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Shoeless last won the day on November 23 2021

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  1. Yoga has helped with a lot of my peri and back pain issues. I also walk about 3 miles a day because I need the outdoor time or I feel like I am going to crack up . I am on low dose bcp to stop periods, which has been a big quality of life improvement. I'm going to try borage oil capsules, because my moodiness is making me a misery to live with. I have found that I can't eat as many carbs as I could when I was younger, otherwise I get bloated and hang on to weight.
  2. Yes, it could be benign. Could be worms, could be dietary indiscretion, could be something awful like parvo, could be stress. You are right to keep the dogs separated and get new pup checked out in the am. I'd definitely get a parvo test! They can run them in office so you'll know right away if it's parvo.
  3. There's a vet tech and support staff shortage. A lot of techs and assistants jumped to other jobs during the pandemic because the pay was way better. $15/hr to perform nursing duties at the vet hospital or $18/hr in fast food or retail? 🤷‍♀️ Many of my former co-workers moved to human medicine and make vastly better pay. The patients aren't nearly as cute, though!
  4. Glad you are taking her in. Bloat is unusual in small dogs, but still possible. I would want it ruled out since bloat is very, very serious.
  5. Also, making friends with women can lead to introductions to nice men! If you have enough women friends, odds are that one of them will have a single cousin, brother, BIL that they'd love to introduce you to.
  6. I've never heard of this. I'd be really upset if "friends" and family did that to me.
  7. People that want to abuse kids will find a way to do it, regardless of school. It will happened regardless of church attendance, doctor visits, swim lessons, band camp, or enrichment classes. We need mental health care in this country. We need CPS and social services to be adequately staffed and funded. There are already laws and organizations that handle allegations of neglect and abuse; we don't staff and fund them. You can take those same abused homeschool kids and send them to public school, and guess what? They're still going to be abused. The parents just get creative about hiding it.
  8. The woman in this article was a stepparent. How many children are abused by stepparents annually? If I had to guess, I'd bet the stats are much bigger for stepparent abuse than homeschool abuse. Maybe we should make laws that require annual parenting classes for all blended families, to ensure step kids aren't being neglected and abused. We'd surely catch more abuse cases that way.
  9. The family in this article was reported to CPS. THEY WERE REPORTED. CPS didnt investigate. Now what? But hey, must have been that homeschooling that caused the problems!
  10. Should laws also require kids below the age of compulsory education to be monitored and presented to mandatory reporters a few times a year?
  11. Putting in my vote for D&D people, too. Comic and game shops often have game nights at the shop where everyone meets up to play.
  12. I suspect people will protest my perspective on this, but I'm going to put it out there anyway. Most people in the US have more than enough "stuff". They have plenty of mugs, candles, lotions, chocolates, ornaments, scented soaps, picture frames, doo dads, and decorations. They do not need any more of this stuff, certainly not x20-30 (depending on how many students this teacher has). Everyone means well but saying "Just donate it if you can't use it!"...ok, now you've given the teacher a chore to do on their time off: donate the doo dads, knowing darn well that it's most likely going to get dumpstered if it doesn't sell in the next 2-4 weeks at the thrift store. It's really ok to dial back on the gifts. People will still know you love and appreciate them.
  13. I see a LOT of handmade teacher gifts at Goodwill. A lot. Just saying... I think it's ok to not give someone a gift, especially someone you have a professional relationship with. Write a note, express your thanks, ask if you can donate to their classroom.
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