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I wanted to laminate or use contact paper on the covers~ any suggestions?For MOH a few years ago I had the spine cut off and put it in a binder, I do not think I want to do that. Thank you for any ideas :-)
Kari:lurk5:
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I haven't actually shaved my legs since 1998. I just don't really have hair on my legs. I have about 5 dark ones on the front of each shin, and I just pull those out as they grow in.
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Watched it last night! Very good.
I just watched 27 Dresses the other night and LOVED it!!What have you watched recently?
Phlox
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what I find disturbing is buying a casket on-line.
Well, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!:001_smile:
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Have you seen "A Family Undertaking?" It's about home funerals and being your own undertakers. I think it's a beautiful idea.
I know. From the time I read Gone With the Wind I knew that I was the kind of person who could wash her dead and ready them for the process of return. I think it is healing. I imagine the womyn did it together and told stories of the loved one while they washed the body, comed the hair, and dressed them.A kid said to me one day when we were talking about funerals, "You we're gonna bury under a tree."
She knows me well. And I want to be lain on a bed of flowers in the cold dark earth. Cover me with flowers. Throw in the dirt. And throw a big party.
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I went on-line to see if there is a Costco near us. While I was there, I noticed that you can shop online and there is a "funeral" tab. You can buy a casket online at Costco. I find that disturbing. Oh, they range from just under $1000 to around $2500. They also have urns and "keepsakes". I'm just :001_huh:.
I'm not sure from this what you find disturbing. The fact that Costco sells caskets, the price of caskets these days, or that the subject of mortality was thrust upon you while surfing the web?
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If she's going to be paying taxes, I would recommend she raise her rates (if her employers have not started paying her more already.) She'll be losing about 30% of her income to taxes. Her employers are reporting her pay because they get a tax break. Her tax rate is less than theirs, so everyone should still come out ahead.
as a babysitter and also does laundry/household cleaning/cooking. They both have told us they will report her earnings this year. She's making about $300-350 a week b/t the two. Does she need to be putting money aside each week to pay taxes? The places I worked like McDonald's took our taxes out, etc. so I have no idea how this works. One of the ladies is a nurse and she has a special account set up at work that she's paying dd out of.Thanks!
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I would talk to them about both the chickens and the wood.
What to the people say about the chickens? What do they notice? The smell, the noise, etc. Brainstorm and try to figure out how you can minimize the issue to potential buyers.
Can you wait until after the fair to sell your house? Then the neighbors would not have the roosters, anyway.
Since you have a good relationship with them, just bring over a dessert and chat about what's been going on. They probably have ideas that can help also.
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There is no way the lumber stored on your property is going to cause your neighbors to own that property by adverse possession, unless Colorado has some extreme quirky laws.
Actually, Colorado does have some extremely quirky laws. There is a case recently in Boulder where someone got half an empty lot.
However, I think if you have given them notice to move the wood and you can document the notice, they cannot get the property through adverse possession.
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My son is Eurasian (black hair, milk chocolate skin tone, brown eyes). My friend's son is Russian (very blond hair, very pale skine tone, blue eyes). I had the boys at the park on day on a playdate and someone asks me, "Are they twins?" :confused::confused: "Ummm. No."
My very blond dd has a friend who is half Japanese. He is about 18 mos younger, but they have been the same height since dd was 4 or 5. When I have them at the park, I have had people ask if they are twins.:confused: Sure, they're identical!
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Why do people think it is ok to make comments like that about small people....I find them just as rude as making fat comments!
They are just as rude. I had a roommate in college who was 5'4" and weighed just under 100 lbs. She ate like a horse, because she was on the cross country team and burned a lot of calories. People were always saying she "must be anorexic." Brought her to tears!
I like Karen sn's idea of giving a look that says, "I have no idea what language you are speaking; are you from this planet?"
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... my oldest dd has VERY VERY curly blonde hair and everyone stops to comment on it and TOUCH it.
My youngest dd had this problem. I felt like patting them on the head right back. Really, people- a little personal space. I think more people ask to pet someone's dog than a child.
But then some people think it's OK to touch a pregnant woman's belly also.
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Tonight after a ball game, my ds Sam was playing on the playground with a bunch of kids. He noticed that this one kid, J, had taken the shoes of a little girl (the girl was 7) and he was teasing her with them. J was climbing up the slide (the girl was at the top) and then sliding away from her. The girl was visibly upset. Sam grabbed the boy's feet and pulled him down the slide, took the shoes and handed them back to the girl. Sam started walking away. This boy started pushing, kicking and yelling at Sam. Sam grabbed his arm as he went to hit him. Then, as Sam let go, he tried to walk away, this boy pushed him and, as Sam lost his balance, J punched Sam in the face!!!!!! Sam told my dh and there was another dad there who went over to J and started yelling,"What's your name? Are your parents here?" (they weren't) Then he yelled at the kid to go home. J then went on to accuse Sam of trying to break his arm!!!! But, he did leave.
So, now, do I contact J's parents?? If I were his mom, I think I'd want to know. I have the feeling that this boy will only tell his parents that my kid grabbed him first!! I also want to explain that the adult who yelled at their kid was NOT my dh.
I'm just not sure how this should be handled. I mean, Sam did grab this kid first (by the feet and pulled him down the slide). But, then this kid went all crazy on him!!! Yes, Sam did then grab his arm, but only as this kid went to hit him! I did write to the mother of the little girl because she has all the Little League contact information. So, I'll see what she says.
What do you think?
I guess I'm a lone dissenter here, but I think your son did a good thing. I don't think grabbing the kid's ankles and pulling him down the slide was overly "violent" given the situation. Yes, he should have asked J to do the right thing first (but maybe he did ask first... you don't really say.) But I would not want a child of mine to leave a 7-yo girl stuck on the top of a slide shoeless with a 12-yo bully tormenting her while he went to find an adult to handle the situation.
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I'm probably setting a bad example for the kids (don't talk to strangers) or irritating people.
I encourage my children to talk to strangers. How can they practice figuring out who's a good helpful person and who gives them the heebee-geebees if they never talk to anyone?
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I am reading this book now and really learning and enjoying it a great deal. Anyone else read it and like it a lot too? It has come to me at a time when I need to hear what it has to say. Especially the middle section on Pray. Very enlightening for me.
I'm kind of in the middle of this book, but I'm having a hard time picking it up again. The writing is good enough, but I think I'm just not interested in the story.
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Wow- I know it's hard to have someone move out of your life right after you've shared personal information.
If I were in your place, I think I would send a "thank-you" card to the family (as someone here suggested), and then request someone else take over the role.
Sorry you have to go through this!
Nevermind- I hadn't read your reponse above. I now see you've done everything you can do, really.
Is there someone in church leadership you can talk to in more detail about why you think someone else should be assigned to you?
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PiCO, I think so, but she says it didn't. She says she was "honored to have been shared with and to have prayed with me that night." She says she is simply overextended in her personal life. I don't expect we will ever be "friends" and that is okay. It is just frustrating that the words and the care that were expressed don't make sense at all with the actions that followed. I think the things I shared that I am battling hit too close to home for her.
It sounds like the initial consensus is the same as my thoughts - someone else should take over this role for my family.
Wow- I know it's hard to have someone move out of your life right after you've shared personal information.
If I were in your place, I think I would send a "thank-you" card to the family (as someone here suggested), and then request someone else take over the role.
Sorry you have to go through this!
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Everything got confusing when I was going through a rough time and his wife asked me about it, seemed genuinely concerned, and I shared with her. She said to call her anytime and told me how very much she cared. But then when I actually called her, she was never available to talk, cancelled every meeting we scheduled, and completely avoided me.
Do you think whatever you told her caused this reaction? Would she not want to associate with you anymore because of what you confided in her?
If this is the case, I would ask to be reassigned.
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I'm grateful for your tone. As the recipient of some toxic anonymous neg rep, I have to (gently) disagree.
Well, just to counter act that toxicity- I look forward to your posts because you are a thoughtful, positive person. I respect your opinions greatly, and I appreciate you sharing them.
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Really? It's a little sad that you feel that way, Karen. I think it is fun and friendly here. The discussions are lively, and incredibly civil. The people are just as supportive as they've always been.
There is negative rep, but there is not the anonymous, nasty posting that happened on the old board.
I agree, Crissy. Evidently I've given you too much good rep lately and I can't give you any more! :)
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I do have lots of links and research, opinions and ideas on spanking and Christianity. But I'm not going to pull them out; it would obscure the real issue here.
The real issue is that spanking older children in general and teenagers/legal adults is absolutely, positively and completely inappropriate on many levels. I would seriously question any parent/family who embraced this thought.
Just a summary of concerns:
1) Coaching, guiding, discipline and admonishment needs to be applied with wisdom, grace and in a safe environment. While I believe you can be a terrific parent and include spanking as a tool in the early years, spanking should be out of the picture well before teen years.
2) The legalism involved with quoting rod passages justifying spanking a legal adult is creepy and speaks to other issues I'd have concerns with.
3) There are sexual connotations with spanking "children" of that age. I'm not saying the parents who spank are getting sexual thrills or that is what motivations them. I *am* saying that applying adult hands on near adult bottoms in a forceful manner IS a sexual/body violation.
4) The family dynamic that needs to be in place for this to happen has to be, by definition, not completely well (at best).
I would not only be concerned for this family, I'd leave this church without question.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. I'm not allowed to give you any more good rep, Joanne- so I had to comment here.
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Honestly? If you're not willing or able to step up and be a leader yourself, there's nothing you can do.
This is why I'm a leader- I don't want my dd in a troop that sits around doing crafts all year, or a troop that's ill behaved.
As for the $8 per month dues, that's $4 a meeting! I don't think they're making money off it. We don't charge dues, but we expect parents to pay for activities we do. This year the leaders ended up spending quite a bit of our own money for supplies, so next year we'll probably charge a fee if we spend all our cookie money.
BTW- the troop's cookie money is about 32 cents per box here. Not a lot.
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I went to college at 17. When people found out I was young, they were surprised. Everyone (at school and my relatives) thought I was "so mature for my age." On the surface I did fine.
But- I wish I had waited a year. A gap year would have been great. It's not like I'm permanently damaged, though. I'm sure going to college early is fine for some kids- especially if they really know what they want to study, but I just don't see the point. What's the rush?
Another reason I won't send my kids early is because they get social security on they are 18 yrs old *or* graduate from high school. Might as well get that extra 7 months!
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I just started noticing that threads can be "rated." However, I pretty much never agree with the number of stars threads have.
I have started rating threads when I disagree with the rating it has. Just curious as to what inspires others to give ratings.
FIL dying - need advice now
in General Education Discussion Board
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Please don't read too much into your MIL's statements. She is overwhelmed and grieving.
I am a widow, my dh died of cancer, so I know what your MIL is going through. Really, don't take her comments personally. When my dh was home on hospice care I sent my MIL home for a week because I couldn't deal with everyone. I love my MIL like she's a second mother- I was just too stressed out. (She still loves me even though I sent her away.)
My guess is that she thinks having the young children around would be too distracting for her and your dh, when they need to be concentrating their energies on your FIL.
Tell your DH to go ASAP. Going to be with someone who is dying is a difficult thing to do, but he will be glad he did the right thing.
If he doesn't go at all, he will regret it for the rest of his life. My mother died of cancer, and I was in the house when she passed but I regret that I was not at her bedside. That experience helped me step up and be there for DH, even though it was a heart rending thing to watch.