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  1. Shawna in Texas
    Breakfast and lunch are pretty casual. Usually it's at the table surrounded by school books and a cat or two. Sometimes if dd has skipped breakfast and organized the table for just her inhabitation, then the youngest and me will eat in the living room. Dinner is 75/25. If I make a proper meal (or a really messy one), we'll sit at the table. If it's sandwiches, or hot dogs, or we order a pizza, then we'll eat in the living room. When I had a cold a couple weeks ago, I told DH he was in charge for dinner one evening and at one point I got up to see why everyone was so quiet. All three of them lined up in front of the TV, watching a Powerpuff Girls DVD, in their underwear, eating a frozen pizza. :D
  2. Shawna in Texas
    Other. I've never watched Caillou, so I don't really have an opinion. I do have a 16 yo sister who watched it when she was smaller. I recall my mother saying it was her favorite show.
  3. Shawna in Texas
    It's definitely unisex, and I think it would be perfect for a boy/girl twins room with the heart contrasting. I think it's adorable.
  4. Shawna in Texas
    We'd watch it some before we canceled cable. I don't really feel one way or another about it. When we go to my grandparents the kids watch it together. I remember one evening DH and I were going on a date and leaving the kids there. To distract my then 3yo, my grandmother sat my dd on her lap with the remote and said, "Let's find Sponge Bob, Square Britches". :lol:
  5. Shawna in Texas
    Sure, but it's probably cost prohibitive.
  6. Shawna in Texas
    I was agreeing with you. Just trying to help them with a name. :001_smile: Because I'm an atheist. And I'm Married. I have a certificate to prove it. :tongue_smilie:
  7. Shawna in Texas
    I don't think we need two separate names, either. It seems that other people do though. I was just offering something that sounded much more grand than just a mere marriage. :D I agree with the rest of what you say.
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    But wouldn't, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, we just be catering to folks who are asking for marriage to only be applied to religious ceremonies, if we changed it to a government "union". I hope this is making sense. Why is it, as an atheist, I can get married and no religious person (or rather people who have stricter definitions of the word 'marriage) makes an issue that I say I'm married? When I went and filled out my paperwork, I received a "Marriage License." Then after I got married in a strip center, I received a "Marriage Certificate" from the government. I think "marriage" should be the default. If you want a stricter ceremony, you can say you were "United in holy matrimony in the such and such tradition, etc, etc.". That way, those who feel that there is only one way to "marry" can have their ceremony and leave the rest of us to our plain 'ole marriages.
  9. Shawna in Texas
    I think we probably spent several months on King Arthur last year. DD read everything she could get her hands on. The first book, and the one that sparked the interest was The Once and Future King. We also built up a collection of Kevin Crossley-Holland (we bought all of his books about King Arthur). We have Sutcliff's trilogy, The Search for King Arthur by David Day, Tales of King Arthur, by James Riordan, King Arthur and His Knights by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant, and Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey. OaFK is still her favorite, though. She also enjoyed The Dark is Rising sequence. We finished up our studies with that one.
  10. Shawna in Texas
    Chrome.
  11. Shawna in Texas
    Alonso.
  12. Shawna in Texas
    I knew there was a reason I had another baby.
  13. Shawna in Texas
    My husband is allergic to everything, except cats, dogs, and some red pine out in Siberia (probably not remembering that correctly, but it was something he would never have any contact with). The thing with animals though, is if they're ever allowed outside, they can bring stuff in. They are like little pollen magnets.
  14. Shawna in Texas
    Four of the squares on the top right look darker to me when I stare it for a while.
  15. Shawna in Texas
    Our big male cat likes to rub his face on you and touch foreheads. The female is only affectionate with dh unless it's the wee hours of the morning, then I am a good substitute. She gets between us in the bed, puts her mouth to my nose and sticks one of her fangs in my nostril. And just sits there. It's sweet and bizarre. When the not-baby cries, she tries to comfort her by nibbling her nose and cheeks, and it usually works. I remember the first time she noticed the cat. She was about 3-weeks old and I was going to give her a proper bath. I got in first, dh handed me the baby, and our female cat nearly went crazy. Meowing and going back and forth on the edge of the tub. To this day, she always sits on the edge of the tub when it's bath time.
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    Mine was more innocent than that. It would change 'it' to 'out' every single time.
  17. Shawna in Texas
    Please, please, please!
  18. Shawna in Texas
    He was 19 and I was 20 when we married. Honestly, the thought of change hadn't crossed our minds at the time. I mean, physically, I knew we would grow older and look differently, but I never thought about it.
  19. Shawna in Texas
    Good. I think. I'm actually a little scared. I don't want to not love my Ewan McGregor movies. :tongue_smilie:
  20. Shawna in Texas
    I can't remember that one. The name doesn't ring a bell at all. :lol:
  21. Shawna in Texas
    Er... I own Pillow Book on VHS. It's probably warped by the heat of the garage, but there it is. I looked up Nora. I don't know if I've seen it. That stresses me out. I've made it a point to watch all his films.
  22. Shawna in Texas
    Buckets is about right. Mmmm. Velvet Goldmine. Can't say I cried during that one. No more nudity. Pfft. Whatever.
  23. Shawna in Texas
    The only redeeming thing about these last (first? :glare:) three was the scene in #3 where Obi Wan is screaming at Anakin about how he loved him and was his brother and boo hoo. I thought it was pretty great. (To be fair, Ewan McGregor can make me cry pretty easily. I saw I Love You, Phillip Morris this week and dang it, he had me tearing up again.)
  24. Shawna in Texas
    I was thinking riot.
  25. Shawna in Texas
    You are so brave.
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