I used to bring a pan of water and tea bags just to almost boiling, then turn the heat off, cover, and let set for however long (depending on when I got back to it). Now I boil water in my electric kettle and pour it over the bags in the pan, cover, and let it set. I don't let it set until it is cool, though. Then I pour the tea in the pitcher with more water and sugar.

Well, I don't actually "like" that you are addicted, but there is no "me too" button.

Like someone said above, I probably go over that with my one cup of coffee. I absolutely cannot drink unsweetened coffee or tea. All that does, as my nephew says, is make a perfectly good cup of water taste nasty. We do relegate sweets and junk food to the weekend, though. That is one of the few pleasures we can afford. Junk food and Netflix.

I absolutely can not even imagine. :sad: I hate this sin-cursed world. Much love and hugs to you and your family. :grouphug:

No matter what I do with my legs in front, I can not even so much as get up momentum to even move my butt off the floor. I will surely be dying sometime soon. Now, I can actually do that. But apparently that isn't the one that will keep me from dying early, lol.

Well, I am surely doomed then. I can do squats like crazy, kneel and sit on my feet and stand back up (no hands), get into all kinds of other positions on the floor and rise without the use of hands, have excellent balance and can put on socks and shoes and pants without sitting or leaning on anything. But with my feet in front of me like that, I can not even so much as move towards standing without using a hand. Edited to ask, is there a way to work on that and improve? Or is it just a thing that you either can or can't do?

Now that sitting and standing thing is hopeless for me. I can sit (I often fall the last couple inches), but to stand, I absolutely have to use a hand. None of those other positions that subtract a point help me at all. Only the hand.

Exactly what I was gonna say! I am barely 5 feet tall. In a regular chair, my feet do not touch. I do have a stool here, however, that puts me at a level where my feet will sit flat on the floor. Using that, I was able to do it in 12 seconds (I am almost 52). However, I was also wondering about leg position. Most of them appeared to be doing it with legs together, but at least one man had his legs spread. I tried it with legs spread and could do it in about 8 seconds. Seems to give quite an advantage. Just like it seems that height would do.

I have had multiple cats forever. Mine all do get on the counters mostly because I have fed them up there at some point. We have dogs and so always had to put the cat food up where dogs can't reach. My mom has a cat that never gets on the counters. She has never fed her up there either, and whenever she has jumped on something she didn't want her on (the coffee table or something), Mom would spray her with a water bottle. I had one cat that would get right in front of my computer monitor and I trained him not to with a spray bottle. Oh, I would also add that I think having multiple pets makes them worse about getting on stuff because they naturally want to be up higher than the other animals at times. It makes them feel safer and it is also a hunter's advantage.

It may have been from a commercial for a learning program for remembering states and capitals. It was called Ready-Set-Remember. Here is the link to the image that went with it, if it works. http://northwestmounties307.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/1/4/23145952/4352613.jpg

Here ya go. Skip to the end to hear it.

Nope, actually you aren't. There is a hack so you can install the Google Play store. Both my girls did it on theirs. I think they just looked up how online.

Well, we started out doing the Santa thing, then, for religious reasons, stopped. Mine were probably 4 and 8 when we stopped. I read them the story of Saint Nicholas, which, of course, ends with him dying. I'll never forget their reactions. They said, "So Santa is dead?" To which I answered, yes. Then they asked, "So is the Easter Bunny dead too?" And I again said yes. Then they asked, "Well, will we still get presents anyway?" Lol. No great trauma or anything here. :-) Oh, and mine still trust us. We just explained the whole thing and they were fine with it.

Oh man! This is the first time I even opened this thread because I thought it was probably some kind of actual game, which I am never any good at. I had no idea it was a place for smart alecks to hang out! This is my tribe! Now, I have an awful lot of catch-up reading to do. :laugh:

If I were more articulate, this is what I would have said in my post above about laws not stopping sin. Exactly.

Yeah, I have heard of that. Sounds good, but I really want something passive. It is more for relaxation than for tight muscles. What I'd really love is if they'd invent a thing that would play with your hair. Now that is relaxing! Lol.

I would love something I could just lie on top of on the couch or bed that would massage my back. I don't really need heat, as that would trigger hot flashes right now. I looked on Amazon and saw mostly pillows or things for the back of chairs. Just a PSA - Don't google "massager that you can use in bed."

No, not at all. I started to edit to clarify, then figured nobody would pay attention to it anyway, lol. No, I am just stating the fact that no matter how many laws we make, enforcing them completely is just not humanly possible. Laws are good in that they keep honest men honest, as my daddy always said. But just realistically speaking, there will never be an end to these horrible things. There are already laws in place.

That's just the thing. We can't stop such things. Ever. Just like making drugs illegal didn't stop people from doing/making/selling drugs. Laws cannot stop sin. Nothing can completely stop it. Short of some kind of system that would be much more horrifying than the abuse itself already is. We can only do our best and realize that there is no true solution. There will always be crimes of every terrible kind.

I have a 2007 that I bought new. It has never given me a bit of trouble and always runs great. It is decent on gas too, considering it is a bit bigger. I bought it for the interior roominess.

In my opinion, there had to be some brainwashing/cultish activity, along with mental illness going on here. But about wellness dr. visits, I never took my girls for those after they were about 6, or whenever the required vaccinations were finished. We have never gone to the doctor just for checkups, as we have never had the insurance to do so. We go when we are sick. I grew up this way as well.

My mom never did. Nor did we ever have paper napkins. We were allowed to have a half sheet of a paper towel if absolutely necessary (before they started making them that way). We used to think it was so neat when we stayed with our childless double-income aunt and uncle and they had paper napkins. Sometimes they even had designs on them! Lol. Now, I have paper towels in 3 rooms, a box of tissues in every spot possible, and paper napkins to spare! Even if they are the cheap store brand. :-)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5272703/Police-13-siblings-chained-California-home.html Just how in the world can such a thing happen? And when did it start? And why didn't someone somewhere wonder where the kids were? Edited to add, I know nothing about this particular news source. It was just one of many that say the same thing.

Probably average. I definitely love my sweets.

I have never used an electric toothbrush, and my dentist and orthodontist both are always telling me what great dental hygiene I have. And I rarely floss either, but I always do before an appointment, lol.