I've decided to purchase a bicycle and would

appreciate any advice, experience, do or dont's on buying one.  One of the reasons I hate cycling is because of those small seats and my backside is fairly large (all the more reason to exercise).  I need to start getting more exercise for health reasons or I'm headed in for serious problems. 

TIA

• I've decided to purchase a bicycle and would - sm
  • Things to make a bike more fun - sm - LowlyMT
    • Most important part of biking..wear a helmet!. - MT and worn out
    • Are you crazy? It sounds like this lady is just - sm
      • No, I'm totally thinking getting back into exercising - sm - LowlyMT
      • Gotta agree-- I was sweating after just reading that - post, but very good info!
      • tee, hee! - nm

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first.  H is going to call around to see who has stove insulation.  I will scrub it down with baking soda like someone else suggested.  I have also read on the internet to sprinkle the new insulation Cayenne peper.   They said the house had a fragrance for a while, but they never had to deal iwth rat pee anymore.  If anything, I don't see why we cannot at least use the top part.  I may just get rid of my cake mixes and cookie mixes.  I guess I can either give them to my mom or give them to the food bank.  We do have a George Foreman MIL gave us for Christmas.  I have hardly used it because it was hard to clean.  I considered selling it.  

 Right now, I just don't think we can afford it without using credit.  We owe too much already.  It is so bad that I have been looking around to see what I can sell.  Not to buy a new stove but to pay some of this stuff down.  We have Christmas to do and next month we have property taxes, car tags. 

of Limoncello just in case the ginger falls flat. Thanks so much for the YouTube vid.

Happy New Year!

be friends with Susie and Tommy rather than parents. They want their kids to like them, don't want to hurt the poor little ones feelings or harm their self-esteem. Instead of rules they compromise, instead of depriving them of certain things these parents lavish them with every material thing they can for fear of being called a bad mom or dad. It's easier to buy the kid stuff and let them do what they want rather than buck up and be a parent. You all know who you are out there. I have to laugh when I see the 12-year-old who is dressed like a 22-year-old who is at the mall with her 35-year-old mother who is dressed like a 12-year-old. I also think the role models in the home have a lot to do with it too. Mom and dad probably don't respect each other, argue, use foul language, what is a kid to do but think that's the way relationships work. Many parents today are raising the furture  princess whiny-give me-buy me and prince disrepectful-treat women like crap-selfish adults of tomorrow. We are doomed!

My daughter is 5 and really wanted a cat, but we just aren't "cat people."  We have a big dog, and she loves him but wanted something cuddlier.  We wanted something that she could help care for and play with.  We get the "pigs" out of their cage every day (we have a an indoor fence/play yard that we put on a towel to catch the pee and poop) and let them run around.  They have turned out to be a lot more fun than I thought they would.  They really don't smell as long as you change the bedding in the cage every three to four days (might go longer if you only had one).  From the things I've read and our experience, they are really gentle and tolerant (no one has gotten even an accidental bite since we got them in March, and we handle them ALL the time). 

The negatives are that they are quite messy ( lots more vaccuming in the room where the cage is - again might not be as bad with only one - most of the bedding goes flying when they get to chasing each other around), and they can be noisy (especially at night when you're wanting to sleep). 

They are terribly cute, and we love them but, like any animal, they are a lot of work.  I don't regret it at all, but I can see where it wouldn't be for everyone.   

I get a message on my phone this weekend from principal saying my daughter was selected to be put in a 2/3 grade class.  She is in 2nd grade.  I think personally something else is up.  Why such a great class being formed in January??? and why call on the weekend?  She's not that upset about it, but we just moved to the area and this starts this morning.  So now she had to meet new friends and now new friends again.  Not sure how I should handle this.  I'm upset, but at same time, might not be a bad thing.  I do want to let them know I'm not pleased though.

How do ya feel about cats?  That's what I'd do...get a cat...but I love cats and love it when they bring me 'presents' of dead varmints. 

If that's not an option, and you're not comfortable with baiting, glue traps, or that sort of thing, it'd be worth it to hire a professional 'cridder ridder' or exterminator.  Those things will chew up your walls and floorboards like you have no idea and cause incredible amounts of damage.  Good luck in your jihad! 

I've done that along with changing my diet but still no relief.  I just received an e-mail saying to try vitamin E which is what I am going to try next.

Thanks a bunch.....

where to I go to do this, remove IE7 and reinstall IE6.

TIA

I understand.  For 17 years I dealt with this, always feeling like I was never doing enough, if only I could do more then maybe....  I became very ill myself because of it.  I had no life of my own, -- I lived for the next crisis, just like you -- and no one could understand, not even my doctor.  I didn't find peace until I took the burden off my shoulders and put it on His--until I realized I had a responsibililty to God for my own life and I was losing my life, my freedom to find His Will for me and do it, to someone else's addiction.  In this case, it was my mothers's.  She was there night and day as well, no escaping.  I gave up my outside job and worked from home too.  I finally had to move in order to remain sane and THEN other family members had to start doing their share of helping out while I tried to regain some sense of self. It wasn't until then that she even got a clue that I had a right to my own life. 

Your daughter, loved though she be, is robbing you of your life.  That is not right.  But I don't know of a stronger bond than that between a mother and a daughter no matter what problem may arise.   One can never really walk away, forget it, etc. like so many will tell you to do.  Inside, that bond lives strong.  All you can do is find a way to deal with it, a way that is fair to you, healthy for you, a way that will keep you strong or else she will take you down with her. 

For me, it was distancing myself physically and praying for her.  I realized for all my love of her, only He could make the changes in her, and He did once I acknowledged how true the words are, "Without Me, you can do nothing."  Now I pray for and expect miracles if it so be His Will when I have problems I cannot resolve.  It brings great peace and strength -- and HOPE because I've seen first-hand how prayer made with faith truly does bring them and I don't feel like I am carrying the burden all by myself anymore and then I accept whatever He lets happen, realizing He in His wisdom knows more than I.   

Talk to a therapist -- tell them what you've just written here.  Again, they might have access to resources you don't know about.  If their advice sounds harsh, and it probably will, listen anyway.  Consider it.  Your life DOES matter too.  But don't ever lose hope in God.  Ask for the strength and courage to do what must be done for the sake of the both of you and grace for her to change.  Nothing is impossible for Him to do.  Nothing. 

Have you read the books by Melodie Beattie?  They help.  Feel free to e-mail me if you wish.