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Your comment reminded me of my mother telling me that during WWII when she sent packages to our family members she used popcorn for packing material so that everything in the box would be a treat.  I always thought it was a great idea.

My mother had rental properties and has evicted tenants twice because her daughter (sis) decided she wanted to live there.  Those tenants were pretty upset at the time too, because they didn't want to move.  A landlord isn't required to have a reason for taking back their property or raising the rent.  They will likely give you a good reference since you're been a good tenant. 

A year after Katrina, all the landlords on the Gulf Coast decided to double or triple their rent, just because they could.  Due to the housing crisis rents are going to continue to rise, because more people are losing their homes and looking for apartments.  Its all about supply and demand.

The bright side is that working at home allows you to live "anywhere", so you could see this as an opportunity to move somewhere completely different.  That's what I did, and I haven't regretted it.

If there is no signed lease stating a specific time (1 yr, 2 yr, etc.) then it is implied as a month-to-month least and either the tenant or LL can terminate at any time. 

I would look for a place pronto if I was the OP. 

And she should get another job pronto too if the one she got ain't paying the bills.  No reason to let it go on month after month, paycheck after paycheck, until you are in the street, that is just plain stupid. 

If she is getting evicted --- there is more to this story I believe. 

It's amazing how much money you will save by doing all the cooking yourselves at home and brown-bagging lunch.  This includes those $2 cups of coffee here and there every day--really adds up fast! 

Keep your goal somewhere in site...literally slapping a picture of your dreamhouse on the fridge or some place you'll be reminded every day of why you are making the sacrifices you are making.  Good luck! 

get together and do a pic of the team or even a few and frame it!  I'm sure he'd like that.  You can even go to one of those machines, have it blown up and have it say something special down below. 

Also, they like gift cards to the local convenience store.  Everyone could use a gift of "gas" especially when they are volunteers...

Happy sporting!  Glad you had a great coach! 

I actually have pictures of her sitting in front of the TV in the office watching Animal Planet, Kung Fu Panda, and Transformers.  I can see her tracking the action with her head and every once in a while she'll bat at the tv screen with her paw. 

It's the cutest thing.

I was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with changing your OB in the last month of pregnancy? Or if anyone knows anyone who changed their OB late in pregnancy?

Without going into too many details, my OB was away on a personal emergency this week and her partner was not in the office due to the holiday. I was having some problems this week and I needed an OB on Friday. I called but my OB's office only had a recorded message. There was no answering service. So I stuck it out until Satruday and went to the emergency room at the hospital where I was supposed to be delivering this baby. The Triage Nurse at the hospital was so awful and mean to me that I burst into tears and stormed out of there. She didn't flat out refuse me medical attention, but she gave me such a hard time about being there that she made me feel very uncomfortable, and in so many words she forced me out. She was the nastiest most unprofessional person I have ever dealt with in the healthcare industry. DH agrees.

So now DH and I are totally turned off to that hospital and I don't feel comfortable at all delivering there. Fortunately for us, we have 2 other excellent hopsitals close to our house. The problem is, my OB only delivers out of the hospital where I had this incident. So I was thinking of changing back to my old OB for the end of the pregnancy. He delivered my nephew and my sister said she liked him and had no problems with him. But he has not dealt with me pregnant. I just went to him for 2 annual checkups several years ago, then decided to change over to my current OB because my sisters and friends raved about her.

And it's really been a textbook pregnancy -- no problems with me or the baby. He would just need my records sent to him, and he'd need to know that I will be a scheduled c-section. Really at this point all I need is for someone to go in there and get the baby out for me.

Any advice? Do you think he would refuse my case since I'm 35 weeks already? The whole incident is unfortunate, and I love my OB, but I am so turned off to the hospital that I'd be willing to go with another OB just to be able to deliver out of another hospital where we'll feel comfortable and taken care of.

I really did not have much of a problem with my 5 yo at this age but man my little one loves to run.  I think she thinks it is a game.  She will run from me in stores.  If I look at anything and I don't have her strapped in a stroller or on that harness she is gone.  In church she wants to run all over the sanctuary.  I had to take her to a parent/teacher meeting last night in the school cafeteria and she wanted to run all over the place.  I did have a harness on her and she is already wise to that and she tried to jerk that thing out of my hand.  I told her no so she laid in the floor and yelled. 

Anyone have any suggestions. 

Another kid question.  As stated earlier, we met my 5 yo teacher. She seemed real nice.  We got to see dd class room, not as big as the pre-K class room but still pretty nice, looked kid friendly.  Some of dd pre-K friends and daycare friends are going to be in her class so it isn't like she doesn't know anyone, but dd bawled and clinged to me.  She said she was afraid I was going to leave her there.  I said no, but I will Monday.  She stayed upset.  This is not like her.  She went to pre-K last year at the same school and she found her chair, sat down and was ready to get started.  This year is a total about face. 

The only thing I can think of is...I never took her out of pre-K for any reason unless she was sick of something but last summer when I had some time off I took her out and we went swimming, bowling, shopping.  I am thinking that in her mind she thinks if she gets to stay at home she gets to do that stuff.  I tell her no that is not what we are going to do.  Mom and dad are working and cannot play with you right then but her little 5 yo friends will be there like sue, and Kate and Zach.  She is still not satisfied.  I tell her if she doesn't go to school the police will get us and she will have to go to a meaner mom and dad.  Not satisfied.  Is there anything to make this easier?

I know that after the lust and infatuation wears off in a marriage, you get into a kind routine for sex.

My husband and I were married for 8 years and were having sex once every two weeks to once a week. I know this is not much, but we were both working full time and going to school full time....we were just both so *** busy....

Was that considered normal for a married couple of that length? He always complained about the lack of sex, and I should have been more aware of that.

As a friend of mine says: sex is like air and money... the less you have, the more it matters.

As soon as one party feels there's not enough (or perhaps too much), there's a problem. Talk about it, work on it, seek professional help, whatever. Ignoring it is ignoring your marriage, which brings no good.

Need your opinions.