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Crissy

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  1. I use a microfiber cloth on regular surfaces, and a vacuum hose with one of those little brush attachments on the books.
  2. I would suggest getting organized first. Trying to learn a new program *and* hunt for the files you have in mind would be frustrating.
  3. I just started a photo-a-day blog for my husband. He has so many great photos in the 35+ years of archives, and I think they deserve an audience. (corkytrewin.com)
  4. We gave our boys cell phones when they started participating in activities (music lessons and longer sports practices) at which we would not be present (age 10, I think). It has been very helpful to know that if for any reason we are running late in picking them up, we can send a text with that information. They also feel more comfortable having a quick way to reach us when they are out without us. Both of them started out with a pre-paid phone, and they worked beautifully for this purpose. My older son is now 17, and he pays for his own more extensive service.
  5. This depends entirely on the state. In Washington, our minimum wage is $9.04, and restaurants are required to pay waitstaff at least this. Tips do not count toward the minimum hourly wage.
  6. Right! I meant the throat and the sides of the neck (peeking out from a young man's collar).
  7. Facial piercings and tattoos are very distracting. I have always believed it to be a fault of my own, but I have a difficult time paying attention to our conversation when I'm speaking with a person who is pierced or tattooed on the neck or face.
  8. Penelope. My older son was reading The Odyssey when we got her. He just knew she would always be his loyal girl.
  9. I agree that it looks awful. But when I try to think of cheap, non-perishable and easy to prepare items to pack for a child, I'm at a loss. Given those parameters, what would you all pack?
  10. I recall my brother having the same issue. Tooth pain was always his first indication that a sinus infection was starting.
  11. Wool is probably warmer, but the weather is mild here most months of the year, so fleece is perfect. It's warm enough in the winter and cool enough in the spring and fall. Oh, and we love the fleece throws that you find everywhere these days. We have so many that you can just add another on the extra cool days.
  12. Oh, I am certain that that was the *intent*. But when kids watch as much (or more) television as their parents, there will be a great number of overweight and obese kids who are watching these ads and will not understand or care for whom the spots were actually meant.
  13. I can't imagine that pointing out to children that they are fat is going to have any sort of positive impact. They don't plan the meals, buy the groceries or have any measure of influence on the content of school lunches or family menus.
  14. I agree with this. As the mother of sons, I hope to be teaching my boys how to treat women. Period. He should be no less a gentleman whether she's in a cleavage bearing top or a turtleneck.
  15. I suspect that the list of reasons counseling or therapy may not work for an individual is much, much longer.
  16. Wasted because several of us don't care for counseling? How so? Racing to the hospital in the middle of the night to help someone is vastly different than what the OP is asking about.
  17. I filled out and submitted my son's FAFSA app first thing Sunday morning. I didn't find it terribly long or difficult. Maybe all the warnings I'd been getting prepared me for something much, much worse. :D
  18. Yes. Had I continued counseling when my husband and I were in a very bad place in our marriage, I would have probably ended up leaving him. Dredging up and rehashing every minuscule offense from our past in order to 'work through' the current issue only caused building resentment. What I wanted (and finally found) was a way to forgive and move on. That was not what I received from counseling.
  19. Thank you, everyone. It is always interesting to hear different perspectives. I have decided to send him the Alan Carr book with a note that we love him, and via email I will share the WhyQuit and QuitNet websites. I'll leave the methodology to him and just do my best to 'be here' for him. Thank you!!
  20. Perfect for reading during the later hours, I bet. :)
  21. Thank you, Paula. No, I didn't. I hid myself away in the bathroom for a good cry.
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