Not sure if worst, or best. She was a waitress and I had an office job so we rarely saw each other. I'd be getting home as she left. Then she got a new boyfriend and would stay with him. Then I started getting random deliveries of baby formula. Cards addressed to babies. She wouldn't return my phone calls. Because she…

Really, Facebook? Because I once reported a photo of a child's vulva and was told it didn't violate anything. And I find butts (you aren't *really* seeing much) far less problematic than actual genitals.

When I went to DR, I turned my phone on airplane mode and then turned WiFi on. I could only access WiFi - no calls/texts, but I could email/Facebook/Twitter/etc if I had WiFi access (our resort did)

We PLAYED Indiana Jones on the Wii and are now watching Party Down South. America!

New Years Eve weddings are awesome. Usually it's a ton of your friends, not a ton of strangers, and someone else buying the booze.

Yeah, I live in goddamn Centreville and my neighbors have been at it since yesterday. I'm okay with it tonight, my cat's even doing alright, but if it's still going on after I feel like sleeping? Dunzo. We have noise ordinances for a reason.

This is very interesting, though I don't really understand the science stuff at an indepth level :) I will look into rye flour. Do you mix it with water as well? Thanks!

It sounds like she shouldn't/couldn't be far from home as her disabilities may affect her there. Otherwise I'd suggest looking into Ferrum College as I've heard they are good with special needs students. But they are in SW VA which is unlikely to be convenient!

And to be fair - there are aspects of parenting I simply cannot understand despite 20 years of babysitting/nannying/etc. That's not a newborn with zero sleep. And I get that aspect. But the 2x people have said this to me that have really really driven me insane was this story and when another woman told me that I…

Yes! The GW article expands a lot on everything that article says - if you haven't read it, and think you can stomach it... it's very good. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/maga…

Wow! That seems like so little water? That seems like it would be more of a "paste" which I've read is not good...I have some natural wave in my hair but not so much curl. Mostly just frizzy disaster. My hair is really fine but I have a ton of it. I did wonder if I should cut down the water a bit though, so maybe that…

Luckily the vinegar smell hasn't been an issue! I just can't find a shampoo that doesn't build up in my hair and make my hair really gross. Then I use a clarifying shampoo (which shouldn't used daily) and then I repeat the cycle so much that my hair is fried. I also have some other skin conditions (KP) which I'm…

Thank you being honest! That article broke my heart, too - for the parents and the children. I'm a huge Weingarten fan and discovered him via him humor writing and that article just destroyed me. I force myself to reread it every now and then - not even sure why - it's humbling, I think. It can happen, it can be you,…

And I think she does those thing and I wasn't judging her parenting in any way. I was just stating that I understood HOW it happened to these people (obviously not the guy who may have done it purposefully). But I also don't think crazed paranoia from a parent is healthy for the child either (and maybe she's…

On a completely separate thought, I started "no-poo" (giving up all commercial shampoos/conditioners) last week. So I wash my hair with baking soda/water and condition with apple cider vinegar/water. So far it is wayyy icky, but, I've been told I have to give it several weeks. Anyone else done thing? Experience?…

A girl I know lost her shit on Facebook the other night over the kid whose father may have left him n a hot car on purpose and then went off about how she would NEVER do that with HER child because she was SO RESPONSIBLE. I linked the Gene Weingarten article from a few years ago and recommended it and said that while…

I believe auto manufacturers CAN create this censor but don't think it would be cost effective and could open them to liability if it fails. I do think there are some products that can be bought, though. Gene Weingarten did an amazing piece of this awhile back.

In other mommyblogger gone wrong news, Kelli Stapleton tried to kill herself and her autistic daughter, and has fangirls raising money for her legal defense fund. I will NEVER understand that, and I somewhat empathize with how terrible Kelli's situation with her child was.

I have a lot of friends that follow people like this. I also do not understand. One thing when you know the person/child. But so...weird...to me, at least, when they don't. Do you feel like a bad person if you don't "like" the page? I don't feel bad about it, and, frankly, want to limit the tragedy I read each day.