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Camouflage Easter Eggs
Posted Thursday June 22 2006, 6:51 am
This question may seem a bit strange to ask in June, but I'm planning an army themed birthday party for my nephew in August. I remember seeing plastic camouflage easter eggs around Easter and I thought of an excellent party game. The kids could have an Easter egg hunt, except I wouldn't call it an Easter egg hunt because it's August. I want to section off an area of the yard with caution tape and put up Caution: Mine Field Signs. The kids can look for the eggs/mines. My question is does anyone have any idea where I can find these eggs? I've already searched on-line with no luck. The only place that I've found is on e-bay, it's $5 for 6. That's too expensive because I need a bunch of them. Around Easter I could have gotten 8 of them...
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blah
Posted Thursday June 22 2006, 1:02 am
well my wife dumped me my dog ran away and my truck broke down wat do u think i should do there blair??
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Parents!
Posted Thursday June 22 2006, 12:45 am
Okay. I was at my friends house and we took her parent's smirnoffs and drank them. Her mom found out and said that if I don't tell my parents about it then my friend's grounding will be even longer. What should i tell my parents? They are really strict about everything. Thanks
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Family reunion
Posted Wednesday June 21 2006, 11:59 am
I'm planning a surprise party in the mountains for my husband's 30th birthday. I rented the biggest cabin I could find and plan on stocking it with food, beverages, activities. I invited all of my hubby's family and a few of my own that hubby is close to. I wish I could say that everyone was being really nice about it, but they're not. Instead, they are all complaining about who gets what room and who doesn't get a room at all. My first rule, "first come, first serve", did not seem fair, so now I'm saying that married people have priority. This is being met with resistance by my single sister-in-law, and my mother-in-law is taking her side! What is the best way to give priority in the rooms? And how can I ask people gracio...
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Alone
Posted Tuesday June 20 2006, 11:01 pm
I think im going phyco.I spend about half my day by myself because my family is always working or over a friends house.I ahng with friends yes but i want to see my family and it doesnt happen.they have to work and i understand that but we do nothing as a family.I feal terrible because i have asked for a diffrent family.is that bad.they dont abuse me they just leave to go to worik or friends and im sick of being alone ive started talking to myself and it scares me cause i talk in the sence of there 2 more people there with me.im not aloud to have friends over when im by myself so yeah ive tryed but it sux i even pretend that my best friend is there wat do i do to get my family closer or to spend more time with me.....
katie
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cousin thinks i like her boyfriend
Posted Tuesday June 20 2006, 4:57 pm
My cousin has recently told her boyfriend that she thinks i like him as more than a friend. It is so not true. I haven't even met the guy. we talk over MSN, and besides, he's trying to set me up with his best friend. How can i get her to think i actually don't like him in that way without having to actually confront her that he told me this?
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dads driving me crazy
Posted Tuesday June 20 2006, 1:44 pm
this morning my mom came in my room and gave me a list of things to do like: clean up your room pick up the house do ur laundry do the dishes make 4 flower arrangements w/ the flowers i brought home from work hang up my clothes etc. i dont really mind b/c its summer and im used to helping out but the way she asked was just soooo degrading she didnt say please or anything along those lines and she said my dad is mad b/c he expects the house to be clean every day when he gets home and im on break to help around the house when i kno im on summer break to rest from school and get ready for next year. im just really mad my dad treats me like his maid not like his daughter i feel like the only thing hes happy about w/ me is that i do his laundry....
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help
Posted Tuesday June 20 2006, 10:52 am
Hey my name is Rachel and iam 17 years old and my sister moved in with my 4 year old niece and my 2 year old nephew and now they are sleeping in my room since we only have a 2 bedroom house and now iam sleeping on the couch and they are sleeping in my room and I don't think that is fair and when I talked to my mom about it she said I was being selfish am I being selfish?I have no privacy whatsoever and I think as a teenager I need all the privacy I can get and I have none how can I get more privacy?
please help me.
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Is it abuse?
Posted Tuesday June 20 2006, 10:47 am
Okay, so I'm pretty much a hardcore soccer player. I play it often. But my mom is always thinking she knows so much about it, and I tell you she doesn't.
She yells at me for stupid mistakes, for everything that goes wrong in our house, and finds ways to call me a loser, loner, and that I suck at stuff, without actually saying it. She's called me a bitch so many times I couldn't count. But my real question is, is what she doing really abuse?
People have told me it was, but I just don't know anymore. She did physically abuse me ages 7-10, maybe that's why I'm not sure or not. And I've been depressed, at least I think a lot. She's making me want to quit soccer from all the camps and stress. And many of my cl...
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I have a "3 is a croud" problem with my cousin! What to do?
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 9:22 pm
my cousin..which we will call Billy..always turns his back on me when my other cousin "JANE" or step-cousin "BOBBY". when hes with me...he laughs and my jokes and stuff i do. everytime we see each other we say this thing which is an inside joke. well the other day i said it in front of bobby and he was like... no that stupid.. then he always says embarrasing things that i have done to them or just says somthing mean about me. he always hangs around them and leaves me out so i have to just be a tag-a-long. hes a great guy and i love him to death!!!! but only when its just me. i dont know what to do. i have tried to tell him but he insisted that he doesnt. and i try to ignore it but it really acually bothers me. i know say...
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21-year-old brother getting "grounded"
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 3:26 pm
Do you guys think it's weird that my parents grounded my brother who's 21(I actually think it's funny)?
He's staying with us for a few weeks and he got a $300 citation for punching a guy on the beach yesterday. My dad didn't actually say the words "you are grounded" but he won't let him do anything. I mean he is an adult and everything haha.
My dad and brother have been arguing all morning because of it and I don't think my dad is right because my brother would have paid for it on his own. I want to say something but I just wanted a few opinions before I do so.
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Rape Victim
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 2:36 pm
On December 16th, my cousin was raped by her neighbor/exboyfriend. She has been in deep depression ever since, she just told me two days ago that she was raped and thats why she's had depression. She promised me she would tell her parents, as long as I kept my mouth shut. Now she refuses to tell, and she told me she has though several times as to ending her life over it. I got scared and told my older brother, he hasn't told my parents yet, but I don't know what to do. I`m scared for her [ she lives across the country so theres nothing I can do about that] I swore to her I wouldn't tell, but I did. I just don't know what to do.
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Grandmother getting on my nerves
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 12:39 pm
13/f, my grandmother used to be okay, never used to get into my way, always feeding us, and helping us. I went to this award banquet, and she didn't like what I was wearing. When she described what I should wear, it was a wedding dress. I explained that for this occasion, you just wear simple things, but she didn't listen. I went the way I looked anyhow. Everyone who passed us, she would say, you see how that person has that... and other what nonsense. She said how my breasts were sticking out. Bra or no bra, of course it would show, I have breasts, wouldn't the shape and size of it show? Now for graduation, she's forcing to dress up in some wedding gown thing. My mom had to tell her no. My grandmother thinks that I'm dressing the wrong way. What's her problem?
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Crazy mom!
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 12:12 pm
I'm at home right now because my mom left me here. She woke me up, gave me 5 minutes to get ready and left! Keep in mind i'm a 15 year old girl and i need like an hour to get ready. So i like threw on clothes and i was running around trying to get ready really fast but she just left. And guess where she was going? My grandma's house. She's always like this and she goes like psyco on my brother a lot too. She's not like abusive or anything but she scares me. Is this normal mom behavior? By the way i'm her 5th kid and she didn't act this way with the other 3. My brother gets so upset about it sometimes that he turns to drugs and i'm starting to get into it too. It's like we need to get away from her but to the rest of the world she's the perf...
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my family is driving me crazy!
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 2:53 am
My parents have been divorced since i was a baby & i am know 16teen!I went 14teen years with out saying anything cause nobody cares.I had a teacher for the last two years & she forced me to talk to her then the last week of school it got really bad & she said to me that i put her in a bad spot!It hurt cause i thought i could trust her!My sisters are 11 & 9 years older than me so they think i should be over it by know but it has just really been driving me crazy the last couple of years!My dad got caught with the woman is still dating & its just really hard for me 2 like her cause i was only 3 days old when they were caught & my stepdad & me are always getting into then it cause problems with me & my mom!My gr...
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I DONT WANT TO GO!
Posted Sunday June 18 2006, 2:16 am
My family is all going to go to Wisconsin next Thursday-Sunday. I do not want to go and neither does my mom. We would both go if my dad let us stay in a hotel, but he said that it is too much money. My grandfather (My grandfather is who we are going there to see.) keep his house at 95 degrees and I'm not joking. There aren't even enough beds in his house! He can't hear a word that I say and I'm have strep right now so, I'm not going to talk any louder than I normally do. I really do not want to go up to Wisconsin (Mom said that she's staying here) so, how do I convince my dad to not make me go?
I rate 5's for anyone who tries
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Posted Saturday June 17 2006, 1:03 am
I hate my dad..I'm not joking. I honestly do and not just for some stupid reason.
My dad always is threatening my mom with a divorce and stuff she starts crying. I hate seeing her cry when she never even did anything to deserve this. He always is calling her horrible names and cussing at her and me. He hits her sometimes too..she almost called the police. He even hit me once..
I'm so scared of him and so is my mom and my brother. I haven't talked to any of them yet about this. Whenever I hear him yelling or something I'm usually in my room and I start crying because it really is starting to upset me. I can't even TALK to my own dad..whenever he says something to me all the horrible things that he has done to my mom and I in th...
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My mom...
Posted Friday June 16 2006, 8:56 pm
On the last day of school (the 20th for me) my friend wants me to walk to Rita's Water Ice with her. It's only a few minutes away from school. My mom won't let me. How can I persaude her to let me go? I'll tell her i'll bring my cell phone, and the roads we're going on all have sidewalks, and she can pick me up when we're ready to leave.
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parentssss.....
Posted Thursday June 15 2006, 10:05 pm
my dad makes up lame excuses for why i can not go out with my friends after work affterrr i come home and my friends come in the house to meet him and find out whos driving and everything. I'm going to be 17 in like..20 days i dont see why i can not go out til midnight on a summer night! He says its cause "i dont know your friends". okayy well he's going to have to meet them sometime, right? why not now. the sooner the better. The way i see it, there driving me insane not letting me go out with my friends ever and its just going to hurt them in the long run when i get my car and my own place and never come home........i jsut dont kno what to do to let them realize i'm growing up and i dont want to stay home with them all the time....
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need to help my mom
Posted Thursday June 15 2006, 6:53 pm
My mom & I are really close. She loves my dad and they've been together over 20 years. Her very first love has recently passed away. They had a serious relationship when she was 17. (She's 48 now) She saw his last name in the death notices and she's been severely depressed for awhile now. She had a very involved connection with this man and I feel so bad for my mom. They hadn't talked in years & she doesn't know what he died from either. She really wants closure, but I don't know how to help her. What am I supposed to do in this situation?
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