Gross - come on guys!

In the kitchen - where you prep food and possibly eat?  How sanitary is that?

The bedroom isn't too bad, I guess, but isn't there anywhere else you can put the things?

And how many cats do you have that you need 4 litter boxes?

I sense a weird *cat lady* amongst us.

• Where do you keep your cat's litter box? - Becca
  • I keep it in the office part time and on the patio part time - flcmt
  • 3 in the kitchen near the back door, and - 1 more in the bedroom.
    • Gross - come on guys! - sm
  • I keep mine in the laundry room also - The Other Sunshine
  • I used to keep it in the garden tub! - Misha
    • eeewwww! - nm
      • Well, we never use it, and it's a very - Misha
        • But doesn't it stink up the bathroom? - sm
  • in the basement - PAMT~MDM
  • In the basement. - jss

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

Sometimes when I've popped a really big one, that night I will dream about little white worms coming out of my skin.

Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck!

Last year we bought a bag of potatoes, and didn't use them before they started to sprout. Then I baked all of them and froze them in freezer bags.  Took one out of freezer and thawed in microwave when we wanted one.  Delicious.  I just put butter on mine.

A Co worker/friend mentioned to me today that she had an embarassing problem, but wasn't sure if she needed to go to have it checked out. She said she occassionally had an odor in her belly button. She treats it by applying peroxide to it nightly.

I think her problem may be an infection of some kind anyway I suggested she have it looked at. Another co worker said it was a common problem & no big deal, I personaly never had the problem, the other co worker said she gets it all the time & that all it is, is lint trapped in there & then gets irritated. What cha think?

Okay, we have had a problem with mice.  H set some traps and we caught some but everytime I cooked something in the oven it stunk.  So, I have not used the oven.  H finally had time to remove the top part of the stove and found the problem.  On top of the oven, underneath where the burners are, (that part) there were dead mice.  He said babies.  The insulation on top of the oven is gone.  He doesn't know really what to do.  He tried to get insulation from the hardware store, but was told that insulation that you use in houses won't do.  He went to a place where they fix stoves and sell used ones and they say that if it smells like mice, they chunk them.  I asked H if they were just saying that to sell us one of theirs.  He said he did not know and he did not want think he can eat another meal cooked on that stove.  We cannot really afford payments on a new one and  he said not one of theirs is below $200 used.  I told him well, maybe we should just rely on the crock pot and the microwave for a while.  I can also can fry eggs on my waffle iron.  Man, I have got cakes, bread, cookies that I so wanted to bake.  H wanted to make a pizza but when I reminded him we did not have an oven, his face fell.   It is missed terribly. 

He did find some holes in the wall behind the stove where they (Mice) gnawed through the wall and is getting some foam as we speak, write... 

What would you do?  Right now, I am trying to think of things I can sell. 

What are we, in kindergarten here?  Geez, the OP was simply celebrating the fact that she had a millineum baby.  There was nothing graphic about her post.  She didn't give a blow by blow description of the conception process.  I'm sure a lot of people ring in the new year in bed.

I think it's time for you and your parents to have THE talk! 

Let's just call you stinky girl

My son is 11 and the last few days has had a few "wet farts" -- there's no color to it, but enough to soak through his jeans.  He didn't even notice it, said he didn't feel wet, but we noticed it and so did another child at school.  At first, I thought he just sat in something wet, but when he came home from school with it, I took a second look at his jeans and noticed the position of it was more in line with "an accident."  He says he doesn't remember passing gas.  There's a slight discoloration to it and a slight odor. 

I've never had this happen to me personally except when I was getting over diarrhea.  Has anyone else had this happen without being sick?  Any ideas on what could be causing it?  I'm hoping it's not a rectocele or IBS. 

I have taken care of and have potty trained a lot of little boys over the years all starting before 2 and the best thing I found was putting cheerios in the toilet and having them try to shoot the cheerios, like target practice.  I have also used fruit loops and made a game of which color they could hit.  Anything that floats and is flushable is fair game.  They love the game and always want to go potty.

If it is warm where you live a few days going pee outside works too.  They can go when they want, do it themselves and learn how to control their urges quickly. 

On the other hand, #2 for most boys I have found is harder.  They usualy hold it for too long and need to get their bowels on a regular cycle.  I have had a couple boys up until 4 hold it all day long and then go home and their mother would put a diaper on them so they would go and then want to be changed right away.  As soon as the mothers stopped that though the child went to the potty fine.  I would recomend talking with his doctor if that happens.   

Good Luck!!!  It will happen when he is ready. 

wonderful responses and so quickly.  I hope we can keep this thread going to help each other out.  I wrote down these ideas and am going to start implementing many of them right away.  Here are some of my ideas:

1.  Utilities - We had 2 cell phones, got rid of one, which was mine, and I hardly ever used it.  My husband has to have his because we run our own business.  We had 2 house lines, one for our house phone and one for a fax machine.  We got rid of one line, and kept the fax line, converting it to accept phone calls as well as faxes. 

2. We heat our house with corn which in Northwest Indiana is a pretty cheap way to go.  It will cost us approximatey $600.00 to heat our 2600 sq ft house for the winter.  We would normally pay almost $450.00 a month with our heat and electric if we paid or electric company who has a monopoly in this area; no where else to go. :-(

3.  I used to throw a load or two of laundry in every day, no matter how big the load (I have an energy efficient washer), to save time and so the laundry did not pile up.  However, I realized that I was wasting soap, softner, and water even though I have an energy efficient washer.  So, I am doing laundry only 2 days a week, maybe three if need be.  Washing bigger loads at a time.

4.  In regards to above, I use my dryer as a time management issue, because I run the office of our business during the day and transcribe at night.  I think I will implement hanging my clothes out next summer, because I do not think it would be efficent in the winter right now - - would it?

5.  I buy all snack foods at Aldi's.  You save $1.00 to $1.50 an item.  I shop at the most least expensive store in the area when possible, only shopping at the higher-priced stores if there is a sale.

6.  Turn off lights, computer, etc., when not in use.

7.  I buy my cleaning supplies and laundry supplies at our area dollar store.  They carry name-brand items as well as generic-brand, but quite a bit cheaper.

I am brain dead now.  I am sure there are many more.

Please keep them coming.  There were many things that you guys mentioned that I never even thought of, and I am sure we can give each other good ideas to implement.  I feel we are in a war here, and we need all the ammunition we can get as we carry out our role as our home managers :-)

We really appreciate the support.

I wanted to share a picture of Chewy with you . . . I had wanted to get a picture of the five of them, all lined up getting treats from Daddy, heads turning in unison watching his every move . . .

this place and the ability to vent and have you guys listen unconditionally.  And thank you for being so kind with your advice.  I know what I did wasn't good and almost immediately regretted it.  But you all are right, what's done is done, and I should just focus on my family and friends who do want to be part of our lives. 

Just a followup, in case everyone was wondering about reaction to my email, I've received two responses.  One from a daughter-in-law of my FIL's wife who offered her ear and her prayers and also told me that she has always wanted to say the same things.  The other response I received was basically "shame on you for airing your dirty laundry" and told me I sounded like a bitter disturbed person which I guess I am.   For right now anyway.

Thanks again, you guys are the best!

about the alert and info on the 9-month-old?  People just blow my mind with some of the things they pull these days!!!