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  1. What's that about clown orange, lol? Ok, so I am not quite the orange color that my artsy dh drew in our avatar, but close enough that I don't ever expect to dye my hair. I live by the montage: Redheads don't dye/die, they just fade away! 😄
  2. You crack me up, RootAnn, and have always had that ability! Well, at least we can keep in touch via comparing notes on oral surgeries this summer. No LINK in person this year!
  3. Oh, thank you everyone! I guess I had better get on this right away, then. My dd graduates next weekend virtually from her online academy and she is still hoping to go to Cedarville University for Getting Started Weekend in mid-August!
  4. Should we go ahead with dentist's recommendation (made last January) that our dd get her wisdom teeth out this summer? We live in NE. I was thinking if we do this, I would want the first appt. of the day!
  5. www.whio.com is out of Dayton, near where my ds is a first responder. And my dd is taking her first solo flight to go visit Cedarville University, and him, in less than two weeks. Ugh!
  6. My son is on the EMS/Fire Squad in that area. He said he was up for 23 hours, including driving the ambulance around and spotting funnel clouds in the darkness to report in to the news channels. Today he is out again, helping out in Dayton.
  7. I heard about Unlock Math here on this site (yeah for WTM forums!!!) and my friend who has two dc with CF is using it this year. She told me the other day she is loving it (although I think there was a bit of a 'ramp up'). One of her dc emails the instructor continuously (or so it seems to the mom) and the instructor is very responsive and helpful. I believe one is doing pre-algebra and the other Algebra 1.
  8. Yeah, I actually do have an MA in Linguistics (from back in the late '80's)...although I think I only snagged the interview because of having a friend in the school system that put in a good name for me!
  9. I just got a part-time job as a reading tutor in a local public school, and I love it! My background is linguistics, so teaching young children how to read is so rewarding and fun! My ds is a freshman in college this year and my dd is doing WHA full-time, basically, so this job is perfect as I work M-Th and have Fridays off in which I can proctor her tests and get laundry done. Going to a job interview for the first time in 20 years was more than a bit unnerving, I must say, but I am so thankful that I found a purpose so I do not have to pursue my second option as a WalMart greeter, lol! For you, though, it sounds like the para/assistant in that private school that offers potential tutoring jobs on the side might be a happy, good fit!
  10. This is the strategy that my dd wants to take. She is almost 17 and doesn't care about going in to a doctor. We will just have to 'play it by ear' (no pun intended, lol), but I will likely still call and check in with our regular physician in the morning...
  11. Thanks, all. And I won't use anymore peroxide, Spy Car...good call! I only just got home from a busy day today, but will call someone tomorrow...
  12. Dr.'s office is closed now for lunch and then I have an appt. right after that to help a friend with homeschool options for her dc with CF. Hmm...you all are making some good points, though, that I need to act on this sooner as opposed to later. I guess because there is no pain, it doesn't seem as serious...so I do not think of it as a regular 'wound', but it is!
  13. It looks so small, though...like you can barely even see it. Still the same advice?
  14. My dd came to me this morning with a pierced ear hole that has torn all the way down and out the bottom of the ear, leaving a 'slice' instead of a hole. I put a little hydrogen peroxide on it, but it did not bubble and does not look infected at all... Now what do I do? She can no longer wear earrings, obviously, but I do not know how to repair the tear and what priority it should take on my busy August list with a ds heading out-of-state to college for the first time in two weeks... Anyone already deal with this problem? Any advice from the Hive would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!! Brenda
  15. My friend who has no time due to a couple of dc having cystic fibrosis wanted me to check out Virtual Homeschool Group for her youngest who would be taking Saxon 5/4 Math AYOP (At Your Own Pace). She wants to know if this could be an option for her this fall if she has little free time to 'volunteer' or how does the volunteer part work. Feel free to share any other aspect of your experience with this group as well. Thanks, Brenda
  16. Yes, please let me know what you find out for sure from your daughter, fourisenough, and I will pass the info on to my friend. The program looks great. I probably hadn't heard of it before because it is so new!
  17. So, two concerning things... 1. a sore that doesn't heal 2. if it is 'indented' in the middle, which it might be if the lower 'bump' is just marking out the lower boundary of the cancer that we can see on the surface. Let us know how your appt. goes and when you can get in! Blessings (from a redhead that has had too many of these surgeries for comfort), Brenda P.S. Did anyone hear about a new tool in which they can tell if you have skin cancer without having to cut and biopsy? It sounds so exciting and gives one hope that they won't have to be 'cut up' and sliced and diced without certain cause!
  18. So, I found Cathy Duffy reviews on this, plus the website and forwarded it to my friend. She really likes the look of it and is going to check out the sample video with her daughter today. She was wondering if there was some kind of workbook with it??? Thanks for the great tips!
  19. I will pass on all these ideas to my friend and will research and consider each one mentioned. Thanks, and now I'm off to check out Unlock Math...?
  20. Greetings, Hive, I have a friend who has two daughters with Cystic Fibrosis and she is asking my advice on finding a self-paced math program to replace Saxon. The oldest is a freshman who will be ready for Algebra 1. She doesn't want to give up on quality, but will have times when she is hospitalized and will have to pause from school, so some kind of self-paced program that either has someone else doing the grading or it could be a situation where I would come alongside and help facilitate math class by grading and hands-on help as needed. The younger daughter, also with CF, just finished Saxon 7/6 and will be entering 7th grade in the fall. She seems pretty intuitive with math, according to her mom, but does not want to do Saxon any longer. What should I recommend she switch to? I could also be available to help teach math to this dc, too, if that would work out. I love math and I love this family, plus I have more free time this coming year with my oldest going off to college. Options we have discussed include: Derek Owens, Teaching Textbooks (least on the list), VideoText Algebra, Mr. D's Math (I think that is what it is called, although I know nothing else about it), or even BJU DVD's for math (which I have used). My friend also brought up Virtual Homeschooling, but I think she wanted to know about that for teaching her upcoming 4th grader ds who just finished Saxon 3. The same rules apply to him...I could facilitate his math instruction or not, depending on what is chosen. BJU Math 4 DVD's are another option, or perhaps continuing on to Saxon 5/4 with this student....maybe with Teaching Tapes Technology??? (Family was not a fan of Art Reed DVDs and the Saxon Teacher speaker was monotone but got the job done). The math programs I know best are BJU for elementary and Saxon for middle and high school, just as an aside. As an FYI, the oldest has been ill enough this past spring that she had been considered for the lung transplant waiting list... In your response, please let me know if the advice is for the 9th grader, 7th grader, or 4th grader and I thank you all in advance. Blessings, Brenda
  21. Since there is different scope and sequence with different vocabulary words to learn, I'd start with First Form Latin and just move along at whatever pace is comfortable for you.
  22. Thanks for the quick reply! That is exciting that they will allow adults, first of all. But perhaps I cannot audit as they do not allow auditing of language classes, which I assume means no auditing Latin. I am very much intrigued, but a little scared. I have a big collection of Latin resources (including Wheelock), but I am not as fast a memorizer as I used to be (although I do have a great understanding of the grammar involved, since I studied linguistics with a focused interest in grammatical analysis!) ?
  23. Ok, I have a question about Lukeion....Do they allow adults to audit their Latin and Greek classes? I have just about finished Henle Year 1 (the purple book) and wanted to do Memoria Press Online Academy Henle II, but they won't allow adults to even watch archives as an auditing student. Thanks, Brenda
  24. I checked this out a bit and corresponded with Mr. Etter about this very question. He welcomed my dd to take TGC 3 if she wanted to (as she really liked him as a teacher). This would have been for her junior year. But he did say that the class was younger in age, and my dd wanted to be more with her peers from TGC 1&4 going forward. So we are doing TGC 5 this coming year and TGC 6 for her senior year. However, keep in mind that we transferred in to WHA for 10th grade and had already completed U.S. History in 9th grade with Sonlight Core 100. P.S. I believe TGC 3 is considered high school, but most often 9th graders take it, as far as I know.
  25. Agreeing with Ibell. We did Challenge A and B, followed by a year of doing our own thing with SL Core 100, etc. and then moved over to WHA for 10th grade when we discovered it. I love how CC prepares you well for WHA, but the addition of Master Teachers in WHA is simply amazing. It is a trade-off going to online classes instead of a room full of kids, but we have been very pleased and so appreciate the passion, mentorship, and knowledge of WHA instructors. Specifically, both CC and WHA value truth, beauty, and goodness in their classical christian education model, and it was fairly easy to move from Logic 1 in CC to Logic 2 at WHA. However, I do know at least one family that moved from CC to Veritas Self-Paced classes and they also were very happy with the switch. Blessings, Brenda
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