lifehappens

lifehappens

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Happy Birthday HYPERBOREAN WANDERER! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Random Facts about HW on his birthday. He is 13878 days old today. He is 9 years older than his wife. I gave him a black eye once. He has no tattoos, no piercings, doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs.... He can lock a grown man up at parade rest and make him cry....he just doesn't do it very often. He has a GTO so

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Reply to Nursing mother's request denied in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"The judge"s conclusion that there is no harm to a woman to putting her career off for a year is the basis of discrimination," Miss Currier said. "Men do not have to put off their careers because they are feeding a child." She CHOSE to nurse. She CHOSE to take this exam. Deal with it. She is getting

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Reply to Life Happens to be a photographer.... in Photography JoeUser Forums

Awwww, that's cute? What is your lighting setup? I have some suggestions for avoiding losing her shirt to the background, but I'm not sure what you are working with. I would LOVE any suggestions that you have to offer. Right now I am only using natural light and this shot was indoors (due to weather

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Step on a crack.... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I'm sure you have all heard of the rhyme...."step on a crack, you'll break your ______'s back" Well, my 5 year old decided to teach my 2 year old. They took it very seriously and jumped over EVERY CRACK on the way to school. 9 blocks of cracks. It's a good thing we left a little early this morning! Last night, I was awakened by my daughter

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Life Happens to be a photographer.... in Photography JoeUser Forums

I've shot a few weddings now and I've done family pictures and children in bluebonnets, but this is my first paid studio shot of kids. I have her 5 brothers and sister to shoot later this week and then....drum roll please....a "formal" family group shot. (Can you say stress?) I know the mom won't like this one, but I thought it was adorable....it's from t

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More fun with Flickr in Photography JoeUser Forums

So I saw a challenge posted on Flickr to submit a picture to a "stupid human tricks" group. I wanted to post something really fun and cool, but I forgot to take the picture immediately after I worked out and by the time I got around to taking the picture, my muscles were too cold to do much (plus I was at muscle failure so I couldn't hold a trick long enough to get r

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AMAZINGLY SIMPLE SOLUTIONS in Humor JoeUser Forums

This is just a list to get you started....anybody else have another brilliant solution? 1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself. 2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop. 3. Avoid argu

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Reply to Death and a 5 year old. in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Either he'll forget it, or he'll talk to ya. Like BFD said, he could be thinking about something completely different. Well I asked him at bedtime if he wanted to talk about anything. He said he missed his dad and explained how there was "a lot of sand in the Iraq that dad was in". Then he started to

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Life Happens NOT to be kicking up her heels..... in Misc JoeUser Forums

So I have danced can can for several years. Sometimes we get good costumes....and sometimes not. They have been black and purple, Hot pink and neon yellow, too-revealing in pink and black, and most recently peacock blue. We have bought cheap costumes and expensive costumes, but as in most things...you get what you pay for. <img src="http://i12.tinypic.co

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Reply to Death and a 5 year old. in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

He's obviously now trying to deal with it, maybe even indirectly asking for reassurance from you. Talk to him. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgCol

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Reply to It's 4:30 AM WHY ARE YOU AWAKE? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Remember what the Chief always used to say..."it all counts on 20". Have a nice day. Thanks. PS I never heard him say that and I had to ask HW what you were talking about....I AM tired.

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Reply to It's 4:30 AM WHY ARE YOU AWAKE? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry if I insinuated they were a problem. I didn't mean it that way. you didn't. and they are good kids....sometimes....usually. Okay, they are good kids when they are not being crazy.

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Reply to It's 4:30 AM WHY ARE YOU AWAKE? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's stories like this that make me almost glad I don't have kids. Well, in my defense...MY kids weren't the problem. Or at least they are usually not the problem...often.

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Death and a 5 year old. in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Boy just said his bedtime prayer. "Blah blah blah....And please keep my Daddy safe and strong...And please keep the soldiers in Iraq safe so when they come home to thier families for not just vacation but for good, they aren't dead." Dang. Why did he catch on to that now? I've tried to shelter him and when we pray as a family, I emphasise th

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