Whoa! Cool!

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:iagree:Scary!! I think using distilled water is advised and the packets you add to the water contain salt, but it never occurred to me that to use tap water could lead to death. So scary!

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That is lovely. Thank you for sharing it. :)

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Blind date. A good friend who lived in my dorm was dating a guy who worked with DH. They kept insisting that we would really like each other and tried three times to set up a blind date. Three times, I declined. Finally, my friend came to me and told me that this guy was great and I was being ridiculous and that she was only going to ask me one more time if I wanted them to set us up and if I said no, she would never mention it again. Something about that convinced me, I guess, because I finally agreed. I dragged my best friend along and the other couple was there too. We went to a movie and then bowling (at the other guy's suggestion). I knew when we played air hockey that he was awesome. He played a good game but was still a gentleman. I adored him from the start. He gave me butterflies like crazy. Still does. :001_wub: To this day, we disagree about who won at air hockey that night. That was 18.5 years ago. :lol:

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Thanks! I haven't seen most of these commonly recommended. I look forward to checking them out!

The first perfect day of Spring, on which I have a ritual of throwing the windows open, putting on a light sweatshirt, making a big glass of iced tea, and reading a stack of great magazines on my backyard swing. Ditto for fall but exchange coffee for iced tea. :D

I've got Banish Boring Words and it's fabulous for this! It's not exhaustive, of course, but I have found it a great starting point.

Good ones. Thanks! I actually own the first one because I have WP's American history program. I need the one about China projects. I have scant content on ancient China compared to Egypt, Rome and Greece. I thought of another too. DS8 loves String, Straight-Edge & Shadow.

After two years of American history, we are finally starting SOTW. I am way too excited! I've got almost everything purchased but I'm wondering about discoveries people have made that are not widely known. For instance, I discovered 120 Step-by-Step History Projects, a treasure trove of activities, with clear instructions, simple supplies, and photos for every step. I have never seen it mentioned here and was surprised because it's great and perfect for SOTW. Any others? :bigear:

Thanks! I added the avatar as a security precaution. :lol: I am unhappy with my number of posts but that can be remedied. I made a big pot of coffee. Rolling up my sleeves now to see what I can do! Now if only I could change that join date... :D

Ah, thanks! This gives me three posts. If I reply to your thread of chagrine about not making Empress at 4000 (was going to toss in my tiny violin again and say it could be worse!) I will have 4! Should I go on a posting spree to quickly regain my prior status as Queen? The kids can do a Star Wars marathon, right? :tongue_smilie:

:iagree: Lots of books, library access and my favorite piece of science equipment, a Question Board. Introducing a particular topic? Reading a book about science? Going on a nature walk? Visiting the zoo? Baking a cake? Cleaning the counters after handling raw meat? Ask kids what questions they have, before and after. Write down all questions. Allow them to write down questions at any time of day. Ask if it's the kind of question they could answer by reading a book or if it's the kind of question they could answer by designing an experiment. Find answers for all the questions. Kids learn virtually everything from birth to Kinder by questioning and seeking answers. Then they hit school-age and we just start stuffing them with info. I say let them keep their questions forever. :001_smile:

1. I originally joined the WTM Forum in August 2008 and enjoyed my time here...a little too much. 2. I asked for my membership to be cancelled in October 2010 as a self-imposed punishment for not being able to resist the board's magnetic pull. Per the recent thread about giving up punishment, I'm back! :D Kidding! I e-mailed the WTM webmaster a few days ago asking if I could be reinstated. I can't. :willy_nilly: But they did say I could rejoin with my old user name, which I thought was nice...until I realized I would be a larva again. :crying: :blushing: Poor, poor me! I was a queen. A queen, I tell you! Humility is hard. :nopity: 3. After trying to give up the habit too many times to count, I give up. I'm back on the sauce. coffee 4. DH and I met on a blind date. I was accidentally rude to him (probably due to undiagnosed ADD...see below :tongue_smilie:), but he still liked me enough to see me again. Agreeing to go on that blind date was, hands-down, the best decision I've ever made. 5. I'm on my 4th deployment as an Army wife. It's getting old. Really old. 6. I'm doing a garage makeover for DH as a surprise when he comes home for R&R. I am embarrassed that it wasn't until the very last shelf that I registered the concept of finger tightening as a means of preventing cursing in later stages of assembly. 7. Unusual for an Army wife, I have lived in my current home for 6 years and we may very well be able to stay another 3, until DH retires. I have never lived in one house for this long. I get a little stir-crazy, so I rearrange the furniture a lot. 8. My favorite place in the world is Splash Mountain at Disney World. I could ride all day long in a continuous loop. It manages to be peaceful and exciting all at the same time. 9. I am secretly worried no one will remember me. But I'm even more worried that someone will think I'm a troll. I've imagined the pathetic need to ask a moderator to vouch for my e-mail and IP address. Just to be on the safe side, I will probably recommend Nurturing Inquiry once a week until I feel accepted as Alte Veste Academy. :D (Gasp! She knows how to do imbedded links with only one post. TROLL!) :tongue_smilie: 10. I have debated about hitting "Submit Reply" for quite a few minutes. But I can't help it. I just miss the forums too much. I've been reading the boards for 10 months without being able to post! Discovered that I have ADD. (Thanks for that one, folks! The day that thread ran, I ordered three books about ADD from Amazon and took several online tests in an impressive episode of hyperfocus. When they arrived, I read parts of two, then was distracted by a butterfly and moved on to the garage makeover.) Wanted to make book recommendations about a zillion times. (Do you even realize how much self-control it takes not to recommend your favorite books for (fill-in-the-blank) for the 100th time?!) Wanted to participate in the polls. Wanted to see people's pictures, especially the school rooms. Wanted the schedules that everyone says to PM for a copy to be sent. Resistance is futile!