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  1. sheeplady

    Things That Never Seem to Change

    Shuron glasses.
  2. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That's a legitimate risk. But the opposite side of risk is reward; taking no risks means no reward. Kids are definitely rewarding.* *I'm not saying that everybody would find the same reward to risk ratio as myself. And I really wouldn't recommend having children to anyone who doesn't sincerely...
  3. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This started out as a semi-joke. I study aging and am very anti-aging stereotypes. So the idea got more real. After I had cancer, I considered getting a tattoo, because I've always wanted one. (I have a scar on my chest from my port i thought abut covering.) However, they said they wouldn't...
  4. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The only ways my kids could really disapoint me is having a lack of compassion and an unwillingness to contribute positively to society in some way. Honestly, don't hurt other people, be able to see outside yourself, and try to do good. My kids aren't carbon copies of myself, but I hope they...
  5. sheeplady

    Garden plans this year?

    I don't think trap and release is legal, i am certain its ilegal for raccoons, but that may be because of rabies. I will check, we have a have-a-heart. Although I hate these things so much I'd like to use a steel trap on them... I'm seriously all for nature, but these woodchuck are nasty. I...
  7. sheeplady

    Garden plans this year?

    Has anyone had luck with keeping groundhogs/ woodchucks out? we have tons of them. The only thing I've thought of I'd to bury hardware cloth down a couple of feet, but that's a near imposdibility in our rocky soil. We're not going to get a dog anytime soon. I can't shoot all of them (although...
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    any old-school housewives??

    You just answered your own question there. It is perfectly find to make your kids pack their own lunch. You're their mother, not their maid. Believe me, their future spouses will thank you. You're making them take care of themselves. You're not asking them to do an impossible task or wait on...
  9. sheeplady

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    There's a brand of stores here called "family dollar" which isn't a dollar store, and has items up to $10. Some people get confused by this given the name. Also, it's a running joke to go into dollar stores and ask how much something is by teens.
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    Hair refuses to hold curl even after

    I find that Lotta body is not a good setting lotion for me. My hair tends to fall throughout the day. However, I have better luck if I spray with a volumnizing hairspray before I put each section into a curler. This may help you, because I notice my hair dries faster (I think due to the alcohol...
  11. sheeplady

    How do you keep your house neat?

    My husband is this way. Everyday we get a daily sheet from our kids daycare. He wants to keep every single one. And every single drawing, even if it is on the back of a napkin! I have to sneak stuff into the recyclables. He won't get mad if he finds out, but he's incapable of getting rid of them...
  13. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Sigh... I guess I need to console myself with the fact that we have cheap housing here... Trivial: I get really annoyed when people comment how "small" my 7-month son is for his age. He's 45th percentile for weight and 75th for height and wearing 9 month size. The fact that I *know* these...
  14. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I pity that poor driver. Had a friend of the family whose son got in trouble for throwing snow at cars. Mainly the trouble was because when the police showed up the kids ran and hid. All they were going to get was a stern talking to, but the running meant the cop figured out where the kids all...
  15. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have a small collection of older patterns which I love. I use modern patterns mainly for the kids, unless I already own a modern pattern. I've done quite a few of the vintage reprints for my daughter. We don't have many vintage events in this area... I've never heard of one outside of the NYC...
  16. sheeplady

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Ok, thank you, I am always quote foggy on dates. I find this behavior by the AP to be beyond vile. It may not have violated any laws, but they: A) basically hid evidence of the slaughter of genocide B) went ahead and provided source material to enable said genocide All of this was done...
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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Am I correct in believing that in 1941 the average newspaper reading American would not likely have had much knowledge of the extent or brutality of the Holocaust?
  19. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My daughter made a snowman this evening. First time we've had enough packing snow to do it all winter.
  20. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We have more snow on the ground right now than we had all winter. That ground hog lied.
  21. sheeplady

    Do you hide your modern conveniences ?

    I may have to come out west shopping then. Being in NYS so close to Schenectady (where GE was headquartered) we have a lot of refrigerators available since we had so many GE employees who got discounts. Hoosier cabinets are pretty rare here, the only ones I've ever seen need quite a bit of...
  22. sheeplady

    Do you hide your modern conveniences ?

    We have a flat top fridge we aquired for $75 and a monitor top we aquired for $200. If you are ever up this way, there's a salvage yard that sells single-drainboard wall mount sinks in the $100 range. Granted, none of these things are pristine, (and you'll have to dig said sink out of the...
  23. sheeplady

    The Dessert Menu

    Could you share that recipe? I'm interested. :)

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