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I have four pies baked, homemade rolls finished, about four dozen cookies, the turkey and the pork loin are smoked. All the veggies are in their crockpots waiting for me to turn them on later, and our exchange students just finished decorating my gingerbread house.
Now, what movie shall we watch and who wants a drink?
I'm on my way to the grocery store to buy a turkey. (They are usually marked down by Thanksgiving day.)
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Anyone shoot? Range shooting fwiw. What do you shoot? Why'd you choose that particular gun?
I try to get out a few times per year to keep up my skills. I have my dh's guns. Deer rifle, shotgun, 9mm, and a couple 22s for the girls to practice with.
I like shooting skeet and plinking away with the 22s.
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can you tell me how to do it?? Is it hard and time consuming??
Not time consuming, not difficult. Soooooo much better than store bought. Lots of great recipes out there- I like to use fresh ginger. My younger dd made pies from scratch by herself starting when she was 8.
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My kids don't eat fish either. They LOVED the fresh halibut and salmon we had in Alaska last summer though! I think fresh makes all the difference.
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I've been vaguely paleo recently, in a low carb/ high fat kind of way. I found this menu on a blog, and I'm doing it! I'm also doing a recipe or two from this site.
Turkey
Prosciutto Wrapped Pears
Turkey
Sausage stuffing (without bread for me)
Cranberry sauce
Paleo Holiday Yams or Roasted Sweet Potatoes- not sure yet.
Braised Cabbage & Bacon
Paleo Pumpkin Pie
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Maybe the poll would work better if it looked more like this?
Old earth, evolution, no Creator
Old earth, evolution, Creator
Old earth, micro but not macro evolution, Creator
Old earth, no evolution, Creator
Young earth, no Creator
Young earth, micro but not macro evolution, Creator
Young earth, no evolution, Creator
Other religious origins belief
Just other
I like this poll better. If I was motivated, I might make it.
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...because you need to have bad experiences at school so that you learn how to deal with them in later life. Because clearly being bullied as a 7 year old makes you able to deal with a bully at 33.
Um- no. Adults who are bullied at work can look for another job, or another department or location to work in. Children in school don't have that option.
And bullying doesn't just affect the kids being bullied (although they have it the worst, obviously.) The other kids will be horrified by the actions of the bully, but they don't know what to do because they don't want the bully to turn on them. Yet they still wonder why no one will stand up to the bully. And then the kids start growing up, and feel guilty about it.
I was bullied when I was a young teen on my gymnastics team. I have been told by two of the non-bullies that they always regretted not standing up to the bully for me. I hear this bully is a "nicer person" now... and after reading the book Queen Bees and Wanna-bees, I do think that's possible. But if I ever meet her as an adult, I will snub her. Took me a long time to get past it, it's not worth it to me to rehash it.
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I need some craft ideas for 12 4-6 yr olds that will take about 20 minutes. All ideas welcome! Thanks!
Cool ideas, ladies! Thank you!
(More are welcome if you have them- I have 3 days worth of crafts to do!)
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I need some craft ideas for 12 4-6 yr olds that will take about 20 minutes. All ideas welcome! Thanks!
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I've had better luck in the last two years. But once about five years ago, I was flying somewhere on Frontier and they told me there was no way I could sit near either of my kids (then 8 and 13.) Not really a huge deal, my kids are well-traveled and had their ipods, the flight was only 3 hours long.
After boarding, I found out that a large group on board had been switch from another flight due to a missed connection. We were sitting in and around them. It was obvious that our seats could have been together, and they would have not had strangers sitting among them.
Oh, and the group was a bunch of teenagers that had obviously not been taught how to behave when using public transportation. Yelling across rows, using language not appropriate in public, etc. I talked to the kids in my row, and they thanked me and said they would pass on the news. It was a church group, and their "leader" was about 21 yrs old and just as misbehaved as the kids.
They weren't bad kids, just clueless.
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I have problems with anemia during pregnancy, I was at a 7 I believe when it was caught last time. My first pregnancy I took Slow Fe, which is regular iron, and it never did a darned thing other than constipate me. This pregnancy my midwife gave me this http://www.metagenics.com/products/a-z-products-list/Hemagenics and it didn't upset my stomach, and worked SO FAST! It was miraculous. I actually was back up to 12 by the next time she checked it! Totally amazing stuff. Oh, and the listed dose is one per day I believe, but she had me taking 2 per day for the first two weeks I believe, to really get it up faster.
This is the Iron I take as well. Other iron supplements just gave me black sticky stools, and not raise my iron levels. Hemagenics keeps my iron levels normal even with the lower dose, and no digestive issues.
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I am not a Black Friday shopper, and never have been.
Me either. I don't like crowds, and I don't like shopping.
One year I had to go out and get something at Kohl's on black Friday. It was horrid! I took a kid and stuck her in the checkout line as soon as I got there, and I still had to wait in line for an hour.
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I think I ask this every year. :blushing:
I usually only make coffee for myself, but DH's family is coming to town and they drink a lot of coffee. If I have a 12C drip coffee maker, how much coffee do I want to use? I normally will use 4Tbs. for 4C, but I think the amount of coffee decreases when you get up to 12C, right? If you use a scoop, please specify if it's a 1 or 2 Tbs. scoop. (Or other.)
Thank you!
I use 1 cup of coffee in a 12-cup machine. It's nice and strong, and if you don't like it- that's fine you can make some for you!
I agree with the previous poster, that you should ask a coffee drinker to make the coffee. If you make it and they don't like it, they might not want to tell you they don't like it and risk hurting their host's feelings. If another guest makes it, they will just say they like it stronger or weaker.
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Tonight there is going to be a meeting with the parents at synchro. I'm hoping the parents will come forward FOR their children. I was told by the supervisor of the lead coach that if parents don't come forward tonight, it will be my word against theirs and they could do nothing about it. I've already had a friend back away and not want to get involved. I understand. This is tough.
The set-up of this meeting is completely inappropriate. They are setting up a gang mentality. If no one will be first to speak up, no one will speak up. On the other hand, if everyone jumps on the band wagon, it will be more like a lynch mob. After the meeting, all kinds of gossip will be spread about who said what. This type of meeting is not in the best interest of the children OR the coach.
Ask your friends to set up a private meting with the supervisor, to tell the supervisor what she has seen. I would refuse to air my dirty laundry in public.
I would not publicly disparage anyone at a meeting such as you have described. It's just not right. If the coach is not present, I would be talking behind her back when she can't stand up for herself. If the coach was there, I would be (probably) embarrassing her and humiliating her in public.
I would step up and tell a supervisor what I had seen in practice, in a private meeting. If I thought that would affect how the coach treated my child, I would not want my child in that program. The coach is supposed to be an adult.
:grouphug: good luck- I know you are in a rough spot.
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Does anyone else get annoyed having to click the quick post icon every. single. time. you want to reply to a post?
No. It never occurred to me to find that annoying.
(I hope everything is OK in your life.)
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This thread which recently took place on the high school board might give you some leads for dystopian titles -- Dystopian Novels?
On the "real world" front, I have no first hand knowledge of these books, but they both sound intriguing. (My library has them; perhaps yours does, too.)
Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World by Maria Shriver
The RAT: The Real World Aptitude Test: Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home by Homer Moyer
Regards,
Kareni
Thank you! I will look into those. And the thread.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far!
Kareni-for pleasure, she generally reads fantasy and future dystopia. (Is that a word? I mean books like Hunger Games, Uglies, etc.)
For school, she has enjoyed The Book Thief and Fahrenheit 451.
I'm kind of thinking of getting her a book on living on her own and being a "real adult" though, I just have no ideas what would work for that.
We do have all the James Herriot books, and she has enjoyed them.
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I am suprised that several people around here are all set up and ready for the season.:001_huh: I am so far behind.
Well, my tree is still up from last year. It's a small fake one, because we were out of town for the actual holiday, and I decided I just wanted it to stay.
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Hi, everyone-
I have a great book picked out for my 13-yo for Christmas. It's a newly released hard cover. I would like to get an excellent book for my 18 yo also.
She's a senior in high school, looking forward (with quite a bit of concern) to living on her own next year. Might go to college, might get a job out of state and take a gap year or two. She always wanted to be a veterinarian, but now is balking at spending that much time in school. So now she's not sure what she wants to be when she grows up.
We are atheists, so no religious books please. All other suggestions are welcome! Thanks.
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This lifestyle has worked for eons.
I sometimes think it would be great to have another woman around (as long as we got along) to raise children together. Sometimes I think we women have so much on our plate, a helpmate would be great.
I agree. Even more so in the modern world, where most women don't live near extended family, and work outside the home.
I don't think I would have had a problem with an additional wife. I would not have wanted 3 additional wives though.
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Last time I was in a group that decided to donate xmas gifts to a needy "family", we got a middle-aged couple that was living together but not married. Turned out they were basically indigent drug addicts. Didn't make me feel generous, it made me feel like I was enabling them. I would have felt better if I had taken them to a rehab center.
Now I just look for ways to help people I know. Babysitting, bringing a meal over, making cookies, etc.
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I grew up atheist, and I'm still atheist. I have always and always will celebrate Christmas. I even call it Christmas, because that's what everyone else in our culture calls it.
I am celebrating the same thing people in the Northern Hemisphere have celebrated for thousands of years- the winter solstice. The longest night is over- now the days will start getting longer. And yes, we have a Yule tree, and Santa, just as my ancestors have since well before the birth of Christ.
We also take the time to remember and reconnect with family.
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I have never done a pole before so hoping it works.
spin off from the dog bowl in the dishwasher thread.
where do you , and your family vomit?
Every single person I know gets their family to vomit in the toilet, children learn from a very young age to run to the toilet to vomit. I have even carried small children ( age 2) through the house at top speed telling them to hold on , to the toilet.
My husband was a private pilot, and my older dd got air sick quite easily. She was very skilled at barfing into a ziploc bag without spilling a drop.
When we have a stomach bug, the goal for kids is the toilet or a bucket. Anywhere but the rug! I go for the sink with a garbage disposal so I don't have to risk splash-ups or cleaning chunks out of the bathroom sink.
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sink. bathroom sink. Frequently, these days. There is a whole lotta' sanitizin' goin' on, too.
I try for the kitchen sink with the garbage disposal. Cleaning chunks out of the bathroom sink might make me get sick again.
My kids go for the toilet or a bucket.
The turkey is stressing me out.
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Quick-thaw method- put turkey in a sink full of cool water. Thaws pretty quickly. (Mine is in the sink now.)
Many people have thanksgiving at dinner time- don't stress!