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Old 07-13-2011, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Geneva, IL
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I am high on Quinoa fumes dear Zim. They are quite the mood elevator. That and a few Midol.
Hmmmm......I'm not sure Quinoa fumes will take me to my happy place. If you all don't hear back from me for a while I'll be leaning over my microwave-safe dish huffing Quinoa fumes. Report to follow!

 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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Do let us know how this works....it could prove useful in the future.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:22 PM
 
Location: here
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rkb - I saw you asking about quinoa in the other thread - you know, the one that the OP resurrected and just won't go away.

Anywho, this is one of our favorite recipes for quinoa. I always up the lemon a bit:

Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe - Allrecipes.com
thanks! looks yummy!

DH and I are instituting weekly, yes WEEKLY, date night. I'm looking forward to it, but wondering how we're going to afford it.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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thanks! looks yummy!

DH and I are instituting weekly, yes WEEKLY, date night. I'm looking forward to it, but wondering how we're going to afford it.
Try to find cheap/free things to do and/or trade babysitting with a friend. At some point you can't afford NOT to do it.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Geneva, IL
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No go on the QF fumes!

I am the queen of cheap dates.

I buy groupons, etc. of our favorite restaurants or events. The art gallery has free evenings. The dollar movie theater. Playing tennis at the community center.

I also second kid-swapping. We do that quite often, and the kids love the company too. Sometims everyone sleeps over, sometimes not. We have gone downtown for the night, that is fun.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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No go on the QF fumes!
Dang <sigh>
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:42 PM
 
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Question...why is it that Jeopardy seems to start at about 1 or 2 minutes before the hour? I don't get it.
I used to know that. Something about selling commercial time. Or someone at your local station pushes the button too early. I have a question: We have two atomic clocks that constantly have the time wrong. What's up with that? And it's not the fact that AZ stays on Standard time all year. Right now the one in the kitchen is off by an hour and four minutes. Makes me nuts.

That slime looks seriously nasty. Yech. If I didn't worry about the ecological balance of the planet I'd pour bleach all over it.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:42 PM
 
Location: here
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Try to find cheap/free things to do and/or trade babysitting with a friend. At some point you can't afford NOT to do it.
I think we are there!
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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I think we are there!
I think many/most of us get there at one time or another. We are kind of at the other end of things. With DD pretty much gone and DS leaving for college in another year, we're having to readjust to being just with each other, not only as parents. Parenting can be so time-consuming and all encompassing, draining....it's easy to get lost in it. Taking the time and effort now really is worth it. It doesn't get easier - it just evolves into different types of stress.
 
Old 07-13-2011, 06:49 PM
 
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Just got a message from my friend. They let her mother go home. She has to go back and have a couple of stents put in but the emergency is over. Whew.

Thanks everybody, for your thoughts. I really, really appreciated them!!! When you've been friends with someone for over 30 years they become family. She and I have been through a lot together.
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