jude89

I am trying to make Martha Washington candy. I am supposed to be able to roll the mixture into balls for dipping in chocolate but the mixture is so gooey, it's impossible. Could I be overmixing? What am I doing wrong? Also, going by the recipe, the chocolate has a waxy taste to it. Is anyone familiar with how to properly use cake parafin and how much should I be using? This is my all-time favorite Christmas treat and I really want to be able to make it and add it to the fudge treats we give to my kids teachers every year.

I am attempting to make Martha Washington candy balls. I mixed it up according to recipe, refridgerated it, then when I went to drop teaspoons so I can put toothpicks in and dip in chocolate, the balls are just gooey, no form and can't pick it up to dip in the chocolate! What did I do wrong and how can I get it to stay in ball form so I can dip in chocolate?

Very nice, respectable, went out of her way to please. But when nobody was around, she was mean to my kids. Then she got bolder & mean to my 4 kids in front of me, openly hateful my mentally challenged daughter (her mom denies it). She has even physically assaulted my 8 yr old & 11 yr old. Her mom dismissed it like my kids lied. The mom insists that her daughter is an “angel,” despite she treats her mom like trash & yells @ her. I’ve told my kids to stay away from her, but she comes around or shouts mean things to them. Talking to the mom gets NOWHERE. We live in a very small town & the school, town think this kid is an absolute angel. In public, she is the “perfect child”, witnessed it firsthand. It’s like 2 different kids. When nobody is around at school, she is mean to my kids. The teachers believe everything she says, they don’t question it because they think she would NEVER lie. Now she’s angry @ my kids cause they are tired of her crap, not taking it anymore & told her so.

My electric Whirlpool Estate dryer has a red glow on the inside and I'm terrified of fire hazards. It's 3 yrs old. I've never noticed it before tonight. Earlier tonight, we pulled the washer/dryer out to clean behind it. After we put it back, I thought I smelled a slight burning odor. I asked my son if he smelled it too. He said no and opened the dryer while it was going and mentioned he saw a red glow in the back of the dryer where it's ventilated on the back side. I used to have an old dryer that did the same thing and I was told it was a fire hazard. But this dryer is only 3 yrs old and it doesn't seem like it's old enough to have problems yet. But then again, it hasn't been drying clothes well for the last few months. In fact, it takes 2-3 cycles to get them dry. I have a large family and we use the dryer every day. Is the red glow normal or is this something to be concerned with? Is it time to buy a new dryer?

She comes over & stays HOURS. She’s critical of my kids & has started "correcting" them. Her own daughter is an absolute terror. She's 13 & throws tantrums like she's 2 & screams at her mother but she says my kids are bad. Mine are diagnosed ADHD. You can barely walk (no exaggeration) through their house it’s so bad but when my kids had a few things on the floor, she said their rooms were "dirty" & her daughter was "just unorganized," even though the girl has dog feces in her room because she refuses 2 clean. The neighbors car broke down months ago & she depends on me 2 take her everywhere but never offers any $ 4 gas. Usually, she just wants 2 ride when I go. She has the $ to fix her car. I mentioned my boys won’t wear certain types of shirts & she said I should tell them 2 wear it or else. Not 5 minutes later she was laughing about how her girl has stuff with tags still on she refuses 2 wear, bragging, “nothing but the best 4 my baby.” I think she sees my kids as beneath them. Help!

What is the ballpark cost for a boundary survey? I am getting one in the next couple weeks. How do I know if I am getting a good surveyor? What do I look for? Will a boundary survey resolve issues with neighbors that claim parts of my yard are their property? Is there anything that can be done about a neighbor putting their trash (old tires, old bathtub, 2 junk cars, tractor, etc) practically in my backyard? He claims it is his land but its past the tree boundaries and into my yard. He also claims the addition on my home is 2 inches from his property line. The other neighbor claims my driveway is on her property as well as the wooden swing. The addition, driveway and swing were put there by the previous owners. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I would like to subscribe to a good credit monitoring service with access to all three major reports and all three scores but I don't know which one to subscribe to. Most of the ones I looked at not specifically state that you get unlimited access to scores, only the reports. Any suggestions, or experiences with them?

My husband works out of town and cannot be home on Valentine's Day. Any suggestions about what I can do to make the day special even though we are apart? We talk on the phone all the time, but he is constantly moving around, so I can't send anything by mail.