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Berta
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The concept is good if the ingredients were better.
My idea of a better recipe would be:
Butterfinger Dessert
Ingredients: 1 prepared angel food cake
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix (larger size)
1 pint of heavy cream whipped and stabilized with gelatin (unflavored powdered or sheets)
4 (2 1/8 ounce) size Butterfinger candy bars
1 1/2 cups whole milk
I was just going to post this same exact thing! I don't do anything low-fat or fat free.
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Not sure which vowels are not enunciated in "twenny-one." But it is quite normal in everyday US speech to not enunciate the "t" in many words. Of course if you were calling out words for a spelling test, you would enunciate the "t." But just hanging around with regular people?
plenty => plenny
forty => fordy
ante => annie or andy
listen => lissen
attitude => additude
pretty => priddy
what => sometimes the "t" is exchanged for something that isn't quite a letter... Same thing happens with but and maybe other words.
If I went around enunciating the "t" in every word, people would think I was trying to put on a bad British (Briddish) accent.
Same here, I'm from New Jersey.
Sometimes a "t" is added just for the heck of it lol.... as in "He went accrost the street."
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Carry the fairy to the ferry
Carry
Fairy
Ferry
Marry
Merry
All have the same vowel sound to me.
These have three different sounds to me.
Really? Everyone I know who speaks American English says "twennie-one." Actually more like "twunny-wun." They also say "thurdy-ate" and "uhhundrid-ninedy." No, make that "hunderd-ninedy."
Same here. "twunny-wun" and "thurdy-ate".
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Really? Most places I have lived the mist is far more common. Huh.
Not here. There isn't a doctors office that I have called that had it. The only place that has it is the Health Dept, and they will not give it to adults.
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Love this thread!
My favourite comment was my Dad's.... "but you'll end up wearing a long denim dress all the time and not shaving your legs! That'll be bad for you career!"
Oh dear.....time to leave the compound :-}
I'd be sooo tempted to show up for Christmas dinner in a long denim dress, bun and hairy legs.
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You CAN get the flu from inhaling airborne particles. It's just not as likely as it does not STAY airborne. The particles are too heavy to stay airborne. If someone coughs or sneezes around you, then yes you can catch it. But those particles are going to fall and land on something and LIVE on that something for quite some time. This is why you are more likely to catch it from touching something than from breathing it in.
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I'm not sure on pills vs syrup!
But vitamin D--she can take up to 10,000 IU of D3 (only D3 forms) safely. I'd recommend she take 10,000 6 days a week and drop down to 5,000 or off completely on the 7th day. Healthy D does benefit the immune system. I've seen mixed results on it preventing the flu. It's a generally good idea, though, and might help.
The Sambucol has clear evidence of efficacy.
I would start taking the Sambucol as a preventative now because I think it would be best as a preventative. I worry about cytokine storms when the flu starts taking out healthy adults. And it's theoretically possible ramping up the immune system in the middle of a flu like that with Sambucol could contribute to a cytokine storm.
Handwashing, no matter what the CDC puts out, won't prevent flu transmission. It's airborne. But it will help with other viruses and is always a good idea.
Although you can get sick if someone sneezes or coughs on you, you are much more likely to get it from touching something and then touching your nose, eyes or mouth then from airborne particles.
Most people don't realize how often they touch their face. When you are out somewhere, sit and watch people and see how often they will touch their faces in a short amount of time. I had a three hour wait in DMV once and I watched to see how often people do this and boy was it eye opening.
Washing your hands IS a very good way to protect against flu. So is staying away from people that sick. But keep in mind, even if you wash your hands, the minute you touch a handrail, door knob, keyboard or phone, you could become contaminated again. This is why NOT touching your face is the most important thing you can do to keep from getting the flu.
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Good luck finding the flu mist. Yes, it is available in some places but not in a lot of places. Around here they will only give it to children, not adults.
A flu shot doesn't mean she won't get the flu. It's a shot in the dark if they have the right strains in there and this year a LOT of people that have gotten the shot got the flu anyway. If you daughter is an adult then respect her wishes. As the parent of three adult children, I would never insist my adult children get a flu shot in order to live in my house or be on my insurance. There are certain boundaries a parent of an adult child need to respect, this is one of them.
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I have to tell you that one time we were at Disney World and there was a lovely family with three little Chinese girls in line. DH said, "Where are your girls from?" He wanted to talk about China with them and find out if their girls were from anywhere close to where our son was from.
The mother got very upset almost immediately. She replied in a very curt tone, "They are from Pittsburgh!" I quickly pulled my son out from behind me so she could see him and said, "We aren't trying to be rude, we just were curious if your girls are from a region close to where our son is from."
Her tone changed dramatically and she talked about her girls for a good 10 minute and where they were each from (2 were twins) and when they adopted them, and the whole story.
So, I guess what I got from that is that just because someone asks, you shouldn't assume they are being rude. I find that many people who ask have a reason. Several times we have found out that they are in the process of adopting a child, have a relative who has just adopted and they are excited about it, or they are considering adoption.
Dawn
This situation is why I learned to say "Why do you ask?" if I am unsure of the questioners intent. I've gotten pretty good at reading most people. There are those who I am not sure about and this response usually tells me if they are curious because they are on the same path or being nosy.
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There are many times when I would like to ask if a child has been adopted internationally (to make a connection, share an experience) but I don't dare, because I have heard this makes some adoptive parents angry.
I will say that once a child is old enough to understand - which is frankly not much older than 1yo - people should be careful not to let the child hear himself being discussed as if he were an oddity or something exotic.
I don't mind questions regarding adoption, especially if I can tell the person has a child that is obviously adopted. I love to discuss with other adoptive parents or prospective adoptive parents. It's the people that are just plain nosy that annoy me. I really would like to ask them rude questions on how their children were conceived... were you on top? did you stand on your head? etc.
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I have four kids, two by birth and two by adoption. Our family portraits look like you took six complete strangers and put them together. My sons have a Hispanic background and one is dark haired and the other is light haired. My older daughter is light skinned and my youngest is Chinese.
It's not obvious with my older daughter that she is adopted, but with my youngest it is. When I was out with all four of them I got asked once if they were ALL adopted. My answer was "some of them, but I don't remember which ones".
My other favorite question asked was "is her father Chinese?" of my full Chinese daughter. I didn't think of a response until I got home, and I'm waiting for the next time someone asks me this to respond "I don't know, it was dark and I didn't get a good look at him".
I've gotten to the point where I can tell if someone is seriously inquiring about adoption or because they are just nosy. Serious inquiries get serious answers, rude inquiries get snarky responses.
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Sounds like Jui Jitsu. My daughter is in competition training for it.
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We preferred to give our daughter a parent issued diploma and also ordered our diploma from Homeschooldiploma.com. We customized it with her favorite bible verse and surprised her with it on her graduation day.
http://www.homeschooldiploma.com/high-school-diploma-for-homeschool-standard-diploma-1.html
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I have become a very bad germaphobe. It started after I had the swine flu in 2009. I thought I was going to die, literally. We have not been to the library in over a month. I download books onto my kindle. Once flu season is over we will go back to paper books, but not before. I carry clorox wipes and hand sanitizer in my purse and keep a can of Lysol spray in my car. (I spray down the entire shopping cart, not just the handle!) I may look silly, and it might not make any difference, but I don't care lol.. I'm disinfecting everything that I possibly can.
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Definitely sounds like a dominance thing. I have a pit bull mixed (75% Pit, 25% Rhodesian Ridgeback). When he was a pup I caught him going through the garbage and he growled at me. My first thought was to back up but instead I went towards him telling him NO, and then put him on a leash and made him obey me. It worked. He never again showed his teeth and has been an awesome dog.
It was explained to me that this is their pack mentality. He was trying to establish himself as the pack leader. I had to show him that I am the pack leader in this house.
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Lots of these ideas look yuuuummmmyyyy!
But, if you're trying to keep the weight down, you'd need to have really small portions of some of them.
I don't do portion control at all. I take in around 2200 calories a day and will not gain weight as long as my carbs are around 40 per day. I find that a good size portion is enough to keep the hungries away and feel full. A typical day...Three eggs and sausage in the AM, holds me well into the afternoon. Double cheese burgers on an oopsie roll and a big green salad with chicken for dinner. I find that snacking is very limited.
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I'm in Kershaw County, we use PACESC as our 3rd Option Assoc. Very low fees and very non-intrusive.
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Cocoa Crack!
1/2 cup Coconut oil
1 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
6 packets Stevia (to taste)
1/4 cup slivered AlmondsMix it all up, pour it on a parchment covered pie tin, throw it in the freezer for about 30 mins... crack and eat!
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We do one per day. With driving between parks, parking(or taking the buses), walking, going though security and the ticket booths, even at low crowd times wastes a ton of the day. Especially if you have any bags, etc. Plus the park hoppers are expensive!
We found that park hopping is a good and needed rest between parks. We don't take the car, we use the monorail. You can get to all the different parks by monorail except I believe Animal Kingdom. I think you need to take the bus for that park. After walking around a park for hours, sitting on the monorail and taking in the sights was an enjoyable 20 min or so break. When my kids were little we used to ride the monorail for over an hour, just to let them get some needed rest.
We always go for the Disney Homeschool days and get park hoppers very cheap.
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Definitely Hollywood Studios. Especially if he likes the Disney Movies.
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Epcot has always been my kids favorite park, mine too. I would do Magic Kingdom first, Epcot second, Hollywood Studios (especially if your kid is a Disney movie nut) and then go back to Epcot a second time.
We were just there in October. The countries in Epcot is something you should not miss. I counted it as a school day! Some of their rides are very educational, The Living Seas, Universe of Energy, Starship Earth (the big ball)... all educational and should not be missed. The World Showcase can take you half the day going from country to county. Taste the different ethnic foods, see the shows.. so much fun!
Animal Kingdom is also our least favorite. My daughter loves the A Bugs Life show, so went back there this last trip just for that... and to eat at Rainforest Cafe.
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Have you tried CLE? It doesn't have color and is not distracting.
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thanks for the replies. it made me think of something:
when I worked for the library, I attended a childrens service meeting. one of my board members with with me. they were the mom of several young children. during the workshop we were encouraged to promote literacy among parents of young children. we talked about pointing out letters in words, signing, nursery rhymes, etc.
on the way home the lady I was with told me, it had never occurred to her to sing to her children, or teach the nursery rhymes, or point out letters. I was truly shocked and amazed! She has 5 kids! it never occurred to her to do those things with her children? !
things I took for granted she did not know. ( now I'm sure their stuff you may take for granted that I do not know...)
in like to some of your comments and the story I can understand why people think 2 year olds should be in school...
I worked in a daycare/preschool and my job was with infants 6 weeks to 1 yr old. I was given a boxed "curriculum". It contained a hand puppet and index card sized cards that had activities on them. It would say to take the elephant puppet and stroke babies cheeks and sing this verse, point to babies nose and say "nose", etc.. I was shocked. I said to my boss that this is ridiculous, what parent doesn't do that? She said I would be surprised at how many children do not get the proper stimulation as infants. I still can't understand how it isn't instinctual to interact with your children.
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We do this with all of our subjects. We do a several lessons per day of just 2 or three subjects. By the end of the week my planner is complete and all subjects have been done. We had a problem getting all of it done each week, somehow science and history took a back seat. Now it all gets done weekly.
Please help me out - does the letter 'a' ever sound
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I pronounce it exactly as described above. They do not have the same sound.