thermals.

Throw water on them...*shrugs*

...except I would have yelled it out. :lol:

Wow! I could have written this myself. It feels good to know that I am not alone.

Nothing wrong with thinking that. I'm sure you're not the only person in the neighborhood to have these kinds of thoughts --or the only person in the world for that matter. It's what you do (your actions) that count.

Frankenstein (now this is an absolute must read) Dracula

Zola, huh? Have to it to my wishlist.

me too.

I would have to agree with a well-educated adult reading Shakespeare. He is well deserving of his reputation. In addition to The Bard: 2. Les Misérables - Victor Hugo 3. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4. The Republic - Plato 5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 6. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (even though I, myself, prefer The Kingdom of God is Within You) 7. Utopia - Sir Thomas Moore 8. Beowulf - Author unknown 9. Paradise Lost by John Milton 10. Damien - Hermann Hesse

Slow cooker. Have the kids prepare the ingredients the night before. Have someone add everything to the pot first thing in the morn. Tada!

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Oh, and if my father decided to purchase us a chess board, or the game on wii, i wouldn't be too mad.

A globe, dry erase markers (with erasers), printer ink, and a book shelf.

Amazon Wishlist. Right now I have about 1,100 books on the list.

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If you're a walker, you might try getting outside (by yourself) and walking more. If you do decide to take something, look into Rescue Remedy. The Pastilles are great, and they're alcohol-free, too. I swear by them. Good luck!

Yes, it does appear that way.

I totally agree with your statement, and consider myself to be sympathetic and understanding as well. However, people like us are the exception, not the norm. That's really my point.

Please spare me all of the "refrain from judgment until..." talk, guys. We all know that we live in a world where almost everyone judges a situation without knowing all of the facts. Get used to it! I'm sorry, but if your child is throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of the library, you are being judged. Just like if your child is gifted and scores high on his/her SAT, you are "assumed" to be a great nurturing parent. In reality, you could have been as wicked of a mother as Christina Crawford claims Joan was.

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I come to believe that parents should congratulate themselves waaaay more often that what they already do. They should give themselves waaaay more credit, too! Every little step counts, every story read, every cuddle, kiss and family fun night. My patting myself on the back does not take anything away from the mother whose child is hell on wheels, and vice verse.

No worries. I have my own issues that I am rather nitpicky about. Understand your point completely. I will say this, as a parent, I do not have to "see" my children in the act of doing something, to know when they are doing something they have no business. As a adult, a reasonable, mature human being with years of living under my belt, I have come to learn (and trust) to use all of senses, not just my eyesight. If I relied only on my eyesight, I would never have the pleasure of redirecting my babies energy/focus.

Mike McQueary walked in on Sandusky anally raping a ten-year-old boy. To this day, we don't even know how many young boys this human being has had his way with, or how many boys he has used as his personal seman bank. In early September, he was indicted on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys. On December 2011, he was charged with an additional 12 counts of sexual crimes against children. Now here is a methodical, smart, and very sinister human being. For years, he used his organization to target his victims. According to Wikipedia, "On the second day of trial, "Victim 1", the youngest of Sandusky's alleged victims, testified to over 20 incidents of abuse, including unwanted and forced oral sex, by Sandusky during 2007 and 2008 while the boy was a participant in Sandusky's Second Mile program. The boy was 11 or 12 years old when the sexual abuse started.[69][70] Mike McQueary, former Penn State graduate assistant football coach, testified that in 2001 in a Penn State locker room, he heard "skin on skin" slapping sounds coming from the showers. McQueary testified that he then saw Sandusky naked behind a 10- to 12-year-old boy propped against a shower wall, with "Sandusky's arms wrapped around the boy's midsection in the closest proximity that I think you could be in." This human being even sexually abused one of the beautiful little precious boys that he adopted. 68 years old or not, what Sandusky did in a span of 40+ years (three men came forward and said he sexually abused them back in the 70's) is a lot worse than what this young mother did. On another note, my belief is that men like Sandusky (men in high places) rarely receive harsh prison sentences because there are other men like him. Men who have NOT been caught, and may never be.

Now is a good time to make sure the lines of communication are clear between you and your daughter. They say birds of a feather flock together, and while your daughter may not be suicidal or anorexic, she has a friend who is. So I would say to you, don't be afraid to spend the next few months showing your daughter how much she means to you, paying her more compliments than usual, and telling her how lovely she is.

I take my hats off to you. Not even my mother could stop me from getting some loving from the dh when I'm in heat. The possibility of getting caught (by mom, not children) would just add to my excitement. It's a big adrenaline rush. She's a grown woman. Knows that takes place between two adults who love one another. So, why deprive yourself?