Recent content by Karla

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Hey, y’all.  I’ve dropped in here a few times over the last few years, but seldom, and it’s been a while.  But my life is in a tailspin, and I expect to be hitting the road soon, so it’s time to speak up. Last August I was living in an apartment in Sacramento after a divorce, followed by a...

Heading there now. Thanks!

Is anybody teaching ESL on the road in the US?  If so, how do you get a consistently strong enough internet signal?

Wow, I didn't expect a response like this from so many moms. We should get matching jackets. My cousin told me my son, who's in Flagstaff, asked to join her sister's family in Arkansas for Thanksgiving. I was afraid he'd take off cross-country in the car I gave him, which is an '04 and which...

That's how I feel about it too. When my son wants a relationship, I'm willing. He's 29, has no sense, and at some level I'm worried sick about him, but I can't fix him and at least he hasn't reproduced. I had to come to terms with the need to focus on taking care of myself and walk away, just...

Ah. No, I can't beat your typing speed. Oh well, it was a thought. That's how my second ESL job got to be. Cambly pays 17¢/minute while you're on a call, so the most you can make if you're on a call for an hour is $10.20. Most calls are shorter. Many are people using freebie promotional...

I'll be turning 60 soon and all my friends are either retired, retiring, or getting ready to retire. I have my own health issues and dread having to job hunt again. Last year the group home was the only local job I applied for that even responded, and it was a nightmare. I'd rather work from...

Hi travelaround, thanks for speaking up. How did you get started doing online transcription? Do you work from home?

Hi Phyllis, nice to hear from you. I wouldn't worry about my daughter's arrythmia if it weren't for her medical background. I have one too, and my mother had one just like it. She didn't have to do anything about it until she was 90, and she lived to be 95, so I don't worry about mine. But...

The last place I lived in Arkansas we had bamboo taking over the back yard. When you dig or plow it up, if there's a fragment of a rhizome left you've got another bamboo forest in no time. If you can contain it it grows incredibly fast, but good luck containing it!

Hi, gang.  It's been so long I'll bet nobody remembers me.  Last year I got divorced, moved to Flagstaff, my college student son moved into my  new apartment with me so we both could save a little money, and I got a job in a group home.  The job was as abusive as the marriage, so I quit when I...

Argh!  I can't wait to get my van and get out of this apartment complex!  The rule is "dogs must be leashed", but of course the BIG dog owners ignore that and turn their BIG dogs loose.  They come running up and scare the daylights out of my two Yorkie mixes.  Maybe they just want to play, maybe...

I wish I could go! Unfortunately I can't afford to miss work. I'm gradually getting rid of stuff and looking at getting a van next spring. I could sure use the information and sisterhood. The women's group at last January's RTR was the single most empowering even in my life. I walked away...

I went to DeFranco, the same one Bob goes to.  They have 3 locations.  I've also been to Figuero.  There are a zillion choices, and I doubt there's a lot of difference between them.