Tag Archives: worry

What worries you most?

A new survey shows that women worry more than men about losing their looks as they get older, while men worry about the quality of their sex lives. What worries you most about aging?

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Are you good with money?

When it comes to money matters, what is your greatest fear? Are you good with money? Who handles your money and does the bill paying? What are people’s biggest worries? Here’s a poll on what worries most Americans. Inspired by … Continue reading

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Worry….

Today on The Talk, one of the conversations was about  worry. Do you worry? It’s right around the 6 minute mark but if you listen, I was just like Sharon Osborne. Like she said “I worry about everything. Every-Little-Thing.” Whether … Continue reading

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Overly dramic people

Since I told you that I watch Dr. Phil, I can now say that when I saw this on his show, I laughed my butt off. I mean really, we all know people like this don’t we? The OVERLY dramatic … Continue reading

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Bikes to school by SKL

How many of you walked or biked to school as kids? My family always lived close enough to walk to all of our schools.  It would have been fun to bike, but even when all of us had a bike … Continue reading

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Meanest mom on the planet

I just love Don Shelby. He’s an anchor here in Minnesota and I just had to put this one in. He has a segment each evening called “Good To Know” and I usually agree with him all the way. Here’s … Continue reading

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Cash for clunkers

I hate to sound unsympathetic to the auto industry but honestly, I just don’t get this whole “cash for clunkers” deal. I mean I get how it was “supposed” to work but it didn’t work that way did it? Here is a quote I found today … Continue reading

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Taking things out on those we love

Hurting the ones we love. How many times have you done that? Do we do this because we can? Because it’s safe? Because no matter what, this person will always be there for us and always love us NO MATTER … Continue reading

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Letting Go…a little!

I LOVE being a mom, not too many bad things about being a mom. For me, there’s really only one thing bad about being a mom, or a parent in general. Bad is maybe the wrong choice of word, so … Continue reading

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The Dreaded Bullying

I absolutely HATE bullying of any kind.  Bullying is so mean.  Teasing is also mean but I feel that for the most part, teasing is meant as “someone likes you” because if someone doesn’t like you, they won’t waste their … Continue reading

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When is it time to stop driving??

This is such a sensitive issue but one that I’ve been thinking about a lot.  When is it time for someone to surrender their drivers licence?  I’ve done some reading on it and here are two articles in case your interested in reading them.  Me … Continue reading

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Teens driving and using cell phones

I know I wrote teen dies in car crash and I still do feel that way.  I feel with other kids in a car, the driver is way to distracted.  But I’ve been hearing more and more about passing a law that teens can’t drive … Continue reading

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Question of the day

If you could own a restaurant, what kind would it be?

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Is it okay to leave your child in car alone for a “minute”?

Did you ever, would you ever, leave your kids in your car to run a “small” errand?  This was on one night last week and although I’ve thought about it before, I thought I’d check with all of you and … Continue reading

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Back to basics by G-Ma

I think we have all been feeling scared and lost and while I have a hard time putting these kinds of feelings down, I came across this the other day at G-Ma’s View and I got her permission to post … Continue reading

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Would you give your teen a breathalyzer test?

I was cruising on the net this morning and came across this. I know we’ve talked about teens drinking before and I think we are all pretty much in agreement that we don’t hide alcohol and keep it a deep … Continue reading

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The hunters around here!!!

First of all, when Lisa wrote her post about her hunting dilemma I was just going to write this as a comment.  I figured we didn’t need two hunting posts.  But, then I saw this on the news last night so … Continue reading

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Ultrasound-to find out babies sex only???

Okay.  So I have this HUGE little thing that I’m a bit irked about. I’ve been pregnant 4 times.  2 of those times they thought there might be a problem of some kind or the other with the baby.  Which meant … Continue reading

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Working moms or stay at home moms???

Mommy??  How come you have to go to work??? As we prepare to leave the house for yet another work day, my daughter asks me a question that’s been ruminating in my head since I first became a mother.  The automatic response is something … Continue reading

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“Green” light bulbs

I was curious to know if any of you have tried the “new” energy efficient light bulbs? We bought a bunch of them a few years ago when they were all those spiral-y ugly ones. I couldn’t stand the way they looked. … Continue reading

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Help Me Find The Words

I love my job, I really do. It’s rewarding in so many ways. I’m able to stay home. I have almost every holiday off and I never work weekends or evenings. I get to watch children grow and learn and … Continue reading

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Accidents at home

I was thinking the other day that we have really been lucky as far as home accidents go.  I’m not talking about falls or cuts and injuries but fires and real disasters. Back in the late 80’s we had a fire … Continue reading

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Canadian Health Care?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It all started on our July long holiday weekend (I think it’s your July 4th weekend).  We decided to pack the family up and go camping.  24 hours into the trip my 3 year old gets a fever of 104.7.  … Continue reading

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Allergies in School

My little man is starting preschool next Tuesday!  I can’t believe that he’s old enough to go, but he’s certainly ready.  We have visited his classroom and met his teacher and he is very excited to start.  There are 10-12 … Continue reading

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When is it time to stop driving??

This is such a sensitive issue but one that I’ve been thinking about a lot.  When is it time for someone to surrender their drivers licence?  I’ve done some reading on it and here are two articles in case your interested in reading … Continue reading

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