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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie Thanks, Jackie, so much. Just gotta stay on the same side of the net in this game, hmm?

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie So often we use food to express love; so when those we love and whose opinion we most value want to take that food away, it feels like they are taking the love away. Been there, felt that.

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie I really appreciate and agree with your first statement..."especially by their own parents" Yes! If we can't be kind and loving to our own children, who else will? I'm interested that you say one child of yours is heavier, because I assume of course that...

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie Mamagee, are you saying that you feel children get enough criticism from others, and that mother and home need to be safe and loving? I can only agree wiht my whole heart. Now if I could just get my mouth to perfectly obey! Do you mean, though, that I...

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie Thank you, Swaana! Oh, for sure nagging never helps, why is it that that is the first thing we try?? :) Modeling a healthy lifestyle, as you say, and concentrating on the positive aspects of being fit and strong is a really good reinforcer. I remember setting...

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 17 Mar 08

If you have an overweight child, should you nag at them about their weight? Were you ragged on over your weight and/or eating habits as a youngster, and has that had a negative effect on your adult life? What about a habitually...

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cryllie Congratulations on persevering and winning your fight against fat! I too struggled with this as a child, and I too still feel the scars from those long-ago wounds to the spirit. You are right, I think, that upset children eat too much; but do you think...

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Modestah @Modestah (11179) • United States 13 Mar 08

Our kitchen has a really awful (to me) looking wall paper border above the cupboards up to the ceiling. I would like to do something ELSE with that space. I think most of the area is hollow and I was thinking we could remove...

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cryllie Why not have her make you a table runner, then, if you have an eat-in kitchen? It's a simple enough project and would look really sweet.

14 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

braun

elizabeth peters

james michener

lillian jackson braun

nora roberts

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cryllie Sure and I'll be glad to share a cuppa coffee w'ye...Karen Kingsbury is totally a new name to me but I will be sure to look for her. What genre/s? It does sound like she is appealing to a wide range of readers! And golly, my housework is already way behind, so...

3 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

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cryllie I had no idea either, gosh how does she even DO that? It's a whole new take on the Book-A-Month club...hmmm. Thanks so much for the link! Is the Key series the one about Three Sisters Island?

3 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

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cryllie Everyone is mentioning Montana Sky and I have not gotten it yet! I loved the Three Sisters series NR did; James, Patricia, and Tami I"ve sampled but can't call them my personal favorites; Harlen Coben is new to me. I'm adding him (her?) to my list to look for...

3 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

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cryllie Nothing wrong with being a picky reader, you are investing your time in the story, and time is precious as we all know. My idea of heaven is huge library, no fines, and unlimited time to read! Since you like fantasy, I wonder if you've read CS Lewis?

3 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

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cryllie We must be kindren (Kinsey) spirits, then...actually my favorite source for new books is GoodWill, you just can't beat their prices, and the treasure hunting is always kinda fun. I've found NR and Mary Stewart, and others, in practically mint condition, with...

3 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 2 Mar 08

Lately I"ve been practically inhaling Nora Roberts books-can anyone recommend a favorite of hers? Other authors I've enjoyed include James Michener, Elizabeth Peters (who would not LOVE Amelia Peabody??), Sue Grafton's...

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cryllie Colin Forbes and John Deanver are new names for me, what genre do they favor? I love murder mysteries but not the ones which describe the process in great bloody detail...I like the classic whodunnit, I guess, Agatha Christie was always good for mental...

3 Mar 08

SHUGA81 @SHUGA81 (220) • United States 1 Mar 08

The reason I ask this question is because people on the east coast and midwest get free stuff from her. Not everybody can travel out there and sit in the audience and grab a free digital camera from under the chair. Does anyone...

free stuff

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cryllie "companies who want their.." I meant. sorry!

2 Mar 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 15 Feb 08

If anyone can explain this to me, I'd dearly love to know why, out of nowhere, did my cat just zoom through the room, up onto the top of the couch, back across my keyboard, and now she has absolutely disappeared! Was it something...

crazy cat behaviour

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cryllie Adoniah...wow, I really like your screen name, by the way. Do you have a cat now-or I should say, does a cat have you? This is actually my first cat ever, unless you count the Siamese my daughter owned that condescended to reside under my roof. Do you think...

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Mamagee @Mamagee (392) • Malaysia 13 Feb 08

I have a son age 8 years old. My son has a problem to wake up early in the morning for school. Every morning I have to take him to the bathroom and give him a bath, put on his trousers and shoes. He knows what to do, but he is too...

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cryllie It takes patience, persistence, and consistancy to achieve well-trained and well-adjusted children. Preaching, as you say, can be useless if you do not follow through with examples, appropriate expectations and lots of practice. Learning to manage your time is...

18 Feb 08

cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 15 Feb 08

If anyone can explain this to me, I'd dearly love to know why, out of nowhere, did my cat just zoom through the room, up onto the top of the couch, back across my keyboard, and now she has absolutely disappeared! Was it something...

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cryllie Weird is right. I swear she's communicating telepathically and can't understand why I don't answer her back! You know how they sit and just stare at you? Or, if I am thinking about her, here she is, sweet and innocent as pie, coming to cuddle. Gets all comfy...

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 15 Feb 08

If anyone can explain this to me, I'd dearly love to know why, out of nowhere, did my cat just zoom through the room, up onto the top of the couch, back across my keyboard, and now she has absolutely disappeared! Was it something...

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cryllie Mine trys to eat the "fish" on my screen saver. First she watches for an enormously long time, then it's attack. After a couple coffee-in-the-dead-keyboard experiences, I had to change it to a photo screenshow. Does Bindi play fetch with you? Corrigan will not...

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cryllie @cryllie (49) • United States 15 Feb 08

If anyone can explain this to me, I'd dearly love to know why, out of nowhere, did my cat just zoom through the room, up onto the top of the couch, back across my keyboard, and now she has absolutely disappeared! Was it something...

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cryllie Ahhh, so your cat calls you mom too, hmmm? No, no catnip that I know of, unless her friends are supplying her on the quiet. Or daddy has done so. Maybe if I GET her some catnip, she'll be normal? Just a thought...grins and thanks, cryllie

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