Did your daughter develop hips before starting? We've already talked about her period so she knows it may come in the next year or so.. Just curious about the hips? I didn't get those until I was much older. She has a big belly too.. I don't know what she weighs I am just going by her clothes. Maybe I should look up her BMI to better Gage. I don't think I'm over thinking it because I don't want to wake up one day and find that there was something more I could do. But I think I have made the changes that we needed with exercise and food. Thanks for your advice. Glad to know she is probably normal.

plllog, The closet is 4 x 4 with a 2 foot door. I should not have used the word "pantry" because it's more of a utility closet, although I foresee perhaps putting spuds and onions into it. Mostly it will contain things like batteries, lightbulbs, paperbags, and dogfood. And table leaves (?) and a broom and my apron and the dehydrator and the upright vacuum and brewery growlers and the Rhoomba and the blancher and the food sealer and a portable oven and the turkey roaster and... is there any space left? Not sure if the household cleaning products will be under the sinks or in the closet--furniture polish, ammonia, etc. I hope that the bug spray and sun block will fit into the lobby closet and get dissociated from the kitchen. This isn't a food pantry. There are two good-sized upper cupboards to hold the major part of my food ingredients (by the stove) and another cupboard with a lazy susan to hold some more. I do not as a rule buy food in bulk so there is no need to plan a food pantry for overflow food ingredients. In fact, that is one temptation that I am trying to avoid. The only things I overbuy in bulk are wine and cheese. ___ plllog: Our old teak mega-china cabinet is for sale--as in the Hitchhiker's Guide, it has to be cleared out in order to make way for an intergalactic highway so to speak, the new doorway to the dining room. Sigh. I will sorely miss it. There is nothing on the market that can hold that much china, Old Sheffield Plate, glassware, and candlesticks. Stay tuned to learn whate I will use as an alternative unit to hold some of that as well as my cookbooks. Yes, in time, I will be able to post some photos. Given the difficulty I've had in finding a suitable antique "killer piece" to replace it, we might commission a custom bookshelf-cupboard for the kitchen in the future. All it takes is money.

A great picture! Look at the size of thoses diapers! Wow..they sure have come a long way huh? I take so many pictures that my family makes fun of me...but who do they come to when they need one????? That's right...granny, auntie, sister, mom....ME! Let them laugh and make fun all they want, I have ton's of memories to share someday! I always say you can't take too many pictures, especially these day with the digital technology....can't get any cheaper with no developing! I love this picture.....treasure it!

jewel, I'm glad that you had a successful recovery. The NIH page I linked summarizes the findings of formal studies, what is and isn't known. In this particular case, it suggests that evidence of effectiveness is inadequate or lacking. With your experience and that of others, there's no way to know what might have happened to you without ingesting this substance. Would your healing have been the same? Would it have been quicker? Was there some effect from the tea you normally drink? You see what I mean, all the extraneous factors are properly managed in studies so that results are focused and understandable. The experience of one or even several people isn't useful. I'm happy for you, but I find an NIH assessment of "no demonstrated benefit" more persuasive. And unsurprising, the real stories for so many supplements people recommend are similar.