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I thought it was just me, too. I used to be able to use 3 tealights per tart, and then a year or so ago, it went down to 2 tealights, and the last 2 batches of tarts I've bought have been really awful. The smell is barely there for even 1 tealight. Since I know it's not just me, I'll probably stop buying them. :sad: What a bummer. YC was always my favorite.
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ugh, I feel your pain. I'm facing the same thing, and it's so frustrating. It's not about the OE/YE issue, although I know they are all YE'rs, but I was asked to help a couple of friends start a co-op. We had a meeting last night, and it went great, until they started passing around the registration forms and they had a SOF to sign, and I don't join groups that have a SOF. I think it's offensive for christians to be exclusive like that. Why can't we just all get along and go on field trips together and do non-academic classes without having to have the exact same beliefs???
So they are taking some time to think about it, but I felt like such a fish out of water trying to explain why I didn't agree with a SOF and how it wasn't necessary to be a christian to be in an art class or go on a field trip. And then it got into they hs for religious reasons, and I don't, so.......it's just sad that at the core of Christianity is a man who was open and welcoming to the whole world, and yet all of these people are so stinking exclusive. It really bothers me.
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that's how I view it. We're supposed to give to God, not a building. But I know the building needs money. I was hashing this out with my pastor and he was like 'a person won't come up to you and say hey I need some help' but they'll go to a church and say it. So I get that argument. So I think our tithe ends up being about 50/50 giving to church/charity. I know this is a fairly contentious topic, lol. But I look at the NT guidelines, and they are to give to God generously, cheerfully, and sacrificially, sot that's my goal.
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I would just drive and not stop that often. I don't understand the stopping every 90 min no matter what. It's not that long of a car ride. I would leave at 7 am and would get there around 7pm. I would only stop for lunch and a mid afternoon stop. Easy peasy. We do it all the time.
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I think a random dude on the internet is different than an established, somewhat famous, author. Even if the author is a creep, they aren't likely to do anything to a kid because of the bad publicity. An anonymous guy won't have the same constraints. I wouldn't do it, and I'm pretty lax when it comes to stranger-danger stuff :tongue_smilie:
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it's because it's way better than the Red book, and it's out of print. All of those under $30 are awesome prices and will probably get snatched up quick.Some people are selling them for crazy amounts of money -
One time I went to an estate sale and bought someone's old yearbook/scrapbook, from the 50's, with all of their report cards in it, and their wedding album. It made me so sad to buy it.
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Is there a list anywhere of the books on their reading list? Or is that part of what you pay for when you buy the curriculum? I'm up in the air about buying ECC for next year, and I'm going to a used curric. sale in a few days, and if I happened to see book basket books, I'd get them. I've seen several people say the book basket is what makes the program for them, yet I can't find anything on their site that says what books, or how many, they have in the book basket. I'd like to know upfront what I'm getting into with what books I need or should have....I don't want to get into it and realize I have to spend a bunch of time requesting books from the library if I don't have to.
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My 10 yo would love a pen pal and she's horse crazy too!
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I didn't read the whole thread, sorry, I'm getting ready to walk out the door, but I didn't see this on the couple of pages I read. This is a good blog post about the issue...the guy writing it used to be one of 'those ppl' as a kid, and so he writes about how sad this whole thing is. 11 Days until Judgement day and I'm not laughing
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:eek::eek::eek: Wow.This was the THIRD business he had managed, I was the first to complain. -
We learned about this in 4th grade state history...I remember my teacher saying 'really, we should have gotten to keep Toledo, but I'm sure if you go down into Ohio, they'll say, well of course we should get Toledo' :DI had NEVER heard of the "Toledo War" or battle or whichever they called it.I thought the WV part was cool....I had no idea the Hatfields and McCoys were real people :001_huh: I thought they were just an American myth. The little bit of Kentucky in Missouri was cool too. It's a neat show!
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I'm in the middle of reading Debt Free U, and it just makes me sick. But, I dont' have to worry about filling out FAFSA's for my kids :D We took out more student loans than what we needed for tuition, b/c we used it as income. We had a couple of kids, so it would have cost more for me to work, so we took out just enough to cover rent and food plus tuition. Looking back, I wish I would have begged the grandparents to babysit and just worked full-time, but oh well. But yeah it's legal...you still have to pay back the loan.
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Why is it that Philip is Prince Philip, even though he's married to the queen, but the commentators today were saying when William becomes king, Kate will be queen?
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The kiss was different than I thought it would be. I was picturing a formal kiss, and instead it was just a quick turn of the head for a short peck....it was sweet, and seemed more personal, but I kind of missed having a formal wedding kiss like we do.
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Yeah the commentary stopped pnce the wedding started....loving the hats!!! William looks a lot like Prince Philip I think.
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Haha yeah, the lace arms are like my mom's dress in 80, lol
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I was surprised by the dress too, but its nice that its not something trendy. I loved all of the trinity references...very cool.
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Very gorgeous! Did it seem like no one knew the words to that song? Lol...the trees are cool.
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PBS??? I just turned it thete and it was an exercise show??? I could do with less commentary!
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I'm up with 2 of my kids! We didn't get up until 5:15 and didn't miss anything!
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:iagree: with your :confused: I don't see it. And I wouldn't have even known that chapter would be controversial if you hadn't posted, so maybe it won't occur to the other women in the study!One other thing I was worried about was promoting unsound doctrine which I saw mentioned on different blogs! :confused: -
Ok, I skipped ahead and read it........I thought it was beautiful. I can see why some people wouldn't like it, but I thought it was an apt metaphor. It was a tad personal, but it's inspiring to see someone able to be that fully connected with God. I think some of it might have to do with what your spiritual personality is, and so I think her style of worship isn't going to appeal to some people.
I do agree with everything Janie Grace said, and the thing that drives me batty with her blog is the bolded sentence, which seems to be every other sentence. You shouldn't have to do that to make your point. So it was nice reading the book without any bolding. And I have noticed copycat blogs doing the same thing, which is really, very annoying.
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I'm only halfway thru but am loving it....now I'm tempted to skip ahead :D
what happened to the quality of yankee candles?
in General Education Discussion Board
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I was just coming on here to post about Kringle, lol. The son of the founder of YC started his own candle business - Kringle Candles, with his dad's help (he sold YC a couple of years ago) and Kringle looks amazing. When I'm out of my YC tarts, I'm going to order some Kringle and give them a try.