted to both. Feel free to pass on my info.</p>
<p>tougis - lol on Assassination. Perhaps it’s good I don’t know about it.</p>
<p>All those feeling bad about U Chi - they rejected S13, so they’re not perfect ;). Feel free to be slightly outraged at them about that.</p>
<p>LOL finalchild. S13 has a teacher who attended U Chi who told him “You’re too normal for U Chicago.” And it turns out that they seem to feel the same. He got deferred in EA, so I guess he did have slightly better than a snowball’s chance… :D. S13 was also a Waldo.</p>
<p>D15, on the other hand, is not in the slightest normal. So who knows? Perhaps the shirts will come in handy. We have no others - that’s the only place S13 wanted to buy a shirt other than ND.</p>
<p>So, I missed the end of S13’s graduation party at his orchestra to race out to D15’s school for her choir concert, which was beautiful. However, she was in full teenaged form afterward and I drove home feeling bad - and orchestra is virtually done after two years of Saturdays - and I just feel very melancholy.</p>
<p>[The</a> Sundays - Here’s Where The Story Ends - YouTube](<a href=“The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends (Official Video) - YouTube”>The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends (Official Video) - YouTube)</p>
<p>Okay, I posted too soon. Got a very nice text from D15 and am feeling much better :). Parenting away from home sure is different!</p>
<p>Finalchild- LMOA!!! Your Uchicago comment killed me! </p>
<p>carimama-smarty pants daughter! Did she decide? Olin was on the table too right?</p>
<p>TV-If it weren’t for the cancelled flights, delays and 36 degrees in April, D may have still been “in a relationship” with UChicago :)… It was that close. Love your analogy!</p>
<p>Apollo- My friend went to boarding school in Wales…She loved it and ended up staying in the UK for University as well. Warm weather bugs her now.</p>
<p>confetti- Not feeling so bad for UC now…grrrr! There was a college asked if D would change her application from RD to ED. She said no and then they said no. D is fine with it, I am not, and it is now the school that shall not be named :)</p>
<p>The good karma worked. Thank you all! MIL made it through the surgery just fine. I’m headed to the hospital now to relieve my SIL. DS13a can’t get to a computer fast enough to pull the trigger. I predict my next post will be an official announcement. 
That will still give me two days to serve those still waiting. I have pretty killer waitressing skills so I can balance enough drinks on one tray for everyone still waiting. How many of your are still undecided?</p>
<p>That’s great news! We will continue to send good thoughts up your way. But I’m a little worried about DS13a. If he can’t find a computer THERE, he may not be looking very hard. </p>
<p>Confetti captured the melancholy mood well this morning, so the dog and I will just start you off with a cautionary tale about the call you never want to get from your kid. </p>
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<p>^^SOG-- good thing he’s not planning on studying computer science!</p>
<p>Thanks to those who have joked about U Chicago, especially TV and confetti. It’s been hard for me to let go of that one, though D barely thought twice about it once her decision was made.</p>
<p>For those still in lounge chairs, I’ve pulled out the espresso machine. Very strong, thick, espresso with a twist of lemon, for those of you who may need your wits about you today.</p>
<p>Good luck, all!</p>
<p>I just started to look at websites to create my own graduation announcements. I’m not finding what I want, but I need something that is user friendly. Does anyone have any suggestions? I tried TinyPrints.com. I want a layout where I can have a flat card with a photo and writing on both sides.</p>
<p>Love the twist of lemon Lizzie.</p>
<p>I have slices of fresh baked quiche and fresh fruit out on the deck, SS. Buffet style today.</p>
<p>@ GreekM - try PurpleTrail.com.</p>
<p>Good morning Cruisers! So today’s special is “Mama Walker’s Breakfast Liqueurs” (they come in three flavors, Maple Bacon, Blueberry Pancake and Glazed Donut). If you think I am making it up, google it. The truth is stranger than fiction. I will add some pancakes from the fundraiser pancake breakfast I am off to. </p>
<p>Greek: Continued “get well” wishes to your MIL. Congratulations on a “pretty-much-for- sure-if-I-can-just-find-the-button” decision! </p>
<p>Happy Sunday!!</p>
<p>I can’t keep up with this thread but has anyone explained why some posters put spaces between the letters of the college name or acronym? I noticed it again in post 24296.</p>
<p>GreekMana – My D used vistaprint.com She uploaded pictures, added text and says she could have put text on the back too if she had wanted. Seemed to be pretty user-friendly.</p>
<p>momofthree – Generally people add spaces or rogue characters in college names so that those posts won’t show up in a general search by the college name.</p>
<p>Ah thanks Stem, although Google will put the word back together e.g. t u f t s becomes Tufts, c h i c a g o becomes Chicago and so on.</p>
<p>…which is why, I think, some posters will type a school like R U 7 Ge R $, or similar, to try and confuse google :)</p>
<p>Wow Momofthree I should have realized that with google. I initially wasn’t spacing the name until I saw others doing it and thought the logic behind it made sense. I try and practice what I preach. I tell my kids to never put anything on the internet they don’t want the whole world to see. The colleges I’ve posted about I’ve only spoken of in a positive light and will continue to do so.
I’m now a server! I’ve never been a formal waitress, but I have 16 years of homemaker experience ,and I’ve felt like one, so there’s that. Since we’ve finally got a few days of sun in my area I’m offering sweet tea (Grandma’s specialty).</p>
<p>our2girls, much depends on your activity and your IP address what google returns even if you use a symbol. Alot of websites are indexed. But as far as general safety on the internet, don’t use the same username for everything and change your passwords frequently. Use a combination of caps and lower case numbers and symbols.</p>
<p>Adding DD, deposit made just before prom, as promised by DD.</p>
<p>Ahsmuoh’s DD: University of South Carolina
Amandakayak’s D: University of Pittsburgh
Apollo6’s DD: University of Mississippi
College4K’s DD: University of Arizona
confetti247’s S13: University of Notre Dame
coralbrook’s d: California Lutheran
cyclonehome’s DD: Tulane University
dadotwoboys’ DS: Duke
David1126’s S: Harvey Mudd
Donivrian’s DS: UC B
EastGrad’s DS: Harvard
FlyMeToTheMoon’s D: University of Pittsburgh (Honors)
Fredricksdottirs DD: University of Chicago
GreekMana’s DSb: Duke
gunnerz’s S: University of Denver
Haystack’s S: Iowa State University
Itsallgood1’s DS: Bowdoin
Kat2013’s DS: Catholic University of America
Kelbee’s Niece: Clark University
Kelowna’s DS: Duke
Kennedy2010’s DD: Washington University in St. Louis
laurendog’s Step-D: University of Pittsburgh
LCSMOM’s S: Cornell University
lisa6191’s S: University of Alabama
lvvcsfs DD: Purdue University
mamabear1234’s D: Pomona College
MarthaW’s DD: Olin College of Engineering
Matmaven’s S: Lehigh University
megpmom’s DS: Westminster Choir College (Rider Univ)
Mom24boys DS: Northeastern University
Mom2kids2dogs’ DD: Northwestern University
Mommaof5’s DS: University of Chicago
Momofboston’s DD: Elon
MommyDearest13’s DS: Vanderbilt University
Momofzag’s D: Bucknell University
momtobgb’s DD: Emory University
MTnest’s DS: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
musicmerit’s D: Yale
MyLB’s DS: University of Montana
my3gr8boyz DS - Duke
our2girls’ DD: Belmont University
pouncecat2’s DD: University of California, Davis
privateschoolluv’s DS: Occidental College
psblstnr’s DD: Carleton College
Psychodad10’s DS : Washington University in St. Louis
sacchi’s D: Dickinson College
SomeOldGuy’s Devil Child: Duke
sophieandlola’s DS: University of Florida
STEMFamily’s DD: Arizona State University
Swizzle13: University of Connecticut
tougis’s D1: Northwestern
TVenee’s DD: Columbia University
Tx5athome’s DS: Cal
wherenext DD: University of Southern California
wilma13 DS: Cal
Wintriest’s D: Mills College
W2BeHome’s DD: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Youdon’tsay’s ds: Georgetown
2kidzmom’s DS: University of Florida</p>
<p>School:
Arizona State University: STEMFamily’s DD
Belmont University: our2girls DD
Bowdoin: itsallgood1’s DS
Bucknell University: Momofzag’s D
Cal: Tx5athome’s DS, Donivrian’s DS, wilma13 DS
California Lutheran: Coralbrook’s D
Catholic University of America: Kat2013’s S
Carleton College: psblstnr’s DD
Clark University: Kelbee’s Niece
Columbia University: TVenee’s DD
Cornell University: LCSMOM’s S
Dickinson: sacchi’s D
Duke: dadotwoboys’ DS, Kelowna’s DS, GreekMana’s DSb, SomeOldGuy’s Devil Child, my3gr8boyz DS - so many that it wrapped to the next line!
Elon: momofboston’s DD
Emory: momtobgb’s DD
Georgetown: Youdon’tsay’s ds
Harvard: Eastgrad’s DS
Harvey Mudd: David1126’s S
Iowa State University: Haystack’s S
Lehigh University: Matmaven’s S
Mills College: Wintriest’s D
Northeastern: Mom24boys S
Northwestern: tougis’s D1, Mom2kids2dogs’ DD
Occidental College: privateschoolluv’s DS
Olin College of Engineering: MarthaW’s DD
Pomona College: mamabear1234’s D
Purdue University: lvvcsfs DD
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): W2BeHome’s DD
Tulane University: cyclonehome’s DD
University of Alabama: lisa6191’s S
University of Arizona: College4K’s DD
University of California, Davis: pouncecat2’s DD
University of Chicago: Mommaof5’s DS, Fredricksdottirs DD
University of Connecticut: Swizzle13
University of Denver: gunnerz’s S
University of Florida: sophieandlola’s DS, 2kidzmom’s DS
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: MTnest’s DS
University of Mississippi: Apollo6’s DD
University of Montana: MyLB’s DS
University of Notre Dame: confetti247’s DS
University of Pittsburgh: laurendog’s Step-D, FlyMeToTheMoon’s D, Amandakayak’s D
University of Southern California (USC): wherenext’s DD
University of South Carolina (USC ): ahsmuoh’s DD
Vanderbilt University: MommyDearest13’s DS
Washington University in St. Louis: Kennedy2010’s DD, Psychodad10’s son
Westminster Choir College (Rider Univ): megpmom’s DS
Yale: musicmerit’s D</p>
<p>What do you advise for the bleary eyed. Worked the after prom party at my son’s school and I cannot seem to get it in gear today. Staying up until 5 a.m. is not for the faint of heart. :). I am happy to report that there were probably over 1,000 kids at the school for after prom without one single incident. It was so wonderful to see all these kids just having a great time.</p>
<p>Off for my second triple shot latte of the day! :D. Bedtime can’t come soon enough…</p>
<p>p.s. The mother of my son’s date told me that prom was the first time her daughter had been on a date in her life. IMHO (verrrrry biased), she picked the right young gentleman
for her first date.</p>