Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2004

/sigh  One of the things we took on besides sucky plumbing and insulation
when we moved into my mom's house was the care of one of her dogs.  Shasta.
She's about 13 or so years old and has started having uh...housebreaking
issues.  Used to be it was only once in a great while if ...

I tried to email you and it bounced.  e-me at
nlbader63AThotmailDOTcom, with a valid email please :-)
Nan

If you have ENTREPRENEURIAL BENT OF MIND, then SKY IS THE LIMIT, you
can SELL this FBI agents' NOC LIST and MAKE MILLIONS of dollars like
Tom Cruise (Ethan) did in the movie MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
Remember, NOBODY has to FOLLOW THE RULES since the SADISTIC FBI DID

What lesson do we learn from this?
*Always* secure things properly!
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She wants my brain !
What can I do now?

So today was the day of Becky's birthday party (actual birthday
tomorrow). I had very sensibly decided to let the Whacky Warehouse
take the strain. I spent the morning trying to clean and declutter
because our housebuyer wanted another viewing this afternoon (at the

So many new options are opening up for us and we are looking for input  on
one:  build or buy a home.  Anyone have experiences they'd like to relate,
particularly about either buying relatively older homes [more than 50 years
old] or building from either kit or purchased plans?

I'm so beside myself.  Our neighbor girl (14) was left alone with two other
children for more than 24 hours.  It's actually going on 29 hours.  I told
her to call the police because that is illegal.  This poor girl.

Hey guys
My Mom had a nasty fall yesterday - she's not quite sure what happened
but her neighbor found her on her front path..
She had surgery on her v. badly broken wrist (not sure even once it's

Today hasn't started well.
First - I'm *trying* to give DS some autonomy and responsibility.   He's in
5th grade and he should be responsible for his work.   He's really bad
though, when it comes to long term projects.    This year he's got a science

do steak tips need to marinate & if so, got a good marinade?
what do you do with a shank?
how about 2 ish pounds of beef short ribs?
cookout this afternoon & have approx. 27 pounds of defrosted

Hrmpf, that pound still won't budge. And with AF around the corner
(well, next week LOL) I'm pretty sure that final German pound will stick
with me till the end of the month. I ate steamed carrots and steamed
fish yesterday. Can't do any more than that, can I :-)?

We had a pretty nice day today - Katherines school was closed (teacher
training day before half term break)
I got up a whole hour later than usual - woo-hoo lol! Pottered about
doing chores then a friend (with a child in Ks class) picked us up and

I was just referring to a book from 1998 about marketing and about
"Electronic Marketing" it says...
"Athough Internest hucksters say this is the hottest marketing medium in the
world, it's not for everyone, and success stories about making sales

Ever have a day when you read something and then end up totally forgetting
what it was by the time you're done?
I just did that with an entire chapter of my law homework. I really
shouldn't study while I'm sick