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how can i find a course in floral arrangement?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

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i want to learn how to arrange flowers

A lot of cities have community college course that offer floral arranging in the extension classes – they may be credit or non-credit. You might also look at Adult School or Community Service Classes. Unless you wish to work with dried flowers, I’d take a class at a local college or extension class – real flower arranging is very different from dried flower arranging.

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Babysitting issues! Are all in laws this much trouble?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

I’m getting nagged to leave my daughter with her Dad’s family more often. I really dont want to do this because I just dont trust that they will take care of her properly. His mother is disabled and drops things sometimes, she cant hold a saucepan to lift it off the hob some days, she needs help mashing potatoes and yet she says she can take care of my baby ten hours a day so I can go to work. She also keeps going on holiday for weeks at very short notice and has to go to hospital every tuesday for blood tests and other treatments. She does flower arranging and catering for weddings when she has good days and is always zooming around the place doing errands and giving people lifts. I dont know most of the people she hangs around with, they could be anybody. She said on days she is busy she could find one of them to take care of my baby. I wouldnt know where my baby was, or who she was with from one day to the next! She also thinks ice cream and chocolate are all a baby needs to eat for lunch.
My partner’s sister is a nursery nurse. Last time I let her look after my baby was when they phoned me and told me they were coming over to see the baby. I said she needs to be fed, its lunchtime, come round after that. She said "oh Wait till I get there, I want to feed her." For some reason I tok her at her word. 2pm they finally got there, the baby was crying from hunger and I was about to give up. When they got here she took one look at the baby’s lunch and said "it looks horrible it will make me feels sick if I feed her that. I thought you’d give her something nice so I could eat it" So my baby had waited for her lunch for nothing! I fed her while they were there, then they dragged me out to the shopping centre so they could have a go at pushing her in her stroller. Well the baby got bored. She was crying and upset but they would NOT let me get to her to see what was wrong. They (my partner’s sister and her mum, the disabled one) just kept walking off and wouldnt give her back! The whole shop was getting annoyed from the noise, then the sister just said "god doesnt she ever shut up, I’m getting p!ssed off, here you have her back, we’re going for something to eat" then they left me there trying to comfort the baby while they went off to the sandwhich shop. She also refuses to change nappies. She was telling me the other day about how she was looking after next door’s 1 yr old and her young cousin. She wanted to go into a shop so she left the baby with the little kid to wander up and down the high street while she shopped for shoes or something!
When they want to see the baby we usually have to chase them around to find out what pub they are currently in. Whilst we are there the sister usually passes my baby round like a parcel to people I have never met, she tries to give her alcohol becasue "its good for her gums when she’s teething" and get the other kids there to hold her too. I get told I’m an over worried clingy mmother and my child will grow up to be antisocial.
Would YOU trust these people? Am I being an overprotective nutter because I think they would look after themselves with the baby in tow rather than looking after the baby, or am I right?
PS thanks for reading all my rant, sorry it’s so long.

You didn’t need all these explanations or all the drama – all you need to say is that her health problems and her underdeveloped sense of responsibility make her unsuitable. Then you’ve answered your own question!
No-one in their right mind would leave a baby with this woman – I wouldn’t trust her with my cat!
You aren’t being over-protective, you’re being sensible.
"She was crying and upset but they would NOT let me get to her to see what was wrong" – she’s your child, take her off them if necessary. Never allow anyone to dictate to you like this, especially when your child is distressed. Put your foot down.

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Should I write a letter 9 months later to the woman who decided to "cross the line?"?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Recap: We filed for divorce, lived together, slept together 5 months into it. He told me repeatedly he loved me. the reason for the filing as I previously wrote, was because my husband hates my oldest (22yr.)son,which he’s been his dad for 16 yrs. I was asked to "choose" b/n him and continuing to have a relationship with my son- who has some problems that he didn’t need his mother turning her back on him for. The caviot: I have raised my husband"s daughter which hasn’t been easy, unforgiving at times, but I am still her mother. I would never ask him to choose, I would have helped him in any way I could and do now.
In short, on the 6th month after my husband escalating to a degree noone could imagine, I signed myself and our 13yr old up for a divorce care class @ a local church. He followed us, intruded, made it diificult to return. 2weeks later he befriended a lady who sat across from us that was crying because of her own husband’s infidelity- who filed just 7 weeks before. In less than 3 weeks she & my husband arranged 2 dates, he sent her flowers and texts, then they landed in a budget chain hotel on the 2nd date. He still lived with me, he clearly was sneaking around and so was she. They knew they were married and they knew it was wrong. (There’s more detail in a previous post from me) Please read it from Friday. We dropped the divorce, are in marriage counseling.
This woman thinks I don’t know who she is, and I want to confront her or rather let her know that I am very aware of the pathetic "hook-up" circumstances and how low down I think she is. I am more pissed that she had the nerve to cross the line into my life, to believe one-sided drama & lies -that have since came forward, to "pretend" she/he were divorced, to pass judgement on me, to sleep with my husband and do to me what she was obviously crying about was done to her in the first meeting. Insecure, desparate, needy? Playing the comfort me, rescue me victim and my husband randomly trying to reassert an ego thru detached sexual gratification? I have the letter written. Incidentally, my husband is accountable and has taken responsibilty. I know he is ashamed of himself- he shows it. This hussy thinks she got silently away with something. I would like her to feel her shame. Let me know what you think.

I’d have addressed this issue in front of the divorce group to make her squirm or, if that’s no longer possible, I’d "mention" it the next time I bump into one or three of the group’s leaders. You should confront her in front of other people, like her (ex)husband, as she possesses a lot of cunning and doesn’t sound like the type to stop if she can weasel her way out of something.

- Pepper.

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Non-floweror easy flower, non-candle table arrangements.?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

I have 3 days to decorate and important get together but I have never made flower arrangements, so I would prefer a non flower arrangement but they don’t really want candles. It needs to be somewhat manly with a theme of reach for the stars. I am scared to death 30 people will be gathered together to give speeches ask questions etc…any easy ideas?

http://www.thedealplace.com/products/wallstars/starsnstakes.html
http://www.target.com/Star-Topiary-Frame-24/dp/B000KICXU2/sr=1-11/qid=1229557790/ref=sr_1_11/602-8295273-6848665?ie=UTF8&pricerange=&index=&rh=k%3Astar%20decor&page=2
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=PT1193&prodCatId=378062&mode=Browsing&erec=7&sp=true&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&cm_re=PS-_-PPack-_-F3L5&N=378062&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Gold+Foil+Star+Party+Theme
http://www.reasontoparty.com/star%20party.htm
http://www.shindigz.com/catalog.cfm?caid=670911
http://www.windycitynovelties.com/Epaysoft/cart/product.asp?ITEM_ID=107422&s_cid=BIZ107422
http://www.paper-star.net/decorative-paper-stars.html
http://www.partylights.com/Paper/Stars
Would any of these work for you?

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anyone knows about websites of some good ideas of home decorating tiny and delicate decoration pieces?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

actually i will go to make some delicate handmade items which madeup of italian dough .i want to make awsome arrangement of flowers.but if u know another kind of ideas ,pls share with me

Try this website.
This website is content of interior design, architecture, and landscape. So if you want to decorate your home in a style like
Italian or minimalist style and want to great arrangement landscape go here:
http://www.architecture-service.co.cc

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