I'd buy the snowman or possibly the map magnets. You can use any paper you want for the magnets. Maybe tailor them more to your customers/community? The pine cones look very labor and time intensive... If your ds likes to draw, how about shrink plastic ornaments? https://whatthecraft.com/how-to-make-christmas-ornament-charms-with-sharpies-and-shrink-plastic/ Another idea: http://thebroodinghen.blogspot.com/2010/06/tiny-bow-arrow.html My kids sell giant rice krispie treats on a stick that have been half-dipped in candy melts with sprinkles at our neighborhood garage sale every year. They make other treats, too, but the rice krispies are most popular and always sell out early.

Ugh, that's not the answer I wanted! If he keeps this up for the next three years, I feel certain that I will experience early hearing loss (if it hasn't started already). Plus it just wears me down and some days I end up a really cranky mom/wife to everyone. It's probably affecting my mental health...!

My 2 year old is a screamer. He screams when he's mad, when he's happy, when we're eating together as a family, you name it. It's been going on for a long time. Perhaps my ears are getting more sensitive or he's pumping up the pitch/volume/duration as he gets older. It is becoming physically painful for my ears, even when I am all the way across the house. These days, I wear heavy ear protection when he starts one of his screamathons. My other kids were not screamers. It's not a behavior I feel I can really control/discourage. I am praying that he will grow out of this soon!

It reminds me of that I Love Lucy episode where Lucy thinks Ricky is trying to kill her. https://www.cbs.com/shows/i_love_lucy/video/1811406564/i-love-lucy-lucy-thinks-ricky-is-trying-to-murder-her/

Limited to flats or a tiny heel, I'd wear a shoe that somewhat matches my skin tone, to make my legs look as long as possible. I'd be wary of horizontal ankle straps, because they visually cut me off at the ankle and appear to shorten my legs. That may just be me, though! I like these because they keep with the floral theme of the dress. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D5OTEFE/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_UJXRBbXCZG4VP

We have started week 4. I'm really amazed at how my 9th grader is handling the long days/heavy workload. He is being such a trooper; I just want to squeeze him all of the time! Some of his test grades are coming out lower than we expected, but he is getting an A for effort for sure. My 6th grader is much more on task now that he's working in a separate room from his brother. I'm feeling optimistic that this year will be better than the last one.

Finally, the mystery of "What leaves scattered droppings under our back porch?" has been solved. I had always thought they were from rodents. In spraying up the exterior of the house for insect pests, the exterminator flushed out 8-10 bats which have been roosting in the porch roof (it's a second story porch). They must have been here since we moved into this house. It's not a great surprise, as my son discovered a dead bat in the yard in late spring. I've been reading about the headaches of bat exclusion (work intensive and easy to screw up), professional removal ($$$)... Maybe the best option is to leave them alone. I feel bad that the exterminator sprayed into the roost. Taking care of the guano into the future concerns me. However, it's just a scattering, and we've been living with it for years. We may have to build a catchment for the droppings and/or keep the children away from that part of the yard. My husband, who works in construction, assures me that they can't get into the house from where they are. Twice in my life, I've experienced a bat loose in the living space of the house (not this house) -- I have a net, and I know how to use it! The possibility of it happening again isn't terrifying, but I worry a little about exposing the kids. We'll have to reinforce any holes in the porch screens soon. Do you coexist with bats living in your structure? Would you be able to?

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I think warm, fresh applesauce would go really well (and is kind of like a dessert). Agree with bread that has some crust/crunch and a simple green salad.

My insect collection

(Smallest to largest) I am prepared for anything.

Window - Afternoon play

A set I designed and beaded (hope it's ok that I didn't take this pic today)

Yes, I often don't know how much I've hurt myself until the next morning, and then it takes a number of days to get back to baseline... but I am so grateful that it bounces back every time I do something stupid! I have weakness, too, but I attribute a lot of that to deliberately resting this arm all the time. Best wishes that you have full recovery!

No, I haven't seen any coloration or change in hair growth. The only physical change is that the affected hand is slightly swollen compared to my other hand, but my dr. (a specialist in these injuries) said that's not outside the realm of normal with nerve injury. I don't suffer from pain nearly as much as a few months ago, it's just all these other sensations driving me batty (especially the burning).

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I found myself in a similar situation last year, and I was even more limited in dress choices because it had to be nursing-friendly. My dress was nice, but it wasn't anything beyond what a regular wedding attendee would wear. It had a paisley pattern with some honey-colored sections here and there, so I decided to add blingy gold pumps and a similar clutch, gold earrings, an antique gold brooch, and get my hair curled and put into a nice updo. I felt that the accessorizing added a little extra touch to signify being a "special guest." https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HE9BOXQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I21XLAO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

To play devil's advocate re: the bathroom... in looking up the address on Zillow, the home is a 4 bedroom 4 bath residence. I only see one picture being plastered everywhere of the really awful bathroom. Anyone see other bathrooms? I'd like to think that the remaining three were usable. If they were as shocking as first one, they probably would have made the news photos, considering that the cluttered/messy room pictures were included.

I second a letter or a drawing of appreciation set in a frame.

A whole pork butt roasted in a slow oven for several hours is very soft. Super easy, delicious on its own or with a little (low sodium) BBQ sauce. One of our family staples is ground beef cooked in a pot with a chopped onion and a chopped head of cabbage. This dish also becomes very soft after about an hour. You can use cauliflower that has been "riced" in a food processor instead of cabbage. He might not even figure out that the white stuff is cauliflower and not rice or fine potato hash. Will he eat creamed corn?

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit

Your first four types of cans would be perfect in "shipwreck soup" -- meaning cooked diced meat (I usually use poultry or ham or both), broth, and whatever veggies are in the pantry simmered together. I'd probably use the applesauce as an oil substitute in heavily spiced bread/muffins, just in case it tastes a little, well, canned.

Here lies School Books/Folders/Supplies. They've gone to Davy Jones' Locker. Here lies Economics. It paid the ultimate price. Here lies Art. It met its maker. Here lies Math. Its number was up. Here lies History. It's not with us anymore. Here lies History. It has passed away. Here lies Drama. It was written out of the script. Here lies Physics. It kicked the bucket.

We mostly travel by car, 8-12 hour trips a few times a year. The biggest safety issue is me staying awake and alert, especially at night! Caffeine, snacks and music only go so far. I always need someone awake in the car to be available to help me if I'm getting tired, so my passengers make sure to stagger naps etc. We have accrued a lot of mental games that we like to play: various memory games, 20 questions, I spy games, remembering song lyrics, trying to beat our record of how many different state license plates we can find, conversation starters, etc. The older boys like to quiz me with Brain Quest for their grades (BQ is pretty small and portable). There is a wide variety, with something that everyone likes. It's nice because the games not only help us stay safe -- they give us some nice quality family time when my kids would normally be in their own worlds listening to headphones, reading, or playing DS.

I feel very clumsy explaining my understanding of God's love for me, but here goes nothing. I have a strong belief that love itself is objectively real and would continue to exist just the same if all conscious organisms were to disappear from the universe. God is the goodness and love that gives birth to all things, that wishes to share Himself in creating. When I create, the force of love I pour into my creations (whether generating art or supper or children...) is so strong, so palpable. I'm not talking about a "feeling of love": the warm and fuzzy, sentimental trope. I actually put myself into everything I create -- everything I do. So the very fact that I exist is sufficient proof that I am loved -- and it is incredible to behold. Just think of all the alternatives that could have been chosen to exist in my stead! This alone should be enough to satisfy me. When I consider salvation history and the invitation to share eternity with my Creator, it becomes overwhelming. Of course, writing it out makes me feel like a hypocrite, because I do not live every moment (or most moments!) like a conduit for love, and I take so much for granted. But when I sit down and reflect, what I wrote above always hits me like a ton of bricks.