megs85

@megs85 (3142)

Australia • Age 39

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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If you could be famous tomorrow, would you choose to be?

kiran1978 @kiran1978 (4134) • Australia 27 Mar 08

I think there are both advantages and disadvantages of being famous. And I seriously cannot decide whether I would want to be famous or not. Obviously the number one advantage of being...

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megs85 With all the things you read and hear about 'famous' people, and the fact that you can read and hear about every inch of their 'personal' lives really puts me off ever wanting to seek out fame and fortune. Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith... Britney...

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Help me create a list of everything a child needs

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 27 Mar 08

I am thisclose to talking hubby into having a baby now as opposed to waiting 3 years. He says that if I can come up with some numbers of how much money it would cost and how that would affect our current budget as well as when we...

baby

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megs85 How wonderful! Wishing you luck. Other than all the basic essentials ie; cradel, cradle linen, cot, cot linen, change table, chest of drawers, pram, diapers/ nappies, bottles, buttle brushes, formula, nappy bag/ diaper bag, clothes, singlets, blankets,...

28 Mar 08

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Bored with Food! Adice Needed!!

Ambur25 @Ambur25 (1006) • United States 12 Dec 07

I am SO bored with the every-week-dinner-ideas. Burgers, tacos, spaghetti, and the dread hamburger helper! I'm looking for new dinner ideas that are INexpensive and actually have REAL ingredients! Haha What I mean is, I've found...

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megs85 I actually have a runnin glist of all my 'every-week-dinners' as you refererred to them. And they get old, fast! I can completely relate. Sometimes even once amonth is too much! A few ideas you could try would be to simply experiment with the classics. For...

25 Mar 08

Traumatic labours?

kezabelle @kezabelle (2974) 25 Mar 08

Ok so we all know labour isn't easy for one reason or another but we still go on to have more, how about labours that truely were traumatic do you ever get over it and go on to have more children? My first daughter the labour...

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megs85 In all honesty I think I had relatively easy labours both times round. With my first son they had to break my waters and I was more upset about that then anything else, I couldn't handle the thought of them sticking some metal pole inside me to break...

25 Mar 08

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Whew!!!! Daily Routine...........Are you getting tired of It?

lynpreety @lynboobsy11 (11343) • Philippines 24 Mar 08

Yhea It's my daily routine......... Going to the market, prepare food, cooked food, prepare the kids,cleaned the house, do the laundry, sit here in my desktop. What a tiredly day for a mom like...

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megs85 Ah the monotony of everyday life. Yes I have to admit that 6 days out of 7 I groan when getting out of bed only because I know exactly what awaits me. A day of dirty nappies, bottles, tantrums and housework. My inspiration to keep going is all the...

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There Are Just Not Enough Hours In A Day, I Need More!

gemini_rose @gemini_rose (16264) 22 Mar 08

It is getting late again here in the UK and I really have to think about packing up for the day and going to bed, yet I still have not done everything I wanted to do. Every day seems to go faster and faster leaving me with less...

need more hours

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megs85 You have described my life perfectly lol. With an almost 2 year old, and an 8 week old, there is never a dull moment here. They are both wanting me 24/7. Plus we are moving interstate next Monday so I am desperately trying to pack and get things done. I...

23 Mar 08

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How do you feel about therapists and telling them your problems?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 22 Mar 08

I've been going to therapists for years and personally don't know what I would do without one in my life! Not only are they there to help me get through some rough times in my life but they give me ideas to use when I'm alone to...

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megs85 I have to admit I have seen a million an done different counsellors/ therapists, psychologists/ psychiatrists etc etc over th epast ten years. Self Harming, Suicide Attempts, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bulimia, Sexually Abused as a child, Panic/...

23 Mar 08

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What are some of the things you do to be frugal?

icyorchid @icyorchid (2564) • United States 18 Mar 08

These are some of the things I do to be frugal. I look for sales at the store. I visit 3 different stores to help save money. First store is Save A Lot, I buy all condiments at $1, tuna $.59 a can , spaghetti $.89, spaghetti o's...

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megs85 I have to admit that I frequently visit any frugal living related websites I can find quite regularly, and have signed up to almost all of their free emailing list newsletters which I find are packed full of tidbits. I save LOADS on cleaning products by...

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Does depression run in families?

Cyndaaz @Cyndaaz (21) • United States 23 Sep 07

My sister has tried to kill herself twice, and is now okay and on meds for manic depression. My young daughter acts a lot like my sister did at her age, with mood swings and such. Do you think depression runs in families?

depression

genetic

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megs85 One of the factors most health practitioners look into when diagnosing depression is family history of mental illness, and genetic predisposition to mental illness (usually based on history). My father had borderline personality disorder, and was in and out...

24 Sep 07

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drinking water from the faucet

19ewf84 @19ewf84 (461) • Austria 23 Sep 07

Well, I do know that at least in some parts of the states you can drink the water from the faucet. BUT, it's mixed with chlorine and other "stuff"... Now I'm wondering .... Can you drink "clear" water from your faucet? With...

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megs85 When i was pregnant with my son (my first child) we were living up in rural victoria, Australia. It isn't safe to drink tap water up there, as it is mixed in wth sewerage or something so I bought bottled water, or boiled the tap water to...

24 Sep 07

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Hang up and drive!!!!

Lifez2short @Lifez2short (4962) • United States 23 Sep 07

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it should be illegal to talk on cell phone and drive at the same time?!?! I mean what could be so important that you need to risk your life and the life of others? How hard is it to...

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megs85 Somebody has already mentioned that here in AUstralia, we actually have that law in place. I admit that I have been guilty of using a mobile (cell) phone when driving, using a handsfree kit. Or if I don't have one I pull over, or simply just don't answer the...

24 Sep 07

What is it like to have a drug addict for a mother?

Ms Michelle @lenapoo (678) • United States 22 Sep 07

I have been working with a client lately and she is a crack addict. She is on it really bad; so bad to the point that all her kids except for the two oldest were born crack babies. Well, she moved here from California and as I got...

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megs85 I recently read an article on women who are addicts whilst pregnant, and "crack" babies. I cried whilst reading it, and then vomitted once finished. I'm a mother. And I'm pregnant. I am far from perfect, but at the end of the day... I try. I have antenatal...

23 Sep 07

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should i blame my dad for leaving us?

jHoEn16 @jHoEn16 (2043) • Australia 21 Sep 07

its been 24 years since my dad left us... until now it was still a big ? for me what really happened and what are the reasons why he left.. all i know is that he left us when i was only 5 months old on my mums tummy.. i...

my parents

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megs85 I can completely relate to how you felt growing up, and how you feel now... My dad left when I was about one. He visited me for a few years, but once I hit about four I never saw him, nor had contact from him again. I went through a lot of things growing...

22 Sep 07

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Marriage - or not

Scorpio2111 @Scorpio2111 (170) 21 Sep 07

I have been with my partner 22 years and 3 months, and we have been living together for 22 years and 1 month. We have 3 children 16, 10 & 8 and we get along fine. I am fed up with people keep telling me we should get...

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megs85 Personally, I think it's completely up to a couple to decide whether they want to "formalise" their commitment via marriage, and to me... marriage is simply that... a formality. Declaring that you are a couple with a commitment to one another. My fiancee's...

22 Sep 07

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Smelling of smoke.....

vega83 @vega83 (6342) • Bahrain 21 Sep 07

No offense to any smokers out there... I'm a non-smoker myself. Of course I don't believe in judging before trying, so I have tried smoking and frankly it didn't do it for me. I don't understand why people smoke, but then again...

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megs85 Personally I'm a smoker, however, the smell of smoke does bother me. I'm one of those hypocrytical smokers that hate smoking, hate the taste, hate the smell and everything else about it- including knowing what it can do to my, and everyone else around me's...

21 Sep 07

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are you a home-mom?

meaculpa @meaculpa (338) • Philippines 20 Sep 07

I am a "new" home-mom or a "homemaker" in which I have just started this week. This means that I am a full-time home-mom. Previously, I was working but now, My hubby and I decided that I have to stay at home first and take care of...

homemaker

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megs85 My only advice would be try to enjoy your time with your children as much as possible, whilst still being able to make time for yourself... If that means when hubby gets home you go and take a relaxing bath or whatever whilst he feeds the kiddies dinner, or...

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My baby hates taking a bath...

aseretdd @aseretdd (13730) • Philippines 20 Sep 07

I give my baby a bath every morning and it is always the same... the minute she sees the tub full of water... she cries, screams, and do everything she can just so i wouldn't get her in the water... At first i taught i was a...

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megs85 I'm just curious as to how she is, if you just use a face washer to wipe her down to clean her? My son hated taking a bath for the first few months of his life, but now he is the biggest water baby out! Initially I used to use a face washer to clean him every...

20 Sep 07

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Do you have your child on a wheat-free diet??

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 19 Sep 07

I keep hearing so much about wheat-free diets for children these days. I used to work with autistic children and the mothers were always talking about some new study, etc but at the time I did not have children so I never paid...

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megs85 Alot of children are misdiagnosed with food allergies. Depending on the age of your child, and the severity of his symptoms, they may want to perform a skin pr-ck test to determine if he is allergic or intolerant of wheat, or any other food proteins, such as...

19 Sep 07

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