I just purchased a copy of this month’s Southern Living Magazine because it was the comfort fall soups edition. I would never pick up this magazine if it weren’t for the fact that every single recipe published is a winner. But they get really creative with grits as a stew/meal.

Yeah, and now I have a three year old too. I’m grateful that my list of problems today include: teaching someone how to wipe their butt and getting my dog to eat spilled cheerios off the floor so I don’t have to pick them up.

Oh geez no. I don’t like cats but my dog was a pal about it. And he’s very good with our baby turned terrorizing, toddler monster.

OMG, same. I miscarried in 2013 and we hadn’t told people about the pregnancy yet. I also had a “missed” miscarriage so I saw the baby on the ultrasound but there was no heartbeat. I chose to do the D&C because I travel for work and I didn’t want to miscarry alone in a hotel room and because I had awesome insurance…

Google “Who Killed Men’s Hats” and you’ll find an interesting NPR article. And below you’ll find an article from Freakonomics too.

This sounds like CD. I’m a big fan of Conscious Discipline! I think it’s working well for my almost 4 year old and our day care uses it too.

Because I had to get up and go to the bathroom like 10 times.

The timing of this article is uncanny. We just got back from Germany and my husband was teasing me for drinking 5 bottles of water while on the flight. I’m sending this to him. Ich habe es dir gesagt, mein Mann! 

I have a birthday that is always right before Thanksgiving (but never on.) I would prefer giftcards because I can make their buying power stretch during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

This was a very good way of saying: Just let people like things, assholes.

I have for both. We were hit by Charlie, Francis, Ivan and Jean in 2004 and had a really bad gas shortage so we had to stay. It wasn’t terrible and I wasn’t really scared. I just got scared when I could hear the tornadoes, they sounded like trains coming.

Agreed. You must watch the Portlandia sketch about Battlestar. It’s how I started watching it in the first place.

Agreed. You must watch the Portlandia sketch about Battlestar. It’s how I started watching it in the first place.

Oh also, I want to know why she thought it best to take her shoes off for a fight?

Can we get this in slow mo? I wanna see how she pulled that lady to the ground and got on her so fast.

After Charlie, Francis, Ivan and Jean back in 2004, I go straight to the gas station. Then I buy water and non-perishable food and dog food. La Croix totally counts towards my back up water supply.

Um, did anyone mention just adding vinegar to the water before boiling? Works like a charm.

This is soooo helpful! Thank you!

My “persistent urine smell in the boys bathroom” question didn’t get picked?! Oh man....

My brother-in-law is a middle school teacher now and last year he attempted to give F’s to several kids. The principal made him change every single F to a D in order to pass the kids because it wasn’t worth the “hassle” to fail them. Here in Florida, failing a student can reflect badly on your school and your stats.…

Remember that scene from Ace Ventura where Ace figures out that Finkel and Einhorn are the same person? And he squeezes an entire tube of tooth paste in his mouth and eventually puts his mouth up to the shower head? Yeah? You should do that. (minus the plunger to the face)