I think my spell checker is a function of the browser I'm using. I don't think it's a function of the website. And I mistyped "function" in that sentence, but got the red underline, thank goodness.

Melissa, you and I are twin souls. People think I am patient. Really, I'm just too much of a blob to get excited about much of anything. I do mow my lawn, though. I make up for it by not vacuuming.

Hey, I know this one! You click on the icon next to the "quote" button that looks like a giant quotation mark. You mark all the posts you want to quote from, then hit the quote button, and all the quoted messages show up in your reply. You can then clean them up appropriately. There was a discussion about this in the How To forum not long ago.

Thanks for pointing this out. My dd uses RS pretty much on her own, so I haven't paid that much attention. But every once in a while I walk by while she's doing it and think, "That's weird -- why are they using present progressive?"

Nope, I slap it together, post it, and forget about it. I'm a slothful blogger, and proud of it.

The problem I have with post titles is that they don't show up when I get email notification of the latest post. I just get the body of the new post. If the title of the post contains different info than the body, the body often makes no sense. Sometimes I get an email that simply says "nt" and am left wondering what the heck is going on, kwim? Also, I'm not sure that the post titles are searchable -- are they? Also, if my post ends up under the post of whomever I'm quoting, what happens if I quoted various posts from various people? Oh, I know -- I need to just switch to hybrid and see where my last post ended up.

This sums it up for me, too. And I'm way too tired today, because I think it's funny that Mrs. Mungo and Plaid Dad wrote similar things in spite of Mrs. Mungo's sig line about being no relation. I think I need a nap.

:grouphug: Glad to hear things are going well. Head injuries are so scary. When other moms joke, "I tell my kids not to bother me unless it involves blood," I always think I'd prefer seeing some blood to having a child with a head injury.

Varies depending on the house. We had a house in the woods with 9 foot ceilings, and let it go to 90 outside before we ran the a/c. In our current house with low ceilings and not so many trees, we flip it on at about 75. ETA: It also depends on the allergens. Plenty of cool nights are ruined for us by pollen.

It's all about cookies....

Speaking as someone who totally stinks at history and lit, I went to the library last month and checked out an audio series from Teaching Textbooks -- History of Freedom by J. Rufus Fears. I listen to it while I'm cleaning or walking on the treadmill. I was a bit intimidated by Teaching Textbooks when I looked at their website, but decided that getting something from the library was a no-lose proposition -- if I started listening to it and got totally confused I could just take it back and try something else. So far I'm fascinated -- the guy can really make those battles come to life! Also, I'm gaining confidence, and find myself browsing the catalog for ideas on what to listen to next -- more history? try some lit? So, that is my teeny tiny first step on the road to self-education. Probably the biggest hurdle was actually *taking* the step. Also, finding something in a form I'll actually use on a regular basis (I do some mindless task on a daily basis, it seems, so I can listen to audio books daily -- someone else may do better with a book or DVD, depending on their situation).

I purchased Bio 1 a couple of years ago. Most of the TM seemed to be along the lines of "read these pages, then narrate about what was read" (or draw a picture or whatever). It reminded me of Sonlight, but with less info. I needed to buy a manual for this? Umm, no. (BTW, I like Sonlight, so don't take this as saying that anything that's like Sonlight would turn me off. I think their TMs are great, and worth the price because I perceive added value in the information included, unlike Noeo.) The experiment kits seemed pricey for what you got. I ended up ditching the weather one because I could find better stuff on line using stuff we had around the house. Furthermore, the experiment kits weren't well correlated with the readings; this was irksome since it wouldn't have been that difficult to do. Overall, I never was sure why I had the TM, considering that I could figure out all of this stuff on my own, and do a better job. I disliked some of the books. There was a DK about weather I thought was particularly awful -- poor graphic layout. I can't tell you the title since I got rid of it. Again, I could find something better on my own. I haven't used any other levels or subjects. The experience turned me off of Noeo.

Just out of curiosity, is this the rule for both males and females? Thinking in terms of going to the swimming pool -- who has to shave what in order to go?

We tried Prima Latina followed by LC, and nearly perished of boredom. We floundered around for awhile, and then I got a great deal on Latin for Children, so we gave it a try. My 12yo adores this program. She wants to use Spanish for Children. Heck, she wants to use Greek for Children. Any language program by CAP sounds good to her. Unfortunately, I can't pin her down on what it is that fascinates her about it. I know it isn't the DVDs. We had the original DVD for Level A -- the really quirky ones before they got all professional -- and she liked that simply because you never knew what to expect next. She is on level B. She pretty much does it all by herself. She dutiful chants all the chants. Sometimes we take a few days to work on some Lingua Latina, too. I think the errors have been taken care of, for the most part.

Something that springs to mind: my BIL is allergic to cats, but only under certain circumstances. His body can handle the cat dander if it isn't also dealing with other allergens. He can come to our house and be just fine. BUT, if he's also dealing with various other pollens and molds and whatnot, he reacts terribly to our cats. It also matters how much other stress he's under (things like job stress), and his general health at the moment. Perhaps your son has reached his limit, and is showing a reaction to a combination of air born and food allergens. BTW, insofar as waking up in the night miserable, that's when my dh always had the worst problems. I forget whether the reason was that the allergen levels went up at night, or if it was that the histamine levels in the body typically go up at night anyway. Just some thoughts to add to the confusion.

I am so sorry. That's such a tough thing to go through.:grouphug:

We also purchased the Language Activity Book because dd likes that sort of thing -- it's essentially a bunch of worksheets about the stories in 1A. Alas, you can't purchase answer keys for that or for the tests easily. I haven't tried calling the publisher. That nipped our interest in it. The books are attractive, and the stories seemed reasonably interesting, though.

We had snow last week. Now it's sunny and in the upper 70s to 80s. I've had to turn on the a/c. I think spring occurred Sunday afternoon, and we're heading straight into summer now.

I had external version for my 12 yo. She was breech. I think it was about 37 weeks. My doctor was a family practitioner who also delivered babies. She referred me to someone with more experience for the actual version. It went very smoothly. The doctor popped dd's little bottom right out of my pelvis, and spun her around in short order. Then I had to hang around awhile to make sure everything was alright. The doctor who did the version commented that it was one of the easiest he's ever done. We had gone to see a movie the night before, since they had warned us that things might go poorly and we might end up with a C-section the day of the version. But dd actually ended up being 2 weeks late on top of everything else, so it was quite a while before the birth. Our pastor's wife had an internal version. She told me about it after the external version. It sounded ... alarming. And painful. But my external version? No problem. I usually forget it happened. It was a lot less exciting than the birth.

We get the Hanes brand, too. Dd uses them for warmth in winter, and for the anti-itch factor. Dd has sensitive skin (inherited from me, no doubt -- the feel of many fabrics drives me batty) and prefers the light layer of cotton (or silk) to prevent other clothing from rubbing her skin. She wears the undershirts under her pajamas in the winter. You know, it occurs to me that dh also wears short sleeved undershirts year round when he's in business attire. He thinks it looks better on men to not see through a white shirt and view chest hair, etc. Also, it keeps his shirts cleaner -- he tosses the undershirt in the laundry at night, but hangs up the shirt for another wearing since it hasn't had direct exposure to his skin. His shirts end up lasting longer since they aren't washed so often. We're just a layered family, I guess.

Yes, when we lived in New Hampshire during a presidential primary. The pollsters were thick on the ground; you could barely make a move without being polled.

This sounds like my grandma. She lived into her late 90s. For the last, oh, say, 60 years of that she was dying. :tongue_smilie: Maybe we're related.

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It would be rather hypocritical of me to say there's something wrong with it, since I'm pretty laid back about it myself. The other day I shaved my legs for the first time in several months, and even at that I just did the lower part. I've told 12yo dd that if she wants to start, that's fine with me -- just let me know if she wants me to purchase any supplies. I desperately wanted to shave my legs when I was 12. I thought it was soooo cool and grown up. Obviously I've gotten over that concept.

We buy undershirts, both sleeveless and short sleeved, at Target. Camisoles are everywhere, too, at the mall -- all the girls around here seem to wear them under everything, in all sorts of weather. Well, at least the crowd we hang out with -- in Irish Dance you pretty much have to wear some sort of t-shirt or cami, since the dresses aren't washable, are heavy as lead, and are itchy, plus you're likely to be changing into your dress in a public hallway. But, really, the girls at church wear double camis/shirts all year round, and it gets wicked hot and humid here. It's no odder than the kids who wore flip flops all winter long in northern Ohio. (By the way, every time I've typed the word "undershirt" today I've left out the 2nd r; I'm so glad my browser has a spellcheck on it.)