38 - Middle name was Ellen, but when I got married, I changed my middle name to my maiden name.

King-sized Tempurpedic here. We've had it for 10 years and it's still going strong. I have a tendency to suffer from buyer's remorse - but not with this one. We absolutely love our mattress.

Hey Merry - Can you post a link to the homeschool classifieds you mention? thanks,

Ruth Eleanor Blanche Ellen Virginia Ida

Maurice and John L. (not sure what the L was for)

For his upcoming 6th bday, my 5 yo received some money in the mail from his grandparents so we took him to the toy store to buy a little something. On his way *out of the store, all excited, with toy in hand* he stopped to hold the door open for someone coming in the store. I just thought that was mighty sweet. Also, he offered the rest of his money to help buy groceries. We told him it was ok to save it. :001_smile:

I see your son is 6. My 5yo and (then) 7yo sons as well as my (then) 8 yo dd all really enjoyed these: (but especially my 5yo) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Arthur, High King of Britain both by Michael Morpurgo

proudmamma - I'm pretty sure it just means posting 50 times, not starting 50 new threads. At least I hope not....

By the way......as far as collecting payment, I would suggest non-credit card paypal. It's fast, secure and there's no cost involved. This is my preferred method of receiving payment, but I also accept checks and money orders.

before the new rules (at least 50 posts), I sold all of my curricula on these boards (old and new). I've sold a ton of stuff at a fair price, provided good service and never had a bad experience. Now, I'm just slowly making my way up to 50 posts so I can continue to sell my stuff here. Personally, I think there could be another way to gage a persons' trustworthiness, etc. than to just say you need at least 50 posts. A consumer rating system of some sort would be better. Maybe that would be a good use of the otherwise ridiculous rep points - and be used in a way so that potential customers could see how a person was rep'd based on past transactions and not this meaningless other stuff. Sorry - rant over!

I feel irritated by this as well. I have sold so many things on these boards (old board and new board) until this new policy came out. It would be nice if there was another way to way to substantiate one's worthiness.....like the rating system on ebay. This would certainly be a better way to know if one is trustworthy/provides good service, etc. When one posts on the WTB board, certainly anyone can reply to their post and offer to sell their curriculum to them without ever having posted before. Seems like a good use for the otherwise ridiculous rep system. Until something better comes along, I'm just randomly posting until I reach 50 posts....

That is a lot of loss. I'm not sure that an herbal/natural remedy would be enough, but I can recommend something that has helped me deal with depression. It's not herbal, but is natural, and studies have shown that it works just as well as pharmaceutical anti-depressants. It's SAM-E here's a link: http://biopsychiatry.com/samerev.htm I hope you friend heals.

Well....he's 4.5. Personally, I wouldn't be doing formal lessons with him even if he is capable of the math. How about having fun doing math in other, more low key fun ways and then come back to RS when he's more like 5.5 or 6. And at that point, you may even find that Level A is too easy and he's ready for Level B without having done anything formal. Just a thought.....this was our experience. Good Luck.

And....eat healthy, home-cooked food all day long.

Amen! :iagree: hehe

I've had a lot of sleep problems since having children..... things that have helped me: - a saliva adrenal test - found that my cortisol levels were way off - complete opposite of what they should be. I was tired during the day and up and ready to go at night. I'm now on adrenal support and it's helping. - I had to give up coffee (boo hoo) - fresh air, exercise and diet free of sugar and refined flours - take a nice, long (20 - 30 min), hot epsom salt (magnesium) bath before getting into bed - lavender - journaling (dumping my worries, obsessive thoughts, etc. on paper and getting them out of my head) - don't bring my laptop to bed ( which I am right now!) I can't say I do all of this consistently! But these are the things that have helped me. I hope you find something that works. That sleep is oh so very important! take care -

Do you have a Trader Joe's near you? We use their powder and have been happy with it.

Originally from Maryland, have lived in Oregon for the past 7 years. Thinking about moving back East.

http://store.randmcnally.com/product/education/specialty+maps/mural+world+wall+map.do Hope this helps!

and I only have 3 children. I can imagine how you must feel. What it comes down to for me is.....that it's just really hard being responsible for every aspect of every child's health and education. Are they being challenged and stimulated enough intellectually, is this curriculum a good fit for him/her, are they getting enough physical activity, social time, eating the right foods, sleeping enough, helping out around the house enough, one-on one time? And, then there's the laundry, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, etc., etc. It's just plain hard being responsible for all these things. Every child is different, too. My kids are 10, 8 and almost 6. My 2 oldest kids hardly ever walk around saying they are bored because they will read for hours and hours on end and be fine with that type of stimulation. My youngest, however, is bored everyday all day - or so he says. Now, this child is quite a bit different than my other two. He totally needs a ton of physical activity and playtime and social time. Not to mention, the child really demands to be challenged and stimulated mentally - yes, an almost 6 year old. My reality is that I end up feeling like I can't provide everything this child needs. I don't have a solution for this yet, but I am aware of it and I'm thinking about how best to deal with it. I like what other people have said about taking some time off to just do fun things with everyone. That has helped us in the past, too. I just don't know if it's enough (for us). I'm still working on this! And for what it's worth, we don't watch tv (except on special occasions) or have computer games. Best of luck to you and this situation! Linda in Oregon

slow as molasses in the winter.