Do you have daughters? The way I get past stuff like this is to remember that I'm a model for my dds. If I want them, as adults, to take care of themselves, stand up for themselves, and so on, then it only makes sense for me to do it myself.

I would allow it at whatever age they have noticeable underarm hair. A wet/dry electric razor solves the problem of having to do it for them.

Yes, I do. I'll leave the dryer running also. I do wet used matches before tossing them in the trash, if that gains me any safety cred ;). My dad was OCD on fire safety (his childhood home burned down), and I always tended to react the opposite way. Dad (upon discovering that I left the dryer running): Do you want the house to catch fire when you're gone?? Mini-me (genuinely puzzled): Well, I don't want it to catch fire when I'm here.

I would tell her parents that she was knocking on my door at 8 am when her entire household was asleep, out of genuine concern that is not safe for her to be leaving the house with no one aware of it.

Feed Me at TA's is da bomb! It's not in the city, tho', if that matters.

hmmm, let me ponder that . . .

oooh, snap!

Emerging writers should be treated with a great deal of care and delicacy, and every effort encouraged. However, both your girls are well past this stage, and definitely need to accept editing and critique. I have found it helps to point out that professional writers with many years of experience still undergo the revision process. I get paid to write, and I get edited. My editor gets edited by a different editor. If the publisher of the newspaper writes an op/ed piece, he gets edited. JK Rowling gets edited. Lois Lane gets edited, ;). In sum, EVERYONE gets edited, and NO ONE enjoys it. We all prefer to think that our every word is a jewel falling onto the page, but alas it is not so, and an outside eye will improve your writing. Deal with it. Lois Lane: You are always editing my copy! Clark Kent: Okay, well next time you fight the bad guy and I'll write the story.

Yes! Mine, too, We joke that Posey emerged from the womb with a pencil in one hand and a steno book in the other, :D. Recently heard in my house: Let's make a list of things we can do in the car (on a long drive). Let's make a list of things we want to do on Halloween. Let's make a list of things we know how to cook. And, of course, now that it's catalog season, Let's make our Christmas list! My children aren't greedy, merely a bit OCD.

In the past, we've done 4 days of seatwork and 1 day of art, projects, field trips, etc. We've also done 3 weeks on, 1 week off. I've always taken care to use phrase them project days or project weeks, as opposed to 'fun' days. There's so much prejudice (in society in general) against anyone liking school/schoolwork that I hate to add to it in any way. I never wanted to present it as "we will suffer through our schoolwork and then be rewarded with a fun day," y'know? It's just easier to schlepp out all the stuff for projects on specified days, rather than randomly throughout the week. Personal peeve of mine! My poor kids are surrounded by relatives who shriek in horror every time we do something school-ish at "odd" times. They think it's awful that I have them do schoolwork in the car when we drive to Disney or something, because the poor things are supposed to be on vacation, no learning allowed, lol! Because there are so many BETTER things to do for ten hours in the car, that it's awful to spend an hour of that time listening to a history chapter and some Latin vocab :001_rolleyes: End digression.

Black cloak = Zorro!! Er, female version, of course.

Do you have a 1st generation Kindle? the very first one? that is the only one that requires the "email" method; the others should all be updated to native pdf. Either way, try this: open the thread you are interested in, and copy the url. then go to a free pdf site. this example uses freepdfconvert.com. choose "convert from url." paste in your url, and click convert. the thread is now a pdf!

Sure, that makes perfect sense, but that wasn't your OP, ;). I have had the exact same experience with 'angel trees' and such, where the kids were asking for stuff that I would never in a million years buy for my OWN kids, lol. I think it would be much more kind if the event organizers gave some guidance on writing the lists, because, the appearance of greediness aside, surely they must be disappointed, b/c I can't imagine their lists are fulfilled very often.

Oh, absolutely! It occupies my youngest for hours, lol. It's a fond memory from my own childhood as well. I fail to see the fine nuances that separate mentioning things they want versus making a list??? :001_huh:

:iagree: These will not be optional for my kids. Yes, of course you can't force them to do well, but I find that most high achieving kids have great difficulty 'throwing a fight,' so to speak. And if she does do poorly on purpose, well, that's her deal, you've done your part.

I second the green felt; it's very easy to work with and has more of an authentic look than altering modern clothes. Perhaps I should say, more of a faux-authentic look (what we imagine RH would have looked like, as opposed to historical accuracy, *g*).

The Gotz dolls are high quality and Tuesday Morning is a great place to look for them. However, my dd rarely plays with her Gotz doll, while the AG dolls are taken out daily. I don't know what it is about those AG dolls, but they are irresistable to certain girls. The AG doll is really worth stretching for if possible.

I think you just have to check with your library to see if they use mobi. The Kindle does have text to audio, but it's pretty robotic, nothing you would want to listen to an entire book with. They don't need to be formatted a certain way; I have downloaded pdfs from a variety of sources and all have worked fine so far. I think the biggest issue might be from truly over-sized items, but I have never run into that. All the pdfs I have downloaded so far look just the same on the kindle as any other book/document, and I just turn pages like normal. You can even look up words and add notes, and yes, you can change the font size.

Kindle now has native pdf, so this is no longer the problem it used to be. You could always work around it, but now you just load the pdf and you're good to go. the biggest problem now is that Kindle is compatible with fewer library lending systems than Nook is. I think your library has to use mobi if you want to download to the Kindle. Edited because I just realized you will be getting an older Kindle. You will have to check the version of what Kindle you are getting to see if it has native pdf. The very first one I am pretty sure does not. You have to email pdf documents to amazon, they convert them and email them back to you.

hee, I know! See, this is why I haven't left her a response: they all come out sounding like this, lol! Sooooo sorry I'm not as perfect as you . . . I'm thinking that's best left unsaid. Thanks for all the sympathy, guys, it was really needed. Not only did it make me feel better, it distracts me from staring mournfully at my new and unimproved seller rating. I do check the ratings for details myself, so hopefully most people will.

utter soothing words. Someone just trashed my PERFECT rating on Amazon, grrrr! I sent her the wrong book, the teacher edition instead of the student edition. When she let me know and asked what to do, I gave her a full refund and told her to please keep the book for herself, or pass it on to a friend. Now, I don't expect her to be filled with joy at getting the wrong book, but I gave her a full refund w/o requiring her to "prove" anything by sending the book back. So, not a "5" experience, but a "1"?? Seriously?? I dislike you deeply, resentful-and-unforgiving Amazon customer.

Of course everyone has bad days, but when I was 15 and making minimum wage, my manager AND my parents told me, "You can have a bad day, you can just never let anyone know it." Actors who are going about their lives are entitled to ignore fans to a certain expent. Actors at a convention are being paid. They need to suck it up.

And the sister saying: Little kids, litte troubles. Big kids, big troubles.

Wow, she is getting more beautiful by the day. And does look angelic in that picture, the stinker, lol! Of course you're angry and hurt, there's no way that's not going to hurt. Some have said she doesn't need guilt or drama, but I personally would probably put both of those to good use. Why am I so angry? Because I love you more than my life, and you could have been hurt, and I would have had NO IDEA. You could have been hurt, and I wouldn't have been able to do my job, I wouldn't have been able to help you, because you lied to me . . . Yeah, I'm an evil mom. :grouphug: to you both.

Ask your dh to consider how he wants his dd to remember him when she grows up. My dad was known to use that same phrase, and I remember it well, with much anger and resentment. It's such a belittling phrase, imo, particularly if dd isn't allowed to use it back. Would he be angry if she told him to shut his pie hole? If so, why?