mommybee
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Yep, I've read it. I have both the older version and the newer edition.
I used to refer the them often and I can usually get that same excitement back that I got when I read it the first time.
For me it was a great intro to homeschooling and it helped me explain to my husband what I was about to embark on. For a newbie it gave me a basic outline that I could refer to and feel confident in picking my own curriculum but having a basic guide to follow.
I don't actually use the book all that much anymore, but it did give me the confidence I needed, so I value it a lot.
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5' 6" and a half! I like to add the half. ;-)
That would describe me also!
5'6 1/2"
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I am not trying to make myself out as a heartbreaker (sorry if I am being sensitive) - I am totally floored that this could still be going on.
I'm laughing with you:)
I think it's ridiculous for someone to still be upset over something that happened so long ago. I wouldn't even worry about it.
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That's pretty darn funny!:lol:
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Do you have a specific reason for doing this? I always keep thinking "oh I might need that for reference sometime", or something to that effect.
I always think certain books would make great references and they do. I think those are keeper's. My dh and I love to continue learning and if something pop's up on tv or in conversation I love to be able to pull out a book and look it up. Isn't that why we all buy so many books?:)
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I would do a little of both. I plan on saving Omnibus for all of my kids especially since the cost is so hefty. I plan on saving our latin program because it has worked for us and was also costly. Things that are tried and true for us like certain history books, art books and other favorite books to turn to I save.
Things like math, grammar, science curriculum I would probably just sell and replace when you need them. Same with Hhstory if I had a full curriculum, but I have lots of different things. I think I will just keep my SOTW's and my Guerber's books instead of replacing later.
Just my thoughts on how I do things around here:)
My age gap is about 6 years between the youngest and the next up so I will be implementing this myself.
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I do.
I have found a couple of long lost cousins and so it's nice to keep in touch. I don't have too many friends who are on myspace, but I like having it there for chatting once in awhile.
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Thank you Tap,tap,tap!
I had never heard of them before and even a google search wasn't much help.
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I would order from www.rocksolid.com or www.rainbowresource.com .
I'm confused about Rock Solid, what is it? The link didn't lead to any kind of store.
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Wow! Doesn't your pediatrician have seperate well and sick child waiting areas? I thought that was totally standard for pediatrician's offices. I would not want to take a child for a well check if they had to sit with sick kids.
Nope, mine doesn't. It's an excellent group of Dr's and I love the office.
I don't believe it's standard at all.
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I was 11 years old also and my mom wanted to take me out to dinner!! It wouldn't have been sooo horrible but she told my dad and brother, do I still sound traumatized?! My best friend in high school didn't start until she was 15 I was very jealous. Just give her a hug and sounds like you need one too!
I had one of those mom's that announced it to the entire world!
I was so embarrased!!:blush:
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I was twelve. Always seemed about average to me.
My 9 ds is starting to have bodily changes as well and it's a bit strange. My 13 ds is just beginning himself, he didn't start early like his brother is.
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Bought the book in 2001 and found the boards right away. Been here ever since.
I'm not a huge poster but I pipe up every once in awhile. Love this place and really feel like it's my big group of extended family. You can get an answer to almost anything.
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I would never use my house to pay off debt. I just feel it's too important where I live to risk it just for credit card debt.
For us I had to start a very minimal part time job to make a dent in our debt. I only pay the minimum on all cards except one I try and pay even a tiny bit more. The tendency it too borrow on your house, pay off the debt and feel such a relief that you don't (or I stupidly didn't) realize you are using the cards again and it add's up. It seems like it's just a little use on this or that credit card that I can pay off and it just builds and builds.
That's was my big mistake and now I am just doing it with patience. It hurts to see them still high, but they will go down. I don't use my credit cards for anything while I am trying to get out of debt, then I am going to budget and use a rewards card for my fixed expenses because it has benefits, but I need to have discipline.
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Wow, I guess I'm in the minority. I rode my bike totally barefoot as a kid. I hated shoes and frankly, still do. I beat the kids in the neighbor at foot races, BAREFOOT. I guess I just figure, either way, it won't kill her.
Same here Daisy. I grew up in SoCal and didn't even wear any kind of shoe for the entire summer, but for my boys I feel it's safer to wear shoes.
I think if I still lived by the beach I probably wouldn't care, but I live in a much hotter place now and am not in the habit of going barefoot anymore.
We just don't do that around here, but back home I loved being barefoot and would have never put on shoes for biking.
So I guess I'm not much help. My mom never made me and I never had any trouble, but I can see the why it's safer to wear shoes and so that's our rule.
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We had a great experience and would definitely go there again. I bought our SUV and it has been a great car. The fun part for me was test driving cars I would never have thought of buying and finding one I liked. It was also great for me to have the prices right on the car. I hate dealing with sales people and it was very low stress.
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I am starting to feel like ALL homeschoolers use "academy" LOL so now I am wondering about changing our official name to:
:iagree:I think I agree with you, maybe we will change our's too!
We go by TigerBear Academy
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I'm almost completely Puerto Rican except for a tiny bit (maybe 20%) of German on my dad's side.
My mom's family is from Puerto Rico but farther back they are from Spain so we are spaniards. My mom looks completely white, blond hair, very light skin and she is 100%.
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For me it comes from Harry Potter. St. Mungo's is where they threaten to send theinsane people. I often feel insane, hence Mrs Mungo. ;)
I love that and I didn't even catch it!
Did you hear about the last movie being made into two movies? I'm very excited.......I love Harry Potter!
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I guess we each have our own ideas of "offensive". I don't see the inherent educational and/or redeeming value in my ds 12 discussing/analyzing that passage.
I wasn't taking you to task with what you feel has redeeming value. That's great that you don't feel the need to read something like that, but every family is different. Which is why I was just giving Kate a different view of the book.
I personally found it very interesting and of value to me.
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Here is a snippet from a post months ago from a kind soul here who shared a list of explicit/questionable passages from Omnibus 1:
Hey Beth,
Where can I find the rest of that list. I would love to have a heads up when we hit books I am clueless about.
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Right, and I would say the same about Gilgamesh, but Chris is VA did detail a bit of the Caesar book in a post above:
"We could've skipped Suetonius--I really didn't need ds to read about Herod nibbling on little boys' you-know-what's as they swam together."
There are many really disgusting references in that book and I am not going to do it. At 13 I just don't feel she needs to know the specifics of their totally depraved lives. Honestly, I don't really need to know! I would much prefer she read The Story of the Greeks and The Story of the Romans from http://www.nothingnewpress.com. She will likely get the same information without the immoral detail. :)
Warmly,
Kate
I was just referencing the Gilgamesh one. I had no clue about the Caesar one.
Thanks all the ladies that included warnings on that one because I really didn't no. It just reminds me to continue to read aloud to him the ones I don't know anything about. Luckily everyone in my family enjoys that.
I'm with you.......I don't think I care to read all that stuff myself, let alone has my ds read it.
I love the Story of the Greeks and The Story of the Romans, too.
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In Gilgamesh the beginning part simply says:
'And so the harlot, Shamhat, showed him her bre*sts,
showed him her body. The hairy-bodied man came over
to her, and lay down on her, and then she showed him the
things a woman knows how to do. For seven days Enkidu
in his wonder lay with her in pleasure'
I didn't find that offensive and it was pretty easy to explain.
summer reading ideas for ds who will be 11 - he does NOT like historical fiction!
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson.
The Leven Thumps books by Obert Skye are another good read.