We have two German Shepherds and they are both wonderful dogs. One is 9 years, and the other is about 9 months, I believe. I would imagine they shed a lot and chew like crazy, right? Yes, but they LOVE to be brushed, and it is a good way to bond. Our 9 year old, we got at the pound, and he was already out of the chewing stage, but the puppy...oh, yes. She chews when she gets bored, and it can be bad. But she doesn't do it unless she is really bored. What is a good quality food? We use Science Diet. Do they require a lot of exercise? Yes, they really need exercise, and they do well with training as well. It gives them something to do and focus on. They seem to need a job to do and really thrive on training. We take ours to the lake to run around and they love it. They also love their walks. What is their personality like in general? In general, very eager to please. In tune to what you want them to do. Our older one is a male, and he is a perfect gentleman. He's always been so dignified and serious, but he is also a big baby. He will put his paws up on you and hug you and kiss you. He'd sit in your lap if he could. My sister has him so well trained that he will obey hand signals from the window (as in, if he's outside and she's in the house she will give him hand signals out the window, and he does what she wants him to). He is also very protective. He's fine when my sister takes him with her. He's stayed with her and her roommates at college, etc., but he's territorial, and has to be introduced to people when he's on his own property. The younger one is a girl and a big, extremely sweet goofball. She's still clumsy and she loves everyone. She always does whatever she thinks you want, even if she doesn't want to. She's the one who will chew if she gets bored, though, and it's not pretty. I'm sure she'll grow out of it. Anything else I should know? :) Not that I can think of. They need stimulation. They need a purpose in life, and they need exercise. They reward you by being the best dog you could every have. Seriously.

I used to be extremely calm. My dad would get so mad at me sometimes and say, "Don't your care". or "Doesn't that bother you?". Yes, I did care, I just never showed much emotion, and I never got mad about anything. I don't know if it was just natural or because my mom was always so sweet and it just rubbed off on me. Besides, my grandmother always taught me that a lady is, "Calm, cool, and collected." She'd say that all the time. One time my sister came from across the room and slapped me just to show someone that I didn't get angry. And I wasn't angry (she didn't do it hard enough to really hurt, either, though). I was surprised, and really wondered why in the world she did it, but I wasn't mad at all. I have changed. I do show more emotion and I do get angry now. I sometimes wish I could go back to how I used to be.

Regentrude, Rosie, Hunter, your advice is excellent. Thank You! Yes. I am always torturing myself with all of these things I think I ought to know or ought to be able to do. What is SOW? Here are some videos I found if anyone's interested. http://www.learner.org/resources/series49.html

:party::party:Happy Birthday Rosie!!

:grouphug: I'm so sorry. I hope he finds a job soon!

Will be praying for the surgery to go well, minimal pain and peace of mind! Blessings to your family.

My mom has this and was told it was from low progesterone. She gave my mom progesterone to take in pill form. My mom wants to do something natural, though.

Those look great, regentrude! Thank you!! About terminology, things like, insolation, convection, hygroscopic nuclei, interstitial strategic location, orographic process, things I should probably know. I've been looking over the book and workbooks again, and I think my biggest problem is that you are supposed to read about 10-20 pages at a time, 18 being usual. I think it's trying to absorb the information in a 20 page pop that is overwhelming. I'm going to break it down into about 3 sections at a time. You're right! I always think about everything I want to learn, and I bog myself down. I need to slow down and enjoy myself. Yeah! I'm not the only one that feels like that. Thank you!:001_smile:

I read Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved by Doris Van Stone. It was a book my friend lent me to read.

I haven't posted, but have been praying for Frosty! I'm so glad he's doing better!

:grouphug::grouphug: I am so sorry.

Our German Shepherd has arthritis and we give him a glucosamine tablet every day. We just mix it in with some food he really likes. It seems to be helping. Someone told us the other day that giving half a cup of cottage cheese every day helps, but we haven't tried it yet.

The problem might be that I never took earth science in school. My knowledge is very limited there. I do have trouble following the physical geography course that I have because I don't understand some of the terminology. Maybe that's why it's boring. I do think I need to incorporate the geography into the history study, that's a good idea. I'm afraid I might also have to study earth science now! So much to learn and so little time...sigh! :001_smile:

The brother of a girl we used to babysit was in the Christmas play. He forgot his lines and had to think for a moment, and finally came out with, "And Mary was great with children."

I'm so sorry that your dad is like that to you. My grandmother didn't want my mom to have us. She tried her best to get my mom to abort each one of us (3 of us kids altogether), and when that didn't work, she tried to get us adopted out. I don't get it. My mom and dad were married, in their twenties, it's not like they were having kids out of wedlock or financially irresponsible and things. She said that the more grandkids she had, the more Christmas presents she would have to buy...

Wow! Your husband is so talented. That's wonderful.

Thank you Hunter. That was a great link!

Thank you. This is what I needed to know. If I took the history first, I wouldn't go back and do the geography. It's really a matter of either doing geography, then (or in conjunction with) history, or just not doing the geography at all. Thank you both. It does look like I need to study geography as well...even though the physical geography look incredibly boring!

Sitting on the floor in the entry way where the washer and dryer were on my mom's braided rug with the sunlight streaming in through the door taking apart a little truck I loved to play with and putting it back together when I was 3.

I have continually put it off, but I really want to buckle down and really study history in depth. World history and American history. I keep wondering if I should take geography first. I took geography in school and loved it and did very well, and although that was a long time ago, I still remember much of it. I have a physical geography course, and I am wondering if I should do that first, or just go straight into history. I keep feeling like I should do the geography first. I know all of the countries, and a lot of major cities, etc. but the part about climate and physical features kind of got lost on me. What would you all suggest? Would you try to study physical geography first, or just go straight into world history? I really want to make this a serious study. Thanks.

My sister cleans houses and I work with her sometimes. She has a Dyson animal, and I LOVE it. It's so easy to use, not heavy, and it vacuums beautifully. The carpets always looks fantastic afterwords.

:grouphug: I feel so bad for your daughter! It's good she has such a great attitude about it. Sounds like she's a very wonderful young lady. Too bad that happened to her.

That is so sad. Like someone mentioned, I can't imagine how I would feel if I found out my mom had aborted my twin. I don't get it.

Thank you cathmom!

I have some things I would like to work on: Get better at saving money Finish all of my uncompleted sewing projects- YIKES! Keep up with my Latin study group.