Depends on your area. Here romances sell for about 25 cents each, as well as other paperbacks. Hard covers for about 50 cents. If it is special or very desirable, I might put more. Most used books stores sell them for 1/2 to 1/4 of the original cover price, no matter if it is paper or hard cover, as long as it is in good condition.

When my grandpa died, one of my grandmother's struggled with grief so I began reading everything I could about grief so I could help her. Did you know that studies show a person takes about 5 years 'average' to move through the grief process when someone close to them dies? You are only 2 years in. It you may need 20 years. Who knows. Your children may want those some day. If you aren't ready, you are not ready. I would keep them. Otherwise, I would sell them for a fair price. You don't have to ask top dollar. Or give them knowing they will not come back again.

It's ok. I have laughed some as well. Behind daughter's back of course. This all happened after the goats broke the fence and wandered to the neighbors and I had to catch some renigade chickens who found a place in their run to squeeze out. Yeah, so much for a quiet day :tongue_smilie:

Here, in the south, the church caterer is the person who calls a bunch of people, and then all the people cook up a bunch of food for the family for free. As a service to the family. I know you are not in the south though, but could that be what is happening? If so, she won't need to be paid unless you donate a small amount to the church fund that is paying for drinks, napkins, and such.

:svengo:Said my crying 5 year old daughter to me today. "When?" I asked. "When you saw the other corn in my nose," she replies. "My nose bleeded when I tried to get it out, but I couldn't and now I need help!" She is wailing by now. Ok, so about a week ago I saw a piece of whole kernal corn in the tip of her nose and though her brother had her do it to tease me. I knocked it out, she said that was all, and didn't think about it. She did have a nose bleed one night but I attributed that to the antihistimines. My dd has apparently been thinking for a week that corn is still in her nose and has finally panicked enough to ask for help. So, laryngitis and all (my voice continues to deterioriate and is barely a whisper now), I call the pediatrician. They want me to come ASAP. After careful inspection of her nose..... they see nothing. However, on the side she claimed to put the corn in, there is swelling and evidence of scratches. The doctor called the ENT who said they wanted her in 30 minutes. The offices are 1 mile apart, with a Sonic and a pizza place in between. Did I mention it was now lunch time and I had not eaten breakfast? I stop for lunch at the pizza buffet and dd just sat and cried. She was too terrified to eat. The ENT, kind gentle man, said he didn't see anything but with the swelling in her nose, he couldn't see very far. So he squirts something in her nose to make the swelling go down and she nearly passes out from fear. 10 sneezing minutes later, he looked in and found nothing.:glare::001_huh: So, how has your day been?

It could be a behavior brought on by RAD. That would mean yes, he could control it but he would rather control you and your reactions and since it obviously upsets you, he continues the behavior. And he may not even be conscious of why he is doing the behavior, even though he continues it. That being said, and not knowing what the actual behavior is, I believe in catching them while they are being good if at all possible. I would start praising him for everything else. Give him lots of attention for all the other things he is doing well. It doesn't have to be big demonstrative things, just a quick high 5 or a pat on the back kind of a thing. It doesn't have to be done in front of the other kids.

I was an adult when my grandfathers died so I was able to notice a lot about my grandmothers left grieving. One grandmother became almost child like in her decision making. Even though she had been independent, opinionated, and free spirited, her grief was so great that she just couldn't focus on much else. She was so sad and lonely that really, she really didn't care about anything else anymore. NO decision was important. My other grandmother had run their farm and business, yet suddenly couldn't remember how to write a check in the early stages of grief and would get lost driving to places she had been driving to for over 50 years. Her doctor called it 'grief dementia' and said it would pass over time. It effects everyone differently. The first year was the toughest by far. One grandmother was doing much better after that, the other took more like 4 years to be more of her 'old self'.

Unless you are diabetic. The more brown spots mean more sugar has been created. That is why really ripe ones are so good in banana bread - they are almost all sugar.

Too many variables. One, we don't make smoothies. I only own a cheapo blender and it can't handle them if any ingredient is frozen. Even fresh, I have stopped making smoothies. The kids eat the fruit better as solid food. Two, it would depend on how brown is brown. Personally, I only eat bananas on the green side. Dh will eat them with some brown spots though. Three, I almost never bake banana bread so taking them home for that would be just silly. My family isn't that wild about it for some reason. I love it, but don't want to be the only person eating it. Now, I might consider taking them to feed to my chickens and goats. The chickens love the inside and the goats love the peels. However, if I was at church and already holding my purse, Bible, dd's bag, dh's Bible, dd's Bible, the bulletin, and whatever else ended up in my arms, I likely couldn't hold the bananas and maintain my balance.

It is not normal. I expect more from my guests. I have also learned that at my house, I must step in and enforce my rules and expectations. And that there are a couple of families I no longer invite over. If you see the behavior and don't say something, then you can't complain. If I saw kids dumping bubbles, I would have simply given warning, then taken them away at the next offense. I don't care (now anyway) if mom is there or not. For the noodles, depending on how new/old they are, they can become fragile. We have had a couple break easily after a couple of years in the pool and sun. But again, after it was broken, I would have removed it and made it clear that others were to be treated in a better way.

My dh just read this suggestion a couple of weeks ago on a professional website telling prospective employees what they can do to stand out from the crowd. An email can be glossed over, deleted, ignored. A handwritten card however shows class, attention to details, and requires the attention of the recipient.

Honestly, I guess this would bother me because legally the child isn't her daughter any longer. And I know it is the new, PC term, but 'first mother' also bothers me when the adoption happens as a newborn. Ok, I get that she cared for the child in utero, but for my dd, her biological mother denied the pregnancy and refused prenatal care, used drugs, and such are the reason why my child struggles with disabilities today (she was in prision the entire pregnancy so it isn't like medical care was not available or hard to access). A mother is someone who cares for the child. This woman didn't even try.

A jump of at least 30% is normal. If the child is a boy, that is often much higher. Boys are known for reckless driving, accidents, and tickets. I have also seen policies double. Check to see which car the teen is attached to as the primary driver. Sometimes insurance companies will automatically add the teen to the newest, and /or most expensive vehicle as a driver unless you have the teen assigned to a lower cost vehicle, or one of their own. If they are assigned to the newest, and/or most expensive car, the rates will be even more.

:grouphug::grouphug: As a domestic adoptive parent, it is stories like yours that make me glad we don't have contact with the families of either children. I know for some open and semi open adoptions work, but for others, it just creates more frustration and heartache. For our dd, her birthmother made some of the same choices and didn't even show up for visits. If I ever heard she was making those comments I would be angry as well.

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:Anesthesia effects different people in very different ways. It may have nothing to do with the doctors and have everything to do with your dad, and how his body is/is not functioning right now. Even when the doctors are doing everything right, sometimes the body doesn't respond in any expected way. I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

I might call the owner and tell her just how pleased you are with all the hard work they did. Because you are. If she asks for any other information you could tell her what the problem areas are, and see what she says. If she offers to send them back out, I would accept. If not, well, then it is back in your court.

Kind of a spin off of the gifted one - when the education loving parent is trying to teach the child who doesn't like education. My 12 yr old recently asked which jobs he could do for a living if I would let him skip high school. :glare:

:iagree: But also take note of the child's behavior before, during (if you are allowed to be there) and after. Does he cry nonstop and she doesn't console him? Did she feed him his bottle or ask/follow his feeding schedule that you provide? Was the dirty diaper changed? And so on. What does she do if he cries?

This one is the recipe I always use. My family loves it.

ALL jobs are tired to construction in one way or another. Work in retail? If construction workers can't buy, sales drop. Work in places like Lowes or Home Depot? Ours have taken huge hits. Work in Insurance? No new homes means no new policies. People are reducing coverage on older homes, and on other things like vehicles and life insurance so that means less commission for agents. Work in transportation? How about in logging? Several saw mills have shut down here due to huge decreases in demand for wood products. I could go on but I think you get the pucture. One industry having difficult has a ripple effect on the rest of the economy,

I think the climate of the car itself may have contributed to the seat problem. Not sure where you live, but here in the summer the inside of a car can build to way over 120. Then in the winter the inside of the car can fall below freezing. Even though it hasn't been in an accident or moved, it has not been kept in a totally protective environment.

:iagree: Yep. You are wanting to go to a Bible study for enrichment, encouragement, and to become closer to God, increase your faith, and all that. Right? This group does none of that. I would leave it with no regrets.

The only thing I would consider doing right away is to let them know in casual conversation how much your animals are worth, say in case their adorable pup decides your chickens make great squeaky toys one day or happens to enjoy chasing something else you own. Our neighbors lost ALL of their chickens one day when a dog got loose from the house behind me. It was an expensive loss that the dog owner was not expecting.

Our rea estate agent once suggested we pay for the inspection on a foreclosure before we put in the offer, if we really want the home. Even though it is several hundred up front, it would give us an advantage. The inspection report would be attached to the offer as proof that the house actually needed those things. It could really turn the deal. I would also subscribe to realtor.com.

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