Kat H

I'm 38 weeks today, and as of Tuesday, I was 25% effaced, at 0 station, and dilated <1 cm. I know that it could still be a while. But because my first labor was induced, I don't really know what to expect between now and when labor starts. I'm having braxton hicks that are irregular, but coming at intervals for about 2 hours at a time. I'm just looking for opinions from ladies that have had a couple of babies to give me an idea of how much longer it will be. I've also been "nesting" for about the last week, but today I'm really tired and feeling kind of crappy. Any input is welcome! Thanks!

It has never drained properly since we bought our house. There's always a little bit of water left in the bottom after it's been run. But now I have standing water in the bottom. The trap on the bottom is clear. My husband tried putting liquid plummer in there, which was probably stupid because it still won't drain.

Is there any way we can fix it ourselves? We're expecting a baby soon and don't have a lot of money to call someone. My hubby is normally very good at fixing things himself. Any advice would be great.

Hello all, I am looking for a knitting pattern for a baby blanket with a dragonfly motif. I recieved this pattern in an e-mail from one of the knitting magazines. The blanket had a solid white center and a blue or green border stitched with dragonflies.

Please help if you have seen this pattern! Thanks!

I took him to the vet already. Vet suggested food allergy, wanted to put him on medication and food at $2.50 a pound. We can't afford all that. Here's the thing. I've been doing some research, and I think he's bored/having separation anxiety/depressed. I want to teach him to play, but he's very skittish (he's a shelter dog w/o a history) and he's too rough, he paws at me and scratches me up with his claws. He scares my 2 year old daughter. How do I teach him to play gently. He won't touch a toy or put his mouth on anything other than himself or a bone. What kinds of games can I play with him? He's big 85 pounds... we got him for my hubby, but he works all the time so I want to be able to play with him, but all I know is fetch.

I've been all over the 'net looking at recipes. Does anyone have ideas how to copy that recipe? Ideas to adjust my recipe to taste like theirs?

Here's the recipe I used

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp ground ginger

2 cups flour

I did not boil the molasses and sugar as the recipe said, I just creamed butter sugar and molasses and mixed them like any other cookie. I also cut out some of the flour trying to make them spread out thin. My cookies came out really soft and sort of fluffy.

I don't want to roll them out I was trying to make a drop cookie out of the recipe

Experienced bakers please, no sarcastic comments, Please!

I have a JVC model GR-DVL512U camcorder. I'm getting error 04 Unit in Safeguard mode message on screen and headcleaning required message