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Most of the time just "E." Other times: Sunshine, My Love, Sweet Pea, Lovie... the list could probably go on.
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Hi everyone, I know I'm new here, but I see so many wonderful people willing to pray for someone they don't know, so I would like to ask for some prayers for a friend. He's an Afghan War vet with some serious PTSD and a wife and young child. He's on a waiting list for treatment at the VA, but in the meantime his wife kicked him out of the house (honestly I'm not sure I blame her). So he's in a bit of transition and feeling even more hopeless. So if you lovely people could keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers, I would certainly appreciate it.
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I say darling or "my love." But I also call my son "my love" so I guess that doesn't count. :001_smile: Come to think of it, my husband doesn't call me much of anything (it's not as unromantic as it sounds!). He hardly says my full name, when he does he's usually frustrated at me.
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I woke up at 12 to find a roach in our bedroom the size of my index finger. Ugh... Ew.. :svengo:
Needless to say, I'm trying to fall asleep on the couch watching Law and Order. :glare: No Sandman yet...
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My grandparents lived in Port St. Lucie for a while, it's a beautiful area! It'll probably be a readjustment to the humidity, but I'll take that plus a huge library any day!
I love seasons too! But I tel myself that it's only for a season that we're here (though I've been most of my life...) :glare:
As for homeschooling, well I only have a 2 year old, so I'm no help. But the guidelines aren't too tough. Our district is hs-friendly so that helps. Welcome back!
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The 7 layered dip sounds good. I'll do a google search for the greek dip, that sounds yummy! (I need breakfast...)
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Thanks. It might seem like a really simple question, but I literally couldn't think of anything.
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Just finger food or dessert, not a complete dish.
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I could use some help brainstorming.
I need to bring food to a baby shower (4 adults + kids).
I would prefer for it not to be sweet (someone's already making cupcakes) and no allergies. I have no idea... Help? TIA!
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I imagine the amount of detoxing that would occur would be dangerous to the baby.
I hadn't thought of that. That's a good point and something to definitely ask, but yes I think a major point of a juice diet is to detox which may be safer to do without baby.
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My first thought would be not to do a complete juice diet. Maybe juice as snacks to keep portions down for breakfast/lunch/dinner? Juice in the morning, followed by a smaller breakfast, etc. Just a thought and by no means a medical opinion.
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:( I'm sorry.
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Not to completely hijack your thread because I have been wondering that too. We only have one toddler and no plans on having another child. So my son doesn't have any one except me during the day to play with (except for playgroups). But for the other posters that have say they don't play with their kids, would you do the same if it was only one child? I feel obligated because he is the only child to play with him.
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I grew up in Florida, so I'll always say I'm from Florida. I would say there isn't a lot of pride in being from Florida. I've seen facebook posts about "You know you're a Florida girl when..." followed by some southern stereotype. I just roll my eyes. I guess since my family is from New York, I don't really identify with the South.
Florida is so diverse (well maybe not the panhandle), people come from all over, it's hard to have a "Florida heritage." I like Florida, but if I could move to a place with more seasons, I'd go in heartbeat.
But as far as my personal identity, I'm a Floridian. Now if we moved to another state and stayed there for a few decades, it might change. I'm not too attached to this particular state.
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Would you mind posting your list? :)
It's out of chronological order because I have it by the books the library has and the books I have. One of them is three volumes, I think Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative."
1. Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History Nick Bunker
2. American Colonies: The Settling of North America Alan Taylor
3. 1776 David McCullough
4. The Radicalism of the American Revolution Gordon S. Wood
5. The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War Fred Anderson
6. A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America Jon Kukla
7. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies Alan Taylor
8. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin
9. The Spanish War: An American Epic 1898 G. J. A. O'Toole
10. The Civil War: A Narrative Shelby Foote
11. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Daniel Walker Howe
12. So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 John S. D. Eisenhower
13. Landscape Turned Red Stephen Sears
14. Battle Cry of Freedom James McPherson
15. Grant Jean Edward Smith
16. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan
17. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Doris Kearns Goodwin
18. Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific Eric Hammel
19. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 G. J. Meyer
20. The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman and Robert K. Massie
21. Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
22. Theodore Rex Edmund Morris
23. The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940 Anthony J. Badger
24. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote Ann Bausum
25. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 William Raymond Manchester:
26. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Robert F. Kennedy and Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
27. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Andrew Chaikin and Tom Hanks
28. Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert A. Caro
29. Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story–The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company Patrick K. O'Donnell
30. The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-72 William Raymond Manchester
31. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy David E. Hoffman
32. From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality Michael J. Klarman
33. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 David Browne
34. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Lawrence Wright
35. The Forever War Dexter Filkins
1. Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation David A. Price
2. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Joseph J. Ellis
3. John Adams David G. McCullough
4. The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
5. Blood and Thunder: An Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West Hampton Sides
6. Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation John Ehle
7. Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Stephen Ambrose
8. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Dee Brown
9. The Great Depression: America in the 1930s T. H. Watkins
10. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Stephen Ambrose
11. Hiroshima John Hersey
12. Day of Infamy: The Classic Account of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor Walter Lord
13. The Fifties David Halberstam
14. A Rumor of War Philip Caputo
15. Vietnam: A History Stanley Karnow
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I've found that volume works are among the driest. If I see it's a volume, I instantly cringe. Not saying it's bad, just bad memories (history major).
Next year I plan on reading a list of US history books because my US history knowledge is pretty weak (I mainly took Euro and Latin Hist. courses in college). But each book on the list is written about a specific time period and not an encompassing period of time. So by the end of the year I'll have read from the colonies to the Iraq war. That's just my 2 cents... it seems like it's a little easier for me to get through a dry work when it's only 1 book and not 7.
To answer your question specifically, I've never read any of those books. :tongue_smilie:I just wanted to share my US history journey as well!
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What are their ages?
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This is my to read pile. I just need someone else to see this to be a part of my insanity. I probably should have given up a long time ago. People kept posting my wish list books on PBS and I can't say no to books...
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Yeah, the powder mix didn't work so well. I still had a distinct smell by the end of the day.
I did find that it took a while for my body to adjust to this deodorant. Within a few weeks I found that I was able to go the whole day without any smell. But for a while I had to apply it twice a day. I'm going to try the coconut oil next batch. I read one homemade deodorant article where the lady used a toilet paper roll to push up the stick, it seeped through the sides and she wrapped it in a paper towel so it wasn't too slick. Maybe use that for the time being? But depending on the room temperature, you could use a plastic or glass container and apply with your fingers.
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I make my own, 1 T. baking soda and 6 T. cornstarch. It works better than than Crystal (which we also have at home). My husband was a little skeptical at first but when we ran out a few weeks ago he kept bugging me to make more (we were out of cornstarch).
Here's an article where I found the recipe and explains what the two ingredients do.
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I'm celebrating with you too! I hope you this is just the beginning! :D
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My mom pierced my ears when I was only a few months old. I think that it was a good decision. I don't wear earrings unless it's a special event but I'm glad that I don't have to worry about them closing up. I don't remember it so it wasn't a traumatic event.
I don't have a daughter but I would probably wait until she said so. I'm pretty indifferent about it, I'd probably talk to my mom about why she decided to get them pierced and then weigh the choices. I don't really see it as a life altering decision.
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No, it doesn't have to be Fort Walton. I really know nothing about that area, but we are wanting to take a week long Florida beach vacation. I found a hotel room at a Holiday Inn in Ft Walton that would sleep all six of us, so I liked that. I will look at Destin and see what I see. The beach the hotel is on is Emerald Beach. I'm also going to check out the condos mentioned above. If any of you locals know of a good place to stay that will sleep 6 definitely let me know!
We do plan to visit the Gulfarium while we are there. I am definitely open to to other non beach places to visit wile we are there. We are think of going either the first or second week of May, before public school gets out, so that hopefully it won't be as crowded.
We will be driving from Oklahoma, which is about a 15 hour drive. We are thinking will will drive 9 hours or so and stay overnight in Mississippi on our way down just to break up the drive. My kids have never traveled that far, so we aren't sure how well they will handle the drive.
Ah, okay I see where you are. That's Okaloosa Island. I guess technically FWB? I would say that that's a good spot. You have my approval. :D It's a bit off the main path of 98 (so it's quiet), but close to a supermarket (Publix). I've been down that road only a few times. So I'm not sure about restaurants, but it's about 15 mins from Destin. It also has your obligatory tourist shops.
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Hijacking just for a second...
So if we wanted to go to the beach but didn't care a fig about the tourist shops or water parks, but just wanted a clean, uncrowded beach, a decent supermarket or Walmart, and a few locally owned seafood restaurants to choose from for a couple of nice meals, Fort Walton would be the place for us?
The short answer? No. FWB is an enigma. If you just landed here without any orientation, you would assume it's just a typical town in Florida. Hot, humid, but not known for it's seafood or its beaches.
It's on the coast but it is somewhat insulated from the beach/gulf scene. There is an island that runs parallel to the city and because of that none of our beaches border the gulf, it's all bay beaches (which are nice in their own way, calm and not a lot of jellyfish, etc.) I have yet to find a good seafood restaurant in this town. I'm sure they're around... somewhere. They're just really, really secret.
Yes we're close to a few uncrowded beaches, and supermarkets, but it's not really the hub of local seafood. Honestly, Destin has all three of those (but also the tourists). Look at Okaloosa Island, it's between Destin and FWB. I think in this area you have to compromise, the more uncrowded areas come with no supermarkets anywhere near them.
Anyone have a child like this? (hiding intelligence)
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Maybe because of this need to get things perfect, to beat himself up for mistakes, he's doesn't want to take the risk and therefore says nothing? He might be outgoing in sports because it's physical, no way to mess it up. (But he certainly hasn't seen me paddle a canoe...) I'm not an unsociable person, but I often feel self conscious of not saying the right words or making a fool out of myself, that I keep my mouth shut. Because of this people would describe me as reserved or quiet.
So maybe it's just a confidence issue, you're safe because you're mom, but with older peers or older people, he doesn't want to risk sounding foolish?