Posts by skreader

I haven't had a dresser for about 17 years. DH and I have a wardrobe. In the wardrobe are 3 drawers: top drawer = his undershirts and briefs and handkerchiefs middle drawer - my undies and bras and tights bottom drawers - our...

I don't think of it as "spa" time. I think of it as mutual grooming. Our family does grooming stuff together from time to time. Last summer we had a lot of aloe plants, so DH skinned the aloe and we all put it on our faces and...

My kids are 12 (dd) and 10 (ds) & what we do is pretty similar to the other posters. We still have early morning snuggles with them (usually separately - me and dd; ds and dh). DD also still likes me to tuck her in some nights. I...

Hi Sahmama12, I don't think anyone on this thread advocates calling children mean names. Instead, I (and some other mamas) believe that it is OK to categorically define certain *behavior* as "naughty", "wrong"...

Yes, Edna. Quote: Originally Posted by EdnaMarie Is it so bad to say that it is naughty to take food that your parents have asked you not to eat? To me, that is wrong and there is nothing wrong with saying so. ...

Interesting question. On one hand, there are the "dumb jock" and "ugly geeky nerd" stereotypes. On the other hand there are the models of the "scholar athlete" (what the Rhodes Scholarship is based on)...

Quote: Originally Posted by sahmama_12 I would call that: "behaving in a way that I don't like" I hate labels of all kinds and know from my own experience that kids even 7 year olds and hey, even 12 year old...

When its raining or foggy out, we hang them on a drying rack in the living room.

Growing up, in my family we would sometimes use the Sunday comics (color) for wrapping paper. I suppose one could save them all year and have a decent assortment.

We have a small cypress in a pot that we keep on our roof-top garden. In Advent, we bring it down and decorate it. After Epiphany we return it to the roof-top. I've also used indoor ficus trees as X-mas trees; and once a Schefellera.