Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / April 2007

DD 3.5 has had this imaginary friend (Eleanor) for at least 6 months now.
Eleanor lives in DD's invisible pocket with her sister Tina, who seems to
celebrate her birthday almost daily.
The thing that gives me the heeby jeebies is that DD told me Eleanor has red

I am so excited, I'm having dinner next week with my 2nd grade teacher.
Back on New Yrs Eve, DH and I stopped by Walgreens on our way to a party.
He sat in the car while I ran in to quickly pick up some gel inserts for my
shoes.   This woman approaches me wanting to know why I ...

Hi there! I am writing an article about some theme birthday party
ideas and I would love a few quotes and ideas from real parents. If
you have thrown your child a fun party with a specific theme, would
you please fill me in? I'd love as many details as possible...

I got up about fifteen minutes ago.  When I looked outside it did not appear
to be snowing/sleeting/raining so I checked the radar to see what it *says*
we are experiencing [it often shows verga and other precip that isn't
actually coming near ground].  It shows us under snow.

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...says Laura Sessions Stepp, after spending a year entrenched in the
sexually charged world of single 20-something women
By Colleen Oakley

As much maligned as the US is these days.....
/sets video to tape Bones
....they can still do some things right :)
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Got a recipe today for "Toad in a Hole"  any experience with this.  Is
it good?  It sounds good and I'd like to try it but I want some feedback.
Anni

Rain overnight turned to ice, making roads slick.  Turned to snow,
accumulating 2 inches.
Sunshine and warmer, melting the snow, and rain starting up again.
Ack.

So, I had this idea to experiment with my pressed flowers.  I thought maybe
they could be adhered to blown eggs.  The trick would be then sealing them
under a coating of something clear that won't pick up loose petals, edges
etc while being applied.  Therefore, some study and ...

Our little ray of sunshine shot out the door this morning as we were taking
Tadpole to school, and in our haste we did not go after her because we were
already late.  Now we can't find Kit.  It's raining hard and I'm sure she's
somewhere staying dry, but please send vibes so that ...

This video came from a disability list my dil is on.  It's so simple
and beautiful that I wanted to share it.
http://www.stservicemovie.com/
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We had a really really nice day out yesterday. We go up to London a few
times a year and to be honest I've been getting a bit bored. Although we
vary where we go its been the same format of wandering round the same
old museums until absolute exhaustion then collapsing for food ...

Snow is melting, day time temps hover in the fifties, but night times go
below freezing.  Great syrup weather.
But in my flower gardens I am finding snapdragon that wintered through and,
lo and behold, today I found at least five different pansy plants that also

The kids got this stuff in their Easter Baskets, It's going back to
the store today.
It's really too bad, they really loved the stuff.
http://www.agentcoolblue.com/