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  1. sdarwkcabemanmy

    Why is the R word socially acceptable?

    I have no problem telling people (especially teens, who seem to be the worst offenders) that I find that word offensive. I didn't used to be as sensitive to it and used it a lot myself..until I had a child who was developmentally delayed. I realized how offensive it could be to someone who's...
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    Just watched Flash Dance again last night!

    I :love: that movie..the music and the dancing especially. I wanted to be a dancer when I grew up, but a combination of finances and being a huge klutz kept me from going to ballet school. I took a jazz/modern/ballet/aerobics class in HS to get out of PE and I also took music theatre/dance...
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    How did you first hear of Michael Jackson's cardiac arrest/death?

    DH was driving home yesterday and he called me on his cell, teasing me about some celeb who'd died. I guessed it was Farrah Fawcett and he said, "Well yes. She did pass away. But somebody else did too." And I couldn't figure out for the life of me who it was. Finally I flipped the TV over to...
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    Ten Commandments for Mom

    Can I add some of my own? Thou shalt not touch my my yarn stash. Mine luscious balls of creamy soft yarn are not playthings, nor are they playthings for the Divine Felinity. If thou touchest my knitting needles and cause the three-quarters finished shawl I art working on to fall off and...
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    How do you do haircuts for a reluctant kid?

    :hug: DS is fine with the scissors, but bring that clipper/shaver (whatever it's called) near him and he gets very anxious. I don't think it's so much the feeling against his skin as it is the noise..he still doesn't like loud noises and even the vacuum cleaner sends him scurrying to his room...
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    Can I take my 4 year old to Star Trek?

    That's one movie I'm waiting for it to come on DVD before I let DS(who recently turned 5) see it. He loves ST: TNG and has seen nearly all the original series episodes but I don't know if he can sit through an entire movie and not get up, wiggle, etc.
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    Dear ABC hat, I give up. You win. I lose. I finished you today, but you’ll never fit on my head. Maybe I can pass you off to DSis's girls (they're 4 and 5). You'll fit much better on one of their heads than mine, because I don't want to look like I'm wearing a pink camo knit yamulke...
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    Should parents be allowed to use sick days when their kids are sick?

    Yes they should. We are lucky in that I am a SAHM, so if DS gets sick we don't have to worry about DH taking time off of work. He has taken sick days though, before, when he needed to care for DS or I. Recently, I had my gallbladder out and DH needed to drive me home, so of course he took...
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    S'matter of fact I am..my username there is Notagirlymom. :)
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    I have slogged through the ribbing portion of the pattern and my hands ache, so I'm putting it down for now and taking some Advil. But I WILL finish that hat this weekend, so help me.
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    Well..I've started over. Early this morning, I figured the messed up bits of yarn where I'd clipped it and tied it back together only went about 1/3rd of the way through the ball. SO...I grabbed a craft stick and started winding. I wound it all the way to the end and started knitting with the...
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    *bows* You're welcome. My inner Klingon is the one who keeps me on track and keeps me from giving up. She comes out a LOT when I'm working out, to keep me from quitting in the middle of a routine. :banana: And apparently she wants me not to give up on knitting either.:rotfl2:
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    Frogging is when you have to take a project and rip it (get it..rip it..ribbit?)apart because you're having problems. Garter is what you get when you just make ONE type of stitch over and over, usually the knit stitch. Stockinette is what you get when you make a row of knit stitches followed by...
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    Bad baby diaper rash Page 4 Update (better already)

    Our pedi said boys and grown men get them all the time..grown men just call it "jock itch". But it's essentially a yeast infection.
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    Bad baby diaper rash Page 4 Update (better already)

    DS used to get yeast infections frequently, until he was potty trained. It was a nightmare having to go buy the strongest antifungal cream we could find over and over.
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    Ugh ugh UGH! (warning Ranty mcRantypants inside)

    Dear ABC hat, AuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUggggGGGGGGGhhhHHHHHHh! In case you’re wondering, that is the sound of ultimate suffering. My heart made that sound when I realized I’d effed up somewhere because all of a sudden you started going all garter stitch on me...
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    So how will you be welcoming summertime this weekend?

    DH has tickets to a local minorleague ball game on Sunday and he's taking DS. I'm not going because I don't really like baseball and I'd be bored to tears. I'm going to take the opportunity with DS gone to finish knitting a hat I've been working on all week that I've frogged twice before...
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    What do I ask my pedi? (Updated pg 2)

    lunapnp--we're in north Texas, actually. :) BeckyScott--last year, which was his first year of SpEd preschool, was hard. It was only half a day but I was a mess the first few weeks. This year hasn't been so bad but I know next year I'll have to go through that adjustment phase all over again...
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    dermatologist, Ped or someone else?

    Good luck with whatever route you choose! :goodvibes DH has the same problem and I'm praying that DS doesn't get it. We've had enough problems with oh..gosh..what's it called? Cradle cap? Where excess oils and skin builds up and clumps together? Well..whatever it's called..it's a pain in the...
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    Wackiest Reason You Ever Had To Call The Cops!

    Not too long after we moved into our house, I was driving home from work and managed to run out of gas...at a stoplight. So I get out and lock the doors, while I try to find some place to make a phone call from. I locked the keys in my car. :faint: I ended up borrowing a passerby's cell to...
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