by Swim
How do you keep yourself from letting negative thoughts intrude on your day? There are days when I feel bulletproof – negativity and drama will roll right off me. Other days I am rattled by small things, and when I find myself rattled I scold myself for being rattled and a downward spiral begins. When you find yourself in one of those moods, how do you pull yourself out?
by Swim
What are your favorite silly jokes? This one still cracks me up:
A skeleton walks into a bar. Bartender says, “What’ll ya have?” Skeleton says, “Gimme a beer…and a mop.”
Gets me every time.
by Swim
The headline made me roll my eyes, but a paragraph in the article made me think of our discussion earlier this week about eating out and ‘fast food.’
Other districts have wrestled with lunchroom visitation policies including Beaverton, Oregon, where restrictions were added last year because many Indian and Pakistani families were bringing warm lunches from home daily for their children. The elementary school added a rack where parents can drop off lunches, and the district assesses visit requests on a case-by-case basis, district spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler said.
I’m not familiar with the idea of bringing lunch to school at lunchtime, but bringing in a warm lunch from home (which I’m equating with home cooked and therefore ‘healthier’) sounds like a habit to encourage and the solution seems to meet the needs of the parents, students and school staff.
We have ideas from two totebaggers:
From Swim:
Gifting gone wrong, and of course it’s opposite – gifting gone right.
From Houston:
Help: Are you having trouble finding that perfect gift for a friend or family member? Ask the Totebag community for suggestions.
Traditions: What are your family’s gift giving traditions? Have they changed as you’ve had kids, or your kids have grown up?
It’s all about me: What are you hoping to receive as a present? Do you buy yourself a present during this time of year?
Complaints: Complain about any aspect of holiday gift giving. Grinches welcome!
by Swim
The loneliness topic this week was interesting and sparked conversation about creating and maintaining friendships.
How do you maintain friendships?
We have all heard funny stories about how couples have met, so what are the funniest ways you have ever met or made a new friend?
