Would you share what you have been using and the new book? 16dd is taking Spanish with a tutor in Guatemala, and I am looking for books to expand on their sessions.

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Dd is taking an online writing class, and this week she is finishing up a pov essay. This is her thesis statement which the teacher likes. Crocheting is a wonderful hobby because of the variety of projects, its income potential, and the enjoyment it provides. This is her thesis restatement in her conclusion. Overall, crocheting is a wonderful hobby: with so many different projects that can be enjoyed or sold, it is a fun handicraft for anyone. The grading assistant commented: "Try to have three thesis subtopics restated in your conclusion so that your essay can remain completely focused and structured. This will also give your reader a reminder about the essential information that you mentioned in your body paragraphs." Dd emailed the teacher because we didn't understand. Her teacher responded: "She just wants you to summarize the three main points from your thesis right after you restate the main part of your thesis. Make the summary more direct, in other words. Does this help?" We still don't understand the problem. The three thesis subtopics are restated in the conclusion. This is a restatement so we can't use the same wording. Are the thesis subtopics not obvious enough?

Dd is taking an online writing class, and this week she is finishing up a pov essay. This is her thesis statement which the teacher likes. Crocheting is a wonderful hobby because of the variety of projects, its income potential, and the enjoyment it provides. This is her thesis restatement in her conclusion. Overall, crocheting is a wonderful hobby: with so many different projects that can be enjoyed or sold, it is a fun handicraft for anyone. The grading assistant commented: "Try to have three thesis subtopics restated in your conclusion so that your essay can remain completely focused and structured. This will also give your reader a reminder about the essential information that you mentioned in your body paragraphs." Dd emailed the teacher because we didn't understand. Her teacher responded: "She just wants you to summarize the three main points from your thesis right after you restate the main part of your thesis. Make the summary more direct, in other words. Does this help?" We still don't understand the problem. The three thesis subtopics are restated in the conclusion. This is a restatement so we can't use the same wording. Are the thesis subtopics not obvious enough?

Dd is taking an online writing class, and this week she is finishing up a pov essay. This is her thesis statement which the teacher likes. Crocheting is a wonderful hobby because of the variety of projects, its income potential, and the enjoyment it provides. This is her thesis restatement in her conclusion. Overall, crocheting is a wonderful hobby: with so many different projects that can be enjoyed or sold, it is a fun handicraft for anyone. The grading assistant commented: "Try to have three thesis subtopics restated in your conclusion so that your essay can remain completely focused and structured. This will also give your reader a reminder about the essential information that you mentioned in your body paragraphs." Dd emailed the teacher because we didn't understand. Her teacher responded: "She just wants you to summarize the three main points from your thesis right after you restate the main part of your thesis. Make the summary more direct, in other words. Does this help?" We still don't understand the problem. The three thesis subtopics are restated in the conclusion. This is a restatement so we can't use the same wording. Are the thesis subtopics not obvious enough?

Dd is taking an online writing class, and this week she is finishing up a pov essay. This is her thesis statement which the teacher likes. Crocheting is a wonderful hobby because of the variety of projects, its income potential, and the enjoyment it provides. This is her thesis restatement in her conclusion. Overall, crocheting is a wonderful hobby: with so many different projects that can be enjoyed or sold, it is a fun handicraft for anyone. The grading assistant commented: "Try to have three thesis subtopics restated in your conclusion so that your essay can remain completely focused and structured. This will also give your reader a reminder about the essential information that you mentioned in your body paragraphs." Dd emailed the teacher because we didn't understand. Her teacher responded: "She just wants you to summarize the three main points from your thesis right after you restate the main part of your thesis. Make the summary more direct, in other words. Does this help?" We still don't understand the problem. The three thesis subtopics are restated in the conclusion. This is a restatement so we can't use the same wording. Are the thesis subtopics not obvious enough?

Dd is taking an online writing class. Dd uses Open Office for her assignments, but she converts the files to Microsoft docs because that is what her teacher has. When the doc is opened the paragraph indention is gone. Everything else is fine. Dd is saving the indention, but it is disappearing. Anyone know what we are doing wrong?

Dh has a metal one and he wears it 24/7.

Another vote for reflexmath.com.

All eight of us are recovering from this right now. 16dd is the worst. She hasn't been diagnosed with asthma, but when she gets sick it goes straight to her lungs. I was the first one sick, and I'm still coughing ten days later.

Normally, yes we stay home and hibernate winter away. This year no. Dh has brain cancer and that means we are at the hospital (huge hospital) all the time. It also means that I am out getting him prescriptions, special food, etc more than normal. I am also doing everything he would normally do. All of this means we are in town more. Much more. Before all this, I would go to town once a week for errands and on Sunday. We have been sick over and over this year. We normally stay home in the winter doing school because come spring we will be busy with gardening and animals.

Every year to the nurse practitioner. Been seeing the same one for 25 years.

Is there a place to open them online? Neither of our CU offer them.

Another thing that I forgot to mention is that the children and I have private meetings without dh. Dh would interrupt, become defensive, get off topic, try and be funny, etc and the children wouldn't say anything when he was around. I found if I wanted to have a decent discussion and get the children's honest feelings and input, we had to do it without dh. We don't make a big deal of it, just go into the bedroom or stay up a little later.

I highly recommend this book. http://www.amazon.com/The-36-Hour-Day-Alzheimer-Dementias/dp/1455521159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388293242&sr=8-1&keywords=36+hour+day Dh has brain cancer and the tumor and treatments have caused dementia. The most important thing I have found is to not take it personally. I have not found anything that helps dh remember. Sometimes he can find the bathroom, sometimes he can't. He can't figure out which dresser drawers are his. He can't remember what day of the week it is or what we are doing that day. I have the mindset that I have never shown/told him this before, so he can't be expected to know. Yes, I may have shown him 100 times, but if I don't expect him to know it than I am not upset when he doesn't. I respond to everything as if this is the first time I am telling him about it. Dh is home 24/7 and wants us to do things for and with him every second. I cope with this by not doing it all myself. If dh wants a cup of water, I tell the nearest child to get it. The little girls color with him. The bigger children read to him or sing songs to him. Everyone shares their latest drawing, lego project, how the cows are doing, or whatever they have to share. He needs to be kept busy or he will drive us crazy. We take turns babysitting Papa. Dh talks constantly. Sometimes I just have to step out of the room and ignore him, or I think I will go crazy. That minute hiding in the bedroom saves me. I'm sorry you're having to go through this. If you want to talk, pm me.

If you didn't see my post on the furniture delivery drivers, it is here. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/496685-wwyd-hopping-mad/?p=5347066 Finally, after many phone calls and much frustration, I am talking with a real person. He looked at my pictures, and said he would send me an email to fill out. After several more conversations with him, it turns out the paper I am to sign says I will take a check for the cost of the plumber and close my claim. I told him I wouldn't close the claim since I am out/will be out more than the plumbers cost. After much pressure and going around, he said that he wanted me to sleep on it and he would call me tomorrow afternoon. He knows I have a magic number in my head that will make things "all better for me" and tomorrow he wants to hear it. Claim man said he can pay for the plumbers bill. He's sorry about my tree, but he doesn't know what they can do about that. They can't do anything about the driver except tell his company, a contractor, to reprimand him. We are out/will be out more than the plumber. I spent three hours out in the sleet and 23 degree weather, holding a flashlight for the plumber to work by. Two of my children spent three hours chasing trash around, bagging it, breaking down boxes, and loading the trailer. The dump costs money. My water bill will be higher than normal. My tree, may or may not make it, and it was a sturdy little tree that's been through years of Texas drought without care. Fil says I should be glad to get the money I paid the plumber back. He said they wouldn't pay anything to replace my tree with one of equal size($175+tax and an almost three hour drive plus fuel and planting). He said my time and my children's time wasn't worth anything to the company. Plumbers bill was $736.02. What should I ask for? Is it worth the trouble to take it to small claims court? I have six children and a husband with brain cancer. I need to get this over with but I want to be able to make things right and not be out money since it was their fault and not mine. The window in the top of the photo is seven foot off the ground. After much going round about the trash, he wanted me to unload it and leave it for the next delivery driver to haul away (because their company pride themselves on recycling), or he would add $15 for me to take it to the dump.

I would tell the uncle how I felt and what I wanted my children doing. I would explain to my children what I wanted. If after that, uncle still pressured my children to call her Aunt, I would assume he was slow and correct accordingly. He says, "Come hug Aunt Tina", and I would say "Yes children, go hug Miss Tina." Lather, rinse, repeat. Everyone old enough to be my children's parents gets a title. Depending on how formal the relationship is, Miss Firstname or Miss/Mrs Lastname. Yes, we are in the South.

So sorry to hear of your loss. I'll be praying for you.

Miss Tina until they tie the knot.

Here is the home we just bought. We wanted a huge master, but if you didn't, I would move the master bath forward into the master bedroom. Move the utility room to the end and make it larger. Move the kitchen over and make it larger. I made bedroom 4 into the school room with double doors coming off the living room. This floor plan is very open. http://www.palmharbor.com/model-center/austin3/floorplan/fp-05-tx-greystone-FTP476D9/#.UruyU_uknuE

I bit into a hamburger and really hurt my mouth on a pin that had fallen off of someone's hat.

A charity that is focused on education wants to give our family a contribution toward Hannah or all of the children's future education fund. They are a 501©(3) not for profit charitable organization and IRS guidelines allow them to send money to education funds or institutions. What do I need to do to make this work?

Fix shower head in master bath, spraying on wall but I draped a washcloth over it to catch the spray Fix shower in small bath, spraying on wall and fixed with washcloth draped over it Run dryer vent from under trailer to outside skirting, skirting crew didn't do it Fix cabinet door in kitchen that just pulled apart in dd hand when she opened it Install shelves in pantry Install shelves in linen closet Install shelves in master closet Install shelves in guest bedroom Install shelves in dh's office Install cabinets above washer Install hooks in utility for coats and hats Install hooks in master closet Change out water heater (what crazy person puts a 25 gallon water heater in a four bedroom house?) Move dishwasher water supply line from hot water to cold water Run phone line and computer line to dh's office Run lines for printer and computers to router Dead tree to cut down, but first I have to get dh's amateur radio antenna untangled from it Put in anchor posts and tposts, put in gate, run 375' barb wire so cows will stay out of my front yard Put board in bottom of small trailer, take and get welded so board will stay in Take stock trailer to shop and get weld broken, replace flooring, get rewelded, get new tires on it (had blowout last time we used it) Get gutters installed so yard doesn't flood every time it rains Finish moving all of our things from our cabin to our new home (from backyard to frontyard) Tear down living room, hall, and kitchen of cabin Install outside door on remaining part of cabin and turn it into a workshop Get roadbase for the driveway, just got some, but need more Not as important, but still would be nice sometime: Install ceiling fans in four rooms Install new light fixture in dining room, one bulb doesn't cut it Roof on back deck since it is the main entrance right now, not fun standing under the eave and unlocking the door in the rain Build steps for front, we can use the back Before dh got brain cancer, he would do all these projects when he got around to it. Now he can't do anything, so the children and I are having to learn how to do things. The only jobs that will be hired out are the gutters and driveway. We are living in a new doublewide, but the did things crazy like putting in a 25 gallon water heater and putting one bulb in the middle of the master bedroom. I didn't expect it to be so much work on a new home.

So sorry to hear of your loss. Praying for you.

It's been a while, and I wanted to update on our family. Life is crazy. We have been in our doublewide for just over a month. The house is a mess. We have been on school break for six weeks. It looks like I may be going to small claims court for some furniture delivery people that damaged our property, hit a tree, run over a water faucet, and left trash all over the yard. Steven's mom, my number one help and babysitter, fell and severed her Achilles tendon. She had surgery and is healing well, but it will be four to six months before she is anywhere near normal. We have others that can help some, but none are the rock my mil was, so we are learning to do more without help. Steven is not doing well. He started new chemo twelve weeks ago. After the first four weeks, he had an MRI and the MRI showed the tumor had shrunk 6mm. He had an MRI yesterday (he gets them every eight weeks) and the news was not good. The tumor is two to three times the size it was eight weeks ago at the last scan. The tumor is now spreading to the other side of his brain and has tendrils growing out from it. As far as treatment, we are grabbing at straws. We knew coming into this, we were fighting a difficult battle. When the gold standard treatments didn't work, the doctor told us that he would keep Steven alive as long as he could and hope a cure or some better treatment would come out in the meantime. We are getting appointments with the radiation oncologist and the neurosurgeon. If they can help at all, it will only be a partial help. Steven could only have radiation to a small area of the tumor, due to prior radiation, and radiation didn't work before. As far as surgery, they could remove the main body of the tumor, but not the tendrils that are spreading out from it, and it may not be worth the brain damage the surgery would cause. To get all visible cancer, they would have to take out a quarter of his brain. Steven is staying on the chemo. It isn't stopping the tumor growth, but it is keeping the brain swelling down better than steroids. Steven also wears a Novo-TTF on his head all the time. This is an electrical gadget that puts out a signal to stop the tumor cells from dividing and the tumor from growing. No way to tell if this is helping a little or not at all but we will keep on using it since it doesn't hurt anything. Steven is on a supplement called DCA. This has shown promise in fighting several different kinds of cancer. We just upped his dose yesterday. The new thing the oncologist is throwing at the tumor is an antiviral Steven started today. Steven is also on an antimalarial drug that fights cancer, seizure med, reflux med, antibiotic, vitamins, CLO, vitamin D, coconut oil. We are hoping the new antiviral will slow the tumor down. If the next MRI shows tumor growth, we are looking at started a chemo "cocktail" which is a mix of five different chemos. This will make Steven severely ill. We're not sure he will make it eight weeks without a major incident (brain swelling, worsening of symptoms) though. The tumor is growing so fast that Steven will soon run out of room in his head. If he doesn't make it eight weeks, we will start the chemo cocktail sooner. Steven is very sick. He has frequent headaches, severe nausea, weak muscles, joint pain. He is blind on the left side due to brain processing problems, not eyeball problems. He is very fearful and full of anxiety. Just an in general fear, he can't say specifically what he is afraid of. The oncologist gave him a new medication for anxiety and nausea to see if they would help. Steven is still "working". I read him all the emails and send any emails he needs sent, and basically help him do his job. I don't know why his company has kept him on, but I am grateful they have. They have been such a blessing to us. Family wise, things aren't going well. I've been mia for most of the last 2.5 years taking care of Hannah and now Steven and things are just falling apart. The children are angry at Steven. It would be different if it was only because of the cancer, but Steven was difficult to get along with before and now it's just worse. Steven is here 24/7 with nothing to do, and he drives everyone crazy with his micromanaging. I am home more now and we are in our own home, so things are some better. I don't want the children to have any regrets, if Steven doesn't make it. Steven knows how they feel. Looking back on things, he would do them differently, but he may not get the chance. Tonight, Steven asked me if when he was no longer here, would he be missed. He asked if he had done anything worthwhile in his life. I'm trying to pull everything and everyone together. Hannah is doing well and her seventeen months off treatment scans showed no cancer. She is below where she should be in schoolwork due to missing part of k, all of first, and part of second. She is slowly catching up. The only remaining problems from her treatment are slight hyperactivity, scar tissue causing occasional stomach problems, and a tendency to get weak muscles quickly if not strengthened regularly. I'm ok. I need to work more on my health. Loose weight, lower stress, get more sleep, etc. All of this stress and long hours hasn't helped my adrenal problems. Last week I had a procedure on my legs to close some leaky veins. I'm mostly back to normal. The last 2.5 years have been the worst of my life, with the last year being super hard. Things are so so hard. So many people have helped us. We can't do it alone. It's almost midnight and I'm starting to ramble, but I just wanted to update and say thank you. Thank you to everyone for praying for us, loving us, helping us. Thanks for everything.