I finished reading Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn, here's my review. If you love singing (or playing music in general!), this was a great read. It's due out in April. Now I'm finishing up The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church. I'm thinking this will be a future read-aloud (obviously not yet, since DD is only 3 1/2 haha). I should be done with this one either tonight or tomorrow.

It sounds like something has affected your computer. I'd go to http://www.malwarebytes.org/ and download their free program. I'm willing to bet it'll find and take care of the problem.

I finished Free Range Learning by Laura Grace Weldon. It gave me a lot to think about, and I was highlighting on my Nook like crazy! Thanks to NetGalley, I'm now reading Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn - it's due out in April. I can hardly put it down, and would have finished already if I didn't have La Befana/Epiphany preparations to take care of (not to mention an energetic 3 1/2 year old who is super excited mommy doesn't have to work this week! LOL)

I just joined truetwit.com which is supposed to filter out automated follows. It asks users to solve a captcha in order to follow you.

Another vote for Shar!

Maybe I'm late to the game on this and you guys already know this... I just realized that we can customize our profiles on this fancy new board. I wasted way too much time finding some nice "wallpaper" for mine. :laugh: Very cool, though!

That is very neat!

I received an email from Netflix letting me know it was available. Not sure why, I hadn't signed up to be notified (if that's even possible). Unless it's because we watched all of season 1 on Netflix? Sure was happy to read it, though, regardless!

Did you get the notification email, too? :D

I'm reading Free Range Learning by Laura Grace Weldon. And working on setting up a book blog! :)

I'm joining in for the first time, looking forward to it!

I have Swype on my phone. Isn't it great?! I would love for it to be available on Nook sometime soon. I'm jealous! :)

The big hit for DD (3) was some Melissa & Doug Doctor costume set/play clothes, complete with stethoscope and other equipment. She's been giving me shots all morning! :laugh:

I think that sounds great, definitely enough!

I love this point. I've been mulling over the whole love languages thing. I feel that, if someone's "love language" is truly gifts, they will be considerate of their recipients when selecting gifts. It doesn't mean they can't give generously, it simply means that they won't give so excessively that it burdens the recipient. A style of gift-giving that is grossly excessive with zero concern if it makes others feel uncomfortable... I'm not convinced that's either "love" or "language." I would think that someone whose "love language is gifts" would hold back in the future if they noticed that others felt uncomfortable, because the point is to communicate love, not to create stress and a burden. (I haven't read the book about love languages, so maybe I'm misunderstanding.) Joshin, I also loved your story about your grandmother's cards. :001_wub:

Meagan stole my answer! :D

DH is watching tv in the other room, and DD is happily playing with her rubber ducky in a bubble bath (I'm sitting on the floor next to the tub).

There are some great ideas for encouraging students to practice at Philip Johnston's website. He's the author of "The Practice Revolution" (fantastic book!). Some of the ideas are geared toward teachers, but plenty of them can be used by students and/or parents. Hope this helps a bit!

That's great, way to go!!!

Thanks for all of these great ideas!

Feels so new and improved, glad it's back. Thanks!!

That's great, way to go!!!!!

Chiming in with a thanks here, too! We're just starting out with the c-rods, and your videos are a huge help.

We listened to the Classical Christmas station on Pandora (love!!) while putting up the tree. DD3 helped place ornaments, and then set up her Little People nativity. She has barely left the tree's side. This is such a fun age!

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