Whole Family: Teen

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Full of Excuses 15 Year Old

I have a 15 yo step daugher who live with me and her dad primarily; she sees her mom twice per week and every ohter weekend. Gets along fine with her mom, not a big fan of step dad. Lately she has an excuse for everything; sicence project is 9 days late - i don't know how to work my printer, I didn't know you had a printer, that teacher is a d**chebag and I was going to do it at my moms tonight anyway ( the paper was dues he 17th, she was at her moms the 15 and 16 and knew her mom was gone until the 26th). She gets excessive tardies at...

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Where to Vacation???

So my husband and i are thinking of taking a vacation togeather next year...

Budget Travel

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Looking for Ways to save Money

Hi Moms, In this crazy economic environment, what are some things you are doing to save money on groceries, clothes, gas, etc. Please share.

By Destination

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Full of Excuses 15 Year Old

I have a 15 yo step daugher who live with me and her dad primarily; she sees her mom twice per week and every ohter weekend. Gets along fine with her mom, not a big fan of step dad. Lately she has an excuse for everything; sicence project is 9 days late - i don't know how to work my printer, I didn't know you had a printer, that teacher is a d**chebag and I was going to do it at my moms tonight anyway ( the paper was dues he 17th, she was at her moms the 15 and 16 and knew her mom was gone until the 26th). She gets excessive tardies at...

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Where to Vacation???

So my husband and i are thinking of taking a vacation togeather next year...

Pets and Travel

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N Pet Sitting Service vs Friend Stopping In

My hubby and I are having a debate on this one so I wanted to get some other thoughts on this. We are thinking of taking a vacation for a couple weeks. We have a dog and a cat so of course arrangements would need to be made for their care. In the past we've had adult children who lived here so they would look after the pets but they've all moved out and live at least 30-60 minutes away. I looked into boarding which would cost $64 per day. In addition I'd have to stop the paper and mail. If I hire a pet sitting company they will come 3...

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Getting a Pet

Hi All, My eight year old has been wanting a pet for a long time now, and...

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16 Year Old Daughter

My daughter has just turned 16 in September. She is for the most part a...

Traveling & Kids

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Family Vacation Dilemma, What Would You Do?

Sorry this got longer than I intended. My husband and I have 4 kids - 2 are 16, one is 10, the other is 8. The last time we did a fly-away vacation was 9 years ago, when the youngest wasn't even born and my 10 year old was an infant. We have been talking about going back to Florida and taking the kids to Disney (the youngest haven't been yet) for years but something always comes up that needs to be paid for. We do small vacations to Maine or Cape Cod every other summer but I really, really want to do one more big "get on a plane and go...

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16 Year Old Daughter

My daughter has just turned 16 in September. She is for the most part a...