Thanks for the suggestions! I love the 100 push ups site. I started today!

I was reading all these running threads and its helping to motivate me! I loved doing couch to 5 k. I had the mp3 on my player and followed the program to a t. After completing, I was able to run 3 miles on my own which is a huge improvement but I find I am missing the workout that C25K offered. Is there a similar mp3 program that is a bit more rigourous? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

My son is an excellent although reluctant reader. I bought him some Calvin and Hobbes books and some Tin Tin books...he loved them!! He also read other graphic novels during this time. I let him stay up as late as he wants as long as he is reading books (no toys, no video games, just books) and now he reads on his own!! Granted, he is a very busy child, so doesn't read as much as I did as a child but he will pick up a book and read it on his own without prodding. i think that the Calvin and Hobbes books helped show him that reading isn't just work but can also be entertaining.

I am looking for a journal similar to this: http://www.mead.com/meadstore/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=09956 but for an older child so not with the extra line in the handwriting part. I have tried a search but have been unable to find anything. Hoping someone has used something like this and can let me benefit from their knowledge! Thanks!!

I do! I lease a Belgian/Thoroughbred and event him. Eventing is dressage, cross country, and show jumping. We do it more for fun than competition but during the season, we show about twice a month. DS is not very interested in horses but gets to play outside at the farm while I ride so he loves it too!

Another working mom here. I work 24 hours a week as an RN in a busy emergency department. Love it. Get to spend time with other adults that share my sick sense of humor. I mostly work on weekends so ds gets to spend quality time with dad while I'm at work.

Did great! 99th percentile on CAT test.

Hello all, We are headed to Florida tomorrow and are looking for some interesting things to do. We will be there for two weeks. We don't really do the Disney thing, so looking for alternatives. Does anyone know of any homeschool classes within a couple of hours of New Smyrna? Any zoo classes, museum classes, special events, play groups, park days? We go to Fl every year and every year my son yearns for some kids his age to play with. He loves going, but he's a very social child and misses all his friends and would love to make some new ones! He's 8. Thanks for your info!

It gives me horrible headaches. If I drink something that has splenda in it, I feel more thirsty than before I had the drink...strange, I know but that's what it does to me. I will not touch the stuff.

I am considering the Amazon Fire and was wondering if you can stream videos from Discovery Streaming on it? I've seen that Brainpop works but haven't read anything about Discovery Streaming working. Any new owners out there that can educate me? Thanks!

Two recent favorites at my house. Even zuchinni hater ate them and asked for more! Zucchini Risotto http://allrecipes.com/recipe/zucchini-risotto/detail.aspx Zucchini Grinders http://allrecipes.com/recipe/zucchini-grinders/detail.aspx

Watership Down. Am reading the book to ds (7) and planning on watching the movie when done. I saw the movie as a child and remember enjoying it, but that was a long time ago. Will be interesting to see how good it really is. We also read and watched Black Stallion, Black Beauty, Bambi, Peter Pan, Mulan, 101 Dalmations. I have been really enjoying reading the "Disney" titles then watching the Disney movies. Many of them ,I hadn't even realized that there was a book 1st (did you know that Bambi was a novel 1st?). We talk about how different the book and movie are.