OK, I won't talk her out of it. I'm just having a really hard time getting excited about this pregnancy. It was unplanned(I'm 11 weeks along), I told my verbally abusive husband that I wanted a divorce and he's making it as difficult as possible.

I'm so sorry. That sucks! Every baby deserves to be celebrated. It doesn't have to be a shower or any extravagant gift, but even when I've been at my poorest, I've always managed to get at least a board book for the babies that my friends and relatives have had. I have had 2 kids, and 2 showers, that I didn't ask for.…

It could be Illinois. The Illinois Senate has already passed it. If the Illinois house does, The governor will sign it.

I can understand that. I still do all of those things(I'm not in a band, but I do lots of community theatre), and I'm going to concerts in July and October in Chicago with a friend. But, I leave my kids with sitters. Some of them as young as 12 or 13(gasp). I spend plenty of time with my kids, and I'm a better mom…

I agree with some of the others. Be flexible. Go to the houses of your friends with kids. Do some things that involve their kids too. I'm almost 34. I have a 9 year old and a 2 year old and I'm expecting my third. I work full-time. My 4 best friends are all at different places in their lives than I am.

My boobs went up 3-5 cup sizes with each of my 2 pregnancies, and they neverwent all the way back down. I started as a 38C. I am now a 36I.

Thanks for the encouragement! I was the girl who never finished the mile run in school. I always blamed it on dancing(I took ballet from age 7-20). Currently a 12 minute mile is my best time. I'm usually in the 13-14(or more on a hilly or cross country course) minute range. I'm trying to keep it up. It's hard to fit…

I started running a year ago January. Even after all this time, I can't run more than a mile without a walking interval. I usually do straight 2 run/1 walk intervals. I've completed 4 5ks and am registered for another 5k and a 5k mud run in May and June. I was gonna run the Canal Connection 10K in my town this fall,…

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.