This is what we do. And DH is okay with it. We also do PaperbackSwap. DH only brought up the potential gross-ness once. If I feel there might be an issue, I put the book in our storage room to "air out" a bit. Most of them are quite nice looking, tho.

It never bothered me, but children's library books make my DH cringe. They may or may not have live germs on them, but they tend to look, feel, and smell gross. He converted me: We no longer check children's books out of our local library.

Cake. Ask your nearest Pampered chef consultant for the recipe.

I don't know either, except to say that the sausage my uncle makes with nitrites/nitrates tastes amazing, and the stuff without tastes bleh.

Ditto this. Newborns nurse 24/7. I wouldn't do any kind of "feeding schedule" for at least the first six weeks. At least.

Let him have at. On demand will help your supply catch up with his need and help reduce any engorgement. I've pumped for the first few days during the engorgement period... You can if you want to, but I'd make an extra effort to put him on more frequently (every 1-2 hours, at the least) to make sure he's getting enough. Congratulations, and enjoy!

Oh, I do miss Rose! I thought it was so silly that she got a doctor clone to keep around as a boy toy, but whatever. :tongue_smilie: I saw the regeneration episode and agree that I will certainly miss Tennent's looks (does it say much that I had my DH get his hair cut the same way, and matching glasses?). Still, I hope the new guy turns out to be a nice fit.

My three boys (4, 3, and 1) finished off two medium pizzas. On their own. DH and I were stuck with leftovers. The other day the 4 and 3 year old each ate 3 hard boiled eggs and were asking for more. I declined, imagining them puking them up if they ate another bite. Here's another mom wondering what on earth she'll do when they're teens!

My DH and I like couponing, and do it as a sort of hobby. We typically only acquire 2-4 coupons for any one item, so we tend not to empty shelves on that account alone. It is a lot more work to get 10 coupons than 4, and we find it isn't always worth it. We don't buy stuff we can't use (like glucose monitors) or stuff we would rather not use (like certain brands of deoderant). We have thought of buying it anyway and donating it (we're talking free or cents items here), but we don't make the time to do that sort of thing. DH figured out once the time we put into our couponing with our average savings, and it came out to about $10-$20 an hour. Not bad, for a hobby.:D

Were the backpacks in the car the whole time? And you said it was cold out? As in, cold enough to keep the sandwiches chilled? Did you ask them if the sandwiches looked normal, or tasted funny?

I agree too... I like my adult time as much as anybody. But if there are 100 people in the room, can the boy really be that burdensome? They already sit in the corner... OP, is it only the trips that kids have been "uninvited" to? Do you carpool? Drive yourself? Take a group bus? Do you find yourselves in close quarters with a smaller group of members during these outings? That might be more of a disturbance to "adult time" than during the large meetings. Or are refreshments served? Does the trip coordinator or the location have to do anything "extra" because he's along?

:iagree:My favorite idea. I'm also leaning toward your former ps teacher board members as likely culprits. Which only makes me more inclined to say something, since that kind of thinking rubs me the wrong way... ;)

I vote Aeropastle for tall, young, and skinny (great for girls too!). Also, I buy Levi's exclusively for DH. He's a 32x34/36. The best thing about Levi's is that there are so many styles, you can find one or two that fit really well and look like they want them too. DH is picky - now that he's not on a ranch anymore, he doesn't want to wear Wrangler's and look like a cowboy. I have great fun shopping for his younger siblings, who also are serious skinny - his brother wears a 28x32 (and still growing), and his 12yo sis is a 5'5" -2 or 0(yes... they do have negative sizes). What I don't understand - men's dress pants are expected to be tailored, but jeans are not. Misses dress pants AND jeans are expected to be tailored. So Misses jeans default to a 32" or longer inseam, while most men's jeans are 32" or shorter. Where's the logic in that?

My sis the stylist says ceramic all the way. She got me a Chi and a love it. It heats up fast, works fast, and doesn't snag my hair at all. I've seen them on sale from time to time, you just have to look. Pass on anything that has a screw inside, on the plates. Ask me how I know.

DH and I were both homeschooled through middle school, and had wonderful experiences. So yes, our school experience led us to choose to homeschool, but because we had already walked down that path and knew it would be wonderful. :thumbup: