Posts by DeerMother

In my state, you can buy food off the salad/fruit bar. Papa Murphy's pizza is allowed - think take and bake items for treats. I have bought supplement teas, elderberry juice concentrate.   With regard to things not going...

This has been an interesting discussion!   We have a gratitude reading we say before meals. Pulling back from the food waste issue, I think our family needs further discussion on gratitude and respect. I realize too, this...

I had been doing pretty well, eating for nourishment only.   I am having horrid PMS and lacking self-control. Eating a lot, craving carbs and sweets.

Quote: Originally Posted by Casha'sMommy  I'm sorry, I didn't mean to suggest you didn't know how to handle consequences nor did I mean to suggest you weren't comfortable with the consequences you've put in...

I'm happy with how I'm handling the consequences of their actions. '   What I want to know is - how do I explain my reasoning to four year olds? How do we go to the store, pay with a card and they relate that to me working....

Quote: Originally Posted by TiredX2    And then what happens?  And then he is mad about it while I"m eating.

Hoping someone has a magic phrase or book or something that will help the kids to understand why we don't waste food. We've been talking about it for several months but it hasn't sunk in yet.   My frustration -   I...

Quote: Originally Posted by mumkimum  Well, we have a litter garbage can to scoop litter waste into, next to the scoop and everything, and then when we change the litter weekly we dump the old litter in there also (so...

Ugh, I want be clutter free as well! It seems like a constant rotation of cleaning this room, decluttering that room, tidying the other room. . . . I'm trying not to accumulate things and regularly purge but extended family keeps...

In our old house, we had an over the door shoe organizer in our entryway. That was a garage entry house so it wasn't in sight when company came. If you had a coat closet, it might work there as well. This house had carpet  and the...