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say if you like to go to the same place at the same time of year all the time it is okay but if you are supposed to be able to visit other resorts it can be really difficult to get a booking.

Best answer - talk to some people who actually have time shares with the company you are considering and see how they feel.

Part of the problem is my son got an academic scholarship and a band scholarship.  The band scholarship (which I didn't want him to take but he insisted  and my husband thought it would be good for him) involves about 27 hours a week.  We were hopeful that this would give him a group of friends when he started school.  That didn't work.  Anyway, band is a part-time job in and of its own.  That plus his other classes, I think he would definitely flunk out if he got a job on top of all those band hours.  He is NOT taking band next semester and he will get a job.  I don't care what he wants to do.  He will get a job.  I am not paying for dates.  He knows that. 

The biggest problem I see with taking away his phone is that he will sit in his dorm room and talk on AIM all day long, and there is absolutely nothing I can do about that.  We told him we would be checking the bill and making sure that he was not texting during class, and since then, I have a real suspicion that he has been cutting classes to be in his room and talk to her on AIM since he can't talk to her on the phone. 

I would almost rather him get out of his room and try to meet some other people and text on his phone than not meet anyone and talk to her day and night on the AIM.  Again, I don't think this is a bad girl.  I think this is a girl who has too much free time on her hands and her parents could care less if she texts day and night.  The thing is, if she really cared about my son, she would not want him to skip classes.  I dated my husband in high school.  We didn't go to the same high school or college.  We talked on the phone each night (for a short time) and came home and saw each other on weekends.  However, I would have never in a million years dream of having him skip class or do anything that would jeopardize his studies because of me.  She wants to keep him in his room so he can't meet people, or at least that is how I feel about the situation. 

I am just so frustrated. 

Life was sure much simpler before cell phones.....

So, I'm writing this as Obama crows about reversing the ban on embryonic stem cell research.  A lot of people in the crowd who know nothing about the science are screaming and applauding.

Whoa.  Hold on for some facts.

 First, embryonic stem cell (ESC) research has been going on full-tilt-boogie in other countries throughout the whole period of the US ban against using (new) lines of ESCs.  So, ummm...where are the miracles, please?  Adult stem cell therapies are already being used to treat over 70 diseases. Adult stem cells are much better for therapeutic purposes because they are already differentiated into the different tissue types (liver, nerve, etc.) and as such are much more immediately applicable.  As one scientist said, "When you have a liver problem, you need a liver stem cell, not an embryonic stem cell".  If you start with an embryonic stem cell, you have to first coax it into becoming a liver stem cell (if you're treating a liver disease, for instance) anyway...so what's the point?  The logic is difficult to escape, no?.

Second, embryonic stem cells show a marked propensity to develop into all kinds of tissues - including malignant tumors - and don't know the difference.  At least one patient injected with ESCs in Great Britain has died of cancer as a result.  No doubt, this scientific fact will be labeled "un-scientific".

Third, most embryonic stem cell collections are contaminated and unusable.

This does not mean that ESCs have no scientific value.  Blood, for instance, has been produced from ESCs.  However, there must be protections against the potential risk of sacrificing embryos in order to harvest ESCs, and there are ways to provide such protections.   Given the aggressive pro-abortion actions of the man who has already become known as "the Bloodiest President", we can have no confidence that this administration, which is indifferent to human life,  will protect these nascent human beings.

Why then, you might ask, are all the pharma companies screaming for joy?  Because, like the rotten science behind global warming, ESC research is an industry, and more precisely it is an industry that commands huge amounts of federal dollars.  That's what Obama was announcing today.  And, you don't have to produce any results to receive these dollars, either.  All you have to do is propose a research project, however improbable it might be, and here come millions of dollars.  It's the same reason state governors and bankers and auto company executives dance attendance upon Obama, kissing his ring - it's worth $millions and sometimes even $billions per pucker. 

I was always told it kills brain cells.  I always believed that because I thought my ex was walking proof! lol.  Does it really rejuvinate them? I too believe in its usage for medicinal purposes.  Back in the day (waaaaay back) I smoked it once when I had an excruciating toothache (cuz that always happens on weekends when the dentist is closed!) and it relaxed me enough to tolerate the pain.  It was either that or I was going to overdose on Tylenol, Motrin, whatever I could find cuz they weren't working for crap.  I also did it once when I had an earache. (again waaaay back in the day).  It works wonders.  Doesn't take the pain away but makes it tolerable.  I definitely am against using it for recreation.  When my ex was getting high it was like walking on pins and needles around him.  He was wonderful when he was high but when he wasn't he was just the biggest a-hole!

snorting the crack OUR parents didn't teach us about!

Geesh -- why always so quick to blame the parents?  This kid is 14 years old and knew better than to do this.  She chose to do it anyway, just like so many others before her time chose to get up knocked up, strung out on drugs, become an alcoholic, etc. 

Yes, the kid screwed up, but that's what kids do.  Didn't you ever have a friend who stole a car in high school or got caught cheating and ended up expelled?  It's not the end of the world, but spreading it all over the media could very well push this kid over the edge and cause her to hurt herself.  She obviously is looking for attention or affection.  This is certainly not going to help her.

Is this a new problem or has it been ongoing?  If he is constantly tearing into things and is uncontrollable I would definitely call the pediatrician immediately and tell them you are at your wits end.  I too used to work in a daycare and I am so thankful that I have been able to get a job at home and get my daughter out of daycare (my older 2 are already in school).  I remember calling my pediatrician one night in tears telling them I had it with my middle child, (he was 6 at the time but he had always been this way) he was so mean and hurtful and angry.  The pediatrician called me back and we got my son in the next day.  We then put him in therapy and started him on ADHD medication.  He got dramatically better and he only stayed on the medication for 1 year.  He is 8 now and no longer on the meds.  He still has his moments but it is so much better. 

As for homeschooling I don't know how you do it and I give you a lot of credit. (You definitely have a full-time job just being a mom as well as homeschooling and working at night, you must be exhausted.)  But if you are really struggling with it think about why you are opposed to public schooling.  Is it the area you are in?  Is it a decent school district?  If you only want to homeschool so that your kids can be with you then I would definitely think long and hard about what is best for your kids and family, remember your sanity should be the #1 priority.  If mom is not happy, no one is happy.

Good luck, let us know how it turns out.

Seriously, she was supposedly a well known and well respected pet psychic.  My dog was elderly and in poor health.  I'd adopted her at 10-11 years of age, and now it was 5 yrs later.  Her owner was not entirely honest with me about her background, so I was curious about that, and her current state of health. 

I saw her flyer at a Pet Expo, so I gave her a call.  I took notes about what she said.  Some of it was accurate (if obvious/generic), and the rest was... well, I wouldn't say *wildly* off base, but it wasn't accurate and/or I didn't believe it.  I don't believe she had any kind of gift, though it was an intersting conversation and she was very professional. 

I do think some (very few) people do have abilities in this area that most of us don't have, but I also believe most 'psychics' are full of it and just do it for the money.  I've never wanted to see a 'people' psychic, and I wouldn't try a pet psychic again either.  JMO. 

he told me that the pictures weren't for him and they aren't on his MySpace page (which I did check) and that yes this boy does smoke weed but he doesn't.  He says he is too afraid of his dad.  We live in a small town where everybody knows everybody and their business so he's afraid it would get back to his dad somehow.

In some ways I believe him because, like I said, he doesn't act different, I haven't seen any of the classic signs, red eyes or visine bottles, no munchie type eating, not sleeping more than usual, etc.  But in other ways I'm still susicious.  It's sooo hard!  What if I tell him I don't believe him and he really is telling the truth?

Shoot! I have to go,,, I'll finish later.

Thanks again for your advice.

even to the point as to how they have sex and that's ALL going to be revealed on her show tonight. I'm definitely not going to watch. Those 2 make me sick, especially now that she/he is pregnant again and due in June! BW thinks she's doing the world a favor by doing this special report.

The reason it kept its female parts was to have kids. What gets me is they never heard of adoption? Why not adopt? Because they wanted to make money, that's why.

I don't know how many times they pointed out that she is now a legal male on all records, SS#, birth (how'd they accomplish that?), marriage license, medical history, etc. If she/he is a legal male, she/he shouldn't have the reproductive organs. Period.

 I feel sorry for the kids. They will be so confused because they are going to tell them as soon as they're old enough  to speak and/or understand.

This world is going to h---- in a handbasket.

She said she was just worried that she might be sick.  She said dd would cry like the whole world caved in and then the next minute she would be happy and play as if she didn't have a care in the world.  I don't really know what it is about. 

I haven't taken my own medication for a few days and I guess it has brought out my paranoia.  I have never been as bad off as my cousin but I do take antidepressants.  Yeah, we live in a small town and people like to talk. 

Spaghetti sauce cooked 3 days and nights, then enough spaghetti for a week. Chili for a week, soup for a week. She cooked like it was still the depression era, yet it was the ླྀs. She would grumble about hamburger being $.50 a pound. But then, you have to realize, she was in her 60s when DH was in his teens. He was "an accident".

 He was really happy when I made him steak. I still feed him anything he wants, and he likes my spaghetti sauce and chili better than his mom's. Of course, that could be because I don't give it to him every night of the week. Just when he gets a craving for it.

This is what our country is founded on FREEDOM OF CHOICE!   I'm laughing already; you are just as mortal as the rest of us, and don' even attempt to that you've never done anything in your lifetime that was unsafe or unhealthy. NOT gonna buy it.

I thought that the purpose of this board was to be able to post without being judged unfairly or have somebody tell you how wonderful their personal life is, and therefore you are causing their life to be less wonderful with your irresponsibility. Well, the saying "walk a mile in my shoes" is a good one in this case.  Since you have no personal information about the person you are lambasting because they are looking for information on their debt, you can feel superior.  Had you had personal information about them, you might act in a more human manner. Consider fighting cancer for 4 years, working and being debilitated while you do, suffering the effects of chemo, going into debt to maintain your home for your children and looking for a way out of debt SHOULD YOU EVEN LIVE THROUGH THIS!!  Thank you for the kind comments.  To the judgmental people I say please take a step back before you judge.  You do not know who you are talking to and if you knew the personal information maybe your comments would be kinder.