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When my middle child was 4, I left him and his two older siblings (11 and 6) in our van for 15 minutes while I ran into a clinic on a Navy base to pick up my medical records. The kids were drinking root beer, out of brown bottles. As I came out of the clinic (8 months pregnant, by the way), my 4yo leaned out of the car window and waved his brown bottle and yelled, "Hey, Mommy I'm out of beer!"
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This is priceless!
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I put this one in mine!
The Pandora description is:
"Sacred Advent and Christmas hymns and carols presented traditionally and reverently."
Thank you for this one! I have been listening to my local all Christmas music station and there's only so much Chipmunks music I can take.
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My father grows basil and sage on his porch. He gets a lot each harvest, so he dries it and saves it or gives it away. He dries it on cookie sheets in a seldom used basement room that gets a lot of sun. The sprinkler system controls are in the mechanical room that can only be accessed going through that basement room.
Last spring the sprinkler guy came over to do a system check and went downstairs. He sprinted back up the stairs and asked my dad if he could buy some of the stuff in the basement.
"What stuff?"
"The stuff, ya know, stuff that's drying."
"It's not really ready yet."
"That's cool, I'll still pay."
"Uh, you can just have some. I give it away all the time. I need to save some for my daughter though."
"That is so cool!"
Dad finally catches on...."What exactly do you think I'm giving you young man?"
".....uh..." blank stare.
"I grow basil on my back porch. That's what you wanted?"
"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir."
Dad calls me later laughing and wondering if he should change sprinkler companies.
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I am loving the Zwarte Piet stories! I had never heard of them until this year.
We elect one family member to be "Santa" and that person hands a gift to one person at a time. They unwrap and the rest of us ooh and ahh. There might be some shaking or guessing(usually jokes) before they unwrap.
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Hmm, I am seeing a hole somewhere.....like the other day when my toddler was surrounded by paper to color on and still tried to color the dog's rear end.
This was after he successfully colored the floor. He was given paper, he just ripped holes in the paper and colored the holes not the paper.:banghead:
In fact he's tried or successfully colored walls, windows, my hand, his stomach, the dog, the floor, my hutch, and basically anything that isn't the notebooks and huge piles of paper I have available to him in every room of the house.
:grouphug: I have one child(the toddler) and he still manages to get into trouble while I'm trying to do things around the house.
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Well, see, that's the theory. :D
But in my world, the reality is always stupid, idiot me sitting on the bedroom floor at 2 in the morning on Christmas Eve, wrapping presents and hoping I don't run out of paper. :glare:
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See, this is why when I was growing up, and we were young enough to believe in Santa, Christmas Eve was also known as "the night Dad takes us to a movie without Mom!".
We'd leave after dinner, take a detour through some neighborhoods that did cool Christmas lights, arrive at the movie early enough to pick seats before the previews started, and take another tour of Christmas lights on the way home.
My mom had a good 3+ hours of wrapping time with no one else in the house.
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I would allow it and I have before. My kid is young, so we probably don't have the same worries.
I agree that it is your house and your rules and that you should do what works for you.
On a personal note, my BIL brought his (male) partner to meet us and stay for a visit several months back and I was extremely uncomfortable with the whole thing and was unsure about sleeping arrangements. In the end I decided their comfort as guests was the most important thing and offered them the choice of our guest room(big bed, close-able door, kind of drafty, no TV) or our TV room(separate couches, cats who will visit, no door, TV, warm, private bathroom and further away from our room and DS's) and let them choose what would work best for them.
The visit went very well and I'm glad I did things the way I did them. I think I would have been well within my rights to do them differently since my house, my rules is valid, but I am hoping I paved the way for smooth family relationships.
:grouphug: cause it's a tough choice.
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My birthday is Dec 21 and I never really had issues with having a birthday close to Christmas.
My parents usually had my birthday party with friends earlier in the month and it was a special party. My birthday was a family day. The kitchen was always decorated with streamers and balloons when I woke up and my presents were wrapped in birthday paper and sitting on the table. Dinner was whatever I chose, either homemade or out to eat.
Honestly though, I love Christmas and the whole Christmas season. I'm the anti Scrooge(love carolers, bell ringers, Christmas music non stop from Thanksgiving on..) so having my birthday right around Christmas made it all the more wonderful for me. I never felt like my birthday was lost in the all the hubbub. My parents made sure it was a special day for me.
Even now, that's the day I have DH take us out to look at Christmas lights which is not one of his favorite things. :)
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I chose other. We set out coffee cake or cinnamon rolls, fruit, and drinks and nibble those while opening presents. After all that is done we wait awhile and have a late breakfast.
That might change this year as DH and I want to go to a Christmas morning church service.
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I'm from Kansas and DH is from Wisconsin. Gifts from Santa are wrapped. If it's a really big gift Santa throws a sheet over it and sticks a bow on it.
One year I noticed that Santa used the same paper that my parents did and, apparently that year, Santa dropped the gifts off early so my mom could do the wrapping because he was so busy. :tongue_smilie:
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Leftover pie is called breakfast pie at our house. Up until I got married we always had cheesecake for Thanksgiving desert and leftovers were called breakfast cheesecake.
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The peanut butter cookies that are rolled in sugar and have a Hershey Kiss popped in the middle.
We call them Shove-A-Kiss cookies at our house, but no one has a clue what I'm talking about so I describe them as above. In my version the cookie part is very peanut buttery and still soft.
They are great all the time, but when the chocolate part is still warm and melt-y they are even better.
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Oh wow, :grouphug: That sounds miserable. Did you have his latch and sucking evaluated by a board certified lactation consultant (IBLC)? that much sucking without getting enough milk sounds like something just wasn't right. Hugs to you for sticking with it as long as you did.
Thank you for the hugs. Yes, I went to a nursing clinic and saw an IBLC several times. She couldn't find any problems and we tried several things. I keep thinking it was a supply issue, but it couldn't be fixed with her suggestions.
He's a healthy, but very skinny, 21 month old today. Loves to eat and eats a lot, but it never sticks. :tongue_smilie:
PS: I don't consider myself a homeschooler, I'm mostly here to learn.
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My DS nursed for an hour every 15-45 minutes on a continuous 24 hour cycle for 4 months straight.
He got upset easily, would only let me hold him for hours at a time, could barely sleep and I was zombie tired and feeling a little insane. We tried supplementing with formula and he was like a different baby after those feedings. Calmer, could sleep for more than 15 minutes, and would let DH hold him so we weaned by 5 months.
I'm undecided about nursing the next one.
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I love her blog. If you have extra time you all might want to read some of her other entries. Particularly about the entries about the Alot, the party, why she'll never be an adult, and the one simply entitled dog.
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Longmont and Loveland are north of Denver and Boulder. Loveland is close to Fort Collins and I think there's a secular homeschool group around there.
Honestly, Boulder sounds like what you're looking for. Particularly for the alternative practitioners and be closer to theater/museums. Longmont is near Boulder and cheaper, I've known people who commute for work/play. The Loveland area might have some alt med., but it would be a bit of a drive to Denver/Boulder for museums or theaters.
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Worst shirt I've ever seen was a guy wearing a shirt that said, "I'm not Mr. Right, But I'll F*** You Until He Shows Up."
We were at a small town food festival that was clearly catering to families. Even better? He was pushing a stroller and had his arm slung around a young woman. Small festival, so we saw him multiple times.
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Other, we attend an Orthodox church. Eucharist is given at least once a week, more if there is a Divine Liturgy scheduled for another day besides Sunday.
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Zofran. I'm not trying to be a debbie downer, but I tried everything that was suggested (vitamins, constant protein, constant carbs, ginger (all forms), tea, frequent meals etc) and nothing helped me. I'm a pretty natural person, but I remember sobbing in my midwife's office and just begged for anything. Zofran helped reduce the nausea & vomiting so I could function- I was sick until 22 weeks.
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I had nausea and vomiting until my delivery. Zofran helped manage the nausea and reduced the vomiting to 2-4 times per day for the most part. It was the only thing that consistently helped.
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My mother is only 52, but she does this as well. Mainly she asks me or has my dad do a lot for her. She has trouble remembering things, difficulty with problem solving, and has trouble understanding things without multiple explanations. This has been going on for awhile and I'm pretty sure I know why.
She is a wonderful mother and grandmother, so I just roll with it and do what she needs. It can be frustrating though.
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This blog has a ton of crock pot recipes, many of which don't call for dairy.
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
I don't use a crock pot all that often, sorry I can't be of more help.
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We loved it! I followed the directions except I added lots of beans around the same time I added the meat...or something, I can't find the cookbook. I used dried beans that I had soaked and cooked, but I thought they would taste better if I didn't wait to add them until the end.
It was delicious! Hubby's new favorite chili.
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I don't know if I am going to say this right, so please forgive me if I misspeak!
I don't think atheism/agnosticism could be a religion. I was an agnostic for many, many years. I never cared one way or the other. I never even thought about having faith, much less more faith that I was right. Faith wasn't relevant because I saw nothing to have faith in.
I'm a Christian now and it's a religion(relationship) that shapes my life. I worship, I pray, and there are certain things I do because I'm a Christian. I have faith.
When I was agnostic there wasn't certain things I did because I was agnostic. I just didn't do them because it had no part in my life. I wasn't looking to raise agnostic children or live an agnostic life. There was no part of being agnostic that really shaped my life or had any impact.
I don't know if I'm making any sense.
this is VERY important.
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The other part of this story is the end of the phone call from my dad. Bear in mind I'm 28 when this takes place.
He's says, "You know pot smells different than basil. Not sure what that guy was thinking."
Me, "Yeah, I don't get that. Maybe he saw it and got excited or something?"
"Wait how do you know what pot smells like?"
"Um. How do you know?"
Suddenly we both had to get off the phone. Later he tells me that he grew up in the60's & 70's and that's that. He asked me again and I told him that apparently I had hippie parents and some of it stuck.