I have only ever heard of a cyclone being a tornado.

So the dress was blue and black after all? I guess I never knew how that turned out. Interesting.

Dump all your Legos on the floor. I think burglars would be scared of my house.

Did the friend ask for advice? Because unless they asked, they probably do not want your advice. If they did ask, they still probably do not really want an answer. Everyone has a different body and system. IF worst came to worse, I would tell the person to see their doctor. Thyroid problems can be under diagnosed and if the person is asking my advice, then chances are, they already tried conventional things and whatever else on the internet for advice.

I haven't read it all so I don't really know what the kids are doing, BUT, if my children's behavior were so bad that I was considering withholding Christmas, I would spank before I would withhold Christmas. I rarely rarely spank.

Since it was the end of class and the teacher had brought the kids up front, she was turning away at the time, stopping the music and getting the stampers out. But I am bothered that she never noticed throughout that something was going on. But then again, I did notice and should have spoken up. I am very frustrated/angry with myself for not speaking up in the first place.

Eggs benedict and orange juice.

It would be none of my business. I think it is nosey to want to know and it just lends to the stigma. People want to know only because they have these ideas about the mental health stuff and they would treat the child different. But that is not ok. The stigma is a far bigger problem than any mental health issue.

My 5 yr old got bullied at gymnastics. I saw it going on from the distance but since I was not standing next to them, I was not 100% sure, but it looked like it. Then, when the class was over and the teacher called everyone to the front, my daughter came running to the front and sat down on the mat with the other kids. The one girl turns and shoves her over (causing her to fall) and tells her "get away from me! I don't like you!" My daughter looked so sad! I wished I had said something to that nasty girls mom. My daughter would not talk about it at the time. But then, the next week, when it was time to go to class, she broke out bawling and did not want to go. It seemed on that day that she was being bullied throughout much of the class and the teachers either didn't notice or just didn't get involved. Now it has been another week and she won't talk about it. My daughter was massively in to gymnastics. I am so upset that she was treated this way. My heart is broken for her. I wonder if I should have spoken up to the other parent at the time. But I am not a confrontational person. What should I have done? Also, would you just take her again or wait until she is ready and asks to go again? She won't even watch her gymnastics movies she had now. I am so upset that I did not say anything to someone about it at the time. But I did not know what to do.

I thought it sounded fine until you mentioned travel time. I wouldn't do it then.

Jacobs is not easy. It is very thorough and covers everything that Foersters covers. It just explains things so well that it makes algebra more enjoyable.

I would give it to adult foster kids in transitional care.

this is what I am thinking. Perhaps a manic phase.

if she has bipolar, then i would call the doctor.

SO Remember the college student I bought the Architect Legos for? I have been rethinking it. I asked him if it would bother him to help my kids put together their Legos on Christmas and he said if they needed help, he would help them. It wasn't a "oh yes! I love doing that!" it was more of a "if they needed help..." kind of thing. And my husband is out of work right now. Last year, I gave my teen, who is a big guy, slippers that never got opened. He quickly grew and since then, I gave him a bigger size. I do not think college student saw that and even if he did, they are generic looking slippers from Penneys. I am thinking maybe I should wrap those slippers and then add a note that I am buying him a 1 semester subscription to WSJ like he mentioned that he really wanted. That would be $15. Good idea? Or am I being a complete cheese?

how many days later?

Still unconscious. I thought of making another post and asking what anyone makes of this.

If I had the money I would go. I would not have gone if the election had gone the other way. Not even if they paid me.

I would hold on to everything for now. Even if he comes home and says they are really broken up, they might get back together in the future.

((hugs)) I want to say about the dad though, I always gave my dad a pass because he just always went along with my mom. But eventually, I had to accept that he was just hiding behind her. IF my husband told me not to buy a gift for one of the kids, I would have anyway. If he told me to skip my grandchild's birthday party, it would have been an FU and I would have gone anyway. Your dad is not unable to do what he wants, regardless of "keeping peace." It was long and hard for me to accept that my dad was doing what he was doing, but he is responsible for his own actions. If your child shoplifts and tells you he did it because another child was doing it, would you say "oh, well, then, ok, that is fine, you were just going along with him." No, you would be angry and punishments would be had. This is no different.

Frivolous post here...which is ok to have something on the light side. How do you coordinate your wrapping paper? I am headed back to the store to exchange my new wrapping paper because here is what I have...I have some light blue Elsa paper that I am putting some of daughter's presents in, some green paper with Santa on it, and some white with a red truck on it that has a tree in the bed of the truck. The rest of the paper that has not been opened is green or blue. And I have no red paper at all. It seems so redundant. So I am returning the blue and green new paper that hasn't been opened and picking up something with more variety. Silly? How do you all do your paper? All matching? Coordinating? Like I said..this might be the most light hearted post of the week.

You won't want to be even a second late for this. The service is important and not a come and go thing. There are a lot of things to the service. Plan to be there at least a few minutes early and possibly stay late. It will last an hour.

My husband brought up to me tonight that one of my family members, who is clearly half white and half black (her mom was white, do not know about her dad, she is adopted in to our family so do not know about the biodad) does not seem to see herself as black. I think she identifies as white even though she looks more black than anyone I know who is half and half white and black. When I was younger, you could not tell my heritage much I guess. But now, and in my adult years, my hair is clearly very tightly wound dark dark colored ringlets, to put it mildly. If anyone asks my race, I generally refuse to answer. IF someone else guesses, they guess white. Sometimes, I think I should just check mark almost everything. LOL....In the past, when they ask race, I answer "human" or "humanoid" ..well, that is my end of the story on that.

What do you make of this? I feel so out of the loop (as I have mentioned before) from relatives anymore. I get this tid bit and that tid bit. I know only time will tell, but I am just wondering if anyone has dealt with this. This is an older relative over 70 yrs old, but early 70's. He had a quadruple bypass surgery yesterday. Apparently, when they tried to wake him up today, they could not. His blood pressure would drop. They decided to wait and try again tomorrow. I think this all sounds awful. And I mentioned it to a friend of mine who is a doctor (but not a cardiologist) and she said to prepare for the worst. When I asked a relative what hospital he was at (he is on the other side of the country) I got told to not worry about it, not like I can send flowers or anything to where he is at. It sounds like or feels like they have all given up. I guess I will just wait and see what happens tomorrow. Anyone deal with this before?

It is not this way from my experience, but biracial was a way of life I guess for me my entire life. People just never referenced race. And white was kind of considered nothing, so I have seen someone who has Hispanic blood reference themselves as Hispanic, but that is not meant to exclude the white part. White seems to be ..well,...nothing. I guess I have just never known any biracial people to sit around talking about their race. I might say I am Danish, but I do not mean I am 100% Danish. I might also say I am American Indian, but I do not mean 100% American Indian, and so on. I think I would usually say "part" Danish or "part" American Indian or "part" Irish...or I might say I AM that..it just never mattered. You know, now that I think about it, I have never ever known anyone in real life that is part white and part black to just call themselves white OR black. I have only seen it on media. And I try not to let media do too much to form my view of the world.