I was worried about getting a GSD for my son as well. So many problems with some of them. However I found a breeder and a beautiful puppy for him, I've met multiple dogs from her and they are all healthy wonderful dogs. She is a wonderful dog and healthy, beautiful, smart, great temperament. I love her, never thought I would but she is wonderful. If you're interested this is our breeder, it says puppies would be born in February. Sweetheart German Shepherds. http://sweetheartgermanshepherds.com/available puppies.htm

Local Sam's here said their weekend sales were 90% higher this past weekend than the year before. She said the almost empty shelves are allowing them to deep clean. I definitely have read articles about what to buy for preparation and toilet paper, water and paper towels were on the list. Not sure why.

Yes they have homework over Thanksgiving and Spring Break but not Christmas because the semester ends at break. They don't usually have much but study and sometimes finishing a paper or project. My kids unlike me though are not procrastinators so they don't seem overwhelmed with it and it can usually be taken care of the weekend before heading back. I have kids in middle school and senior as well as college students, they have been out of school since December 10th and go back the Jan 6th for new semester. All high school classes ended then all new ones will start.

I have two children who have considered it but haven't made a legal change. One uses a different name for acting but since nothing paid yet hasn't made the change. The other goes between formal first name (considering a spelling change since no one, and I mean no one gets it correct) and her unrelated nickname which she's been called since she was nine months old. She hasn't decided if she will make a formal change or not yet. Honestly we had the most difficult time naming her, nothing seemed right and we would change our minds weekly. The only thing that really stuck was the nickname which dh wouldn't let me put on birth certificate at the time. So I guess I'm okay with it. I will say that of my five kids, only on child loves her name and wouldn't consider another. All the others think the 2nd place name would have been the better choice. I also remember thinking I wished they had gone with one of the other names on parents list as I liked them better but never seriously considered changing my name, I just didn't like sharing it with a million other people.

Octavia Mattea Phaedra Deirdre Cassandra Elowen Anwen Helena Theodora Thais Boys Orion Jasper I love Violet and Freya.

I'm boring. I have white corelle dishes for lunch, kids husband to grab. Dinner dishes are White Villeroy and Boch I got from TJ Maxx and Home Goods, they are nice, thin, but strong dishes. https://www.villeroy-boch.com/shop/manoir-dinner-plate-10-12-in-1023962620.html?lang=en_US This set. I just picked up pieces as they would show up in the stores. I now have 16 plates and 12 bowls. They were about + or - $5 a piece.

I have wanted to cancel but a friend convinced me not to cancel. I went and had fun. First day or two a bit anxious but then I settled down and enjoyed it

My son came home with a beautiful female kitten he wanted to be his cuddle buddy. She is the most athletic, energetic, wild cat I've ever met. The vet even commented on it, pretty sure she's from feral parents. She has to be outdoors most of the time to be happy. She refuses to use a litterbox. Before we finally allowed her out she would run through the house screaming and jumping from things for hours. She has shredded carpets, window sills, doors, etc. She needs to be outdoors to be healthy and happy. We have shelters for her and she has access to garage, sheds and barn but just declawing her ( which we considered) would not have taken care of her needs. I do live in an area with barn cats and not a neighborhood so she has plenty of area to patrol. She is now 4yrs old and thriving. Good luck with your decision. We also have a cat who is 100% outside/garage (she's 14yrs old and still hunts everyday) and has panic attacks if brought indoors. She is feral but friendly. We also have a cat who is now 6 who is 100% indoors and is a couch potato. He was from a litter we rescued at 1 week old and bottle fed. Kimberly

I'd like an invite please. Mine are now, 24, 22, 20, 18, and 13

When kids sizes no longer work we move to American Eagle skinny line. It's expensive but truly what fits. Right now my 13yr old is too tall for 12s(ankle showing) but 14slim is a very difficult size to find and they are still a bit big around the waist. In shorts he's wearing a size 8 boys. He's been wearing levis and they say 25x27 for 14s. I'd rather find a 24x 28. My 21yr old son wears a 28x30

I haven't dealt with these decisions personally but my mother and her four sisters all had breast cancer within a two year period and I helped my mom decide how to proceed. Each sister did something a little different. Mom mom who was 68 at the time just did unilateral mastectomy with no reconstruction. We ultimately decided to go this direction because she couldn't do the less invasive reconstruction option that her sisters did due to having breast cancer at 45 with lumpectomy and radiation as the treatment then. So that only left the much more invasive approach with the more extensive healing times. My dad didn't want her to go through all that so his vote was no. It sounded like it really added to the amount of time healing and she didn't want to spend any more time than necessary. She wanted to heal and move forward and not dread the future surgeries required and longer healing time. We found that each time she had breast cancer that it took about two years to fully get back to "normal". Removing a healthy breast didn't sound necessary. I will say though that dealing with a prosthetic breast is a pain at times. My mother(and her sisters) is very small an A/B cup and so it always seems a bit bigger and sometimes swimming it doesn't stay in place. She isn't comfortable going with out and being lopsided though. Make sure you do physical therapy after your mastectomy heals though to get full range of motion back. That is something we didn't realize at first and she struggled until we did that as she's was/is a very active person who plays tennis, walks, does curves, etc. My aunts who did reconstruction are happy with it but the process wasn't pleasant and one continually seemed to deal with infection and things that would delay her, the other breezed through it. One aunt did bilateral mastectomy in hopes she wouldn't have a re occurrence since watching my mom she felt it was definitely a possibility. ( my mom had it in the same breast twice, the other breast is still fine) Some did chemo and others did not. My mom was fortunate that she never did chemo. I'm sorry you're having to go through this, it is a lot of information and decisions all at once and they want you to decide so quickly.

I've been on both sides. I put oldest in school K-2 then brought him home due to school struggles. I home schooled kids from then until oldest was ready for high school. At that point I told my husband I could either teach him or the other four kids, that is how much of my time he required. He wanted to go to the high school with all their music and theater options so off he went. Other kids stayed home until they were in 11, 10, 9 and 6th grade. So slowly one by one they went off to school depending on when I felt they were ready. I wasn't actually ready to send youngest in 6th but he and his dad decided it was time. He didn't like being the only one home. I didn't realize how exhausted and burnt out I was until he was in school that first year. I so needed the break. He loves his school and is now a thriving 8th grader. I was never the mom who thought they'd home school the whole way through high school as I don't have the temperament and self discipline. This year I have a senior and an 8th grader attending charter school, a college junior and two older sons working. Letting go of homeschooling did lead to a bit of a identity crisis and who am I now type thing. Also friends are either homeschooling still or they have started working so I'm working on building new friendships, interests, etc. It can be a bit lonely but I'm enjoying this phase of life too.

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My daughter has a digital art tablet and she loves it. Well worth the cost, though it wasn't horrible. We started with a small inexpensive one first to see how she liked it. This past Christmas we bought her a more elaborate model. GAOMON M106K 10 x 6 Inches Painting Digital Graphics Pen Tablet with 12 Express Keys This is the one.

Our family has Toyota, Honda, and Ford cars/trucks. I love my Toyota vans and I now have a Highlander. These have been very reliable cars for us. Kids all have Honda and Toyota older cars which have for the most part been great. We drive them until they die or somewhere around 250,000 miles. My husband is a Ford Truck fan (he's had a F150, F250, and F350). He uses it for work, camping, etc so it really gets used. They have all been reliable as well, not quite as amazing as the Toyota vans but they also work much harder. He also drives them for about 250,000 miles before replacing. For a small truck thought he likes the Toyota Tacoma, he'd like to get one of these for his personal use at some point. I do read a lot about different cars reliability and what are most often needed repairs when searching for cars for my teens.

This happened to my daughter twice in the past, she was so swollen and red. (she had multiple allergies already and has now been diagnosed with a genetic autoimmune type disease) but we found a couple that were safe for her Elta was the one she used the most. It's expensive but it worked and didn't feel as gross as some of the others the allergist recommended.

I haven't done the official crush but I do use her recipes often and they are popular with my family. I signed up for challenge but haven't done it as we have been traveling too much recently but I hope to start soon.

I have just done this after driving a van for last 20yrs. It has been an adjustment and feels small, though driving the minivan empty seems so large. I'm down to a 13yr old at home that I drive and a 17yr old with her own car and sometimes college dd when she doesn't want to drive herself. (two adult sons don't ride in our car anymore) I do feel I've lost a lot of space (I got the Toyota Highlander). I love the car but sometimes I miss the extra space in the van. We still have the van though so I can always use it if necessary. I can't imagine going down to a car like I considered for a bit. I assume with time I"ll adjust to the smaller space, just like I'm adjusting cooking for four or five instead of seven. Just takes time.

I drive 30 minutes to take my ds to school each way. It is an excellent school, he loves it, I chose it originally for his older brother who could and did drive himself at the time, then he drove his sister, who drove the next sister until they all graduated. Youngest is five years younger than the next sibling so now I drive. I have at least three more years of driving to this school, twice a day, until he is 16 and can drive himself. It is a lot of driving. I question myself all the time if it's worth it. Thankfully it is a charter school so free for our kids but it is definitely a commitment. For my kids homeschool for high school just wasn't an option. Each child it was for a different reason but all were valid and some sort of school was needed. Our oldest son graduated from local high school, we weren't impressed. Next son attended a Christian Hybrid school he attended twice a week and made friends but this group of boys was pretty wild and we transferred to the charter school his junior year. This did not change the friend group or the wildness though, just offered more educational options. Daughters both started Charter school in high school. Youngest ds started in middle school as he didn't like being home with just me. I did learn that while I need to consider their feeling and give them some say, it really was just better when dh and I made the final decision and that was it. I hope you find one that works for you. Kimberly

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Exercises every day is what helped the most and the final thing was rolling foot over tennis ball. Shoes that worked for me were Brooks Ariel stability shoe, Dansco clogs, Halfinger Grizzly slippers, and birkenstocks. It took several months but thankfully I am much better. Doctor also offered shots as the next option if they didn't get better. Orthotics didn't really help much for me so I ditched them and went with the better, more supportive shoes. I hope you feel better soon, I know exhausting it is.

I had a child that at about this time of year his senior year we didn't know if he would pass or not to graduate. I contacted his teachers and asked for exactly what he needed to do to pass their class so he could graduate. They were very responsive and told us exactly what assignments, etc needed to be turned in and how many points needed to pass. He had gotten it into his head there were too many assignments due and there was no way he could accomplish it all (multiple challenges). Having them just assign him the essentials made the list more doable and talking to the teachers made them part of our team. I gave my son the list and told him it was up to him but that HS diploma was important and he'd regret not finishing. He did the work required (teachers were kind and worked with us) and we found out that he passed at 3pm on day grades were do that he would graduate with 2 extra points. He was honestly a disaster the last semester of high school so it was a huge accomplishment that he passed those two classes. Good luck. No wisdom here just understand how parents are feeling right now.

I take Allegra and Nasacort nasal spray twice a day. I've used Claritin in the past but it doesn't work for me and Zyrtec makes me lethargic so I avoid it. I've also found that Tylenol Sinus works well. Sudafed us helpful for ears and I've added that as well. I'm pretty much allergic to everything so take a lot of things depending on the time of year. I hope you find what works for you. All my kids take Zyrtec and say it doesn't make them tired at all and they prefer it to any of the others.

We have flied an extension every year for the past ten years. We do pay estimated payments all year long and also with our extension. We're complicated though.

I am an adoptive parent of five children all were adopted from Korea My cousin has three children she adopted from Russia. A lot of our friends we've made through the years have adopted children, internationally, private adoptions, domestic adoptions, foster adoptions. Lots of adults tell us they were adopted when they meet our family, they don't tell everyone, not a secret just doesn't come up. I had friends who were adopted in high school and college. My grandfather grew up in an orphanage/children's home and had a family interested in adopting him but his grandmother said no. He was a big influence on me and my views of adoption. He'd always say he wished his grandmother had let him be adopted. (she never visited or kept in contact after dropping him off at 2) He'd say kids need a family. Kids pediatrician is currently in process of adopting Funny, one of our friends daughters was having a rough time and she was sad and telling her mom that she was the only one adopted that she knew, my dd (adopted from Korea) was her best friend. She was surrounded by adoption, our circle of friends included six adoptive families that got together regularly, but for some reason she just couldn't see it.