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I think the natural consequence is she doesn't get to wear a jacket for a (short) while. My younger daughter left her sweater and both jackets at school once. One chilly morning at the bus stop cured her of that. If she is that forgetful, you'll have to keep after her. As an aside, my older...

Great article. I got a Bodybugg for Christmas and was amazed at how "worked out" I feel at the end of every day where I get 10,000 or more steps - even more so than if I went to the gym. A non-gym, typical day of 10K+ steps includes walking my kids to and from school, then taking a long...

My cat did this around Thanksgiving. He started peeing at the bottom of the basement stairs (off to the side, though, so no one stepped in it, thankfully). My friend who is a former vet tech told me that my cat was trying to tell me something and that I should take him to the vet. I did, and...

I confess that I am one of "those" people. If I don't RSVP right away, it doesn't get done. Sorry! As for your friend, she told you before she doesn't like parties. I gathered from that, that she doesn't like parties in general, not necessarily *your* parties. Knowing this, if attending...

"I went to the Y the past couple days and the machines pick up the monitor too! So I don't have to look at my watch, and they correlated perfectly...a bit unsettling to have one's heart talk to the treadmill - and I wonder if they talk behind my back...." ICUmom, this is so funny, my...

I seem to recall her saying that she relaxed when she was pregnant and didn't work out so hard. She looks terrific now!

I recently started drinking green tea. I'm not a fan of blends (like green tea with citrus, etc.). Trader Joe's green tea is pretty good. Right now I'm drinking Twinings, also good. I like to go to a sushi bar once a week and drink theirs, too. :)

That's awesome! I'd make sure she has the best running shoes you can afford. That's all I got. :)

It sounds like a blister to me. I got something very much like you described after a course of antibiotics. Lovely. It supremely painful, but it was not a hemorrhoid. What worked for me was keeping the area clean and dry, and applying hydrocortisone ointment 2-3 times per day. Briefly icing...

I think WW online would be great if you don't have much to lose (say, 25 lbs. or less) and are self-motivated. I've done WW online and did okay (lost weight but ultimately did not keep it off), but IMO there is no substitute for meetings.

I give myself 1 AP for every 100 calories. I also wear a heart rate monitor when I work out. It gives me better feedback, IMO.

Congrats! That is so terrific! I'm also on WW and found that my scale at home is not accurate, so I only WI at my weekly meeting.

The money will be borrowed, of course...from foreign banks, most likely China will be the biggest lender. I wonder how many people realize how much the United States of America is being parceled up and sold to other countries.

I'm astounded at the nerve of these institutions to ask for taxpayer help when their practices have been questionable at best, and illegal at worst. I don't think there's enough money in the treasury to save them all... I guess it's sink or swim for most of them.

DH and I decided to make a budget not too long ago and looked up in Quicken to see where our money was going. We were astounded to see how much we were bleeding money on takeout, restaurants, etc. We stopped that in a hurry! So, I spend a portion of my weekend meal planning and shop...

DD#1 - I was 19, XH was 20 DD#2 - I was 28 (close to 29), DH was 38 DS - I was 32, DH was 41 DH is now 46 and has declared himself "too old" for anymore kids. Not that I can handle more anyway. But 30 and 32 seems spring-chicken-like compared to my DH's age.

I don't think a child should be punished for having thoughts and writing about them. You don't know for sure that what she wrote about actually happened. Rather than punish her, let it serve as a wakeup call that she's at least entertaining thoughts about making out with a boy. And even if...

Was hanging out with boys an issue before? Your post seemed to allude to it but you didn't say specifically. My oldest daughter is 17, so I remember the pre-teen years well. It's normal for a girl that age to take an interest in boys. It appears to me that the issue here is that you...

I'm in the minority but #3 is my favorite. I like to double the hill challenge, which makes the workout 50 minutes. An iPod shuffle would drive me nuts for workouts unless I had nothing but uptempo music on it. If you want your tracks to play in order, you'd have to use a regular iPod or...

Awesome! I'm afraid to let my zucchini get really big on account of the critters that frequent my garden. I make zucchini frittatas for breakfast, zucchini bread, and stuffed zucchini. Yum, those recipes are great!