We count swim team as PE. He goes 1 1/2hours a day, 4 days a week. He also walks/runs about one 5K a month. DS is not the outdoors type, so the structure is good.

TWTM is a huge wealth of knowledge. You may be able to purchase it on the sales board.

I notice sometimes people post free listings on the sales board.

When I was in school MANY moons ago we packed up school books, watched movies, and had end of the year parties. No learning went on.

I understanding where you are coming from, but the fact this "professional" just hung up makes me wonder if there is something more to it. I personally would avoid someone who refused to speak with me just because I was a woman.

:iagree:No flashing on mine either. Count me as one of the clueless.

I will keep you in my prayers.

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We have no offical motto, but I always am thinking of Finding Nemo,"Just keep swimming..." My son would tell you it is, "Do your work!" It seems like I must remind him 1,000 times a day. PS teachers everywhere should be thanking me.:D

Just wanted to thank you for offering this suggestion. It looks like what my family needs right now. :grouphug: I do not have any book suggestions, but I can offer some suggestions for some "fun" without going out of the house. Sometimes when DS goes to bed DH and I "picnic" in the living room. We also do movie night at home, including all the goodies we would get at the concession stand. Another thing that is really nice is giving one another massages (with full disclosure it will go no further). I can remember after having my son the last thing I wanted was TEA and I went to the extreme of avoiding all physical contact until a therapist suggested this. It really helped with the stress and also brought back some intimacy.

We have one dog. If we lived in a bigger place and had the room we would probably have a few more pets.

It's a shopping cart... I've never heard anyone call it a wagon.

:grouphug: Sounds like my family. Most work in the public school system and seem to think I am ruining my son. My mother brought me an application to sign him up for a charter/magnet school this past year and told me it was "just in case." Then she insisted for over a month that I needed to fill it out before the deadline. This continued until the deadline date.:glare: She some how didn't get the fact he wasn't going to public school EVER!!!!

I don't drink nearly as much as I should. Usually I drink a Venti Starbucks coffee and maybe a cup of soda a day.:glare: I know it is really bad for me, but I seem to keep falling back into the habit. When trying to curb my caffiene intake I started making Crystal Light and added extra water to that because it was too sweet. I also like to drink a cup of low sodium V8 or make a green smoothy a few days a week.

:iagree:Both beautiful and scary.

I like that name.:001_smile:

I can see a difference between flying and staying in a hotel and driving and staying with relatives. What I was saying is I don't see a difference between flying and stay in a hotel in place #1 or doing the same in place #2. I can honestly say I don't see the passport as a big deal. Pretty much everyone I know travels on a regular basis for either work or fun. I honestly think the OP sister is in for a big surprise. As far as I know all inclusive hotels do NOT consider weddings and receptions as part of the cost. Our resort stated up front that any guest attending our wedding, that was not a resort guest, would cost $100 just to be allowed on the property. That did not include anything else. Food, flowers, chairs, decorations, etc. were priced double or triple what it would have been elsewhere, but you had no other choice but to go through them. We were allowed to go outside for a photographer, but we had to pay a fee to the resort for using someone outside. If she is doing this as a way to save money or have someone else foot the bill she might be in for a rude awakening. Yes, I think it is inappropriate to try and make someone else pay for your wedding, but I stand by the opinion that people should get married wherever they please.

Having had a destination wedding myself, I can tell you that they are not inexpensive as many people seem to believe. My husband and I chose a destination wedding because it is what we invisioned for us. I guess one could consider it selfish, but it was OUR day. Honestly the only people taken into consideration were our parents. I am a private person and purposely made the choice knowing that only our closest family would be there. We also only invited family NO EXCEPTIONS. I believe everyone makes "selfish" choices when they get married. I'm sure you didn't take a vote on for ex. where you got married, who would cater the event, or what band would play. I also believe that people use the excuse of it being a destination wedding to avoid attending for whatever reason. My brother and I got married approximately one year apart. He had his wedding where he lived, mine was in Jamaica. Only my immediate family attended my wedding no aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents... all of them attended my brothers. They still had to fly and get a hotel at my brother wedding so what was the difference? Would you attend your sisters wedding if she lived across the country? I understanding not wanting to travel to certain places. Try to support your sister if at all possible, planning a wedding is hard enough.

We did it similar to this but only used 2 words a week. Day 1 we read through the book for first card Day 2 wrote out Root, Definition, and examples Day 3 read second card Day 4 writing Day 5 matching game (with all cards studied) We used this book for part of 3rd, 4th, and first part of 5th. We will most likely go back over this book in later years.

Deep Breathe! I totally agree with OPs... Stop reading signature lines. It doesn't matter if every other child here completed calculus in K, wrote their college thesis paper in 1st, and solved world hunger in 2nd, all of which they did while writing a symphony and painting countless masterpieces. Try and focus on your children and what your goals are for them. We are all over the place with levels and that is fine. I try to balance challenging my child without overwhelming him. I don't think it is a crime to spend extra time on lessons your child might struggle with or skip a lesson they have already mastered. Don't get discouraged and try to "catch up" by cramming too much in all at once. Your child will turn out just fine if you go at a stedy pace. If it makes you feel any better I didn't learn to read until I was in the third grade, never diagrammed a sentence until homeschooling DS, and still am learning history alongside my son. I have successfully completed college and have a great career. Learning is a lifelong goal not a race with a finish line.

Both Shurley and Rod and Staff have lessons on those subjects. IMO, Rod and Staff focuses more on oral english than Shurley does.

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When I was first learning to cook I used the can stuff AT LEAST once a week. However, now that I am more experienced and better educated on the nutritional content of food I MAYBE use it once a month. I usually will make a homemade version. I must admit I do LOVE the unhealthy green bean casserole made with the soup.

Very neat I have never thought about making my own deodorant, but this seems pretty easy. Thanks!

:grouphug: We have had MANY days like this. I hate to yell. I hate conflict. My son sometimes seems to get enjoyment about driving me nuts. He is also 10, so maybe it is the age. We have changed our books and are now down to the 4 major subjects just trying to catch up and make it through the year. Subjects that should take us 30 minutes take HOURS to complete. I have found it best when I notice him starting to act up that it is better just to send him to his room until he is able to behave. A lot of time I notice he falls asleep once he is sitting quietly in his room so maybe he just hasn't got enough sleep. Children this age are starting to also have hormonal changes which can account for attitudes also.Maybe he is stressed by the divorce or sensing stress from you. There are so many factors that can be involved. don't beat yourself up. Maybe just call it a day and relax in a hot bath.