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I have two onions on my counter that have sprouted. The sprouts look just like green onion stalks. Does this qualify as “growing” my own food? lol ;)

I guess I should plant them soon!

this is something i’d like to do with my husband and kids. we live in beautiful SoCal, so we have so many options. i think for us, it’s just making time to do so. maybe instead of taking the kids to the same playground/park, we’ll take them for a walk in the more natural parks & to different beaches. once a weekend, would be wonderful!!

next time he’s in the area—i’m there! he keeps adding shows all over europe, hope he does the same here :)

i just finished printing out a daily chore chart and a weekly/monthly chore chart for the fam. i’ve discussed divving up chores with my hubby and now everyone has their assigned tasks. now we just have to check off each task as it’s done. I’m planning to post these on the inside of our hallway closet, so it’s centralized but not in our guests’ face… hope this works!!

we have kids now, so my husband and i really must get this done. hopefully by the end of this week…

i still need to print HUNDREDS of photos :-P

i’ve got my digital photo files organized in folders by year, then by month, then within each month’s photos, i sort the files by “date picture taken.” so now everything’s in order.

now i just have to go through each month (for the past 3 years!) and print the photos worthy of being in an album and make copies for my kids’ grandparents… this will take some time.

it’s been really difficult for me, regarding one person especially. this is someone who i don’t regularly see anyway, but since i married into her family there are occasions when our paths will eventually cross.

i’d actually forgiven her in my mind a couple years ago. but when we met up again, she treated me like crap—in front of my kids! she fawned over my kids and husband, though, showering them with hugs and kisses and being super-sweet, playful, etc.

i mean, i’ve heard of in-law horror stories, but i thought it only happened in the movies. it’s like she’s turned everything around where i’m at fault, instead of her. and her kids and husband were a bit stand-offish toward me at first, but they warmed up after a while & it was pretty much back to how it was before (fun, easy-going, etc.)—with them anyway.

i’ve accepted that not everyone will like me & i won’t like everyone i meet either. but does any one have advice for dealing with a situation like this? i want my kids to grow up knowing their cousins, but i don’t want them seeing some woman treat their mom like crap, like it’s ok or something. sorry for venting :-P

hello! is anyone here in a master’s program? if so, any advice on getting accepted? i’m thinking about applying within the next couple of years :)

i just signed up with a great geneaology site recommended here (www.geni.com). and i put in basic info on my immediate family. what’s really cool about the website is that you can add photos of everyone & email invites to family members so they can also add more info & photos. if we all add something, hopefully we’ll have our own family “forest” going :) but i’m also realizing that this is also a bit time-consuming, so i’m sure i’ll be working on it for quite some time! but i think this is a good start :)

if she ever comes back to the SoCal area!

i’ve been contemplating getting a tattoo for almost 20 yrs! i guess i haven’t found a design that’s felt right for me.

looking back, it would have been kinda cool if i had gotten a tattoo at certain phases/milestones/changes i’ve experienced in my life over the years—to kind of “document” how i felt at the time. oh well! still would like to get one though ;)

i have work & school, my hubby has 2 jobs, and we have 2 little ones. so when we’re home we tend to relax (maybe too much!) & let go of “little things” like cleaning up. so we’re always sure to tell friends & family to call us before stopping by—to buy us time to frantically make our place presentable. funny that the fear of someone seeing our home messy is our main motivator for cleaning up.

i want our home to be presentable at all times. and i really like some ideas posted here… get organized and do things in relatively short, simple increments everyday. it’s worth a shot!