:grouphug::grouphug:

When my son was 9 months old, we had a kiddie table that used to be dh's - it had a metal band around the outside like the mid-century kitchen tables... well, he pulled himself up, started gnawing on it like all good 9 month olds do ;), and got his teeth caught between the table slab and the metal band. He panicked, and being 9 months old, he lost his balance, pulling his only two teeth loose in the process. He lost one for good (it was way too loose to save) but the ER staff "replaced" the other one and with careful treatment it re-rooted.

I just tried doing this tonight with my ipad and Notability, and noticed that many of the images are missing...is anyone else having this problem? Is there a fix? We'd really like to use it in a program or app that lets you write or type right on the pdf.

These posts are making me happy we have used the CAT in the past, although I do like the comic relief of the social studies answers! :) I have nothing really useful to add, just wanted to hop in as a former NJ-ite (also Union county - grew up in Scotch Plains)

Congratulations!! (I say a little green with jealousy - I've had mine on for a year and I.am.so.done.)

Up until a week ago, we had the four girls in one small-ish bedroom, and my son in the other (even smaller) bedroom. Then we had a 4th bedroom finished and the older two girls just moved in. I find it very interesting that they seemed to all get along *better* when they shared the one bedroom - right now there seems to be a lot of "fighting for position" as they get used to their new set up.

Yes and no. My kids really do care and I like their expressions of love and hugs. My dh is letting me be lazy today and we'll pop a frozen lasagna in the oven for dinner. :) The other side is painful. I never feel like I "get it right" for my own mom, and I'm adopted so there is another mom out there that I know nothing about. It's all too bittersweet (like every holiday, lol) But our anniversary is tomorrow so I'm looking forward to dinner out for that. :D

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I'm so sorry Joanne...continuing to pray for all of you!

Our one and only TV will turn 18 years old this month (our anniversary is next week and we bought it soon after). Knock on wood it still works well! One of our dining room tables was my parents' table when I was a baby, so at least 43 years old, and our bedroom furniture was my husband's growing up...so probably again about 43 years old. Other furniture probably only 18, some less. I can't think of anything else really...probably some clothes from college for dh. I don't fit into anything I wore 5 years ago much less 25. :tongue_smilie: We don't have a whole lot of keepsakes or antiques. ETA: I did think of one...a small round living room type side table that is probably as old as my dad (70+). It's in bad shape though.

Praying for his full and quick recovery, and for you and your whole family! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

:lol::lol::lol::lol: Loved the dandelions :) My horror story with these cannot compare, but I'll tell it anyway... many years ago when pregnant I got in the habit of going to the bathroom every night and then getting a drink from the bathroom faucet with the bathroom cup, all in the dark to avoid waking dh. One night, for no discernible reason, I decided to turn the light on briefly before I took a drink from the cup. Inside of the cup I was about to drink from, that I had used every night for months without checking, was one of those million leggers. I don't remember anything else that happened that night. :svengo:

I have my first high schooler next year and I'm a little: :eek: This is what I have set up so far. DD is dyslexic/LD and ADD so we'll see if this is reasonable as we go along. History: TOG Y1, a mix of dialectic and rhetoric level...she's a good thinker but needs support with output and input! English: Some TOG literature, Apples and Pears spelling (we are still struggling here, big time), writing instruction through TOG and my own mind ... this all needs fleshing out here Math: TT Algebra Science: Exploring the Way Life Works and other resources found on my pinterest board :D I was a biology major back in the dark ages so I'm hoping to do a sort of brain dump/living books approach in addition. This dd is NOT science/mathy, so I'm going to play this by ear. Spanish: Visual Link Spanish 1 Religion: some through TOG, The History of the Church (Didache series), and confirmation meetings through our church Phys Ed: dd does a performance roller skating class, and hoping to add one more thing here. Fine Art - art appreciation/history through TOG and a drawing class beginning piano and music theory (I'm going to drop this if it's all too much) probably some kind of fractional credit of philosophy. I feel like I'm forgetting something....

Very true! I hadn't thought about it exactly that way before. I still think I want to move though. :tongue_smilie: We'll see how things pan out when we add the new bedroom to get two of the four girls out of the awkwardly shaped 9x11' room. At least 5 out of 7 of us are introverts, all on top of each other. It gets ugly fast. :lol: Maybe my first progress report here will be that I finally dumped that paper. :)

I need to do this, but I am so unmotivated. We have a contractor coming in two weeks to put a bedroom in the unfinished part of our downstairs (we have a raised ranch/split foyer so it's not really a "basement") -- this will essentially eliminate most of our already too small storage space. I feel like I've already decluttered down to what I think is beneficial to a homeschooling family of 7, I don't *want* to get rid of any more. *pout* But we need to. I just need a fire lit under me. At the very least I need to totally empty out the unfinished room (and put it in the family room, most likely) so the guys can work. I'll trash stuff as I go along. One of my biggest problems lately is feeling like I'm being wasteful and damaging the earth. For example, we have a large drawer full of paper that's been written on on one side only, or crumpled a bit, or used to jot something down but the rest is totally useable...and *does* get used by my 4yo for drawing occasionally or for me to write out directions or something. But *really*, I would love to dump the whole kit and caboodle...that drawer is valuable real estate in our house. Yet when I think of recycling the two bags of paper that I could have "used" I have these voices in my head screaming at me that I'm ruining the rainforest and creating global warming. :lol: Multiply this by a ton of other areas and I'm :willy_nilly: We really just want to move into a bigger place, where none of this would be a problem... but so far that hasn't happened for many reasons. Sorry for the diatribe. :nopity: I know. :tongue_smilie:

I won two haiku contests and got a yoga CD and a free magazine subscription. :) I've won three blog giveaways - two books and a rosary. I think that's about it. Still waiting for that free ipad or new house or something. :lol:

7 but it's because of food allergies and I don't enjoy it one bit -- not because I feel "they deserve nothing less" like I'm such a great mom, but I'd rather they not break out in hives or die. :glare:

This deserves two parties :party: :party: We've been looking for years and I can only guess how wonderful this must feel for you! It's *beautiful*!!

I'm 43 -- physically I feel much older, mentally I feel much younger. I remember being in my 20's and having a conversation with my parents about this (who must have been just about 50 at the time) and they said the same thing - they didn't feel their age mentally/emotionally (although I think they acted it, lol). I keep waiting to "grow up".:lol:

:hurray:

43 and I've been this way a few years. I've also been dealing with related adult adoptee baggage- along the lines of Faithe's "I have to be me....and when I get there...I want to know who that is." I don't know who I am - I'm the typical adult adoptee who feels like she's been playing a part all her life and just wants to know who I really am. This is all compounded by being busy pouring myself out for my family who truly do need me (special needs, chronic illnesses, etc) - I've no time and energy to discover who I am. I have this fear it's too late anyway, I've been acting a role for too long and there IS no *me* inside. Going through perimenopause doesn't help matters any. :lol:

:iagree: Except I voted 'all the time.' I've always been a cryer, but in the last few years I went from "holding myself together more than I used to" to crying all the time over everything. So much is out of frustration; the last few years have been hard and I've been powerless to do anything about it. So besides the books, movies, songs, random arguments with dh, I tear up when anything goes wrong. It's like every little thing is the straw that broke the camels back. Welcome to my midlife crisis! :lol:

I'm adopted and this is how I feel (given my own personal situation). I would want pictures, I would maybe want contact with siblings... I think I would be googling the heck out of everyone's names and driving by trying to catch a glimpse of their lives before doing anything at all. :lol: I also would be worried about my own family (dh/kids) - it would take a lot of time and trust before I would even give contact information other than perhaps an email or 3rd party phone number. I *have* "internet searched" for my bio family for years - especially lately because all of my children have quirky immune systems and other issues, and I guess I want the family history for their sake. No luck though. It does hurt...and not just a little. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: to you as you think about all this.

That's beautiful!

:party: I gained a human brain just this week. :glare: You'd think with an extra brain I'd be functioning better than I am, but no. :lol: Most of my excess weight is in my stomach (that cortisol weight that makes me look 5 months pregnant) -but there is no way without divine intervention I can lessen my stress level right now, so I guess I'm stuck with it. Congratulations to all the posters who've lost!

You can also use url2pin.it or the chrome extension for that (I can't seem to link to it directly, but it's linked on the page I linked in my post above) - this lets you screen grab any page, pictures or not, in many cases.