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I bought fabric to make my own Maya wrap, but I haven't done it yet. I forgot to pick up the rings at JoAnn's when I was in "big town" last week and won't be going back until after Keaton is born, so I'll have to order some online. I just couldn't see spending that much on fabric when I can make it so much cheaper and have more fabric choices!
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Do you go to church or know people through a co-op? Is there an older teen or college age guy who he admires? When I was 16-18 I used to "hang out" with several 12-14 year old girls who weren't ready to be home alone at night. The parents would rent us a movie and order pizza, and we'd have a great time. I was sensitive to their feelings and didn't call it babysitting. I was paid, of course, but the parents did it out of he presence of the teen. If you could find someone to do this, they could watch a movie or play video games or something and the time would fly by for him.
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I went to a tiny Christian school (8 students) with a girl like this. She left me alone after I quoted this to her a few times, said nothing else, and walked away. It didn't fit the situation perfectly, but she got the idea.
Proverbs 26:18-19
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!â€
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So many great hymns have already been posted! My very favorite is Before The Throne of God Above
Yes! This is one of my favorites, too. I didn't learn this song until college and now I sing it around the house all the time. Maybe I should sing it to my little one after he's born and see if he recognizes it.:001_smile:
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I love How Great Thou Art, and not just because it has the best alto part of any hymn I've sung:D.
How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Chorus:
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
Chorus
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Chorus
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
Chorus
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I've seen gummy fruit snacks in gem shapes that might come in handy.
Don't forget candy necklaces/bracelets! My Dollar Tree has several choices of these.
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Well, I was 14 when I BOUGHT my first American Girl doll. :D Prior to that I was too much of a tomboy--my parents wouldn't buy me one because they said I would rarely play with it, and they were right! I had one stuffed bear that I dressed up sometimes, though. When I was able to save up my own money, I bought my doll and yes, I played with it. Since my teachers and adults in my church always found me to be the most mature teen they knew, I don't think playing with dolls indicates undesirable social immaturity. Yes, I was "immature" when it came to "typical teen" behavior I saw around me (backtalk, dating, being boy crazy, etc.) but this was intentional. I didn't have trouble making/keeping good friends.
95% of the kids at my church are homeschooled and I know that all of the 8-14 year old girls have American Girl dolls that they play with. I think it's great that they have an innocent pastime that uses imagination! Too many teens lose their ability to imagine anything except how they will get the latest electronic gadget or a boyfriend/girlfriend.
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Is she allowed to wear all-plastic barrettes? I know they are "so 80s" but my Dollar Tree often has plain ones that might work.
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People who do that are annoying, aren't they?
As a person with a cluttered house, I say, good job! I am impressed by people who are neat or have less random stuff than me. I don't make passive-aggressive comments to my friends who have achieved this!
I don't know if it will make you feel better, but remember that neat housekeepers have a way to make their own passive-aggressive jabs. I know people who need attention for their neatness, and thus dramatically proclaim, "Oh, my house is a disaster!" when they have one load of clean laundry on the couch, and that's it.
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The language is usually cleaner, and it can be every bit as challenging to read, and often even more thought-provoking.
It's nice to hear I'm not the only one who thinks this way! I hate picking up adult literature, getting into the story, then encountering "adult" situations I wasn't expecting. The majority of my favorite books were written for children or teens.
Books I wouldn't have wanted to miss from my childhood are:
A Little Princess
Homecoming & Dicey's Song (and the rest of the series)
Caddie Woodlawn
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry & Let the Circle Be Unbroken (and others in the series)
Anne of Green Gables (at least the first book--it gets tedious after a while)
The Giver & Gathering Blue
Goodnight, Mr. Tom
The Indian in the Cupboard (and sequels)
Summer of the Monkeys & Where the Red Fern Grows
Sarah Bishop, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and others by Scott O'Dell (most of what he has written!)
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Old Standbys:
Red Light, Green Light
Duck, Duck, Goose (or make it sillier with your own words)
Simon Says
May We Cross the River: You need a defined area (a line at each end) at least as wide as your group. Pick 1 child to be "it" along with you. At your prompting, the other children say, "May we cross the river?" You respond, "Only if you are...wearing blue, a boy, wearing shorts, etc." Those who fit this description try to run from one line to the other. The child who is "it" tries to tag them as they cross. Those who are tagged become "stuck in the mud." They sit on their bottoms and stretch out their hands to try to tag others as they cross. Those tagged by "it" or those "stuck in the mud" sit down. As the game progresses, you will have kids running back and forth from both directions. The last child standing is the new "it." I've played this game successfully with preschoolers on several occasions. The key is to keep the "only if" part very simple.
Red, White, Blue (or use your own 3 words): Put the kids in groups of 3 and arrange in a circle (standing). Give each child one of the names Red, White, and Blue. When you call "Red", all the "Reds" run around the circle (make sure you specify a direction). The other two children in each group make an arch with their arms. When the "Reds" get back to their group, they run under the arch made by "White" and "Blue" and grab an object from the center of the circle (bandannas or small balls work well) There should be one less object than the number of groups. Be sure to SPREAD THE ITEMS OUT so there are no bonked heads (don't ask me how I know!). With small kids, I don't think you would bother keeping score of how many times each group was last but just enjoy the game. To make it easier to remember who is what color, you might want to bring little strips of cloth for the kids to tie on their arm or wrist so they can refer to it if they forget!
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Just my opinion. I think the kindest thing is to tell kids that specific words have another meaning. Because you know unless they live a very sheltered life, they will be faced with this and be embarrassed. I would not do this to kids that are very young, but I guess somewhere in Middle School is a good age.
We lived in Europe when I was young for a year. In my school they called erasers "rubbers". I guess they were technically rubber erasers and in America we use eraser. Anyway, my parents told us when we returned to the US, not to use the word rubber because it had a different meaning and told us a briefly and dispassionately what the mean was. Personally I'm glad. Imagine asking a classmate or worse a teacher to borrow a rubber?
That's bad!
When I was in college, I taught a small group Bible study of 6th grade girls. At one point, I was telling a story about a friend, and mentioned that we ran off with her thongs and hung them in the dorm lounge. The girls' eyes widened and mouths dropped open. It was then that I realized that what I called thongs (from having lived in Japan as a child) are commonly called flip-flops! Yeah, that was a bit embarrassing. We had a good laugh after I explained what I meant.
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This was very helpful, thank you. In my case, once I was working, it wasn't friends as such but co-workers. But then I worked in a mostly male work-force (engineering) and I think the environment was more conducive to that sort of thing.
I wasn't trying to imply that you were hanging out with the wrong people to have been exposed to that. I'm sorry if I came off that way. I understand the co-worker thing! I spend a summer working at an amusement park & living in dorms with 18-30 year olds. I still did the eye-roll thing. It usually put a damper on the joking if I didn't act embarassed or confused & just walked away to find something else useful to do.
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As teens my sister and I were largely unaware of s*xual innuendos. This was more of a problem for her than me, however, for one simple reason--I didn't have/keep friends who talked that way, but she did. I remember when she was 16, one of her friends joked about dressing as a transvestite for Halloween. When she asked what that was, they all mocked her for weeks. They looked for opportunities to shock her with things she didn't know. Great friends, huh? She continued to hang out with these kids, and tried harder to learn what they were saying without directly asking them. She laughed along with their dirty jokes even if she didn't get them so she wouldn't be an outsider.
On the other hand, when I was mocked at softball practice for saying something that the other girls twisted into something dirty, I rolled my eyes, shrugged it off, and found someone else to hang out with. I didn't waste my time caring what they thought and didn't appreciate their version of "broadening my horizons." I cared more about what God, my parents, nice people, etc. thought of me than these sleazy girls.
I don't know how much can be chalked up to personality (my sister is a pleaser, I'm rarely swayed by peer pressure), but I think you can be "ignorant" of filthy ideas without being naive or feeling diminished in some way.
My sister has told my parents that they were wrong to "shelter" her from cussing, dirty jokes, etc. because she was unaware about all that was out there in the world. I have THANKED my parents for the very same thing.
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When my high school classmate was accepted to West Point they made him grow his hair longer because they had a regulation cut for their incoming students.
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I puree strawberries for yummy pink lemonade.
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3.Yes, vaccination within 14 days of exposure has been shown to decrease the risk of getting sick with hepatitis A.
When I was 13 our pastor's basement flooded with water and backed up sewage. I was part of the crew that bailed it out. The pastor's wife (who was a nurse) urged us to all get hepatitis A vaccines the next day. They pastor's 17-year-old daughter and I did, but none of the adult men did!
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I'm 27 and have completely read 38 of them. There are about 10 I've started on that list, at least 10 that I want to read, and at least 10 that I have no intention of ever reading.
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My dh NEVER gives his Social Security number unless he has to. It was pretty funny watching the faces of the community college registrars when he refused to give it. They had no idea what to do! He explained to them that they must have some system of assigning a random number to him. After 15 minutes of researching and calling a supervisor, they were surprised to find that he was right. They had never had anyone refuse before.
He also annoys the staff of doctors' offices because he actually reads the materials they have you sign and crosses out anything to which he does not agree to be bound.
I found this information about your right to withhold your SSN:
Am I required to give my Social Security number to government agencies?
The answer depends upon the agency. Some government agencies, including tax authorities, welfare offices, and state Departments of Motor Vehicles, can require your SSN number as mandated by federal law (42 USC 405 ©(2)©(v) and (i)). Others may request the SSN, leading you to believe you must provide it.
The Privacy Act of 1974 requires all government agencies — federal, state and local — that request SSNs to provide a "disclosure" statement on the form. The statement explains whether you are required to provide your SSN or if it’s optional, how the SSN will be used, and under what statutory or other authority the number is requested (5 USC 552a, note). The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) provides guidance and oversight regarding the Privacy Act of 1974. The text of the Privacy Act can be found at the Web site http://www.usdoj.gov/opcl/privstat.htm .
The Privacy Act states that you cannot be denied a government benefit or service if you refuse to disclose your SSN unless the disclosure is required by federal law, or the disclosure is to an agency that has been using SSNs before January 1975, when the Privacy Act went into effect. There are other exceptions as well. Read the Code of Federal Regulations section here: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/28cfr16.53.htm
If you are asked to give your SSN to a government agency and no disclosure statement is included on the form, you should complain to the agency and cite the Privacy Act of 1974. You can also contact your Congressional representative and U.S. Senators with your complaint. Unfortunately, there appear to be no penalties when a government agency fails to provide a disclosure statement.
A federal program called the Federal Parent Locator Service — and its subset, the National Directory of New Hires — uses computerized databases to provide addresses and SSNs to state and local agencies to help locate parents evading child-support orders or to resolve parental kidnapping and child custody cases. No consent is required. While beneficial, such databases contain the potential for abuse if other purposes are found for such information.
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My dh likes a snack in the evening, and usually ends up with one of:
cheese and crackers
toast with peanut butter
bagel with strawberry cream cheese
popcorn
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I am grateful to my mom that she wasn't overly afraid for my safety as a child, considering that a stranger ACTUALLY TRIED to kidnap my sister when she was 4 1/2 and I was 6. By the grace of God, I was able to thwart it. I think that had my mom reacted too strongly in front of me or severely limited our freedom, we would have been more negatively impacted by this event. As it is, my sister doesn't even remember it.
Though we never went to that park alone again, my mom still let us ride our bikes in our cul-de-sac. At 6 & 8 we were allowed to roam a 3 block radius in our neighborhood for several hours before checking in. By the time I was 10, we were riding our bikes to the pool & convenience store alone, riding or walking 3/4 mi. to school, hanging out at the park or library after school, etc. I hope to be able to give my kids similar freedoms.
I do not, however, plan to to leave my kids in running car. Not so much because of fears of abduction, but because of fears that they will put the car in gear! I've personally known 3 families that have had a 3-5 year old do this! One smashed through the door of a garage "art studio" where kids where kids were taking lessons. Fortunately no one was hurt, but several kids could have died that day.
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Do you have a scanner? Could you scan the strip along with a ruler for scale since scanning sometimes distorts the image a bit?
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Hmm. Can you measure how far the holes are spaced? Our long pieces are buried in the garage, so we don't have one to compare to at the moment. Based on the pieces we do have on hand, however, the holes' centers should be 1/2 in. apart. Is this true for your piece or do you possibly have a different size than we do?
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Here is a picture of what he's worked up so far. Does the bar at the bottom look right?
At what age did your ds become...er...aware
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When I was 17 I babysat a 6-year-old boy and his 11 & 13 year old sisters. He was sitting next to me on the couch watching a movie, then suddenly reached over and squeezed my breast! I was surprised & a bit embarrassed, but didn't react. Neither of us said a word and he never did it again. I figured he was just curious. I didn't say anything to his parents (can you imagine how awkward that would have been?), but I figured they'd find out soon enough if it was more than just normal curiosity.