My mom is the head of the prayer shawl ministry at her church and they always make rectangles. But whatever you make will be loved by your friend.

And this is why I was most surprised when we went to Universal Orlando a few years ago that they did not have a stuffed Dobby! I would have bought one. For me!

It was the mailman. We are on excellent terms with the neighbor.

I just had a visit from the police. My car is not parked in close enough to my house. The mailman would have had to get out of his truck to deliver the neighbor's mail. Since it was the neighbor's mail and not mine, they called the POLICE. The policeman was very nice about it. Almost apologetic. "Could I pull my car in a little more?" I don't think so. I'd hit my daughter's car. And he ended with I'm not parked illegally. Of course after he left, I thought I should have asked him about all my neighbors who are parked illegally. The ones who pull nose into the cul-de-sac, not park with the car longwise. (DH looked it up. That's how the law reads.)

I don't know if this is the norm, but when they opened the Publix here, first one in an hours' drive (at least), many of the employees were from other stores. Some may have been assistant managers at a store in SC and now they are manager here. Just saying they do move employees around so not all the staff would be new.

But I did say a much much smaller scale. And the fact that they know its going to happen. From your article "extra officers available" shows there is a history. The current students may have it under more control. And no, "over the years" they have set people with businesses on Franklin St back financially, not simply"only very rarely been some minor vandalism/property damage". I've seen pictures of the day after. Maybe the current student population has it under control, but not historically. Yes, I concede you may be correct about the current years, but not "over the years".

All riots, really. The recent ones over black men being killed by police/ in police custody. I understand the anger. The unrest. The distrust. But the riots?? I understand crowd "peer pressure". I understand being carried along once its big. I understand "no one will know I did it. With so many others I won't get caught." But why does it start? On a MUCH, much smaller scale, 'riots' over a win or loss of a ball game make no sense at all. From what I've heard, UNC virtually destroys Franklin St over a win or loss in basketball, especially (only?) when they play Duke. Students supposedly in higher learning. I understand excitement, sorrow. But how does that escalate to violence and destruction? Maybe I'm just naive? Be nice. We don't want this to get locked.

For oldest we did dessert only. Middle wants the same thing. Cookies. Brownies - oldest. Cakes - middle only. (Oldest doesn't like cake. Go figure.) Drinks - lemonade and tea. I think there may have been something salty as well. OH - parties start at 7.

You know... Back in the day, we didn't have freezer packs. We did just fine on lunch meat, cheese, and mayo. Not of us got food poisoning or anything. AND I've seen on-line somewhere that if you do get sick from something with mayo in it, it isn't the mayo. I don't know if its the preservatives or what, but it's not the mayo.

About those scissors... 4" in the States. They will measure them. Took dd twice as long to get through security. More like 2" in Europe. Same pair of scissors, they took them as she flew out of UK. I still don't understand how she had to go back through security to go from one flight to the next. Neither does she.

It's been years and we left that parish for other reasons. The music director was caught with the youth pastor/director. I guess the affair had been going on for a while. But they were caught together. Snd they were both married to other people. I don't remember details, but I was not one of those "in the know" people there and the fact that I know means they made at least that much public. It was obvious because the head pastor was on sabbatical and suddenly he returned and the other two were just as suddenly gone.

Watch on-line. We ordered both of our girls' senior year dresses on-line and they both had to be shortened. I'm 5'6" and both girls are taller than I am! Also, I thought I looked at the time, but they were both made in China. In and of itself, not an issue I guess, but it took a while for shipping. So it depends just how last minute this is.

We just re-watched How to Train your Dragon 2. 18 yo, 14 yo, DH and I. So also How to Train your Dragon (1) also. Dolphin Tales 1 and 2 Anything Pixar - except Walle More, but they've already been listed.

I was excited when I got the email And was planning to check it out, but completely forgot until I saw this email. I may go see if there is anything left, later in the week. But I guess you are telling me not to bother... I'm not terribly upset though.

I've asked about lap suits for me here, so I figure I can ask about men's trunks. DS will want trunks, not a speed suit. He's not on a team anywhere. But he is signed up for lifesaving at boy scout camp this summer. 2 hours in the lake each day. Lake. Not pool. Right now I'm looking on-line. Are any brands going to be better or worse? This is not going to qualify him for lifeguarding later. So I'm not worried about that, at all. But I don't want to get him a suit that is going to fall apart either. Thanks! ETA: Oh and a rash guard too. This boy has whitewhitewhite skin. It will be as much for sun protection as not.

Ok, I don't remember the name of it now, but it is run by the school. So school rules, which I guess includes no drinking. You rent the room, so if your roommate doesn't pay, you aren't liable for it. And he said it was $485 a month. Parking there is free. Buses run to and from campus. But he will still pay for dd to have a parking pass on campus. She is at a point in her classes where most will be in one building and he is paying for her to park right next to it. I was cooking dinner while we were talking so I prob forgot a lot. He did say that the prices you saw were pretty much norm for the area. OH! and where she is renting is brand new.

We have friends coming over for dinner tonight who have a daughter at the same college as your son. She lived her first 2 years with her grandparents. (So there must be some way to get out of the living on campus deal.) But her dad already signed her lease for next fall. You want me to ask where?

I am a youth leader in our church. I do not text anyone that I am not also friends with outside of church. That sounds odd. There is another family that we get together with away from church. I would text those kids. I do text the daughter - she is my daughter's friend. I haven't had reason to text the sons. I don't send friend requests to any of the kids on facebook. But I will accept any friend request they send me. If they follow me on instagram, I will follow them back. Same with twitter. I don't want to be that creepy lady at church. I do this also with the youth band I lead at our homeschool co-op. I am *a* youth leader. We have a committee of parents, not a dedicated youth leader.

This sort of sounds like how I react to fish and dairy. I can eat fish and I can eat dairy but the two of them together keep me up all night in the bathroom. What Arcadia said is what I found on-line - a sensitivity rather than an allergy. It may be the fish or it may be a combination. Unless you eat a lot of fish, it may not be worth it to figure out if it was fish or some combination of fish and ?, just avoid fish.

This may not ever get better. My 14 yo boy. I have to choose whether his pants are long enough or they fit in the waist. The next time he grows, I need to find 38 in length! That means I have to special order talls! And he doesn't notice! Within the last 6 mo, he went to church in a pair of pants that was too short. Noticeably to every mom there too short. He went in early with dh that day. When I came, I brought the pants that do fit and made him change. One or two of the moms thanked me. I gave those too short pants away before the service began. (They were clean when he put them on and he only wore them about 2 hours.)

When our library did this (closed for 4-6 weeks) they let anyone who wanted them to check out 50 books. Each. They were putting in new carpet or something. However many books were checked out were ones they didn't have to box up and move during the process. They did stagger the returns over the course of 2 weeks. :-)

My kids had non-smart phones and they worked fine. And the longer they had them, the quicker they texted no matter what the keyboard looked like.

FIL just past a year ago. He was in hospice for about 2 weeks, unresponsive most of that time. When I was at hospice, I felt like we were doing little besides our own thing. Three of us in our own heads. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. If you want to actually visit, then go during hospice. If the uncle is unresponsive (as FIL was), they will "enjoy" the distraction. And they will have more time to spend with you. At the funeral, you will be seen, noticed and talked with. But so will everyone else who comes. One on one time is precious at the funeral and after.

On the topic of dh's tshirts. I move them around. First I take the ones I don't think he wears and put them in a different drawer. Then I put them in the closet, folded on the floor somewhere. Then in a box. Finally they go to goodwill. I figure that many steps, he's bound to look for the one he really likes so it doesn't leave the house but ones he doesn't notice do. The problem here is conferences. He'll go to a conference and everyone and their brother will be giving away free t's. Sometimes there are other things. The pile of other things existed intact next to the bed 6 mo to a year before I went through it, grabbed what was worth it and tossed the rest. (BTW, there was only 1 thing that was worth it.)

We've stayed at: Contemporary - pool was too deep for then 3yo. Monorail, walk to MK. (kids 3,6,9) Ft Wilderness cabin - pool still too deep. Bus just about everywhere. (Kids 4,7,10) Family suites at Music - great! Kids were also finally tall enough that other would not have been a problem. But everywhere, but separate rooms for adults and kids. two bathrooms! Good food court. (kids 6,10,12) Poly - nice pools. Monorail. Only one quick service place. (kids ???) There were pluses and minus to every place, honestly. And having 3 kids limits where you can stay in one room.