Cursive never clicked for me. My cursive was illegible. One of my 6th grade teachers told me to stop writing in cursive because she couldn't read it. I switched back to printing and never looked back. My dad never used cursive either. Actually he printed in block capitals, not even lower-case. He was a 7th grade…

D'nealian is actually not a good way for children to learn to write anything. D'nealian's printing is not developmentally appropriate for kindergartners and studies have shown that it actually takes kids longer to transition to script with D'nealian than it does with Zaner-Bloser. My son actually went from knowing all…

I've blocked a few relatives from my feed for pro-NRA, anti-Obama, anti-gay marriage/rights stuff because it's easier than unfriending or blocking. Plus they're relatives, so they can still see the pics of my kids if the want and I can still use Facebook to invite them to parties/holidays/kids events. It's worked…

Thanks! I sure hope so. I got the school(after 2 years of fighting) to allow him to skip a grade, so he is now in 5th grade. He had taken math and language arts with the 3rd grade as a second grader, and then in 3rd grade, the school wasn't going to let him take any classes with the 4th grade. They eventually let him…

I took screen shots of some of the questions.

I love the original Baum books(and the Ruth Plumly Thompson Books). I hate the movie(although I like the songs) First off, Judy Garland was waaaay too old to play Dorothy. Dorothy is like 10. And the slippers are silver not ruby. Baum's Dorothy is plucky and self-reliant. You don't actually see her scared much at all…

I am a relatively healthy fattie. I am 33 years old. I have 2 children(9 and 2). I am 5'6". At my heaviest(not including pregnancy) I weighed just shy of 250 pounds. I currently weigh just shy of 216 pounds. I wear a size 16 pants and a 36I(yes I) bra. I am healthier now than I was when I was 176 pounds 10 years ago.…

Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I actually couldn't read the label on my sports bra. I just bought a new one(same kind, just different size. I lost weight so now I am a 36I instead of a 38H *sigh*). It is an Elomi Energie(not positive on spelling). It's actually more supportive than any bra I've ever owned, even the…

You're exactly right! And it works both ways. I'm a mother of 2 and lost a number of friends when I had my oldest. I still reached out to all of them, but they stopped returning calls and emails. But I have one(fairly recent) awesome childless friend(who claims she doesn't even like kids) who goes above and beyond. We…

I know exactly how you feel. I've been doing community theatre since I was 13(20 years). My husband and I started dating while I was in a show and he was playing electric bass in the pit. But even now, with my kids being 9 and 2, I still feel so much guilt when I do a show. I haven't accepted a role in the chorus…

I grew up calling my prents' best friends aunt and uncle. They're family. Their only child is 3 years younger than me, and we're as close as sisters. When I had my oldest child and a half years ago, most of my friends weren't even married(I was 23), and my BF was still in college. I really found out who my true…

I miss the Trefoils from when I was a Girl Scout. They used to have the big pieces of coarse sugar on them and they were awesome. Without the sugar on top, they are just lame.

Actually it depends on which bakery your local Girl Scout Council buys the cookies fropm. There are 2 of them. Little Brownie Bakers still use Samoa, Tag-a-Long, etc. ABC Bakers use Caramel Delites, Peanut Butter Patties, etc.

I've only defriended 2 people and blocked one, and they were all relatives who had pissed me off in one way or another. I've declined lots of friend requests from my husband's relatives though. I mean, dude, you're my husband's cousin(his mom was one of 9 so there's a million of them) and I've only met you once at so…

You are exactly right!!(Well not about the lesbian interest, don't think that's ever happened to me). I recently met a new friend who I just clicked with. We're so much alike that it's almost scary. We even look enough alike to pass as sisters. I had been burned recently by some friend break-ups, so I let her make…

Exactly!! I learned photography as a child by using my dad's Canon A1(manual everything). I learned to frame my picture when I took the shot, not after the fact. I now have a Canon DSLR and use GIMP for photoediting, but I rarely do more than crop or make the picture B&W or Sepia. I'm cropping even less now that I…

I've been saying that I believed in Santa Claus for longer than I believed in God for years!! I mean, there was proof of Santa under the tree every Christmas morning. My dad was a 7th grade science teacher, and we were only the proverbial Christmas/Easter Catholics, so that probably contributed as well. I…

I live in a small rural community. I am straight. There is only one gay bar. There is only one karaoke bar(other bars have karaoke on certain nights, but only one has it every night). They happen to be the same bar. I used to frequent it a lot with the rest of my community theatre friends after rehearsals and…

Free Parking is a fairly common house rule that is even included as an example of a house rule in some editions of the game. 2, 3, and 4 are essential to keeping the game moving though!

I have a friend who tries to respond to text messages first thing in the morning before she gets out of bed(she's single and goes into work at 11, I have kids so am usually up by 7). She has a "dumb phone" where you have to press the 2 button 3 times to get the letter C etc. Those texts are incomprehensible and…