My daughter is on a high protein, high fat diet. Back when they still thought it was Failure to Thrive, they gave us a list of foods to strongly encourage. The first thing on the list was Refried Beans. Chili was on the list, without beans of course. We are particularly fond of Wolf brand. Scrambled egg recipe was 1T butter for every egg, and add as much cheese as you can cram in. Although, you'd have to skip the cheese. Have you tried the combined fruit and veggie drinks? I'm not a big fan of veggies myself, but the ones combined with fruit juices are very drinkable. Nutella gets slathered on to many things. Sometimes it gets added to cracks. Sometimes she has a Nutella tortilla rollup. She loves the Aldi beer bratwursts so we always have those around. Those are our favorite snack food because she likes them cold. They had also recommended this calorie dense shake, and she liked that, but she stopped eating. My husband said it was quite yummi.

I thought it was pretty ghastly too. Even in High School, I thought they were both twits. At any point in time, one wanted the other who didn't want them. After that switched a few times you think they'd have gotten a clue.

I am curios. Could you tell us the story? So we can tell you how wrong she was, not just for my sake.

There is a thread about dating advice from the 30's. On that link is another link to "How to fall in love" according to second graders. It is a picture of a "book" written on a napkin by two second grade girls. I found it seriously disturbing. If I remember right it went something like 1) stare into each others eyes 2) ask for a date 3) something (but it wasn't go on the date) 4) have sex there were other things mentioned that were graphic for a second grader.

I will sometimes pick them up used on Amazon. I sometimes have to watch for a reasonable price. The mp3's aren't bad though. I have an old Zen Plus mp3 player that is good with audiobooks. Most mp3 players start each track at the beginning which is worthless when one track is a chapter. I like to use the CD's in the car. I know I could buy a gizmo to broadcast the mp3 audio over the fm, or the cassette tape player (yes, my car is old). But using the CD's is just so straight-forward.

I love T-Moble. We have the prepaid per minute plan. I don't talk on the phone much, so I pay less each month than the taxes and extra fees were back when I had a monthly plan.

I liked the extra tests that were done. As a worrier, I was relieved to get the Amnio results. I loved the World's Longest Ultrasound that the high risk doc gave us. He didn't say anything, but we could tell he had just seen a messed up baby in an ultrasound, and looking at our angel was restorative for him.

Just theoretically, I wonder how the public schools would feel about a K student that was picked up every day after lunch? I know in Texas, if the child is present at a certain time mid-morning, then the school gets money for the kid for the day. So, the school would still get their full money. Of course, they don't usually like the cattle to step away from the herd, so maybe they would still have a problem with it.

I had my first at 40. The only difference from what I can tell is that I'd rather not run around. I am a "Sit-Down" mommy. Although I do run around with her, but I'd rather not.

I give people my google number and have it simultaneously ring both. It irritates me when people automatically call the cell. Often I just leave it in the car. I don't give out the cell number, but it pops up on caller ID

I remember watching something on TV where they filmed couples on a blind date at a restaurant and then the woman went to the bathroom and came back completely different in some way. The men never noticed! They started out with small changes, like oh, a black dress becoming a red dress. Then they swapped out the women of the same general type. Then it was women of different types. Like the tall brunette came back from the bathroom a short blonde. Then they asked the guys how the date went, and the guys said it was fine and she seemed nice. Then they would say, "Didn't you notice it was two different women" Then they would say, "I thought something was odd..."

I think the attention theory is the true explanation for my daughter bringing me books to read from a very young age. As parents, we read, we have books, blah blah blah But, I think the true reason was that I dropped everything and sat down with her in my lap when she brought me a book. I did that mainly because as an older mother my thought was "Oh, goodie, I can sit down".

I find it a sad that the reason given for moving to a full-day was to have time for art/recess/etc. Isn't that the purpose of Kindergarden? I roll out of bed and throw some sweats on and walk the dog, then get ready and I am at work at 8 am. While walking the dog, I feel so sorry for the kids dressed and being walked to the elementary school near me. That is just too early in the morning for those little kids. I get that some of them are up naturally at the crack of dawn, but still.

I have this one, and really like it. http://www.amazon.com/Tools-Mind-Vygotskian-Childhood-Education/dp/0130278041/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398107757&sr=1-1&keywords=tools+of+the+mind Note, I have a preschooler and I have only read the general theory and the parts related to young children. It assumes the audience is a classroom teacher that is interested in implementing Tools of the Mind ideas in their classroom. But, the entire basis of the theory is developing Executive Function Skills.

I think you are right. I used to need orthodics and walking more than 20 feet barefoot would cause this snapping pain in my feet. Once I felt the snap, I had to hobble to a chair and sit for a bit. Then I started to wear Dr. Scholls wooden sandals, and then slowly I was able to go barefoot. Now, I wear black satin ballet-style slippers at work, and barefoot at home. My big toes point straight-forward and my little toes now touch the ground whereas before they "were on vacation" in the words of my podiatrist.

I wasn't, but a vast majority of my education came from the used book store. My mother loved books and we went shopping frequently at this particular used book store. I quickly learned that as long as the books fit completely within one of those baskets mom would buy all the books I put in there. The store was a maze of tiny rooms, and I loved to find new rooms. I remember being shocked to discover that several of the neat books I picked up were college textbooks. One thing funny, when I was in school there was a big lawsuit of homeschoolers vs. my school district. I think that it was the lawsuit from which I first heard the concept, and therefore the decision to homeschool my own.

My theory when I did the floor in my very small bathroom is that the price of materials was unimportant since I needed such a tiny amount. So, I went with a very high-end tile that I installed myself.

Run! My mother has trouble with her teeth most of her life. She had never had a cavity, no problems, no pain. Then the dentist retired. New one said that she had more cavities than teeth and her parents believed all medical people. A year or so I went to a doc who said I need over $10,000 worth of work on my teeth including $1800 for an intensive cleaning. I instead drove a long way to see a dentist that was a childhood friend of my husband's. I needed some work, which I was expecting. But total cost was $1000. Dentist was shocked when I told him all the things that the other dentist said I needed.

I suspect that their dog stays in the yard when there isn't a good reason to leave the yard, like another dog for example. But the dog definitely leaves the yard when it sees us. I can feel my dog going into protective mode when it sees the other dog coming toward us.

Even when the dog generally stays in the front yard, why do my neighbors use their front yard instead of the back? I hate it when I am walking my dog and someone lets their dog out the front door. We have back yards. That have fences. But their dog sees my dog, and comes bounding up. Yes, their dog is probably friendly and tiny. But mine is a large dog from a shelter that had never been socialized while young. Just left in the backyard 24/7/365 without walks. I take responsibility for my dog. I keep her away from other dogs. I keep her under control, and on a short leash. But don't give me the stink eye when I yell at your loose dog to keep it away from us.

I thought the domes had a leaking water problem?

So true. So true, I've always wanted to read "all the books." My brain tells me that is impossible to read all all. So, at least within a certain category, I want to read all. My parents bought Golden Books when I was a kid. Remember how they had a list of the other golden books at the end? A few of mine have checkmarks next to the ones I've read. I was quite disappointed that I hadn't read all. Then I discovered classics at a used book store, and that seemed like a finite list of good books, so I thought that would be neat. I've been working at it, but still haven't made it. At first, I used the list at the back of a Cliff's Notes as my reading list. My husband started me on the Foundation series. Yes, I MUST read ALL. Including the Robot or Empire books and the ones he didn't write. I really wish I had this for myself (I sort of do but I started it so late it is only a little helpful). But, I plan on keeping a list of all the books DD reads. I really hate to buy a book and then realize I've read it already. My DH was telling me that they had a cheaply run library near them growing up and most of the books didn't have covers. SIL read all the Yellow books.

Some of you might have read this before, because I posted it somewhere else. My daughter was 3.5 years old, and my friend's son was 3.25 years old. Friend asked me if DD was having "any reading troubles". My response was a shocked, "Reading Troubles? She is 3, she can't have reading troubles." Friend said her son decided that he was dumb and didn't like reading because he was having trouble remembering the whole word flash cards. I told her how wrong I thought the whole setup was, and that her kid was fine, it was the school that was the problem. But, she defended the school. I started with a child that was fascinated by letters and numbers, so I know she is not "behind". But, if it were otherwise, I could see myself running around like a chicken with its head cutoff finding some whole word flash cards. --------------------- The title of the thread "when did 3 become the 5" reminded of a study showing the reverse side. Kids 7-years-old acting like they were 3. It was a repeat of a study done in the 40's on following directions, staying on task, etc. In the recent study, the kids that were 7 were at the same level as the 3 year-olds in the 40's. The authors of the study attributed it to the lack of advanced playtime during preschool.

Go, Dog, Go should be in the easiest level. How is the ABC book in the second grade? I have a love hate relationship with Dr. Seuss.

I've had ham and cheese croissants made with the ham and cheese inside, and CostCo croissants with honey-baked ham and a melty cheese added. I'll take the Costco one with added ham and cheese any day. I like to melt the cheese onto the middle and then add a thick slice of cold ham.