Posts by savannah smiles

I totally hear you and it seems like a lot of us here are in the same boat. In my situation, it's my mom who has sour grapes about my inlaws.  Yes, the kids know and like my MIL better because my MIL makes the effort to come...

I deal with the same issue. My girls are also 4 years apart (they're 9 and 5) and my older dd can be so obnoxious. She's always correcting dd2 and pretending not to understand her if she doesn't pronounce a word perfectly.  It...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mama Soltera  Thank you for your responses and ideas. I really appreciate it. I've never heard of Leapforce. I don't have home internet access though. :( I work for Lionbridge,...

I agree that it's more about Kate which makes the show more boring.  And her monotone voice overs make me want to impale myself on a rust spike.

I started working part-time for Lionbridge which lets me work at home. There's a whole thread about it in the work at home section.

I had this and the only thing that has truly worked was losing weight. I was about 100lbs overweight and after I had lost about 40lbs, the problem cleared up.  I tried the castor oil, stretches, shoe inserts. negative heel shoes...

Quote: Originally Posted by MamaofLiam  Ok, you brought up a really important point - the question of how to break patterns of behavior and such. That is, being able to stand up for yourself in vulnerable moments,...

My mom has been obsessed w/ my weight most of my life and even though I had lap band surgery over a year ago, she only found out last month. Her negative reaction was very predictable. I think she's actually bummed I'm not that heavy...

With one in school full-time and the other in preschool 3 mornings a week (who will start full-time K this fall), I've really been enjoying the "me time" that I get.  I do work from home part-time in a very flexible job so I do...

I feel similarly towards my mom. There was not graceful way to get out of adding her to my friend's list but I do regret having her on there.  She will often make snarky remarks or take things I say the wrong way and it just gets...