I have been through sleep studies - I have had amazing people and complete idiots! It makes me so mad with something like sleep apnea they don't do a better job of getting you used to the cpap or giving you better information. Grrr! My first experience with the cpap was so bad I almost didn't go back. But thankfully, I got better information from a friend. And I tried again. I had a very hard time getting used to it. What you need is a full face mask. Some people still need a chin strap, but I don't. The full face mask is fine. You also want to ask about a bipap instead of a cpap. I can't handle the cpap it was too much air I had the same feelings of swallowing air. The Cpap is continual air while the bipap is more like breathing. It allows you to breath out without air blowing at you. I love my bipap! Also get one with a ramp feature - mine is set to take 40 minutes to reach full pressure. This usually allows me time to get to sleep. (If it doesn't, I turn it off and restart it giving me another 40 minutes.) I have a humidifier which helps tremendously. It will take a while for you to get used to sleeping with the machine. The best advice I got from a friend was to sleep with it as long as I could possibly stand it then take it off and sleep without it. The first night I barely made it an hour. But it wasn't long before I was reaching my 4 hour goal. I stayed at 4 hours for a week or more. It took more than a month for me to get used to it, and it took about that long for me to feel better. I will never forget the night I slept all night with the bipap and bounced out of bed in the morning. My husband was so shocked he said "Are you okay?" I asked what he meant - he said I haven't seen you get up like that in years! It gets better! It really does. The first 3 weeks or more are rough. But it's worth it in the long run.

Or they just never got around to using them. I have quite a few we haven't used. So far none of my kids enjoy coloring them. Honestly it seems with books like that it's cheaper (not to mention easier!) to buy them than it is to copy them.

I have a thing like that that has a wire mesh over the opening. It's a more rustic look. I would task the kids with figuring out ideas to fix it.

I have a problem with it for a lot of reasons. The main one being that some folks have to carry a weapon at certain times and church may have fallen into that category on occasion. Gonna skip the details but that comes from personal experience where said person would then have had to not attend church. My dh would probably leave the church over it.

Well I am totally biased....we have done CC for many many years. I have lost count 7 or 8. I almost didn't finish my first year. I almost quit after my second. I have questioned so many things so many times, but now that I am seeing the fruit of it in my oldest 2, I am so glad I stayed. The more I learn the more I like it. But like I said I am at this point biased. So take it for what it's worth. They history songs are all done by the same person, so they are all very similar. We love Cycle 1. (Although, 2 is my personal favorite!) Make a list of pros and cons and weigh it out.

My son is planning to homeschool for college and work a job from home - my home. :tongue_smilie:He is only 7, and I know that will change as he gets older. They are all happy to be home. We did have one ask to go to school for a brief time.

I said no, but the next one I get probably will be.

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More important IMO to be with hubby. If he weren't going to be able to be with the family, I would go home. But since he will see them daily or close to it, I would go.

I love going, but I wouldn't spent a lot of money to travel to one. Think of what you could buy with that! If I was coming anyway, I would work it out to come at the same time as a convention.

Wondering the same thing?

My favorites..... I agree with Sturbridge and Plimoth! Also Strawberry Bank in NH. The rest of the historic stuff in VA - Jamestown, Yorktown, Mount Vernon, Monticello, Frontier Culture Museum and so many more. Genesee Country Village & Museum in upstate New York.

I tried to PM you about this, but your box is full! Thanks,

Go during the homeschool weeks, and you can get really cheap tickets! They have them during Sept. I am not sure the dates for this fall. Just search online.

I hope it goes well for her. That is frustrating! We are doing mock trial too. In our case, they are all being chosen based on their work - how well they do. If they don't do the work, they don't get what they want. My dd is working hard to get the role with the least speaking. LOL! She is very shy and quiet. But she is working hard to make sure she doesn't have to be an attorney. :lol: Praying for dd gets to be what she wants and that her work shows!!

Link didn't work for me, but I found it on your web page. thanks

Having land is wonderful! Option 1 will be more work than option 2. The lack of a HS room wouldn't bother me. You can always add onto a house if you have land. It gives you lots of options but having an older house means more work. I think if it were our family it would come down to do you enjoy home improvement projects? And do you love nature? For us - for dh, the space and nature are a must. For me, not so much. For me the privacy is a must. Sometimes I wish we lived in a neighborhood just so we had less bugs. But I need my privacy. In the past, we lived on a half acre and a quarter acre and felt like we had privacy. So the amount of land doesn't always mean less privacy. The idea of having a loft space is great - that would be a wonderful place for the kids to be. Sorry! I am no help.

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I, personally, enjoyed reading this post. I agree with much of it. And I think it could make for a very engaging discussion. Having homeschooled a long time I agree theory and reality often part ways. I think the point you make about classical education being misnamed is true. "Classical" as a title is both too general and too specific to be applied as widely and freely as it is has been applied in recent years. I love a good discussion of theory. I agree with Ester Maria that homeschool moms (especially those here) quickly shift from theory to reality. I have seen in my own life moms struggle with discussions of theory and principles. Thanks for starting the topic. It is food thought. It's wonderful to be challenged in what we believe and why we believe it even if our reality may look different from our ideals. I will come back to this thread when I have more time....for now my reality is calling.

It depends on the situation and the group. In some situations, I use the group name even if not everyone donated. In some situations, I would use names even if it was a high % of the group giving. I would guess in most situations if you only 10% or 20% or so of the group giving, I might think about signing names instead. I think it it's closer to 50% or more, I might sign the group.

Or tying them to your back or front in a carrier... :tongue_smilie:

My dd plays Mozart for her pets...:D I have seen this happen with so many of my friends. Once they have kids, the pet becomes unimportant. It's almost funny because the shift is often so drastic and obvious to everyone.

Unfortunately, they were serious...they did equate the two. Now they didn't have children yet, so I understand the not understanding what it's like to have kids when you don't have them. But still...

My MIL was like this with her cat. They changed vets 3 times because they each kept saying the cat was fine. MIL was determined something was wrong with her. Sigh! Poor cat. I have a friend whose twins died shortly after birth, and she was told by a family member that they understood what she was going through because they lost their cat a few month before. :glare: :confused::001_huh: Not the same thing.

No ideas about the sign, but a friend of mine just changed her guest bathroom light switch. She has the light and the fan automatically come on with those automatic light switches. Then there is a switch just for the light. I wonder why they did that but there bathroom is the same right in the middle of everything. So I am guessing that the light only option is for them to over ride the fan automatically coming on - you can shut it off.