This is an unedited first draft by my 8yo 2nd grader. He wrote this after doing independent research online. Are we way off target for 2nd grade? Commas, run ons... what else should we be focusing on? -- Kay The Black Hole and How It Works This is a thing on black holes. A black hole is big black and is a hole in space time. Gravity walks up to a star boom super nova now there is a black hole. The outer event horizon is where you have a small chance on getting out of the gravity in the inner event horizon no getting out of there. Singularity is the middle of the BLACK HOLE. Light can not even get out of a black hole wow how cool is that. If you got close to a black hole it will pull you in so hard you will be torn in half.

We all play WoW... I'm on Shadow Council with dh... My highest level character is a 72nd level Worgen. My kids also play, usually together on Sisters of Elune. We also are playing Skyrim. I loved Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and the first Bioshock. Can't wait for three! Of course, we are seriously old-school and play pen and paper RPGs frequently.

My dh's family favorite is: 2 pkgs. cream cheese, softened at room temp 4 oz. blue cheese, softened t room temp 1/2 small can of diced black olives 1 C chopped walnuts or as needed Blend together first three ingredients well--I just use a fork and mash it all together. Drop whole amount onto plastic wrap, wrap and shape into ball, then refrigerate until solid (I do at least a few hours). Remove from plastic wrap, and roll in bowl of walnuts, pressing loose nuts into sides. Voila! It really is delicious. Recipe is from memory, so the walnuts might be more or less... I often double the recipe for a Big Cheeseball.

I have it. Haven't used it. Seems like it would be for someone who lives in a state that requires detailed daily record keeping... Very much like a ps teacher's planner, IMHO. Was really not what I was looking for.

Bummer. It was negative. Now I'm sad, and Still 10 days late. I guess I'll see a doc in a week or so if it never shows up. Sigh. I just knew it had to be too good to be true. At least I got to daydream for a few days.:sad::sad::sad:

Ok, you guys are right. Waiting won't make me feel any better about a neg result. I'll probably take it, see the minus, and start my period that moment from stress release, right? I'll go out to the drugstore now, but if it is neg I'll be looking for virtual shoulders to cry on. Sigh. Here goes. I'm going. Now. Really. I'll post when I'm back with the test.

Sorry, I haven't posted much here since I was Kay in Cal, but life has been totally in flux. I just don't have any other group of women to ask. I'm rarely late. The most I've ever tracked myself as fluctuating is three days. Now, the caveat is that I've never been pregnant before without clomid, so I haven't worried about birth control in years (I'm 41). But two months ago I started taking estrogen patches to help with an unrelated issue. Could I really be pregnant? I haven't talked to dh, he would probably freak. I know that if I use a test and it's negative, I'm going to be so depressed... And I'm just recovering from depression. For the past two days I've been so tired I can hardly stand it, which could just be the holiday. See, I'm already getting too excited. It just doesn't seem possible. So what should I do... Wait longer? Take the test and get it over with? I would so loove another baby, it would just be a huge surprise.

We have this same problem. One help for me was moving from having drawers to using shelves in the closet. For some reason it seems easier to put things away.

If he is willing, I'd move him up. You can read the criteria, but if your child is scoring above 90 percent, it probably isn't challenging enough. Also, if you go to the report page of the course, you can not only see the scores for each subsection, but you can repeat any subsection--- either redoing the questions or just watching the lectures. You can also reply a session click by click to see what mistakes were made. We've been using EPGY since kindergartn with both our sons. They both enjoy it, particularly since we don't do much other online work. I think it is absolutely a fantastic program--so comprehensive. I'd be happy to answer any other questions. Kay

Most of my family was uninvolved in the civil war as far as I know. GGGGrandparents on my mothers side were from Norway in the late 19th century. Some German in there as well. The only question mark is he maternal side-- they were dirt farmers in Alabama. Scotts Irish we think (certainly red-haired) and poor as they come. My 92 year old grandmother is still living, but she doesn't know. Father's side were French Canadian. And my great- grand mother on that side was Miq-Maq Native American. She lived to be a hundred and one, and died when I was in my 20s. Other than making beautiful things out of glass beads, she never talked about her heritage, and in fact would refuse to answer questions. She was raised in a Catholic orphanage, we think. Her appearance was Native American enough that on a road trip through the segregated south in the 1950s or 60s the family encountered problems in restaurants and hotels. But apparently in Michigan it was never much of an issue.

Although my son is only nine. :D Seriously, I found WTM in the bookstore when I was pregnant with my first son, and started hanging out on the boards (the "old board") before he was born. Can't believe I've been on the board for over a decade! We were home-preschoolers, and home-schoolers all the way. Older ds was an early learner, and we started with some curriculum when he was 4ish. So officially--five years?

WTM was my online home since 1999, and I would never know not to post a blog link. I think of it as a way of indicating that you had considered the issue previously OR that if you enjoy their post, you might like to read more. Flaming happens on every board, I've been here since 1999 and I've been flamed a few times---it happened more when the board was small and intimate. Personalities clashed. That said, having never been on that board before, it had a distinct air of either extremely poor social skills, or autism, or both. My son is an aspie, and it is a challenge to teach him to read mood in person, not to mention online. It also reminds me of the very negative taste I was left with about Davidson, which we explored when my ds was 3-4. Among other things, there was a distinct air of elitism that I found distasteful, even though I agree with many of their aims. I never looked at the forums for that reason--maybe I'm not missing much.

I just posted on another forum... How did you sign up for the NLE? I looked on the site, and there doesn't seem to be registration info for homeschoolers. Thanks!

My super knowledgable comic book geek husband suggests: Bone, for reading aloud Robot Dreams for a low reading level (almost word-free), but great fun Eric Shanower & Skottie Young's Oz books, three are out, as a read aloud Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi, three books are out, my 2nd grader loves it Tiny Titans, great fun, short stories of kindergarten age Teen Titans Have fun reading!