Hardcore INTJ. Pastor's wife. Mom to 5 kids, 13 and under. From all of the above, I've come to realize God has a wicked sense of humor.

Many of them are still free. Some of them still function as Catholic churches. Some that have museums attached ask for a suggestion donation for the museum, but it's not required.

I didn't mean anything by it. We will not prevent anyone from attending, nor will there be any distinction, and I certainly hope no one feels slighted. I, personally, was just surprised that so many homeschool moms said they were planning on attending. As I said in my post, I have exclusively homeschooled for 8 years. I have 5 children, I completely identify as a homeschool mom, but I do not, and have never identified as a teacher. I just see a distinction. I was curious how others felt, this is the largest homeschool group I could think to ask.

I have homeschooled my children for 8 years. My oldest only attended a part-time brick and mortar for the last 3 months of his 7th grade. I consider myself their teacher, but not a "teacher". I'm not trained for, nor have I have taught in a classroom. I've recently started working part-time, and my job is hosting an evening event for teachers. My employment is a popular local field trip for schools. I've had several homeschoolers say they will be attending, as they are teachers, too. They can attend, but it's really geared toward classroom teachers (which is obvious from the information on the event). All of these homeschoolers who say they are coming are homeschoolers whose children attend a local part-time brick-and-mortar school. So, I'm just curious, would you attend an event that you knew was marketed to classroom teachers, because you consider yourself a homeschool teacher?

I've used Fake Bake. I'm a novice make-up person, but it worked well. It has a nice smell, and doesn't rub off on anything.

My DS 12 (will be 13 in a few days) just had his first day today, as a mother's helper. It's a mom, who has two other children who are in school and a 1 year old. DS plays with the 1 year old so the mom can get some things done around the house. It'll be for 2 hours at a time. It went really well today. He'll be paid $5/hr.

This chart doesn't go past 4 children, we have 5 and their housing estimate was off by about $500/mo from what I see locally. And we still only make 2/3 of what they estimated we'd need. It's very interesting.

We live in a beautiful area, and over the last 20 years have become a retirement community for people from Los Angeles and the CA valley. That is who is buying the majority of houses and driving the insane prices. Housing is a huge issue here.

Median household income : $56,000 And just because I find it crazy, median detached house price : $625,000!!!

I don't know the answer, but I need to find an answer soon! My cycles were non-existent or very inconsistent for years, I've been on medication to get them more regular, but that has also led to awful PMS. It really, really affects a a whole week of my month.

Last year we moved from the middle to the West Coast. We did not have the funds to hire movers. We had friends help us pack a moving van. Behind the van, we rented a car carrier and pulled one of our vehicles. My husband and oldest drove the moving van. I followed with our other 4 kids in our family van. Our van had 2 changes of clothes for everyone, pillows, and a bag of games/toys. We ate breakfast at a hotel, and then stopped at rest stops for lunch that we had packed, so the kids could run/play/ stretch legs mid day. We ate dinner at or near our hotel each night. We purged a lot of little stuff, but we knew we couldn't afford to get rid of or replace big furniture right away, so we kept most of those things. I had about 6 weeks before our move. I picked a room at a time, sold what I could, offered stuff to friends, and then dropped stuff off at the thrift store. I then boxed up as much of that room as possible, before the week of the move. We moved our piano with our friends. We've moved that poor piano many times and never hired piano movers. We do hire a tuner each time we move, and our last tuner said we are almost to pitch :)

London a million times, but I live in CA :)

Thank you for all the responses, the weather has affected my ability to get online and reply. I just wanted to say how sorry I am that so many of you have faced such difficulties getting help for your loved ones. I really appreciate your sharing your stories though. She is at home under suicide watch with family. Others of us are checking in with her and them throughout the day. I think the crisis is settling a bit, according to her. We and others have strongly urged her parents to put away all possible sources of harm, but we can't make them do it or be thorough. She has shared she does not like or trust or psychiatrist. Her parents are having a hard time finding someone else. Our area has limited resources for children juvenile mental health. So, we keep praying and supporting them the best we know how.

Closet Children's hospital is 2 hours away.

I'm not sure. They have called friends who the teen is okay with, who have some experience in mental health, and they have been to visit her.

I'm sorry. You're right, I should not judge. I'm a fixer and I just want to fix all this, and get frustrated when I can't. Though, I do think in this situation, I would do things differently, I do not doubt their love for their child. She has already committed self-harm in the past, and I just get so scared it could get worse. I'm so sorry you're having a difficult time getting adequate care for your daughter!

Sadly, I don't think her parents would agree to take her in if it meant she'd be sent far away. I love and respect her parents, but I think we have different ideas on how this should be addressed.

They said (over the phone) they've been full since Friday. I just can't believe that people who are in critical need, just get turned away. It's so sad and so frustrating!

I have an extended family member that is now 17 and has been dealing with mental health issues for a few years. She is on medication and has been to different therapists and psychiatrists. She was supposed to attend something this morning and when her parents woke her to tell her to get ready, she told them she couldn't go and wanted to commit suicide. Her parents apparently contacted a local ER or hospital (don't know exactly which), but was told there was no room to admit more mental health patients. Can they do that? Can a hospital refuse care? I thought they had to admit them for at least 24hours. I think this calls for much more persistence than her parents are giving it. I can't imagine my teen saying that to me and then doing nothing. Does anyone have any ideas? Do I just stay out of this? I want them to try other hospitals or to actually go into the ER, but it's not my child and I don't know how the system works. ETA: Please don't quote. I may delete in the future.

Thank you for sharing. It was a really interesting article. We have friends with a young child, who is bright, and yet has a lot of difficulties. They were told by a doctor that he has high metal toxicities. It sounds like he has a hard time processes and eliminating them from his body.

Thank you, I didn't think about that. I just sent her a quick email to get her perspective as well :)

Thank you for responding again :) I was trying trying to compare everything, and it looked like he would be able to just go into the new 7A and not have missed much that wasn't going to get recovered in the future.

Hello, I bought MM in 2010. My son is in 7th grade and just finishing 6A. I went to print 6B and realized it did not come with my original purchase. Then I found out that there has been an update. Is there a way to purchase the old 6B? I own the new 7 A&B, should I just move him into 7A? Can someone help me understand the changes made?

Friends with kids in PS have all said their kids are taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade here. I will try and find out what program they use here.

My oldest DS 12 is in 7th grade. He works at or above grade level in all things, except math. He is just starting MM 6B, so that puts him behind by a year. We are debating on putting him in PS for high school, but now I'm wondering if being behind in math is going to be a big problem. Any advice? Should we stick with MM and just keep plugging away where he's at. Should we switch after he's finished with MM6? Will it throw things off if he enters 9th grade needing Algebra? We live in CA and he's like to attend a CSU or UC in some sort of Humanities major.