The Tillyville Times Â* June 1, 2004 Â* Â* FIRST EDITION! Â* Welcome to Tillyville!

Vent - because it's been bugging me and apparently I'm back into posting mode after a few years of sporadic involvment. My oldest will be 18 this year. Eep. Scary thought for me (and for him too a bit!) He'll be a senior in school, cut off was August 5th when he started school. Why do people...

I am wondering when I should think about putting my oldest daughter into preschool? She will be 2 in June and I stay at home. I was thinking that I might put in to preschool when she is 3 for a few days a week and full time when she is 4. Does that sound reasonable? -- Carmen Gregoire Mother of...

My 4.5 year old loves cream cheese. He is painfully picky and cream cheese isn't really all that healthy, so I was wondering if maybe I could find him a better quality cream cheese than is available locally. I checked the ingredients and nutrient breakdown of the cheapest (ALDI brand) and most...

Hi, I'm doing research for a language and gender class. The following is a questionnaire. I would appreciate any contributions. Thank you. What gender are you? How often do you think the male gender performs the female gender in online communication and vice versa? Have you ever done it? Why...

"Not at all, child." Kaede answered, smiling at the young woman. "If you lose your life, you die, but are still remembered and live on in that fashion. When you lose your very existence, it is as if you were never alive. Never born, never nursed at your mother's breast, never thought of with...

I have gotten myself into quite a situation and would like to ask for your perspectives, input, and opinions. But first I'd like to ask a basic group question or two. I know that some groups have FAQs and basic rules for posting. Do you have anything that I should read before posting? My...

Great news guys- he's doing better! He's off the ventilator as of 2 days ago, and is talking- knows his mommy and daddy! He has been having occasional seizures, but we'll take it- that's for sure. They actually think the seizures may have been pre-existing and that this event excarbated it. Sounds...

All of a sudden lately, Jessica has gone back to her ways with Christopher of hitting, pinching, etc. She had done this in the past but had gotten significantly more gently with him in the last several months. Now she's saying things all the time, both to me, my husband and to Christopher- if she...

So you're sitting in your home, with your family, watching the half time show during the Super Bowl and a breast is flashed on your screen! Wow! Big deal .... Why are so many wining about the vulgarity of this incident? And now the FCC threatens to levy fines on all CBS affiliates who showed the...

Christopher is 13 months and really isn't saying any words yet- he does say "Da!" which seems to mean daddy and "A-da" which I think means mommy, but nothing clear. I can't seem to remember the range for first words- is this a concern at all? I know he shouldn't be speaking lots of words, but I...

BAADASSSSS! A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** A marvelously entertaining and fascinating film, BAADASSSSS! uses the mockumentary medium to tell the true story of the making of 1971's SWEET

THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** I'd like to be able to report that I found Guy Maddin's THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD weirdly wonderful, as many other critics have, but I can only

Hi there, everyone. I run http://www.streetmagic.org ... a site which sells high quality, low priced magic items. If your kids have seen David Copperfield or David Blaine on television and have showed interest in magic, you may consider purchasing them some starter magic. Magic builds self...

What is this I hear about kids born with really thick curly hair losing curls after a year or so? I heard my mom say that I was born with curly hair but after I had my first haircut I totally lost them. I saw a little girl in our neighborhood. When we first moved in, she was about two years old....

I was getting ready to leave work just after 7pm tonight, when the ER nurse came up to ICU where I work to say that a pediatric code was on its way in and could I please stay to help. It was a 4 year old boy- his dad found him at the bottom of their pool. They think he was in the water about 6...

I took the plunge on Friday (his birthday) to put ds in big boy underwear. I said "Since you're 3 now, do you want to try to wear big boy underwear?" He said yes and I have been completely and utterly amazed! He is doing sooooo great! We even went through the whole day on Sunday with no accidents,...

AYUSA International (Academic Year in the USA) is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers from over 65 countries worldwide and provide host family placement and ongoing supervision for 5 and 10-month academic programs. Our central goal is to provide...

I'm having a couple of young folks come visit me. I know they play on the computer at home and I was looking on the internet for suitable downloads and at stores for kids programs. I can't decide. The 3 and a half year old is pretty advanced and the 6 year old is a little slow. Any suggestions...

Woman Drowns Boyfriend's Little Dachshund Dewy, 2, abducted in staged burglary plot MAY 24--A New Hampshire woman who apparently did not like her boyfriend's two-year-old dachshund drowned the dog after staging a burglary at the man's home in a bid to cover up the pet's abduction. Erin Wily, 27,...