Yoga Pants, tank top with an oversized baggy hoodie with fuzzy socks. Hair is in a bun. No make up or jewelry .

I read your title and thought survive. My twins are due in November but it is rare to make it all the way and the dr. expects they will be born within the next week or two! Along with that we need to settle on names - we decided not to find out the gender of the babies. Besides that I don't have any personal goals.. but I have been making lists for dh and the teens. ;)

Other posters have pointed out already, but this is an error in how you handle you're money and explained how to do it properly. As a landlord, I do cash checks immediately after getting them because of this exact situation. You shouldn't make the assumption she doesn't need the money either but even if she didn't it is *HERS* and you should have mentally taken it out of your account. I also wondered about the single mother description when her daughters are adults. This is your mistake, learn from it. Move on and remember not to make it again.

Thanks for the laugh!

I don't know the exact numbers because it depends on the child and the year. I would say at least 60 books a year starting around age 7 or 8. Before that it's a little less and most of them are read-aloud.

I guess I have a bit of a different response than the first few posters. It sounds like you want to make it work and really care for this girl. I would tell the mom that in 2 weeks time she needs to make x payment and if she doesn't you will not continue this. It can go either way, it may work or it may not. I'd give it a shot since you sound like you want to do it (as long as I read that right).

I don't know how we haven't heard of this, it looks really cool!

I don't think we will ever conquer Mount Laundry. I think I'm going to start requiring my teens to do their own because they have so much of it!

After only dating some for 4 months, I got married at 25 because I felt I had to and was in love with the thought of being in love. In my experience it is very common in the Catholic church to get married young and felt that I needed to be married. I had a younger sister who had already started a family too. Long story short he was very emotionally abusive and controlling. He abused the word of "God" and kept me away from my family. It took me 6 years to finally leave after becoming pregnant with my 5th kid in those 7 years. I was scared to death to do it because the concept was so foreign to me and didn't have anyone close to me who had gone through it. I am so grateful I left and can't imagine how different my children would be being raised in that environment. I ended up getting married again to an amazing guy that reminds me daily how lucky I am to have him. We celebrate our 10 year anniversary in a few days. :) Knowing what I know now if a marriage isn't working, leaving should be seen as a viable option no matter what the situation is. I used to say I'd never get divorced, and work everything out but it's not that simple. I also agree with the posters who said you should never judge a person for getting divorced unless you've walked in their shoes.

I'll be 63 when my last two graduate. Financially we are very stable. I imagine being surrounded by lots of grandbabies on our farm! Dh will probably work until he can no longer can do so but that could include "retiring" from a job just to start something else. We may open a family bakery (dh would do the business side of it). I'm also interested in flipping houses because I think it would be fun. I'd love to do more art and photography work with my free time also. We will probably travel some but it's not the biggest priority as we've had a lot of opportunities already. We are both lucky to have our health and I hope I will live into my 90's without major health issues just like my grandma has!

I am left handed and did this a lot as a child. I have two left handed kids that have done this also that grew out of it. Since she notices the reversal and doesn't do it while reading I wouldn't be concerned at this point.