Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / January 2005

OK, so I waited till after midnight before posting this, making it a
Friday PP :-). Today's mail brought fun stuff. I've been dealing with
the rent tribunal for several cases and in November I think they finally
ruled on three of my cases. I won (did anyone expect anything else ...

The flash reader cost me $20, but works so fast, and is able to be kept
plugged in. :D
Thanks for the advice ladies!

I bought the girls both cd players for christmas.. got tired of them
fighting over one.  my little ones is already broken.  I haven't a clue if
it's fixable or what is wrong with it. It plays for a few minutes and shuts
off.  I'm bummed... she loves it and has been  good about using ...

Is it okay to use straight tea tree oil on a diaper rash, or should I dilute
it in a carrier cream?

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Okay, who has tried these things?
I was able to find them in my grocery store on an end shelf by the apples
but they come in a hard clear plastic container with 4 to a pack.

DS is in resting nicely after his visit to the oral surgeon today.  He had 3
baby teeth and molars pulled.  What a trouper he was.  Not nervous at all.
I was more nervous and anxious about this than he was.  (Although I wouldn't
let him know that).   My only experience at teeth ...

Hey Guys,
Just a quick update here.  My mom is STILL suffering from her pnemonia and
her doctor has decided to admit her into the hospital yesterday for some IV
antibiotics and more intense breathing treatments.  She's not getting much

I keep thinking 'I'll post about that' when ever a bit in life happens
and never do at the moment. Seem to have gone into slug mode a bit.
so the (very) unremarkable things Ive thought of are....
We discovered that the shower hating (screams the campsite down when

As soon as someone gets sick in my house - or a cold - I immediately make a
big pot of chicken soup.  We drink hot tea (ds just agreed to try some
w/sugar and milk) and tons of water.   I make sure to put blistex on lips,
cause those always get dried out.  Sometimes we use a cool ...

in case you missed it on my grrrrrrrrrr post.  Thank you the batteries did
the trick.  The battery meter said the batteries were okay (and only 3 weeks
old) but I could see when I changed them out that that little CD was
whizzing around so much faster and it actually stayed on this ...

Again!!  This is getting to be routine lately.  The poor old (read
only a month old!!) computer suffered a major breakdown.  Apparently
the motherboard went in it, so it's been in pc hospital for the past
week or so.  I was feeling very isolated!!  :-(  Mind you, it gave me

Since we moved here I have been learning all manner of things which I take
for granted that my family has absolutely no clue about.  Today I learned
another one.
DS has been very anxious to sled often, early and long.  We have had one

Sorry Mo for preempting (if thats the right word) your post.
Had fat cat weighed yesterday. shes lost just under 1/2 kg in 6 weeks.
Yay for fat cat <G> shes 6kg now, target 5.73 (though I think she needs
to go thinner than that)

Our youngest DS (2 yrs 3 mos) has discovered the art of kissing. He is
kissing everything, up to the pictures of the kitties on the cat food
cans at the grocery store :D Whenever his brother get a kiss, he runs
over yelling "Ryan ook kusje" (Ryan kisses too). It's cute :D

I could not stop laughing when I read this...LOL
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