Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2004

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BAKER, La. The mayor and two city councilmen in
Baker want to ban Halloween trick-or-treating
beginning next year.  They say the celebration is

"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?" -- George W. Bush
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." -- George W.
Bush
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my

"But it is still Paradise to us"
'Twas the night before Frances
When all through the state
Not a gas pump was pumping

DH was reading the newspaper this morning and our 17 month old DD was asking
for "uppy". He was grumbling about how he hadn't read the paper in months. I
said "you have your entire life to read the paper. Enjoy the moments you
have with her now because before you know it she'll be ...

...if any of my posts are appearing here twice, I'm having serious ISP
problems ATM.

Any news huh? huh? huh? teehhee ok I'm done...

DS is growing like a weed atm. So it was off for new school shoes, runners
and sandals yesterday. He's busy trying shoes on, and he notices a toddler
that was with someone in the shop trying the escape tactic, so he turned
them around, and made them stay in the shop. Major growth ...

ok, i have 2.5 dozen eggs in the fridge and the chickies are
averaging laying 4 per day, plus i have 3 gallons of milk.
what are your favorite recipes that use up eggs & milk?
lee

DH brought home a dozen red and white roses :)
They are beautiful :)
So is he :D
~Kat

Boo's school had this brilliant idea of having potluck dinners
for the various grades. one set of parents volunteers to host
& the rest sign up to bring something. ok, that's cool
(despite the fact i'm terminally social phobic).

Katherines bedroom is going pink! We promised we would redecorate her
bedroom for her birthday and figuring on a long delivery time for her
carpet we went shopping for it yesterday. Of course Katherine chose a
pink one (its quite pretty really) and it was fantastic value. Only

Scream first, *then* try to deal with it.
/sigh/
Dh came home this morning and informed me they're going on 10 hour
shifts starting this coming Sunday.  He'll have to go in at 7:30 pm

Hi all - hope you dont mind a quick whinge I think dh has had his fill
from listening to me groan and wince.
Im having a major arthritis flare at the moment. Now I know the
decorating didnt help lol - but it had to be done. Its very painful to

I'm back! The trip was long, tiring, but I managed to talk to a lot of
people about finding a job in Europe. Two applications are off, a bunch
more to follow later this month. I was asked to apply for two positions,
which is always a very good sign. Now I just have to be patient and ...