Thanks! I was getting ready to post how disappointed I was that no one could help me out! I really want to avoid cooking them tonight if at all possible, DS and I are going to spend some quality time together and cooking does not sound like a fun way to spend QT for either of us! shell

I've been having the same problem with fedex for the past year. I have about a 50% delivery rate with them. . . what gives!?!?!

WOW! Metronomes have really come a long way. I have no help for you as the one I use is an old manual one that you have to wind up. I had no idea they were so high tech now. I guess when this one dies (it's over 25 years old) I'm gonna have a hard time finding one b/c I don't think I could like an electronic one.

(((CHRIS))) we're here for you!

I was going to cook them tonight, but DH won't be home so I want to save them for tomorrow. Do I put them in the frig overnight? Should I leave a little water in the container? I don't really cook with beans very often so I'm not sure of the best way to store them. Thanks!

I just got my hair cut on Sunday. That was the first haircut in over a year. I haven't had a mani in probably 10 years, back then I was going every week. I'm a Beauticontrol consultant, Beauticontrol products are all the spa/pampering I get anymore. Shell

I don't see a problem with that. DD had many years when I knew she lacked the capacity to appreciate it and she didn't have one. I am so over doing extra things like that for unappreciative children! just my .02 shell

Good for you. I have heard (only 2nd hand so I don't know details) that they discriminate against religions as well. The one I heard of was a Mormon that was denied enrollment. Please keep us posted! shell

It may be there, but it's a redneck thing here!

[quote name=Rebecca in VA;29063 I've seen memorial stickers on the backs of cars' date=' but the ones I've seen have been for servicemen killed in Iraq.[/quote] Oh no Rebecca, out here in podunkville SC we memorialize Jim Bob & Bubba too. . .the window clings are HUGE they take up the whole back window of our pickup trucks! Don't mean to offend anyone. . .but I couldn't resist. . .I'll be nice for the rest of the day! shell

Thankfully in our neighborhood (we have an HOA), the HOA forbids fencing the front of the property! I couldn't imaging living in a subdivision with a bunch of houses that had fenced the front!

Mommylaw. . .it's good to know I'm not the only one that has worn 2 at the same time. One night I was SO sleepy before bed that I forgot to take the old out b4 putting the new one in. . .imagine my surprise in the morning. My thought was "Hmm, good 2 know that 2 fit. Anyway, I haven't done it since, but I know that using 2 is always on the back burner for special occasions! shell

I HAD a pair of shoes like that. . .everytime I wore them something bad happened, but they were SO cool! The something bad was that I would fall. . .not stumble, but HIT THE GROUND!!!! DD got rid of them for me. shell

I think there are some new flavors out. . .cause my new favorite is "Creme Brulee" OMG!!! Heavenly! It actually has some crunch to it like the real thing! I'll have to try cake batter cause I am a fan of cake batter ice cream at Cold Stone. The problem is I love the Creme Brulee so much that that's the only thing I buy. Man, think of how thin some of us would be if there were no Ben & Jerry's. shell

Chris, I will continue to keep you guys in my prayers. Our DD (18) just moved out last weekend and moved in with her BF who has cheated on her in the 3 months they've been together. I know this isn't good for her or her self-esteem. He's 21 and so I know that she's drinking over there and I so don't want to get back into that. He doesn't do drugs though and I don't think he would tolerate that. It's tough though knowing that she's out there doing God knows what but I just have to trust that God is watching out for her. Anyway enough about me. . .take it one day at a time and continue to pray for him my friend. :grouphug: shell

One more thought too. . .( I knew there was something else swimming around in my head). If you knew it wasn't working when you rented, she may balk at fixing. She could very easily say that you knew it wasn't working when you signed the lease, so it's not her responsibility to repair. I hope that makes sense, and I hope you don't think I'm coming across as saying that you need to go ahead and fix it (I'm not). I'm just thinking how I would act if I didn't want to fix something in my rental and wanted to be witchy about it. HTH! shell

If you are still covered under a lease this won't apply, but if the lease has expired and you're paying month to month your rent will probably increase if you push her to fix the A/C. We are renting out our old DW, and I know that if my tenants pushed for a high dollar update I'd have to increase the rent. Our tenants actually paid to replace the a/c unit themselves (I think they're planning to stay there awhile) so I don't have any experience with how to deal. JMO. shell

:iagree: with Jami. There were several threads that could have used your opinion and expertise! shell

Welcome back!!!!! It's great to hear from you, I've been thinking about you the past few days. . .wondering how the disssertation is going, how your latest craft projects are going, how the wonderful Theo and family are doing. . .etc, you get the point. You've been missed! shell

In my mind I would think this was child abuse too. I would consider anyone that carries an item around in their car to use in beating their children an abuser. I feel so bad for those children! It's one thing to do something wrong and be punished so that you can learn appropriate behavior, but to just beat a child b/c they can't sit through a church service is horrible (I can't even sit through a church service!) I will keep these children in my prayers and the father as well.

I tried to post this yesterday but we all know how that went! DS slid his cast on and off as a joke. When he was around DH & I it was on, but as soon as he was with his friends, he slid it off. Maybe you'll be able to slide it off with a little effort. I wouldn't try it in a pool though. It will probably make a gooey mess. shell

You're right. . .shacking up is a sin, but it's her decision to make. And I cannot act like nothing is wrong. Not just from the shacking up standpoint, but she's just not ready and I can't stop letting that bug me. Thanks for the prayers!!!!!

My thoughts are rather scattered, and I hope I come across clearly. DD18 has decided to move out. Back story. . . she was dating a guy, they broke up a few weeks ago b/c he starting talking to someone else. They remained friends, and dd started talking to a new guy (the new guy btw really likes her) DD didn't want this to be a rebound, so she said they were going to be friends for awhile before they went any further. Well, DD calls DH yesterday to tell him that she's going to help "J" (the xbf) clean his new place and help him move. DH says no she's not going to help someone else clean when her own house isn't clean first. (DD's daily chores are to clean the kitchen, wash the dishes, start the dishwasher, keep the den straightened up. . .she never does this completely it's always half arsed) DH tells her when she gets her chores done she's welcomed to go. Well it all escalates and she decides that she doesn't want to live with us anymore. She tells us that she's gotten back together with J and they're moving in together. I'm not even sure how to react to that. There are so many things going through my head right now and I don't even know where to begin. She doesn't even have it that bad at home. We pay her $10-20 a day to keep the place half straightened up and to be home when DS gets home from school. We allow her to come and go as she pleases in the evenings (no curfew). We do try to give her freedoms and liberties to treat her like an adult. I know that this is wrong for her. She has no job (she doesn't have her license yet), she has no domestic skills. . .I've tried to teach her but she has had that "I know everything/mama can't teach me anything" attitude so it has fallen on deaf ears. DH is kinda ok with the whole thing (I'm the pessimist/he's the optimist) he says he's done all he can to teach her the diff b/t right and wrong through Christian teachings and his example, etc. etc. but she's just not matured to the point that she's ready to go out on her own. She's met a great guy and she's going to hurt him by dropping him like a cold turkey to shack up with a guy that has already acted inapropriately with another woman while they were dating, is commitment shy and has a fit when he's out with the guys and she "blows up his phone" by calling him all day. I'm just completely bummed by this whole thing and am having a hard time being nice and smiling around her and acting like there's nothing wrong (which is what DH says I should do). I needed to vent. . .THANKS EVERYONE FOR LISTENING!!!! shell

Well, y'all are lucky you're not 24 fans. . .we have been waiting a year now for a new season and ours won't start till January either. Brilliant marketing plan. . .everybody has to go buy the last season on DVD so that they can remember what's going on. shell

MEE TOO!!!! "good times, noodle salad!!!!!"