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@Lori D., thanks for linking the longer discussion. It was very enlightening and helpful. I see I was not alone in my initial reaction. It was also helpful to hear from the author of the curriculum. I think she could use better sources in her treatment of this topic, if indeed the aim is to educate vs indoctrinate.

Ugh ugh ugh…I just bought their geography curriculum…I don’t want to support these people any further!!

I'm dealing with a similar quandary as you: My mom died of breast cancer(age 69, diagnosed at 64), two of my 4 female cousins have had breast cancer (not in touch with the other two, so I don't know their status), and now my sister just got diagnosed with BC (age 58). She had genetic testing done and she has none of the 90 or so genetic markers for cancer. Yet, she still got it... Like you, I have a lifetime risk of 30%. I am also, now that my sister has been diagnosed, contemplating a prophylactic double mastectomy. My sister (the one with BC) thinks I'm crazy for thinking about getting a preventive mastectomy, but the way I figure, given the track record of the females in my family, I can either have my bosoms cut off now, while I'm healthy, or wait till I already have cancer, and then I'll have to have surgery AND cancer treatment at the same time, which I think is a stupid idea. So, my thinking is, I might as well get my bosoms cut off now, to prevent cancer. I've spoken with a on oncologist, and the two courses of action she proposed were a double mastectomy now, or yearly mammograms and MRIs and possibly 5 years of treatment with an estrogen suppressing agent (like tamoxifen I think). But that's only a 50% risk reduction, whereas the surgery is 90%. I suppose really it comes down to what DH's insurance will pay for, which we're kind of waiting still to see.

So is there gonna be a place to share recipes for all these yummy-sounding dishes?? Mine are bean dip (recipe stolen from my sister, who was the famous cook in the family till she went gluten-free 🥴); Swedish meatball recipe from high school Home Ec; chicken vindaloo.

I learned how to knit from YouTube. I make hats and gloves and sweaters. I’m currently working on my 6th sweater. I love it!

My dad was born when grandma was 43 and my grandfather was 53… I had my first baby at 39, and my 2nd at 41…

I’m afraid I’m not going to be much help, but we’re also looking at Wayfarers for next year and I would love to see some recent reviews.

Well, I suppose I might as well start: After last year's failed attempt at the Alveary (we lasted all of 6 weeks for all subjects, dropped the worst subjects (science and geography) and then did a more thorough switch at 12 weeks), I'm a little trepidatious to try another curriculum, but I'm looking hard at Wayfarers. There's just not a whole bunch of recent reviews about it on here. I'm nervous about the geography (it seems all over the place) and I really don't know how we'll do with Quark Chronicles. My kids love learning through reading, but I really can't stand Aliens, space travel, etc., so I don't know how we'll do with Quark Chronicles. But I do love that it's built around Story of the World, which I've been DYING to do with my kids since we started homeschooling. Math: We may continue to do Right Start, so that will be RS E, or we may try Apologia's Math for 4th grade. I'm not sure yet. Grammar: We're doing CLE grade 2 now and it's going well, so I would think we will continue with grade 3 next year. Writing: Writing Tales 1 (finish) and begin Writing Tales 2 Handicrafts: whittling, felting, sewing

I’m in the same boat as you—my 1st grader uses MWC and I LOVE it! My 3rd grader has toiled through Singapore Dimensions and Primary Math (mom didn’t get it enough to be able to teach it!), Math Mammoth (UGH!!), and now we’re trying Rightstart D, because it made me so sad to see her watching her brother do so many fun activities with MWC, meanwhile she was handed row after row of numbers on a page to solve. So we’re trying the abacus and the games with RS…but I’m finding she’s not getting her multiplication facts very quickly. And RS is introducing order of operations already, and factors and so on and she hasn’t even memorized her multiplication tables. People in a Facebook group for MWC have recommended over and over Apologia as a good option for kids too old for the latest MWC release. So I’m looking at it for next year, despite the fact that people on these boards have told me I mustn’t switch up my children’s math curriculum after like 2nd grade…???

Sign up for their email newsletters and they’ll let you know. They just had 15% off last week, which doesn’t happen too often—usually it’s 10%. I haven’t seen anything this week.

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My kids are just not connecting to the source texts. In Science, form 1 reads from 3 different books a week, each reading about 5 minutes. That in itself makes my kids crazy. I thought it was awesome at first bc it went so fast. But my kids were always wanting me to read more, or asking when we were “ever” going to finish reading x,y,z. Also…examples of deep dives they go into: snakes(ugh!), corn (???), insects’ eggs freezing over winter…I think the grade 1-3 science is on a three year loop so maybe if we’d done all three years, it would make more sense. The geography, again, is so short—they’re drawing out a year long course into two years, so it moves extra slow, but at the same time, they’re expecting kids in form 1 to understand the global grid system…I really love their art lessons, and their handicrafts lessons. Also, their online training is very good for people who don’t know much about Charlotte Mason. They have some good helps for neuroatypical learners also.

I switched Singapore Math 3 for Rightstart Math D. We just that, so we’ll see how it goes. I’m also dropping The Alveary’s Science, & geography courses and going with BF books new geography and science for littles. I’ll be dropping The Alveary’s French but not sure what I’ll replace it with.

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I’ve heard that the emphasis on speed and competition sacrifices the importance of form, which—if you’re lifting heavy things is HUGE if you want to keep training and avoid injury. If you are interested in weight training, I would recommend a few training sessions with a professional trainer—at any gym really. It’s also possible to educate yourself pretty well about weight training. I utilized the Reddit subforum xxfitness and learned a TON. Make sure you look at the info section. Really great information there. Plus, it’s free.

Not sure what grade your son is in, but I like Math With Confidence. It’s only up through 2nd grade at present. I find it similar to SM but not quite as advanced, if that makes sense. I use SM with my 2nd grade daughter, but use MWC for my 1st grade son, who is frankly in between K and 1st in his abilities. It’s easier to teach for a non-math person (me!), has games incorporated, daily review, and a little bit of writing. Not pages and pages of writing like Math Mammoth, for example.

We’re a Charlotte Mason-y family. We tried FLL with my 2nd grade daughter and K/1st grade son, and frankly, we all hated it. Except the poems to memorize. I tried WWE 1 with my 2nd grader and she was just dreadfully bored. We just dropped FLL with no replacements; tried ELTL with the 2nd grader, and didn’t love it either. I’m currently also considering Cottege Press Primer 2 or IEW or Writing and Rhetoric. Still trying to make up my mind.

I have rosacea also. I used metronidazole gel a.m. and p.m. until things got under control. Now I only use at night. As long as I use my gel, I’m ok. I have found a serum I absolutely LOVE, however, for little problem areas that might pop up when I’m not as faithful to my meds. It’s Dr. Jart Cicapair Tiger grass serum is amazingly soothing and treats trouble spots in a jiffy.

Buspar works nearly instantly. I had been on Prozac for 10 years, and then went off it after my thyroid issue was taken care of. (I’ve previously seen some correlation between malfunctioning thyroid and depression.) I did well till my mid -40s (so perimenonausal), and hubby was stationed in Korea for a year, leaving me with a 18 month old and a 3 year old. We moved to be close to “family” (his side, as my parents have passed), ostensibly to help out but it ended up not so much. I was so stressed that my OCD kicked in REALLY bad, accompanied by panic attacks, anxiety, crazy cleansing cycles…etc., etc. I begged my lupus doctor for help and the best she could do was put me on Prozac to help with my Raynauds. Well, in my experience, Prozac works great for depression but it didn’t EVEN touch my anxiety. I was on Prozac for about 6 months till my hubby came back and was able to get me in to see a mental health specialist at our new base. I was able to pick up my Buspar that day, and WOW! Within 2 hours I was feeling so much more calm! It was so wonderful! Now, in the years since, I’ve had to tweak various things to help Buspar reach total effectiveness: I noticed my anxiety increased exponentially around ovulation, so I went on the mini pill to prevent ovulation. I also noticed that taking bio active forms of B6, B12 and folate was necessary to keep the anxiety at bay completely. And I’m still on Prozac. I hope my experience can help you figure out an appropriate treatment plan for you also!

This is so weird, but I have lupus, so I blame it: I get terrible sores on my tongue from eating sugar. When I finally figured out the culprit, it wasn’t hard to quit. I didn’t want my mouth to hurt so much! I went to stevia/erythritol and that was lovely for a while. I found a “high” protein ice cream that I used to eat every night with peanut butter on top. It was my nightly treat after the kids went down. Well, I loved it so much and adhered so faithfully to my nightly cocktail that after 3 years, my body developed a sensitivity to stevia and I pyucked all that ice cream and peanut butter back up. I’ve now had to go to agave. I don’t love it, but I simply can’t do sugar or stevia. ☹️ And yes, after you get used to not having sugar, eating something super sugary is just. so.gross.

I married into a mid-western family (but my parents were from the South, which has just as many churches around!). My ILs like to quote Ben Franklin, thinking they are quoting from the Bible, “God helps those who help themselves!” And they’re forever speaking of praying about things, but it seems that resembles more of an “asking Santa for a toy” type thing than a “Let me align my desires with the desires of the God of the Universe” type prayer that I believe Jesus modeled.

What is everyone planning? I’m looking hard at doing cycle 3 of A Gentle Feast(never done that curriculum before, but we are a Charlotte Mason-y type family), with an add-on of SOTW 1(I’m a certified History Teacher—it’s really hard for me not to try to cram ALL the history in every single year…sigh), Song School Latin, Singapore Primary Math. So I decided to not do AGF, or Song School Latin, or SOTW. I went with a subscription to The Alveary. As someone with two Master’s degrees and a teaching certificate, I found myself preferring a curriculum written by a team of professionals vs. one homeschool mom, even though it looks like Julie Ross has done a good job. Also, my snobby History teacher-self took a great dislike to some of the books that AGF had listed for form 1 history. I can’t speak to how the Alveary’s curriculum will go over with our family just yet, but I’m currently REALLY appreciating the parent-education they have available to subscribers via webinars. They do a stupendous job of explaining Charlotte Mason philosophy AND bringing it into the current century!

For several weeks, the General Education WILL. NOT. load. It just spins and spins and thinks…. Help?

If I could find what I’m looking for, now. Otherwise we’ll change next fall. Why should one not switch math curriculums between gr 2-5? I’m not sure we’re going to homeschool her after 4th grade, so this is concerning.