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Anj, hey have some really gentle and very bioavailable iron on the market now, too. Your local compounding pharmacist might know about it. But of course, as Cedermom says, have the levels checked first.
That's a possibility, although I had bloodwork done last month and I received a letter that said "within normal range."
Gee, umm, thanks. I can do a lot with that information. What is normal range? At what end of that range did I happen to fall? Grrrrrrrrr....By the end of my period last month I was having a major jones for a big old barely cooked steak. So I do think that my body was craving beef for a reason, even though my blood test didn't indicate anemia. So I'll look into that.
Now I'm frustrated with my doctor's office because last month they told me to call when my period started so that I could have the transvag. ultrasound between days 3-10, although the last couple of days in that range don't yield as reliable results. So I called today (day 2) and they tried to schedule me for Day 9. No can do. They offered Day 10, but I made a fuss about it so after waiting on hold for several minutes I was offered this Wed. morning. That is only Day 4, and I doubt that Aunt Flo will have made her departure by then, but they said it didn't matter. Ewww. And they said that they will be squeezing me in and I won't be able to talk to the doctor afterwards. Lovely. So I have to go in, be put through that humiliation, and then wait around until someone can call me with some results. Oh, and originally the reason for having it done in office was so that I could speak with the doctor right away.
This just s*cks. I know some people are offended by that word, but I'm in that kind of mood right now.
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Yes, we've always been willing to drive right past local churches if a church that we loved was further away.
For six years I drove 25 minutes to my church because I loved it (not especially because of the leader, but because of the people and the teaching quality.) There was a similar church only 7 minutes away, but I visited it and didn't have the same "feel."
We're doing the same thing now with our new church (Calvary Chapel). The drive is only about 20 minutes, but there are (I think) two other Calvary Chapels that are actually closer. But we like this one a lot, so we're sticking with it.
We'd be willing to drive up to 45 minutes for a church, I think. I wouldn't want a longer commute because we like to attend things besides the Sunday service, and it would be harder to do so if the drive was really long.
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That's what I do.
At the beginning of the year I gave each child a brand new box of Ticonderogas, and each pencil was labeled with an identifying color or a little page reinforcer or whatever. So now everyone knows that if you find a pencil with a red splotch on it, it belongs do dd7 and so forth. The first box of pencils was free, and any additional pencils need to be purchased from the "school store" at the price of .25/each. I've yet to sell one, so I think it's working for me. :)
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Oh my gosh! That is priceless! I wanted to pick a favorite sentence to stick here, but there were several. Okay, maybe this one:
FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlúa and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreens armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.Thanks for the laugh.
And thanks to all of you. Your kind words mean a lot to me. I'm still miserable, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone.
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You do deserve a pity party, that's such a bummer! Take care of yourself...let all 7 of those young'ins wait on you hand and foot.
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I am having a very hard time today. It's day 2, and I feel awful. This is the second month in a row of this and I will be having an ultrasound when it's over this time.
But do you know what I just did?
And I'm sitting here crying because I feel like such a moron.
I put on a pot of coffee, measured it out, poured in the water, everything.
Then I sat back down.
I smelled the coffee and started thinking about drinking it.
Then my son walked in and said "Mom, is this supposed to be like this?"
He was pointing at the empty coffee pot sitting on the counter, surrounded by coffee. Yes, I brewed a pot of coffee without a pot and so it just went all over the counter. Yeah.
I know this is a funny picture. I know you're all laughing. I know that I will laugh about it eventually, but right now I feel like an idiot who can't even make a pot of coffee properly because she is being attacked by her uterus.
That is all. :mad:
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If it's just slightly scratched I would use it, but I know that as soon as they start peeling they should be tossed. I confess that I don't toss them right away, and I know it's really bad, but they need to be thrown away when that happens.
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Excellent, Kelli. I'd sling some rep at you for that if I could!
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No way, 'cause I'm
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This is what I made for the first time for dinner last night - it was really good:
Greek Pasta and beef:
Kat,
This was really good. Everyone loved it, and that's no small feat around here. This is going into my regular rotation. I've eaten this in restaurants, but I've never tried to make it before, so I was happy to see how easy it is.
Thanks a bunch!!! :D
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I think Noodles and Eggs is weird... I didn't even know other families ate it!
I know in his case it dates back to his grandmother (of German descent, I believe).
I don't know either. One of my roomies was Chinese and the other was Irish and English.
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Not usually. Sometimes I make a loose plan for the week, though.
I buy many things in bulk or through co-ops, so I sometimes only need to purchase fresh produce once a week or so. This means that I almost always have a ton of choices at my fingertips. So despite the fact that I don't do a lot of meal planning, I improvise and use the many things that I have on hand, and that keeps me from overspending in the grocery store.
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Lately I've been making roasted chicken, wild rice, and broccoli/green beans.
If it's bread-making day I'll send a loaf of homemade bread. Dessert is usually either blondies or brownies.
I've also done pulled pork with homemade rolls and a bag of salad, spaghetti and meatballs/sausage, and once I ordered Chinese Food for a new mom.
I too have been blessed with many meals during difficult pregnancies and after childbirth. I really appreciated things that could be eaten for more than one meal.
I also really appreciated the person who called and said "What do you like on your pizza?" and had two delivered to my house.
I generally try to avoid a ton of garlic or gassy food for a new mom if she's breastfeeding, although some don't mind.
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I'm making Kat in GA's Greek Pasta and Beef: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showpost.php?p=77651&postcount=5
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I don't think the admin shut down the thread b/c of its topic; I think we could have similar conversations... and if we consciously choose non-confrontative starter questions, we might avoid some of the more hurtful phrasings... though it is hard.
If you believed, for example, that b/c I do not accept your saviour I am doomed to eternal ****ation. How do you say that to me gently? (and I am sure there are people here who believe exactly that!)
Is there any nice way to say what I said to PariSarah yesterday - that Xtianity is idolatry for a Jew?
Oh, I agree. I think it was shut down because it was becoming too heated, too emotional, and potentially explosive.
And you're right...that's why I think that if there were a message board or site for that purpose we'd have to all agree that there could be no "I'll pray for you" or proselytizing or "I am so hurt" kind of stuff. There must be a way for reasonably intelligent, well meaning adults to have an academic discussion of their religious views.
And Eliana, I have to tell you that your saying that to Sarah was probably the most intriguing thing I read in the whole thread. Thought provoking, indeed.
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It changes from year to year. I don't like to cook a big meal for that day, so we went out to brunch for a few years. Now that we're more budget minded, I just do a simple buffet. We'll go to church, then when we come home I'll put out a ham and some side dishes, and then I will spend the rest of the day relaxing. I work my sweet patootie off for Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I like to have one holiday that is more laid back.
We give our kids baskets of candy (not a lot), and we have a hunt using the little plastic candy-filled eggs. We color eggs the day before and now I let my kids each have their own dozen. I buy cheap supermarket eggs for that purpose and I don't feel badly if they don't all get eaten. They are kind of an art project. :p
I'm not planning to buy new clothes for them this year. We're getting kind of scroogey about these things.
This will be our first Resurrection Day when we're all on the same page religion-wise, so I'm sure that we'll accentuate that aspect.
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I appreciate what you're saying. I found the thread to be very interesting on many levels, and although I do understand why it was locked, it would be nice to have a place to actually have that kind of discussion.
I think the problem is that people tend to get really emotional and it moves quickly from an even exchange of ideas to a "how dare you say that" kind of thing. If there were a way to have the discussion in a safe place, without huffing and puffing, I'd be interested. I am not afraid of other people having strong convictions that are different than mine. That was one of the things that I found to be most fascinating about yesterday's thread.
Where else can I talk with an Orthodox Jewish woman, a pagan, an agnostic and (if Nadia/Osmosis Mom had chimed in) a Muslim?
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noodles-n-eggs
Wait.
Stop!
Yet another person???
I had never heard of that when I was growing up. I rented an apartment in college with a bunch of friends and two of them (totally unrelated, didn't grow up in the same area, etc.) had fond memories of eating that. They would cook noodles on purpose, chill them, and then make noodles and eggs. At first I thought it was gross, but I learned to like it. Especially with ketchup. Is this a popular thing, and I'm the weirdo who never heard of it?
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I just mentioned this to Karen in the church potluck thread. I said that my dh's Food of Love is a big old pot of red gravy with meatballs and sausage served over fusilli (the long kind.) If it has brasciole, all the better, but he could easily eat meatballs and sauce maybe 4 nights a week. When he comes home and smells that cooking he gets all smiley and happy and feels like I love him. :p
How about your husbands?
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What about making a big pot of sauce and meatballs, I'm all about simplicity ;) Of course, I have a bread factory down here that sells rolls for 17¢
Karen, you sound like my husband! That is just his favorite thing in the world. A big pot of meatballs and sauce and freshly baked rolls. All that he ever wants for his birthday dinner is meatballs and sausage over fusilli. That is his standard, because it is his Food of Love. ;)
Can a Really Bad Period turn you into an idiot?
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You know, you're the second person to mention that to me. I will look into it. Of course, the other person I know who had it ended up with a hysterectomy a couple of years later because the lining all came back or something like that. Yikes!