The Florida Keys, they are everywhere!

• Where in FL do iguanas live in trees? (sm) - From there - didn't know that!!
  • Thanks for the info! Ever feel like you just totally missed something? LOL - sm - OP
    • They are not native to Florida; interesting story - sm
  • Miami, too. Rosie O showed a pic of one in a tree in her yard. - R
  • The Florida Keys, they are everywhere! - nm
  • Down in the Keys.... - sm
    • Thanks for the pic....sm - cat

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I was given keys to the roof of my building (because I was so chunky I didn't want to do this walking on the street/sidewalks of my complex) and I started by trying to do one entire perimeter of the roof (which is HUGE - like 2 roofs in one, 29 apartments to a floor....HUGE roof (built in the 70s)....

So, I did this everyday until I could do the perimeter of this entire roof 10-15 times - it took 6 weeks to get there *lol* 

What I did do was put Tina Turner's cassette into a Walkman (her album called SIMPLY THE BEST) and that, in and of itself, was SO MOTIVATING. 

And again, if you saw my other post, I kept counting calories, keeping them to 1000 or under per day.  Sort of like a crash diet.  *laughs*...I had to do this - because I'm diabetic.....among other diagnoses.

Best of luck!!!

However, why post if you were wrong and then defend yourself to the opinions that were posted????  I don't get it.  My parents had an open door policy.  No matter what, they stuck by my decisions.  I moved out twice and moved back in before getting married when apartment life did not work out for whatever reason.  I did not move out when I was 16 though as my parents were responsible for me until I was 18.  Once I turned 18, they still let me move in and out and I also always had a key.  I had a key to the house they lived in, and then I had a key to my Mom's independent living apartment after she sold our family home when our Dad passed away. 

I think there are more issues here than you want to admit.  I think if you tried counseling instead of arguing with your son about a key, then you may get to the root of the problem.  The fact that you won't allow him access to your home symbolizes that you don't want him around unless you are home.  You are now telling him that his home is no longer his home by taking the key away. 

I think that it is just understood that once one moves out on their own that the original home is not their home, but they are still welcome.  I don't think you want to welcome him into what you are calling your home. 

When we bought our first home and had children, we became a team.  We are a family and even though my husband and I pay the bills, we do tell our children that this is "our" home.  They help with chores and that's the best they can do. 

I don't want to go on and on, and I'm not bashing you here.  I just think you may want to consider some help from something other than this board. You may want to try a church or a counselor to help you with your teenager.  I'm sure none of us here are saints by no means and we need to support one another here. 

My Mom used to say "You are born, but you're not dead yet."  In other words, anyone here can state their opinions on the rearing of their own children, but not until you die can you say "that never happened to me"!  My Mom would say this when I would give judgemental remarks of others.  This was to open my eyes to the fact that the very same thing I am talking about could happen to me! 

Lots of luck and love to you!  I certainly hope there is a way to keep an even ground with your son.  Blood is thicker than water...

Hi All,

I live in South Florida and I am new to MT Stars.  Anybody else from Florida?

Always something to do and the weather was beautiful...

and due to the multi-multi ethnic groups here - MULTITUDES of different groups - we have it all in the supermarkets....

You never had chopped liver?  Never eaten chicken livers and onions together just fried up?  Never had chicken livers wrapped in bacon and then cooked?  Ramaki's I think they are called (can't remember)....

The Argentinians I just read eat twice as much beef as Americans....not a good thing...*lol*

I'm in Florida, and it is me, my husband, our 2 kids (son 7 and daughter 11), and my father-in-law, and I swear my FIL, who is 5Ǝ" and 158 lbs, eats more than my husband, who is 6Ɖ" and 345 lbs. FIL had to have a feeding tube put in last July, and I had to cut down meals by half because we were having so many leftovers and wasting money. Just when I thought I had it figured out, he was able to get the tube removed, so I'm back to making meals for an army. I just wish I had his metabolism as he just does not seem to gain weight and even had to go on high-calorie Ensure when he had the feeding tube to gain weight. I shudder to think of what my grocery bill will be when my son hits puberty  I don't buy stuff for lunches here at home as we (FIL and I) will just eat a sandwich or leftovers from the fridge

As far as special foods, we don't really buy anything out of the ordinary. I buy frozen vegetables instead of canned unless it is for a recipe, and for a while we were buying meat at a butcher shop but have had to cut that out for now. It was really good but was close to DH's work, and if he couldn't pick it up while he was in the area, it was a 45-minute drive. I cook most things from scratch, except lasagna because I hate making it. Once a month, we have a luncheon at church that I bring a dish and a dessert, and I cook Wednesday night dinner there one night per month, but I get reimbursed for the Wednesday night dinner. I do include paper products and toiletries in with my grocery budget but that's it, and I usually go to Sam's once a month for those.

I have it easy compared to my parents though. My dad got paid once a month, and there were 4 kids at home all the time, 5 when my sister came up during the summer. They used to have 3 grocery carts slap full of food, and my mom figured out that it took something like 18 boxes of cereal to last a month, each one with a date marked on it so we didn't go through them too quickly. And to keep my brother from using a mixing bowl and a serving spoon to eat cereal  We also had a freezer to keep extra bread and other things, and my mom also used to mix in powdered milk when the gallon was half-way gone. I never knew until I was grown, so she definitely blended it well.

about the little girl (Caylee) that's been missing for five weeks and her mom (Caycee) is in jail?  i'm watching the court stuff that's going on.  they are going to decide if she should get bail or not.  i've seen some interviews with Caycee's mom (Cindy) on the news, and she is a witch.  Cindy is on the stand right now and i just think the whole thing seems suspicious.  Cindy claims that Caycee has had this babysitter for three years and used to take Caylee to her and the mom has never once met the babysitter?  i think that sounds weird. 

anyway, it's interesting and I sure hope the little girl is still alive.

it's not *spoiling kids* what with Florida rates, that's a given.......quadruples for kids 25 and under.......check it out yourself....it's not spoiling.  I also moved out at 18 and did it all myself but I didn't drive until I was 26 or 28 so car insurance was never an issue back in the days for me.  Today, it's a different world and car insurance definitely depends on WHERE YOU LIVE.

If you live in very small-town America I suppose what you said is very correct......

There are plenty of beaches in S. Florida where they have found over the many years MEDICAL WASTE DUMPING.  So, no I don't agree that Florida's beaches are all beautiful..........maybe northeast and northwest in the state but certainly not in south florida......

just my take is all........

this is NOT normal......been in Florida 30 years and never heard birds in the middle of the night unless one is in the Everglades....and I'm not located there.

Been going on for almost a year.........it's very bizarre to me.