What is written above is so true and is the important thing to remember when you want to give up...The above is true for public or private school...Any school... I can very much relate to what you have written about being behind and needing structure that you find it difficult to bring about for yourself...I am also that way...I have DEFINITELY felt (actually know) that my oldest son is behind...Very behind...We are just starting with this method and had to go all the way back to 2nd grade math and phonic exercises (my oldest is 10)...I thought about throwing in the towel and sending him to school figuring he would learn more, but had similiar thoughts (thoughts that my DH reinforced) about him being behind at school and feeling guilty about putting him in that situation... In the end, I knew and still know, that I would rather homeschool...I bought him home for a reason (he did first grade at a private Waldorf school), and we will make this work...It helps me also to remember what Robyn said that is highlighted above... Sorry I have no real advice about how to make your schedule work...I just wanted to offer encouragement from someone who is in this boat (or a similiar one) who decided to hang in there... :grouphug:

I know, I don't sound very convincing in that title...I am just not sure yet...I went to Barnes and Noble to get a look at SOTW Vol. 1 (many B&N's sell them so check online to see if one near you sells it so you can see before you buy)...I am just not sure I am going to get it...I went back and looked at the MOH website, and I am really liking the way it looks and the way it appears to be set up... My possible issue with SOTW (and someone who has used it can tell me if I am right or wrong about this) is that it seems to include both historical things and things that could be considered fiction (like mythology) and I cannot tell the difference between the two...I am not a major history person...I am afraid the book will introduce a "historical figure" and I wouldn't know if the person is real or not without researching it...As I said, history is not my strong suit... Does this also happen in MOH? I was set on using SOTW, but now I am just not sure...

We are starting the Biology in January...I am glad to hear good things about it and really hope that it works for us...Especially since I will have to buy those five extra books to go along with it :tongue_smilie:

:lol: This is too funny!

:grouphug: I feel for you and your daughter...I hope that she finds a friend soon...I will pray for you guys...

:iagree: It sure seems that way to me...

Cool!

We have tree candle holders made just for that...They are here... http://www.novanatural.com/natural-home/noel/tree-candleholders

The first page of the yahoo group for MOH vol 1 says that it is for 4th-8th grade... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryofHistory1/ This is what made me think it would be too much for my upcoming first grader...It looks great though...I also have an upcoming fifth grader but I am not sure if I can handle doing both...I will have to think about it some more...But for now, I am going to go with SOTW for my upcoming first grader (starting first in January)...

Yes, thank you for posting this...I will pray that she finds a family...I can't believe she would be put in an institution...

A real Fraiser Fir my DH cut down himself...Every year that is what we have :)...A real tree with beeswax candles and no electric lights...

That is too funny :lol:...People do comment when I go out with them sometimes...One woman asked me was I like ten when I started having kids!...My husband thinks other people think he robbed the cradle when we go out :001_smile:

This is an awful situation to be in...Something like this happened to my best freind when we were in college...Her mom died and left her $250,000 which she didn't want my friend to squander (we were 18 at the time)...She left my friend's aunt (the moms sister) in charge of the money until she got out of school...Well, the aunt spent the money...I still can't believe she could do that to her own sister and neice... I don't think family relations will ever be the same after such a betrayal...Forgiveness doesn't mean going back to the way things were, it just means that you forgive the person...You can forgive, but sometimes things will still never be the same...

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I am so sorry to hear this...Praying for you...

:iagree:

I have never owned a home...My parents have never owned a home...Neither have my grandparents...You get the picture ;) We are renting to own now and I think I will feel more free owning...There is alot of insecurity that comes with renting... Are the owners going to kick you out to sell the place?...Is the owner paying the mortage or will you get evicted because they didn't pay?...Will your kids destroy something that you will have to pay for or replace at the end of your lease?...If you paint the walls will you have to paint them back?...Will you ever get updated appliances?...Do I have to live in an apartment forever without a yard or space to do whatever I want? The freedom to move without having to sell is not worth all of the other loss of freedoms I just mentioned above...I would rather own...

Actually I agree with you :)...There is nothing that would make it African American verses just African...I would say the people could be Black, because I personally use the term Black...I know many use the term African American in place of the word Black...So I just figured the question meant did the people in the nativity look Black...But there is nothing that would make it American per se...

Wow!...What this says to me is that your moms would rather you leave a man you are happy with, raise your kids on your own when their father is around, and whatever else comes along with a divorce just so that they don't have to have a son in law they didn't choose :confused:...It sounds unbelievably selfish to me... I can't believe moms would rather end relations with their own daughters rather than deal with a son in law they don't like... I would definitely not go to my mother's house if this was the case...Her behavior is making that choice for you, so I wouldn't feel bad...I don't believe in keeping people around for children's sakes or anything like that...I would just have to explain to them when they are old enough...Bad relationships aren't good for anyone involved...

I would love to have no debt...We do not have credit cards and such, but I would take on a debt for a mortage (we are renting to own our house now), medical bills I couldn't afford, or necessary home repairs I couldn't afford (like our heat went or roof or something like that)...We are not at the point financially yet where we have enough saved to pay for everything that could come our way, so if an emergency happened, I would take on debt... That being said, I am not taking on debt for children's educations, breast implants, new windows, or stuff like that...I will help the boys as best I can with shelter and food and such, but they will have to take out their own loans and be responsible for paying them...I will have to live with the small breasts God gave me...We will replace windows after we buy the house slowly and as we have the money...It takes way to long to get out of debt and turn things around, so I have to think long and hard before taking on a debt... We drive our cars until they coast to the side of the road and buy another one used with whatever money we have on hand at the time to buy it with, so I wouldn't take on a car loan either...Unless the cars end up on the roadside too quickly and we are desperate ;)

That is funny because we are trying to buy the home we are living in to have more freedom...I feel like you are forced to rent an apartment if you want to stay there...If you rent a house, the owners can at anytime force you to move because they are selling or whatever else...I want to be able to stay in a place without being forced to move... I use to feel like you feel though...

Depends on whose house it was in...My family is black and if it was in my house, people would definitely think it was an African American nativity...In another home, people may think something else...

The boys have a bookshelf in their room, but with baskets on it for them to put their "treasures", stuff, etc...The books are kept in another spot...They have a few books at a time in the room on a dresser, and they are rotated...I don't want the books destroyed, so the main books shelf is kept not in their room...

Hmm...It would seem to me that allowing kids to stay in a situation where they are being bullied may be setting them up to be bullied in the future in other ways...That it is "normal" for the bigger, stronger, or wittier to force the upper hand on you...In real life, people do bully others, but it doesn't have to be tolerated...In a school setting you are forced to deal with it, making it a normal occurrence in your life and something you are more likely to put up with later on...

Thanks you guys (and for the compliments about the boys :))... I went for it and ordered them...I got 9 of them and it cost $90 even...I got free shipping and no tax on clothes in NJ...The sale is for today only on the turtlenecks... This will totally simplify my laundry, as I am packing up our fall stuff in a tote until spring :D...No more wondering what people will wear!

I am planning to get one I saw at Barnes and Noble...I want the same things you want in a globe, and this one has a wood base and is $30...