Posts by orangefoot

I am a swearer. I could help it but I like the extra level of meaning that one word adds to a situation than a more socially acceptable word might. One of my girls had us in stitches when she was a toddler when she pulled all the books...

Do you eat soups? A bowl of soup made with chicken broth and veggies - chunks or blended is at least equivalent to one glass of water.

My son is 16 - just and has only started going out with friends or hanging out with other folks in the past two years at most. Friends have been calling on him for years and he'd just open the door to them and say no thanks. I'm amazed...

My littlest dd is just six and this is her to a T - still. She can start on long tales of woe which end up with her being very frustrated and cross so we've started stopping her when she starts on one and saying that dragging all this...

My dd is nine, soon to be ten and her body has changed from being slim and bendy like her little sister's to a much more rounded all over. She has a round belly that she didn't have last year and her whole self is much more squidgy if...

Quote: Hopefully, the idea of sex as connection and communication will eventually become more prevalent than the idea of sex as a man proving himself. I have a feeling that when it does, a whole lot of other things will...

Are you pulling the cup by the stem? I cut the stem right off mine and pinch the 'bowl' of the cup with my finger and thumb when removing it which breaks the vacuum and enables me to tilt the thing and slide it out first one side then...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  If you self define as an User and have school age children/ youth, I would be interested in knowing if you:   -strew. Infrequent or...

Just a quick reply   You have no idea where this journey will end but if you have lost faith in schooling and it is hurting him then make the leap as a family and take a breather. Don't make any decisions about how to proceed;...

My now nearly 9yo has been writing since she was 4yo and back then she wrote what she thought and didn't care about the spelling until a year or so ago when she started asking me about spelling a lot more an dof course I told her what...