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  1. Okay. I see. By the time we are done with the building/shelter/cottage/whatever we will have more than a couple thousand in it. I just don't have the $$ to buy a travel trailer tomorrow (or next month) nor would I want to cause then I'll have to pay to have the thing removed and disposed of. Sounds like more of a headache and cost than living in a tent for a few months.

     

    I think I understand now. I don't think I'd do it with my family (live in such a small space), but if you all can get along over the winter, then it might be worth it. I think you'd just have to plan the house layout well so that whatever you build now could be successfully integrated into the larger house later, and if it would eventually be plumbed, get all that in place during building, even if you won't have running water yet.

  2. I'm not sure why so many seem to think this will be badly built. Small, yes. badly built, no. As I stated a couple of times up thread we have plans for the building after the house is built. I'd like it to last to my death.

     

    Maybe because you said in your first post that you don't have a couple thousand to buy a travel trailer and so it sounds like you have less than a couple thousand to build this shelter. I haven't priced anything out, but it seems like anything decent would be a couple thousand to build - I know pouring a slab of cement isn't inexpensive, even if you're doing it yourself.

  3. If he has gone w/o food for 4 days, there may be underlying health issues. I used to think my cat was just picky, but later learned that she probably has chronic kidney disease, accompanied by a lot of stomach pain, which was making her howl and cry. You might want to check out this page:

    http://www.felinecrf.org/

     

    I have to give her crushed up Zantac in water, hidden in a liver soup (yum. . .). That has helped tremendously. I only figured this out after we about lost her last year when she went on another food strike (and by then, I knew it was not good for her, and was force feeding her via a syringe). We were a day or two from taking her in to be put down because she wouldn't eat on her own and would fight violently when I did feed her. She finally started eating again.

     

    So I wouldn't just let it go - read some of the symptoms and see if any fit. I haven't taken my cat in for a diagnosis because she's 16 and I don't want to subject her to the stress of bloodwork and vet visits at this point in her life.

  4. How often do these coupons come in the mail? When I didn't need them, it seemed like they came all the time. Now that I want one, I haven't gotten one in forever. Do you have to be on a mailing list? Do they still do that 20% off coupon?

     

    I just got one the other day, and they also sometimes email them. I always just hold onto at least one because (in the past) they don't care about the expiration dates and will still let you use them.

  5. So what is better for daily use? The oil in a spray? The flakes that I mix up? Can I mix it up and have it in my own bottle to spray?

     

    I think it's basically the same thing. Having someone else mix it for you or you doing it yourself. If you're going to be going through quite a bit of it, it would very quickly make it worthwhile to buy the flakes and mix your own.

     

    Here's just one place to buy them:

    http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SWU495/ItemDetail

     

    And the general recipe (I Googled it) is 1:1 flakes to water. I think that was a little strong for me, so I made it more dilute (which is another good thing about making your own - if it's too strong, you can adjust it).

  6. I hate going through all the stuff that adds an extra shipping cost and having to redo my order.

     

    Is it possible to do this?

     

    I know with Prime, there's a box on the left hand side that you can check that will show only Prime eligible items. -- I just checked w/o signing in and there's a heading for Shipping Option that will then show only those eligible for Free Shipping with $25.

  7. I've made magnesium "oil" from magnesium chloride flakes I have. It's called an oil because it has a somewhat oily feel. I can't remember the ratio of flakes to water, but I'm sure a Google search would find it. I was using it to try to up my magnesium, but found a magnesium citrate tablet that works well and just haven't gone back to it.

  8. Well, the kids aren't "in" bed til between 9 and 10 (once school's finished for the summer, it's later), but they are supposed to be upstairs and not bothering me (downstairs) after 7:30 or 8. Dh and I will usually spend some time playing World of Warcraft together and socializing online with other people in our guild (we have it set up so we can talk with them). He doesn't watch a lot of TV with me, but we have several shows we watch together. That's pretty much it. Typically, even if we're not playing Warcraft together, we're in the same room and can converse if something pops into our heads, but I'm usually pretty tired by evening.

  9. So, I am wanting to start an allowance for my kids. Not for chores but just because. I want to work with them to learn to save money but also I am tired of them breaking into their piggy banks and then fighting over whose money is whose.

     

    I am considering two different types of accounts.

     

    Youth Savings

    Or Youth Checking with Debit

    or Youth Prepaid Card

     

    I like the idea of a full fledged youth savings account but we would have to go to the bank to withdrawal money when they wanted to spend some. Not a horrible idea but not my favorite thought, either.

     

    The youth checking with debit is an option I am considering as with the prepaid card. I like the fact that I can just transfer money to their prepaid acct for allowances without me actually having to give them cash. As a whole, we don't use much cash but use our debit cards. I want to raise them on a no credit philosophy and am afraid using a debit card with their name on it at such a young age will be condoning credit in their eyes even though it isn't credit...(they aren't old enough to truly understand the difference)

     

    Does anyone just transfer money to accounts for allowances? Any opinions of the choices available?

     

    My dc each have a savings account (which will later have a checking acct attached to it), but only their savings goes into it. Any spending money they are responsible for keeping track of. They get a very small allowance each month (not tied to chores) and then can work for extra money (if we have jobs available).

     

    I think at their ages, it's good for them to handle cash, pay for items at the store themselves, and learn how the whole process works. You don't have that as much with a credit/debit card. And having a savings account that they aren't allowed to withdraw money out of teaches them how it can accumulate over time and how to not give into temptation to piddle it away (although at this point, that is a forced issue - they just aren't allowed to get into it yet).

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    My whole purpose in pursuing this is to do what someone mentioned in this thread - off-load some of the Humanities, or electives, so he can focus on the challenging math and science courses. I am not trying to eliminate THOSE; they are the ones he really needs at the 4-yr college! But I know they are difficult. I am assuming the freshman Engineering course is designed to separate the men from the boys, so to speak. I would love to lighten his freshman load from 17-18 credit hours to 14-15 so he has more time to work on ENGR 111 and MATH 151 and PHYS 151.

     

     

     

    This sounds good, but it might be nice for him to have some of the lighter classes interspersed in his heavier classes. I did some 18 credit semesters (and worked part-time), but spread out my non-engineering/math classes around, so I'd have at least one "easy" class per semester. (I didn't have the option of credits transferring because I went back to college 4 years after high school.)

     

    I did end up taking a couple summer classes to lighten a semester up, but was able to finish in 4 years.

  11. This is the update I have from my aunt: "The pulmonologist said the cells were not diagnostically typical of cancer, but based on the CT and PET CT he still suspects it is. He wants an interventional radiologist to look at the tests and determine if another bronchoscopy or a CT assisted biopsy is next."

     

    So there's still no definitive answer yet. Prayers still greatly appreciated.

  12. Here's something along the same lines - now, it doesn't taste like regular fudge (which I don't like - it's way too sweet and not chocolately enough). My dd likes this and it gives her something sweet-ish but also with protein, instead of just a sugar rush (and she doesn't know what's in it, either - at this point, I don't think she'd care, but ds would freak, although he doesn't really like it anyway).

     

    http://wholenewmom.com/recipes/dairy-free-chocolate-almond-fudge-with-sugar-free-option/

  13. I am reading More Charlotte Mason Education and it said any 6-7 year old should be able to understand Oliver Twist if it was read to them. In an effort for my children to get more exposure to the classics I downloaded it to my Kindle (it is free BTW). I read 2 chapters and DD-8 was lost. She didn't know that the first chapter was OT being born in a workhouse, couldn't narrate anything back correctly. I have been reading aloud for quite sometime now and she can usally do a pretty good job at narrating (we are switching gears for 3rd grade to more of a CM style and starting now). I understood the book completely but she is lost. Is Oliver Twist really a book for 6-7 year olds to understand or just really really smart 6-7 year olds? I am feeling very inadequate right about now.

     

    We switched to Anne of Green Gables and she likes that one better.

     

    I think Oliver Twist would be quite difficult for a 6-7 year old. Ambleside Online has it scheduled for Year 5, and we read it this year (and my dc are 13 and 10 1/2). The 10 1/2 yo did OK with it, but it wasn't easy for her. We used it as a read aloud so I could stop and discuss words or the plot - she would not have made it through it on her own.

  14. I like to prep for the next year at the end of the current year. The past few weeks, I've been getting my schedule for next year solidified, making sure I have the needed books and supplies (just placed an order for chemistry supplies over the weekend), and get most of the things I'll need to have printed done, so I'm not scrambling around at the beginning of next year. That way, I should just have to get everything out and be ready to go. It's difficult enough for all of us to get back into the swing of school in the fall, without me having to try to get all my prep work done, too.

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