Laurie K

to the point that my eyes watered, I got very light-headed and dizzy and thought I was going to pass out. Can someone give me a serious answer as to what happened? It hasn't happened again, but once was enough.

The ones I feel for are the kids...they're the real victims in all of this - just as any child is under similar circumstances. Spouses have cheated on each other for centuries so why are we so morbidly fascinated with any of it anymore?

too late to go to the store and get what I need! How much dried should I use if the recipe calls for 2 TBSP of dried?

does anybody have or seen a recipe like this?

practically no notice whatsoever in the press/media while Michael Jackson is getting SO much? Granted, they were in different aspects of the entertainment world, but still, she should be getting some recognition for her work as well.

Personally, I absolutely cringe at the sound of Billy Mays' voice whenever I hear it...how about you?

People riding white horses, falling, seeing people with other people they maybe shouldn't be with...why not just take it at face value and accept that it's JUST A DREAM and probably doesn't mean anything!

plug it in somewhere to charge it. What does that do to your energy bill? What do you do when the battery dies - I've heard that replacement batteries for these things run in the several thousands of dollars (?!?). I'm not sure I see the savings here in the long run...can anybody explain these things to me?

I want to help my niece, she's 9, and her granny just passed away a few days ago after having been sick for quite some time with cancer, but my niece is very angry with God because "He didn't want to make her get better!" Telling her that Granny is with her brothers and sisters now and watching over the rest of her family isn't working, or that God has need of her in heaven now, either.

Can anybody else think of other weird twists of our language?

up on it's own, or is there a switch or button or something I'm forgetting aobut pressing? I know it's a stuid question, but I'm having a brain freeze here and I need to get this carpet clean! Please help!

I've been coming up against this quite a bit lately and I don't get it! It makes no sense to me - can somebody please explain this?

I'm trying to get in touch with a Patrick R. who wrote a very inspirational poem about saying goodbye to a loved one...There was no title, but the first few lines were:

You can shed tears because she is gone

or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,

or you can open your eyes and see all that she's left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,

or you can be full of the love you shared.

I won't go on from here, but I would really like to contact the author here, my mother-in-law is very ill and when it comes to be her time, I think this poem would definitely help those in her family left behind. I think it would be a great comfort for someone to read these words at her memorial, but I would like Patrick R.'s permission to do so first. Please contact me.

and has come home for the summer when she tells you that being here at home for more than an hour or two stresses her out so much she can't stand to be here? She would rather go sit outside in her car sometimes than be inside with her mother. I try to leave her alone, per her request, I don't ask anything about what she's doing, where she's going, I try not to be intrusive or inquisitive at all, but still...she will go sit outside in her car for quite some time and barely speaks to me when she's here. She says she's not intentionally hurting me, and part of me wants to believe that, but still, ouch. What do I do?

mood aside and not subject every body else to it! I mean, what does it accomplish to be so cranky in the morning that people don't want to talk to you until 2p.m.? I realize that no one likes to get up in the morning, personally, I hate it - would much rather not wake up until 10 or 11, but that's simply not realistic so I deal with it and lose the crankyness as it serves no purpose except to foul up the rest of my day. Is it so hard to make yourself accept the fact that hey, ya gotta get up and get movin', so just make the best of it!

traditional graham cracker one. I had this particular crust, made with the Grape Nuts Cereal recently, and it was delicious, but I couldn't get the recipe from the hostess, so if anybody has it, I'd love to give it a try! Any body?