Was he eligible for a veteran's burial allowance? I'd start there. https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/veterans-burial-allowance/

Not with a 2 year old. In a few years, definitely. I'd drive in to Fairfax and take the metro in, though. No way I would drive in DC.

Castanea. The food was amazing, but they never could get any of the rest of running a restaurant right so not surprised they went out of business.

Not sure why your son needs the therapies but I can tell you from experience with mine: the more speech/OT you get, the earliest you can get it, the better. It really helps. My son started speech therapy when he was around 2 and was still completely mute when he was 3. We did super intensive speech therapy for years (sometimes 5 times a week). He's 5 now and while he isn't conversational, he can speak enough to let his needs be known and even tell you about his day or answer questions you ask him. He's down to once a week at this point, but the years of intensive therapy really paid off.

I like it. This is the first time I tried it jerked on the grill but it turned out very good. I'd say the meat is very reminiscent of dark meat turkey but, like most wild game, tougher.

Worked without much to show for it. Grilling some jerked pheasant, jerked squirrel, asparagus, and potatoes right now. Lovely afternoon to burn meat over a fire.

Agreed. I don't understand who thought it would be a good idea to begin with. Other than being cheap, it has no pros that I can see as a siding choice.

Yeah, I don't think that'll be an issue. My old siding was Masonite so when I say I found rot every couple of months, I meant it literally. That stuff was worse than trash as siding.

Humidity levels tend to rise and winds tend to calm after 4:00 making it less of a risk (though still a risk).

I had hardiplank (and gutters, sheathing, and new trim) installed by Retex. They weren't the cheapest but they also weren't the most expensive and they did an okay job. Solidly middle of the road.

Hardiplank is a great siding, though. I never want to have to go through that mess again, but finally having siding that doesn't rot away every couple of months is such a relief.

My son has an IEP here in Chesterfield and it has been fine. There were some missed services during the pandemic and when his school provided speech therapist suddenly retired with no notice, but otherwise we haven't had any issues. He has been progressing very well too.

That said, he seems to get bullied a lot at school and it often gets brushed off when we report it, but I am not sure how much bullying is "normal" and how much is because he is being targeted. The worst of it happened very early in the school year and the school jumped right on it and solved it. Otherwise, it has been on the bus home (he only rides it home). The first time it happened on the bus we had to keep pushing but they eventually resolved it and the second time was yesterday so we will see how that goes. They did brush it off initially, but that was expected.

Same... It was around 30 years ago but I still remember it too.

Since so many people really, really want a grocery store in Manchester, they should get together to form a co-op and build one.

I've got little kids and a lot of yard... I am in the children's museum and tractor supply more than is healthy.

Looks like next to the existing shopping center with the Children's Museum and Tractor Supply.

Edit: I realized that that might not be super descriptive if you don't know the area. The address is around 6801 Lake Harbour Dr, Midlothian.

I just let whatever wants to move in grow, to be honest. I did the whole seed and fertilize a few years back and it's just not worth the bother to me.

Shits Addition doesn't sound like a great place to buy food.

We didn't get vegan food. I understand that you would expect to pay more for that. I certainly won't be going back to Fatburger, though. I could feed the whole family for $30 (after tip) just down the road at Sergio's and it would have been a lot higher quality. I just can't pay $50 for what we got there. If it was all really good, then maybe. Other than the burgers, though, it all tasted like buffet quality food.

I will say that we didn't try their shakes, though, so I can't speak to those.

>... just wait until the New Yorkers hear about it.

Is this part of the satire? I swear almost everyone I meet is from New York anymore.

If you go in there and just get a burger and nothing else it shouldn't be too terribly bad... They're expensive, but the burgers actually are kind of good. Not quite worth what they cost, but worth trying at least.

Went there several months back. It was $50 for 2 burgers, 1 order of fries, 6 wings, 2 drinks and a kid's meal (I don't recall what was in that). The burgers were pretty good, everything else was just tolerable. Definitely overpriced. If it had been $30 total I think it would have been fair, but it was not worth anything near $50.

Slow cooker makes all the difference. My wife does her's in it and it is excellent with very little effort.

Taking my son bowling this morning... Waiting for the alley to open now.

I saw one or two 30 years ago or so, but haven't seen one since. They're definitely not remotely common.

We have a few thousand crocuses in our lawn and they started blooming a few weeks ago.. I'm slightly annoyed because it probably means we won't have a good spring showing. Daffodils are coming up everywhere too. It's too early.