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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:23 pm
That's what I am talking about!!! THANKS!!!! Now if I could find a ring also that was similar to that necklace, then I'd be extactic!!! That price is perfect too!!! THANKS COLOR!!!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:17 am
Is there a specific place to post excercise questions or is here ok? I do a lot of walk/running. 4.25 miles 2X week, 6.42 miles 3X week and a 9 or more miler on Sunday. I am mentioning the mileage so you can see the length of time I am outside (1 hr to 2.5 hrs) Most of those miles are in open areas, fields and sides of a 2ndary highway. Now that the temp is dropping I have pulled out the gloves, long underwear and headband but I am at a loss as to how to keep my cheeks warm. The windchill some days is killing me, my cheeks are throbbing. Does anyone know anything I can do to stop this? I refuse to wear a *bandits* hat as I run through downtown heehee and a scarf would be clutzy. I was thinking a 50/50 mixture of vaseline and face cream? Any ideas?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:39 am
What about a scarf wrapped around your face? When you don't need it, you can drop it down to your neck, or pull it up when you do?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:43 am
What about earmuffs wrapped on your cheeks? (The newer sleeker kind.) Or that kind of a scarf that is like a survivor buff (just a really big turtle neck thing) pulled up around your face?
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:17 am
I googled some websites and most say vaseline and sunscreen plus a neck gaiter
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:08 am
Costa and Julie, thanks for the ideas but I can't run with something on my face. If nothing else I am afraid of my visibility being restricted but also it would just feel smothering and would quickly be drenched in sweat. Oh good Zachsmom, confirmation... thank you. I was afraid to try it and have a greasy mess running down my face when the sweat starts. LOL I am still afraid of that but will give it a shot. 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:15 am
How about a helmet? These just look like faces, so they won't draw any attention to you at all..

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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:18 am
Hot soup, $*%&%^ was eating hot soup!!! RFLMAO!!!!!!!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:42 am
Ski mask, Rissa. They aren't just for robbing banks any more.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:23 am
'No attention'...about wet myself laughing.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 3:39 pm
Rissa, I'll suggest a flap of material that hangs infront of your face. My mom has bad asthma and on cold moist days she would do the scarf wrap. I made a little fleece hat and a flap that hangs down like a veil.
I think it could work for you as it doesnt restrict your air flow when you run. It also isnt sitting right on your face like a scarf or buff. Mind you, I guess It would sit close to your face when you ran, but if it is more like a jog It might work. You could put a button on the flaps to make it do this.
Or just tie it at the bottom 
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 3:42 pm
alpaca hat I think it is called But I'm not sure. Some are North European in design, others are south american.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Huk, you crack me up!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:02 pm
New question: Does anyone have any idea how to go about finding people? My guy, Don, has a half brother and a half sister from his fathers side, before he and Don's mom met. Don's dad died when Don was 10. The only information we have to start looking for this brother and sister is Dad's date/location of birth, date/location of death, and full name. We're *pretty sure* the kids were born in British Columbia, but don't know that for a fact. We have a rough estimate of the years when these kids would have been born (give or take a couple of years, it's not exact). No one in the family knows who the woman was, or where she lives now. I've tried looking through some Vital Statistics Agency pages, but not knowing where to start, it's difficult. Does anyone know if it's possible to search birth records by father's name? Or even where I'd go to start looking? Pretty much all the info I've given you is all we have to go on...
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:14 pm
Karen, request a copy of his death certificate from the Vital Statistics site. It should state which funeral home his body was taken to, and they may be able to help you out. I know there are regulations with releasing information, but I don't see why they would be opposed to forwarding on something you've written (to the last known address they have in their burial records). By the way, my father's death certificate listed my mother's full name and date of birth. Perhaps his will have his last spouse's name (if he had one), and/or surviving children's names. Good luck! ETA: I may have misunderstood the in's and out's of the people involved, but the suggestion is still valid, k?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:16 pm
My DD found my half-sister and brother over 50 years after the fact. I wasn't even too sure they existed, but they did. I haven't met them face to face yet after almost 5 years, but email and phone calls are working nicely. I don't know how she did it, but she did it all online.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:26 pm
Oh wow, OG, that's very cool! I'd like something like that to happen for Don. Thanks for the input Hukd. All your suggestions are valid, we know that! For the record, I'm looking for two illegitimate children, born to a now-deceased man and an unknown, mystery woman. I don't believe Don's dad ever married this woman, so I'm pretty sure the last names would not be the same as Don's. The kids would've been teenagers at the time of father's passing, and I know there was no contact between the 1st family (with the mystery woman and kids) and the 2nd family (Don, his bro, and Mom). Don knows about these two half-siblings, but I'm not entirely convinced that they know of him. All I can think of is trying to find a registry somewhere that lists all the children born to Don's father... but I don't know if such a list exists. I just recently found my Mum's HS sweetheart, after years of looking. I think this people finding mission will be much, much harder, LOL.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 9:50 am
Question: Each year my family exchanges gifts. We make a list of 4 things we want that are about 25 each, and then draw names and whoever draws our names gets us one of those items. Ok, I think this is ridiculous to do and I hate doing it. Plus this year, my gramma said for me to just draw for everyone and tell everyone who they are buying for. I really dont' want to do this, and would rather do nothing, but it's not up to me, and I really can't afford to buy for EVERYONE, and neither can anyone else. BUT, if I bow out, I am expected to get gifts for everyone because I am not in the name draw. So my question is this Does anyone have any good "Gift Exchange" ideas other than drawing names and making a list of what we want? (Personally, I wanted to have everyone donate 25 to the needy rather than get a $25 gift that one doesn't really need.)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 9:57 am
Can't you put a charity donation on your list? Or two so the buyer can have some say in the charity? It might set a precedent for next year. To be honest I like the exchange you do, we still all buy presents for everyone - it costs the earth and quite often you receive things you have no use for.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 10:02 am
I'd rather not anyone do it and just buy for the kids. No one really "needs" anything. I do have a friend who is really struggling this year. He just went through a divorce and his wife pretty much left him with nothing but a failing business and a big car payment. He grossed about $300 last month and has two small kids he splits with his wife 50/50. I want everyone to help him out, but I'd get the same ol' speel from my skeptical family about if he "really" needs the money.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 10:05 am
Why don't you do the name drawing thing, but change it up a bit. Don't get a list of 4 things from everyone. How many family members are there? You could also set a lower $$ limit and buy one thing for everyone. Or, everyone buys one gift set at a dollar limit. It gets wrapped and put under the tree. Using random drawing, each person picks a wrapped gift. When all are taken, y'all open 'em up. Or you could split it up... everyone buys one kids gift and one adult gift (lower dollar values for each). I hate the "gift steal" thing (open a present, next person can open a present or steal yours, and so on). I think it's rude and takes the joy out of shopping and giving, if the gift will be stolen.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 10:15 am
Other than buying a present for your friend's kids, I'd say giving cash or cash equivalent to him was a no-no because he would be embarassed by it. That would be my guess anyway. Can you find a sympathetic family member, who you think may feel the way you do, and gang up on the rest and set a lower limit or change the plan for this year? You might be able to get someone else on your side! I can't help thinking though that with just one $25 gift to buy in this season of excess that you're doing well just the way you are!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 10:38 am
In my family we only got presents for the kids. Adults don't really need anything that they can't go out and buy themselves.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 11:00 am
Escapee...we used to do what you describe, however then we switched to just buying for the kids, as Twinkie says.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 12:02 pm
We were going to give the money anonymously before Christmas so he could get things taken care of, buy gifts for his daughters, etc. We were going to leave it on his counter in an envelope while he was out. But I am with Scooterrific, just for the kids. We are pretty strapped for cash this season, and I'd hate to have to buy a gift for someone who doesn't need it when I could give it to someone who really does need it. Does that make any sense? ETA: Besides me there are anywhere from 10-12 people in the name draw.
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