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Its pretty uncommon to get a parasite from a dog. Cats on the other hand.....

Our go-to meals are spaghetti, taco bar, and soups including chili.

I have one adult daughter and another that will be an adult this year. I'd like to be added, please.

Growing up with divorced parents meant Sunday was commute day for me. I was picked up on Friday night and returned Sunday afternoon. I'm not sure what the families did when I wasn't there. My travel time was 2 1/2 hours each way. I know one side of my family had a fend-for-yourself night on Sundays. Dh's family did the get-togethers at Grandmas complete with loads of cousins, weekly roast beef, and family games. We tried to carry on the tradition here, with just our immediate family as most live too far away. I spent years either putting a frozen roast in the crockpot late Saturday night or would have dh put on a brisket. Last summer we started grabbing fried chicken from the grocery deli and heading to a park for a picnic. I love the idea of a weekly large sit down meal with family and friends, but refuse to put in the enormous work involved. If it can't go into the crockpot or onto the table quickly, it's not happening. Sunday can only be a day of rest, IF it is a day of rest for everyone.

What is pink and fluffy? Pink fluff! What is blue and fluffy? Pink fluff holding its breath!

Dd is, but she is already attending concurrently.

My younger teens babysit and because most families no longer have a house phone, they need a cell phone. We use an old school style flip phone. It can call and text, but it is painful. Think back to the days when you had to push the buttons 3-4 times to get the correct letter. It is $30 every other month through net10.

They can't do that! No warning?! Masterpiece Theater does have it up to watch. Dh and I did watch the episode before posting. I need some time to process this one.

Weekly art and music. Everything else is daily.

I've been stalking the Masterpiece Theater website waiting for it to be uploaded. Add it already!!!

I remind. Our weather is bipolar. It can be a freeze your toes off ice storm in the am and no jacket, maybe even shorts in the pm. My kids don't always think that through. Also, the better bundled up they are, the longer they stay outside to make said snowman. :D

Bolded mine....Yes! Promotion has to eat up a big %. I have more than one college age child and the amount of full color mailings from unis across the country to which they have never applied are absurd. They did take the PSAT and ACT, but we aren't talking National Merit Scholars, just average scores. So it's not like the unis want to boost their numbers with perfect score takers.

Until I learned differently I thought of Sonic like a glorified drive-thru and never tipped. Now I tip. If I don't have cash for a tip then I try not to stop even for the credit card machine. Some Sonics do allow tips on credit cards, though most don't. I've heard they plan to move away from tipping and will raise the basic pay, but not sure if that is just rumor or will truly happen.

Our tax rate for our city plus state is 8.375%. I take the total bill, including taxes, then double the tax and add it back in after rounding up. Simple in process, but tedious to try to explain apparently. It makes our tip 17-20% I've always thought myself a decent tipper, but after reading this thread that 20% is standard it makes me feel like I'm not.

Is it stamped from a correctional facility? We've received several letters from multiple facilities (don't ask) and they are always stamped. I second turning it over to the police.

Interesting! I didn't catch that the CD and note said the same thing. My bet is still on Moriarty, though I don't know how. He is my favorite villain! I loved the pool episode where he asks if he can take a phone call. Moriarty is unhinged, terrifying, and likable all at the same time!

Spoilers....... What is funny is when Euros visited Sherlock I thought she looked different than Culverton's daughter, but then dismissed it as she was likely wearing less makeup and obviously distressed. Her clothing choice also seemed odd to me. Color me surprised when the big reveal happened.

Can you mark the bottles or pill organizers? If you take your pills twice a day you could write am and pm then tally mark on the actual bottle with a sharpie when you take your allotted dosage for that time slot. If that won't work maybe tally on a sticker label or piece of paper on the fridge. This again may require marking the bottle or pill organizer. You could paint a different colored dot with fingernail polish on each pill bottle, and have corresponding dots on paper posted to your fridge. Just tally next to the appropriate dot when you take your pills. Eta: fixing awkward wording

I had that happen once when I was at a ladies' retreat. (It was at a regular hotel chain's conference room, so the guests in question were not part of the retreat.) Fortunately, I had booked a private room. I did nothing. I was horrified and rendered rather speechless.

Thank you all for sharing in our excitement!!

Yes!!

How did I miss that you were pregnant? Congratulations!! I too, had severe morning sickness with 4 out of 5 pregnancies. Phenergan was the only thing that helped. I took half of a child's dose through suppository and it made me so sleepy I couldn't function, so I could only take it when dh was home. This gave me some relief. I would keep saltines by my bed during my last pg and nibble on them first thing in the am, even if I didn't want to (which was never!) and would occasionally take a spoonful of syrup from canned fruit. The only other thing that seemed to help was red raspberry tea. Not grocery store Celestial Seasonings or the like, but real red raspberry tea. A friend of mine that normally avoids all sugar told me the only thing that helped her stomach settle during her pregnancies was coca-cola. Knowing her I am assuming she drank Mexican coke with real sugar not the high fructose syrup kind.

We were finally able to adopt our nieces and nephews. Now we all share the same name!!

Our recycling won't take them. :( I did OM as a child! Great memories!!