Just read it this morning! I did get teary but not as bad as when I read it to my oldest four years ago. He got it and this one didn't and was bouncing around like Tigger and being distracting. When I explained it to him, I did get a little wistful when he told me that he would *never* stop playing with his stuffed animals. (Edited autocorrect fail)

Never heard that. I've heard: Rose to his feet Got to his feet Stood on his own two feet But not stood to his feet.

I'm interested in how they're acting when you see them also. I just don't understand this mindset at all and can't imagine people doing this to someone and smiling at them while doing it.

I almost stopped there but ended up just saying something like "lots--every time I or someone close to me has a possible problem."

So, you contacted Speed Queen and not the retailer?

How do you get the marks out?

I was just wondering about Mrs. Mungo yesterday. I haven't been around a whole lot lately so I didn't know if I'd just missed her.

If you have a Speed Queen dryer, what does the vent opening on the inside back look like? We got one last month and I'm noticing small black marks on some of the laundry. Looking around in there, the only thing I can imagine is that the metal back there is black looking and I don't recall it being like that when we bought. It doesn't come off when I touch it, but it's not hot right now and maybe that makes a difference. Here it is: And here is what I'm finding on my laundry: Does your dryer look like that? Anything else it could be? Should I contact the store? ETA so far I've only noticed it on my cloth diapers and their microfiber inserts. I haven't closely examined the rest of the laundry though.

Nope. One brown, two blonds. And for eyes, I have one each of green, brown, and blue.

I think she means one family's set of siblings to marry another family's set of siblings. I also have several of these in my Midwestern family tree from years back.

Both of my maternal grandparents were from Kansas. My grandfather was from eastern Kansas and his family were farmers. Various branches had arrived there from Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, where they had also farmed. My grandmother was from western Kansas and her family, especially her maternal line, was very much like Pa. Her father's grandparents were respectable Ohioans, but his parents had set off to homestead. When his mother died in childbirth when he was nine years old, he and his younger brother set off to make their fortune in the world. And did. He held a series of jobs throughout his life, and satisfied his wanderlust eventually by becoming a railroad engineer while having a family settled in one place. His wife, my grandmother's mom, was the one who herself came from a long line of wanderers. Her grandfather started life in SC. He moved to KY, then IN, then IL, then AR. His children continued the pattern. My great-great-grandfather reminds me a lot of Pa Ingalls. He was born during his father's time in IL and moved to AR with him. He then went to TX and back to AR where he married and my great-grandma was born. He continued to move, now with his family, always with the promise that the next move would be where they struck it big. They went throughout TX, OK, and KS, then out to NM where he was sure to find gold. At some point, he realized that wasn't going to happen and moved up to OR but his wife finally put her foot down and refused to go. She and the children stayed behind and worked to make enough money to get to Kansas where her sister lived. There she stayed. Her husband came in and out of their lives, but she never uprooted the children for him again. My grandma remembers her mother taking care of him before his death. She did so begrudgingly and out of obligation. She refused to pay for a tombstone when he died. Also, my grandma remembers how much her maternal grandmother disliked her. She was the second child, coming just a year after her brother. Her grandmother lived with them and always said horrid things about how she shouldn't have been born because she was too close after her brother and her mother should have waited longer before having another child. Anyway, when I think about Pa Ingalls, I think about my great-great-grandfather and his dragging his family around the unsettled west constantly seeking his fortune with no regard for the dangers or unsavory situations he put his family in. I don't think all westward-movers were like this, but Pa Ingalls definitely wasn't the only one.

I don't know about now, but growing up in the 80s-90s in SC, spring break was always the week before Easter and the Monday after Easter was a teacher in-service day.

I'd definitely go with an e on the end. That's far more common. My first thoughts for middle names were Elizabeth and Caroline.

I've never heard of electric kettles besides on here. If just I am drinking tea, I hear the water and the teabag in the microwave in a measuring cup, then add my sugar, stir, and pour in my cup (I make two cups at a time). If others are having tea, I use a stovetop kettle because we generally drink different kinds.

You are being unreasonable--unreasonably generous and gracious. They can get over themselves and pay for their own tickets and arrange their own vacations and pick up and dial their own phones if they feel that you're being selfish.

The dish drainer next to the sink is where dirty dishes go while waiting for the dishwasher.

Thirding this. Why?

Totally not being snarky here, so I hope it doesn't seem that way, but did you notice that you did the same thing? You meant "write" both times, but you wrote "right" and then "write." Did you have trouble with this as a child? I don't know the answer because my son does it sometimes also. But, the more exposure he has to a word, the better the spelling gets.

Honestly, I know people deal with shock in different ways, but the way the MIL is handling it is unconscionable to me. I've known my DH since we were teens and I'd certainly never ever expect him to do something like this. However, if someone told me that he had, My first inclination would not be to tell them they were wrong or mistaken even if I thought that were true. I'd first want to listen to what they have to say, before making any sort of value statement at all as to who I'd "support" in the situation.

I'm so sorry. Please do keep us updated.

Other. See what happens. We have 4-5 nicknames for her, but I'm partial to Elsie right now with my daughter. My grandmother went by Betty.

This.

Wild Kratts is a nice one that my 6 and 10yo both watch.

We use TOG, but I've only used it with one so far. I'm adding in my second next year when I'll have a 5th and a 1st grader (and a 2yo). We are excited about it!

This is what we did also, CAP's Greek Alphabet Code Cracker followed by Elementary Greek.