To me it sounds like an either/or. Paleo is probably going to be better for us anyway, I like my homemade yogurt. I love yogurt and cheese. Though I think I need to limit that stuff. Not real sure. I haven't delved that deeply. My middle son has GERD, I should have mentioned that at the beginning but forgot to! I was hoping one of these would be beneficial to him as well. Off to find Paleo recipes. Going to start shopping for the paleo kind of stuff rather than willy-nilly.

I understand your position but that wasn't the question. :)

I have started a weight loss wagr through healthywage.com. I am looking at changing my diet and the keto and paleo diets come up the most. I understand the differences but I am looking for a few things. 1. Which, in your opinion, is more kid friendly? I have a 19yo, 15yo and 9yo to feed. 2. Which has easier meals. I really, really don't want to spend 4 hours a day fixing/cooking food. I have to work, clean, school etc. 3. Which, again in your opinion, will cause weight loss faster? 4. Which would actually be more realistic to follow long term, like forever type long term? I am ready to throw everything (well OK almost everything) in the cupboard away (there isn't much, we live in an RV) and start fresh. Tips? Advice? TIA!

Help with a debate please.... Let's say you found a dollar's worth of quarters in a soda machine you were getting a soda at. If you take it, stealing or no? I remember finding change in newspaper machines and payphones when I was a kid. I always checked them when I went into the grocery store. I got to keep the change. However, I know someone who said it is stealing to take the change. What say the hive?

I like the idea but tacos require more than dairy, at least for us lol. Lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream. Wait.... I forgot about taco salad. Taco's for dinner, taco salad for lunch the next day. Genius! :)

We RV full-time so space is at a premium. Especially the fridge. I hate, hate having to go to the store every couple days because our fridge doesn't hold a lot. I need meal ideas that don't contain or contain small amounts of perishables. I already have chili mac on rotation. More ideas please? If I can make just one less trip per week I'd be a... wait for it... happy camper. Oh yes, I said it.

LOL.. I ahve this recipe I want to make... any way to modify it for the IP or can I just cook with it on Saute? https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/01/cheesy-vegetarian-chili-mac/

I have one minor issue with blocked numbers on my cell. Why, for the love of all things good, do I still get notification of a missed call? I blocked the friggin' thing. I don't want to know about it. Ever! :banghead:

Anyone care to share websites with recipes? All I am finding are recipes direct from manufacturers. I don't know if that matters or not but I'd rather have recipes from a recipe site. :)

They need to make a bigger one then, don't they know I have growing boys? Honestly! ;) Wonder if that applies to using it as a slow cooker too? I am always trying to get around the rules! *sigh* Guess I'll still buy it then. Bah. That's a visual. I m sure it tastes good but man... I like buying mine from the store (yup I'm a baby). :)

I am thinking of this from when I was twenty something. There are 10 years within the 20's so we are talking a large swath. Are we talking 21 or 29? Big difference. That said. When I was 20-21 and my parents went on vacation there were different things that would happen. 1. If it was somewhere I didn't want to go then I didn't go, even if I was meh on it. 2. If it was somewhere I did want to go they invited me and if they invited me they would pay. With that though I would help with what I could. 3. If they didn't invite me, usually because they didn't have the money for all of us (I have three younger sisters), I would pay for myself or stay if I didn't have the money. That is how it was for me. Now, if it is were my kids, I would basically do the same thing. If you invite them to come then costs needs to be arranged before hand. Don't make it larger than it needs to be :)

When you say it cooks less than your 7 quart... by how much? I have a 6 quart slow cooker that I use and the only time I have it full to the brim is when I fix spaghetti and meatballs. I add the pasta to it the last hour so I don't have to cook it separate. I was looking at them and the 8 quart is the one I would purchase. I have made yogurt in a slow cooker before and if I recall correctly it was major fiddly (love that word, I will use it more often lol). It involved a towel, time and I only did it once because it wasn't worth the trouble for me. Is it easier in the Instant Pot? I like yogurt. One thing that appeals greatly to me is the being able to cook frozen chicken. YAY for that. I will plan meals for the week but not when so I don't always take the chicken out. Thinking this may be a good idea!

Chili mac tonight... here are other ideas I have been kicking around... though I am going to modify them to try to eliminate some things... chicken, potatoes, onion, cream of mushroom, broccoli, Parmesan. rice (mixed with quinoa?), veggies, cashews Caesar salad - romaine, spinach?, croutons, hard boiled eggs, chicken, Parmesan, That is what is on my sticky note on my desktop, just copied and pasted!

It isn't that I don't want to go to the Doctor, I have been. I go yearly and the doctor looked at my one ear and said it was eczema she didn't mention psoriasis.. She wanted to prescribe me some ear drops but the drops were over $200. I wasn't willing to pay that. I decided to look into alternative methods. Stop eating foods that cause it? Not to be snarky but that isn't helpful. If I knew what was causing it I wouldn't be asking. I don't eat melon as I don't like melons in general. The MSG is interesting. I do try to avoid it but I know I don't always. As for shampoo, I don't use it. I am using baking soda/ACV rinse instead. It must be something in the diet then. Wheat? Dairy? I know those are two known allergen irritants. I am going to look into that book, and perhaps others. Humph, why didn't I think of a book... jeez.

Will it do dishes? ;) Is there a reason NOT to have one then?

I didn't get much info from Google, not unless I wanted to go to the doctor, which I don't. It's just eczema. BUT. I do have it in my ears, nose and on my scalp near my neck. Does anyone know of any tried and true natural remedies? I have a plethora of essential oils and a couple books but they don't really cover eczema well. Such as how much of each EO or how often should I use it. IT isn't really bothersome all the time but it is bothersome enough that I want to try and control it. It started about a year or so ago and it contained to the area I mentioned. Though it is spreading very slowly. It was only in my right ear but about 2-3 weeks ago it started in my left. Any suggestions would be great!

I haven't looked it up but I am assuming (haha) that it is a pressure cooker. What is so great about a pressure cooker. I have a slow cooker. I live in a RV, are pressure cookers worth the space they'd take up? Are they easier than the oven? What's the difference between the pressure cooker and a slow cooker other than, again assuming, pressure? And go!

What software did you use? I have looked into that but the software I have seen was also restrictive of the internet in general. If I used something like this I'd want it to only limit time. KWIM?

Wow! I wasn't expecting the response I had lol. Little more background. He is into programming and "hacking". He likes to try and "hack" games to get things like extra lives "God mode" etc. Please, I am not arguing ethics here just stating what he is doing. He doesn't wipe his history (I can view it anytime) or anything he isn't visiting the dark web. When he is up during daylight he will do his chores etc. I am not concerned with any addictions or anything and he isn't depressed. His sleeping is just backwards from mainstream. *I* have a hard time wrapping my head around it because I wasn't like that as a teenager. I was the first one to leave parties to go to sleep if I had to work the next morning. I needed my sleep lol. What am I saying, I still need my sleep. My oldest went through a phase similar to this as well and I would get on her about it too. She still goes to sleep late but more like 2am instead of later. I have only two concerns with his sleeping schedule. One, quality. We RV full time and while he is sleeping we are all up. He doesn't have his own room to get a good quiet sleep. The hubs, other two kids and myself are up and about doing our thing and he trying to sleep. My second concern, and this may be selfishness on my part, is he doesn't get his chores done when he isn't up during the day. He can't do them at night because he's wake us up, I will say he would do them at night if it was an option. He doesn't need to get up at 8am and go to bed at 10pm. I don't even go to bed till 11-12 myself. I would just prefer him to be awake during more daylight hours and less during nighttime hours. I hope that clears a little mud.

Small hijack, sorry OP! Bike week in Daytona is for motorcycles. IT is usually held around spring break. I can never remember is it is before or after and I lived there for several years! We went once before we had kids. Once as in one day and we never got out of the car. It was bumper to bumper motorcycles. Do motorcycles even have bumpers? Anyway, it was crazy and I never poked my head in Daytona during that time again lol. The Sturgis Rally in SD is the same thing. Just without the beach.

I need some recommendation on how to do this. My 15 year old has taken to the graveyard shift. He goes to sleep around 5-7am a lot of mornings (not all) and doesn't get up until midaftenoon/evening. He does play on his consoles and computer all night and I do know about the blue light etc. The thing is I am asleep when he is up so I have a harder time controlling when he goes to bed. I try to tell him to go to bed at least by 2am but he doesn't always. Do I ease him into a new sleep schedule, shock him into it by making him stay up Which isn't my preferred way but I don't know what would be the easiest. Suggestions on that would be great.

Without looking at the route yet, if you can get by the Badlands they are amazing! We went last year and are heading that way in a week or so. Devil's Tower was pretty cool too! It is to the west of Sturgis. One thing to mention... you haven't said WHEN you are going. If you are going the first week of August into the second week I'd avoid Rapid City to Sturgis etc. Even the Badlands. The Sturgis Rally goes on that time of year. It's like Bike Week in Daytona Beach, just in Sturgis, SD.

My oldest was two months shy of 18, my other two at 15 and 9 don't have one. They don't need them and I can't justify the expense.

Country first, then whatever genre bands like Maroon 5, Twenty One Pilots and Imagine Dragons are in, then Bruno, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor (yup like her), PINK, Gwen...but I like Kansas, Bon Jovi, Phil Collins and more. I'd be here awhile naming them! Maybe I am all over the place lol.

I know that there has to be a thread(s?) that discuss online options for curricula. We are a full-time RV family and I can't have the multi-bookcase worth of books anymore. I want an online program for, at the least, reading (including learning to read, writing and math. I'd also like it to not be strictly a Christian curricula. While I don't mind a little "thumping" I don't want it ingrained, intertwined or teaching that religion is the end all. In other words, if it is like the Apologia curricula I don't want to use it. I did try searching the boards but I didn't come up with anything. I know about these and if you have used them give me a pro/con to them: Time4Learning Khan Academy Yea, that's all I got, LOL. Not much. Any help is appreciated!