I think they sound like fun! I like experimental, no one will be starving, cooking projects. My plan is to hone my ability to be in two places at once as all the kids have lacrosse practice this afternoon - same time slots, fields in different towns - and knit on my socks while standing on the side.... After that, the sky's the limit! Maybe I'll do some - gasp - laundry!

It you are in one of our regional grocery stores, these would all fall into the category - along with canned chicken and deviled ham - they refer to on their signage as "can meat". :001_huh:

Yes. On your wifi (probably accessed by putting the IP address 192.168.1.1 in your computer's browser address bar), you can select a connected device and make rules about its access to the internet. For instance, my 11yo has an iPod touch. Once we got it connected to our wifi, I could find it in the device list and add controls that do not allow internet access between 9pm and 8am. If we are playing Words with Friends, and I send her a word before 9, she receives it on her side. If she returns her word after 9, the app can't send it to me until after 8am. It will not control access to games played solely on the device, though.

I think it must be a regional thing. I recall hearing that as well, but randomly throughout my life, and from different people. That sort of makes sense... Paint is a verb. We pencil things in and chalk lines... It's odd that it seems so odd to crayon and, yet, it does.

I'm not sure which would be the better venue, but the consignment stores around here take things by appointment only, and those appointments are in January (for spring/summer items) and July (fall/winter). Maybe the answer is somewhere in the middle: list them on eBay while you wait for an appointment or consignment sale to happen, then take anything that hasn't sold to those?

I just had that, clicked to come back to the general board and got this thread. Spooooky.

Um... I'm surfing the forums on my iPhone. (Also, with you put i in front of anything, it capitalizes the next letter so Apple can take credit for it. Like iThing. :D) I listen to the news on my NPR app while I make supper. I get email everywhere. There are knitting apps. My calendar imports and reminders go off ahead of me needing to be somewhere. It is my alarm clock. When somebody sends me a document (or I pull one up otherwise), I can print on my network straight from my phone. And it fits in my wristlet, which was a problem with the bigger phones.

Oh! And one of the easiest things we've done is to vent our (electric) dryer inside the house. It heats and humidifies the air. They have the boxes/buckets at Lowes or Home Depot. You just add water to them to keep the lint from blowing around. (NOT appropriate if you have a gas dryer, though)

Your avatar is perfect for huffy stomping. :lol:

We put in a fireplace insert and woodstove (shoved into a fireplace) last year. (Well, my husband just installed the stove) Both have blowers. They are placed in opposite corner rooms (central chimney, living room is front left, dining room is rear-right) and even getting down into the low 30s the other night, the house is in the mid 60s at night (drafts set to low) and 70-72 during the day, when we're up to feed the fire. We have yet to even turn on the heat (the furnace boiler heats our hot water, so it's always on, but the thermostats are set to "off") and don't plan to until at least after Thanksgiving. (Which means the insert and stove paid for themselves in maybe two seasons.) We are expecting some warm weather for the next few days, and I will be caulking windows (trying the "seal and peel" kind instead of the rope caulk this year). We use heavy curtains over our single pane glass windows, both to block drafts and to prevent warm air from cooling against them, and over the 4 doors. We got the stoves at Northern Tool, by the way, and they work great. Here. Century insert and Durango stove on the first row. They were, with shipping, less than half the cost of stoves we could find locally, and had better efficiency ratings.

Just like mama. :D (my kids would have been seriously confused about putting on a nipple apron to nurse their babies. I mean, I'm not keeping mine in the closet between feedings...)

That's life being hard, not your marriage. We all face challenges - some harder than others - that we have to work through. Your martial relationship should not be one of them, imo.

Me, too. And I do. Everything from food to the pc I'm using right now. I've had exactly 3 issues in... 10 years? All were minor, could happen anywhere sort of things (box not delivered, one of two jars of almond butter open on receipt, Roku player going on sale the day after we ordered it), and were taken care of immediately (re-shipped, replaced, credited, respectively) when we contacted them.

Yup. "Creepy" only in the sense that there has to be a "special" doll to capitalize on something children do so naturally with any sort of doll or stuffed animal, as I see it. Eta: though the concept of purchasing nipple-equipped garments is a little :ack2:

My ex-husband used to say it quite a lot. That is the conclusion I came to, as well. There ARE things that one has to work on / trough, just like any other situation where you are interacting with another human on a continual basis. It's not "hard work" so much as "mindfulness", I think.

I haven't found that specifically, but there are other links (bleeding, same with garlic) that may or may not apply in any individual. Turmeric is often combined with bromelain for enhanced absorption. I would assume the pepper would be because of the (relatively small amount of) capsaicin, which is good for pain relief. (Cayenne is generally used in that way) Bromelain also comes with its own risks - increased bleeding and stomach upset being the most common. Generally speaking (and this is a big generalization because it depends on the needs of the individual), I start with 2 turmeric and one ginger, twice a day, if we're addressing asthma. Just the turmeric (or perhaps something additional for pain relief as needed) for other manifestations of inflammation. My preference is for Mountain Rose Herbs' premade capsules; I trust their commitment to quality and ethical production, and their prices are much better than, say, GNC. I generally don't make my own (I have, and have the stuff to do it) because it's difficult for me to know with any certainty that the capsules all contain the same amount. Not such a big deal in herbs as compared to pharmaceuticals, but I'm rather fond of consistency. Plus, it makes a big d@mn mess in my kitchen. ;) I wouldn't categorically say yay or nay to tablets vs capsules but my inclination would be to avoid fillers required to solidify a pill. Oh, and to answer the question of the anti-inflammatory diet: I think they are generally the same, but I usually recommend The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan book because it is informative, and easy to read and use. (The associated site, NutritionData.com is also quite helpful)

Boiling water could help. Baking soda, followed by vinegar, let it bubble, then flush with boiling water may help, too.

Good point, Carol. You can also add a little port to deglaze the onion pan, some mushroom stock (beefier than beef stock), and tarragon, and have French onion soup!

Isn't all soup easy? :D We roasted two chickens last night. I think tonight will be chicken soup: stock, hack up whatever hard veggies we feel like (potatoes, carrots) and simmer til soft, add shredded chicken, maybe some GF pasta, season. I may add some spinach, lemon and cream if I get squirrelly. I make sausage and kale soup, relatively the same way. Sauté onions and garlic, add loose sausage and brown, chicken stock, sliced potatoes, simmer until they're soft, add shredded kale at the end, finish with cream. I adjust seasoning depending on how spicy the sausage is, with red pepper flakes, at the end.

This is the sink we ended up getting when we remodeled our kitchen. I love it.

Yup. Good stuff. I generally recommend standardized whole herb, rather than extracted components, though. Why yes, I could tell you a lot more. It's the subject of one of my case studies that will be submitted the the AHG for professional certification. :) Without going into a dissertation, if we assume from its nature that adult asthma is an inflammatory / autoimmune process, turmeric and ginger (which addresses leukotrienes), along with an anti-inflammation diet, help reduce the severity of symptoms and need for steroid and rescue inhaler use. I've had two people who went from increasing rescue inhaler use to multiple times per day, and needing to add nebulizer treatment, to not using either.

Ashwagandha is a great adaptogen, which help us achieve balance, rather than correct/address a specific issue. For inflammation, I generally recommend turmeric (yes, the orange Indian spice), which is a cox2 inhibitor. Like Vioxx, but without the nasty side effects. It is one of a few that I recommend using in capsule form, not because there's a health advantage but because teas and tinctures will make your mouth orange; it's also an excellent dye. ;) I've seen great relief in arthritis to adult asthma with it.

I think, when you lash out at someone just because you need a target, you need to apologize. I like to think that, on occasions that I do that, I am a big enough person to acknowledge it and make appropriate apologies. However, I also know that people are (generally) loath to admit they were wrong or misdirected, so I probably wouldn't expect it.

Yay! :lol: Who would ever suspect that the removal of a single hair would be so exciting?

No, I don't see the point in socializing with people whose only commonality is IQ. I know plenty of brilliant people. Some are friends with whole I have a lot in common, some are insufferable, most fall in between and, while I may enjoy our conversation, there is nothing particularly appealing about spending my little free time with them.