Pyrex :) (all you had to do was ask me! LOL). Rubbermaid has recently come out with a glassware storage line, too, and Anchor-Hocking is a lower $$ price point staple in the field. I don't heat anything in the microwave in plastic, ever. Even BPA-free. I know it's harder for C to take things to school, but I'd just make an investment and make sure she brings it home.

Saw this today - they recommend that you take a jacket or sweater because about half of the exhibit is really cold, though I found I didn't need anything. They do provide light blankets, but if it's a packed house, they won't have enough. It was neat..we were the only ones there which made it wonderful so we could be at our leisure, the docents had time to talk to us and give us little mini-tours, etc. There is a trebuchet model to play with, lots of cool things to look at (not all nick-nacky bits found), and on Tuesday-Sunday in the afternoons, they have dancers starting at 1 I believe. No pics at all from camera or cell phones. The mummy is behind a wall, so you don't get surprised by it. It was a nice exhibit. There is a coupon available HERE. Closes September 30. They said they expect about 20,000 school kids in the next month (so glad we went today!)

oh lucky you! You must be on the other side from us. We had the rain last Friday that we also stood outside and just relished it. I'm trying very very hard not to be selfish and ask for more, but this whole region desperately needs it!!!!

Would love to hear feedback after you've seen it. We're thinking of going on Monday when all the public schools are back in session.

Thanks, Suzanne..I didn't think to include that.

What did you think about it? (it's @ the Irving Arts Center now)

I'm there WAY too much!

There is some language (using the Lord's Name in vain) which is a big issue for us, but otherwise, any violence is not seen, only heard or alluded to, there's an issue of a quick view of blood from a miscarriage. Otherwise, it would be whether they really understood the implications of the relationship between the races and the movement at the time. Its not a typical chick-flick at all, IMO. It happens to be about women and families and their relationships, but it's not a chick flick.

If they are from our family - we each sign them. If it's from me, just my first name. But we never send out cards to people who wouldn't know who we are, so I never bother with last names.

This is our family - but transpose the spouses :lol:

Just an interesting idea of where you are today ...

yeah - hot glue and metal don't always like each other, and can come a part pretty easily. Gorilla glue might work well, too. I have used cans before..and glued them together so they were a little group. Moveable while not seperatable (that's so not a word).

I'm with Rhonda on this. My husband doesn't EXPECT me to put on makeup, lose weight, dress more nicely, etc. But I know he would love it if I did more often (well, not the makeup part, so much - he's not into that). But he would never expect it from me. But I think I do have somewhat of an obligation to make myself more attractive to him on a daily basis. That doesn't mean I have to go all out, nor does it mean I have to give up my slovenly ways, but I do think he would like it much better if I were thinner (I know his 'type' and I'm not it - thank God he loves me so fiercly :D ), but he'd never require it of me, but I do know it would make him happier. I just wish I could stop being such a lazy-butt and get on with it. But I do agree with the premise - to have married someone and changed so drastically on purpose would be a shock. Life gets in the way, and our bodies aren't perfect. But I blame myself for my physical change (no reason otherwise), and I know I've let him and myself down on that front. But he knew, going in, I wasn't stick thin and I was a low-maintenance kind of girl. And he loves me anyway.

So do we :)

This is me. I wouldn't do two separate meals each and ever night to accommodate him for a 'fashion' diet. I'd accommodate where I could, adjust our diet to meet his, but if this is something like the P90X diet, he's on his own - or I'd do some batches so that he could just eat it nightly. The snark would bother me greatly. It's so disrespectful.