Just keep checking. I am in the process of checking once if not twice a day to tweak my ADRs. Yesterday I was able to move Whisphering Canon to breakfast instead of lunch and today I was able to move Cape May up 30 minutes. I am still trying to get Cinderella Dinner at 1900 Park Fare moved a little later, and Mary Poppins breakfast nd the Princess Breakfast in Norway up a little earlier. Just keep checking, I check up until my 24 hour cancelation window because as it gets closer and people finalize plans they will start canceling ADRsvthey won't use.

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I just want to give you hugs. Your post is the reason I haven't even started looking at churches. I just don't want to deal with the food drama of having kids with multiple food allergies can cause.

I like Fox It reader.

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There is a way to add in apps not in the Amazon store called side loading. There are tons of you tube videos showing you how. I found it to be A pain and not every app can be sideloaded. Even with sideloading, the Apple App Store is better.

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There is an Oregon Trail app for iPad and Android I think. I don't think there is anyway to upload teaching textbooks. Sorry

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Love it.

Sadly WDW doesn't have any programs listed passed the end of October. I am going to keep checking.

Thanks everyone, our local library only has one of the DVD's. Amazon has them so I'm just going to order 1 a week and focus on that topic until we go in December. Disney science here we come.

Wow way too much. Are you trying to do all of this everyday? We would go crazy here, seems like overkill.

Today I asked DS what interest him in science trying to figure out how to engage him better. He mentioned he would like to learn the science behind the rides / attractions at Disney? So I said ok, we are going in December so this would make a great tie in. Now I need help figuring out where to go with it. So how would you approach this?

I want to say they emailed me my log in information when I purchased the program. I don't remember.

THe screen size doesn't bother me at all, you calways zoo in and out if something is too small.

I have a Kindle Fire and IPad. My ipad blows my fire out of the water. I prefer the apple app store to the Amazon app store 10-1. I have a bluetooth keyboard that is the same size as my laptop keyboard, for times like now when I don't want to use the touch keyboard on the ipad. There are no compatable external keyboards for the Kindle Fire at this time. The only things I can't do with my tablets that I can do with my laptops are print, because my printer isn't airprint compatable. And edit picutres because I haven't had time to play with the editing apps I have downloaded. ETA once I get those two issues resolved, I can see the ipad replacing my computer.

I do, I started when my oldest was going to Kindy to talk about dealing with food allergies and school. It's evolved over the years and is now a mommy / homeschool / review blog. I love how it's evolved and I love that it's become a part time job and I'm able to make a very small income and score some freebies from it.

If the parents are in a bind, maybe they will care what is happening to their teachers.

My information comes from the wife of a CPS employee. They are not salaried, they are hourly. They get paid by the hours they are at school working, and have to punch a time clock. This is one of the issues. OT rules probably don't apply because the 3-5 hours of extra work is being done on weekends or at night at home. The work is required but there isn't enough time in the school day to complete it. I get that others have to work off the clock, my husband does too. So did my dad. The difference are/were they were salaried employees.

It's not about the money, it's about other things, including working conditions that help the children they are teaching. The media is spinning it to make it about money. It's about working conditions - no books, no ac, no supplies, having too many kids per case. It's about being hourly employees that have to work off the clock for 3-5 hours a day, this wouldn't be an issue if they were salaried. It's about having to come out of pockets for supplies the district should be purchasing. It's about having benefits cut, benefit cost increasing and having to work more hours. When you include all of that, they aren't getting a raise. It's about teacher evaluations. They also want an elected school board. These teachers have been working without a contract for a year. They make nothing while on strike, at least my friend's husband doesn't. So you think they want to be out of work. They are doing this so they, their predecessors, and the children they teach can teach and learn in environments conducive to doing so. Also most of the teachers in CPS from what I read have Master's Degrees, why shouldn't they make that much? We should be paying our teachers what we pay our doctors. I think it shows how out of wack our society is that our athletes and movie stars make mega millions and our teachers are being put down for standing up for themselves and told they need to stop complaining and that 50k+ is too much money for them.

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So having 1 book for 5 classes of 20 + students that the teacher has to make photocopies of out of his own pocket because the school's copy machine has been broke for 2 years is, this is what my friend's husband who is a CPS teacher has to do, ok.. Taking 400-1000+ of your own money to pay for your classroom needs, things the school should be providing, is ok... Having to do 3-5 hours of work at home at night that you don't get paid for, because you aren't salary you are an hourly employee is ok... Being held accountable for the test scores students who could give a care less about school because they live in a combat zone is and most of whom have an iep is ok... The pay increase isn't what the news is making it out to be it's not even 16 percent and between the increase in hours and the increase in health benefits it isn't even an increase at all really. The working conditions in some of the schools are horrible, and deplorable. It's amazing any learning happens in them. We treat our teachers like crud in this country, and then when they stand up for themselves like these teachers, we treat them even worse. Want to know what the top countries in education have in common? They value their teachers, we will never have the education system that we need to become effective in a global market until we value our teachers, we pay them what they deserve, give them the tools they need, and stop setting them up for failure.

How do you use your iPad, if you have one for school? Favorite apps, etc

I emailed my letter yesterday, received an email back today saying they received it and that I will receive my verification letter soon. I love that we can email ours now.