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Our cat was lonely and clingy. She needed constant attention and contact or she would cry pitifully which made getting anything else done impossible. We rigged up a long scarf into a sling style baby carrier and carried her around everywhere. We eventually got a second cat; with a… Read More

My grandfather was a jeweler and specialized in watches and clocks. When he died, all of the time pieces in his house stopped at the hour of his death.

I purchased a cheapie, back to college bookshelf that was 7 feet tall. In assembling it, it became apparent that it wasn't particularly structurally sound and definitely wasn't safe to be loaded or that tall. As I finished, it completely fell over on top of me and fell apart in the… Read More

I had chronic migraines for years and went to an eye doctor for a regular check up. She found that my optic nerves were swollen and bulging into the backs of my eyes, which can be symptomatic of a host of not good things, like a brain tumor or multiple sclerosis. After that was ruled… Read More

This sounds obvious but don't share news without consent. It is fun to be in the know about all things baby but some things are shared with close friends in confidence and out of concern for safety or privacy, aren't things new moms don't necessarily wish for the world to know. Same… Read More

I'd just puked EVERYWHERE.

My family stayed at a Disney hotel once. My cousin was probably 8ish and brought the same, well loved, stuffed white tiger that she had been given as a baby everywhere. He was left on the hotel bed while we went to the parks, and when we got back, she was absolutely destroyed to find… Read More

As someone who was a (mediocre) college student and now works with college students: GO ? TO ? CLASS. Just because attendance isn't taken or the professor says attendance is optional, make the effort to GO. It is so much easier to learn in person than from a book or a study group… Read More

I have a quick, natural looking 5 minute face that only takes a couple of products. I keep only those 5 items on my vanity so I'm not too tempted to deviate from something that I know works, and have a checklist of products and steps stuck to the mirror so I can just run down the… Read More

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