Yesterday the people that bought the property next to us found several nest of water moccasins and had come across a 3 ft alligator. Nothing like waking up due to dreaming about that. I absolutely hate snakes and water moccasins are some of the worst. Their homes have been disturbed and he didn't get all of them killed. We've lived her a few years and no one had seen alligators in the last 10 years or so until this week.

We have bought this for my 9 yo niece at the time https://www.discountrocketry.com/estes-solar-scouts-launch-set-p-2358.html. The place I linked has several launch set and we have bought from them a few times and have been very happy. Dh helps her with the rocket and they usually do it at least a couple of times a year when we can actually get together. It usually ends up being a family affair. My guess is when dd is that age, he will more likely let dd do that kind of thing on a regular basis.

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I read Chronicles of Narnia in high school and LOTR as an adult well after college. I have read other C S Lewis works, but not other Tolkein works.

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Can all of the siblings go in and get her one gift although you have already bought and so have others. Maybe save those gifts for another time.

If you can not give them the money as a gift without strings attached then don't give them any money.

AWWWW Thanks Ladies, we went to church this morning and then took a nap. We'll be heading out to dinner in a little while. it is the big 40 this year.

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OH Great I have stuff coming from them. Hope it turns out well.

I don't remember if it says specifically gf but dh is really sensitive to gluten and has never reacted. We buy this one http://www.amazon.com/ZATARAINS-Seasoned-Fish-Fri-5-75-pounds/dp/B0016PO12G/ref=sr_1_3?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1418216165&sr=1-3&keywords=zatarain%27s I buy the big one because we tend to use it for coating chicken, fish, green tomatoes, etc.

We use Zatarans fish fry because it doesn't have gluten in it. To do it the most unhealthy right way dip the chicken in an egg and milk mixture then in the Zatarans, then redip it in the milk and egg and redip it in the Zatarans and then fry. We usually do boneless skinless chicken tenders this way or chicken wings. The chicken wings need to be deep fried and cooked until they float about 11-12 minutes.

Can you have the kids sit beside you and make Christmas cards for family, maybe include drawings, poems, stories, etc? You can bake cookies with them when you feel better. Watch favorite Christmas movies with your kids while eating popcorn and drinking cider or hot chocolate. Maybe the kids could even string popcorn. Skip the turkey and have dh make something easy. It is okay to do things different for the holidays. Enjoy the time with your kids and dh and don't worry about it being different this year.

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Dh loves ice cream and he was about devastated after talking to a process engineer that used to work in the food industry about how much air there is in store bought ice cream. He is going to get a good ice cream maker that doesn't require ice. He is also getting a couple of dress shirts with our college logo on them and I would still like to come up with some thing fun that he can play with our dd.

Stacy I am sorry your thread is turning out the way that it is. I hope you enjoyed meeting them.

Dh and I were in disagreement with how many syllables are in fire. He says it the same way I do and I say 2. We've looked it up and some places say one or 2 and some say just 1.

My dh really likes pigtails and would like for me to wear them. I have absolutely refused to wear them anywhere other than just for him because they are for young girls (kids) not adult women.

Thanks everyone, I like the minifies on the education site.

Dd is 4 and has 2 decent sets of regular Legos. She only has 1 person though and she may have lost it. I would like to find some regular people for her, not monsters, not Star Wars, not any themed ones. Just the normal looking figures. Can you please tell me how to find this?

I don't know Canon's, but thought I would this advice. We have bought cameras from Ritz or Wolf (they are associated with each other). I had a problem with a Nikon almost a year after I bought it. It was eating batteries. They took it back and handed me a new one. Also if you are wanting action shots of games you might want to seriously look at getting either a monopod or a tripod. You can not keep a long lens from shaking without one.

As long as there is no wheat, food starch or barley pretty much in the marshmallows or canned yams. You would have to check the labels based on the brand that you buy. I haven't had problems finding those that don't have gluten labeled on the ingredients.

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1 dog with a people name.

I have had a dog all of my adult life and a good percentage of my childhood. It wouldn't bother me in the least to get a puppy for Christmas and we got our current dog as a puppy when dd was 4 months old. As a kid we adopted from shelters as an adult we bought from "back yard" breeders for $400-$600. When looking for a puppy we trusted our gut about the people selling them and so far we have had happy healthy dogs, well socialized dogs. We take the time to train our dogs and they do become a part of our family. My point is you can get a good dog from a "backyard" breeder", you can get a dog when you have young kids, and you can get one at Christmas and end up with a well trained, adjusted dog. I personally wouldn't want to do 2 dogs, but that is because I do know how much effort goes into training them and taking care of them. We kept a friends dog for a week that was the same age, size (about 70 lbs each) and temperament as our dog at the time. They were both older, well trained, and settled. That week was still enough to convince me that 1 dog was enough. They weren't bad it was just a lot more work.