Similar to that, I’m getting my 10 year old an ipod Touch for Christmas - a refurbished one. It wasn’t terribly expensive and it has wifi. I’m divorced and neither my ex nor I have land lines so this gives him the power to contact either of us without having to ask to borrow a cell phone (which either of us would…

I thought the same thing! I honestly thought “red shirting” meant you were sending your child to school a bit early knowing that they might not make it (like a Star Trek Red Shirt Guy) but you had no choice. I still don’t really understand the football thing. 

I’m still so angry with DJ for dumping her hot veterinarian boyfriend for STEVE. STEVE! WTH, Deej?!

St. Louis also has a huge Catholic population with a large number of Catholic schools. So there was quite an abuse problem with alter boys for decades. 

Thank you! This is very helpful. I did some googling and discovered that there are some other electronic pressure cookers by recognizable brands that are 6 qts and much cheaper than Instant Pot so I might just splurge and get myself a $50 Magic Chef version. 

And you have the 3 qt?

This is good to know! Thank you! I might just splurge and get myself the small one on Black Friday. 

Is the Instant Pot worth it for very small households? I used to be a crock pot addict. But since my divorce, I mainly cook for me and two very picky kids. The crock pot makes too much food because you need to fill it so much so the crock doesn’t crack. But is this worth it for a small house? 

The world seems to love them and . . . .

My theory is that a boring ugly American duck got jealous and killed it much like the Lifetime movie Death of a Cheerleader starring Kellie Martin and Tori Spelling. 

The jumpsuit makes peeing difficult so I’m going to say no to that. But I would straight up live in the Hooded Snuggle Lounger and not even apologize for it.

Plus, it’s just awkward for your dog when he finds out how many siblings he has. And is then implicated in a cold case. 

Only two people did this for me - a friend sent me some really fancy chocolates and brownies from a chocolate store she knew I liked. I could snack on those throughout the day during maternity leave. A neighbor also would stop by my door and bring me an iced coffee and then hold the baby for a little bit so I could…

I always think of the fact that he looks like alpaca.

My kids always want these rando video game costumes and no one knows who they are dressed up as. It cracks me up. A few years ago my oldest was Minecraft Steve with the big cardboard head mask which he did not want to wear 10 minutes into Trick-or-Treating and then just looked like a regular person wearing a blue…

Ha! Yes, me too. Wedding in 03 and house in 06. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Everything could go wrong. 

I hear this! Yes. My parents were very big on the follow through and the pressure of the follow through was incredible. I stayed at bad jobs and bad careers and pushed a relationship into a marriage when it should have ended because of pressure. Maturing and developing the confidence of my own opinions and feelings…

Oh yes. When I look back at why I got married it was reasons like “Well, we’re at that age, it’s the next logical step, all of our friends were doing it, my parents are pressuring.” - at the time I would not have said those were my reasons but those were my reasons. And when people talk about their wedding day and…

Yes, I agree. I was absolutely an ignorant tween and teen. But a lot of our beliefs were shaped by adults and I would venture to say that those adults were just stupid. 

My family isn’t religious and in this city, everyone celebrates St. Nick’s Day too. Trying to explain to my 5 year old that St. Nick was the person that Santa is based on was impossible. So I told him that Santa Claus and St. Nicolas are cousins. Santa was the magic cousin who lived forever but St. Nick was the human…