Victoria.C

im trying to make a white almond cake for my friends birthday but i want it to be circular. the recipe callls for a 11 X13 in pan. is there a way to convert that to a circular size? or am i stuck with it?

Ok, I think I'm pregnant and the suspense is killing me! I want to take a test with my morning urine but I cannot stop waking up at night to use the bathroom (and i cant hold it if i wake up). It happens every hour or hour and a half whether I'm sleeping or awake during the day. Im thinking about just staying up and holding my urine in for a few hours and taking a test. I know not to drink a lot. My question is, how long should I hold my urine in order for the hcg to build up enough to get an accurate result?

Can you gt menstrual cramps if your pregnant and about to miss your first period? My cramps have never been this bad before! Its so bad that I was walking up the stairs and out of nowhere I felt a slightly panful stinging pain in my left hip and the left side of my lower back. Idk if this is a pregnancy thing or a worrisome thing. I've also had frequent urination (every hour), slight nausea, and mood swings. I took a PT but it said negative. However is was late at night so I think it may have been diluted

When you got pregnant, and I mean very early... like 4-5 weeks after conception, did you experience a slight pressure in your upper abdomen? I'm a little more worried that I'm pregnant because I have that and I have to urinate like every hour, I've been feeling slightly nausious, and have been having mood swings. The pressure feels a little like gas but its not.. believe me lol. Please help?

so I am 19 and sexually active if that helps.

For the past 2 weeks I have had shortness of breath. I am not horribly overweight or over/under exercising. I have been having a lot of trouble sleeping, and I am nausious half the time. I am also having slight sharp pains just below my ribs and about an inch or less away from the center of my abdomen (on both sides). That are not at the same time but it is frequent.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Or what this is,

OK so I am 19 and sexually active if that helps.

For the past 2 weeks I have had shortness of breath. I am not horribly overweight or over/under exercising. I have been having a lot of trouble sleeping, and I am nausious half the time. I am also having slight sharp pains just below my ribs and about an inch or less away from the center of my abdomen (on both sides). That are not at the same time but it is frequent.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Or what this is?

So I am 19 years old and I am very unfit. its kinda sad really. Im not obese but I am overweight. I have made a workkout plan and one of the aspects of it is to start jogging early each morning. I already know I cant run long or far. I just started quitting smoking so that and my lack of exercise will be an issue. How long should I start jogging for and how should I improve it over time without straining my body?

Ok so I'm 19 years old, I smoke ciggarettes, and a vegetarian (and sexually active if that helps). Ive been having a lot of stomach issues. Recently, I have been having a feeling of constant nausea. I am very Temperature sensitive as well. at work we have the heater on sometimes. while everyone else is fine, I feel like im going to pass out. I am also very bloated. the weird thing is that the aches and pains in my tummy are ranging from my belly button area to where I would usually get menstrual cramps. Ive tried everything from laxatives to warm baths but nothing works. I am not due for a period for another 2 weeks and I have not had unprotected sex so I dont think Im prego but who knows. My appetite has also highly increased. I've been trying to eat healthy to moniter the bloating. I am having trouble staying asleep as well. I cannot go to the doctor. I do not have health insuence and I do not have the money so please dont say to go to the doctor. I just want to know if anyone knows what is possibly is.

does anyone know what it could be?

While your running, do the shoes like Trim-step and shape ups really make a difference as far weight loss, muscle gain, or a better workout?

So i want to get an Amazon.com credit card and they charge and APR. It also says there is noannual or monthly membership charge. What is an apr? Is that only for if you take a loan or something?

So my dad and boyfriend went to a bar and got hit on by these really old women. they said that the women were to old to be called "cougars" so is there a name for women like that?

Ok so I am an 18 year old vegetarian, girl that weighs 140 pounds. I am at least 20 pounds overweight. I have 2 goals. My "hopeful" goal, and my realistic goal. My "hopeful" goal is to lose 20 pounds (or close to it) before the end of July, or start of August. I realize the reality that this is highly unlikely. So, my realistic goal is to lose 20 pounds by maybe November or December. anyway, I just have a few exercise questions.

I recently took in a dog for a shelter. I am currently fostering her until they find her a home. She is still a puppy so I figured she needs the exercise as much as I do, in order to stop her destructive behavior. So my plan is to take her to the park. there is a 2 mile long track there. I figured she and I could walk it at least twice every morning. Or at least 5 times a week.

My question is, How many calories a day will i burn by doing this?

and What else can I do at home to lose weight?

I say at home because I am currently unemployed and do not have, nor can i afford, a gym membership.

and lastly, Is there anything else I can do to reach or get as close as possible to my "Hopeful" goal?

so there's this guy that I really like and have liked since I met him. I don't know what it is about him that attracts me to him. I have had butterflies and tongue tied every time I think about of see him and haven't been able to get him out of my head for more than a few hours, ever since I started talking to him. that was 8 months ago.

and he feels the same way (he told me).

I am a really shy person so I'm not good at making conversation at all. and neither is he but we somehow manage to. I guess my question is What are some easy ways to start a conversation and keep it going?

also, he always flirts with me but I SUCK at flirting. any pointer?

I would also like everyone's opinion on this:

Do looks really matter?

I'm scared of what people will say/think if we go out. how can I get over that?

okay,

so I started realizing that something is wrong with me about 2 weeks ago.

I suddenly was always tried, no matter how much sleep I got, had low energy, and could not concentrate on anything. I always seem dehydrated, especially when I wake up from sleeping.

I also have been volunteering at an animal shelter for a few years and could usually do the work with no problems, but now I'm actually in pain when I try to work, and can not concentrate. I also have had trouble remembering things like instructions or lists of jobs that need to be done. for example: our director asked me to do stuff like put flea meds away and put regular meds away and a few other thing but I didn't even remember her asking me to do this the very next day!

This is really starting to aggravate me and I can not go to a doctor.

does anyone know what maybe going on?

okay,

I am really aggravated with my family...

I am a 15 year-old girl (almost 16) and I live with my dad and my 12 year old brother and (hopefully temporarily) my grandma...

what I am really aggravated about is that my family doesn't show me even a little support in anything that I love to do...and they try to stop me from doing the things that I love...

but I think its just my family in general...(let me explain)

my entire family (including aunts uncle cousins and grandparents) are only interested in the stuff I hate...and I try to support them all the time...like the boys all love wrestling and they help my dad do yard work and my dad only likes to work. The only thing I do with the boys in my family is play sports with them and I do have fun b/c I'm sort of a "tomboy"

But the girls are worse. They are all only interested in shopping or gossip and that kinda stuff and its harder for me to hang out with my cousins b/c they are like that...but I do still get along with the little ones who like rough housing and stuff like that.

On top of that I seem to be in to everything they either HATE or have no interest in.. for example I was and still am very interested in playing in the school band. and I have been for 4 years now...I even came home one day all excited b/c I got 1st chair claronet and they didn't even care and they all tryed harder to get me out of band...

and I am also a major animal lover. I have been volunteering ARNO (animal rescue new orleans) for a little over 3 years now but the whole time they just kept telling me not to go anymore. and the second year it got horrible. they kept saying I was wasting my life away and I shouldn't be there and I even had to get my own ride b/c they refused to drive me...I even recently got tired of it and decided to just leave for a noght b/c I dodn't want to fight...I did do that but it only made things worse

After all of that I now know that my family are either animal-haters or they just don't like dealing with animals in general...and that goes for everyone including aunts and uncles and cousins with the exception of about 7 family members (including me) b/c I have gotten calls from all of them and I have personally fought with all of them both in person and over the phone.

and on top of that, they are going out of their way to support my brother in band and sportswhen they yell at me for being into all of that.

and animals and band have now become my world!! I do any and everything in order to help animals and I practice my instruments like crazy. but I guess I'm just aggravated b/c I can't seem to please them no matter what I do, and they just don't understand how aggravating it is...

they don't understand that I found 2 reasons to live...when I'm with animals or playing an instrument its like the world dissappears and nothing matters but me and the music or me and the animals.

so I gues my question is

How can I get my family to understand that I found something that I love and is worth living for (to me) and that I am going to keep it up no matter what they say?

and how can I get their support?

okay

I want to try lime wire with out my dad knowing..and he never looks at the computer so he will not know unless we get bills for it or viruses so that is pretty much my question...

can you use lime wire and download 100% FREE music?

with no viruses ?

what are some ways/exercises that I can do to improve my balance and flexibility??

If I wanted to be a vet tech when I grow up in collage would I study "veterinary technology"?

and what are the duties of a vet tech?

I am a 15 year old girl and I want to be a veterinarian technician when I grow up.

I am trying to get all of the "pre training" I can get before collage and high school. I have been volunteering at ARNO animal shelter for nearly 4 years now. First it was to help animals after hurricane Katrina. And the whole time I have been there I have been getting hands on training in dealing with Ferrel animals and administering medicine. Then being there, got me to find out what I wanted to do in life. anyway I have recently been receiving hands on training in examining fecal samples for diseases and stuff.Which I was told is a very useful skill for a vet technician.

anyway my question is:

does anyone know of a "Summer" camp or program or something the a 15 year old can go to and learn about how to be a vet tech in Louisiana?I

okay I have put a few poems up so far and some of you may have already read them and if so I hope you liked them!

anyway I volunteer at ARNO and I wrote a poem about it at school for class and

and all I want are some opinoins.... HONEST opinions!!!!!!

"ARNO"

At the ARNO shelter

I hear the dogs bark

Then I no longer feel,

left out in the dark

I walk through the door

and hear the cats meow

and suddenly I realize,

I'm finally home now.

In this one and only place

I always feel that I belong.

I should know this place well

I've been there 4 years long

Yet it never stops amazing me,

how things change, yet stay the same

I'm just glad no one treats this place

like some kind of game.

Working all year

day in and night out.

trying to make these animals,

never feel left out.

I can't deny it now

I don't want to leave

I'd sacrifice everything

to make you believe

Once you go in

you don't wanna go out

once you see the love

these animals bring about

whether your walking the dogs

or changing the cages.

washing litter pans

or filling med pages

This place has a spell

that just can't be broken.

once your involved

it's like your own token

A token for animal lovers

and freedom a like

once you go in

you can do what you like

(help animals)

I can't deny it now

I don't want to leave

I love this place now

more than you'd believe