A comment mightydoll made in my previous journal entry has spurred me to write this entry. Her comment:

Parents love unconditionally, and yet need to punish sometimes. It would be neglectful not to teach children the rules they need to know in order to function in our society.My question ( Read more... )

I was raised Catholic and was taught that God loves us unconditionally.

If God loves us unconditionally, then why does Hell exist?

His coos are insanely cute; his smiles are just gorgeous, and very time he tries to laugh, he gets the hiccups. He'll figure it out soon enough ( Read more... )

Diaper-free babies' fad swells, despite critics -- they bill it as potty training, but it's not training. It's paying attention to the signals that your child gives you that he or she needs to pee or poo. You can help them relax and let them know they're in the proper place to pee/poo by using cuing sounds, but not all parents use cues. Likewise, ( Read more... )

Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down
Week 17: Toys R Not USWe're all doing just fine. Not a lot of time to spend at the computer, though. We have weathered the storm of A getting his gut flora situated, which involved lots of scream-crying and hideously agonizing gas pains. Things are much better, even though his poo stinks more now ( Read more... )

Water
Water-Saving Tips
The 40-Hour Drought

Go Organic
Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
Organic fruit and vegetables really are better for your heart

Casaubon's Book
52 Weeks Down: Week 12 - Get Your Kids Involved

We've been working very hard lately to bring you something very special. That's right! Here is a link to our baby- and pregnancy-related amazon wishlist AND our baby registry! Woohoo!

Please buy us stuff?

Thanks,
taikakettu, misslynx, optimystik,
Monkey and Peanut

k, I've really been trying my best to hold back on this one, but after a stupidly irritating discussion at work a few weeks ago and then not being able to get the topic out of my mind for the past two days and working myself into a silent, passionate outrage, I gotta post something. I just gotta get this out of my head because I'm literally losing ( Read more... )

so.... I screwed up the information I gave to the Payroll department for direct deposit and my paycheque didn't get deposited into my account.

( Here's what happened )

The past few days have been filled with a certain amount of anxiety. Yesterday was Mother's Day, and, while I knew I should call my mom to talk to her, I really didn't want to. She has made zero effort to have any sort of relationship with me since Dec. '05 and has ignored every single email I've sent to her in the interim. In my eyes, she's not ( Read more... )