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    LG Optimus Elite or Samsung Galaxy Victory cell phone reviews?

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    I don't like my Optimus Elite, personally. But I'm a Mac person and loathe android. It has so many glitches, it's definitely warned me off trying one ever again.

     

    That's interesting. I'm a Mac person too, (and iPad, ipod, shuffle, time machine, etc), but my Android is superior. I have a Galaxy Note II, and it's fast, accurate, no glitches, and has amazing resolution. My dh is often at Apple corporate, and the higher-up people are always playing with his Note. For now, with that phone, Android easily out-performs the iPhone. We're hoping the next iPhone version catches up.

    Does anyone else here NOT eat only healthy foods?

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    The one thing I pretty much ban is gum. It's really not a health issue, though. I just think gum-chewing is gross to look at and serves no purpose. I put it in the same social category as smoking.

     

     

    Thank you!! Gum-chewing drives me crazy. I let my kids chew it, but my son (in particular) always ends up chewing it noisily and I make him throw it out. Gross! I've never enjoyed gum, but my dd absolutely loves it. She's not gross with it, though, so it makes a great stocking stuffer for her. :)

    I lasted exactly 7 days without Amazon Prime

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    I thought when my homeschooling days were over, Prime would be a waste of money. Wrong! I didn't realize how often I order items from Amazon that have nothing to do with homeschooling. Cat food (that my dog also eats), DVDs, Christmas presents, Easter presents, food (escargot in particular), music items, sports items, clothing....just today my dh had me order some type of liquid stuff for our motorcycle. It never ends!

    Does anyone else here NOT eat only healthy foods?

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    I'm one who buys grassfed meats, pastured chickens and their eggs, raw milk, and produce from our CSA. I avoid bread and starch. Or at least, I should.

     

    Then that all runs out, and we eat meat, cheese, produce, milk, desserts, and every other good thing from Trader Joe's.

     

    We have dessert every night, almost never home-made. Why, when I'm so addicted to Trader Joes dark peanut butter cups and salt-and-dark chocolate-covered almonds!

     

    And we eat out a lot. And I drink alcohol daily. As a type this, I'm sitting in the warm sun with my dog at my neighborhood cafe drinking a Moscow Mule, and eating their delicious Turkey Stack sandwich on crusty ciabatta bread. And.....potato chips.

     

    So, I STRIVE for one ideal, and live another about 50% of the time. Oh well! Now that Arizona Cocktail Week is over, I'm looking forward to St. Patty's Day. Onward! :D

    So sad for a friend who announced she is getting a divorce..

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    I don't have a lot of divorce in my family and not too much in my friends, either. I'm not sure why....it's just worked out that way. Of the friends that got married around the same time we did (22 years ago), I can't think of any that are divorced. Two couples are Catholic, 1 is non-denominational, and the others are not religious at all. So I don't think religion plays a part - isn't the divorce rate nearly the same across the board? My parents had a ridiculously happy marriage right up to my Dad's death 2 years ago, my sister was married for 28 years before she was widowed, and my brother has been married for 30 years. We do have some cousins that divorced though, and one uncle (out of 4).

     

    I've had a couple of close friends go through divorce, and it seemed to happen to both of them when their kids were around 10ish. Don't know why - coincidence, maybe. One was due to a cheating spouse, the other was due to boredom and the inability (or desire) to work things out. I can say that if my dh cheated, I'd be outta here. We don't have similar personalities at all, but we have a lot in common and like to do a lot of the same things. I think that really helps keep us strong - we spend a lot of free time together, and have always prioritized talking to each other every day (for us, happy hour while dh cooks dinner).

    Am I the only one who feels this way?

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    No, you are clearly and obviously not the only one.

     

    But there are other perspectives.

     

    Mine is that the human body has been fascinating, tintillating, provocative, and alluring since we got here by whatever force you think that happened.

     

    Sex IS important. Sex is fun. Sex feels good. Thinking about sex feels good. Most people spend a lot of time thinking about sex. Depictions of sex show up in art and print from the earliest of recorded history.

     

    I think that imbuing the magazine covers with *extra* power focuses just as much, if not more on sex than the covers themselves.

     

    I'd like to believe that the majority can (and do) balance their lives with a discerning eye for true importance. I'm sure most people would hold a door for the next in line, make a meal for a family with a sick parent in the hospital, supervise homework of their schoolkids, are cordial to neighbors, and avoid litfering. Some even use reusable grocery bags. ;)

     

    Many perfectly splendid people enjoy those magazines, pictures and all, and with wise balance and a prioritized life.

     

    The presence and enjoyment of those magazines may simply mean nothing more than our technology has allowed for the exp<b></b>ression to take that form - but the same exp<b></b>ression of sex is universal and timeless. It's not like severely conservative cultures and societies have *elevated* women's power and status.

     

    I "liked" this, but it didn't seem enough. :D

    Do you allow your daughter(s) to wear bikinis? (Poll)

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    The decision on what to wear to swim is up to dd. I wouldn't have a problem with a bikini, but she seems so. She only wants to wear a one piece.

     

    Same here. My dd would look great in a bikini, and we joke that she should wear one while she can! But she has a strong modesty streak and so far doesn't want one. She also loves to dive off our diving board and that works much better with a one-piece. However, now that she is 15 and going to school, she is finally becoming aware that she is a pretty girl, so who knows what she'll think by next summer!

    Easter Baskets....question....

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    We do "Easter Chairs" and put the messy plastic grass in the chair with the presents on top. We usually get a few pool toys (noodles, goggles, water guns, etc), some candy, a DVD or 2, small item of clothing maybe (socks or a cute t-shirt). It's getting harder as they get older to keep the cost reasonable, and they're starting to use the pool less and less, so this year I'll do a few Starbuck's gift cards.

    Do you think this article is accurate? Kids and p0rn

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    Is it inevitable? Yes.

    Is there nothing to be done that protects kids? Sure. When it happens, don't make your kids feel like they did something wrong. Be open and willing to have discussion about it. And, for the sake of all you find holy, try not to get all worked up over bare chested NatGeo ladies or marble statues from long ago. Understand the difference between nudity and porn. Then you can have honest conversations about how damaging porn can be and why your house rules are the way they are instead of fostering guilt and shame. (Note, I'm not directing this to anyone in particular.)

     

    I agree. When my kids were 7 we spent a month in Italy, and the family still laughs at my daughter's comment: Mommy, why are there peni*** everywhere? :lol: By the end of the month she was barely noticing - all those statues seemed normal to her. Nudity is not the same as porn!

    Puppy schedule help, please

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    When we got our puppy last year, we found that she slept a lot. We could take short breaks from school and somebody would play with her for 15 minutes. After that I'd take her outside and try and get her to go potty, then give her a chew toy. She would hang out in my lap and chew, then fall asleep. Repeat throughout the day. My kids were teenagers, though, so it didn't seem like a big time sink.

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