We are using this too, and really liking it. My dd has been using BJU and really liked it, but she loves science and easily gets bogged down with rabbit trails. Dive keeps her on track. She feels it is a little less preachy than BJU, which she also appreciates. She is using it with the BJU textbook, and we a have Conceptual Physical Science text for reference. If anyone knows of a schedule for the conceptual text she would use it in a heartbeat ... I just don't have time to pull it together, and she does not yet have the confidence that she can do it herself without missing something important.

Flip flop people- try Sanuks! We buy them when they go on clearance at the department store. They are the closest thing to flip flops that I have found, and look super cute with jeans and even skirts (I wear the men's styles).

Thank you for pointing this out! This is something I need to do.

:grouphug: Are you sure we don't have the same kid? I'll be watching this thread!

Thank you so much!

From one small business owner to a potential other: read "The E-Myth" by Micheal Gerber. Then read it again :D. Best of luck!

Thank yo ufor the detailed instructions! I made a mess of our rice last night- soaked for 30 minutes and cooked in lots of water, but it ended up the consistency of watery oatmeal. Do you have something special to drain water from the rice? I could not get all the water out. We are eating rice again tomorrow so I am going to use your directions, thanks! On a side note...can you recommend your favorite cookbook? I am looking for new ones! :D

There is something to be said, though, for standing with the kids at midnight, freezing cold, watching everyone wave their wands in line. It was such a sweet family memory- my kids will soon be the age where they'll want to do this with their friends instead of their parents. I'd do it again in a heartbeat! (and I bet I will be doing it again, when Catching Fire comes out)

Love, love, love AG here! There is no other program that I know of that both my left brain smartie pants and my right brain aspie could use at the same time, and both understand it well. Seriously, they now enjoy grammar so much, and really enjoy teaching me the points I never learned in high school :D.

We live in the Pacific Northwest; our 'dressy' is called 'casual' by most of the U.S. :D We wear: nice (not stained or dirty) pants or skirts, shirts with sleeves (short sleeves OK) and no cleavage (not turtlenecks, though, just no cleavage). Some wear their sleeveless dresses with a little cardigan. The men mostly wear pants or nice jeans with a collared shirt tucked in, though we have a few guys who can pull of the three-piece suit with aplomb. The kids and teens wear slightly more hip versions of the above. We do have a few that dress more modestly, but most wear the above. Certainly a guess would not be expected to be dressed more modestly than the above, though no one would bat an eye if they were.

Does anyone remember the SNL newscast where Tina Fey would read a quote and the audience had to guess if the quote came from Pat R. or the crazy homeless man that hung out by the back door of the studio? I got most of the answers wrong.

I dn't know anything about it, but look up the company that does Visual Latin. I just got an e-mail about Their program "Economisc for Everybody". I think it is DVD based, gets good reviews, and is on sale. Do report back!

Thank you!

I found an old library cart at a print shop that sells used office equipment. Everyone gets a shelf (including me) and it can be rolled into the dining room where we work and then out of the way when we are done. It isn't the prettiest solution, but works very well.

We are doing this, inspired by posts made by Regentrude in the past. We start today!

Me too! Thank you, Shanvan and Candid, for clearing this up. Thanks, too, for the reminder that I can mix up D and R levels.

Oh no! I am so sorry! That would totally happen here. Can you throw yourself on the mercy of the publisher? They might feel sorry for you and offer a replacement.

Shanvan, what year are you doing? I thought I was ready to start Rhetoric (on Thursday, gulp!), but hearing about your printing woes I wonder if I am not ready after all. Or perhaps we are on different years - we are doing Yr. 1

All you who try it- can you report back? Please? :D

I am so getting these!! Thanks!! :drool5:

I loved the DVD's, but also feel the program would have worked as well without them. They offer no more instruction than the notes in the book. For ds, it was a great introduction to having someone other than mom teach a lesson. He was 100% responsible for his own class. He is an aspie, and has trouble with that skill. All I did was correct the work. If I saw recurring issues, I would require him to re-watch the section and do extra practice (that rarely happened). I love AG!

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Ooooh, It is pretty too! Thanks!!!!

I recently saw a course by Oak Meadow (click here). I don't know anything about it, but thought you might want to check it out.

Thanks! We loaned our set out and are itching to re-read now that it is out on DVD. I was about to drop $30 on a new set at Costco!