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  1. I want to reemphasize what a lot of others have said. Rent several types many times before buying. Having the right tow vehicle and knowing your weight is critical. We have had both a travel trailer and a class C motorhome for 3 people. The travel trailer was more work stopping for the night and not as comfortable to travel in even with a new truck. If you plan to stay in one place for a few weeks, then getting there doesn't really matter and is easier. The moving part can be hard, long days, not able to stop just anywhere for fuel, and lower speed. Pulling into a campground at night and unhooking the tow vehicle and hooking up the trailer or RV is not fun in the dark. We have a high schooler who finds it difficult to keep up with her school when we move between cities. Reading and writing on the road wasn't as easy as anticipated. Not having kids with you will help. After saying all that, it can be fun. You have all the comforts of your stuff with you. Being able to stop at a rest area, fire up the generator, and cook lunch is wonderful. Having your own bathroom/shower at a campground is nice. It is easier to travel with a pet than finding hotels. Cost wise, I'm not sure you save much as the fuel mileage is awful and campgrounds with full hookups are expensive ($50-100 a night). We use to be campers many years ago with a tent. Today, we use the RV to place us near a city that we want to explore. We want a comfortable home base and the RV gives us that. You need to go in with your eyes open. It can be great as long as you expect the work that goes with it. For two people and a pet, I would recommend a class B plus which is a small class C but much more maneuverable. You wouldn't need to have a tow vehicle - maybe two mopeds to get around the local area.
  2. I second the tent and toilet seat combo. I have them and have used them when a safe facility was not available. They do not take up much space and provide peace of mind when traveling.
  3. We like the 3M Aura ones we get at home depot. They sell them in a box of 10. They have the straps that go around your head and a foam nose piece.
  4. If nothing was planned or it's late or I'm tired, the meal is usually a fritatta using whatever veggies are in the refrigerator or fried rice again using whatever I find in the fridge. We always have eggs or leftover rice.
  5. I had a gas cooktop at a prior home. I have an electric one now that I don't use because I find it difficult to cook with. I have a portable induction cooktop that sits on top of the smoothtop electric cooktop. I prefer using the single induction cooktop over the electric. That tells you how much I dislike the electric cooktop. It is really hard to control the level of heat needed when cooking. I found it near impossible to simmer. I would choose a gas one if possible. We are an all electric home without the option of gas. At some point I will switch it out for a good induction cooktop but they are often pricier than electric. Induction gives you similar control over the heat levels as gas does.
  6. I used Lodge for many years till I splurged and bought one Le Creuset. The three lodge dutch ovens are still usable but do not look nice- chipped and stained. The LC is only a few years old but looks beautiful. More important to me is that I like cooking with LC more. It has a flat and wide bottom where as the lodge is curved. It feels lighter for the same size. I believe it heats up faster and more evenly due to the bottom shape. There is a huge price difference between the two but if I can afford it, I will always go with LC. The Lodge only comes out for baking sourdough now.
  7. I used both Lial and AOPS when preparing myself for teaching Algebra 1. I loved the solutions manual for AOPS. Lial was fine, but I got the most out of AOPS because I could see step by step exactly how the problem was solved. The text also did a great job of talking you through the examples. The online videos for each chapter were also very helpful.
  8. I picked up Ways of the World for modern world history. I have not used it yet nor put together lessons. It may be something to consider as you are reviewing texts. It spans all of world history, but we are going to skip to the 1500s to start. I was able to find older editions at very reasonable prices.
  9. My 15 yr old got hers today. She had me checking every night for the appointments to open. They did yesterday, and we scheduled it for today. She has not had any reaction but a little bit of soreness in her arm. Now she is counting the days to her 2nd.
  10. I wash them, dry them, and then freeze them on a tray before packing and sealing with the food saver for longer storage. These are beans that are only a day or two old. I only used them in stir frys, soups, or stews mixed with other items, but don't recall them ever being mushy.
  11. I got my 2nd Moderna dose on Monday afternoon. I had a really sore arm yesterday but not much else. Today my knees are aching, I'm a bit tired, and I have a fever of 38.8 (close to 102) right now. It is bearable so l am not going to take anything.
  12. I read this a while back after someone posted it. I laughed so hard. It spurred the purchase of our small rooster. I had to read it to my dd, modified to exclude the language. We still laugh about it.
  13. I have a concrete bunny and a little frog and alligator tucked away in the plants. A cute toad house in a corner too. Bird houses, a screech owl nest box, and a bat house in the yard. But what I really want is one of those giant metal roosters. I have a small one maybe 18 inches tall, but a big one would be fun. Our hens would think twice about going near the garden with him in there.
  14. The requirements for homeschooling in Texas are as Goldenecho wrote very minimal. However if you are considering having your student attend high school at any time in the future, you will want to make sure you contact the local school district to find out their process for enrolling homeschooled students. Depending upon the district, they may not accept any coursework unless it was through an approved provider such as TTU. Our district was not even sure if they would take the Univ of TX high school classes. The lack of requirements makes it easy, but we also don't have any access to music, part time enrollment, or sports programs in the local schools in my area. Resources for homeschoolers vary by area so you may want to consider that in your research. Secular class are pretty non existent in our county. I drove an hour each way for a science/lab class that wasn't based on the young earth view. Due to covid, we didn't attempt to take the PSAT this year so I can't comment on the process of scheduling to take SAT/ACT tests at one of the schools. Facebook homeschool groups may be helpful if you have narrowed down your search to an area.
  15. We did 2:30pm private lessons in the past just to get the before 3pm discount. It was a challenge some days because it did break up the school, basically ended it for us, but the discount was why we did it. You will probably get some families willing to schedule the earlier time with a discount. This was well before high school though. We try and schedule everything after 5pm now. The group class would not have brought us in.
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