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I am so sorry that you lost your mom, Promises. I hope you were able to get some help to resolve the issues and that you can be comforted and find peace by being with your family. :sad1:

Make your own Smoothie bar. 2 blenders, yogurt, fruits and mild vegetables like avocado, milk (even powdered milk works well). They could even have a competition to make the best tasting smoothie. If you have teens that are interested in the culinary arts they might love this.

The requirements of universities vary across the board, as well as the requirements of majors in colleges within the universities themselves. Not every general CC level class will work in every major or degree program. :confused3 We found it a simple thing to work with the university our...

Our last vacation was 9 days, 7 in Florida, including 5 nights in Orlando and 2 nights in St. Augs historic district. For 3 adults, including hotel offsite, meals, gas from VA to O and back, annual waterparks passes, a movie at DTD, packed lunches, etc: $1100. And honestly, it went through...

What about a gift certificate to a nursery to buy spring annuals/perennials, with a promise (and a set date) to help them plant them in the spring. For folks that have just about everything, spending time with the ones they love, making memories together can be the best gift of all.

DH and I are getting a special gift for the both of us this Christmas: A Berkey water filtration system. :thumbsup2 We are not into techno stuff :lmao:

Honey, I don't know what to say except I am sorry, hold tight and keep the faith.:hug: You've already received lots of good counsel about cutting expenses. I would add that in the climate of job losses and businesses shrinking that we face today in our country, it is a good idea for...

That sounds so neat! And complex, and fun, and I am sure it's stressful at times. But what a cool job :cool1:

That is exactly right. The land, like money, is just a tool to be used to create the life one desires. Sounds like we are both pretty blessed~ :thumbsup2

Folks, it's just money. :confused3 It's not the end all, be all, of life. I guess some people just need more money to be happy. Life is full of choices and you can let money rule your life or you can define your life in other ways. And no, I wasn't born with a silver spoon nor have I...

:rotfl: :lmao: :thumbsup2 Yeah, honestly, I thought this thread was a tongue in cheek joke :rolleyes1 But seriously- my dog and my cat- what they crave more than anything? Attention and time. Belly rubs and head scratches. Walks in the woods and an occasional treat from the table...

We order boxes of a variety of orange that we taste tested while on a visit to central Florida a couple of years ago: Page oranges. SO sweet and delicious they will spoil you for any other orange. We only buy from a local grower- a family who has been growing oranges since 1966- a real...

I think people vacation differently at different times in their lives. When our kids were 14 and 11 and we home schooled, we did WDW commando style too. We had time after vacation to recover- our daily lives were pretty stress free compared to now. Fast forward 9 years, the kids are 23 and...

Thank you for speaking that out loud. :) You were reading my mind. Modern weddings are a poster child for "Keeping up with the Joneses" :sad2: 1. It's just ONE DAY in a life. Yes, an important day, but not as important as the rest of your days being married- days when you need to...

We always take lunches to the waterparks, in bags like these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81mtjW3kDvL._SL1500_.jpg Ours are colorful and look like a beach bag anyway. Never had a problem, and sometimes they did not even check the bag at all :confused3 We are a party of adults...

Probably, for what I was looking for, I am pleased with the prices. Great to get a little Christmas shopping done early :thumbsup2

:) If you read back a few pages you will see that the reason she was sharing her experience is that the military medical system is a good example of already existing universal health care. And there were a number of those of us with that experience who were sharing it as it relates to...

Nope- they go to the same hospital as they did in active duty, not a VA hospital, a regular military hospital on base, but as Megkel pointed out below, care in areas with a high military population is vastly different than in smaller populations. NoVa has an extremely high military population...

I feel your pain. :hug: I grew up in a military family and my parents are still in the military system as retirees (age 76 and 73). They still live in NoVa just to be close to military medical care. I like to think as the military health care system as a microcosm of what socialized medical...

I always use the kind of flour the recipe calls for- usually All Purpose- but I have learned to always, always sift my flour before measuring- mostly because I was sick and tired of getting inconsistent results from the same recipe. Sifting works. :thumbsup2 The recipe I use for a...