Nice.

I don't. That's a sign that the diet is not for you. If part of losing weight is respecting your body's signs that something needs to change, it doesn't sound like that's being achieved with those side effects. My husband and I each dropped about 40 lbs a number of years back just by planning meals with Cooking Light recipes, and sticking to their portions. They were low fat, high flavor, rounded recipes. Some of them remain favorites.

Depends on what I'm knitting and what kind of needles I'm using. I prefer my KnitPicks nickel interchangeables for circulars, wood or bamboo for worsted weight dpns, metal or bamboo for sock and lace weight. I never willingly use plastic, and I despise the craft store aluminum needles. And I like my needles pointy, so brand matters to me.

:iagree: My mother seems to not understand when I do not want to do the "fun" thing she suggests. She is shocked (honestly shocked) by my response. Every. Time. And then she feels the need to explain why it is fun and I want to do it. Because, obviously, I just didn't understand the question properly. :glare: So, yeah, whether you label it as guilt trip or just annoying, there it is.

I would love editorial review - an overview of the resource, publisher's intent, etc - followed by user reviews formatted the way Laura suggested. Maybe video reviews, too? Here's a tour of the product and how I use/plan/etc. As an aside, it may be helpful to ask reviewers to justify their call on religious vs secular. I say that after finally (!!) finding a secular formal logic text, only to be informed by some "militant atheist" friends flipping through it that is wasn't; they seem to have found what I believe is the single reference to God in the text and thus deemed it something like "hidden religious". :001_huh: (from my perspective, such a reference doesn't hit my radar, but I would not call Bible verses on each page "minimal", either, so specifics are sort of important.)

We're probably closest to #1 as well. In fact, we went over to make marshmallows with friends this afternoon and I had to shoo my 10yo out (with the promise that we'd call her when we started the process. I guess we more split between 1&2, giving time to each.

I think we had a similar funny in one of the earlier books! They boys just started 3 1/2. I'll be on the lookout for that one! :lol:

Our kids rarely watch tv and don't play video/computer games at all, mostly. I say mostly because my 10yo plays logic games / quizzes that go with her text book, and they have done word finds on my phone 3 or 4 times in the past 6 months. Nothing regular, though. The tv goes on after they go to bed, often when we grownups go up to bed. There are occasions that they watch something - part of the Macy's parade, and the Ice Age and Charlie Brown specials on Thanksgiving. We might watch a movie on a Friday night while we eat pizza... There may be a board game instead. I find, when there's any regular schedule of viewing, behavior tanks, boredom happens all.the.time, and they squabble more amongst themselves, so there is no regular viewing at our house. It's really finding what works for you instead of trying to come up with an arbitrary rule and trying to figure out what counts and what doesn't, kwim?

That's us, though when we were looking for our van the only one in the color I wanted had the DVD package... So we got the other color. Because I don't think it would pan out like the tv at home. We listen to audio books on car trips to Maine, so about 12 hours each way.

I talk to myself all the time, probably with facial expressions since I normally use them (it cracks me up that I actually make the :ack2: face IRL). My dad does it, too (talk to himself, not the face). I don't think either one of us is on the spectrum. (Though we are both introverts.)

:lol: put them in the washer. They should be snuggly and sizing-free when he gets up... Just in time for you to slide into them :) sounds like you guys had a great time.

Marking the countdown is German. 1800s? And popular here mid-20th century. As to why... Well, because it's a fun way to lead up to Christmas for children. And, so far as I can tell, the two aren't mutually exclusive.

Those are great, thank you! She will definitely have a day to pick a gift from World Vision or Heifer International. Toenail painting with a sparkly new polish will be in there. And gifting our neighbors with baked goods. :) Ooh! Subject pass! And Christmas socks! Excellent!

I totally get why the remarkable - in any field - would want to emigrate to somewhere with research support available, or where research in their area of expertise is underway. That's a two-way street. But when you're talking about general, in the trenches, practice... ? Why would you leave the people who need you? And I assume, with training costs quoted in the article, that these are not the people whose families are wealthy enough to send them to medical school at home or abroad. Am I making sense? I might be addled by turkey.

What on earth would make her pouty for the afternoon over YOUR tv? (barring, of course, any unpaid loans she has made to you. ;) ) Why do people pull off their human faces to go visiting on holidays? Good grief.

I'm open to anything. Candy, small gifts, clever quotes, activities...

Interesting. I wonder how they're moving to practice in developed countries... I mean, the US is pretty snippy about where you went to medical school. And I wonder why they're leaving. Like, truly, why? (I will restrain myself from pointing out how it seems people will ALWAYS choose the almighty dollar over doing good. Sigh)

HAHAHAHAHA! That's brilliant!

Ok, now that we've all (in the US and CA, anyway) been through Thanksgiving, I have to start focusing on what sort of goodies to stick in the 10 yo's advent calendar. I have no ideas. (this may be due to being lulled to near coma by turkey and pie) I have almost finished constructing a garland of numbered "card holders" (more like French fry boxes) from the Toymaker. Thoughts? (the boys are taking turns opening the days on the Star Wars Lego advent calendar)

Oops. I could have sworn I clicked "new thread"

Turkey is never perfect. Just serve it to your friends and give them some more Pinot noir or Chardonnay. snort :lol:

I meant that it could be from a different warehouse with different humidity controls. And, yeah, I think there is a wider range of wetness for forming biscuits than developing gluten, particularly when you've got other flours in play.

Weird batch of flour? Different storage before you bought it? After? I'd be tempted to grab new stuff and see if that's it.

Aw, man. Not delicious.

No, gluten creates the pull. The yeast just produces gas the gets trapped in the stretchy gluten. So, either your not developing the gluten enough or you don't have enough gluten to begin with, as I see you're talking whole grains here. Assuming its wet enough, of course. You may want to try a higher ratio of regular four to whole flour, a higher protein flour or dough conditioner if that's the case. Heavy ingredients plus low working gluten are what cause loaves made with all whole grains to be like bricks. You can't trap enough yeast gasses to make good bubbles. Eta: I see this is a family favorite, so I assume it's one you've made before. In that case, I think you need more liquid. We've just gotten into dry air season. You're flour is probably drier than normal.