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Lucky Bamboo Plants
Asked by D.L. from San Francisco
on June 14, 2009
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I am co-hosting a bridal shower and we have decided to make lucky bamboo favors. We have the containers but need the bamboo. Does anyone know where we might purchase...
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- If this is not too far to travel, Oakland Chinatown has lucky bamboo in most of the produce stores. Most of it is grown in water.
- If you are in Santa Cruz, Zen Trading on 41st Ave had "loose" lucky bamboo plants last time I visited. They are almost all the way to the end of 41st Ave about 4 store...
- A long while ago, I believe, I saw that they had them at the Oakland Flower Market, in downtown Oakland. You might want to give them a call.
Help with a Very Sad Looking Bamboo Plant
Asked by B.P. from Denver
on January 22, 2009
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Hello ladies, long story short, I left my bamboo plant at work for about 3 months - hence, no water. A co-worker noticed right before I came back and started giving i...
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- I had a friend in a very similar situation who saved the plant by putting it in a bigger vase. I'd at least consider it. Her vase was broken accidently. Is there so...
- I love plants, my job at home is to spritz them; because I am a very inconsistant about taking care of them. Consequently I have had a many rebounds and a few losse...
- I would recommend that you try a ph balanced water. I personally have kangen water. This may sound stupid but I also have a bamboo plant which is very preciouse to me ...
What Kind of Flooring Do You Like?
Asked by K.A. from San Francisco
on March 26, 2009
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Hi Moms,
We are getting ready to replace our ugly old floors in the kitchen and family room, and I am overwhelmed by all the possibilities: hardwood, tile, laminate...
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- Hi K., We have laminate wood and love it. Ours simulates pecan which is light and dark. (My husband wanted a light floor, I wanted a dark floor.) The best thing is ...
- We have a laminate wood flooring that we LOVE. It looks nice like hardwood, but is easy to clean!
- We put laminate throughout the entire house, with ceramic tile in the bathrooms and lundryroom. I love the laminate. We use a dustmop every day and I try to clean it...
Help! Cloth Diapering Heavy Wetter
Asked by M.M. from Charlotte
on September 14, 2010
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My little girl is 5 months old and we just started using bumGenius 4.0 cloth diapers a couple weeks ago. We absolutely love them, but just as we were having issues wi...
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- What about trying another insert. If the newborn aren't working, go up one size. what kind of inserts are you using. Maybe try wool inserts. wool is VERY absorban...
- Hi - We use the same diaper and put in the one microfiber insert and then an additional hemp insert. (Swaddlebees, etc. You can get them at Gillians Drawers.com) ...
- HEMP!!! I had a horribly heavy wetter and I asked and people told me to use hemp inserts. There hasn't been any leaky diapers since!
What's the Difference Between Thread Count on Sheets?
Asked by J.Y. from Dallas
on March 7, 2007
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What are the different thread counts? Does more thread count feel better? One of my daughters has eczema & even with medication, lotion, & dye-free, perfume-free lau...
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- Yes, higher thread count is softer. Also, I LOVE the egyptian cotton and some of the satin-finish (still cotton, not actual satin sheets!)sets are great. For the lit...
- we bought 600 thread count carol little sheets at marshals for 49.99, they are 100% egypt. cotton and are the softest sheets i have ever had!!!! i will never by less t...
- I read somewhere recently (I can't remember where since I didn't think it would come up, lol!), that buying much higher than 300 thread count is just a waste of money....
Cloth Diapers
Asked by C.S. from Minneapolis
on April 29, 2009
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Hello, I was wondering if any of you out there use cloth diapers?? I am going to start and am haveing a bit of trouble deciding. I am thinking I am going to go with ...
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- Hi C.. I'm using exactly what you're describing (although I have to admit that I'm not sure if the diapers or wool covers I'm using are organic). Good job for trying...
- We use cloth but not organic. We loved the Thirsties covers and now mainly use Bum Genius 2.0. It takes some time to get that wash routine down but once you do it's s...
- We are cloth diapering my 9 week old son. :) Congrats on making the decision to switch! I personally didn't really like prefolds for my infant. I thought they were ...
I Need Ideas for Prizes to Give Out to Winners at Baby Shower!!
Asked by K.W. from Richmond
on May 22, 2009
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Hello everyone! I am throwing a shower in August. I need some help deciding what to give to people who win games at the shower. The thing is I cant afford extravagant ...
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- I don't think the prizes have to be big at all. Go to Michaels Crafts or Joanns and they have votive candles and cute candle holders for less than $1 each. You can g...
- I went to a shower recently where one of the prizes was a flower pot (about $2 at a discount store), flower seeds (about $1), and a little shovel and gloves set. The g...
- Check your dollar stores-our have some really nice things for very reasonable amount. Also you could assemble little baskets of sample size items from Avon-lotions, c...
Off Topic- Lost over Lost Finale??
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on May 24, 2010
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Okay, moms. I know this is off topic but can someone help me out here. We watched the Lost series finale last night and I'm not sure if it was because we were tired fr...
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- The island was real. What happened there really happened. Christian explained it all. The flash sideways was a place they had all created to find each other again. The...
- Ok, so here it is: It wasn't purgatory. Purgatory implies that there was some kind of punishment. They were just waiting for each other. In the "flash sideways", t...
- I'm right there with you - and quite mad at myself for staying up so late to watch it! There are so many more questions for me than answers. Why did Micheal, Walt ...
34, And Recently My Ability to Smell Stuff as Magnified. All I Smell Is Poop
Asked by M.J. from Minneapolis
on October 12, 2011
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Ok all my life my family called me Bloodhound, Sniffer and other stuff. I could detect faint smells long after the source was gone. My mom loved having me around cause...
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- Check with your doctor. Could you be pregnant? That always magnifies smells for me... And yeah, bloodhound sounds like an apt nickname. What you describe is exa...
- Coud there be a poopy diaper under a sofa, or an old sippy cup of milk somewhere? We had a mysterious poop odor a few months ago and after a few days I finally tracke...
- If you figure out how to turn it off, let me know! I have this issue as well, and I absolutely hate it. Perfume, certain laundry detergent, air fresheners, they are al...
Cloth Training Pants or Straight to Underwear?
Asked by A.E. from Minneapolis
on November 18, 2010
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I have found pul ups to be completely worthless. I've been thinking about trying some cloth training pants. I'm hoping they can feel the wetness but it won't result ...
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- I used cloth training pants on both of my boys. one is 21 and that was my only choice and now my 2 yr old I do the same way they can feel the wetness in the cloth trai...
- Cloth training pants all the way. We did pull ups with my son and I regret it, it took forever to train him. When I used training pants, I just used the Gerber kind...
- We do both cloth trainers, underwear and pull-ups with our 3.5 yo twin boys. Now we only use pull-ups for nighttime and nap, but the problem is once they have them on,...
