I'm doing two skin patch tests from two different products . . . just in case. If I had a reaction, what would it look like? And, if you have sensitive skin, what permanent products have you had the best luck using? tia

One of my 5 dc was like this, too. I hs-ed him in K, but he went to school for first at 6.5. He often fell asleep in the car on the way home and was a BEAR if anyone disturbed him. Now that he's older, he is still the first of the gang to fall asleep at night or the one who's already crawled into bed before we start shooing the others toward the bedrooms. I hope it's normal, because *I* could still fall asleep in the afternoons!

I *do* have an underlying system, but it gets thrown off pretty easily. For instance, we hosted the family at Thanksgiving, and in the "clean sweep" that preceded the guests, *somehow* a VERY IMPORTANT BINDER disappeared. It had all of my "bills paid" for 2007 and possibly my bank statements filed by month. I have not seen it since. I have searched in boxes and under beds and in the garage. And it's taken me this long to figure out that I'm going to have to start over! I *kind of* get it together in between semesters, but by the second or third weeks, I've fallen behind again. I *think* my system must be too complicated for me to keep up with. Or, I just don't check in with the piles often enough. The Paper Tiger books are at my library, so I can check them out tomorrow. Meanwhile, I'm off to the Organized Home. Thanks for the suggestions!

Me, too. Once we ordered custom shutters. There was a LONG delay and we complained, and suddenly we had TWO sets. We donated the extra to charity.

Dd came home from school *without* the T-shirt and sweatshirt we'd ordered in October. The school doesn't have a record of the order. I know the check number, but I can't find the bank statement from October! And, the online access only goes back 3 mos -- stopping just short of that check. Yikes. I have piles and boxes and mountains of papers. I have 5 dc in school, a teacher dh, all my printouts and handouts and courselists and first homework attempts for grad school. . . PLUS all the regular junk that comes into the house on a regular basis. The papers I don't want to throw in the trash because of identity theft but I hold onto until we get the shredder unjammed. I will have to pay the bank some fee to look back more than 3 mos. Or I'll have to write another check to the school for dd's shirts. I need a step-bay-step paper consultant. Something like Flylady, but specifically for the printed page. Instead of decluttering all over the house, I need to tackles these mounds. Any great sites for me? tia

I said, "No, it was in the 1800s," and she said, "Oh, when Grandma and Grandpa were young." Yikes. I haven't done a very good job, have I???!

This was a game at a baby shower I attended recently. A few attendees were randomly selected to participate in the game, and the one who was able to finish first won. What would you think? I had the feeling I was witnessing some sort of fraternity ritual . . . Others were taking pictures and promising to upload them to MySpace pages. I think *I* would have felt humiliated. The party was given at a church and the attendees varied from teens to elderly ladies, though these participants were rather young. Am I just getting to old? Maybe my showers were just hosted by more conservative ladies . . . What do you think?