I have tried the Yamaha digital pianos and loved them. I play an antique upright at home and big grand at church. I love love love the real sound but understand the digital idea and trust me the thought of having my kids be able to play silently is awesome. :) As far as cheap digital pianos my main beef with them is that they can not be weighted like real piano keys and the cheap ones have some atrocious key noise. The noise of the keys being played can be almost as loud as the music if you are playing softly... So just a few thoughts hope they help! And enjoy your new piano. What a gift!

Thank you! I really appreciate your thoughts and links!

This is great. Thank you!

Good to know thank you. Can you tell this is my first high schooler??? :)

Don't throw the baseball in the house for the dog!

I am so sorry. I would definitely calling Sears and complaining. That is pretty dumb especially around the holidays. Sorry your surprise is ruined. :(

My ninth grader is embarking on a two week trip to South America with her dad. I was thinking this should be included in her transcript. Perhaps I can also assign credit for her. She is visiting family so it is not truly a missions trip but there will be that type of work involved. She will also be able to try out the Spanish she has been learning and see a lot of country! So does this count as high school credit? I was planning on having her do a report with maps and such but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. :)

Did you cook it and put it in the fridge and then the freezer? If cooked ground beef spends any time in the fridge like if a child puts it in the fridge instead of the fridge... I think it takes on a really nasty flavor. So for me uncooked in the freezer or cooked in the freezer but never in the fridge. :) Don't know if that helps or I have succeeded in making myself look like a truly crazy person.... Probably crazy. :)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. It is not a very long book but I am not sure it would be under twenty minutes...

Found it! It is from one of our posters (kfamily) and her blog A Mind In the Light under year 7 science narration. Be sure to look around her blog it is wonderful! Here is the link to the adobe page. https://workspaces.acrobat.com/app.html#d=x8f2Zw2chqp1L19aWkoWSw

Last week I found the perfect list for science narration. It listed things that needed to be included in a narration. It was perfect and I was going to print it out and put it in my children's science notebooks. I didn't need to save it because of course I would remember where I saw it.... I am perfectly organized... :lol: Did anyone see a list like this come through on any blogs they read? Does anyone have a list to share? Please?? Thank you. :leaving:

I am sorry you are sad. I have been there too. Just remember you are taking care of your family. Maybe not exactly how you would like but you are still caring for them. I remember pregnancy #5 sadly putting Fish patties on a cookie sheet for the second day in a row and feeling like the worst mother in the world. My five year old walked through and said, "Öh goody chewed up fish for dinner!" (What???) I am sure your family is appreciative that you are feeding them too. :) Hugs...

On their face!

Help me with stinky laundry - I know it seems obvious but I'd suggest washing it.

Well I looked under setting and attachments and there was nothing to delete. :blushing: I did take down my avatar of pink high heels. So I think that covers it? So sorry about this Susan. I appreciate this forum so much! Thank you for all your hard work. Hope you can get it all worked out soon. :grouphug: