Yeah I think we will definitely get warmer layers, a freezer, a generator :). I am trying to steer him towards the town with the Azure stop. We lived in Alaska when I was a child and I thought it was my fun. It was a real pain for my mom to run to the store.

He is looking at 4 houses and they are all in small towns. Three are in towns with services. So, it will be a town. But, nothing like we are used to. The closet city will be Billings, MT. I am really pushing for a particular town which coincidently my dh father reccommeded without me knowing it. It won't be farm living.

Oh priorities are still the same!

I was thinking brain leakage. I don't seem to leak anywhere else but my brain. I am so dumb these days. I am constantly stopping mid-sentence and having to remember where I was going.

We are moving to the country. No YMCA. No Costco for at least 2 hours. Lots of snow. No Family. Huge adjustment. Any thoughts or maybe just a whole lot of prayers and positive energy thrown my way please.

I might use the spreadsheet thing next year! We only have 5 kids. I have the older two most independent this year out of necessity. I have been solo parenting while my husband works and lives in another state. We are moving at the end of this month. I like having a time to read together at least once a day. Usually it is mid-day. My oldest has a 4 year planner from The Well Planned Day. I use a Well Planned Day planner for the next two. I wish I had grand advice. But, I have been in survival mode. I just juggle a lot and plan my day to be really long. We don't get up early and everyone works best at different times. I need breaks through the day for my sanity or I end up angry and bitter and yelling. So, we never get done at 3. Someone is always doing schoolwork or helping to watch a baby while I help someone. We have a YMCA here and that is the biggest thing I will miss. They have amazing daycare. My older three are safe to roam freely. I often drop the little two at childcare and take a steam and nice long got shower. It is like a spa :)

Thanks everyone :). I find it funny when a piece of paper is more helpful then my phone.

We are only going a few states away and it is one highway :). So, I was just hoping to easily find a few places to stop along the way. I can't figure out if I want to do it in 2 days or push through 1.

I am trying to plan our moving trip. We are driving a truck and our van. I was hoping to find something to show me the route and rest stops. I know I could just get a map and all. But, I looooooove my technology :p

I think homeschooling is for everyone. So, if I don't feel good it isn't working. I am so attracted to Waldorf but it doesn't work. I am not crafty at all. I am always surprised at what works especially since my kids are so different. I am coming up on my 4th Preschooler. I have been thinking a lot about what I want for her. My first two went to PS. My third has some special needs. She seems to be doing well and it is going to be so different with her. One thing I have learned is less is more for us. One good book is ways better than a million extras and crafty stuff and well timed TV shows. One book and discussions so they can connect to other things is nice. Quite a bit of what we use now is PHP stuff which I always fight but it works.

Thanks! That thread drove me bonkers. Do we have a social group?

Can you request books for free? If you are planning on ordering a sonlight core, then just go to Betterworldbooks and order used books and the KONOS volume. You could get an awesome set up for your family.

Yes it would. I just like to mention that we did a lot of reading because people often think KONOS is this really difficult curriculum that you spend hours planning and you need to see and have lots of things. I am not particularly crafting. I can't see. The only thing I ever sewed for KONOS was done by hand. We tracked and "killed" stuffed animals. Then we turned them into coonskin hats.

I was going to say KONOS, as well. It is fun and flexible. We did a lot of reading because my older two loved reading. we would get a big basket of library books. I was amazed at how I would be reading a book and they could pick out the trait.

My oldest three are boys. They are all completely different in personality and learning. One thing they all have in common is dawdling in schoolwork. Mix things up during the day. Make sure you are taking a break between tasks to jump around or fidget with some Lego. Give a cookie and milk for a treat. If he sits and tries to learn, the work can't sink into his brain. He really will be wasting everyone's time. Don't take a summer break. Just continue to do a smaller amout of work through the summer. He just needs practice learning to get work finished. Since, you are the mom you get to help. Setting a timer for say 15 minutes and get him to work in 15 increments for each subject for a week. Then add 5 minutes each week till you are up to 45- 1 hour for the subject. SWB has a great talk out now titled Homeschooling the Real Child. It is on the PHP store as a download. I keep it on my phone and listen to it when I think I must be crazy and there is something wrong with all my children :p

It is in my pile but I haven't looked. I have yet to order anything from them. 10 years of homeschooling and there are curriculum I haven't tried :)

Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design http://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Darwinism-Intelligent-Design/dp/1596980133/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1MM3E217W50E3&coliid=I1X7H78X03JNNC We have never done a logic class. I realized my oldest is really stuck on being right. I want him to be able to stick up for his beliefs,in a logical respectable manner.So, you might consider that, as well.

This link is actually for intelligent design http://www.intelligentdesign.org/store.php.

He used to love science but he seems to be a History guy now. I went to back to school in my 30's. It kind of help me see we can be more flexible than I was led to believe.

Would this count for a chemistry credit? CHEM 101 DVD Exploring the World of Chemistry by Tiner Exploring the World of Physics by Tiner Friendly Chemistry Thames and Kosmos Chemistry Kit He couldn't manage Algebra. He fumbled through for 6 months. So, I knocked him back down to gain some confidence. He doesn't need to graduate at 18.

Yeah I would love to hear more. My oldest likes open and go. But, he tends to be ultra-conservative to a fault. I don't need someone pushing him too far over.

We are trying to move to another state so we can be back by DH again. He has been gone over a year. We seem to be on low tide kind of Month. Best friends had spring break, a birthday, and this weekend we are going to the beach. We are just in a funk I guess. I need to figure out better science options. When they are young we do a lot of outside and nature stuff. My older too need something more outlines especially my 13yo who wants to study science in College. We have tried Apologia and it just doesn't get their interest. Thinking of trying some suggestions from Timberdoodle next year. My oldest used to love science but he is really moving towards History. I need to get him the next SWB book. He said he wish she would do science :) We all love TT. That has gone over great. My 3yo is totally into letters and reading. None of the boys were like this. So, that is pretty fun to watch unfold. We have been learning a lot about Vikings. DH found out he has Celiac. So, we are trying to figure that out before we all have to share a kitchen. I tend towards a vegan diet, so that makes things a little bit crazy. I was deeply considering getting the older two a Sonlight core for next year. But, after John came over an opened his mouth. I am thinking not so much.

We hated RS4K. I would have been sorely disappointed if I spent my own money on it. (We were using a PS program at the time.). We have been using Apologia for the last few years and it seems like a flop. Rainbow Science looks pretty good to me. I would love to hear opinions and reviews.

I am not very consistent. But, it is really neat. I think if I was more consistent it would really be awesome. It really is a great study method for me and helps me open my eyes to what my older boys need. I have only done it with my 16 and 13 yo boys. I think the most difficult thing for me is that I wasn't really raised in a Christian home. My mom was Catholic till I was around 14. Then we were attending a Baptist Church. The only church I have attended regularly as an adult is a Nazarene Church. I feel like my bible education is sorely lacking.

My husband has ADD and having something like music helps to relax the part of the brain and allows the other subject to trickle in. And, honestly my gut reaction is that quizzing (they do that at our Nazarene church) is a strange thing for children to have to sneak. You should thank God and let that go. If anything you should really talk to someone, maybe your husband about that reaction.