They think anybody who is on aid is abusing the system. They resent the system and the people sm

• Food Stamps - sm
  • "Food stamps" now are paid on EBT cards - federal EBT cards which look the - same for federal employees who (SM)
  • Maybe she BORROWED it , things - sm
  • Snap judgments are unfair. nm - nm
  • Have you thought that perhaps she is a foster mom or....sm - Georgia gal
    • No, unless of course the foster kids of choice - sm
  • Maybe she was buying food for someone? - sm
  • Did you check the registratio you think maybe it did not belong to her? borrowed to sm - grrrr?
    • I agree... - steph
      • I don't know about anyone else, but if I owned an Escalade, I sure wouldn't lend it out. - gd1

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I am so happy. Live in NE. My DIL inquired of a small local game store in a small mall when they would be in, they told her Tues. and to be there when they opened. She appeared and no one else was there, called me and said she was leaving as the shipment had not arrived and she waited alone for an hour. I told her to shop around in the little mall and keep looking for the brown UPS truck. She did and when the truck appeared at the small game store, she went over and acquired 1 of only 3 shipped. Another lady showed up, called her sister and they got the only 3 that the company shipped. This is how they are getting people, they' re limiting the shipments. At least this little store told her what day they come in, although only 3 arrived.

I asked at a Target down the street when Wii's would be in and they were very rude, "We get them, when we get them, don't know, Maa'm, you just have to keep coming in."

Motto of my story: Smaller is better. So happy, perhaps you can try the smaller game shops who will tell you when they're coming in. Since so many are looking, thought I would share our success story. The kids will have the Wii as well as the guitar that goes with it, thanks to the little guy store. I know Christmas is not only about the gifts, but I'm happy we got something the kids really wanted this year as they both take guitar lessons. Happy MIL

My kids love to come to Wal-Mart with me on the weekend and so if they get X amount of points for the week they get to come to Wal-Mart and get a little goodie.  If they get X amount of points above that, they get two little goodies.  For letting me work in peace I give two points, versus the one they get for everything else, so that acts as an incentive to keep out of my office.  If they come in while I'm working they lose two points.  This has worked pretty well thus far.  For your kids the incentive might be a different kind of treat, but try it and see how it works for you!

That's exactly my point.  It's wrong on any level.  It was obviously an unfortunate accident that no one should benefit from.  If you daughter needs counseling to overcome this, then by all means take her and ask the dog owner to pay your copay.  I think it was very reasonable that the dog owner offered to pay your copay from the hospital bill.  You want revenge, not compensation. 

Something about this story doesn't make sense.  Your daughter comes running home dripping with blood and they had to pull the dog off her hand, but yet nothing was done with the dog.  The dog's owners are so unreasonable and yet they're offering to pay your out-of-pocket expense.  Your daughter is completely traumatized by all of this, and all you can think about is getting an attorney to sue for her pain and suffering.  Again, call what it is.

Not sure when it turns to ice though.  If I remember from the radar last night, looked like southwest to northwest Ohio is going to get hit with this too.  Not sure about Sunday's storm yet.  I tried to pull up the radar, but it isn't showing for tomorrow yet. 

My daughter is supposed to be driving up from Dayton tomorrow and going back on Sunday, but I warned her not to.  She just might have to stay!

Nothing more than daycare in my opinion.  We should be looking at how other countries run things as far as the education system.  Why is there no school in summer anyway?  Wasn't the original reason so that kids could be with their families to work the harvest?  School should be year 'round and the kids should come out of it SMART.

I just spent about 15 minutes at this site: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/default.aspx

lookin' at all the cameras and the different weather situations!  Wow--that's incredible the HUGE differences in weather!  "The man" has cameras EVERYWHERE--and that's just the ones we can see on the internet!  

my fridge.  It tastes better than any bottled water I have bought, it is free, and I don't have to worry about the plastic bottles to throw away or recycle. 

I once saw a thing on TV that said that bottled water is no healthier for you than tap water.  You might look into a Brita pitcher or something.  I think it would be cheaper than constantly buying bottled water.

Does anyone have this?  It sounds great and I'm thinking about getting it. Curious if anyone uses this or something similar.  tia

http://www.drwhitaker.com/order/aquasanaLP_expr.asp?promo_code=K6D03001&alias_code=91215L&cookie%5Ftest=1

you know something we don't know? How have you come to that conclusion? Perhaps you need a job to keep you busy and not try to control the lives of others. You sound like a control freak....

I do spend every night reading to my children.  I also tuck them in and rub their backs every night.  I get up every morning to prepare them a warm breakfast before driving them to school so they don't have to ride a cold school bus in the morning.  My kids are all on the high honor roll because my husband and I help them with their homework.  I volunteer at their school once a week.  My husband and I attends every sporting event with them, be it practice or a match, to make sure no harm comes to them.  I make sure they have a hot meal on the table when they come home from school.  I worked extra all summer to afford a trumpet for my son who wanted to join the elementary band.  I don't resent my children.  I love them very much. 

But I do resent others critiquing my parenting abilities.  I'm sure OP's DS and DD do a lot more than OP is giving them credit for.  It's terrible for the kids to have fish sticks and yogurt, but it's okay for GP to spank them?  She's complaining because DD and DS don't hit them, they just yell at them?  Where are your scruples? It's obvious these parents love their children, they just need a little help, not criticism.  Why is that so hard to understand?  Do parents not deserve a break? 

So many GPs have the mentality, "you made 'em, you raise 'em" and that's fine.  No one said GPs should be raising their GKs, but is it that wrong to think that GPs could give the parents a break even just once a year?  Maybe they'd be better parents if they weren't as stressed all the time.   

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.

who can make people disappear.      

Not really--I'd be lyin' if I said I never thought such things though!  ;-)

I have a Lab/Pit mix, probably 8 or 9 years old, who has a terrible problem with itching and scratching all over.  I am hoping someone on this site has a solution for us. 

I will tell you what we have tried that has not worked. 

Benadryl has not worked. Seemed to help initially but stopped it and she shows no change.

Changing her food has not worked.  Have tried all kinds of food, wheat free, have not helped. 

Adding oil to her food, 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil twice a day, has not helped.  Seemed to help initially but she went back to scratching.

Getting her groomed with dry skin shampoo/conditioner has not helped.

What DID help was steroid injection and prednisone pills on a tapering dose.  But once the dose was tapered down, she started scratching some.  I dont want her on steroids indefinitely.  PLUS, the steroids made her very very aggressive and being part pitbull, that was not a good thing. 

When it gets to the point that she and I are both waking up multiple times during the night, I have to go back to steroids.  Before I do that, I wonder if anyone reading this has another remedy we could try before going to steroid route.

We also have a cat and I am beginning to think she may be allergic to the cat.  Do you think this is possible?  My vet technician told me it is possible but it would involve costly allergy testing and injections if it proves positive.  Would like opinions from others before I take her for allergy testing. 

Any info anyone could provide would sure be appreciated, not only by me but by my best friend who is suffering with this.

Thank you!