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I thought that in order to lighten one's hair you had to strip it, first. Not anymore I guess huh?
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...my newf/saint was the. best. dog. ever. Ever ever. I cannot begin to express how wonderful she was...
You don't have to, for me! The St. Bernard I had as a young adult was fantastic, temperament-wise. You couldn't ask for better temperament.
But yeah, shedding. Bleh.
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We have a chokecherry tree in the yard at our TN place. They're tiny and mostly seed, but that potent and tart cherry flavor...delicious! Enjoy!
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We're moving from 1800 sf plus a full basement, to 1100 sf with no basement or attic. So we're in a bit of a panic as well.
We just bit the bullet and bought a conex box to put on the property and will be building shelves and other storage fixtures in it.
We store a LOT of food (we're preppers) and have a ton of "stuff" as well. We also are musicians so that equipment is very bulky too.
For us it made sense; the conex is 40x8 and cost us $3,900 delivered.
Not for everyone, and certainly not for every neighborhood but we're moving to a rural area with acreage.
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Oh, I'm sorry - poor fella!
Personally, I'd explain that it's hurt the dog but certainly keep your cool. She couldn't possibly have any idea something so minor could affect the pup.
Not even knowing your little one, I can't even imagine she'd have had any intention to hurt him!
She's probably going to feel terrible about it on her own when she sees the poor dog.
JMHO
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Me too; I just always attribute it to a nerve/muscle spasm/twinge kind of thing.
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We've got all pound puppies.
The breed is far less important than the training, consistency, and effort YOU put into them.
Sometimes it gets ugly, esp if you wind up with an adult dog that has bad habits that you have to correct.
Our dogs are:
- Redbone Coonhound (HUGE pain in the butt, seriously stubborn and hard to train; leaves the yard constantly in spite of electric fence, etc. Super loving though. She's about a year old so I hope will mellow some as she ages.)
- Great Dane (Also a PITA until she matured, at about 4 years of age. Very stubborn...but now that she's calmed, down, she's fantastic.)
- Pitbull mix (Easily the best dog I've ever had. Easy to train, very compliant. Incredibly devoted and sweet to us.)
Again, the training needed is more for the owner, than the dog.
If an owner isn't willing to put the effort in, they stand a chance of having a real nightmare on their hands.
I suggest young adult or puppy if you have children in the house. For safety's sake; I've seen "reliable" adult dogs snap for reasons unknown, and it isn't a pretty sight. With an adult dog, you don't know everything in that dog's past.
Most dogs are fine, but you don't want to be the one in a hundred that gets a dog with hidden "issues".
- Redbone Coonhound (HUGE pain in the butt, seriously stubborn and hard to train; leaves the yard constantly in spite of electric fence, etc. Super loving though. She's about a year old so I hope will mellow some as she ages.)
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That's sort of what we're doing. (Not with Sonlight, but we're trying to afterschool with a somewhat complete program). We started out really ambitious and have trimmed it back considerably.
It's a lot of effort and after almost 2 months of school, we're pretty much at the stage where we're getting math and language arts done and science/history maybe on the weekends if we can squeeze it in. We do one of each on most weekdays: math, handwriting, a grammar/writing task, and read-alouds before bed.
We spend 1/2 hour before school on handwriting and math, then another 15 or 20 minutes on LA after dinner and then 1/2 hour reading at bedtime.
Definitely not a complete homeschooling program but our plan is to start homeschooling when we move next year, so our objective may be different from yours. (I'm trying to get us both used to the homeschooling curricula while he's still in public school...and then it'll seem a lot easier once we eliminate the publich school part. That's the plan anyway.)
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We just use it as a supplement to Singapore so we only use it a couple times a week. (we're doing greater than/less than right now).
There is a way to calculate how many pages a day (or maybe week?) you should do to get it finished in a school year.
I think it figured out to 1.5 pages a day for level 1, but not certain.
There's a user guide/read-me included with the files - I think it's in there.
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I feel the same way with my son. He's 6 as well...last night we did a narration of the trial scene from Alice in Wonderland and it was torture.
There were so many complex and unknown words and speech patterns, that I got the "doe in the headlights" look.
For the questions, I wound up prompting him with almost the entire answers.
For the "what do you remember", all he recalled was that there was a plate of pies in the room and Alice was hungry.
I reckoned that was better than nothing!
Other times, he totally gets it and responds with great answers!
I agree, your daughter's answers aren't unreasonable. It's a lot to ask of a litte one!
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My hubby and I still call each other "Girlfriend" and "Boyfriend." I'm not sure why...:001_huh:
We seldom use each other's real names; when we do, we're either in a serious disagreement or speaking to someone else about one another.
We get made fun of a fair bit, but can't really think of better substitute names for one another, so we just deal.
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That's fantastic, a breath of fresh air; good for you, Cheyenne!
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Here's an incredibly helpful post from Veggiegal. I appreciated it so much, because I too had no idea how they worked!
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3253553&postcount=19
"...There are lots of more complex and detailed things you can do with these rods, but at the most basic level, the idea is to get children seeing the numbers as a 'whole', rather than counting separate objects. So a 1-rod is your shortest rod, and 1-unit (usually centimetre) long. The 2-rod is twice that length, the 3-rod 3 cms long, etc. So when you have a question like:
4 + 3 =
The child takes the 3-rod, the 4-rod (are yours different colours? this helps) and lays them end to end (like train cars), and then finds the rod that matches that length--i.e., the 7-rod. If the child selects the wrong rod first, they can see if their guess was too short or too long. This is very different than a child counting "1, 2, 3, 4" and "1, 2, 3" and then putting them together in a group and counting "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7". (More advanced students will use 'counting on'--after the 4, they will say "5, 6, 7" as they count blocks, fingers, whatever. But with rods, there simply is no way to 'count', period.
To do the problems of the OP, like:
2 + ? = 6
you child would take the 2-rod and 6-rod (what is 'known') and place them so that the 2-rod lies over or alongside the 6-rod, like this:
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Now the child needs to find the rod that would make the top line the same length as the bottom line--i.e., the 4-rod. Again, depending how they guess they can see if their number is too large or too small, and revise their guess accordingly.
The rods also work spectacularly for learning what numbers group to 10, a useful skill in our base-10 system. MUS has the kids build a wall of tens, with a 10-rod on the bottom, 1+9 on top, then 2+8, 3+7, etc. For some kids the visual and concrete representation of those bars locks those facts in their brain in a much stronger way than kids who are 'counting up' to 10.
Make sense?..."
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How wonderful, congratulations!
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If they're at the breaker stage, they'll ripen just fine on the kitchen counter. If not, make some salsa verde or something! :)
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"Freestar"! lol that's the name...
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our Ford Winstar literally self destructed at 110K miles. I will never, ever buy another Ford.
Dawn
Ah, true - I did have a windstar that died on me. Did you know they were SO bad, that they dared not name the new year's models "Windstars"? It's something similar but I can't recall what it was...
But the Ford Explorers and Broncos we've had have kept running until the bodies literally fell apart! lol My old Aerostar van was a gem too!
Tried and true Ford models are truly good vehicles. It's when they go tinkering around with new stuff that they have trouble.
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...We buy them, after having them checked out to see what it needs, repair them if needed, then drive them until they really and truly die or are wrecked beyond reasonable costs to fix. Also, we only keep liability insurance on them. It has been better for us to own 3 salvage title cars and keep liability on them. One car for me, one for my husband, and one in case to drive if one needs repairs or dies. Because of this system, we pay a lot less in insurance, have a back up vehicle that didn't cost us very much, and we don't have any car payments...
We do something similar, but not with salvage vehicles - with cars from the auto auction. We automatically add $2,000 to the price to come up with a reasonable price for a vehicle we're interested in. Then if it needs a new transmission or other major work (you can start them up but can't drive them), we're still within our price range. Unless the car is extremely nice, we'll pay less than $1,000...and usually more like $500.
Cash for Clunkers really did a number on the used car market; all the inexpensive cars were traded in for $4,500 and now we're just starting to see some reasonably priced used cars hit the market.
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Well, you gotta check on the damage.
And, if the title is "salvaged", does that mean it's no longer roadworthy? Can it be registered, etc.? Back in the day I've had cars "salvaged" and were only permitted for parts use.
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Honda's a good vehicle. I think the hesitation here is due to the amount of damage it's sustained.
And for that kind of mileage, depending on the year, I don't really see $4k as that great a price.
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I do enjoy supporting people/causes I believe in with cash.
Looking forward to buying it! :)
(eta: Pre-ordered so I don't forget)
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The only thing I can think of, that we use turmeric in (a lot of it!) is pickles; it gives them that jolly yellow color.
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Another van question--sorry.
in General Education Discussion Board
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Driving a 1997 Chevy Venture as well. Almost 200K miles and it's been really reliable.
That said, we put a new engine in at about 120K but otherwise, it's been great.
Routine stuff, but nothing major.
We generally buy at auction for less than $1,000 and then assume $2,000 worth of work so when something major comes along we're not knocked for a loop.
eta: My parents have been driving a Hyundai (car) for several years; and they're pretty particular. My BIL also drives one and is happy with it. They're really giving American cars a run for their money.