attention girls: embrace your inner...

[Crusher Disciple]

I fortunately recognized it for what it was and got it in control. Cranberry juice hasn't been my friend for some time. But the infection was dealt with.

Thank God for that!

I've given up and decided to order the darker version of the denim pencil skirts Old Navy have here in the stores. I want the darker wash for a more elegant "date appropriate" look. I could only find them in stores in the lighter more casual wash. And I couldn't get them in Petite so I went online and just ordered one from their website.

 

[May 20]

I've been pleased with my orders from Old Navy's website. They ship and arrive in a reasonable time frame. And, if you mess up, returns are easy at the store. I need to go check their clearance stuff this week, actually...

 

[indranee]

^Jeez, on top of everything else? Longest I've ever had was 11 days.

Yeah, that's why I posted last week that god was a misogynist prick and an incompetent plumber.

The gyno says its a bad reaction to some chemical birth control I've recently started. They stopped the b/c and now we're just waiting for the damned period to run its course.

Except it won't. It's not that heavy at this point, just enough to ruin my entire underwear collection.

use Always Super. I've very heavy periods and it's the ONLY thing that helps on the 2nd day.

 

[Kira's Mom]

This thread is like having dinner with my wife and my two 20-something daughters. Some things truly are universal.

That's pretty much what dinner was like for my dad when I was in middle school and my sister was home from college. With my mom in the mix, he never stood a chance!

 

[Mallory]

I just nod a lot, keep my head down and keep chewing.

 

[Kira's Mom]

^Which is what I do when Dad starts talking about cars...

 

[May 20]

I just nod a lot, keep my head down and keep chewing.

You're a smart man.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch!

I will always have curves. Exercise and eat right because it makes YOU feel better. The rest should follow.

There's nothing wrong with curves. Curves are good.

If someone's healthy and confident that's more attractive to me than someone whose body fits the "societal norm".

Some of those girls that are held up as "the norm" need a sandwich or two.

 

[May 20]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch!

Some of those girls that are held up as "the norm" need a sandwich or two.

For starters. They need to let me cook for them.

Seriously, I'm already battling body image with DD. She's chunky right now, and it's becoming an issue among her more slender classmates. She can outrun and out-sit-up and push-up most of them, though. I tell her the truth -- both her daddy and I chunked up before we took our height, then we slimmed down. Being healthy, which she is, is more important than being thin.

On the other hand, I'm dieting to lose weight, so I have to be careful that I show her that now that I'm done growing up, growing out really isn't a good thing. I don't want her thinking that I hate the way I look (I don't -- I just know I'll feel better if I'm not carrying extra weight).

 

[blablover5]

Why do I always get so cold right before the joys of blood letting? I don't get moody much but it's like my body's pilot light just goes out for a week.

And on top of it we just hit a cold snap. Great timing really.

 

[May 20]

You need a steak.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch!

Some of those girls that are held up as "the norm" need a sandwich or two.

For starters. They need to let me cook for them.

If they refuse, can I have their portions?

Seriously, I'm already battling body image with DD. She's chunky right now, and it's becoming an issue among her more slender classmates. She can outrun and out-sit-up and push-up most of them, though. I tell her the truth -- both her daddy and I chunked up before we took our height, then we slimmed down. Being healthy, which she is, is more important than being thin.

Our precious angel-face is in kindergarten and we're dealing with this as well. She tells us she doesn't want to be fat so she's not going to eat too much of "x".

She's rail thin right now and keeps growing up rather than out.

Why can't kids be kids anymore?

 

[blablover5]

You need a steak.

That'll be great for Friday . . . oh wait. Damn Catholics, what was I thinking marrying one.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

You need a steak.

That'll be great for Friday . . . oh wait. Damn Catholics, what was I thinking marrying one.

Here's what you do: You sneak out at lunch and order a steak Then you buy a bottle of Listerine and chug it after you finish.

He'll never know.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch!

Some of those girls that are held up as "the norm" need a sandwich or two.

For starters. They need to let me cook for them.

If they refuse, can I have their portions?

Seriously, I'm already battling body image with DD. She's chunky right now, and it's becoming an issue among her more slender classmates. She can outrun and out-sit-up and push-up most of them, though. I tell her the truth -- both her daddy and I chunked up before we took our height, then we slimmed down. Being healthy, which she is, is more important than being thin.

Our precious angel-face is in kindergarten and we're dealing with this as well. She tells us she doesn't want to be fat so she's not going to eat too much of "x".

She's rail thin right now and keeps growing up rather than out.

Why can't kids be kids anymore?

We have forced them to grow up too soon as a society. That's what I think.

 

[kimc]

Why do I always get so cold right before the joys of blood letting? I don't get moody much but it's like my body's pilot light just goes out for a week.

So that's what's been going on! I've been colder than normal for days and now my uterus hurts.

You need a steak.

Well if I must I must...

 

[blablover5]

You need a steak.

That'll be great for Friday . . . oh wait. Damn Catholics, what was I thinking marrying one.

Here's what you do: You sneak out at lunch and order a steak Then you buy a bottle of Listerine and chug it after you finish.

He'll never know.

How Delightfully Evil. I would never expect anything less from you.

 

[trampledamage]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch!

Seriously, I'm already battling body image with DD. She's chunky right now, and it's becoming an issue among her more slender classmates. She can outrun and out-sit-up and push-up most of them, though. I tell her the truth -- both her daddy and I chunked up before we took our height, then we slimmed down. Being healthy, which she is, is more important than being thin.

I'm not looking forward to that starting with little miss trampledamage. She's tall and chunky, the biggest in her preschool. Luckily at the moment it doesn't bother her and she sees herself as strong which is cool I try to emphasize what she can do - like her gymnastics and swimming, I just hope all of that will hold when she does get to the stage of noticing she's bigger than everyone else.

I just don't want her to grow up like I did, so convinced I was fat that even when I was thin I still felt fat (only now, looking back can I see that while I was at university I was thin, didn't feel it though)



Anyway, on a completely separate note - mr trampledamage, for the first time in our 18-odd years together, has bought me flowers. They're gorgeous yellow tulips that were being sold at his work for charity, but anyway, never having had flowers bought for me before I'm no expert at looking after them and I want them to last as long as possible. So, do I need to change the water at all? They came with some plant food - if I change the water, what can I put in to keep them happy and healthy?

 

[Kestra]

^^^ I always drop a little bit of bleach or 7UP into the vase, depending on what I have around.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I have no idea, but I love fresh cut tulips!