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  1. lionfamily1999
    I think a lot of it depends on your dd. I've been low income for my whole life, so it's not difficult for me to be so now. I have no problem cookin' cheap (man I miss that show!) and material things are just not that important. If your dd is used to new clothes and comforts like junk food, then it will be harder. If she's used to making things last and only eating left overs or raw veggies and fruits as snacks (they can be made into dinner food later), then it won't be so bad. It really depends on whether or not she really and truly is willing to be happy with less. If she says she is, but secretly believes she'll get all that great stuff that money can buy, then she's going to be miserable. If she's willing to enjoy the free things in life, companionship for instance, without all the extra trappings, then she'll be fine. How strong do you think your dd is?
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    Ds and I are working on keeping the Sabbath. So far, we've eliminated video games, for him, and computer time for me :p We do go to church and hang out when we can. I've started making 'Sunday dinners' (meaning big dinners that are little work, like a pot roast). I do nap, ds will take one too. We read some, but try very hard to make Sunday our day to relax and reflect. Dh is in a different camp, iykwIm.
  3. lionfamily1999
    I think Jean said it very well. :iagree:
  4. lionfamily1999
    My cousin is diabetic (type 1) and I always hating watching her sit with nothing :( Now, I buy the snack bags and things and whenever I see someone looking obviously put out I ask if they want something sugar free. I've found that if I offer it, and MAN that stuff is expensive, then every person on a fad diet is going to wolf them down, or better take them home for snacks :glare: So, I keep my sugar free snacks on the d/l. My dad has type 2 and he likes the fact that I always have a little something HE can snack on. I dislike splenda and try to find the snacks that contain natural alternatives.
  5. lionfamily1999
    Thank you for giving me one more thing to look at on every thread I open... I never even knew it was there. :lol:
  6. lionfamily1999
    :lol: Oh my, yes! Luke gets an hour outside before we start school (Andrew's still in bed). Then for lunch we go out and Luke gets some more outside running around (at this point Andrew's eating and reading). After school I try to kick them both out of the house for at least two hours. After four, Andrew has two hours to run around with his friends. I have a hard time calling what they do inside with their free time 'play,' because most of the time they end up reading or coloring, not so much 'play' to my way of thinking.
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    I'll catch both of my sons chanting the helping verbs :lol: The youngest is under the impression that grammar is some great game he can't really play until he's a big boy, so he sneaks into the kitchen and very quietly does the memory work while his brother is reciting :p
  8. lionfamily1999
    :grouphug: I'm not that far away and my house is a disaster, feel free to come vent your excess energy here :)
  9. lionfamily1999
    By all means mention it! There might be a few hard headed individuals that choose to ignore the life threatening nature of it, goodness knows there's one in every crowd, but for the most part I am sure that they will be glad to accomodate you. Alternately, imagine the grief and anger should something happen, because they were kept ignorant of the allergy. Rather than being unable to forgive themselves, they'd probably have a very difficult time forgiving you for exposing their children and themselves unwittingly to such a situation. It's selfish, but I imagine, true.
  10. lionfamily1999
    Pish posh, if we didn't argue then we'd be off doing things like cleaning house. ;) :grouphug: It stinks when good threads go bad, but at least we all learned something... I'm sure we could come up with plenty that we learned and then argue about it :D
  11. lionfamily1999
    Ah! Okay, I thought it was a general response. I do understand the peanut/nut allergies. I do make it a point to bring sugar free snacks wherever I go, just in case there's a diabetic. I wasn't even talking about the choir moms specifically. It just seemed like the cupcake moms were getting completely demonized and "clueless and thoughtless" struck a deep chord with me, being that (in the case of which I, and not you, were speaking) it would be needlessly cruel to refer to them as such. Sorry I misinterpreted :)
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    Clueless and thoughtless go a little far. Perhaps they don't know that someone's child can't eat the food they're bringing, in that case, clueless seems a little harsh. As for thoughtless, they are bringing in treats to share. That's not thoughtless, it's generous, and ime what they bring IS very thoughtful. Being rude, because someone did not bring something that fit the requirments of everyone involved is just as bad as bringing in extra sugar, because someone complained. I'm glad that you bring healthy snacks, that's good, it's helpful, and you're being thoughtful. However, just because someone else brought in something you would not or could not eat, does not make their offering any less thoughtful, kind or generous.
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    I don't think they stay that way long, so why not? I couldn't do it, but I detest those things.
  14. lionfamily1999
    If you bring tin foil, you can make squares big enough to step on and create shoe impressions by stepping on the foil on soft ground. We do that too :) ------------ OP, use the same amount of caution you normally would. I do make sure that a ranger knows my vehicle, what path we're on, what we look like and all that stuff. I let two other people know where we're going (usually Mom and sister) and leave a note for dh. Of course, I do that whenever we break out of the house :p , just to be on the safe side.
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    We just avoid the label. It's a very painful and unsightly reaction, iow, I'm too chicken to test around and see if I can find a specific thing. My only other adverse reactions are with bleach and morphine. Dd is sensitive to bleach as well, but of course we don't know about morphine for her.
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    We use aloe vera with no reaction, would that rule out aloe (I know that once things are put through a factory they change)? We've never had this problem except for hypoallergenic and it is really bizarre. I've started bringing my own squirty bottle of soap (much better than having lit up hands).
  17. lionfamily1999
    Here I was going to say breeding, but I guess not. Dh and I both thought it was because allergies are livable things, thus people with allergies live long enough to have children, raising the population of people with allergies. From the pps I'd have to say that's a load of hooey though :p Oh well, back to the drawing board.
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    Sort of o/t, but I'm hoping you'll see the connection. My dd and myself have terrible reactions to most topical things that are 'hypoallergenic.' I don't know how or why, but both of us with break out into an incredibly painful raised rash wherever the lotion or cleanser, for instance, has touched our skin. I have had people swipe me with h/a lotion, to prove me wrong. I could not believe that they would, but I've had both family members and strangers (strangers!) who, upon hearing of this bizarre issue, feel a need to prove me wrong. The raised red rash that shows up immediately, even if I wipe it off as quick as I can, makes them feel like the heels they are. For dd, I've had people tell her that I'm full of huey, there's no way to be allergic to h/a stuff, that's why it's h/a. She knows, she's experienced the joys of h/a. It's easier for her to say no, at the risk of seeming rude, because her body's response is very painful. I understand that people will want to prove that you're nothing but a worried old woman. I really do. What I've found, in the case of h/a as well as food preferences, is that I have to say 'no' and etiquette has to take a back seat. If they want to say I'm a worry wart about this, fine, whatever. As long as they know that I mean it, I'm not joking, and the response (should they choose to ignore me) will not be something they can ignore. :grouphug: Sometimes the only answers seem worse than the problem.
  19. lionfamily1999
    Trying to stay warm.
  20. lionfamily1999
    Lol! For those people, I would recommend they bring snacks (for everyone) specific to their own preferences, because you can't make everyone happy (just ask the cupcake people), but you can try to make it better (from your own pov) by bringing things that make you happy. Being nice takes thick skin :( That's what I mean about making the line big and bold. If you perpetually cave, preferring to face the side effects rather than be seen as rude, then people are going to believe it's not that important to you. Grab a soapbox, preach it, then chuck the trash and apologizing for being abrasive, but make it unquestionably clear how you feel, iykwIm.
  21. lionfamily1999
    What did you do once he got the fudge pop? Did you cave and let him keep it, or throw it away? I know it seems outrageously rude to throw away 'good' food, but Bill, it's just like with kids, you have to make yourself clear. I've had these problems, insane stupid issues with people that thought it was okay to give my kids table food when they were.not.ready. I've had to be a real jerk and take the food away, make them sit through the tantrum and appear to be the meanest human being on earth. Frankly, lots of adults are like children and if you don't draw the line in big and bold, they will ignore it. I'm sorry those people are such beasts. It's tempting to say, turn about it fair play, and tell you to start offering other people's children things their parents would not like, but of course that only makes it worse. I would've lost my temper some time ago, in your situation. The line would've been obvious, because it would have been written in screaming letters a mile high :(
  22. lionfamily1999
    Check your vents in general (air ducts too) and a peek under the house (if you have a crawl space) would be a good idea, albeit a dangerous one if there are others. We had a black snake living under the kitchen cabinets as a kid. No one could figure out how he got in, he was there for a few weeks and then disappeared. It never came back :)
  23. lionfamily1999
    Ime, the newer books shoot in the other direction. I haven't looked at the ones you mentioned, I mean this in a general sense. Columbus, Smith, and many others (the Puritans) are villified to the point where... well... we've gotten to the other extreme iykwIm. I have found that reading the diaries and papers of the people being discussed helps in balancing out povs. Hth
  24. lionfamily1999
    :iagree: Right now, my hope is I'll be able to stay a step or ten ahead. Of course, at the rate they're going (and with Miquon and MEP introducing such a new way of thinking of numbers), I may be behind pretty soon.
  25. lionfamily1999
    No, you most certainly are not! The idea, really! Dh is Luke's father, thankyouverymuch!
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