If you could ask your family to offer you some support on one thing, what would it be? I think for me it would be to get rid of all junk food from the house.
We have a spare room and we have had a couple of different boarders here over the past couple of years. It would have been better for all if we had a little detached apartment to offer.
The cost of gas brings up the cost of everything else. To think that the oil companies pay virtually NO taxes and they make the biggest profits of anybody. Don't get me started.
What have you found to be the best part of being a stay at home parent? What have you found to be the down side of being a stay at home parent? Any advice to share?
We go room by room and dust and wash anything that needs washing, move all the furniture and shampoo rugs, and oil down all our woodwork and wood furniture. We start now so we are ready to move outside when Spring arrives.
I really have no idea. I've been married to my spouse almost 30 years and it feels like we're just getting to the "the good part" now. We have never had enough time together.
Election season is off and running. Can you believe that Iowa will be holding its caucus next week to decide who the GOP candidate for president will be?
I think that it is kind of natural to behave differently toward others when we are one on one versus when we are in a more social situation. I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
There have been times when the stress level has been really high, then I have a chance to relax, then I get sick. Stress can really affect your resistance. Maybe that is what is going on?
I get my wife a red rose for each year that we are married and a lovely card. On the "big" years like our fifth or tenth anniversary I got her a special piece of jewelry.
If Congress fails to pass a continuation of the payroll tax cuts put into place a year ago middle class people would have to pay another $1500 in taxes next year. Is that any big deal to you?
We are pretty sure our family is not complete. We have always thought in terms of four children and right now we only have two. Two is a handful for now.
I think education is one of the best possible investments a person can make. There is financial aid out there. I think more people qualify for it than most people would realize.
What makes you think that you are spending too much time online? Is it the headaches or a sense that you should be doing something else? Maybe you can work at intervals?