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Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you one of... - 8/2/2009 12:18:55 PM
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fiery
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I must admit, it's something I never got round to doing and for the same reason that this couple made an unusual arrangement. My ex and I could never agree on whose family was more worthy of being entrusted with our kid. Of course it was mine. 
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NEW YORK - The husband and wife went back and forth, back and forth. Yet however long they talked, they couldn't agree on who should take care of their young kids if, heaven forbid, something happened to both of them.
And so they made an unusual agreement, according to their lawyer: If the children were orphaned in an even-numbered year, the guardian would be the wife's choice, from her family. And if it happened in an odd-numbered year, it would be the husband's choice, from his side.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32223045/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
Have you got guardians arranged for your children?
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/2/2009 4:01:20 PM
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dianerene
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too funny!
we were forced to make a choice with the youngest, because she is adopted, but we have not made a legal choice for the other children. we have discussed it, but having 4 children, it seemed no matter who we chose, we would need to split them up some how. we would never want to burden family with that many kids! now we have one that is an adult and one only months from legal adulthood, so it may be easier to place the two youngest.
of course, we have not discussed it in a while, and probably should - lol.
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/6/2009 10:37:30 AM
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fiery
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I know, it's one of those things you always put on the back burner, isn't it. I think in part that's because you need to think about your own mortality to do so.
But then that excuse doesn't wash as to why I haven't emptied the fridge and cleaned all the insides plus the crisper and shelves. Hmmm... ok, maybe it's just something that I procrastinate over for as long as possible! 
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/6/2009 2:36:13 PM
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dianerene
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LOL!! cleaning the fridge is never a fun chore. I wipe down the shelves once a week, when I do my shopping, but pulling out the drawers and cleanig the shelves on the door is an entirely different story 
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/7/2009 3:39:21 PM
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fiery
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LOL!! cleaning the fridge is never a fun chore. I wipe down the shelves once a week, when I do my shopping, but pulling out the drawers and cleanig the shelves on the door is an entirely different story
Show off...   I hate doing the drawers because I can never get the flaming things back in right!
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/7/2009 7:01:53 PM
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dianerene
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not showing off, I just have a tiny fridge - lol. I can never get the drawers in right either - it bugs the heck out of me. and even worse, someone keeps messing with the setting on my crisper - lately all of my fruit and lettuce has been FROZEN
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RE: Many parents delay choosing a guardian - are you on... - 8/8/2009 2:45:23 PM
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fiery
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Mine was doing the same thing and actually it was my fault for cramming it in right to the back of the fridge.
Check the coils on the back of the fridge. Mine still gets too cold right at the back inside it so I only put bottled water there as a buffer against everything else. As long as things aren't hard up against it they're ok. It's a hundred times better though that it was before I got the vacuum cleaner out and did the coils. It can be something as simple as that. Unless you can see the dial's moved LOL.
< Message edited by fiery -- 8/8/2009 2:46:07 PM >
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