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Day eighty-seven/365. It may seem strange, but it’s part of my strategy for stress reduction. I get together with a bunch of men, all of whom are at least twenty years older than I am. We all bring our harmonicas, plus the accessories we want to show off. We jam together, mostly songs from my parents’ generation. We coach each other, sharing tips and tricks we’ve developed ourselves. None of them knows any hymns or contemporary praise songs. I know some of their music from my exposure to it when I worked in nursing homes.
But, we have a great time. I look forward to doing it again four weeks later. And, I forget the stuff that stresses me.
Here you can choose to skip this, because not is parenting Tips,But funnyA boaster and a liar are cousins-german.An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. Quit don’t quit. Noodles don’t noodles..Doing is better than saying.。！！Advice :Both parents should put the baby down for naps, feed her and change her. The more family resources she has, the more secure she will feel. Going Thru A Tunnel
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Reminds me of 1972 w/my parents. This area is known to me as Tips Tolls & Tunnels. Yep. Just after the tunnel we paid a toll.
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The following not about parenting Tips,but classicA dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.A stitch in time saves nine. There are no accidents..Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.。！！Good advice :Both parents should put the baby down for naps, feed her and change her. The more family resources she has, the more secure she will feel.
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The contents of my bag on Tuesday 29th August 2006.
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So I had a hard time finding out what sort of Methyl Cellulose I should use on thin paper like unryu (like washi, made with mulberry or something similar). MC makes it stiff- you get it as a powder and mix it up, apply it, let it dry, etc.
I got a great tip from someone on the Origami-L mailing list to use Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose, which apparently dries stiffer than regular methyl cellulose. I’m not a chemist (that’s my wife!) so I really wouldn’t know, but I checked out the place he recommended. it was .95 for a 100g bottle, which would have lasted quite a while but seemed expensive to the cheap old man inside me.
So having put this off for a while (and I picked up a large supply of great papers that need it!) I happened across something this weekend that seems to solve my problem.
at my parent’s house, working down in my dad’s woodshop, I noticed a can of "spray starch" he uses to make his work shirts press flat and stiff. I looked at the ingredients list, and lo and behold- besides water and propellant, the main ingredient was none other than Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose.
I tested it out on paper- sprayed it with the stuff (called "Magic Sizing") and ironed it flat using a normal clothes iron (use a sheet of linen or other smooth thin cloth between your iron and the paper or you’ll get starchy stuff all over the iron. yuck.)
it makes for VERY flat and smooth paper, but very springy and strong. it’s a joy to fold. and there’s really not much waiting for it to dry, as it takes about 3 minutes to really soak in, and then about 2 or 3 minutes to iron it flat and dry.
the best part? the stuff in the spray can cost about , and it’s a big can!
or maybe the best part is the lovely laundry smell the paper has after you’re done. (I’m looking for "fragrance free" spray, but haven’t found any yet.)
I tested several different brands of "spray starch", and only the Magic Sizing brand specifically lists the methyl cellulose in the ingredients. the others probably have something similar, but it’s just listed as "polymers" etc. they seem to work about the same, though, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much if you can’t find this particular brand.
I tested various levels of application (ranging from a light spray to a full soaking) but there’s only so much MC the paper can absorb, so the supersoaking doesn’t do much other than make your ironing work harder. Also, if the paper gets too wet, it becomes very difficult to eliminate wrinkles, etc.
Ironing larger sheets (1m squared) becomes tricky, but I’m working on a process for that. it’s not really solved yet, though.
I’m working on better documentation for this whole process, so if it’s interesting for you I’d suggest waiting until I’m finished.
you are also, of course, welcome to contact me any time, at origomi@mac.com.
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parenting Tips–: mommies out there, i need some tips on parenting my kids..?
ive never really had to think of ways to get my babies to behave.
recently, however, i got criticised on spoiling them and not being a good parent.
I’m not so good at setting boundaries, parent-wise, so I’m looking on some tips and expectations that should apply to my kids.
some simple responsibility tips for my kids would be more than helpful.
my little princess is 6 and my stepson is 3.
thanks guys.
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Answer by Nik
They are still pretty young, and it isn’t going to be easy to just set rules all of a sudden, they might not like it. You will have to be very consistent with your new parenting way. I would just make sure they pick up their own messes, the six year old can help set the table for dinner, brush their teeth on their own. I would have them help you with things, if you are doing something ask them to help you out, because if they helped it would make you really happy. Kids like to do things if they know it is for you. They like to make you happy. I’m not really to sure what you would want to know.
Answer by Betsy
Do your children so what you tell them when you tell them? Are they rude and obnoxious to others?
If they’re good kids, don’t worry about someone elses opinion on whether they are spoiled or not. Every child responds differently to different ways of being raised.
Answer by Maxy♥Ashlynn
Well I’m not a mommy but i do have 2 kids a 5 year old daughter and a 4 year old son. My wife and I were only 14 when we started having kids so yeah we did spoil our first baby ALOT because we were so excited. Right now we are only 19 but we do still spoil them alto, we do have alto of problems with tantrums and not sleeping in their own beds at night but my advice is to not get to st-rick with them at a young age.
Answer by mommy_bizz
Hello
Ok… well if your children are not behaving, you put them in time out. Get a chair and put it in the corner… or in a bedroom with no toys and tell them to stay there and that every time they are bad, they will get a time out. It usually works. Or you can try taking their toys away when they do something bad and when they behave, you give them back.
If you want to teach your children about responsibility, you can try getting them involved in the household chores. For instance, if you are cleaning the house get your little ones to help. Buy them little brooms and vacuums… usually children think its fun helping mommy clean around the house when they have their own tools for their size. I just started this with my 18 month old and she loves it! Also, with your 6 year old you can buy a little piggy bank and when she cleans up her toys she gets a dollar (or whatever amount) and puts it in the piggy bank. At the end of the week she can take that money and go buy a toy or something. It can be very rewarding and fun!
P.s. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are a bad mother. Maybe those people should have given you advice instead of criticism! Good luck 
Answer by M_A
The 1-2-3 Magic method nttp://www.parentmagic.com/ worked for me.I started using it around the time my kids were 7 and 3. You can check the reviews on it at amazon.com or google it. There are folks for it and against it. It worked for me like a charm. Now, I am often complimented by strangers at museums or Costco or the mall or restaurants on my well-behaved kids.
Of course, they are normal kids, and do act up at times when they are tired or when we shouldn’t have taken them some place in the first place.
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This is totally cool. It reminds me of an evening we went out to dinner in a nearby town, an Italian restaurant in an old house–and on the enclosed porch a group of ukulele players were having their monthly meeting. The waiter kept apologizing. We thought it was terrific.
It also reminds me of a–dunno how to spell it, but it sounds like srmosh–in a town in Scotland, at the veteran’s hall. We got there and the walls were lined with people thirty years older than us (well, okay, twenty and up). And in the middle of the room sat . . . five accordionists! But man, did they make good music! And eventually a couple of pipers came along–an older gent and a teenager wearing a punk-rock T-shirt–and they did a little dueling bagpipes.
Making music together is one of the biggest joys in the world, I imagine. I envy and admire people who can play an instrument.
P.S. You might consider posting this in the Project 365 week 44 challenge: music.
It’s why I appreciate the opportunity I have to participate in the praise band. 30+ years later and I rediscovered an old friend!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Harmonica Beats, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
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I’ll try tomorrow. Thank you for sharing your trick.
I don’t like ironing, I have enough with family clothes, but if it is for origami, I’m willing to do extra hours…
well, it only takes a little bit of time- it’s not a complicated process. (folding it, on the other hand, takes forever!)
this particular paper is almost like tissue paper- it’s half as thick as my normal paper, and after pressing it, it shrunk some more. so this concept works well.
I tried it on some thicker washi I had at home- be careful! depending on how the washi was dyed (if it isn’t white like this unryu) it will leak dye and stain whatever cloth you use. that wasn’t a problem for me, but don’t do this with fabric that is important/etc!
now that I have spray starch, I might actually think about ironing some of my shirts!
Had a paper-ironing session this morning with good results. Yes, it is a good trick.
My white unryu is probably less thin than yours, with more thick fibers.
I bought an ironing spray at the nearest shop, on it it is written "less than 5% cellulose, 5-15% organic solvents, 15-30% gaz, more than 30% water"…and I guess an unknown amount of an unlabelled stuff to complete the bottle to 100%. So I can’t tell exactely what it is, but it works.
Thank you.
that’s good news to hear. I’m glad it’s a reproducible experiment.
it’s typically a small amount of methylcellulose suspending in water (lots of water!), with a gas for propellant, and then some solvents/otherstuff to keep the spray bottle from rusting due to the water inside.
and, of course, there’s often smelly stuff added to make it smell pretty.
so now your tessellations can be crisp, springy, and smell like fresh laundry.
Hi Eric,
Try treating the paper, and then plastering the whole sheet onto a clean piece of glass or something non-porous. After it dries, peel it off.
That’s what I’ve been doing, and as long as it doesnt prematurely peel, the sheets come off perfectly flat.
Glad you found the MC, looking forward to unryu-tesselations.
Brian
Yes, I have found that ironing a large sheet of unryu is rather a big pain. it takes a lot of work and touch ups to keep bad wrinkles from forming.
Luckily, my dining room table is a solid sheet of glass, so it’s going to become a test platform tonight!
the only thing I like about ironing them is I don’t have to wait overnight for it to dry.
but I think more even drying, over a longer period of time, is a better solution in the end.
I have a 1m sheet of unryu that I have already precreased to 5 iterations, without any MC treatment. I desperately want to get it sized up with the MC, but I’m concerned the geometry of the folds will change. I don’t think I have much choice, though, so I’m going to try it your way and see what happens.
it’s really nice paper to fold! it’s just not even possible to compare it to the normal kami I use.
If you have an electric fan, face it towards the MC’ed paper and switch it on. It’ll dry much faster this way than just letting it sit around.
Also, if you don’t mind losing part of the edges, you can always tape down the sheet to prevent curling and warping.
yes, I have several fans I can put in the space with the paper. I’m not too worried about getting it to dry flat (we do a lot of art and craft stuff in our house) so I’ve got some good tools to make that happen. my big problem is dealing with my impatience, and learning to wait!
Working on it tonight; we’ll see what happens.
I like to do my MC’ing just before turning in for the day – that way, any impatience quickly gets replaced by sleepiness, and the paper will be nice and crispy when I wake up the next morning…
if you MC after some creases, you’ll pretty much erase those old creases, and possibly distort the sheet. that’s what re-sizing will do, so I MC first, then cut the square.
for the pieces I have done since I found this method I did exactly that- resized the paper, got it how I wanted it, and then chopped it up.
I’m only hoping I can keep the one sheet that is precreased partially intact- I know it will do some shrinking but I want to try to save whatever I can of my work so far.
I chickened out on doing it last night. will try again tonight.
Love it when you can find inexpensive solutions. Very often when something "new" comes into the art supply stores it’s always worth checking places like the hardware store to see if that’s where it came from.