A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo?

We like the Horrible Geography books. We use them as a supplement. We have all of them and none of them have potty humor. The same for the Horrible Science and Horrible History books that we have. Granted, we don't have all of those. But, the ones we do have don't have any potty humor in them. The worst we've found is the word "dummy".

My 13 yr old son has decided he wants to be a police officer. I'm looking for ideas on how I can better prepare him for this occupation. If you or someone you know is in law enforcement can you please give me some ideas? Thank you so much!

We have all our picture books on a dedicated bookcase. My 12, 10, and 9 year old still pick them up often. I wouldn't bet on your son setting them aside for good any time soon. You can never have too many books.

My husband loves pranks, although nothing too serious. It was something his family would do while on vacations... early wake up calls, short sheeting the beds, baby powder in the shower head... He was from California and we were getting married in Texas (where I'm from). My dad would joke about being country so him and my brother showed up in overalls. Thankfully they changed before the ceremony started. When we kissed all the groomsmen and bridesmaids held up snickers and a sign that said "It'll be a while". The groomsmen put a crown on my husband's head right before we walked back down the aisle. That was a tradition among his friends. The Chinese friend got one of those hats the rice farmers would wear. Another friend got a Superman cape. During the reception my husband got kidnapped and I was handed his pants to carry around and ask for money (they had tied the legs closed). Of course our car was decorated. Thankfully a dear friend was monitoring and wouldn't let them put anything obscene. Although, they did put confetti in the vents. They did joke about doing something to our hotel room, but all they did was leave a note saying they were there and to have a good time.

After telling a very close sil a name we considered (and actually named) our daughter we decided we wouldn't tell people anymore. We've learned people have less to say after the baby is born. That became the rule for the next 4 children. Funny enough, there were people that were actually offended that we wouldn't tell them.

I really really disliked how they started the movie. If everyone from Asgard died then what was the point of Ragnarok? I'm eager to see Part 2, but this first one isn't one I'll likely watch over and over.

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If you go through Texas you'll feel like you'll be there forever.

We had a similar situation as you. My sister and her family were coming here, from out of state, to find property. They would be here for a week. My husband is not a dog person, especially chihuahuas. For some reason he really hates them. We agreed that they could stay with us, but could not bring their dogs. When my bil said they won't be staying with us if he can't bring his dog (claims it's a therapy dog) I talked my husband into changing his mind. I wish I hadn't done that. We set up some rules for them. 1. The dogs (yes, they have two chihuahuas) had to stay on a leash at all times when outside. If they needed to be off the leash we could build a pen for them. We have free ranging ducks, geese, and chickens. Not to mention we have cows, but I doubt the dogs would go chasing them. The moment they got here my bil took his dog outside. He came back in and said he let it off the leash and it didn't chase any of our animals. The last day they were here he said the dog chased some of our chickens, "but only to get them away from where you didn't want them to be". Ummm My chickens free range. There isn't an inch of this property I don't want them to be. 2. The dogs are not allowed on the furniture. Of course they didn't just let the dogs on the furniture, but would say, "They aren't on the furniture. They are on me." Not to mention the dogs snapping at my children, because they weren't used to small kids. So, my kids had to away from them since they aren't kids friendly. 3. No smoking in the house. So, he smoked outside and left his cigarette butts on the ground. Not to mention me having to constantly pick up after their three teenage kids. And, the conversation I had with my bil about how I was trying to cut out pork to see if that was the cause for some allergy problems I was having. Then he offers to make us dinner and cooks a pork roast with no alternative protein. I kept my mouth shut for everything except for my bil's constant cussing and dirty jokes. Needless to say, when they needed a place to stay until their house was built we did not offer up our home. Since they moved here a year ago we've only seen them twice.

There are different companies that do this, avoid them all except Hilton. Hilton is really proud of their "#1 in customer satisfaction" thing, and they're not willing to jeopardize that rep. They'll do a 2-hour tour of the resort and the moment 2 hours is up, you can go on your way. If you can say "no", you can get a killer deal on vacations. Less than $200 bucks for 4 days in Orlando, and you get $200 back, or like $600 for 6 days in Hawaii, right on the beach. Just avoid the high-pressure guys (non-Hilton) like the plague.

I don't have any suggestions, but would love to see some also. I absolutely love that movie!

Why are you taking care of your grandchildren?

I don't really have picky eaters. There are things that some of them don't like. I try to keep their likes and dislikes in mind when I'm cooking. I do make them try things if I'm confident they will like it or if they've never had it before. There are some things that I do "majority rules". For example most of the people in my family only like fish if it's fried. I can get the youngest ones to try it baked, but that's a lot of work to fry fish and bake it. So, I just fry all the fish. The dinner battles I have are when someone suddenly says they don't like something. Then I make them eat it, even if it takes them all night. It usually doesn't. lol That's when I decide we are having dessert that night and suddenly that person has no problem finishing their food quickly.

My in-laws LOVE Disneyland. They even buy season passes and live 6 hours away. I was 23 the first time I went so maybe the fact that I wasn't a child kind of jaded my view of the place. I didn't have any children yet, either. I found the place to be overrated. I was shocked at how clean it was, but I was unimpressed with the rides. I think people go more for the experience. I've gone since having children and can definitely see it being an enchanting place for children. Even the rides. I found California Adventures to be a complete waste. There were probably only two rides that I enjoyed and even my children were bored with what they had to offer. We walked back to Disneyland (we had a park hopper pass). Overall I wouldn't save up to go, but if my mother-in-law offers to pay again we would go. We've only ever gone with them, anyway.