Try to ignore the fact that it desperately needs to be cleaned and resized. Between the heat of the desert and that I am not 24 anymore, it fits my pinky now....

Ooooh! That emerald ring is lovely. I am also part of the “diamond alternative” club. My ring is very similar to yours, only it is a dark blue sapphire.

That is very much what we did as well. It was more of a “we have the rings, want to start wearing them?” kind of moment.

I paid for mine as well and he paid for his. You are not alone! People were really judgy about it with me as well.....

I proposed to my now-husband in the drive-thru of the McDonalds while we were waiting to get our food from the window. It was just taking forever! Which carries on an accidental tradition, because my stepdad proposed to my mother over dinner at Taco Bell (this is a sweet story and Taco Bell was not supposed to be part…

She looks far too lovely to be putting up with the antics of this asshole.

I worked with a gentleman who with his wife had adopted 8 kids from the foster system, all of whom were older and had Fetal Alcohol disorder. It was fairly simple for them because they were adopting children that the bio-parents didn’t want back because of their disabilities. They worked very closely with the foster…

Oh my lord, your comment spoke to me. My husband and I have one child and you would not believe how often people state that we are “wrong” or confused because we only want one. I had a co-worker once suggest that I should have at least one more child because if anything were to happen to my oldest, I would be glad to…

I’m an Elizabeth but that seems to really throw people. I’ve been called Lizbeth, Eliza, Bethany, Elise, etc. So I started using Liz. It is 3 letters and very simple. Then someone wrote the letters all flowed together and they called my name as “U2”.

My grandmother is allergic to tomatoes, but only raw ones. If they are cooked, it’s fine. She didn’t even develop this until she was in her 60s. Just one day, had a hamburger with a tomato slice and her throat closed up on her. You would not believe the side-eye she gets from servers when we eat out. And no, scraping…

Sweet baby Jesus, I would use that everyday! And ESPECIALLY for when my mom visits, because I love tacky/weird stuff and she hates my style.....

We ended up with a lot of weird Jesus-themed stuff that we never registered for either. Like this weird pewter plate with religious sayings that was not food-safe. To this day, I have no idea what it was for.

that is a serious case of “this gift is not about you, its about me”.

That looks like a perfect candidate for those thrift store monster paintings where people take thrift store canvases and paint Chtulhu or Bigfoot on it.

Oh oh! I know one! We got a wedding check for a rather large amount, which every one gushed over how generous it was, only to have it bounce.

My son does homeschool, but his friends from the neighborhood attend the public elementary school. Their current second grade curriculum is math, reading, library, PE, art, weekly spelling test. There is no science, geography, history, grammar usage and mechanics, or foreign languages, even on a rotational basis.

I would be interested in seeing that chart, because I think it would be a great learning tool. Gives kids the different options but also steers them towards healthy eating.

Another thing I noticed about clothing recently is that it seems to be getting thinner. I don’t mean skinnier, I mean thinner fabric. So thin that it is practically see thru. I expressed the desire to my hubby about wanting some t-shirts that are: 1) not so thin I can see my bra, 2) do not cling to my skin like…

Many times my husband and I have had conversations about how each state should become its own autonomous country. Clearly values and laws are different in each state. Why not become like Europe, a collective union of smaller countries, each with its own set of laws? Many states in the US are larger than European…

I had the same reaction when I saw I was in the roundup as well! All excited then remembered WHY.....