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    Dd9 admitted that she saw her big Christmas gift

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    My sister used to open her wrapped presents that Mom hid in a closet. The year Mom found out was the year my sister put up a long nylon stocking on the mantle for Santa...and she found a stick in it the next morning. I won't say she quit snooping...but she was more careful!

     

    I was blissfully unaware of all the drama when I was a kid. (And I'd rather be surprised on Christmas morning.)

    Who else is just hanging on until Christmas break?

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    That's me...hanging on by a fingernail! I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready... Tomorrow, I'm taking the kids to the Children's Museum for half the day...just cause I'm soooooooo ready not to do school for a bit. Break will be all too short!

     

    (For the record, if I just had my ds I wouldn't feel this way. But I'm also schooling a reluctant and unhappy 14-yr-old niece, whom I suspect has some LD. It's not been a pretty fall here!)

    How has Tae Kwon Do or another martial arts class helped your child(ren)?

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    I've seen a huge boost in my ds's confidence. The first day he had to run to the bathroom twice to throw up...just six months later, he's wearing a green belt with a white stripe and yelling louder than the other kids. He loves to practice and thinks he knows 14 ways to hurt someone. :-) (In reality, he's not strong enough to hurt anyone!)

     

    I think some of your concerns will depend on the teacher. DS's teacher is NOT a good disciplinarian. Her own children run around like banshees before, during and after class. Other kids take their cue from that and there's a lot of horseplay. I, however, don't allow my ds to "play" during class. He's there to learn--and he's learned a lot more than those who fiddle around. I'd go somewhere else, but we have a great deal at the Y. So for now, I'm putting up with it.

    Punctuation for...

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    When joining 3 sentences to make one sentence, as in:

     

    When I was a young child, my grandmother has regularly read and told me stories, my mother was (and is) always reading, and my teachers always carefully scaffolded and guided us through our reading.

     

    What is the correct punctuation? Semi-colons?

    Please Help Birth Center vs Hospitals

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    I had my first in a hospital, my second in a birth center, and my third at home, all with midwives. I would never go back to the hospital if given the choice.

     

    Midwives get to know you so well, appts are longer than with OBs. They are trained to spot problems before the birth. They are also trained to deal with emergencies.

     

    If you haven't watched The Business of Being Born, I highly recommend it.

     

    :iagree:

     

    This is my experience as well. I had wonderful experiences with my midwives and actually got much better care from them.

     

    What matters is what you want. If you have educated yourself and are comfortable with your choice, then proceed! That said, I know how difficult it can be when family is pressuring you to make another choice. I didn't tell my mom I was birthing at home until it was a done deal--she would have had cardiac arrest.

     

    Birth is such a rare experience for most of us. It really should be the kind of birth that you want (barring medical complications).

    I need an electronics education!

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    We're in the market to upgrade our TV/sound system/disc player...what I have could fondly be described as dinosaur-age.

     

    I'm soooooo confused! If I buy a TV that has internet capabilities, does the blu-ray player need to have it as well? Do I want wireless or wired if the blu-ray needs internet?

     

    I think I have my choice narrowed down to an LED TV, running 240 hz (wish Costco and Sam's had more in this category!). Does anyone have a Vizio? Panasonic? LG?

     

    Then there's the wireless router issue...need to upgrade that as well to "N." Dual band? Brand?

     

    Any info you can throw at me, I'll appreciate! :bigear:

    Good dh present?

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    DH loves live theater, so this year I've purchased a membership at a local dinner theatre. Seven times during the coming year, we'll go out to dinner and see a play. (It's not a surprise though...it was expensive and I wanted him to be OK with spending the $$.) I've also got him a copy of the extended version of Avatar, a 3-d puzzle to build with ds and a new coffee mug from our summer trip.

    How did your parents and/or ILs meet? Any great stories?

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    My parents met during WWII at a dance the local ladies held for the soldiers. Dad said he saw the prettiest girl in the world, wearing a white dress, walk in the door and he was hooked. They were 2 weeks shy of their 60th anniversary when Dad died.

     

    I should add that Dad was stationed in Florida when they met and so Mom was a southern girl. The girls also had a little newspaper they printed. The headline when my parents married...Barney's marrying a d*mn Yankee! (Barney was my mom's lifelong nickname.)

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