I was walking through Sears last week and they had little boy suits so I would imagine they would have dress shirts and pants.

Great Job!

Isn't it a great feeling when you finally click in to something that works. :001_smile:

I wouldn't say ours are unique either but.... I use clothe towels and napkins instead of paper. I do keep paper towels for puppy clean up. I don't purchase new clothes for myself, hardly ever. I am wearing the same skirts and jeans that I had 10 yrs ago. I don't use the amount of detergent in the laundry that it calls for. I learned a long time ago that I can get along with less. I purchase some things in large quantity, shampoo, conditioner, I purchase in gallons. We don't purchase anything to drink. We drink water. No pop, juice, coffee, etc. I don't purchase cold cereal. Instead we have home made pancakes and eggs for breakfast. I never purchase mixes or premade. I cook from scratch. All I can think of for now.:D Like one poster said it all adds up.

I do believe it could work but I believe each family would definitely need their own space. I think if you have it so there is a common kitchen/laundry/dining areas, even a common family room but that each family would also have a small living room, and kitchen/dinet area that they could draw away in if wanted. There would also have to be the understanding that NO ONE would be offended when those areas were used instead of joining the main area/family areas. Because of our family situation my middle son and I have talked about such but we have more talked about purchasing acres together and each having our own house. Living close but not in the same house. I think for us that would be a better solution.

I hate to admit that I didn't have very good relationship with my MIL. I called her, "Mrs. M**ll*r". She one time, after she had been just a bit hatefully controlling she told me I should call her 'mother'. I told her that I already have a mother. Did I tell you that we did NOT have a good relationship? Honestly, I really wish I could do many things over but can't. My dil and sil both call me mom. My dil is a simply sweety, yes, we have had rough spots but she is much more mature than I was and is willing to work through them/forgive and forget. My sil hasn't had a mom for many years so I think he really likes having the feeling of having a mom in his life again.

I'm sorry. I hate finding something I really like and then not being able to pull it off. I have done a lot of sewing in my day and some without patterns but there is a lot going on with this dress. The waist line, the hem line, the way the skirt lays, the top part and the way it lays...... I would not have the confidence in being able to do it with out a pattern at all. One thing I have done is find 2 or three patterns that each might has a specific character of the item that I like and putting them together. That has always worked for me. One other thing you might try is if you have an old very limp sheet, using it for a pattern. In other words make your pattern out of the sheet, fitting it to your dd. I used to do this with wedding dresses for gals that the pattern was way off in one place or another. Hope you can make something work.:001_smile:

If I had to go through all of that with our dogs i wouldn't like them either.:tongue_smilie: I keep it pretty simple around here.:001_smile:

One of our grocery stores was doing this. I talked to the clerk about it and sort of got a shrug but the next time I went in the unacceptable mag. were gone. Speak up!:D

Mine did and do. They went from Thomas for my ds to Legos and for my dd from FP doll house to Barbies to her American Girl dolls. She is soon to be 13 and the only thing she has asked for for Christmas is another AG.

:iagree: This was the first thing that came to my mind. If he has realized that a healthy snack takes care of it, that is great? If you ever experience a low bs you will realized your emotions can really get out of control.

:iagree: These things used to really bother me but I realized that my dc do have good friends, they play with them often and I simply don't worry about the others. If they call and it works for us fine, if not, well, that is fine also. I don't spend time trying to make it work though.:tongue_smilie:

I am so with you! I quit FB in July. It was causing way more stress in my life that I could handle. I came to the conclusion that there are some stresses I have no control over but I do have control over FB. I quit! I am really do believe that I gained about 3 hrs in my day.:D

I agree with the Great Dane. I have never had one but from what I have seen they are awesome dogs.

Our Labradoodles don't shed, don't drool, are very 'people' prone, not overly hyper now that they are out of the puppy stage, would love to be on the couch with us(I won't let them), they are just all around great dogs. One is about 40# and the other is I am guessing, around 55-60#. They do need to be groomed 3-4 times a year but only because their hair does get pretty long. I comb the curly one out once in a while to keep him from getting bad mats.

You have probably already done this but make sure she has plenty of things that are hers that she can chew on. When she starts to chew on something that is not hers and after you have let her know she can't chew on that be sure to direct her to something that is hers and praise her for playing/chewing with it. Right now our living room looks like a puppy toy war zone. :lol: I didn't see where having two at the same time made it so you needed to watch them less. If anything it is more. You have just brought double trouble into your house with two.:D

:iagree: Our labradoodles are litter mates and they are a blast BUT house training them was a hurdle. They finally did both get it but not easy. I don't know about adding one after you are already on the way to having one trained. What are the things that you are having difficulty with?

:iagree: I feel that a child being able to comfortably participate in worship out weighs almost any neg. argument.

The only thing that I can say is I believe everything is more difficult when you have 2 puppies at the same time. We got our two labradoodles at the same time and I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get them trained. Now at about 7 months it seemed like it clicked for both of them and that was the end of it but the process seemed long.

:grouphug: Praying for your speedy recovery not only of the surgery but of any future treatmens. Keep us posted.

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When my ds was that age, he often played with legos while I read a history or science read aloud. At that point that was pretty much what our history and science was. I am an advocate of giving children plenty of creative free time. If you are getting the basics of math and reading in fairly consistently I would let him play.

:grouphug: I totally agree with giving it a go. I trust my Chiropractor and if he recommended a natural-path I would be on the phone making the call. I do understand the $$s spent out though. It can get very old to spend the money and get no results or even worse, to feel worse. Praying That the Lord will lead you and give you wisdom.

I would say that is low. As I said before though you really need to have a price agreed on before you let you child do it again. A good neighbor is worth more than a few $$s.

:iagree: This was my first thought. I wouldn't send the email. You said it was a neighbor and I do all I can to keep good relations with my neighbors. If you are really unhappy about the pay you need to make sure an amount is set before your child works for them again.