If I saw someone wearing that I don't know if I have enough self-control to keep myself from yelling "Ahoy!"

I ex-friend and I were having a dispute. Something that we should have been able to work through, and I thought we were. That is until I found out she was forwarding my half of our conversation texts to another friend for them to gossip about. I cut that friendship off there and then. I refuse to participate in some low-class Middle School drama nonsense. If it's information like a flier, I don't see a problem with it. But if it is a personal conversation there is an assumption that it's between the two of you and I wouldn't forward it without permission.

Yeah, cold is exactly the feeling I get from that. If it had wood flooring it would probably be much more inviting. I do like the indoor bridge, walkway thing, that's kind of cool! And an indoor pool would be amazing here in Michigan.

My oldest guy has one more activity to do and he'll become a Webelo. He's SO excited! And my youngest son gets to be a Lion next year and is really looking forward to getting to participate in all the fun stuff he's been watching his brother do these last few years. More than half of our Scouts this year were Homeschoolers, which I think is awesome! The local Elementary school hosts the actual meetings, but despite my DH actively recruiting at the start of the year fair, there's very little interest by the public school kids.

I get it pretty frequently. I clearly remember the first time it happened, back in First Grade. It scared me because I had no idea what was going on. Now when it happens I just chuckle and think about the line from Matrix "There must be a glitch in the Matrix."

I used to get them frequently. Luckily mine have been managed by chiropractic care. When I do get one I treat it with the hottest shower I can stand and a quiet, dark room.

Our little town in $72,561, in the nearby largish city, $48,847.

I have often wondered how much trouble I'd get in if I bought a flame thrower and used that to clear my walk.

I used one on my elbow and it worked.

My Dh and I spent three nights in Philadelphia and had the most wonderful time! We walked EVERYWHERE, saw all the historic sites, had some delicious meals and got a hotel room with an enormous Jacuzzi tub. It was glorious!

"No," BigMamaBird answers as she starts another episode of Bones.

Weird!! This is going to be one of those threads that I ponder for a while and then it will randomly pop into my head in October or something, wondering if you'd come up with an answer. You said your kids were in school. But could someone gotten a case of Spring Fever and cut a class or two? Not to malign your kids or anything, but that's the only reasonable solution I can think of.

I know many people who work at our local homeless shelter. The women and children's building has this huge machine, it looks like an industrial dishwasher. All of a person's belongings are put into a crate and sent into this machine and it heats it up to a high enough temperature to kill any bed bugs or other parasites so the shelter doesn't get an infestation. My friends who work there say that room has the most unpleasant stink. Hundreds of peoples' personal goods, many with hygiene issues, getting cooked on a regular basis. Just wafting together in one tiny, overheated room. Blurg.

I just bought some new deodorant. I was walking around the other day and I kept smelling my Grandma's old house. I couldn't imagine where it was coming from and actually started to wonder if I was having some sort of stroke or something. Then I realized it was my new deodorant! It's Chamomile scented. If you asked me to pin down how my Grandma's house used to smell I couldn't do it for a million dollars. But just one whiff of my deodorant and I'm having flashbacks to my childhood! My Mom and Dad both have very distinct odors too. I couldn't tell you what they smelled of, but I could pick their clothes out of a pile if I had to. I can't smell myself, but I hope it isn't unpleasant to others. Gee. Now I feel like I need to clean my house. What if my children's childhood memory smell is something nasty like "Boy Bathroom" or "Burnt Grilled Cheese."

I never watch the Oscars. I haven't seen any of the films that were up for best picture. The last movie I saw was when I took my 4 y/o to see Monster Truck. Not exactly award material!. That said, I saw a clip of what happened and I thought the cast of the losing movie handled themselves very gracefully.

My dd was born with a particular condition (it has turned out to be extremely minor) but sitting in the hospital, sleep deprived, hormones raging, diagnosis up in the air, I resorted to Googling it. BAD idea! All of the absolute worst case scenarios popped up complete with horrific full color pictures. I was an complete wreck. Luckily issues were quickly medically eliminated. But the nurses and I agreed that Google should be disabled in all Mother/Baby wards!

That's whack-a-doodle. The hostess pays to host the shower. I think it's okay to politely ask some close friends to bring some food or drink. But to "pay your share" is not cool.

We've always homeschooled all of our children, but we have plans to send the oldest to a really good private Christian High School when she's old enough.

We don't "do" Valentine's Day, so I don't expect anything. But it would be nice if I didn't have to clean up dog pee, dog barf, wash the dog after she dug in the mud, clean up the shards after the 2 y/o broke one of my favorite bowls, have the pantry door fall off in my hand and take the kids to a Valentine's party at Chuck E. Cheese. Dh did get me a Nutty Bar though. Unexpected Little Debbie treats cover a multitude of frustrations.

Never. I buy the pack of 8 cotton Hanies undies at the grocery and wear them till they're shot.

Oh goodness. This is terrifying. My 8 year old ds is the same way. I was hoping he'd grow out of it sooner rather than later. But if your son is 13 and is still is La-la Land I have no hope.

Thank you!

Thank you for the update. Every time I see your Avatar I think of you and your situation. I'm so glad your marriage made it! I'm glad things are as good as they are. You're an amazing person and are very much loved here.

We've been learning about Islam this week. While covering the 5 Pillars I showed them a documentary video produced by an Islamic man about the Hajj. The thing that struck me the most is the absolute sheer number of people! I can't get over how crowded it is. Just watching the video stresses me out a little bit. I realize that the Pilgrimage is supposed to be made during a certain time, but I honestly don't know if I could do it if I were Muslim. That's just SO MANY people!! So my question is, could you go to all the locations and structures any time or is the communion with others of your faith part of the point? Google says this year's Hajj is the end of August beginning of September, but could you go now? Would it count as your 5th Pillar obligation or must you go during the official Hajj? Have any of you gone? What was it like?

I wouldn't let my child go to an unknown person's home. I'm sorry if it hurt your feelings, but a child's safety comes before someone else's feelings. Wasn't there just a thread about the "Polite Woman?" The fear of standing up for ourselves at the risk of offending someone? This is a prime example.