OMG that image has tickled me beyond belief. I can't stop giggling at it. Thank you!!!

Lol! I think I might actually have said that bit about the condom-buying, actually; at this point it's been four years or so since the initial discussion, and we've had a few smaller follow-up-type conversations as we go along. :-)

Oh, thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful and I hope it proves to be when you do talk to her!

Oh, I totally agree; no chewing out here, I think you're absolutely right. We do kids a disservice when we refuse to teach them to protect themselves because "thy shouldn't be having sex, period," but we do them almost as much if not just as much of a disservice when we teach them that sex is just this awesome fun…

I agree. I think abstinence-only education is the wrong thing; I think both it and the "Hey, we know you're going to do it so just use birth control and everything will be great, la la la," type of sex ed miss the mark, because both don't actually give kids real information about *why* they should wait, *why* sex is a…

Is she penning it herself, or is she plagiarizing it from Florence King?

I certainly like to think there is; that's the angle I went at it from (no pun intended) when I started talking to my then-thirteen-year-old (? she was 12, 13, or 14, can't recall exactly) stepdaughter. I told her basically that sex was great but it was a big deal and a responsibility, and that she deserved[s] to be…

Try frying them! It's what I do. I like flour tortillas okay but frying them makes them...ohjustsogood.

Oh, cool! I'm glad I helped! :-)

So let me get this straight...

Well, considering that the "article" linked to is itself is called "Will Kate Winslet Ever Shut Up About Her 'Ginormous Bottom,'" I think that while she may have been asked, it's also reasonable to assume she wasn't.

Exactly. Or the bread gets all smushed thin so it might as well not be there, and you've just got a mouth full of cold meats pulverized together. Yuck.

Not a fan of burritos, either. Or really Mexican food in general.

What's sad is watching "The Thing Called Love" and seeing how wrecked he looked in it.

Really? Dish please! :-)

I really wish she would shut up already. It's just ridiculous now. We get it, Kate. You like your perfectly gorgeous and still slimmer than average body, and it's not exactly keeping you from getting work. Your attempts to shame other women who are, for whatever reason, not as curvaceous as you are really just…

I don't like them, either. I can occasionally stomach a hot sandwich, like a meatball sub, or a plain hot steak sandwich. On very rare occasion. Oh, and I do like grilled cheese sandwiches.

I hate sandwiches and cereal!

Sigh. My youngest is my favorite; my little Faerie. She's my baby. We bonded tight from the second she was born; she only wanted Mommy (and would scream if I wasn't holding her). We just mesh; we have very similar personalities, I see myself in her totally.

I'm coming into this late but yes, there are a few ways to co-sleep that decrease the risk. I loved cosleeping; we did it for 17 months with my youngest and it was fantastic. Personally, I just lied on my side with my arm perpendicular to my chest, and rested the baby's head on my upper arm, which made it literally…