Flipping The World Upside Down & Other Stories.

[Fire_on_High]

Also, if you lay a bunny peep on a bad of hot cocoa mix and slowly pour in hot water, everything will melt except the eyes and nose, which will float in your hot cocoa, glaring at you.

I find it disturbing that you know this.

[AriRashkae]

I find it disturbing that you know this.

What can I say? I had a large supply of peeps and no regular marshmallows.

[CaroPhoenix]

Better tip: put 2 peeps on a plate, give each peep a toothpick, and stick in the microwave. The winner is whichever peep punctures the other first.

Also, if you lay a bunny peep on a bed of hot cocoa mix and slowly pour in hot water, everything will melt except the eyes and nose, which will float in your hot cocoa, glaring at you.

The fact that you know this, make me you.

[Merriweather]

the easier question to ask the child is "what is your last name?" then you can just page "can Mr/Mrs lastname come to the service desk please?"

Doesn't always work that way (didn't for us, wouldn't have for at least one third of the families we knew). But hopefully mom or dad would recognize, LOL.

You'd be amazed how many two to four year olds don't know even that though (mine did, my granddaughter does, and address as well). But many don't seem to learn til kindergarten.

[MrPibbsRevenge]

Also, if you lay a bunny peep on a bad of hot cocoa mix and slowly pour in hot water, everything will melt except the eyes and nose, which will float in your hot cocoa, glaring at you.

Why haven't I heard of this before! Oh,I am so going to try this out.

[redsox33413]

Peeps + Microwave = Mess I cannot even describe and WAY too much time spent on cleanup...But it was cool to watch for 5 whole seconds! LOL!

[protege]

I sympathise with you on the Glade lady; sounds like my phone calls with Grandma, who has Alzhiemers.

Alzheimers sucks ass. My 92-year-old grandmother is dealing with that now. Hers is pretty bad...and seems to be getting worse. She was fine until she had a stroke a few years back. Now, she can't remember things from 5 minutes ago, yet can remember things from the 1940s

So hard to remember she's not doing it on purpose.

I know what that's like. I keep having to tell myself that. Doesn't mean it's any less irritating though. Have you ever had to sit through a 3-hour endless loop of "are you dating?/it rains so easily/what are your parents doing?" Doesn't matter what I tell her, it doesn't matter--she's going to ask in less than a minute later.

[Andara Bledin]

They did a study somewhat recently with alzheimer's patients, studying the effects of medication versus mental stimulation and they found that there was a measurable and lasting improvement with patients who did mental games and puzzles as part of their treatment. Unfortunately, medicated patients almost immediately lost all improvement when off medication, even if their treatment included the mental stimulation.

Unfortunately, they didn't give information on how bad the patients were at the outset, what types of puzzles and games they used (although I think they were Brain Age style, but without the timer), or how much of an improvement there was, but it is something that might help some people.

I dread the thought of my mother or aunt (they're twins) getting that way. It's gut-wrenching when you see it with other families, and only for a half hour. It's got to be emotionally devastating to have a loved one in that state.

^-.-^

[Primer]

My dog routinely pees in the house ...

... on a specially-made piddle pad.


It's not hard to get/make a piddle pad and teach the dog that THAT is where to pee if she's in the house and has to go. And the piddle pad can then be thrown out or washed, and the house doesn't smell of dog pee!

I use the puppy pads from dog.com. I also use towels for when they miss the pads.

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but my animals are more important than my carpeting. Eventually, all the carpeting will be ripped out and replaced with commercial grade vinyl tile. Until then, I do the best I can to ride herd on 6 dogs and get them to pee outside, but I'm not going to get too horribly upset about any accidents. BTW, one pup is incontinent, and even her Rx for PPA really isn't helping any more. But we still love her!!

[Jay 2K Winger]

Ah, air deodorizer spray... the wholesale club used to sell a brand called Oust, and it came in handy once.

They were in the process of moving the Bakery department from near the front of the store to the back of the store by Meat and Produce. As part of the refit, they had to remove the old grease trap. Anyone who's smelled rancid grease never wants to smell it again. The day they were removing it, I was on the express register, pretty much below and a little ahead of where it was. The smell was horrible.

So I grabbed a three-pack of Oust off the floor, opened it, and sprayed it in the air to kill the smell. I then gave a can to one of the workers, who really appreciated it. I had the store club-use it into expenses.

But yeah, that lady needs it, 'cuz you know, her dog pees in the house.