[+]Anyone know if the Polly Pocket "Lofts" (kitchen, bathroom, etc.) work with the Mall? Look the same, but the box for the "Loft" pieces say they only light up w/the Center Courtyard. My guess is this is so we will buy the Center Courtyard -- I think they'll work if we attach them to the main part of the Mall (my DD won't care if she mixes stores and rooms...). TIA!
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[+]To the "old school" moms who mop with tshirts, by hand, etc., (from the post below abou the cleaning lady): How do you do it? I want to get rid of my old sponge mop which does not work. Do I buy the newer kind with the long cloth top that can be thrown in the W/D? What is your method. I've been meaning to ask this question here for ages!
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[+]Coming from NYC to Bethesda/Rockville area w/ my husband and almost 3 year old daughter for the week of Thanksgiving to visit my folks. Would love some ideas on fun (conventional or non-conventional) things to do with our daughter. Great kids shows? Entertainment? Fun parks? Museums? Any ideas appreciated. Thanks.
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[+]Please comment on the dinner menu below-- need some help: firstcrudite, stuffed mushrooms. appetizer 2. mini chicken wellingtons 3. main- french roast with balsamic reduction, chimmichurri grilled chicken, side: spinach salad either w pear dressing and pears/apples or with grapefruit dressing, grapefruit and cranberries, brown rice w carmelized shallots, baked acorn squash 4. dessetr tbd. i apreciate your help
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[+]dh wants a big party for his 40th- suggestions for a party that wont cost more than 5K?
7 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Big as in big deal or big as in big numbers of people? If big numbers of people, then keep it to a cocktail party for a short period of time in a new restaurant that wants business on off hours. We did that for a christening where we had about 70 people and did the whole thing for $4200
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There may be some restaurants, esp. in EV, LES that you could do full dinner and drinks (or at least wine/beer) for that number of people for that price, it just coming up with one with the right space. I would look into Gnocco, L'il Frankies, Cafe Charbon. You might have to go up by about $10 per head though.
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[+]What are you getting your 5 and 8 y.o. DDs for the holidays?
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[+]My niece is 10 YO and not one of the "nicest" girls I know. I know that is mean to say, but it's true. My brother and SIL have called the school to find out why she doesn't have any friends and was told "she needs to learn to get along with others." Fine, I agree and they are working on this. But they recently bought her a cell phone because she wanted one and to "help her with friends". I'm sorry but I don't get it. And I know it's none of my business except that my brother is very upset by everything. SIL also called some of the mothers to find out why their daughters don't like her daughter. She said none of them called her back. I feel bad but how can you help people who are not making situation better only much worse?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]they are not making it worse by giving her a phone. They are all texting each other at that age, so they are trying to include her. They seem to be trying hard. You on the other hand are not even trying to help
[ Reply | Options ]I'm trying to stay out of it. Like I said, she is not one of the nicest girls I know. I'm very good friends with one of her teachers last year. It was sad to hear that my niece is mean-she's arrogant (well that I knew, I can see it), she pulls other girls hair, stole someone's purse-not nice. I just thought she was just not nice, not a "bully".
[ Reply | Options ]If it's true she did those things, it may very likely be because the girls are being mean to her and she doesn't know how to react. Most likely those girls are the "bullies" and not your niece, but she is acting out because no one is nice to her (including you). She needs to be helped to ignore that and make her own friends.
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I actually don't think that the cell phone is going to make things worse -- you don't say that she's spoiled and demanding, just that she's aggressive and doesn't get along with other kids. Parents are trying to help her make friends, which is what she needs. Refusing to get her a cell phone because she's "mean" seems punitive in a counterproductive way.
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[+]Just curious: do you exchange holiday gifts with siblings you don't see over the holidays? What about birthday gifts?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Generally don't exchange gifts. And I'm beyond pissed at my sister right now, so I definitely won't be sending anything.
[ Reply | Options ]Thanks... Bro and his fam live in Denver. We always did big gift exchange growing up, and at some point when we were all adults switched to 2 each to each person with a $$ cap. They weren't here last year and won't be here this year and I've just suggested that we do it when we ARE together, but that running around and finding gifts and paying to ship them is something we can probably all do without (esp. since I am out of work this year and things are tight for them), and we can just do small gifts for each other's kids, and for our Mom.
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[+]If I'm normally a healthy person, late 30's but trying to get pregnant should I get the swine flu shot?
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[+]I have a SIL-don't we all-that enjoys "lecturing" at all events on all sorts of topics. Childhood obesity (my children are bone thin and eat like elephants), I shouldn't give them the McDonald's first-I should wait (whatever), H1N1 vaccine is harmful to children, etc and so forth. I just let her go and keep my mouth shut because seriously, I don't care what she says. BUT her DCs have NEVER EVER written me a thank you note for anything. My older DC has begun noticing. So one day, I found an etiquette course on line and in the midst of PMS, I had the company forward a brochure to her. The next "event" my niece-not my nephew-wrote me a thank you note. I almost fell over. Okay-so my question is this, when we get the lecture about etiquette...
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[+]If you could only subscribe to 4 magazines, what would they be? trying to cut costs. interested in what others like, maybe something new.
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smithsonian, cooks, atlantic monthly, national geographic. (close behind would be harpers)
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I'm with you but I might substitute Fine Woodworking for NYer and then buy NYer at the news stand as the cover jumped out at me. (Sometimes I lean more TONY.)
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Yes. Although it is more about furniture building than carpentry. Obviously there is a lot of crossover. Taunton (the publisher) also prints Fine Homebuilding. That is probably a little more carpentry focused. (They also print Fine Cooking which is a very good cooking mag. -- since you like Cook's. (I'm getting a little tired of Cook's lately. They seem to be going more easy and less "best."))
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you'll be getting glamour now. the crappiest magazine of all time. the entire issue every month seems to be devoted to page after page after page fashion "do's and don'ts" (complete with black-out bars over the offenders faces), tired sex tips and women of the year (which include rihanna--yeah, standing by your man when he punches your lights out until it makes career sense not to is something we should all aspire to).
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new yorker is really all i read regularly. used to check out domino and met home at the benjamin moore store in my nabe, but those are gone; i read ny mag until my subscription lapsed and i sometimes look at dh's ny review of books, harper's and london review of books. people in the check-out line.
[ Reply | Options ]We subscribe to about 20 magazines. There are endless cheap, even free subscriptions out there, so it's not costing us much. We both travel a great deal -- planes is where we do most of our reading. Although I now carry a magazine pretty much all the time and read whenever I have a few minutes, especially when it's not possible to work.
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no it's not, it's more 'pop psychology'. lots of pictures and short soundbyte type articles. my fave study from this month was that old people regret stuff that they did not do, while young people regret stuff that they did. another one was that if they took an androgynous face, and made the eyes darker and face whiter, it was perceived as female, and if they did the reverse, it was perceived as male. Made me wear eyeliner for the day..:P
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Weekly Standard, National Review, American Spectator and Gourmet (though alas, no longer for Gourmet)
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I'm getting a giggle out of the number of people responding with "New Yorker". Please. So few people actually read the New Yorker. And given the general level of, shall we say, enlightenment, and the tenor of most comments here, I find it verrrrrry hard to imagine that this is even close to reflecting reality.
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I don't know, I think the New Yorker is really fun. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people read it. I don't read it regularly (I'm not a big magazine person), but I will get a copy at the airport when I have a flight. A lot of people I know read it religiously... I see the well-loved issues in their homes.
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oh feh. I've subscribed for years and couldn't live without it. Like many great mags you can read it on different levels--on a busy week, I'll totally skim it, read the cartoons, a poem or two and not much else, but generally I find most of the articles pretty compelling and they're not usually on topics that outdate immediately--I can come back three weeks later and read the massive Packer or Hersh article I missed the week before. I do find virtually all of the current fiction completely befuddling and I used to be a devoted fan.
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I love coming home on a Friday to my People magazine. Helps me chill out after a week of work. Also subscribe to Vogue, Cook's Illustrated.
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it's by the america's test kitchen people. they choose a recipe and then try a million different ways to make it, finally settling on the best recipe. it's really fun to read. sometimes i find the recipes turn out a little disappointing--i mean with so much build-up, you expect each one to be the BEST! but it is really interesting to read about what works and what doesn't and why.
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[+]I am newly single.. have been dating exceptional; feel incredibly fortunate to have met him. BUT (and I have never felt this away before) I am becoming this new woman - so jealous.. of his ex's mostly. I know it sounds bazaar but I it probably has something to do with his behaviour... PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!!! :((( .
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[+]NOT SPAM !! WOHM needs other moms' help. My firm is looking to understand moms' views on buying and/ or not buying 'green' household products. We'd like to have a conversation with moms who use, and moms who don't use, these types fo products. The research will be on-line, in a discussion forum some time the week of December 1st. If you would be interested in sharing your views on this topic, please e-mail me (Norah) at greenresearch12@yahoo.com. TIA.
14 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]A few days I posted the above and got no responses ... can you help me understand why (please, no flames ... sincere, earnest question ... would appreciate thoughtful responses)
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Would there be something that made it worth your while ? If I had mentioned that there if partipating entered you to win a 100-200 Amazon gift card, would that make it more motivating ?
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Well, that would be the case. We are looking to recruit 12-24 people and at the end of the on-line study, we would do a raffle and either two people will get a 100 gift card or one person would get a 200 gift card. If you find that interesting, you can e-mail at greenresearch12@yahoo.com and I will send you the survey to see if you qualify !
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Yikes, should've proofread ... should read 'if you had participated you would've been entered to win a 100-200 Amazon gift card {chances of winning 1 in 24). Would that've helped ?
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[+]African American moms: are you going to join Jack & Jill Organization?
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[+]Anyone on from DC? Need to talk schools--Sidwell, GDS, Beauvoir for my pre-Ker. Thanks.
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[+]When there are family events that involve the inlaws, my MIL is quick to point out differences in my DCs versus her "other" grandchildren. Examples: My 3YO DS takes naps, still. When I try to get him to lay down or if he just passes out, she'll say, "Well Ryan never took naps at that age. Can't believe he still naps." My 12YO niece just got a cell phone and she asked me if my 6YO DD will be getting one. Things like that. Drives me crazy. Not sure if she says these things because she is disapproving of her "other" grandchildren's habits (trying to give the benefit) or what. Her tone suggests disapproving of me. WWDYT?
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Here's what I do with my similarly annoying MIL, just with a different theme: I ignore her as much as possible and answer her as briefly and unemotionally as possible. Over time I have trained her to make the annoying comments less often because the don't get the rise out of me that she's looking for. It works, I promise. Just don't engage.
[ Reply | Options ]Just find a standard response and use it every time. Eventually she will get sick of hearing it and stop.
[ Reply | Options ]People are just annoying that way. My mom used to tell me that my nanny was forcing dc to nap during the day when he was 3yo so that she could have time off in the afternoon. Meanwhile, when he didn't nap, he was a whiny cranky disaster by the time I got home. But since I had not napped past the age of 2, in her mind, no kid should.
[ Reply | Options ]I always just say 'yes' to any nutty suggestion mil has and then ignore advice and do exactly as I was planning to anyway. She's satisfied because she gets a positive response, and I'm satisfied because it never escalates into a conversation about who should be making the calls on how to raise my children. Perfect.
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