You'll be amazed at what can happen when all they have to do is "Re-Play The Hard Parts" enough times to "Get It".... and as far as MOTIVATION goes... NOTHING worked better for both of my Children than having "The Mysterious Friday Surprise Box" to place all of the Small Goodies they mentioned wanting from time to time inside... with the promise that if they Finish their work and Don't Fudge on their Efforts...They would BOTH get a chance at reaching into "The Friday Surprise Treasure Chest" to pick out One or Two Precious Things. These items can be anything from Video Games to Special Chunky Candy Bars and so forth.... Just use your imagination.
I forgot to mention that when my Daughter graduated from High School, she left with a 4.8 GPA due mostly to having taken advanced College Prep Courses from 9 -12th Grades. From there she went to University of South Florida on multiple academic scholarships and was accepted in their Honors College Program for Bio-Medicine. From there, she was accepted into the Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri. She performed all her Post Grad work and achieved her PhD and DVM back in 2013. She has been Practicing Veterinary Medicine and Large Animal Surgery ever since. :>)
I mention all of this because the ONLY contribution I can claim regarding her successes in school(s) and in life ...was to encourage her at every turn and then to get completely out of her way... and perhaps... that during the early days when there were some Struggles and Disappointments... the Idea for the "Friday Surprise" may really have played a good; albeit small part in how well things have worked out for both of my children. :>)
I forgot to mention that when my Daughter graduated from High School, she left with a 4.8 GPA due mostly to having taken advanced College Prep Courses from 9 -12th Grades. From there she went to University of South Florida on multiple academic scholarships and was accepted in their Honors College Program for Bio-Medicine. From there, she was accepted into the Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri. She performed all her Post Grad work and achieved her PhD and DVM back in 2013. She has been Practicing Veterinary Medicine and Large Animal Surgery ever since. :>)
I mention all of this because the ONLY contribution I can claim regarding her successes in school(s) and in life ...was to encourage her at every turn and then to get completely out of her way... and perhaps... that during the early days when there were some Struggles and Disappointments... the Idea for the "Friday Surprise" may really have played a good; albeit small part in how well things have worked out for both of my children. :>)
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Decided to try a new wheel cleaning process. Put some full strength simple green in a spray bottle, and sprayed the rims with it. Let that sit while I washed the rest of the truck, then hit them with the drill brush. Didn't get 100% of the grime off in some of the really tight areas around the edge of the rim, but the grime and brake dust came off like melted butter. Also used some of that on the bottom of the front doors, where some stuff had gotten flung up from the tires and didn't want to come off. Made pretty short work of that too. Vacuumed out the interior, and wiped down the insides of the doors and tailgate. That's good enough for today. May wipe down the interior and do the glass tomorrow.
Put it back together, will figure that out another time.
Tried the usual hardware tricks, but no dice. Fine, call tech support, and they have me repeat everything I just did, but I know it's procedure. They look up my computer's info, it's still under warranty so next step, call Dell. They say it will take about 15 minutes to get them on the line, I had the option to wait on the line or get a call back. Option 2 please... Told them I wasn't in the office, to call my cell.
I was heading into the office anyway to get a loaner. Start setting up the loaner, and call the guy back, now he's at lunch... Fine, have him call me back. 30 minutes later and he says he'll try calling Dell again. This time I stay on hold, 20 minutes later he comes back and says they want to replace the motherboard. I left the laptop at work, so hopefully the part comes and they can replace it while I'm on vacation in a couple more days. By the time I got home with the loaner, it was already after 3pm, so the whole day was pretty much gone. Thankfully no one's hair caught on fire, that I needed to put out. Fingers crossed the same happens tomorrow.