we still have one.. we live in an area where the cell reception at our house is just terrible.. and we do foster care so we need to have a 100% certain way to get hold of us.. and sadly, my cell phones tend to have.. issues.. my phone today just up and died... was in my coat pocket, did the buzz vibrate thing and…

our computers are all named for Muppet characters.. older machines (or items for the kids) are named for Sesame Street characters, and smaller devices and peripherals (like the printers) are named after Fraggle Rock characters.. and yes, our in house network is called the Muppet Show... and no, our passwords are NOT…

wait.. there is "audience clamor and expectation" for more jurasic park?? really??

severance

I spent 3 years working in a GI Office.. the docs there even did a colonoscopy on the local zoo's gorilla while i was there... never had any problems with this.. never even knew it was an "expected" risk... now, i do know that there were one or two (or more...) patients who left with little "this way out" arrows and…

well, they can't actually be albinos.. they have pigmented eyes and hair.. however, they are indeed nightmare fuel...

ugh.. so feel for you.. honestly, part of why I tend not to complain to my doctor about things (sometimes even to the point of things that maybe I should complain about...) I was always tired, but figured it was stress, was in constant pain all over, but figured that was left over from an earlier car accident, or I'd…

Foster care kids are not necessarily adoptable kids.. the main goal of most states (or at least so they claim and state..) is to reunite the kids with their families whenever it is possible and can be done safely. We just got our foster certification last month and are waiting for placement (we are hoping to adopt…

my soon to be 14 year old, 8th grader step daughter is living with us this year for the school year for a change... she has insisted on bringing lunch from home every day.. so I am making lunch for her (after making her older sister lunch all summer while she was up here with us working..) Am also making hubby's lunch…

agreed.. the idea that one can not, under any reason, encompass the other is silly. I am a Christian who totally believes that God oversaw the creation of our universe. I also believe that He set up the rules under which everything works, and that includes evolution. He got things started, then allowed them to…

so.. your eggs now taste of boiled cabbage?? don't think hubby, or the kids, are likely to go for that...

and the inclusion of John Barrowman means I might have to actually try to remember to watch this show at some point.. just for him.. darn it...

same here.. my 13 year old step daughter and i kept waiting for there to actually be something scary.. we were sadly disappointed by it.. heck, the Others was mare scary then Woman in Black was.

my concern is that of a step parent.. hubby really only gets his kids during their summer break. their mom moved them out of state about a year after the divorce, so he really has no other option (moving is not really an option for us because of his job) I know there are many, many families like ours where nixing…

he was afraid the rockets on the sky crane might have melted the tires.. says that is what it looks like... I don't know.. to dark and grainy and would need more shots for me to see any of it.. that and too tired.. brain not work this late.. lol

Hubby's been looking at the photos and wants to know if anyone else thinks that wheel looks kinda wonky.. like maybe it got a bit of damage?? Anyone?? or is he just seeing things in the dust and shadow??

I'm a foster for one of our local dog rescues.. and sadly, dog fighting is very very common, we've gotten dogs in that have been so badly treated and all but torn to pieces.. the people behind it will steal or get free dogs from craigslist and use them as bait training dogs so they can teach their "fighters" to be…

I don't have a celiac diagnosis. I would love to go back to eating "regular foods." I have had health problems all my life (very long list..) and about a year and a half ago I went on a very strict cleansing diet to try and jump start weight loss after years of nothing ever working, and weight being gained no matter…

I will say this once, and once only.. the Henson Company DOES NOT own the Muppets or Sesame Street anymore.. they haven't for years. Disney owns the Muppets and Sesame Street has it's own company as well. And while the Muppets have certainly always been about acceptance and tolerance, I'm pretty darn sure Disney isn't…