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Oh my gosh! This is amazing and exactly what I've always wanted in a spelling program. Learn the rule and spell according to the rule. I hope you keep making more of these. I would totally buy this!!!!!!
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definitely OUAT. I'm shocked that it's losing in this poll!!
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I wonder if you're thinking of Rob Bell at the other Mars Hill, b/c I know that he does not respond at all.I have no idea. I just remember hearing him say that Rick Warren gave him the advice of never responding to critics. ??? -
So why did Mark Driscoll write a blog post responding to the British article that he didn't like? :confused:They have a policy of not responding to attacks or critics. -
Yeah, I think we'll be waiting a loooong time on that one. You know, with women being second-class citizens and all :rolleyes:Has anything happened to the girl to whom he was engaged? She participated in some sins with him. But she was an Elder's daughter. Inquiring minds want to know....was she disciplined? Because it did come out that she and he had engaged in a sexual relationship too.I think it's sad when people dismiss this because it's only one side of the story. It happens a lot, to a lot of churches. There has been plenty of time for MH to issue some form of rebuttal or denial, and they haven't afaik. That is rather telling.....and there have been lots of other people who say they have experienced the same thing at MH. And with everything that Driscoll says, and the way he acted with the whole British interview....no one is saying 'wow, I can't see MD doing something like that - he's such a loving, humble guy, this seems really out of character.' Because this is something that is so easy to see him doing. It's just sad that victims automatically have to have more 'proof' of their victimness, and the church gets away with not being held responsible because they are a big group, and this is one person. That's what keeps churches like this and situations like this thriving, and why victims find it so hard to speak out. Because we don't give them the respect to say, wow, you know what, this might be true. So what do we do now? Everyone should be appalled at this, even if it is one-sided. Because it could be true. And it is true for lots of people. And as quick as MH is to SUE another church!!! They sure as hell won't let a random person attack them like this, if there wasn't any truth behind it.
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my dh won a binder full when he was a kid, and so he pulled it out a few years ago for the kids to look at and they loved it. But they were looking at it so much, the cards were starting to fall out. Just out of curiosity we looked to see if they were on ebay, and we ended up buying the whole collection from someone. I think there's 8 binders in all? Maybe 6. Now the kids are allowed to go through the one original binder whenever they want, and the set is for school stuff....we really like them. I think they have every animal in the world in there :D It makes it nice for doing reports and outlining b/c there is so much information in there, and the pictures are really nice. I don't know if I'd pay full price and get them in the mail...probably more b/c I'm impatient, and wouldn't want to wait, lol.
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yeah, in my dh's dreams :D:DShow off! :D ;)
now that sounds like fun! Do you have to do the dinner to do that? That was too expensive. Excited about lunch though!!Try dancing in the evening at the Grand Hotel. -
Ok, so that will take up like 4 hours of the day, then what?As for recommendations as to what to do when it rains.....er.....ummmm,teA!
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Dh and I are going away -without kids!!- :party:to Mackinac Island this week for my birthday. I'm going to be 30 in 10 days and I'm pretty depressed about it, so this will be a fun way to spend the last week of my 20"s. But........it's supposed to rain one of the days we are there. All of the historical sites are closed for the season. So I'm wondering what else there is to do when the weather is yucky. Is there enough shops that we could spend time doing that? It's been 20 years since I've been there so I don't remember much. We're doing lunch at the Grand Hotel one day, and exploring the hotel, so that could probably be a rainy day activity.....I'm just hoping to not spend the whole day stuck in the B&B. I saw that they have a couple cool museums, but they don't have websites, which is so annoying, so I don't know if those are open after season or not.
Anyone have any ideas or recommendations?
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I'm 29 and I haven't worn nylons since I was about 12!!
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call my cynical but I think they are purposely doing it b/c then it drives up the price of the drugs that are left, and they get more money for less work.I don't know why or when the pharma companies started reducing supplies of some medicines (probably not profitable anymore?), but it is a big issue in more than one health field. -
Oh I forgot about the yahoo group. I joined that a long time ago and haven't used it, lol. Thanks for the links, that looks helpful!
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I'm wondering how strict I need to be in correcting dd's papers. She just started SWI-B. Her first KWO was fine, b/c they did it in the video. But she had a little trouble translating the outline into a paragraph. I edited her first draft, and made her redo it, after going over it with her. Her second draft is a lot better, but there are still some errors...mostly spelling/capitalization. I marked them up and was going to have her redo it once again, but I don't know if that's overkill? Are these supposed to be that good? I'm thinking that by 5th grade she should be paying more attention to writing proper sentences and not just rushing through it. But she's obviously not thrilled about writing it again.
And in the middle of me correcting it, she had gone on and done the next assignment, which is making another outline and writing another paragraph, and she had a few issues with that, which will require another rewrite or two. Is that what I should be doing with her?
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My 10 year old is outlining KHW, my 8 yo is getting ready to do FLL 3 with me, my 5 yo is playing Angry Birds, sigh, and my 4 and 3 yo are printing pages out of Dover coloring books and coloring nicely.
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I wonder if they did it to see if Coin was really going to go through with it?? It just doesn't make sense. I know the 'for Prim' means something.......I had a really heated argument with somebody about whether Katniss and Haymitch genuinely agreed to continuing the Games.Oh I think I figured it out, now that my crying brain is gone. Maybe that since the whole thing started with her playing the game in place of Prim, they would play Coin's game right now to save the children who would have been in the games. Or that she knew by assassinating Coin, it would mean her own death, and she was sacrificing herself for the children. Which would be why Haymitch says he's with the Mockingjay, and not 'I agree with Katniss'....he knows she's choosing to rebel once again. And what would Coin have done if everyone had voted to not have the games? She probably would have killed them all, because they weren't on her side. That part makes so much more sense now. I was really bothered by that part.
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I told my dh I was going to the midnight showing of a movie, and that is so out of the ordinary for me, that he picked up HG and started reading it :D He's a slow reader though, so we might have to switch to audiobook b/c of the library due date.I wish my dh would read them so that we could discuss!
I almost did, but I heard the ending was good so I just made myself keep reading. I still can't figure out why she voted yes, unless she meant it and then changed her mind while she was getting ready to kill Snow???I had to put the book down and just walk away for a while.I totally made fun of Twilight people for wearing clothes and jewelry and stuff.....but there is a bunch of cool, classy HG jewelry on etsy that I really want. sigh. I think HG is better because it's actually important and has real themes, so.....maybe I wouldn't make fun of myself if I had a mockingjay necklace :001_wub:
I think the third book was so hard for me b/c I have fairly strong pacifist leanings, and this whole book showed why. War is so traumatic. I wish she hadn't killed off both Cinna and Finnick though. And then to have Annie have a baby without him.....ugh. It's so sad. Losing both of them was hard. Especially seeing Finnick turn from who you thought he was to who he really was. I was so attached to him.
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There will be spoilers in here!!! I know there are other posts about this, but they're all old :tongue_smilie: And I need to talk about it.
I'm so emotionally drained now. I just cried and cried at the end of that book. I cried when Katniss broke down in the middle, and then when Finnick and Prim died I was in such shock I wanted to cry but couldn't. I kept hoping they'd magically make it back by the end of the book. And then her crying with the cat at the end...ugh, I was such a mess. By the time her kids were playing on the meadow graveyard I was really sobbing b/c it's so REAL. The whole thing is so real. And I hated Coin the whole time, and I was actually nauseated when they agreed to do a new Games, and then when she shot Coin I was glad....so what does that say about me? Ugh Ugh Ugh. I loved this series. I never read YA and I went into this series so skeptical....but wow. I want to read this series again, slower, and find a book club to discuss it with. And I just hope that all the teens that read this are getting all the ancient Roman names, and that it isn't just going over their heads :tongue_smilie:
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I have a question. I am sewing-machine incapable. Would these be hard to do by hand? I've looked at a couple of templates and it doesn't seem too hard. I'm not really a fan of sewing at all, so I wouldn't want to do it if it was awful to do. But my dd has been wanting to learn how to do some simple sewing so I thought these might be fun to make for christmas presents.
ETA - what are the odds that fabric glue would work on these??
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http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupByTiffanyDSomeone upthread mentioned watching youtube videos about how to apply makeup. Any good links?This is the one I used. I think most of her videos are about eyeshadow, and I used drugstore brands, not the pro stuff she uses.
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There is no way I'm boxing up my books whenever the day comes we can sell our house. No way. As long as they sit nicely on the shelf and aren't all sticking out and laying sideways and stuff, then I would leave them. That's what shelves are for! If people don't buy a house because there are books on the shelves, then whatever.So if I have to sell my home I have to take my books out of my bookshelves?!(Long, mournful howl)I don't know how I'm supposed to do that AND homeschool. -
yeah that's strange. Our entryway is a full room, and there's not enough wall space to use it for anything, because it has doorways off of it on the sides, so it was dead space for years. Then my husband built me a huge set of built in bookshelves on the back wall, with a counter and cupboards underneath, so it's the first thing you see when you walk in our front door. It's loaded with books, so I love to hear people's reactions when they first walk in our door. I've always been surrounded by books so it doesn't seem strange to me to have hundreds of books right in my main living area. But judging by the reactions I get, it's unusual :D And I have all of my school books color-coded so I love having those out to show off to other homeschoolers who I know can appreciate the work I put into it :D
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I never knew that either, for years. Then I sort of realized it a couple of years ago but couldn't visualize how to do mine. I had my sister try once and she wasn't sure how to do it either, so I gave up...I didn't want to overpluck and make it terribly ugly. This summer I discovered youtube beauty videos. They're amazing! I learned how to shape my eyebrows and apply eyeshadow much better. It's so much fun watching them, LOL. My mom didn't teach me any of that stuff. I even own an eyebrow pencil now :D
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I always thought Disney would cost thousands and thousands of dollars to go, so I've never ever thought about it.
:blink::eek::ohmy: for real??? wow. Now I want to look into it....maybe it isn't out of the realm of possibility!So, in answer to your question, we budget $1,500 for a trip, which includes condo rental, park passes for a week, dog sitting, gas and food.
I am seriously traumatized
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