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  1. Ask your doctor for a trial of INDOMETHACIN. It worked miracles for my husband. It evidently works on a specific type of headache that some people mistake as continuous migraines. My husband tried a large majority of all the things you listed and nothing worked. He struggled for years with it. Finally saw a neurologist who prescribed a trial - and the very first dose worked amazingly.
  2. I won't drive through a car wash. I'm afraid I will tear the car up, or not drive into it correctly. I also hate hornet and wasp nests. The actual nest freaks me out more than the insect. The tiny holes everywhere really really bother me.
  3. Thank you guys for telling me that I did okay. I appreciate that! I will talk with her more in depth soon.
  4. My 14 year old just told me that she is bisexual. All I said was "Okay. I'm always here for you, no matter what. I love you. Sometimes that's part of being a teenager." Now, why the hell did I add the part about "sometimes that's part of being a teenager"?? I think that this is most likely just a "phase" with her, but I certainly don't know that.. and don't want her to think I'm invalidating what she's telling me. I feel like I maybe shouldn't have said that. But I was caught so off guard. Is there something else I should say?
  5. So the kids are receiving a lot during this Christmas season, but I'd really like to have them celebrate others by giving, helping, and being "nice" throughout the 12 days of Christmas leading up to Jan 5th. I need some help coming up with ideas. I have 4 kids, 14yo, 8yo, 8yo, and 6yo. I'm looking for extremely low cost or no cost preferably. Day 1 Write a note to the mailman. Day 2 Write a letter to soldiers overseas. Day 3 Neighborhood cleanup Day 4 Donate to Kiva.org Day 5 Bake cookies and give to neighbors. Day 6 Make a donation box for Goodwill (old clothing and toys) Day 7 Write a note to your brothers and sisters telling them how much you love and appreciate them. Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 I need more ideas. Please help, thanks!
  6. I'm 100% positive that my kids would love to make lapbooks. They are constantly cutting, glueing, making their own versions of scrapbooks, folding paper, making cootie catchers, tearing apart magazines...etc. Lapbooks have to be right up that alley, right? But I haven't gone anywhere near finding/printing/buying a lapbook because I am deathly afraid of having to participate in it with them. ha
  7. I consider myself a Christian but I have no church home. I want to get involved in a church, and plan on visiting a few over the next couple of weeks. My kids did AWANA at a church last year, but only AWANA, no services then. I only have one really old Bible here and a few kids storybook Bibles. I want to get us all good Bibles and start focusing more on our faith. I know we have a long way to go. But one of my first steps is that I need a Bible! So someone, please help me out here. I have 4 kids, ages 6, 7, 7, and 13. For my 6 year old, I want to stick with a storybook, so .. "The Jesus Storybook Bible". For DD7, I'm stuck between the ESV Grow! Bible, NIV Faithgirlz, or NLT Girl's Life Application - What should I get? I'm stuck. For DS7...the NLT Hands-On Bible ?? or ESV Grow! For DD13 - I think I'm going with The Message:Remix 2.0 For myself - NLT Chronological Life Application looks really interesting, would this be a good choice? Is there something better? I really want my kids to be able to use their Bible's daily and enjoy them. I need something that will interest them. I'm looking at getting Telling God's Story as a family Bible study also. Please any suggestions, help, thoughts on Bibles, please send them my way! My 7 year old's are both reading at about a 4th grade level if that helps, also.
  8. We did Christmas Tree Pinecones last year. You take dry rice and dye it green, then cover the pinecone with glue and sprinkle the rice all over it. It turns out really cute. We actually gave these as teacher gifts for my daughters kindergarten teachers last year. lol.. Here is a link: http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Pine-Cone-Christmas-Tree.html
  9. She likes gymnastics. A priority? No. She is very sporty. Loves soccer, which she plays when the season is in. She loved gymnastics until recently, but never a begging-for-more-classes type of thing. Dd has the capability to become very good at something she sticks with. She has voiced interest in eventually one day competing in gymnastics, but not head-over-heels you know? I don't really know if that would be expected of a seven year old though. At this point there has been no expectation of priorities...just enjoying the fun of it. But then this move was made to a more advanced class, which she is totally capable of...but with a tough coach. I don't know at this time, whether to push dd to stick it out, or even if she's interested in getting to the competitive level. That's what I need to figure out. My guess is that if dd says she wants to compete eventually, I need to get her to stay. But if she has no interest, move her or pull her out.
  10. No, I'm not sure she is actually yelling. I can only see them, not hear them. And yes, dd could definitely be equating a very matter of fact voice with yelling. That's why I'm conflicted. You guys have given me a lot to think about. I'm pondering all my options and feelings about this right now. I am going to try to talk to her coach and then decide if this is a good fit for her or not. There are a couple ther gyms in town, too. So there are options, but i just don't know yet. :-/
  11. After reading the responses and thinking about this, I think I'm going to give this another couple of weeks. DD isn't sure right now whether she wants to become competitive. That's something I need to talk to her about for sure. I'm not sure if dd is truly in love with gymnastics, she definitely likes it...but I don't know if she likes it quite this much, you know? I do want her to be able to deal with criticism though, that is definitely a weakness for her...in all areas, not just gym. Wears her emotions on her sleeve.
  12. My DD7 has been taking gymnastics for about a year and a half. She is just recreational, but was recently moved into the hour and half advanced recreational class. The coach for this class is also the coach of the Team girls Level 4. Here is the dilemma: My DD7 is a bit sensitive. She hasn't really taken to this new coach (she's been with her for 3 weeks now). She says the coach yells at her and keeps telling her "don't do it like that, do it like this" etc. etc., repeatedly (because DD is learning and doesn't get it right away). DD also says that she only said "good job" once to her. Okay, so my DD is more sensitive than I would like her to be. Her feelings get hurt too easily. I am not sure whether we should tough this out for awhile in hopes that DD grows tougher skin, or whether I pull her out. We were told when she was moved into the class that the coach was tough. I am sure that the coach is fine, although tough...but my DD is not taking her criticism the right way. She came out of class yesterday and cried on my shoulder and told me its too hard. It has caused my heart to hurt for her, and I'm not sure what the right response from me is. Pull her out? Here's an example of what I observed with her class yesterday. There were 4 kids total in her class. One kid that is probably the top kid in the class (about DD's age), two younger girls probably 5 and 6yo, and DD. They were practicing round-off backhandsprings. None of them have this skill yet, but they are working on it. The older kid in the class was able to do the roundoff and go right into the backhandspring with a spotter, which is what the coach was looking for. DD and the other three girls could do the roundoff, but then would pause and regroup before going into the backhandspring. Their rebound from the roundoff did not immediately turn into a backhandspring, so they had a little extra jump in between. According to DD, the coach was only harping on DD about, "Round-off, straight into backhandspring!" and kept showing my DD she was disappointed when she wasn't able to do it yet. From what I can tell, my DD is much closer to actually doing it correctly than the other two younger girls. So in my mind, it would make perfect sense for the coach to be mostly harping at her only at that point, when she was so close to getting it. She knew that DD was *almost* there, so she was pushing her for it. The other two girls weren't quite at that point at that moment. BUT..DD does not see that. I don't know how to get her to see that.. or even if I should try to explain that. I don't know what to do. I want DD to enjoy gymnastics, not come out of class feeling bad. But I also want her to learn how to deal with criticism without getting so upset. I am okay with pulling her out, but I want to make sure I do it for the right reason. Is this a good reason? Or should I let this ride a little longer before making a decision?
  13. I like the idea of fabric paint and t-shirts for DD13! I might go with that. I also think the knitting loom is a nice idea as long as she doesn't get bored with it too quickly. I can't knit, so I wouldn't be any help but I could probably find her a nice book to show her how. The wood scraps might work for DS, but I'm not sure what he would do with the stuff. Maybe I can have him make outdoor things, birdhouses and such like that so it wouldn't clutter up the house?
  14. Each of my kids will be getting some type of crafty project for Christmas (along with a few other things). Here is what I have so far: DD7 is getting a sewing kit that I am putting together that will include a kid sewing book, sewing necessities and fabric. DD5 is getting one of those DIY Fort Kits that I have seen all over Pinterest, along with a couple of playsilks to add to it I'm stuck on DS7 and DD13. DD13 would probably love some type of paper craft. Decoupage? Quilling? I'm not sure, and I'm not completely stuck on the paper craft either. Last year she received rolls of Duck Tape and a craft book, which she has enjoyed - but this year I need something else. Can anyone recommend a good craft book for her? And some ideas for me on some type of "kit" to put together for her?? DS7 - I have no idea. I may just do a Fort Kit for him also. Or maybe some type of clay making kit. Any ideas for boys? Please help! :-)
  15. I had a Baker's Cyst that has just recently finally gone away. I had it for a little over 8 months. It did not rupture. It was most painful when getting up after sitting or laying. Once I was up and walking, it would stop hurting. But every.single.time I sat down, and then had to get back up it was painful. I went to the doctor after about 4 months of pain, and he told me to come back after a "year" if it still hadn't gone away.. or if it got so painful that it wasn't possible to keep on the way I was. I was told by the doctor to take ibuprofen, and that definitely helped. It never was that painful, just enough to be bothersome and have me worried after I had it over several months. Some days were worse than others for sure. Eventually, it went away by itself.
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