Meat is up again here too. Yogurt was 10 for $6.00 last week, it is 10 for $6.50 this week. 1/2 Gallon of Milk was $2.59 this morning :eek:. Food prices are absolutely insane.

If it is a journal article/research paper submitted to my university I use 2 spaces. That is correct APA format in the current 6th edition and papers must be in *perfect* APA format before submission. When I'm doing email or on forums and so forth, I just use 1.

We plan to homeschool through high school. I'm really looking forward to it!

I would say the number one reason is freedom. My DH and I found being at the beck and call of the public school system chaffing to say the least. We like to travel and a structured school environment really put a crimp in that. The second reason is that we are able to individualize his education, he is no longer stuck in a classroom that is teaching to lowest common denominator. The third reason is we are hoping he will see other possibilities than just getting a degree and a job. We would like him to create, to invest, to do and hopefully be the one signing the paychecks of others, not waiting to receive one.

That looks so good! Any leftovers for breakfast? mmmmm...:tongue_smilie:

Our plan is until he graduates high school.

Other: Saxon 8/7

I'm turning 40 in January and I'm considering a "Mommy-Makeover" when I finish my doctorate in 2013. I never thought I would consider it but in our circle pretty much everyone does it. When we lived in Newport Beach, CA, I didn't know one woman with a real set of b00ks. Plastic surgery is just the norm. It has been a little better here in Chicago but we are moving to Scottsdale, AZ and I expect to feel the "heat" to look a certain way and present a certain image again. It is just the way it is.

We have 2 cats. They are indoor only. Lucy and Abbey, both are rescue kitties. They run our house and they rule the 2 dogs too.

There are many expectations and obligations in our marriage, there I said it. That applies to both of us. Some involve physical appearance, some involve attitude, some involve income, and some involve boundaries and so forth. There are deal breakers here, again that extends to both of us. I think these things are relationship specific and everyone has their own "tipping point".

Crazed Football fan here! DH is a huge Packers fan (He grew up in Chicago) and I'm a huge Pats fan (Grew up in MA). Having said that, I'll watch any football game and I'm huge college football fan too!

My DH does.

I'm sorry. We had to do the long distance deal for a little over 4 years between CA and MA. We took turns flying back and forth one weekend a month to see each other. It was really hard. :grouphug: Hang in there!

Yes, the plan right now is 16. By tomato staked we mean he can't stay home alone, not that he can't ever leave our side in public or go anywhere without us. He can go play with friends, ride his bike, go on outings and so on. He just can't be in a home without adult supervision at 12. Maybe he will be more mature before 16 and we can revisit it but not home alone again at 12 or 13. Why? He broke our trust and our rules by using skype, doing some other not appropriate web surfing related stuff, and the incident with the other "kid" (more likely an adult acting like a 14 year old boy) and the pornographic images. Just not going to put up with that at 12 or 13 kwim? I fully believe a child can be left home alone by the time they are 12, I was babysitting my sibling at 12, however this child has shown that right now at least he isn't mature enough.

Our plan now is 16. We were leaving him home alone at 12, but he was doing things like using skype to talk to people he met on xbox or on youtube. We had an incident where one of these "kids" tried to send him something not appropriate in pictures and was really trying to get him on webcam and voice chat. Our son did not accept but was clearly being pretty heavily pressured to download the images(pornographic). We could tell something was really bothering him for a few days and finally we figured it out. There are just too many potential predators out there and we have no way to completely lock down internet access here. We have many devices/computers that connect to wi-fi. Our job is to protect him and keep him safe, we just could not be sure that even if we told him to -never- go online when we were not here that he would 100% follow it. I was 12 once and didn't always do everything I was told. In this case because the potential ramifications could be so serious and dangerous, we have chosen to just not leave him alone. So he is tomato staked by our side when we go out.

My son loves books that involve dogs. He suggested: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson and Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow Those are 3 that he has read in the past few weeks and really enjoyed. Edit: Oops sorry just noticed you were looking for Classics!!

OK. I can do this. We are moving the last weekend in September. We are moving from Chicago, IL to the Phoenix, AZ area. My son is in 7th grade(started July 18th), I'm in school doing my doctorate (start back Aug 22nd), my DH works 3 jobs (all from home) and is also in grad school working on his doctorate in education and instructional technology(starts back Aug 22nd). Originally the plan was to move the end of October, that needs to be moved up to the end of September. My son is doing Saxon math, Hake grammar/writing, Apologia Jump-in, & BJU Life Science. I had planned on adding BJU history, Lit and Spanish 2 the end of August. Saxon 8/7(we are on lesson 43) and Hake G/W 7 are absolutes. I guess everything else is up for grabs. My son is a voracious reader. So reading isn't an issue. My plan is to school right through packing and stop only the day before we get on the road for the drive to AZ. Am I nuts?? I plan to take from the end of September until the end of October off. We have to stay in a hotel until we find a house to rent out there. I don't know if I should consider some online options like switched on schoolhouse for history, bible, lit, and science for a few months to help limit the amount of textbooks I need to lug around. Does anybody have any advice? Should I just stick with BJU? Should I run away LOL? I don't know if this changes anything but we are planning on having our son do two years in 7th grade. So we have time but I do not want him to be just "hanging out" all day. We also essentially school year round and have for a couple years. I'm just not sure how to make this easier on all of us. Ugh. Help! What has worked for you? Thank you!!

Child envy here too!! I only have one but I really wanted a very large family!! It just didn't come together but my DH and I would of had a gaggle if we had met when we were younger. That is so cool!!

It looks great!! I love your tables and chairs!!

Congrats!!! Nice to hear some good news!

We start at 7:30 AM. We were starting much later last year, but this year we are working on character building including self-discipline and work ethic. So that means he is up and out of bed by 7:30 to sit down with us for breakfast.

Good for her! I suggest she do her BSN and as soon as possible after that get her DNP as a nurse practitioner or CRNA. I have been an RN for 7 years and I am completing my family psych nurse practitioner DNP. I love it. It is great field. Tough on new grads right now but nursing is very cyclical. Best of luck to her!

We work on it together. My DH works from home though so he is involved in -everything- that goes on in the household.

Joanne, I'm so sorry. I so understand. If I got going about the health insurance industry, my head would explode right now. I know you are in grad school, have you considered any student loans? I know loans are tough but sometimes it really helps. As a grad student you should be able to take out $20,500 a year right from the government, you may not need that much but maybe enough to cover the difference in the insurance? I hope your DH feel better soon.

I went from k12 Pre-algebra A to TT Pre-algebra with my son last year. I really liked TT, he did not. We switched to Saxon and he loves it. Weird. I find Saxon and TT to be very similar. We will see how it goes. I'd be open to using TT again for high school but so far he seems to be doing really well with Saxon. Good luck.