You know, I've received stuff via media mail and sent stuff via media mail and never had packages be opened like that. I wonder if they used inadequate packing materials?

Rose, I'm glad I'm not the only one waiting. I wonder if their sorting facility there had some problems... was yours delayed the same day (15th)?

ok, I've emailed! Thanks all!

How fast did your BA economy shipping order arrive? (Awkward sentence, sorry!) Mine still says: Your Item's Status Your item has left our acceptance facility and is in transit to a sorting facility on March 15, 2012 at 5:31 pm in ALPINE, CA 91901 It has been 12 days with no update... ugh! Should I call or email? Kimberly

My husband was and is a deeply introverted man. School just taught him that people will beat him up for being introverted or punch him for losing his hair in high school. It wasn't a great learning experience. Meh. I'd skip it. It certainly didn't open my husband up.

Mine's red. It has gotten a little blonder over the years but not a single grey/white hair. I'm 32.

I've been to the Bookworm and Poplar Kids! :) In fact, here's a blog post about the Poplar Kids: http://gesweinfamily.com/?p=1005 And the school library that our private school in China designed based on Poplar's design: http://gesweinfamily.com/?p=1911 It was a cool place!

Sweet. I guess that's a no.

Anybody?

When you join HSBC you are given the option to put in a referral code. My sister wants me to put her down but she doesn't know where to look in her account for her referral code. Does anyone know where you can find your referral code in your account info? Thanks!

Hi... I've been thinking about Beast Academy more. I ordered 3A/3B and plan to use it with both of my daughters. One is still working on Singapore 2B and one has just finished Singapore 3B, but I think it will benefit her to work through BA even though she's technically done with 3rd grade math. If we want to use Beast Academy long-term, I'm just not sure how we can make it work. They said on their FB page that they anticipate each set of books (a set being defined as a practice book and a guide book) taking a minimum of 4 months to be released. So that's a half-semester's worth of books each 4 months (or more). Those of you that are thinking about using BA as your main curriculum, what are you planning to do about this gap between books? This may very well keep us from using the program past these 2 books, because I don't want to be stuck waiting for new books. Bummer. I can continue Singapore books in between BA books, but that might be redundant.

Well, I live in Florida and there is a TON to do here- between Kennedy Space Center, Blue Spring State Park (swim with manatees), Disney, Universal, any number of beaches, airboat rides, nature preserve @ Merritt Island, SeaWorld, the Clearwater dolphin @ the hospital (from Dolphin Tale) and this is all just within an hour or so of Orlando...

My advice? Calm down. Let him be little. There's no race. No rush. Honestly, asking people to pray for you because your child is reading well for his age... well, it's a little much.

what is up with the electrical tape trick? I just switched to a brother wifi laser bw printer/scanner combo (2280 is the model # I think). I love my duplex printing options on there! I've only been using it a few weeks, but I can't see myself going back to inkjet- drying out cartridges cost me a fortune!

Tamara- Eliza is starting it in a couple weeks. She is almost done with Singapore 3B and then I plan to have her work through that. It will either supplement our Singapore or replace it. I'm not sure. P.S. I've still never met Leah! Crazy!

My religiosity has failed me. Despite my faith in God, it never occurred to me to connect friendly little math beasts with the Mark of the Beast. Apparently my fundie muscles have atrophied! ;)

I saw in a thread that some people dislike the beasts in Beast Academy or dislike the idea of kids looking at beasts during math time. I don't understand. :confused: I mean, if you just think the beasts are ugly or something, that's fine. But what is wrong with looking at a beast? :confused: Please explain.

3.72 @ Costco. 3.79 @ 7-11. Crazy!

Thanks! I'm very interested in hearing more opinions comparing the two. I'm nowhere near ordering curriculum for next fall yet, so I haven't taken the time to really read up on it yet.

I'm really thinking of switching to this from Singapore... we like Singapore, no doubt, but I get frustrated with the textbook/workbook shuffle. I know this also has a guidebook/textbook but the reviews in the textbook are what frustrates me with Singapore. Hmm. Does anyone know how the scope and sequence compare to Singapore?

Yeah, I worked with Mike Pollock (son of the author of the TCK book) in China. :) Good stuff there.

We had a messy house when our kids were babies. It drove me nuts. My ADD can not handle mess and I don't function well in it at all. Now I keep our house in what I consider to be guests-in-10 condition- that is, if we had guests, it could be spotless in 10 minutes. Dishes are ALWAYS in the dishwasher or in the cabinets. Laundry is folded ASAP and put away. Floors are cleaned weekly (tile), rugs are vacuumed weekly. I just can't handle clutter. My desk is the one area where I get things a little piled up and before I work each day, I have to organize it and get it neat. My kids have a bad habit of bringing things in and leaving them on my desk. It isn't awful but just clutter. And I like to see my coffee mug, my laptop, and my wacom tablet and nothing else in my peripheral vision as I work!

It will be less expensive to pay a neighbor to take you to the ER or to pay for an ambulance than it would be to pay for the care of a very preterm NICU baby. I think you need to get yourself to an ER ASAP.

That's insane. I hate guns. But that is still just insane.

Thanks guys. We're renting our house and not really wanting to plant this year so probably won't go for a butterfly garden this year. We had a HUGE garden last year and then moved and just gave away tons of plants and it was sad... can't do that again!