I like Kiss My Face hand cream in the orange tube. I think it's grapefruit. Eta: you can just flip dish washing gloves inside out and wash the powder out of them, too. Or just use them inside out.

Bodybuilding.com has video of exercises by muscle. A majority of them depict the movement with heavy weights, but it's the same motion with 3 lb dumbbells as with a barbell. I can give you the lineup of what I do for my strength training class, if you like.

I'm just scraping 5'0". I stand on a step stool to stir the stock pot. :tongue_smilie: I have a friend / old coworker that I don't get to see very often and she's always shocked at how short I am. She thinks I'm the same height as her (5'7")... Chalks it up to my "tall personality". :lol: I don't have trouble reaching grocery shelves, though, unless something is on top, way in the back... Do you think they do some sort of population height survey when they build? That would be weird, but sort of helpful.

Neither. Handfuls. One L. :D

It is. And that is very different than side-stepping a rule or covering defiance, in my book. While I do agree that more natural consequences make the consequence more memorable (ie, taking away video games when he lied about finishing math to play them), I don't think the consequences you warned would happen are in any way over the top. And you can use that new spare time to talk about honesty and ethics. And, yeah, it's developmentally appropriate, albeit offensive, behavior.

Hen Jen :grouphug: I have the engulfing type, and I'm an only so I get golden child/scapegoat whiplash. I actually had a raucously funny talk with my husband (who has been known to throw the "but, gee, she's your mother" out there) while reading the traits page the other night and he was coming up with examples of various behaviours. Alas, the mirth has since worn off. Pretty in Pink: I in no way mean to suggest your family has a collective personality disorder. You may gain some insight into the dynamic you're experiencing on that site, though. Whether pathological or not, what you describe is very similar to the "scapegoat" experience of an ignoring type NPD mother. Unhealthy, no matter how extreme. :grouphug: again to you.

There is! There is!! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idioms/id323375078?mt=8 I am both elated and horrified that, truly, there seems to be an app for ANYthing. :D

I was just thinking it might be helpful to Google "ignoring narcissist". I tend to agree with the others who say it's time to realize this is them an make your way without trying to have a relatioship that's not. I don't advocate no contact, but I think it's more destructive to you to keep being disappointed by having expectations of them that do not match the reality of who they are. :grouphug:

Wouldn't the idiom be "golden calf", then? Now it is my turn to apologise for being a PITA, but I take "sacred cow" to mean, at best, a concept one holds as being of the utmost importance when others - speaker - see it as merely ordinary. At worst, as something given absurd importance, in a condescending tone. Either way referring to the Indian cultural reverence for cows, often taken to the point others may find extreme. Not really a religious reference (though I do know where the custom comes from).

I didn't think you were being a PITA. I thought I'd misse a memo. Again. :D

I did the same. My husband has a droid, and a few friends do... I'm not overly fond of their phones, even in comparison to my Blackberry. And my husband has ongoing issues with lockups, GPS problems, etc. FTR, my iPhone plan is $5 less than my Crackberry plan it replaced and the droid plan.

Is "white elephant" referring to someone's religious observations having to do with tacky gifts? :001_huh: (please say no) I wouln't consider "sacred cow" in itself to be offensive, though the tone of use is often one that suggests the concern is absurd. Saying one considers something sacrosanct is more neutral.

:grouphug: I'm so happy for your gift. :001_smile:

:iagree: Not to mention how the xtr week every few years would hose up bi-weekly payroll systems.:tongue_smilie:

It's a book that rather helps you put together your own chore lists, based on block scheduling. It has you working on daily tasks in four short blocks, then larger and seasonal tasks in a larger block each day. Days have topics (ie Monday is laundry day, Tuesday town day, etc in her examples), and large, seasonal items are done one of those days during the month. Two features that stand out for me are a) I can make my own lists. If I want to change the dishtowel once a month, or don't have a guest room, those things aren't in there. B) is that she has you consider and make lists for contingency days (yellow and red days) when you're thrown off schedule or everyone in the house is sick, so you don't get completely derailed (which has happened to me more than once and probably the reason we need such a system here). Full disclosure: it is written from an Evangelical Christian perspective. It didn't bother me (Catholic), my non-religious husband, or my Jewish friend who is also using it, but I know some may find such a perspective off putting.

I'd like to add my "sing it, sister!" and add: I do not need to know ever but of flotsam that floats through your consciousness. Shocking, I know.

Monday: ~ 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical, pyramid lifting, upper body, abs Tuesday: weird day that fell apart early. No workout :( Wednesday: Pilates, heavy lift. Personal best in free squats.

The Gluten Free Goddess blog recipes are mostly dairy free. I can vouch for her banana polenta snack cake. It's awesome.

No. We only have one, maybe two bags of trash for weekly pickup. (my iPhone corrects "earworm" to "Dadaism" because, you know, that's the same. :001_huh:)

That was exactly my first thought when I saw "bizarre personal injury"! Fusilli Jerry! That really stinks. Maybe sitting on an ice pack would be the best of both worlds.

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Difficult to balance the at home part with the working part. Very nice because I could blend the two to get what I needed to do done on both fronts on any given day. I built software systems for clients that often had a 24 hr shop, so it was a bonus that any shift could call me in their real time and I could walk them through something or fix a glitch while making dinner. It was before homeschooling, though. ;)

Dude. My outside the house work IS what I do for myself. As one who has been a single, working mom, a career driven mom, a work from home mom, and a stay at home mom (and now, part time working mom), the absolute hardest role to eke out time, energy and other resources to do something for myself was as a full time SAHM. No lie.

I'm waffling. I got Bootcamp for Lousy Housekeepers after someone recommended it here (thanks!!), but I may take my old MM lists and make sure I've got everything covered. Kind of the best of both worlds for us: daily checklist that takes into account our schedule.

Yeah, that. The online tracker I prefer (FitDay) calculates your basal metabolism based on sleep, activity, etc, but also tells you the calorie deficit you need to reach your state goals (ie lose x lbs by x date -- it will also tell you if the goal is unreasonable). But, yeah, if you burn 500 calories on the treadmill, it will add them to maintain a consistent calorie deficit.