Thank you so much for the replies. Sadly, we are really financially strapped right now. We adore our dog though so we will have to see what we can do for her. I don't want to cause chronic issues.:tongue_smilie:

:001_huh: Our family dog (Bella) has been acting funny since yesterday. We thought she was sick and figured out she has hurt her back. Has anyone dealt with this before? Do we go to the vet? We have a heat pad on her back right now although I think icing is better (?). How on earth do you ice a dog back? She is a mutt, about 40 pounds. She is not overweight. My poor baby! She is going really slow. A couple of times she has tried to stretch and you can see it pinches and she stops. Any suggestions?

I think there was recently a big discussion on that. You may want to use the search to look up. I have some ideas but we are just about to start a movie.;) Puss in Boots! Enjoy your teaching, there is so much fun stuff to teach.

I actually think carpet is easier to keep clean. I have never understood people's idea that hard floors are so much easier to keep clean. I think that they are often gritty and hairy. Yes, WHEN they are clean it is nice but 10 minutes later, they could use sweeping again. I like a brown (coffe and dirt) colored carpet. I had that in my last house and it was wonderful and pretty. I will get that again soon.

Everyone's Hero! It is a really sweet baseball movie that was actually had Christopher and Dana Reeve (post accident) as the writers or directors or something. Great movie.

I don't know if we have handled this right but we told our son all about the normal curiosity and ALL of that stuff but I told him it is like taking drugs where you can't shake the desire for more and more and more. It can ruin (albeit, it CAN be overcome) your innocence, your purity of mind and heart. It seems to be a large hurdle to overcome and it is not openly talked about so it is in your mind and Satan can mess with you.

Great thread!

I was laughing so hard my kids came running in! Oh my goodness I think I am a bit of a grammar snob. Of course, I do most of my typing on my iPhone so I can't possibly be held responsible for any of my own gramm.......I mean......typing errors.;) Seriously, I looked back over what I wrote and the darn spell check thing had changed three of my words I had typed. I am so glad I looked it over. OK, I am going to check it all again!

Bumping -- I need thoughts!

That is why I asked here because I kind of got a similar yes/no answer online!:tongue_smilie: So, I feel kind of rotten but I have a surprise party tomorrow. Should I go? I have been in bed today and have been sleeping a lot but, my plan is to be all better tomorrow. (it's a great plan!). I have no fever now. It was just low grade last night. What say ye?

If it is, for how long?

Is acute bronchitis contagious? I have a surprise birthday party to attend tomorrow. Do I need to skip it? If I am contagious--how long? I haven't been official diagnosed but I did research and I am sure that is what is wrong with me.

Praying :grouphug:

Olive oil and salt (we use Bertolli light tasting olive oil) also you can add smoked paprika on top. (Costco sells large containers of smoked paprika) We also love olive oil with Johnny's seasoning salt. Delish!

Praying for you.:grouphug:

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Yup. Similar situation here.

My taxes are super low. We have a 1900 sq ft home on 38 acres. We are in a small town but we are 3 minutes from it and pretty much anything we need can be found there. Our taxes are $480 a year. I have a love/not so sure (not hate) relationship with where I live. We have no building codes and it is pretty hands off as far as restrictions go. You get the good with the bad---most people are responsible and respectful but there are some who are just kind of base, (as far as keeping up on thier homes, litter etc.). You get the good with the bad.

:grouphug:Praying for that baby girl. Thank God she is alive. :grouphug:

Thank you to everyone, I feel encouraged. I am going to follow up and see about some testing and I am going to look into the dyslexia thing. I figured since I spend big (big) bucks and she is now reading, (she is not a very strong reader though--she breezes over many long words and does not "get" a lot.....sigh.....) I just didn't consider what her dyslexia means to her over all peron. Good stuff to think on.

Yes, they have. :)

No, I not sure what kind of evaluation to do. Any thoughts?

Thank you for your reply. :). I agree that I need to love her for her but sometimes as a mom, you just feel like it is not just personality but something different because it also shows up in physical ways (lack of fine motor skills). I don't want to make her feel different but I want to do some recon so if there IS something else I can help her with it. For example, some kids have a tough time learning to read and sometimes it is an actual learning glitch that can be worked on like dyslexia. If there is anything I am overlooking I want to know. I have just waited and watched so long. I don't want to drop the ball if I can help her. If it is just her personality, no problem. :). She is still great, she will find her way but it is hard to see something hurt her that I have recognized for a long time and have (in the back of my mind) thought I should see what is up with her. KWIM?

Ok, this is not a typical rant. My baby is just kind of awkward. I have wondered a long time about what is up with her and I just can't really tell. She is, and always has been immature for her age. She has some weird things she does like when she paints nails, she is really really sloppy. When she makes pictures (she loves to draw dresses) they are pretty childish looking compared to others her age. She was a late reader and had dyslexia and I thing auditory processing issues. Often, she will barge in to a conversation and not realize it. She does not catch a lot of things that others do. Her spelling is awful. She has always been a couple of years behind in school. She does not catch on to things. I think it has something to do with higher order thinking. And lately we have noticed she is embellishing stories. It is not that she is lying, she just likes to make things that happen to and around her sound funnier and more special than they really are. I have also noticed her being alone at church more. I think there is some glitch she has but I just can not put my finger on it. She has always just had some things about her that are off a little bit. Normally, no one else seemed to notice and she had lots of friends but I think her embellishing may be becoming a problem. I talked to her about it last night and she understood what I was saying. We are going to try and help her recognize what she is doing so she can knock it off but I just feel like something is glitching in her. I keep thinking she is going to blossom, that she will become mature in her time and things will click but so far it hasn't and it is hard to see it hurt her. Any thoughts? :confused:

Just another vote to stay away from Artificial colors. It takes 4 days to get it out of a person's system. Because it takes so long it took a while to see the correlation. In our case it is dramatic. There are several very strange personality changes that happen to my son when he has any colors of any kind.