Going back to school

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> I will be going back to school for a quick 7 week course twice a

> week. My husband will be in charge of the kids. I need to leave

> something for them to eat. Things that can be kept for a bit or kept

> warm anyway.

> We don't use many of the replacement products except the occaional

> crumbles for sloppy joes or tacos.

> My husband/sons are not veggie. They will eat it as long as it sort

> of with in the realm of " normal " i.e.mac and cheese, spaghetti with

> marinara, salads, etc. You get the idea.

> Can ya'll please help me with some ideas. I am not creative or

> inventive in the kitchen. So it needs to be simple please. Thanks in

> advance!

 

 

Robin - sounds like you need to make a bunch of casseroles and

lasagnas. Will you be away from home for the 7 weeks? Or just really

busy? :-) You can make the casseroles in those foil pans and freeze,

then hubby can put them in the oven and they'll be ready to eat with

little effort. Wash up a bunch of salad greens each week, and they

can have a salad with it to round out the meal.

[Guest guest]

My mom dropped out of high school to get married - at 55 she went

back and got her GED. I also started a group at my school for older

students -there are about 30 of us over 50 here and we mostly

socialize and support each other - definitely needed group.

 

Enjoy what you are doing! Travel is good. ))))))))))

 

, catherineleslie1 wrote:

>

>

> Hi Carol,

>

> Thanks for the encouragement. I just don't think I have the

energy or the

> ambition to go back to school at 56. Now that my husband is

retired, we're

> traveling more, and I've also got a number of activities and

volunteer things that

> I do, and that's about all that I can handle.

>

> Congratulations to you on finishing your MSW this coming May.

That's

> fantastic!! It's also marvelous what your student colleague is

doing. Good for her!

> I am very impressed with you both. Good luck to both of you!

>

> Cath (-:

>

> In a message dated 1/13/2008 11:59:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> cluttjohann writes:

>

> Hey Cath

>

> It is not too late to go back to school. I am 52 and will finish my

> MSW this May. One of my student colleagues that started Fall 07 is

> 63. She is working on her MSW / Law degree at same time - will

finish

> in 4 years I think it is. She then plans on applying to Duke to do

a

> Phd in Theology. She is African American and wants to work on

> injustices in legal system and write. She is definitely an

> inspiration for going back to school!

>

> Carol

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On 1/13/08, Pineapple <cluttjohann wrote:

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> I also started a group at my school for older

> students -there are about 30 of us over 50 here and we mostly

> socialize and support each other - definitely needed group.

 

I envy you! We have a very large population of " non-traditional

students " at my university, but I still end up being a loner because

all the group wants to do are child-focused activities that students

bring their children or grandchildren to. There's really nothing

social on campus for childless grown-ups - everything else is for the

teeny-boppers and I'm even more out of place there.

 

I ended up falling in with professors as my social cadre on campus,

pretty much from the start of my undergraduate career. I guess that's

part of why I decided to work toward becoming a professor myself: they

seem to be my natural peer group. But it would be nice to have gotten

some of the " student social involvement " that's so often touted as one

of the benefits of university.

 

Sparrow