Tina
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Where do you see a list of groups that you belong to?
I was looking at the options above the forums and clicking on' social groups', Carolyn. Then a list of them popped up.
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I always end up with the same color nail polish. :lol: Sounds like a different dress, so go with it!
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I have adult children... :)
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We'll have three days in Nashville next month, and have never been there. Where should we go?
Bluebird Cafe and ??
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Several months after gutting our kitchen, I was real good at fixing meals in the electric frypan. Then dh hooked up my gas stove in the basement. I hated having meals in the basement. Lots of paper plates, and the laundry sink for other dishes. I was without a kitchen for 8 months. Since then, we've only had everything from three rooms of the basement stuffed into the back corner. Ugh. I don't ever plan on having several rooms done at once again. I have our room just about ready to repaint, but he wants to redo the closets in there. Putting if off. lol
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I always wanted to have 4 kids. After we found out last year that our third child's hearing loss was genetic and any future bio children had a 1 in 4 risk of the same thing happening, I knew that it would be irresponsible to try for any more bio kids. Now we haven't done anything permanent to rule that out but I'm turning 40 this month so I don't think it's likely we'll have any surprises.
It's been hard on me emotionally, but we are open to the possibility of adding to our family via adoption down the road. We'll just have to see what God calls us to do.
Don't count on no surprises. I was pregnant at 40 and 42. When I had my last one I knew no one pregnant at that age. Now I can count a dozen folks that had that last one at 42!
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My oldest has learned the trade and has been working for his dad the last 5 years in the heating, cooling, and refrigeration business.
My 2nd oldest has been attending comm college sporadically the last few years, with no heart in it. Besides that, working at a meat shop for 4 years. Last summer he went to Wyoming and fell in love with the area. Came home and applied to some dude ranches. One of them called to see if he'd like to work in the kitchen (with his experience) so he worked there for several month.He's planning to work there this summer again. He is signed up to finish the last 2 classes he needs for his AA, but don't think he'll continue school after that unless he's figured out what he wants to do. With no girlfriend, it's a good time in his life to visit and work in places away from home and try his wings. :)
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My kids love the stockings the best, I think. And since they're older now, coming up with a couple gifts for under the tree is hard. Thus, I keep the stockings going (added dil last year) and just have a couple other gifts under the tree. Dh and I don't do gifts or stockings for each other.
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I'm so sorry. Haven't been there, but some thoughts come to mind. Sorry if these sound unhelpful. But-- could you spend time putting together favorite memories and photos into a book. (See the gifts for parents thread)? Or work together to find a gift to donate in his name? Or volunteer somewhere together in his memory? Just some ways to treasure his place in your lives. Hugs and prayers.
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I hate giving gift cards, and they have way too many clothes already. One's recently married in a tiny place, and the other works in another state part of the year. Food or??
Stocking ideas would be good, too.
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If dh has good holiday memories of his childhood, it would be lovely if he wrote them a note talking about that and thanking them.
My parents have really enjoyed the notes I've added to various cards through the years, thanking them for various things they've taught me during my childhood and beyond, things that have made me who I am.
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For their 60th anniversary, we put together a photo book and filled it with brief family lines and memories as well as photos. Even the grandkids threw in most memorable lines and such. That was a big hit!
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Dad's 89. He usually doesn't like anything, but we've had a few winners. We've gotten Netfix, and my sister paid for a Sirius radio? Or something that played dad's old time band music. This year I got a hanging canvas swing. If he doesn't like it I'll gladly keep it. Lol.
I've been buying really old movies and passing them to him to watch a second time in his life. Ones I love and want to keep. ;)
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My IP will be here tomorrow. Yesterday I bought the one on sale for $69 at Amazon - the 7 in 1 model. I hope I love it as much as everyone says I will.
In anticipation, so far I've joined a facebook group and have a membership request for another one pending. I've been scouring the internet for recipes as well. I'd buy a book if I knew it had recipes my family will like but for now I'm hoping to find much of what I need/want online.
Any suggestions for websites, fb groups, blogs, etc?
Here's an online class and printable pressure cook book. She has a large following and has done a bunch of other classes, too.
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I'm taking the broccoli salad that has bacon bits and raisins in it.
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Our room is always off limits this time of year. Throughout the year I stash small things in my 'gift drawer' , and the rest in my closet. Then I end up uncovering lots of things I've forgotten about.
One space I used one year was the under floor storage in the Caravan. 😀
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35. I've been trying to cutback.
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And I heard BCBS was backing out of the choices in MN. I heard they lost a lot of money this year. I don't understand why they are opening storefronts then.
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I would probably (unfortunately) reacted the way you did after the prom. But today--in the long run, I'd want to ask about the great time she had, and make sure those memories were the ones she remembered about prom, not my reaction.
Later, when the two of you are ready to get it cleaned, you might discuss the importance of taking special care of special items. You probably do need to discuss the impulsivity on a separate occasion.
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Yes, I was depressed trying on mother of the groom dresses last year. (Same size as you) But-- once I got over it and loved the dress despite the size, I felt like a princess that night and got tons of compliments. I'm sure you'll do the same--and more since you've lost weight!! Congratulations on your weight loss! Focus on feeling wonderful in the new dress!
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all of our students get a 3-5 minute (depends on how many graduates there are/how long you want the graduation to be) power point slide show of their life from birth to graduation. A great chance to share funny pics as well as all the interests over the years.
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My best was my Zojirushi bread machine for $5. Top of the line! I already had a breadmaker, but I knew it was a really good one. After I made a loaf in the new machine, dh told me to ditch the old one. Still working many years later.
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Praying for both of you. Just what you didn't need!
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I may be ready to thin my large cookbook collection; I tend to find most of my recipes online these days. I've picked up a Christmas music CD annually for a while, but am ready to refine the pile now. I also have a glass fronted cabinet full of odds and ends glass pieces I've picked up from family/used sales over the years that I enjoy, and lots of books, including a handful of sets--one from my grandmother's collection.
What circumstance(s) in your life has caused you to grow the most?
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Joining a community service organization and working/volunteering at all levels. Homeschooling has led to spiritual growth and more. Going alongside dh in his own business and in current partnership/franchise business is currently stretching my comfort zone.