I'm having a senior moment here. Didn't the posts on old forum have white background with darker blue borders around the posts?

Undoubtedly there will be future nitpicking about the disparity in number of warning points assigned to various transgressions.

My husband has an itchy red rash all over his legs. He attributes rash to the chemicals in the hotel jacuzzi we used while out of town. We have owned our own jacuzzi for 15 or so years without his suffering a rash although one of our children has had allergic reaction to bromide in our jacuzzi here at home. Benadryl tablets and anti itch gel are not stopping his discomfort. I suggested he pick up OTC hydrocortisone creme tomorrow. Any other suggestions besides scratching himself furiously with a serrated edge steak knife? He is not the type to take an oatmeal bath to relieve discomfort or go to doctor unless a limb is missing.

I don't have a purse organizer per se, but I do have a system that functions as a purse organizer. I have four or more zippered or clasp lock smaller bags that I put inside my purse. Each bag has an assigned priority rating depending upon the items it holds.

UCoCs probably vary widely by individual church. In our community, the UCoC has a female clergy, is welcoming to the GLBT community, and works hard for social, political and economic justice.

I knew how to add tags under old system. However, I still cannot locate tag add feature for new system although we can still search by thread tag in the new system.

Actually I find the new "preview" function handier than the old mouse over post function because the preview shows not only original post but how conversation has morphed into last post.

United Church of Christ. Not to be confused with Church of Christ.

It is the new "rep." Unlike the old rep which allowed for negative feedback, the "like" appears to only be for affirmative use.

Thanks for the information. I hope that the status updates remain lighthearted and not ultimately used as a snark weapon like tags and now-deceased rep were.

Congratulations, Joanne. I'm proud of you!

Another board member here who has been thinking about you and your tragedy over the weekend. I am so very sorry for the loss of your baby, and I hope that you can find some comfort here.

Reasons we knew we were finished having children: Limited finances: Although we were under no legal obligation to do so, we wanted to pay for our children's vocational training or state college, so that they did not have debt upon completing education. We also wanted to provide them with a hooptie for transportation. I did not want more children than I thought I could support if I were widowed or divorced. Babies were cheap with nursing, cloth diapers and hand-me-down clothes. However, I wished to provide a few luxuries such as extracurricular activities in addition to needs of growing child. Limited time: Our last was a special needs child. Without going into detail, child slept no more than 5-6 hours per day by age one. I could not meet needs of future child due to time I needed to devote to this child. However, I recognize that many families go on to have more children after a special needs child; the limitations were and are my own. This particular child's needs were the reason that we decided to forego bearing the one more child we had originally planned. Medical issues: I suffered from severe hyperemesis gravidarum during each pregnancy. Weight loss, broken blood vessels in stomach lining, broken rib, sore muscles, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and acid-singed throat from repeated vomiting. To clarify, I was never especially drawn toward infants or to being pregnant. They payoff was the toddler years and beyond. I have had no regrets about stopping when we did.

When I hear people say things like "marriage is hard work" or "marriage is a full time job," I wonder exactly what hard work they are having to do to maintain a marriage. Perhaps they mean that it can be mentally taxing, but a strong marriage should not be consistently burdensome on one's emotions or mentality. My husband has always worked unbelievably long hours as I did in early marriage and late marriage. If marriage were such hard work, we would had to have chosen between our career and marriage.

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I have not used pinterest, but supposedly it is a site where you post items of interest to you. Thus, a significant number of pinterest users find pillows, bracelets and recipes interesting. One of my acquaintances posted kids' Halloween costume ideas.

After an unexpectedly negative experience, I steadfastly refuse to read and comment upon anyone's writing. A friend who was a paid author of magazine articles of a certain bent asked me to review something he had written. It sounded like (and actually was) a watered down recycled mishmash of previous pieces that was devoid of his usual uniquely quirky sharp wit. Although I said spoke the truth in a softer, more diplomatic way than here, his feelings obviously were hurt even though he later acknowledged the accuracy of what I had told him. Maybe the fact that he was suffering a bad bout of depression at the time colored his response. Another thing I will never do: guess someone's age at their request. Even with good genetics, it is hard to hide aging without plastic surgery or other treatments. Eventually the treatment becomes obvious; it can only take about ten years off someone's age before being apparent. Although a majority of people believe they appear younger than their age, most do not. Usually adult ages can be guessed within about five years if you train yourself to overlook deceptive features such as babyfaces.

It is not a solution for everyone, but long ago I decided to be proactive about this issue. There were a couple people in my life who needed to be reminded. I would tell, call, U.S. mail, or email them about 2 months prior, 1 month prior, 2 weeks prior, and with one of them the day before. Eventually they remembered without prompting. If they were irritated by me, they had the grace to not be obvious about it.

Simply formulating a primary and alternate plan will calm me.

Blackhawk (Daniel Lanois) All My Tears (Julie Miller) Tower Song (Townes Van Zandt) Rebel Girl (performed by Hazel Dickens)

Although I have never used the subscribe feature, it looks handy.

:iagree: A bitter truth I've learned is that poverty is a complex interrelated problem that education and mentoring will not necessarily solve and that chaotic lifestyles may be hardwired into brains of some folks despite their failed efforts at overcoming the chaos. After reviewing multigenerational poverty in my community and those who do manage to overcome it through intelligence and/or hard work, I have no pat answers and luck plays a bigger role than I had previously suspected. Life is not black and white; we seldom know the whole story. Developing the ability to see a situation from another person's perspective goes a long way in smoothing out disagreements.

:iagree: Teach household skills to both genders as well as help to provide them with functional college degree or vocational training that will lead to a job with a living wage.

Would you point out to a friend if you thought their child has Aspergers ? No.