Amazing weather and i am on bed rest..... this blows
what kind of vehicle is it?Hoping that my car is finally going to be as it should have been when I bought it. ****s hit something, but there was no damage to the frame or the body & when I had it put on a rack the damage I was told was minor(cost about $350 to fix through my mechanic). So I opted to keep the car. Bought the parts had them fixed. Still a problem. I have since been to 4 different shops and three outside mechanics.
And so far I've replaced:
Water pump
Serpentine belt
Buffed out the front head lights
Set of tires
Alignment
Upper control Arm
Radial Arm
Right rear spindle w/4 bolts
Left rear Brake drum w/bearing
Both lower control arms
Also did a tune up and a fuel flush because my gas mileage was crap which has 1/2 the reason I bought the **** thing(It's a Ford Focus.)
The only good thing in this whole process is that I have my own mechanic so instead of costing me around $2400 I've spent just over $1300. Still not thrilled, but I did buy the car for $1K under KBB & now I know why. Oh well, lesson learned.... :ranting:
now i know we are sisters! me too! funny thing was, i know i am a bit older than you, and we had just initiated sex education in 5th or 6th grade, i forget, either 1975 or 1976, well my parents felt it completely wrong for the school to be telling us about sex and our bodies, lol. curmudgeouny stodges!. so the opted out of me getting to attend that class. i was 11 or 12? what they also did, was not tell me ANYTHING WHATSOEVER ABOUT SEX OR MENSTuRATION! how pathetically sad. i kinda figured it out when it happened, fortunately my friend had filled me in on the minor details. as well as everything else under the sun. i have no clue as to why my mom did this. it still peeves me. and if i approach her on the subject of her not telling me, she pretends i am not talking at all. geesh!! a few years back i was wanting to know all about meopause.........she looks at me blankly and with an ounce of emotion she says "how would i know, i have not gotten there yet?" c'mon!!! she was 65 or 66 yrs old!!!! i love my mom! but what is this behaviour? fortunately we are a very open household in our home and the girls/son too feel free to ask mom or dad any questions on their mind about sex or private matters. i would rather they learn from their trusted parents than ill knowing peers. you would not believe the stories these kids tell us about what they hear.Sorry autumnsky I got nuttin. My Mom never talked to me about anything. When I got my first all that was in the house was her tampons that I had NO idea how to use. SO I folded up toilet paper, paper towels, whatever and stuck 'em in my underwear which obviously was an epic FAIL! So I guess after seeing some stained clothes in the wash she figured it out (she's a very private person who couldn't talk about such things). One day I came home from school to find a big package of pads on my bed. I was mortified. I had to read the instructions to figure out what to do (we NEVER talked about it). Then I still remember a couple years later I had a date to go to the beach. I told my Mom that I couldn't go because I had my period. She told me to use a tampon. She might as well have said "Use a wrench" because I had no idea how to use them. I tried but couldn't figure it out. :lol:
So long story short, any talk and support you can give your daughter will be more than I got. :surrender: Good luck
I guess remind her that it isn't a curse, it's a gift...........she should be proud that she's a "woman". :flowers:
what kind of vehicle is it?
Ok, so dd12 just got her period for first time ever... This may seem like a lame question... Am I supposed to do anything "special" for her besides talk and show her how to use a pad? I just didn't know if there's something I'm supposed to be doing in addition to that. It's my first...
also--add me to the list of people whose Mom gave them little direction..
"go ask your sister for a pad, I will buy you some tomorrow.."
yep that was it--I only have one girl--3 boys--so we are pretty open about it--I am however amazed at how many of her friends as recent as last summer ( age 16) refused to use tampons....My dd had a bunch in her room--I figured she was using them on occcasion
Funny the beginning of her sophomore year she came to me all upset becuase it was swim season ( she is on swim team) and she didnt know how to use a tampon?? wtf how the hell did she make it through freshman year swim team?? LOL--so late at night--and the next day EARLY in the morning I sat and "helped" her through it--she was a bit embaressed, but desperate--LOL
early 2000's? pre 2003?Ford Focus SE
Add me to the list of no parental communication on the topic... I walked to the store and bought everything myself... Including razors, bras, etc. I even went to get birth control pills on my own at 16 to regulate things. I learned from Cosmo. :lol:
can you "bed rest" on a chair on a porch/in the yard?
now i know we are sisters! me too! funny thing was, i know i am a bit older than you, and we had just initiated sex education in 5th or 6th grade, i forget, either 1975 or 1976, well my parents felt it completely wrong for the school to be telling us about sex and our bodies, lol. curmudgeouny stodges!. so the opted out of me getting to attend that class.
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