Recent content by julia_ottawa

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    Don't know where to start......

    I am sorry, if I repeat anyone - I did not read comments. But SD is -and again, I am sorry for being blunt - is not your problem. Your main responsibility is your kids and gosh you are doing the great job - no TV, no juck food. I feel sorry for that girl, she is very jealous and my only...
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    Connecting with Video Gamers in Your Family...

    The nice solution would be to play the game together :) Me and my daughter develop a game together - it is a lot of fun and I can catch the moment when the game can become boring for children :)
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    I got this in my e-mail...

    This is so sad :( Thanks for sharing
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    Wish list...

    cybele, if I get a pony, you can come at any time and ride him ! :)
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    Not telling the truth...

    I am no expert, but I assume that humans lie a lot mostly when they want to avoid consequences. With my daughter I try to avoid situations when she might feel need to lie. For example, she is not a big fan of doing homework, but she really does not have a choice, because she is sitting next to...
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    Wish list...

    :takeabow:a horse would be nice....
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    Mad Mother...

    mom2many, I mentioned that the family is muslim, so I kinda understand that she was not trying to be rude, it is just tradition brought to the extreme: she is not suppose to open the door to anyone without her husband or something like that. I mean we had a muslim lady taking care of my kids and...
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    Mad Mother...

    I know, I left out lots of details. But as I am telling you the story, I kinda calm down a bit, so thanks for the support. I did not ask if he absolutely had to go to the store - he could drop my son in the day care first and then go. It was defenitely not an emergency. The guy has a small...
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    Mad Mother...

    As for religion - I might be wrong but I do expect a religious person to be honest and responsible. But that's just my expectations. As for the rest: I live in a small town, there are no stores between these two destinations. To get to the closest Plateau with stores and shopping centers...
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    Connecticut...

    My prayers...
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    Mad Mother...

    So, here is the situation.... and I am rarely that mad but I just have to tell my story to vent out and ask for advise. I got a new job that I love to death - the pay, the place, everything just perfect. But of course first weeks I had to work usual office hours (which my boss, real sweetheart...
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    Scare your kids...

    :laugh:I was a Frankenstein's Bride... My daughter got scared of me in all this make-up ) )
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    8 kids???????????...

    May be he was still joking...(whispering with hope)
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    Apps for parents (iPhone/Android)...

    " have had to return my geese" Hm... I leave in Canada.... These Canadian geese are always back on their own and every spring they wake me up at 4 am on Sunday with their honks while flying over the roof on my house... any apps to keep them away? Shooting them is illegal... :) ) )
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    Kids and wild animals...

    :speechroflmao: : I just wonder : do we like men because they remind us of cat, or we like cats because they remind us of men :err: