My guys were/are redneck dorks. In their teen years they invited friends over to play airsoft (shooting each other with airsoft guns) or blow something up or tear something apart and work on it. They never got into the video games or stuff like that.

Yep--along the same lines, I'd roast them then add them and make sure to simmer awhile to marry the flavors.

Looking at the wide variety of hats available and their scope of colors and patterns, I would venture to guess that they were never meant to match any outfit.

Though twerking would be a fun skill to have at parties, I doubt it would help you at the gym. Do some of the exercises at home in front of a mirror to see what the coaches are talking about.

Well, the scale (for me) lead to an unhealthy relationship between it and me. I grew up hearing about women my height who weighed considerable less than I and thought I could weigh that, too. So, I tried to get down to that level. People thought I had cancer or something else wrong with me since I was skin and bones though heavier than that "ideal" number in my head. I don't weigh myself now and refuse to look at the number when the doctor weighs me. I go more by how I look in the mirror, my measurements, and if my clothes fit. And I think I am blissfully happier being unaware.

I love wallpaper. I have wallpapered a ceiling in a bathroom and it looks lovely.

So, over $100 per month to feel confident? $1200 per year? Do you think others are looking at your nails and eyebrows and judging (they can't see your feet...)? Or are you justifying this for some other reason? I dunno--I am not a girlie girl and have never noticed others' nails, dress in men's clothing and feel pretty darn confident.

People seem to have the opinion of farmer's markets as being these wholesome food utopias. I have a friend who grows produce for the farmer's market and claims that a lot of the produce sold there is not grown by locals but purchased in bulk at wholesale places. Maybe even Costco. But, they jack up the price and people think it is local and therefore, healthier.

Thanks for all the replies! I guess I am conflicted. On the one hand--more food=yay! On the other hand, this is a sit down meal--everyone has a place at a table and I get out my fancy dishes and crystal and silver. And I plan for a month in advance and start cooking a couple of weeks in advance. I usually way over do it and have tons of leftovers. I have been specific when they ask telling them to just bring their smiling faces and good appetite and I have everything else covered. Guess I will look at it as a blessing in case something doesn't turn out!

I am having a dinner party Christmas Eve--25 to 27 or more people. I provide and cook everything--appetizers, main dishes, desserts. I will have plenty of drinks alcoholic and non. You tell guests not to bring anything but they do anyway--usually a side dish. Would this bug you? They aren't bringing things because they have special dietary requirements.

Some of the medications for bedwetting can cause weight gain.

I just usually pay them as soon as they come in the door (paper ones) and pay the ones online as soon as I see the notice in my inbox. It helps that I put the bills on the kitchen counter and my checkbook is in a drawer right by them. I can't avoid seeing them that way.

Permission granted. I don't have a tree up and my house is sparsely decorated. My kids are older and don't want much this year so there really wasn't anything to put under a tree. We usually have a party sometime around the holidays and that is the only time anyone other than us would even see the decorations. You are not alone in not being in the mood! Several people I know, me included, are not "feeling" it. I have been blasting Christmas music the last few days and it has helped some. I do miss how nice our house looks when decorated but so far I do not miss the work at all and I will just enjoy other's efforts instead.

My 24 year old wants a pony motor for his bulldozer. He's getting socks and underwear.

Well, I am a very fine and tuneful whistler and take offense to all your responses. And right now I'm whistling Baby It's Cold Outside..... :lol:

Really? Nothing grosser than cow's milk? Fermented duck eggs? Rocky mountain oysters? Balut? Pig uterus? Visit an international market and see what the rest of the world eats.

Life is not fair.

Counting calories would suck all the joy out of eating out so I would count them as zero and chow down.

I haven't checked the New Rules books lately--any idea why the New Rules of Lifting for Life does not get very good reviews on Amazon? I like to shake things up every so often....

Well, I consider myself to be fairly strong for a 56 year old and I never could do a pull-up. Ever. I am working my way through New Rules of Weightlifting for Women, again. I had done it a year ago or so--I tore a muscle/strained a ligament/did something bad while doing pushups and am now getting back to doing them in a modified manner (not going as deep). I have a weight cage at home and use free weights plus an Olympic weight bar.

Has he seen a physical therapist?

Oh, where do I even begin.... In college, as a summer job I worked on a research farm where I got to count insect populations on soybeans. So, we took soybean samples, froze them and then spent days going through the samples logging all the different kinds of insects we saw. Then, along the same lines, I got to take defoliated soybean leaves and scan each one into a computer, digitally zap the defoliated area so the sound leaf area could be measured, thus determining (for the researcher) how much defoliation resulted in loss of yield. A soybean plant has a lot of leaves..... I also had a temp job working in a bank where all I did for 8 hours was add receipts using an adding machine. All day every day. Another temp job was working for a foundry-- filing, and typing in work orders. So many levels of boredom.

Party! Can be a bit more formal than a hootenanny.

He might not covet it knowing that it is a 1955 machine! My son got a 'two-fer' deal--the guy sold him two of these machines for a very reasonable price. They both needed some work but they do run! So, imagine your place with TWO of them! Amazing how many folks around here need dozer work now that they know he owns some machines.

My 24 year old mechanic son is adding to his collection of fun things.