<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Home &amp; Family Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/13</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Home &amp; Family</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:41:20 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:41:20 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/459962</comments><description><![CDATA[Greetings!&#160; It’s the end of the year and here are some pics from work.    &#160;    To the team: I suck. I apologize. I had said I’d get a photo album going this year and while it is still technically 2014, it’s the last week before we close down for the year.&#160; On the bright side, this year is not just picture of the Stardock dogs (though Arrow is in a few of these but Bailey and Maggie are not).    &#160;       &#160;   &#160;   &#160;   &#160;       Stardock in the evening....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/459962</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/459962</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 3:32:15 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-12-16T15:32:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Stardock 2014 end of year album</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/412457</comments><description><![CDATA[It’s not fair. My wife won’t let me have chickens. Chris Taylor’s wife lets him have chickens so I’m stuck with just my bees and garden. Chris told me awhile back that they’re thinking about getting bees out at their farm.&#160;     I wonder if my wife will let me get an Emu.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/412457</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/412457</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 8:52:08 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-05-20T08:52:08-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>No chickens for me</title></item><item><author>justsayin</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/426501</comments><description><![CDATA[ New blog!   This&#39;ll be fun...        I just want to start this off by saying, I&#39;m not really a negative type of person. It&#39;s just that things have been a little off lately and I need a place where I can say what&nbsp;I feel --- I mean, what I REALLY feel and not be judged or crucified for it.    I never thought I&rsquo;d be in a situation like this ever again, it&rsquo;s not like I didn&rsquo;t bring this upon myself, but I have had my share of bad experiences due to my inabilit...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/426501</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/426501</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 8:30:47 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-05-20T20:30:47-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Worst first blog entry...</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/448444</comments><description><![CDATA[I can’t believe Fall is here.&#160; I think I missed a month, at least!    So before everything has changed, I took some pictures.           Leaving work.&#160;     &#160;           We picked apples to make into Apple Sauce and Apple crisp. Delicious!    &#160;           Backup Power Generator.    &#160;             Solar Array.           Walls leading to house.           Polaris Ranger EVs. We use these to work with the apple trees and bee hives and garden area....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/448444</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/448444</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:48:06 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-09-22T12:48:06</pubDateParsed><title>Scenes from Fall 2013</title></item><item><author>msladydeath</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/443511</comments><description><![CDATA[  DIY Fabric Softener      2 C Vinegar    12 oz your favorite smelling conditioner (can be the cheap stuff)    6 C Water  &nbsp;   Mix this all together and use with a downy ball. 1/4 c or so per load.&nbsp; Experiment and see what works best for your family!&nbsp; The vinegar smell goes away once it&#39;s all dry.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/443511</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/443511</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 6:32:56 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-04-24T18:32:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DIY Fabric Softener</title></item><item><author>partnerbytte</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/442753</comments><description><![CDATA[Hva hvis du er en kvinne som er ung og pen, men uten seksuelt &oslash;nske? Da kan du ikke leke med andre mennesker, og du kommer sikkert til &aring; kreve mer tid fra familien og foreldene. Kanskje til og med venner. Blir en s&aring;nn person akserptert i samfunnet v&aring;rt i det hele tatt?  Det er det samme med uf&oslash;re barn. Det er ekskludert fra mange aktiviteter, mens det krever mer engasjment fra foreldrene. Det er jo kjempevanskelig  &aring; oppdra  et s&aring;nt barn p&aring; rik...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/442753</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/442753</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:28:40 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-04-08T09:28:40</pubDateParsed><title>Eksklutert eller skjøvet?</title></item><item><author>msladydeath</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/441332</comments><description><![CDATA[  Basic DIY Laundry Soap    Can be made as natural as you want  &nbsp;   Making your own laundry soap serves several needs.&nbsp; It&#39;s extremely cheap, it cleans better than average laundry soap, and it&#39;s hypo allergenic.&nbsp; This recipe can be modified to suit what you want your laundry soap to do.&nbsp; I post only the liquid form because I feel the liquid does a far better job of cleaning, especially in cold water situations.   &nbsp;   Laundry Soap (aprox 5 Gal)    1/2 c Bo...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/441332</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/441332</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 1:45:15 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-03-18T13:45:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Basic DIY Laundry Soap</title></item><item><author>msladydeath</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/441329</comments><description><![CDATA[    DIY Hand lotion       chemical free (and as organic as you want it to be)  &nbsp;   This is a super simple recipe, shelf stable, and works great.&nbsp; I will list the basic components and ratio&#39;s, these can be perfected on and modified as you see fit.&nbsp;    &nbsp;   Lotion    1/2 c. Oil&nbsp; (This can be Olive oil, Canola, Linseed, almond, or almost any other, the scent will remain though so choose one with a light scent, or none at all.)    1/4 c wax (can be bees wax or I...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/441329</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/441329</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 8:39:05 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-03-17T08:39:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DIY Chem Free Lotion</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/437737</comments><description><![CDATA[The Christmas cards that my family is sending out for Christmas 2012 are in the mail. &nbsp;Whew! &nbsp;Roughly 120 - 130 cards addressed, stamped, stuffed (with a very short "newsletter" this year) for most of them (wife 2.0 may not have stuffed all of the cards that she sent out, but that is her&nbsp;prerogative) -- in the last few years I&#39;ve put together and sent out a holiday newsletter that went in all of the cards I sent, going back to 2009, when wife 1.0 was killed in the car wreck in...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/437737</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/437737</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:57:29 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-12-03T09:57:29</pubDateParsed><title>Christmas cards are in the mail...</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/437158</comments><description><![CDATA[       My wife is addicted to Christmas.&#160; And so this year we decided to line the trees up the drive way with Christmas lights.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/437158</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/437158</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:41:14 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-27T12:41:14</pubDateParsed><title>Christmas Lights up</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/437162</comments><description><![CDATA[We’re babysitting Paul (Mormegil) and Kristin’s (Kristin was my partner on  PowerUser.TV ) dog.    She seems to be surviving:         ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/437162</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/437162</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 8:04:32 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-27T08:04:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Comfy puppy</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/436601</comments><description><![CDATA[I got the honor of reviewing an  KRUPS XP601050 Espresso machine  for home use, compliments of Amazon. &nbsp;Unfortunately, I was less than completely impressed with the machine. &nbsp;Read the linked review for full details on the issues I had with it and why I can&#39;t really recommend it for purchase.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/436601</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/436601</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 7:58:33 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-13T19:58:33-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>A hopeful coffee addict tries to make Espresso at home</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/436526</comments><description><![CDATA[My spouse (whom I refer to frequently, at another site or three... as wife 2.0, since she&#39;s my second wife) does not frequent this site and would be highly unlikely to stumble upon it if I didn&#39;t point her in the right direction. &nbsp;I think I&#39;ve sent her here in the past to read some of my previous rants and thoughts, but she just hasn&#39;t been that interested, and really, until recently, I wasn&#39;t all that talkative here any more so it probably didn&#39;t matter.  Her fami...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/436526</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/436526</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 3:14:52 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-13T15:14:52-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Most likely not seen by the parties addressed, but...</title></item><item><author>Tova7</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/428482</comments><description><![CDATA[ My youngest first time climbing&nbsp;the big wall..&nbsp; (He&#39;s in blue)   &nbsp;  &nbsp;             &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/428482</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/428482</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 8:00:40 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-08-07T08:00:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Wall</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/423839</comments><description><![CDATA[I was a Star Trek fan from the very beginning &hellip; Kirk was the best. About the time I had my bedtime upped to 10 o&rsquo;clock pm, the 8 o&rsquo;clock movie turned into the 9 o&rsquo;clock movie and Star Trek moved from 9 o&rsquo;clock to 10 pm, oh geese, life is such a bitch.&nbsp; Somehow my drunk of a father must have figured out these changes were coming (God I suppose) because he arranged for the old black and white TV to go into my bedroom but I couldn&rsquo;t turn it on without permi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/423839</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/423839</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 8:03:27 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-05-03T08:03:27-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Childhood memories, oh my!!!</title></item><item><author>Tractormansavesthedayagain</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/412629</comments><description><![CDATA[ Last Tuesday I was out in the pasture with my wife fixing a horse fence.&nbsp; My 4 year old grandson Nicholas was over and wanted to come and help--I said it didn&#39;t sound like a good idea for him to come into the pasture (because I have a hard time working on things while keeping an eye on a child in a potentially dangerous situation), but Grandma said it would be fine, so along he came.    The 5 minute fix turned into an hour project as I noticed additional problems that we needed to te...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/412629</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/412629</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 2:58:04 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-10-10T14:58:04-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>A Tale of Two Children</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/410518</comments><description><![CDATA[Two years ago today my first wife was killed in a car crash that wasn&#39;t her fault.&nbsp; Those that know my history here know the story, others could look back at prior articles if they wanted.&nbsp; The short story is that she was on a country road, not far from our home, having taken my daughter to a birthday party for one of her friends.&nbsp; The daughter had been dropped off and my first wife was apparently going to visit some of her old school friends and perhaps buy some fruits/veggie...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/410518</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/410518</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 8:59:15 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-07-19T08:59:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Speaking of differences a day makes...</title></item><item><author>okie1106</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/405106</comments><description><![CDATA[ I was brought to this website accidently.&nbsp; I was searching for something, and stumbled upon an article that was written by my brother.&nbsp; For privacy reasons, I will not disclose who he is.&nbsp;     My brother and I survived horrific child abuse growing up.&nbsp; We lost 2 brothers because of the abuse....one beaten by HIS father.&nbsp; There are things that were done to me that no little girl should ever experience.&nbsp; I knew of some of the stuff that was done to my brother, but ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/405106</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/405106</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 9:03:45 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-24T09:03:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Trying to heal the hurt</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/372227</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;   On Sunday, 29th November, at 9:45 my father died in Jerusalem Hospital in Hamburg; one week after heart surgery where the doctors couldn&rsquo;t do anything any more. He was 70 years old.  My father, Gerhard Brehm, was born on May 14th 1939 in Berlin. He spent most of the first ten years of his life with the cold and hunger caused by the situation during and shortly after World War II. Rheumatic fever led to heart disease and heart disease finally caught up with him last month. He und...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/372227</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/372227</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:11:00 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-13T12:11:00</pubDateParsed><title>My Father Died</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/396280</comments><description><![CDATA[With my schedule a lot less tight, I’ve finally had the opportunity to spend more time with my kids. Which, today, meant playing dolls with my 3 year old daughter.&#160;     Our first two kids were boys and when we had a girl, we encouraged her to play with the boy’s old toys (I’m a cheapskate) but she gravitated towards the remnants of my wife’s old dolls (i.e. the ones the boys hadn’t destroyed).&#160; We still don’t have very many dolls and such but that’s her favorite thing to do.&#160; My...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/396280</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/396280</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 4:28:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-11T16:28:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Dollies with the girl</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/374868</comments><description><![CDATA[So I’m sitting here blogging, surfing, etc. from my cumfy chair in our bedroom and I hear the 3 year old singing from the bathtub. She makes up these songs as she goes along.&#160; All 3 of our children have always loved taking long baths and playing with toys and singing.&#160; Love the sound of it.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/374868</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/374868</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 7:25:45 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-02-01T07:25:45-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Water children</title></item><item><author>rvrfhsiahskfhghia</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/372378</comments><description><![CDATA[        0   false         18 pt   18 pt   0   0      false   false   false              Here's an exercise for you - Come up with the one definitive  Christmas moment or day?    Here's the problem - Is it possible?     If you've gone through a large share of Christmas Days, you have  one or two moments on each day that stands out in your mind. Some have  sentimental value, others have the surprise factor and one or two are so  surreal, there's no way you can forget it or downplay it.    ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/372378</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/372378</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 5:08:30 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-12-23T17:08:30-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Is it possible to pick just one Christmas moment?</title></item><item><author>KFC Kickin For Christ</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/370700</comments><description><![CDATA[They lied.&nbsp;  That was ugly.&nbsp;  I got the call two days ago that I had another grandson.&nbsp; I came here to OHIO expecting a girl and was kind of surprised to find out it was a boy when they called from the hospital.&nbsp;  They gave me very little information and now I know why.&nbsp; When I called my husband with the first baby news, he said for me not to believe it until I changed that first diaper.&nbsp; He knew how convinced I was when I left home even bringing the pink/whit...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/370700</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/370700</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 4:15:32 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-12-11T16:15:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>NO!  IT'S A GIRL!</title></item><item><author>KFC Kickin For Christ</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/370616</comments><description><![CDATA[Yep, another boy.&nbsp; So, let's see.&nbsp; That makes for me two brothers, three sons, one stepson, and three grandsons!&nbsp; I don't have any sisters, daughters or granddaughters to date.&nbsp; There's still time.&nbsp; It ain't over yet..    The Pink/White Nikes are going home with me!&nbsp; It's going to be a Blue Christmas!&nbsp;  The name is to be announced which is per usual for my son and his wife.&nbsp; I heard one name passed around but I won't say until it's final.&nbsp; They li...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/370616</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/370616</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 1:04:15 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-12-03T13:04:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>IT'S A BOY!</title></item><item><author>lifehappens</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/136024</comments><description><![CDATA[    Part One:  Mommy guilt and touching momment.  (dont' worry we are getting to the sex )  So it's Saturday morning, I'm determined to get a handle on the housecleaning so I let my two kids watch Saturday morning cartoons and I head off to clean the kitchen.  As I walk through the living room to take the trash out, my son (curled up on the couch with a blanket) says, "Mom, will you cuddle me?"  I hesitate and promise that I will after I finish my chores.  10 minutes later, as I am pulling...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/136024</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/136024</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 6:51:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-09-20T18:51:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Cuddles, Sex and a Rocking Horse</title></item></channel></rss>