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I've had a lot of problems with price changes which is why I stopped. Maybe I will try again.

 

I have also canceled a lot of items because of the price changes.

[What is the "purpose" of VBS? Obviously CC here...]

Non Christian here. In my experience as a parent, the purpose of VBS is to proselytize to children, drawing them in with peer pressure of Christian friends or by preying on the childcare needs of poor parents.

[Help Me Set Boundaries with the Neighbor Girl]

I'd send her right home the first time she disobeyed. Every time. Until she gets it.

[BJs vs Sam's Club]

Sam's member here. I like the quality of their branded items. You cannot use manufacturers coupons there.

 

Shopped at BJs once on a friend's card and was not impressed. They didn't have much of what I wanted, and what they did have cost more. A couple of store brand items I bought there I did not care for.

[Proud Mommy Share]

When are the winners going to be announced?

[What if you do like your spouse all of the time?]

Reading through the thread on why some marriages stay together despite not liking or loving each other has me wondering if my marriage is so unusual. I've been married 21 years and we've had two arguments. Honestly. He's a terrific guy. I like him as a person and I love him tremendously. And I like his family too!

 

I was previously married. My second marriage is absolutely nothing like the first.

 

Then you are lucky.

[Husband wants us to fast (!!!) when kids go to sleep away camp]

Good philosophy. I was just thinking like, if it does come to that, you don't want to be in a fasting state for it!

 

 

Why?  It's not like being drunk or similarly incapacitated.

[Advice needed: pressure in my ears]

Claritin doesn't work all that well for my allergies. You might want to try generic Zyrtec instead.

[best place to get to know Abraham Lincoln?]

Another vote for Springfield.

[Husband wants us to fast (!!!) when kids go to sleep away camp]

A broth fast wouldn't establish the ketosis which is important in a fast.

[How many sets of pajamas do your kids have?]

We wear pajamas unless we are leaving the house. We don't sleep in street clothes. I'd say they have 3-4 each of summer and winter.

[Have you ever had bananas not ripen?]

We have found that organic bananas usually look unripe on the outside when they're perfect for eating, and by the time they look ripe they're ready for banana bread.

[Work around the house]

The division of labor in our house is such that person A almost always unloads the dishwasher and does dinner dishes, as well as about half the cooking and most of the yard work, while person B does laundry, all the rest of the housework and shopping.

[need an awesome pot sticker sauce recipe....anyone have one?]

I live in Asia, and we always do two parts soy sauce to one part vinegar.

What kind of vinegar?

[Daily Facial sunscreen]

The cerave 30 makes my rosacea flare and my face break out. Neutrogena clear worked the one time I tried it, but I had to apply Olay over it for my foundation to look smooth.

[Health insurance, would you skip it?]

Our income is too high for chip too.

 

In NH they have a CHIP Medicaid, but also a sliding fee scale for decent insurance for those children who don't qualify for the Medicaid.  You'd have to make a boatload of money to not qualify for their sliding scale insurance rates.  I suppose if you make a boatload of money you can afford the $600 per month for other insurance, or just pay the bills out of your pocket.

["Filler" words/phrases on NPR]

But that's how language works. It is passed orally. It's why people are unlikely to say "Gee Willikers, Mister!" and more likely to say "What the heck, man?". Everyone uses modern fillers, it just takes longer for some people to hop on board.

 

I think a good example is the Winston Cigarette controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_tastes_good_like_a_cigarette_should

 

I imagine, most people here use "like" in this way now. Does that make it trendy, or has it been long enough that it's okay for adults to use "like" to mean "as"?

Well, I mean, they *are* both simile words, right? So, interchangeable? :D

["Filler" words/phrases on NPR]

"A whole nuther" bothers me. I only hear it on the radio when djs are bantering with each other, but I don't think it's an intentional language play. I do hear it all the time in regular conversation.

[S/O....how far away is your local public highschool?]

Our SAU high school (9-12) is 8.5 miles.  Another SAU's high school (K-12) is 2.1 miles away; we have a choice to go to that school for middle and high school.  Both of these schools graduate between 15 and 30 students per year.  Our local K-6 is 3.9 miles and has approximately 50 students.

[Is your house in both your name and your spouse's name?]

His name is on the mortgage. We couldn't qualify with me on the loan because he has all the income and I have all the student loan debt. Even with an income based repayment plan with $0 payments, the mortgage company included what the full monthly payment would be if it wasn't in an ibrp. So he applied without me and got the loan.

 

But my name is on all the other legal paperwork (deed, etc.).

[Goats]

Goats are naughty.

[Rats! Need a new laptop.]

I'd just order the part on New egg and watch a YouTube video to replace it.

[Underweight Baby, ideas, support JAWM]

When I had an underweight baby I was advised to feed her avocado and also pudding made with cream. After the fact I realized I have too much foremilk and she probably wasn't getting enough of the fatty hindmilk. Can you pump so bit before each feeding to get to the hindmilk faster?

 

Ultimately she was developing normally, and she was happy. She also has skinny genes. When I had another baby with similar growth patterns I fired the pediatrician who gave me grief and told me to stop nursing and give formula, and found one who thought more holistically.

[What to send when there's a death in the family]

A condolence card or a fruit basket

[Cancer and no health insurance. What to expect?]

My sister works for Hospice and this is something we talk about a lot. I know this sounds cold but the amount of money and intervention we spend on people with no hope of survival is insane and cruel. Family doctors don't want to give the bad news so they keep dishing out false hope that "with 12 rounds of chemo Grandma has an extra 6 months". Of course the kids want her around so they convince her to try it and she lives those few extra months in a hospital, in agony. I think we would do well to get a little more comfortable with the reality that no one makes it out alive.

I agree. I'd rather live out my days with palliative care and hospice instead of painful and debilitating procedures that will give me both poor quality of life and prognosis while bankrupting either my family or society. I encourage people to read the book Being Mortal.