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• December 17th, 2008

  Should your socks match your shoes or your pants?

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• November 30th, 2008

  Do you wear second hand clothes?

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• November 23rd, 2008

  What are you thankful for?

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• 2 months ago

  Crockpot for the 9-5 worker; worth it?

  Ok, I must be the odd one out on this one. I love my crockpot and use it often. I use a timer on mine (like the kind you use to turn lights on when you aren’t home) so that I can set it to start an hour or 2 after I leave if the cook time is shorter then my work day. I do the prep the night before so the contents are cold to begin with so it doesn’t hurt to sit out for a short time before beginning to cook. I have many recipes that are family favorites I’d say I more often use it on a Monday since I have more time on Sunday to prepare something. It’s a great feeling to know I’m coming home to a meal that is ready to eat and I don’t have to deal with preparing something after a busy day.
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• May 2nd, 2009

  How do you deal w/ a picky eater?

  PS. My kids are 2 yrs apart in age. When each child was old enough to eat baby food, I used a baby food grinder right at the table so that the ‘baby’ could eat ‘big people’ food. I lavished praise on the ‘baby’ for eating like a big kid and as each child was born, their siblings also made a big show of eating big people food as an example to the younger child and they all would praise the ‘baby’ for eating their food. This made the transition to eating for each child something natural and a thing of pride to be eating what the adults or their big brother or sister was eating.
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• May 2nd, 2009

  How do you deal w/ a picky eater?

  I am the parent of 3 kids who are now very health conscious adults. All 3 of them eat/exercise and have healthier lifestyles than I do today. My goal was to make meal time an enjoyable time where we all sat down together as a family. This is how I handled it. I refused to become a ‘short order cook’. I also did not want meal time to become a battle ground and put my kids through trauma every time we ate. Having a kid crying over their plate for hours was unacceptable as I didn’t want to cause any eating disorders later in life. When they were very young, I tried to make meals that were balanced, simple, without lots of strong spices, little green things or indistinguishable items in them. (I avoided things like brussel sprouts) Each kid had a small helping of everything on their plate. If I was introducing a new food item that they had never had before, I gave them one bite to try. I didn’t force the issue but turned taking a nibble of something new into something of a game. Since kids are somewhat competitive anyway, it was a thing of pride for the child who liked the new item. Of course, my husband and I made a big show of eating it and exclaiming how delicious it was. If anyone started whining or crying about wanting something else, I excused them from the table so the meal wasn’t ruined for all, and I calmly put plastic wrap over their plate and it went into the frig. There was no crying at the table, no force feeding, pleading, or bribing. This often diffused the problem immediately as the offending child soon saw that he/she got no attention and that they weren’t the center of attention. The rest of the family could enjoy the meal in peace and then enjoy dessert after the meal or ice cream later that evening. If the child who didn’t eat later said he was hungry, I offered to reheat their dinner. I did not offer cereal, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was dinner, or nothing. I do not recall any of my kids going to bed hungry more than once or twice and often, all it took was seeing the ice cream or cookies after dinner to encourage them to gobble up their dinner. I have many friends/relatives who let their kids cherry pick and many of them are adult cherry pickers.
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• May 2nd, 2009

  How would you feel if you discovered as an adult that you had been separated from your identical twin at birth?

  I am a twin and know how great it was to share my childhood with my sister and now to have her as my friend in adulthood. I would be very disappointed to find out that I was a twin later in life and to know I had missed out on all those early years. I have a special bond with my sister that has been forged through all our early years together. However, I love the stories of how twins raised apart discover each other and the similarities they have. It would be a blessing to find out you are a twin even if it was later in life rather than to never have known. It would be fun making up for lost time! But I’m glad I have had my sister with me all of my life!
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• December 18th, 2008

  Should your socks match your shoes or your pants?

  I have an important luncheon today where I am representing my employer. I’m not taking any chances. It’s black shoes, black socks, and black pants. I’m sure that they all will notice this and will bring their business to us because of this. LOL
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