Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / June 2008

How do you store away comforters (duvets)? I have a few of the huge
plastic bags with zippers that came with the comforters when I bought
them. I have more comforters than those bags. Is there a compact and
clever way to store them? Do they sell these zipper bags in any store?

I saw this at someone's house several years ago and I've been looking
for it.
It's a standard size plastic tray that fits under the sink perfectly
to catch if there are any drips or leaks. It's about 3ft x 2ft or so.

Daughter-unit Alpha and Daughter-unit Beta are now officially
graduated middle school. Another milestone blown by on the
freeway towards adulthood...
The Ranger

We've rescued an orphan kitten.  She was born under our house about 3
weeks ago, and I haven't seen the mama around lately.  Poor kitty is
pretty dehydrated and skeletal thin :-(
I'm off to the pet store to get some kitten formula.... wish us good

I live near Friendswood.  Ironically, the town was founded in 1895 as
a Quaker Colony.  Today, there are actually Quakers who are Muslims or
Buddhists.  Still we can't have an educational presentation on Islam.
The parents weren't notified.  

Feeling quite happy. Awards/graduation ceremnony for DD (6th grade
today).
Presidential award for academic excelence
AR program award

Boo will be going to a different Montessori school next year.
he's been for his 'visit' and *loves* the school & teacher,
which is a good thing.
his current school just did the IOWA tests & he scores at 5th

Random thoughts
We saw Prince Caspian on the weekend (wet and rainy long weekend) and it
has so inspired DS (10) to read the Narnia books.
DH hired Little Miss Sunshine the other day, based on its good

So - here's the deal. This year I started working full time, since I had my
boys (now 9 & 7).  Although the adjustments (dinner, laundry, shopping etc)
are still being tweaked - those are coming along. However - what I'm finding
most difficult to reconcile are the demands the ...

Any suggestions on this one?
DDs share a room.  No choice on that one as we don't have enough bedrooms
for them to have their own.  They're 3 in August and 2 in October.  They've
shared a room since DD2 went out of our bed :S  (which was before her first

everything ok by you?  I see lots of flooding going on...
Teri

Can anyone recommend a good cleaning liquid that gets rid of calcium
deposits around faucets? I remember seeing ads for Zap and CLR. Don't
know which is good and if there's a better one out there.
Thanks.

Busy weekend for K.
Dressage competition today (her 3rd one).  We knew she didn't have much
chance, it was her first one in this Class (full of big kids and one kid
who owns a couple of ponies and entered twice, once on each pony!) She

*Crying* She lost her first tooth and graduated Kindergarten today.
she is the 2nd smallest girl in her class.. lol. The teacher made a
memory book and she looked so tiny at the start of school!
Tori

Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. I've just
started twice weekly sessions with a boy in school. His maths is very
behind and patchy. Today was my first session with him and he had a fair
bit of trouble concentrating. I think his learning style is ...