Wednesday Fluff

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Wednesday Fluff
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Wed, 09-15-2010 - 10:00am

I think we need a little fluff :)

1. Have you/Will you decorate(d) for the fall?

2. Have you started any Holiday shopping yet?

3. What is one food (or drink) that you look forward to when the weather gets cooler?

Bonus (it was a discussion at work yesterday and wondered others opinions):
4. If you were able to have an inheritance for your children (or maybe you have already experienced this with your own family), and you were able to live comfortably and was not relying on that money to survive, would you rather spend the money while you are alive and watch your children enjoy the money now or would you rather have it given to them when you died?






Edited 9/15/2010 10:24 am ET by harvardgrad

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Registered: 02-23-2010
Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:05pm
Do yoy roll or fold? I always roll and only hear and see people that fold.
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:05pm
When we go to the beach, which is one of our annual vacations, I always do laundry while we are there. Same reason as you, if I keep on top of it, it's much easier than coming home to five loads of laundry. I hate coming home to piles of laundry!
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:09pm
I am the opposite, I am NOT a morning person, so being able to throw some milk and cereal at the kid right away and with minimal effort was always a god thing, and then being able to emerge at my own pace. Although I have to say that the hotel breakfast in Belgrade was amazing. We all enjoyed that, but then again, we were only there a few days.

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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:09pm
When I traveled around Europe in college, baguettes w/fresh cheese were many a meal for me!
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:12pm
I am the queen of compact folding. I have passed this skill onto my progeny. I may not have taught her much but this i have given her... LOL
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:12pm
I guess I like to relax a bit while I'm on vacation. If I was that busy that I didn't have time to unpack, I would need a vacation from my vacation. We go to the beach a lot in the summer. Very easy to throw a load of laundry in, then head out for a bike ride, sit on the screened porch and read my book, etc. Only takes a few minutes to fold the laundry when it's done, esp when I have my kids as helpers.
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:14pm
Oh yes. The summer I lived in Paris, my boyfriend had found a way to sneak onto the roof of the Pompidou center. So we used to get a baguette, some pate, some cheese and a bottle of wine and have lunch there.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:15pm

One of the great things about having a kitchen on vacation is that my kids can get up whenever they want and fix their on breakfast. Dh and I can sleep as long as we want and not have to worry about the kids starving and waiting on us to take them out to eat.

Not that we always sleep in, but some days. There are times I'd get up early, go for a run or take one of the kids for a bike ride up to the bagel place and bring home a bag of bagels for breakfast. It's nice having the option to either eat at home or eat out.

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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:15pm

Exactly!

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Sun, 09-19-2010 - 6:16pm

I love packing light, mostly because I don't like letting my bags out of my sight by checking them. In grad school, some classmates and I went to a conference. We took the same flight and I met with them in baggage claim to catch a shuttle. They both had a full-size piece of luggage, a carry-on and a purse. When I showed up with nothing but a single carry-on bag, one of them exclaimed "That's all you brought?! How can you fit everything in there?" I replied "Um, we're only here for 3 days."





















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