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    Engagement Party vs. Bridal Shower

    We had an "engaement party" we rented a popular sports bar with pool tables for a saturday afternoon and invited friends and co-workers. It's not like a shower at all. Normally more of just a regular party.
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    Answering Machines

    You'd be amazed at how many people don't leave a number. I remote retrieve voice mails for work all the time and have to use the key to get the phone number or try 411 etc from my cell to call people back. So I do ask. Also I use it to tell people where I am or what schedule I have (ie i'm a...
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    Jon and Kate Plus 8. Official Thread!!

    Re the whole laundry room thing. My DS is at grandma's for spring break and started throwing up. (without seeing the show) He's laying on the kitchen floor for the same kind of reason apparently. Just thought that was funny! (It does have radiant heat by the way and he's 12 plenty big enough...
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    Jon and Kate Plus 8. Official Thread!!

    The activity issue is tricky I think the girls just turned 7? I know for my DS outside swimming and a drama club (cause he's not a hockey kid) it was tough to find stuff. We did put him in Baseball but he wasn't always keen.
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    Jon and Kate Plus 8. Official Thread!!

    well..each load from the dryer takes me maybe 5-10 minutes (but I'm standing and bending of course). so I was taking that times 10 at just over 90 minutes. (but hey if I'm short doesn't that make it even more worthwhile to accept the help?) I'd forgotten of course tiny socks in that..my DS is...
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    Jon and Kate Plus 8. Official Thread!!

    I thought Maddie came across better in this one (in the cooking class part anyway) where she was introducing the camera person, chatting with the other kids (and didn't even blink about what team she was on etc). The laundry thing is different but we all know she likes to cook so she's not...
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    Bank/Credit Card Fraud Protection

    It does work more then you think it might. Also you can call ahead to change this it's just much harder once you've tried the transaction. I used to work fraud prevention for a major cc company and you'd be surprised at how much was prevented, but becuase it doesn't actually occur the...
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    Anyone watch "John & Kate plus 8" on TLC?

    I liked this episode. And I do think that the whole we got a vacation thing was handled pretty well by Kate and Jon. (I heard Kate say it was a huge blessing and they were lucky etc) And the whole if we can manage it so you can you is a good point about despite it being a lot of effort it is...
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    John Edwards drops out of Presidential race...

    Thank you so much! As a Canadian the election process is different to start..this has made it even more challenging. thank you again for the kind answer.
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    John Edwards drops out of Presidential race...

    Can I ask a dumb question? Why did states like MI and FLA not have dem delegates? Sorry but I haven't been able to get a decent explenation for this and thought you might know.
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    KitchenAid stand mixers: Artisan or Professional?

    I use mine (artesian) mostly for baking (doughs for cookies pies etc) whipping cream, egg whites. I do a lot of baking throughout the year and would never give it up unless I upgraded to a pro. (but find the capacity fine on the one I have but there are only three of us)
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    Turkey coming out my ears--Help!

    Chopped white meat for cobb salads. (Freeze unchopped if you can). Turkey tetrazzini, turkey chilli, turkey curry (also pretty much any cooked chicken receipe can be made with chicken)
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    Family Christmas Fight...What Do You Think?

    I think that you do need to consider the fact that your parents choose to have an open house (which they do attend) and then also want a morning visit the next day. (and don't want the offer of boxing day that was given). It's quite a lot different than just dinner at 4pm would be when you think...
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    Is it possible to vacation at Disney for $1000.00 - Family of 4

    Do any of your credit cards have a reward program? Airmiles (here in canada & I assume there are many similiar programs in the usa) offer a 5 day park ticket for 2100 pts or so and with that long you may be able to accumlate enough to get a ticket..it's worth looking at. Also look into if you...
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    Uterine Ablation?

    Christine you asked about fatigue..this is a procedure done (most times) under general anthestic and often due to issues with Aneimia which causes fatigue in the first place (a chicken and egg thing if you will). Personally I also found I was sleepy but had an office job and went back on the...
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    Poly pool hoppers - recent guests please chime in

    I know when at POR my son was playing/swiming with another family and the kids mentioned they were staying at a different (offsite not POFQ) resort to him. As the pool wasn't busy it wasn't worth getting into but I still thought it pretty nervey to do (and yeah mom and dad knew it was wrong as...
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    Wedding Registries

    Does JC Penny do registries? Also it may help to google the malls near them to see if any chains pop up that might help.
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    Attending A Wake... Is This Wrong?

    You don't mention the age of the daughter, but I can tell you that I remember so very many of the people that attended my brothers wake and can tell you that my parents remember even more of them. (and it has been 14 years) The gesture of ones time is the most signficant thing one can do...
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    Living in Vancouver or Canada in General

    Windsor and some areas do have some smog warning days...but normally only in high humid times. Nothing like LA or other places where you can see it all the time. Windsor is also much much cheaper then Van. you will have some winter snow activity but not very much. (less then say 4 inches at...
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    Hyphenated Last Names and Addressing Envelopes

    Well...not from people that aren't my family. But I'd be pretty surprised to have a relative not know my name. I didn't take DH's last name but did the hyphen thing, however we also hyphenated DS's last name. I'm fairly sure that the school's ok with it.




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