Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / December 2003

I tried to email you a thank you for piccies but they're bouncing.  So
thank you!

I think this is too funny!  LOL!  :-D
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8670~1862297,00.html
What a relief that the Holstein cow diagnosed with the mad cow disease
is probably from Canada.

We're having a gathering of sorts (that just kinda 'happened') here
and then all going into town for the big count down.
It will be the first New Years for a few years that DH and I have had
together so I'm looking forwards to it.

I saw somewhere in some thread you say  it was kewl to see me back :)
I did see it really, but lost it, so...
Thank you!!
It's kewl to BE back, and I seriously missed the

Looking for a highly recommended recipe for Carrot Cake, including the
creamcheese frosting.  
Calorie/fat count not a concern.   I just want one of those "to die
for" recipes.   :)

Happy hogmanay for those of us for whom the ball hasn't dropped yet
(it's 09:50 here on Hogmanay..)  and a Guid New Year when it arrives
or for those who are already there.....
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

I was driving home at lunch time today when I got a terrible case of
vertigo.  I felt like I was on a merry go round and only i was only moments
from home I kept going until I got there.  I thought it may just have been
hunger so I ate my lunch and went to leave for work, drove as ...

over there... across the pond...
we have Moose! 2 that we have seen, Momma Moose & last
spring's calf (who is maybe 4" shorter than Momma).
i'm soooo happy. i love moose :) they're so funny looking...&

i don't read childrearing books & haven't been around kids
much, so i'm not sure how out-of-normal some of the things Boo
does are. just checking my intuition :)
1) he naps. when he has school, he afternoon naps 1.5-3 hours.

i hope so!!
at over 2.5 years old my DS still has *zero* interest in the potty! He has
all the signs of readiness though (i think)...I have not used pull-ups at
all, they seem like they confuse kids and i don't know if my son would

Dear Friends,
These lines were given me on a Christmas card many years ago -- it was
the first time I'd ever seen them; now you can easily find them on the
internet.  :-)   Purportedly written by an Italian monk to a dear friend

Daughter-unit Alpha is fighting chapped lips something awful, so we've taken
to using Ye Olde Stand-bye of Vaseline(®,T,©,sm) to help her lips retain
some of their elasticity and moisture. Spawn, also experiencing the pain of
chapped lips, came into the bathroom and requested, "You ...

This morning I ordered my new laptop online, and while filling in the
order details I was required to tick a box yes or no to the question
of whether 'i would be using it along with weapons of mass
destruction! I tell ya, they know how to stop those terrorists!

Ok this may be silly but I'm being serious.  Ok Z was born in the US he is a
citizen, well Daddy is a British citizen and does that give Z the ability to
have dual citizenships?

DNO = DO NOT OPEN
Marc