Posts by skinny_kitty

Gotta get serious about saving the whales. 

Not joking, here.  Lotsa Japanese and Norweigan folks killing whales in the name of "research" and then putting them on people's plates (there's even a program to serve whale in elementary school lunches in order to help children develop a taste for it.  Brings up the whole "mystery meat" debate again, huh?)

I have a question...are you Italian? Are your in-laws? If you're not and they are, then maybe there's a cultural difference playing out.  Same kind of thing I went through with my in-laws in the South of France (very Mediterranean...kinda macho...women do this but not that, etc.)

Unfortunately, I couldn't make it as the perfect daughter-in-law because I was quite simply from somewhere else.  For years I tried to fit in, do what I thought they wanted me to do and change my behaviour if I got flack for it (I know, I know, but I was desperate for a family).  It never worked because they are culturally hard-wired not to accept anyone different. 

I've stopped pretending and stopped trying and it's been liberating.  I still secretly resent their rejection, but I figure my energy is best spent elsewhere. 

Um, I could be really off the mark, here.  Maybe your situation is completely different.  If so, then all I would say is try to let it all be like water off a duck's back.  You can't change their behaviour any more than they can change your body composition.  Your husband finds you beautiful, right?  Let that be enough on this one.

Corsica.  DH and I went on a cycling trip there several years ago and I found it to be the most jaw-dropping, beautiful place on earth (the Northern part of the Island much more than the South).

We went in February, when the weather was warm during the day and cool at night and nary a tourist could be seen.

Also, Paris is my absolute favourite city in the world next to Montreal.  The Latin Quarter is the most romantic place to be.

Other recommendations would include:  Provence (Lubéron); Nice (expensive); Austria (Tirol); Chamonix (or anywhere around the Haute Savoie region -- i.e., Mont Blanc); Florence (go in the off season, not in the summer) and Montreal (great because you get the feel of Europe without the language / monetary constraints).

I haven't been to Greece, but I really, really want to go.  Ditto Prague.

Oh!  I hear Oslo is outstanding.

Won't you take me to Funky Town?

(The song has always made me want to cringe into a ball and bang on my ears).

And well, I know it's more than the required ONE song, but anything by Celine Dion is just not music, IMHO.

I'm not American, but yesterday moved me more than any other political happening within my lifetime.

I've never seen that video, but I'm glad I did just now.

Thanks!

What do you mean "thyroid nuked"?  Are you on any meds?

Having similar issues -- my thyroid and adrenals are in horrible shape and I put on 15lbs in three days last month.  They have yet to go.  I'm waiting on tests, tests and more tests.

You're right, I shouldn't feel guilty but do because the kids were so attached to him.  Believe it or not, he actually played hide and seek with them.  Amazing to see a 13H2 pony try to hide...(he was better at seeking).

We're looking into doing a half-board for the winter.  The kids have access to a little 12H pony who's a little machine, but I'd also like them to be on a horse (the twins are 8 and I want to ride, too!) so we'll see what comes up at the local barn -- which happens to have a huge indoor arena.

Seven years!  OMG that's patience for you.  You're so very lucky to have had the opportunity to foster a relationship like that.  Kudos!

I had twins in 2000, nursed them for two years, had a baby boy in 2003, nursed him for over a year, and a girl in 2006 who I nursed for about 11 months (I was so done with nursing at that point!)

In a seven year period, there was only 15 months that I wasn't either pregnant or nursing.

For the twins, I put on over a hundred pounds.  I'd read in several places that to have twins at term, it helped to put on as much weight as possible.  It worked; the girls were born 5 days overdue (40 weeks +5, I was massive).

For my boy I put on 70lbs.  He was born at 10lbs, overdue, and had a voracious appetite.

The fifteen months grace from pregnancy and nursing allowed me to finally lose some weight, but then I had some issues with some medication I was taking that caused me to bloat up 40lbs in three months.  I didn't lose that before getting pregnant with the last child.

The long and the short of it is, I couldn't lose a single pound while nursing the first three children.  Think about it; you're sitting most of the time and your body is producing mass amounts of estrogen and prolactin in order to produce enough milk -- I'm guessing you probably have a healthy eater on your hands!

I lost weight with number three ONLY because DH put a paper in my stocking telling me that he'd signed me up for a triathlon 9 months hence.  I had to start moving if I wanted to finish a sprint.  Without doing any physical activity, I never would have lost a pound.

Fodder for thought...have you considered taking the time to do 1/2 an hour of free weights, three times a week to get your metabolism going?

I'm a full time mom right now (that's about to change in Jan) but personally, I waver between pop and heavy metal (you should see the kids faces when I'm in head-banging mode -- they stare at me with look that's a mixture of awe and mortal fear...*LOL*)

I'm not pouting anymore...I got to share...

You don't have to go anal to get an STD; a lot of the gay men I know don't do anal either, but they're positive nonetheless.

I am with trustwomen all the way.  When I referred to being discreet, I meant with everyone, but especially men.  As much as our society has come a long way, I'm not delusional about the amount of homophobes that live around us.  Most judges (generalisation) are of a certain age (it takes years to earn the position) and therefore from a certain generation that certainly frowns upon homosexuality.  I didn't make the rules, I just know what they are. 

When it comes down to talking about going outside of the marriage, I wouldn't talk about your intention to get involved with men.  That just gives her ammo to stick in her pocket in case she ever needs it.

And then there's this guy at work...it's a pretty risky thing to do because you a) work together and b) will be seen together.  But, you're gonna do what you're gonna do and if he's willing, it's probably going to trash any logic that would keep you out of it.  Just be careful and know that body fluids of a certain nature can make their way into your bloodstream in a whole variety of ways. 

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