Gwenhwyfar
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first thing that i thought of was pippi longstocking ~ ephraim was her father's name.I was a Pippi addict as a kid, so it reminds me of her father. (Pretty sure that was his name.)
finally! i was starting to wonder if there weren't any other pippi fans on here! :laugh:
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i.hate.yahoo.groups.
i refuse to sign up for anything on them ~ which has meant that i've skipped a few groups that i actually might have enjoyed had they been set up as a forum like this or....anything other than yahoo groups.
so ummm unless you have a lot of people like me in your presentation group, all should go well. :laugh:
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And here's a picture of my son watching a cat on a treadmill on Youtube.
i have nothing to add about desks ~ but this made me :D
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first thing that i thought of was pippi longstocking ~ ephraim was her father's name.
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i just finished digging seeds out of one for dd13 ~ we don't normally buy them because they're so freaking expensive, but they were on sale for $1.79/each today and i grabbed a couple.
i don't really like them - but she does. (and she eats the whole seed)
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i wouldn't eat ANYTHING that was two years past the date! :001_huh:
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ds12 is having a snooze & dd13 is watching the simpsons with dh.
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But if you're invited to a baby shower, and it's all adults, and even the older sisters of the baby are not coming, because it's a small, breakable item intensive space, you do not, I repeat DO NOT, call the hostess and INFORM her that you are bringing your daughter as well. Just not done.
the flipside of that, though, is calling and cancelling because you have nobody to watch your kiddo ~ then you're on THAT list. :p
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Same here -- you cannot enter the store if you are under 18yo.
really? :001_huh:
the provinces must set their own rules.. i've taken my kids into liquor stores in three provinces without any trouble.
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There's a little confusion here: the laws nationwide prohibit the sale, distribution, or public possession of alcohol to persons under 21. But 33 states permit consumption of alcohol by persons under 21, and 16 more states permit consumption of alcohol by persons under 21 under specific circumstances (e.g. they are in the presence of parents or a spouse).
Also there are other minor exceptions; for instance, a religious exception (communion wine), and certain military exceptions (bases more than 50 miles from U.S. territory, or with a waiver from the commanding officer).
it's still kinda wonked that a 20 year old ADULT would need "permission" (or mommy supervising!) to have a beer after work.
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why don't you take his normal glasses off? just thinking - in a theatre with a HUGE screen, he should be able to still see without them?
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i find it so strange that you guys (in the states) have such a high drinking age - is it 21 in every state?
what's up with that? you could be married, working fulltime, with a couple of kids, and still not be able to have a glass of wine in a restaurant?
(it's 18/19 across canada - three provinces have it at 18, the rest at 19)
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nope. we both hate pictures of ourselves. :tongue_smilie:
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a cat tree sans cats at the moment
four cloth shopping bags full of halloween candy
giant wooden painted eeyore & tigger wall hangings
laminated maps - world & canada
cookbooks scattered across the table because i'm feeling ambitious
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hmmm...given the older age range and the request for not even 'mild lego style' violence, i'm wondering if there might be some special needs or something at work here? i'm not asking to be 'nosy' ~ i'm just asking because if there are, it might help for people to be aware of that when it comes to game suggestions. :) i'd have suggested looking for some trivia type games, or word play stuff - but i don't know if those would be appropriate?
if there isn't, okay. if there is - might help to add that info.
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and what a strange law (the places that have it) - you can't even have your kid with you in the beer store? what's up with that? oh noes! little bobby saw a 2-4! :tongue_smilie:
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Well, at least he didn't tell her she had to stand outside the bar while he went in and had a drink! :lol:
my mother told me that my father used to take me out for a bike ride when i was 2 (in the old white kid seat) and stop in for a drink somewhere* before we went home - she said he'd take me in and set me right up on the bar counter, sit there and have his beer while i babbled away and tried to grab anything shiny. :p
*it wasn't a normal bar; it was something on the base.
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"We don't consider spanking abuse, but we do encourage some parents to use alternative methods," said Marleigh Meisner, public information officer for CPS
that individual would only be able to speak for the CPS office in which she is working.
29 countries have made corporal punishment of a minor by their parents illegal.
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Corporal punishment of children by parents, is unlawful in the following countries:
Austria - since 1989
Bulgaria - since 2000
Croatia - since 1999
Costa Rica - since 2008
Cyprus - since 1994
Denmark - since 1997
Finland - since 1983
Germany - since 2000
Greece - since 2007
Hungary - since 2004
Iceland - since 2003
Israel - since 2000
Kenya - since 2010
Latvia - since 1998
Luxembourg - since 2008
Moldova - since 2009
Netherlands - since 2007
New Zealand - since 2007, when the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007 came into effect. However, a non-binding citizen-initiated referendum on corporal punishment in August 2009 produced a large majority against the ban. A private member's bill was then introduced to Parliament to overturn the ban, but it failed at first reading: see New Zealand corporal punishment referendum, 2009.
Norway - since 1987 [3](The Supreme court ruled in 2005 that a light "careful slap" applied immediately after the "offence" is still allowed.[4] Legislature abolished this in 2010, and the current law is that any violence against children, including careful slaps, are prohibited.[5])
Poland - since 2010
Portugal - since 2007
Romania - since 2004
Sweden - Parents' right to spank their own children was first removed in 1966,[6] and it was explicitly prohibited by law from July 1979.
Spain - since 2007
Tunisia - since 2010 [7]
Ukraine - since 2004
Uruguay - since 2007
Venezuela - since 2007
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in my country (canada) it is still legal but there are restrictions: it can ONLY be the parent or legal guardian (babysitters, grandma, etc can not spank) doing it, the child must be between the ages of 2-12, and only the open bare hand is permitted (no belts, spoons, paddles, or other implements.). also, spanking on the bare bottom is not allowed - there must be clothing/diaper/etc covering the child at the time.
personally ~ i will be very pleased when canada is able to be added to the above list. :)
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that guy started off babbling about 18 wheelers with brain scanning tools....
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i voted 'low fat' - but i was thinking of my own situation when i answered; i can't eat high fat foods without my digestive system being very unhappy. (it doesn't matter if the fat is 'good' or 'bad', it still causes the same problems for me)
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Well, I heard back from the hospital. She said it costs $324.75 for the ultrasound, plus whatever the cost is for the outside radiology doctors to read the x-ray (which I found out is $100.00), so we're talking $424.75.
She said I could do a payment plan.
Or I could call back on Monday when the person who handles 'charity care and discounts' for uninsured people is in. She THINKS, but is not sure, that that person can offer me either 20 or 25 percent off a bill over $250.00, but she also thinks that's only if it can be paid off sooner than a payment plan would be, or some such. But she wasn't very clear on the details. So I will call that person back on Monday and find out. She also suggested I call those radiologists back afterward and let them know "the hospital gave me such and such a discount for not having insurance, can you do the same" to see if they would read the ultrasound results for less than $100.00.
So yeah I will call her Monday, but in the meanwhile, I will see if either of the other two places I called this morning get back to me at some point today and if they give me a better price.
this is just horrifying to me. :(
this is health care ~ not getting your house painted. the idea of having to shop around and ask for discounts & payment plans.....that's just not right.
[and then of course there's the whole "lose everything you own if you get sick" thing.]
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I don't know what Dave Ramsey would say, but I wouldn't care, I would fix my kid's teeth.
this.
some radio show guy who writes advice books isn't going to decide what kind of health care my kids get. ;)
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8. We can attend a Christmas concert, if we can find one that is free. I'm looking around for this ahead of time, because there is usually something that I find out about after it's happened. Not this year! LOL!
check the websites for your local elementary schools ~ they usually have christmas concerts throughout december and those are always fun to watch...christmas songs, plays that always go a little wonky... :laugh:
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one thing i've noticed is that people often suggest "handmade" gifts for when money is tight ~ but that only works if you already own all sorts of crafty stuff....otherwise you're looking at spending a lot of money to buy all of the crafting SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT. ;)
would the SOTW activity book be too babyish for an 11 year old?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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both of mine have done projects from it at the age of 11 and had great fun with them ~ in fact, they would both STILL enjoy a lot of those projects at 12 and 13. :)