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Lessons of Discovery

Depending on what stage we are in our lives, we can sometimes feel like we ought to know more about who we are or how to live. We may even berate ourselves for making the same mistakes, or for just not "getting it," whatever "it" may be. We wonder how our lives would be now, if only we had “known better.” During moments like these, it is important to remember that none of us are born with instruction manuals and that learning lessons is a lifelong ...

Black Friday Sales Ads 2008
Download the ads quickly, they may not be up long.
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Black Friday sales arrive early this year
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Well my 16 soon to be 17 wants to quit High School. I think I am going to let her. Last year she wanted to home school and I didn't let her. She played on the Varsity squad for soccer. They won league. She made a lot of friends and went to Homecoming this year and then tells me she still hates school and wants to quit. She hardly learns anything all day and feels it is a total waste of her time. I used to feel the same way when I went to high school. She is going to have to pass her GED. She ...

Well today I didn't do anything productive just a whole lot of laying around. It seems I have caught some kind of flu bug, I'm hanging by the bathroom just to be safe. Ver. 1.0 (ds) seems to have been o.k. Ver. 1.1(dd) well she has had a touch of it. Hubby was sick with it yesterday, I guess we need to blame hubby for bringing the crud home. The good thing about being sick all day is that it was a very cheap day for us

The other day I was late picking up my stepkids because I had to get my son from school first and the ex wife called my husband and told him she was going to start leaving the kids with her neighbor because she didn't want them inside the house before I got there. She has a major cleaning phobia and makes them take their shoes and socks off when the first walk in and change into new socks because she doesn't want their bare feet on the floor. She doesn't let them back in their rooms after she ...