deelightfull's Profile

Display Name:	deelightfull
Member Since:	8/8/11

Latest Comments...

I don't have a shared birthday, and only one child (so far). But from an outside perspective I would say that a 2 year old doesn't need a birthday party to feel special. Their little world mostly revolves around them. I am sympathetic to a grumpy 2 year old who is expected to attend a party during nap time, especially as a guest of honor. Of course I'm the grump who didn't throw any party at all till this year (he's just barely 4) and started to ask about about his birthday and his birthday party. (When he was one we were lucky enough to be Disneyland pass holders and we did their little party. The other years we did a little cake the 3 of us.) Combined Birthday Parties Flag this comment	12/9/11 5:16 PM
gift, schmift... the person who gave it to you wanted to get you something you would like. You should not be emotionally held hostage because it was a gift! Take a picture and save it in a memory album of some sort. Every time you enjoy your new dishes, think fondly of the original person whose original gift financed the purchase of the new plates. (Of course, by the same token, once YOU give a gift, it is gone and that person has total freedom to do with it what ever makes them the happiest.) Would You Sell One Treasure to Buy Another? Flag this comment	9/13/11 5:57 PM
There is no substitute for doing. Best of all is to find friends who are DIYers and offer your free labor in exchange for tuttoring, but short of that, pick a small project, check a couple different books out of the library and watch as many tutorials as you can find on youtube and get started. You WILL mess up, but then you'll find a way to fix it. It will also take more time and more money than it "should" the first time. But you'll get better and it will start to pay off. Where Do You Get Your DIY Know-How? Good Questions Flag this comment	8/8/11 6:48 PM
Hubs and I are about to look for a new apartment and our "nevers" are... 1. No one living BELOW us. We can handle elephants dancing on the ceiling, but don't want to be the ones scared of bothering the people below. 2. A complex w/more than 25ish units. I'm hoping beyond hope for something w/less than 10 units, but will settle for less than 25. 3. We share a car so we must be w/in a couple of blocks of a bus line. 4. Some sort of laundry on site (of course in-unit hook-ups best of all.) I'm not schleping laundry to a laundromat!! I Would Never Rent an Apartment That… Reader Survey Flag this comment	8/8/11 6:43 PM