Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / December 2006

Knock Knock......

I don't know about snow, but you're going to get the *cold* for your
visit here!  Wind chill is -2F at South Bend Regional Airport this
morning!  B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r......
Nan

what shall I do now???

Ok, since there is a bit of tension in here lately, I thought I'd start an
introduction thread for all the new folks.
I'm Shelly, wife to Jamie (not Amanda's Jamie, lol my Jamie)  We have a son
who is 3 but will be 4 in January.  We live in North Carolina USA, a recent

Did you get the email I sent to you?

Thirteen yrs old.
Wow - I can't believe it - my baby is a teenager!
I feel old!   My mom feels old - her youngest grandchild is a teen.

Good morning all!
Woke up at 5:30 am. Very unlike me - I'm a 7am lady. Absolutely ravenous
and mind racing. Last nights initial setting up of the grotto went
pretty well. All the main structures are in place. Today its setting up

http://www.ng2000.com/news.php?tp=mothers
It wasn't easy for Heather Brandon to stay home during her babies' first
year of life. It meant a two-thirds drop in her family's income to below
$30,000 at one point, wearing thrift-store clothes and eating "a lot of rice

Got my FHM, Miami Cheerleader was rated hottest Cheerleader in the NFL. See
we can win something.

I strung out lights on our fence.  It looks nice.  There is some bit of
a glitch because I had to use two cords to get them lit... when I tried
to get them all plugged into one it wouldn't work.  Strange.
I wish I had the bravery to do the house but I'm terribly afraid of

Whats the best way for me to show off photos please?
Thanks :)

I won a childs easel, one of those big plastic ones, at the schools
grand draw thingy at the bazaar yesterday. Was wondering what to do with
it as K is too big for it and our house is too small. Then I saw one of
the grotto team lamenting that she had won a vacuum flask and she ...

With the second block of classes!  I just finished my last two assignments
and phew what a relief.  One course was kicking my butt.  Well, I get one
day off then the third block starts!
~Frazzled Froggy~

blimey!!!! its rather loud and very cold. The whole house is shaking. We
need a new front door (and the side panels) as our old door is rather
broken. so they are here replacing it. Hope it doesnt take too long!

Our local council is developing a very bad reputation for its household
waste collection and its going to get a lot worse....
When they proposed a scheme to alternate collections with general
rubbish one week and recycling the next week I went along to one of