Jenny, how have your daughter's A1C's been? Goldilocks mentioned her son's aren't real great and that's one of the things I was really hoping we could fix. My son is growing like crazy right now and we are really struggling to get his numbers under control when they used to be really good.

Thanks so much, this is very helpful. I want to see the range of choices I have to deal with. All our other supplies are covered pretty well by insurance. My only concern was the durable medical equipment is only %80 so the pump is going to cost me a lot and then I am not sure yet how they will charge for the infusion sets. I always get concerned that we will not get enough to use, but I'll call and check things out before I make a final decision.

No prob...I'll be off to work soon so won't be checking until later.

Jenny when you say more expensive...how much more stuff do you need for the pump and has your insurance ever hassled you to get supplies? So far all of his other supplies have been covered well and we are getting the right amount, but I am worried about switching and having to pay for so much more stuff.

Ok Peoples, can you give me some help here? My oldest is working on Saxon 7/6 right now and I have had it with Saxon at this point. It's just gotten to the point where it's time for us to change it up. Saxon if you do it every year just gets boring in my opinion. Same old format year after year, so it's time to move on. I just can't remember where to go from here. I expect my boy to get through a high level of math and I want something that is geared for that. I went through pre-calculus and don't have too much worry I can get him through. Any suggestions on where to go from here? I am scared to spend money and get the wrong program, but no one seems to sell anything like Jacob's so I can take a look. All you math people out there can you share once again some good curriculum choices for me and as a side note how the heck does one work through Euclids books and get your regular math done as well. Confused in CA

Duh! I should of thought of that myself. I hardly post on anything other than the general board so forgot all about that. Thanks....will do.

Thanks so much! This is just the kind of list I was looking for. Teaching Textbooks is definitely not for us. I know it's great for some, so no offense, but I really feel we can handle something more rigorous. Can you really get a lot of these from the library? I hadn't even thought of doing that.

Thanks for the link...we just watched it and it was really nice for my son to see some one like him dealing with these issues. My son likes to perform in plays and we always have so much to deal with trying to keep his numbers in line.

Ok Peoples, can you give me some help here? My oldest is working on Saxon 7/6 right now and I have had it with Saxon at this point. It's just gotten to the point where it's time for us to change it up. Saxon if you do it every year just gets boring in my opinion. Same old format year after year, so it's time to move on. I just can't remember where to go from here. I expect my boy to get through a high level of math and I want something that is geared for that. I went through pre-calculus and don't have too much worry I can get him through. Any suggestions on where to go from here? I am scared to spend money and get the wrong program, but no one seems to sell anything like Jacob's so I can take a look. All you math people out there can you share once again some good curriculum choices for me and as a side note how the heck does one work through Euclids books and get your regular math done as well. Confused in CA:)

We are finally going to be getting my 13 year old a pump and I am scared to death on which one to pick. I'm looking for all the info I can get. Which pump did you pick and why? What are some tips and tricks I must know. Things like that. If you can help, please share...I'm a bit confused. This is like starting over again. I am so excited for him and want to be able to know all I can. TIA

I think that's a great idea.

**

So far the only one I have really enjoyed is The Princess and the Goblin by Lizzie Dryver. I loved this recording! I'm still looking for others. I don't like when someone different records each chapter. I know that's how it sometimes has to be but it throws off my concentration.

oh those are so cute!

The hive mind helped me recently when I was really down and I hope we can help you too. I've been to that place and am still there but looking at if differently for now. So far the only I can change is how I see it all. :grouphug:

That's funny Shannon.......my birthday is August 15th and our Anniversary is August 14th. Oh and I know what we were thinking, we took the next available date we could get in Reno for a quick wedding. I was about 4 months pregnant at the time and I needed to get on his insurance as fast as we could manage. Silly now to think of and a much longer story but fourteen years later we have never had an actual wedding. Doesn't matter so much now. **I find it funny because I am a Shannon born in August too! :) **

Our back fence was just tagged as well. Our backyard fence in on a very busy street and it's the first time in 10 years this has happened. I'm pretty mad..fences cost a lot. I guess we'll have to paint it. Sorry you're experiencing it as well.

Same with me. More of my friends and family are on facebook so I'm there now and haven't really been to myspace for awhile. I blog but I'm not great at keeping the posts coming so I just use it for updated my distant family mostly.

That's exactly what I was wondering about. I thought I could bargain a better deal. We will wait patiently and look around more. I would prefer for that amount of money to have a newer vehicle. Gas isn't an issue since I already drive an SUV so it would only go up a bit more. From what I could tell Minivans aren't much better for gas either.

OH for goodness sake! I couldn't be more happy to see there is a carseat out there that will give me some time. Thanks so much, I thought I had no choice, but my guy is very little so that seat should work until we save some more money and can really bargain without car payments. This board is great! Off to work...catch you later.

Gosh I would jump for joy if I could find one. I looked around and they all seemed to convert to a booster after 40 lbs. Do you know of one?

That is so interesting! I always wonder what big families did back when SUV and Minivans weren't so popular.

Thanks Wendi. I'll tell her to start there. I think I will suggest they come visit the boards and ask away because this is such a great source of information.

That's totally what I thought, but the problem with Carmax is there is no bargaining. I liked that I didn't have to deal with a regular kind of car dealership but in this case it might be stupid to not try somewhere else. I may need to go somewhere else where you can strike deals and I am surprised they weren't going for less money. They didn't have very many to look at because they said they aren't selling.

Ok, just making sure. I just think buying from a dealer makes it so much higher than a private sale. It wasn't really all that fancy but it did have the back up sensors which was cool and then the sunroof. Do you think they are good enough cars to buy one five years old?