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We are not pukers here--it's very rare. I've never thrown up much, and didn't at all when I was pregnant (I just had vague nausea all the time, whee). My 9yo hasn't puked since she was about 4, but she is deathly afraid of it, which kind of worries me. I feel a bit that way myself but she really takes it farther.
One of my best friends is the mom of a family of pukers. She considers it routine to throw up (on average) about once a week. Her kids will puke on the slightest provocation, especially if they're excited or sick.
I guess there's a wide variety of people in the world!
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Well, I am. Tears are never all that far away these days. For one thing, I got older and became a mother, which made me more sensitive about things happening to other people. Then it's just been a tough few years and, I don't know, my heart's been broken a bit? It's to the point that I don't even care as much if somebody sees--until very recently my feeling was that I'd rather die than have somebody see me cry!
Maybe we've all just been having a tough time for a while now?
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Terry Pratchett would be a great choice. Don't start with the first one though--start with Mort (the first couple aren't very good, you can send them later). There are lots of good suggestions here!
I also agree with the classics/chunksters idea (maybe not Madame Bovary). And there are tons of great non-fiction chunksters out there of history and religion and biography.
One of the best uplifting memoirs I've ever read is Jacques Lusseyran's "And There Was Light." Check the synopsis--the second half of the book is about his work in the French Underground during WWII. He was sent to a concentration camp, but he only spends about a page on that period of his life and it's not graphic at all, so see what you think.
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Ha, that reminds me of that time on the US "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" when Drew Carey referred to Africa as a country, and was ribbed about it for the rest of the show, if not the whole season.
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I hope this truly does become a turning-point for the endemic problem of sexual violence and its toleration in India (better yet in the whole area. Continent? World?).
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Even when I was still Christian, I never understood why this [Noah's ark] was considered a lovely children's story.
Wanna know my personal theory? Sure you do! :D Well, back when everyone was a lot stricter about Sabbath-day observance (the 19th century, for example) the number of activities a child could do on a Sunday was very limited indeed. A kid could read a book, but it had to be a church kind of book, so there were two choices in most households: the Bible and Pilgrim's Progress. Thus we get PP as a popular classic through the generations. And if a kid was going to play with toys, they would have to be religious toys. A Noah's ark--essentially a zoo set when you strip it of the wider context--makes a very good Sunday toy for a small child, and many, many children had them. If a family had toys at all, an ark was a pretty basic and universal toy to have. Just look at all the older children's books that mention Noah's ark as a toy, and make it clear that there was a cultural solidity to it. Noah and Mrs. Noah are even described as having a distinctive look, just like we know exactly what Batman looks like.
So for at least a couple of hundred years, we've had the idea that Noah's ark = children's zoo set.. I don't know if there are that many Bible stories that can be turned into toys. Yes, you pretty much leave out all of the story except the animals, but it's a toy for tiny children.
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I would have them say something similar, but not those exact words. To someone who's going to be looking for anything they can to criticize, having your kids say "We don't talk about that," might sound a bit... ominous. Know what I mean? I'd go with something like, "My mom says that you should talk to her if you have any questions about our school."
Absolutely spot-on. "We don't talk about that" will result in a call to CPS. "Let's go talk with my mom" or similar would work much better.
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Can you take the week off and make your kids do lots of housework while you rest? The whining might not be worth it but it sounds like a win/win to me...
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I have to agree with the others above--I'm not just worried about your happy homeschooling, I'm concerned for your marriage. If your husband is going to cave under pressure and you two won't be united in the face of his family's treatment of you, then that is a really big problem.
Your in-laws should not be treating you this way over any issue that isn't actually illegal. Not politics, not religion, not education. That's simple human respect and decency. Your choices for your family are between you and your husband, and anyone who tries to come between you and undermine the marriage is not someone you should be moving close to.
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We see children's deaths as unremittingly tragic. I don't think God sees it that way. And children have died throughout history--we live in an unusual age, where a child's death is an unusual and awful event, but until pretty recently (and still today, in many parts of the world), a child's death was an awful but common event.
My church's doctrine tells me that little children are alive in Christ, so yes, they go directly to be with God. They are OK. It's those of us who live in this difficult world, left behind, who feel it as a tragedy. And believe me I do feel it that way! But they are in heaven--taken home sooner than some of us--but they are home.
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We did a grand clean-out of the kids' room, and did a lot of cleaning in the schoolroom (it's also my sewing room and after my Christmas sewing frenzy it was BAD, not to mention the kids' mess). All the Christmas stuff is put away too. We've deep-cleaned bathrooms, etc.
I'd like to spend the week resting and reading, but apparently that is not going to happen! :)
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No to all of them. That's just how it is in our house--no TV or computers in bedrooms. If they play on our tablets that has to be in common rooms too.
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Yes, my post is also gone. Will it come back? Who knows? :D
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Yeah, I hear you. It is no fun. :grouphug:
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Here's my wrapup post. Meanwhile I have 3 books on my desk here waiting to be blogged about.
The Return of the Native--wonderful book.
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror--I was hoping for Bellairs-esque fun, but I think this book crosses a line. Not recommended for kids (it's a children's book). Teens, OK--but I didn't enjoy it the way I hoped to.
Nightingale Wood--by Stella Gibbons, author of Cold Comfort Farm. A nice 30s novel with lots of unhappy people who are suitably rewarded in the end. Fun, and not quite as fluffy as you'd think.
I think there were some other books too...Christmas did a number on my brain, I'm sure you all know what I mean!
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I take Oracea. It's very mild but it works wonders. Metrogel never did much for me, but with Oracea the breakouts are nearly gone. If I run out for several days, bam. My skin is still reddish, and I'm not sure anything would fix that at this point.
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My kids do have jobs, but they also produce an amazing amount of mess without noticing. I feel like I'm drowning in their stuff, and then they look around at the mess and say "I picked up all of my stuff." :glare:
We do have way too much stuff without any place to put it. I would kill for a basement. It's not junk, it's just that we all have interests and we have a small house. My sewing stuff, his computer/soldering stuff, their crafty stuff--it's all used and wanted, but where do we put it?
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I'm so sorry you're going through this, Julie. :grouphug: I have no advice except to keep breathing.
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Oh, I'm so sorry this happened to you! Will pray that this gets resolved quickly.
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Family members. Other people in the house who have a lot of stuff they don't want to get rid of, and want to go through themselves but they never do.
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Yes indeed. THANK YOU for staying home and not infecting lots of people who don't want an extra unpleasant Christmas gift!
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WOW. That is an amazing, wonderful gift! I'm getting all teary here, that's so great! I sew too and I know the value of a nice space to work in.
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I used to work at an elementary school in Orinda! It's a lovely town full of very very wealthy people who can afford to keep a lovely town. Also a really great fancy bakery (I worked there too). The schools there are quite good as CA schools go.
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No, I wouldn't change things. I've cleaned or tidied or done dishes, but changing, no. Even the TP hanging under is often done for a reason at other people's houses (f. x. naughty cats will undo a whole roll of TP if it's hung over).
Young adults/older child and your income...
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You have to do that for the aid. My parents did not tell me their income all the time, but they put it on the forms, so I knew at that time. Please just do it.