Bini

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  1. Yeh...Coarse whiskers being pulled out by wax...ouch. Hair is much finer and less stubborn in comparison, I'd think!
  2. A friend of mine recommended the Dollar Shave Club. I have yet to look it up online but what all does it entail?
  3. My husband told me this and I didn't believe him! Someone told me the same thing about Costco electronics. Costco has great Kirkland products but when it comes to electronics, such as TVs, they're supposed to be decent but not premium alike what you'd find at Best Buy (though the price is good and return is hassle free).
  4. I admit to being snowballed once or twice over the years that I've done Black Friday. One year I waited outside of Best Buy (almost all night) for a laptop that was going to be marked down to $300 instead of the hefty price tag it supposedly would have been. I like to think I really saved hundreds and hundreds on it but if I had done research prior, the truth of what it was priced for on the shelf all along might have been upsetting, ha. I am so addicted to thrift stores! Never thought it would happen but I love the hunt! It's oddly rewarding when you find new life for something that has been donated/discarded. Might just be my area but I'm finding more and more people are discovering the 'perks' of shopping secondhand, and it seems that my local thrift stops are getting more and more crowded with people... Grrr! Haha.
  5. I would go and I think if you keep basic travelling safety tips in mind, you should be fine, for the most part. Just be aware of yourself, your belongings, and your surroundings. Have a plan B for in the event that your family becomes separated. Sounds like a super fun trip! I have never been where you're going. I'd love to.
  6. Or is it myth? This video is mostly entertaining but does give some food for thought. So, are there any real bargains on Black Friday, or are most people snowballed by the marketing industry? https://youtu.be/KPgmgQxmUfU
  7. I unfriended a few friends along the way. I'm pretty tolerant otherwise and have figured out how to just unfollow someone but sometimes you just got to detox and get rid, entirely, someone.
  8. We ordered through insurance a Lucinda or...Lu-something...It ended up being crap! Very disappointed. We are returning it but lose out on the almost-fifty dollar overnight ship we paid. We went back to my Medela and it works like a champ, though, we did have to buy a new pump valve as the original wore out...I used it with my first baby for almost a full year. I had my baby two weeks ago! :)
  9. I agree with this. Yes, a lot of this is going around on social media. I haven't backed any of it, personally, but I did remove my Pray For France overlay on FB because I've decided to acknowledge the other countries and people that have also been attacked and not just one nation. If there was a nice Pray For The World overlay, I'd load it up and sport it, but there isn't one yet. So for now, my profile pic is without an overlay.
  10. I'm kind of the same way, in that, death and grief is somewhat weird. Not sure how to explain it myself. Well I've lost people in the last ten years, I have yet to lose someone as special to me as a parent or someone in my immediate family. (I am thankful for this.) I suspect I wouldn't ever come to grips with it, I mean, I don't think the sadness of loss would ever fully heal - it'd just become a bit more bearable as time went on but I'd never not feel a piece of my heart missing. Are you close with your mother? I'm trying to think of a way to acknowledge someone who has passed in a way that is also therapeutic. You might find some comfort in sitting down with your father's closes person (I'm just assuming it'd be your mother) and share some good memories between you. Have a box of tissue nearby. I think crying serves a purpose in being able to move forward, at least, a little bit at a time.
  11. I learned how to change a tire but found it to be extremely frustrating. Maybe it was the tire, I dunno, I just remember it took me and my sister both jumping on the wrench thingie to get that bolt off...
  12. I guess you could justify it that way. I'm glad I don't have to deal with it, personally
  13. Ughhh! I don't want a Like button, I want a Laugh button! This picture...no words will ever describe...hahahahah! Where is this image from anyway? He looks so familiar...
  14. I've read through a lot of this thread and find it absolutely fascinating! Sarah789, I can't relate because I don't wear them and never have, but I agree with your thought process. Why can't garments be better designed to accommodate the woman's body and its needs? Periods suck! I can't imagine trying to deal with a menstrual cycle and trying to figure out how in the world your feminine pad is going to fit well inside a garment. Wearing double underwear...yeh...not comfortable and extra fabric!
  15. Yep. It's not the remaining chaste until marriage and celebrating it that's weird. What's weird, for me, is that someone would feel the need to prove their purity via a medical document and present it to their parents, or father in this case. I agree with others, it definitely has an eww and creepy factor to it. A slight branch off of this but still in the same vein... Not all women keep their hymen intact, despite, remaining chaste. The hymen can be broken, more likely for girls and women that live physically active lifestyles, so my thoughts are then - how would this poor girl prove to darling father that she IS pure? I agree with Anatess, if you really feel that compelled to appease mummy and daddy, your word should be enough...
  16. Bride gives dad 'purity' certificate to prove she's a virgin A Maryland bride presented her father with a "Certificate of Purity" at her wedding to prove she kept a promise she made to him as a 13-year-old. http://usat.ly/1LOw2YH --- So you can probably guess what my thoughts are on this. Meh. I mean, good for her for remaining pure and keeping a promise she made herself, but the rest is a bit overboard in my opinion.
  17. Though... while risky... you could have probably flushed the loo and not have your iPhone go down because of its size. Then at least you'd have cleaner water to reach into LOL
  18. If it was someone else's pee... yeh forget it! But if it's my own or my kiddos, been there and done that, it's not fun but ya gotta do what you gotta do!
  19. Halloween is just another holiday to us. We don't do anything dark or scary and mainly because we have a 4-year old. Our goal is to simply make memories as a family, enjoyable ones, so we make homemade treats and plan fun costumes. Everything remains lighthearted. Now, if it were just me and my husband, we'd be looking for the best rated haunted houses and renting the scariest horror films we could get our hands on. It's been a long time since we've done any of that but it was fun when we did.
  20. Hahah! Glorious... That must have been fun!
  21. This ought to be fun :) I'd love to hear from those of you that have sons and daughters. So, I'm curious as to what are the real differences between raising boys and girls. I've heard a lot that boys tend to be a handful as youngsters but girls top the cake as teens. I know that's a broad statement but I don't think both grandmas (my mum and mil) are far off. I can totally see how that seems to be a common case, even amongst my own friends with their children. Anyway, our second child on the way is male and I'm super excited to now have a girl and a boy. People are already prepping me on what to expect but their scare tactics don't scare me! ... ... ...
  22. Yeh I know my father uses the ancestry.com resource but before that was super old school. He's a genealogy addict.
  23. How does genealogy work if a relative has covered all previous generations? What does that leave others to research? For example, I know my parents have done extensive genealogy, and have discovered some pretty neat things along the way. Just curious what that leaves me siblings to look up? Anyway, to answer the question, I've never done genealogy but I do find it fascinating. I wish I knew more about my biological side but that's likely never going to be known, however, still interesting to see where my adoptive side comes from.