Bridge is good. Ferry to Ocracroke is a must. There just aren't many hotels and mostly houses. I imagine that hotel rates are expensive. Have you looked at VRBO.com? Are you staying a week?

I read it. I like the idea of it. I can't follow recipes at all. I always need to add my own little bit of this or tad bit of that or take away something. I guess I'm just not a rule follower :coolgleamA: My day scheduled out to the minute is stressful. I would rather have a routine. I also think a routine is more flexible. If you know that you complete activity A after activity B but before activity C, etc then it isn't so time dependent. I'm sure my thinking is weird but it works :hat:

Light coconut milk (green and black can - very nice ingredients and not chunky) Coconut oil sunflower seeds nuts almond flour honey plantain chips (yummy, not ok on all diets but ok on some) sunbutter raw cashews I'm sure I will think of more later.

Funny that you say this....dd likes cities too. We live a bit out and not in the city but she finds herself very attracted to the idea of living in a big city like New York :coolgleamA:

My brother lives in Raleigh and loves it there. I have heard that it has great homeschool support. He doesn't have kids so he doesn't have experience in that area though :rolleyes:

DD is an introvert. Other teens sometimes assume she is snobby. She isn't shy, she just likes being quieter, loves to people watch, etc.

This is what we did. At first, since oldest dd is math strong, I tried skipping problems but that eventually caused some issues. DD is meticulous so math was taking her forever. I started setting a timer in Algebra 1 (for 1.5 hours). What she didn't finish the first day moved to the next (even if it meant math through the summer). It motivated her to move a little faster rather than dawdling ;) She ended up being able to finish her lesson (all problems) in the 1.5 hours most days.

Saxon is solid. Whether you love the format and repetition or not, it is downright solid. My kids have excelled in mathematics with it. Two love it, the other two hate it but do it anyway :nopity: DD completed Advanced mathematics and had to take a very difficult placement test in order to take a competitive school's AP Calc class and she had no problems passing their placement with flying colors.

Has anyone done this? I am not a techy person. It looks like I need to switch the SIM card and I can't figure out exactly how to go about that? There isn't a slot that pops out like there is with my iPhone 5. DD wants to use my old iPhone to convert it to straight talk so she has a phone. She will buy the prepaid cards herself. She doesn't want to commit to a contract plan with us because even though she babysits very consistently, it isn't guaranteed. Thanks for any thoughts on this.

My kids love the Barron's cards for AP exams but I see that Barron's hasn't been rewritten to match current standards. Do y'all still use them? I think the test rewrite took some topics away so at worst they would be over studying, right? I'm not a Biology person so I want to make sure I'm thinking right on this.

If you have an autoimmune thyroid problem I've heard you need to avoid gluten and possibly dairy. I avoid gluten and I also avoid dairy off and on. Do you avoid gluten? What about dairy? What difference do each of these make in your symptoms?

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I am not an avid FB'er. I go on sometimes to check up on long distance relatives and friends. For the last few months there isn't real life stuff anymore. It seems like 90% of posts are someone selling something, a repost of those generic pics with sayings/jokes, sales ads from companies, reposts of news articles, or rants. It is such a waste of time to sort through it all to get to 10% of good family updates and pics of family/friends. Is this just me/my account/my friends or is this a general trend? :confused1:

Love this. Baby announcements are hard beyond #2. After #3 you get rude and weird reactions. I like how they handled it :)

DH always does.

Which one do you like and which ones should I avoid? I was looking at Norton and McAfee...same price. Thanks for your thoughts.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It sounds like your ds was a lot like mine. I would guess ds to read at about a 3rd-4th grade level. It sounds like my plan might be a good one since it worked for you :) Thanks :thumbup:

Did you simply list it as taken before High School?

I know a few here have done it. How does it work for transcripts? Doesn't the score archive after 5 years? DD (going into 7th) wants to take AP Human Geo. She loves Geography and she is a strong writer. I think she can probably handle it?

If I didn't already own it, I would have definitely gone that route :thumbup: He's my fourth so I have it all :D

DS is rising 1st and he has quite an advanced reading ability and comprehension. Rarely do I need to help him with words and he reads books like The Boxcar Children, etc. I got out his materials for next year and I see that he is beyond what they are doing but I lean toward moving through it anyway (just a faster speed?) so that he has the phonics knowledge to match his reading ability. What do ya'll think? I can keep challenging him by adding more advanced reading but keep with his grade in phonics to make sure there isn't any gaps? Does this seem like a good plan? If it helps to understand what I am using.. I use BJU for 1st grade Phonics because I like their approach. I am planning to add First Language Lessons to it though and transition of to SWB materials completely for 2nd grade and above. Thanks for any thoughts on this!

Ok so funny that you post this...I've been wondering the same thing. I have very tight muscles and have been trying to foam roll before and after lifting and it hurts like h#$@ Seriously...it doesn't get better?!?!?

It is going on a year. I stopped running in October because the pain was too awful. I still lift weights but stopped running or doing any training that included jumping, hopping, etc. I can only wear Brooks Glycerin tennis shoes and must work my wardrobe around them. I miss my activities and cute shoes. Is there anything else I can do?

So sad. :grouphug: On a funny note...I guess I haven't raised my kids to think like that at all. DD had to list religion on a standardized test she took and she just stared at it. "It didn't have Christian...it had all of these different groups and I have no idea what we are :lol: "

It was inappropriate. It was innocent since she was just showing concern for your dd because of her own belief system but it was still hurtful and inappropriate. She's a child and I think grace should be given. We have friends who lived with an indigenous people group. They (or their children) were often reprimanded for breaking religious code. Their children were told numerous times about some new religious code they broke that would upset the spirits and they were surely going to die because of their disregard for the gods. These were simple things like walking on the wrong trail, eating a forbidden food, etc. The parents didn't get upset because they knew that the things weren't true. If you really know there isn't a hell then let it go. We need to hold firm to our beliefs and know that others will not always agree....and it is ok. I had a good friend growing up who was Hindu. She often told me things that she believed to be true and I shrugged them off because I didn't believe them. We were still friends. I let it go and moved on. I'm sure I may have said things to her that she didn't believe and she did the same. We are still friends to this day and that was middle and high school. For what it is worth, we are Christians and my in laws are atheists. They are constantly pushing atheism on my children.