Thanks Jen, I appreciate your thoughts. I should probably go with the class that would hold my interest better.

I'll be starting online college this fall, and majoring in History. I have a choice either to take History of Western Civilization or World History. I think that in some ways, World History would be more interesting. I really like reading about Mesopotamia and the early civilizations. Any history I took in high school gave a brief overview of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and then "poof" we were in ancient Greece. I was always confused because it seemed that a lot was missing. I think that World History would be a better foundation, and I'd get to learn about the history of other cultures than just western. On the other hand, the History of Western Civilization course looks a lot more interesting. The discussion posts and essays look neat and are things I'd like to write about. The World History essays and discussion posts honestly look excruciatingly boring. Also, I think that it would be a better foundation for American History and some of the other history courses I will have to take. I was wondering what others thought and what they would do. Thanks for your thoughts.

I've never seen it before, but I'm one to "find" something that half the world has seen already, so if it's old news, I apologize :) This is too cute. She does all the voices, everything, too perfectly. I thought you all might like it.

I've never heard of this. Would you mind posting a link? I tried to google it, but nothing came up. I'd like to check it out.

To me, CLE is more rounded concerning writing. ACE has more grammar as far as I remember (it's been awhile since I did it). Both devote about half of each Pace to English grammar/writing and the other half to literature (American literature in 11th and English literature in the 12th.)

My two favorites are the one Blue Hen suggested and this free one from Carnegie Mellon: http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french It's the best one I've come across yet on the internet.

College of the Ozarks http://www.cofo.edu/ http://www.cofo.edu/about.asp It is tuition free. Students are required to work 15 hours a week and there is a very large variety of jobs to choose from. It is Christian and the academics are supposed to be good from what I understand.

I don't know if you're religious or not, but Rod and Staff has a wonderful assortment of children's books in Russian. http://www.rodandstaffbooks.com/list/Russian_Books/

Right now all they have are their spotlight savings-a new set of sales every week: http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/thumbnail/id/1143/uid/812 Also, their 70% off sale: http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/thumbnail/id/482/uid/725 From what I understand, they usually only have free shipping in October, and I believe sometime in May.

A new study group just started this week for Wheelock's Latin: http://www.quasillum.com/study/latinstudy.php I've found using the Wheelock workbook with the text has helped a lot. A lot of people have recommended Lingua Latina, but as I can't afford it right now, I'm using something similar I got from the library and it has helped tremendously. http://www.amazon.com/Lingua-Latina-Familia-Romana-Latin/dp/1585102385

A good breeder cares about their animals. The first option definitely doesn't sound like a place you'd want to buy from. You are supposed to skip a heat to allow the dog's body to have time to recuperate as having puppies is hard on her. The second sounds a lot better. Have you been able to actually go there, or is it too far from where you live? If it were me, I would definitely want to be able to visit the place, see the dogs, and see how they are raised. There is a world of difference between a puppy that was raised in a kennel and one that was raised in a home environment. Even if the dog is 10 weeks old, you are better of if she was raised in a home environment because they get the interaction they need. In fact, an older puppy might even be better because they will be closer towards housebreaking, etc. They learn manners and social skills that a dog raised in a kennel will know absolutely nothing about. They also tend to have a better personality. A good breeder will most likely have a puppy contract for you to sign. Some of the terms concern where the dog will be kept, etc. but most importantly, it will require that you return the dog to them if you can no longer keep it. This ensures that the dog will not end up in a puppy mill or similar condition by a naive owner. That doesn't mean that everyone is naive or anything like that, but as breeders, we always felt a big responsibility for bringing our puppies into the world, and we felt better always knowing where each one was and not having to worry if one of them ended up in a bad situation. A good breeder will be very concerned that you are a good pet owner and that the type of dog they are breeding is a good match for you. The concern about the second home would be dealing with a large dog being in heat as they would definitely be skipping a heat or two according to the time frame you gave. That can be an awful pain, especially if you have other male dogs, even neutered dogs. Just my two cents. My post got a little too long, I'm sorry about that. We raised poodles for a short period of time. We have owned dogs from reputable breeders and have owned and re-homed puppy mill dogs as well. I think it is definitely worth it to get a home-raised dog from a reputable breeder.

He's adorable! He looks just like a little terrier dog we used to have. It's funny because we opened the door to let our dog in, and he just came in, too, like he had always lived there! Nobody claimed him and we kept him. That's the kind of crate I would get. We have those for our dogs. It has to be tall enough so he is able to fully stand up in the crate, and long and wide enough so that he can lay down and stretch out. If you're still housebreaking him, then you don't want it any larger than this because a smaller crate will discourage him from going in his crate, but if he's fully housebroken, then it can be larger.

I was wondering the same thing-I've been hearing so much about it, but before this thread, I didn't really know what it was. I looked it up on the internet just now. There is a sweepstake, in case anyone's interested:http://www.nutellausa.com/giveaway.htm I did a search with the store locater...there isn't a store that sells it withing 120 miles. I guess I won't be trying it....:sad:

Thank you for the replies. I have been looking at the colleges that were suggested. I understand that it would be difficult to do a foreign language or linguistics degree online, it's just that going to the actual college isn't really an option for me, but it's what I'm really interested in. It doesn't have to be Christian, that was just my first choice. I love helping people learn English. To me it is very interesting and fun, but it's not really something that is doable from home unless you did tutoring from your home, which may be okay. A linguistics major helps you to be able to do that. For some reason I've always loved words. Not just reading, but language, usage, etc. I even liked grammar (Yes, I'm a little weird :lol:). I'm studying French and started Latin a little bit ago. I hope to study Russian and Spanish as well, eventually. Does anyone know anything about this site? It offers Latin, Spanish and French: http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/idl Thank you for the replies.

:grouphug::grouphug: I'm so sorry.

We had icy rain the beginning of the week. It started snowing today, and tonight is when we're supposed to get the real blizzard. It's supposed to snow until tomorrow afternoon. A neighboring town was supposed to get 24". I don't know if I'll be able to go anywhere until next week!

I don't know. I've never used it. We get our herbs from here: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/ They have willow bark in different forms. Could you buy it as an herb and make a tea with the other herbs? Here's another good place to get them: http://www.bulkherbstore.com/ I also thought I should add that using 6 tsp. of apple cider vinegar worked for me, but you might want to experiment as she may need it to be stronger. I'm older and although I have breakouts, I don't have acne anymore. The apple cider vinegar restores ph balance, and clears the face. It also helps with acne scars.

It's not homemade, but I usually buy facial cleanser and toner from Aubrey. It's about $10 for 8 oz. of toner and lasts me at least 6 months, the cleanser and moisturizer have lasted me a year. Anyways, I ran out of it last week and did make my own. The recipe was: 8 oz. water. 6 tsp. raw apple cider vinegar 1 tsp. comfry 1 tsp. plantain 1 tsp. chickweed 1 tbsp. dried lavender and rose petals 1 vitamin E capsule drop of lavender essential oil I made a tea with the dried herbs and water, strained them and put them in a container, added the apple cider vinegar, vitamin E and essential oil, and that was it. You wouldn't have to put all of those herbs in if you didn't want to, but they are all very healing and that is god for acne. The apple cider, too, helps to clear your face up. The lavender oil was mostly to give it a nice scent.

Awww...of course not! I really hope she makes it and will pray :001_smile: Let us know how she does.

Thank you for the recipes! I will have to try these. :lol::lol: I use stick butter, but I was using quick oats instead of rolled oats, maybe that was the problem. Thanks for the input. We did put them in the refrigerator and they hardened up just fine in there. I wonder, too, if the particular recipe I used this time is flawed because it didn't call for peanut butter. :001_huh: I think we have tried to cut the sugar on previous recipes and that's why they didn't work. I hate putting that much sugar in, but these are a little more like candy than cookies! I found a recipe in our recipe book that calls them Dinosaur Food. The sugar is called "crushed bones" the peanut butter is "squashed bugs" the oatmeal is "grass" the butter is "fat" the vanilla is "muddy water", etc. It sounded like a fun kid's recipe.

The recipe said to boil it for 3-4 minutes, and I boiled it for 4. I let it get really good and boiling before I started the timer. How long do you all cook it for?

I've heard them called by both names. They are the cookies that have the oatmeal, sugar, cocoa, etc. and you cook them in a pan and drop them on wax paper. We have made them multiple times over the years with different recipes and they never come out. I do exactly what the recipe says. They are always too soft to eat. Does anyone here make them and they actually turn out right? For some reason I decided to try them out again tonight with yet another recipe, with the same exact results-good-tasting cookies that are too soft to pick up and eat.

I make these, but I don't really measure. What I do is roughly: about 3/4 of a head of lettuce shredded 2 carrots shredded (or a couple bags of coleslaw mix) green onions chopped 3 eggs meat of choice (chicken, pork sausage, shrimp, etc.) 2 cans of bean sprouts (fresh would be better, but I can never find them) 1 can of bamboo shoots soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste About 36 egg roll wrappers, there is usually some filling left over, though I scramble the eggs, and cook them, kind of like an omelet, set aside to cool. Cook the meat. Set aside. Then I cook the shredded cabbage and carrots and onions until tender-crisp. Drain any liquid. Rinse and drain the bean sprouts and bamboo shoots really well. You don't want any liquid or it will make the egg rolls soggy. Chop the eggs really small and chop the bamboo shoots rather fine as well. Mix the cabbage mixture, meat mixture, eggs, bamboo shoots and bean sprouts together. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Let mix sit in the refrigerator overnight (or for a few hours at least) to mingle the flavors. Sometimes I add mushrooms as well. Fill egg rolls and fry in oil.

I'm doing the French Carnegie-Mellon Open Initiative courses, and it seems that it is mostly, if not all, Quebecois French. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french

I have two questions regarding online colleges. 1.) Are there any good Christian colleges that offer online degrees and accept financial aid besides Liberty? 2.) Does anyone know if the online colleges such as Kaplan, Phoenix of Arizona, Ashford University, etc. are legitimate? I would like to get an online degree. I prefer to get one from a Christian university, but if I can't then I'll try a secular college. What I'd really like to take is teaching, but you obviously can't do that online. My other choice would be linguistics/foreign language. It would be good if I could do translation work from home since it pays well and would be something I would enjoy. Thanks.