I'm a big Peanuts fan so I was very wary of the new movie. But it turned out to be terrific! They stayed true to the original animation style, they didn't try to modernize it, they hit all the best jokes and references and the story was charming. I loved it and my three year old was mesmerized by his first movie and sat completely still the whole time.

My brother is the same way. He's a very angry, unhappy person and he blames it all on our childhood and Mom. I was raised in the same home by the same Mom and have very positive memories of childhood. I don't know where he's getting his negativity.

I had one once, the Doctor called it Bartholin Gland Cyst. http://www.webmd.com/women/tc/bartholin-gland-cyst-topic-overview

Ask around at churches and community centers. Our church has a basketball "team." I say it with quotes because it's really more about learning the fundamentals and having fun than competing. But the whole season is $25. If you could find something like that it's very affordable.

I'd go to the Mommy party. It's people you already know vs. acquaintances and cookies vs. ornaments. Social anxiety and my tummy win every time!!

When people manufacture drama then get pissy at you when you attempt a solution. If people just want to marinate in their own issues, fine. But don't try to make me attend the party.

I just mentally adjust any arrival times by 15 minutes. If I have to be somewhere at 9:30 I shoot for 9:15. That way, when someone has to use the toilet last minute or can't find that particular pair of socks they ABSOLUTELY NEED, then even when I'm running ten minutes late, I'm really not.

That would be a big old NOPE for me. I don't have time for drama or stress, real or perceived in my life. I see FB as inviting those people into my living room. If I wouldn't want the physical person around me, there's no way I'm frending them on FB.

I worked in a school after care program and we had a girl named Tequila.

No advice about a metal detector. However, I once lost my wedding ring off a friend's dock. The bottom of the lake was covered with aquatic weeds and we couldn't see anything. Friend's Dad attached his trolling motor to the dock and gently blew the weeds around. We were able to catch a glimpse of the metal, half buried in the sand and snatched it up. Maybe try using a leaf blower to the same effect. If you blow away all the leaves and stir the grass, you might be able to see it. I hope you find it!!!

I hate 1-2-3, they're just awful! I vote that you only watch 4-5-6. Dh adamantly states that the only correct way to watch Star Wars is 4-5-1-2-3-6!

I saw an FB post earlier today about how much simple fun kids have with a big cardboard box and crayons. Maybe see if you can find a long one that will accommodate stretched out legs, add a pillow for sitting and let them go to town with colors and their imagination.

Yikes!! Wrong thread!

Anna Buelah. Beulah is kind of different but kind of pretty at the same time.

My Dh uses a Roku box on our TV, something about picking up signals from our antenna or the internet or something. It has a feature where you can plug headphones into the remote. So when I'm doing school planning he can watch his Star Trek and I don't have to hear about what the Klingons are up to. If your Mom needs her TV up distractingly loud, it might be worth looking into some sort of system with headphones so it doesn't cause you and your family stress.

I'd be a little sad, I chose my kids' names very carefully and have meanings behind each of them. But at the end of the day, as long as it wasn't something ridiculous like Batman Thunder Fist, I'd get over it pretty quickly.

Our intention is to have a Date Night once a month, but we often simply forget. I'd say once every two months is pretty accurate. Our Date Nights usually consist of dinner out. We'll often just go for a hike on some local trails too if we're feeling broke.

I remember having a tornado drill during a very bad storm in Elementary school one year. You guys are making me think it was the real thing and they just "told" us it was a drill. Now I feel like a goober.

My cousin has a little guy named Eoin. I've always just assumed that's the way it's spelled.

I would love to be able to Crochet, but I seem to have a mental block against it. I have had two separate people try to teach me, I have watched YouTube videos, I have read instruction books, studied websites, I simply cannot do it. I makes me sad. There are such adorable patterns out there! I can't seem to French Braid either, though I have soldiering away at that. My poor, patient daughter.

If you wait till they go on sale after Christmas, it won't be a Christmas Tree, it will be Random Living Room Tree For No Logical Reason.

Yes, he doesn't rely on cussing and innuendo to be edgy and relevant. He's got a sharp sense of humor and he's goofy, but there's a lot of substance behind it. I really enjoy his shows.

My 10 year old daughter and I just finished reading "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin and this summer she read "Year of the Rat." She very much enjoyed both of them and was tickled to discover they were by the same author.

This is a group of young folks from our church and I could listen to this song on repeat all day long. I know it's just the one song, but I love it!

Yes, they'll clamber all over you. Sniff you and tickle your face with their whiskers. Think of them as tiny little hyperactive puppies. There are lots of videos on line of kids training them to do mazes. They'll run in a ball forever. My daughter builds them elaborate mazes with toilet paper tubes. And they've got such cute little personalities. One of ours is very bold and outgoing. She'll stretch up and try to sniff the cats when they come around. Her sister is more sweet, a little shy at first.