My DH is a commercial airline pilot ~ has been since the day I met him. Tonight my kids declared our van was an airplane and asked if I'd the "airplane driver person". I posted on Facebook that, given my husband's job, one would think our children would actually know what this job is called. I posted it because it was cute. Of course my children know what a pilot is.... Anyway, no less than five people immediately jumped on it and posted things like "Way to go home skol" and "OMG, and you homeschool your children?" or "What exactly do you teach your kids all day?" It just really irks me ~ because I homeschool, my kids are never allowed to make a mistake, I'm never allowed to misspell something on FB and God forbid I have a rough day and try to complain about it on FB....ggrrr. Sorry, rant over. Just had to get that off my chest.

Does such a day exist?!? :D There is no such thing as modesty in our home. My oldest is 8.5 and I do my best to hide myself from him, but he doesn't seem to grasp the concept that it is inapproriate for him to see his mother naked.

The laws changed about a year and a half ago and all dishwasher detergents (unless you have a source for commercial detergent) removed phosphated from their formula. None of them works as well as they used to. :glare:

I dont' think it's a problem that she didn't nurse again. Just follow her lead when she wakes up. The most important thing with vomitting is to make sure she stays hydrated, and to keep an eye out for listlessness, fever, etc....Don't be afraid to call the nurse line if it'll make you feel better :grouphug:

As long as she's nursing and still having regular diapers I wouldn't be too concerned just yet. Keep an eye on her and trust your Mommy instincts!

A good friend of mine used to be a lawyer in MI (he's now in FL), I'll see if he knows anyone.

We order our milk directly from the farm each week. Through an error on my part, I now have 3 1/2 gallons in addition to what we'll drink over the next seven days (6 1/2 gallons total). I plan to make a few batches of ice cream, but they take only 1 cup of milk each and my freezer can only hold so much ice cream :tongue_smilie: I tried to make homemade pudding yesterday, but it didn't come out very well. I'm not sure what I did wrong. None of us is big fans of homemade yogurt & I don't have any keifer grains right now. I need more ideas to use up this milk (and if you have a fail proof homemade pudding recipe, I'd love to see it!) Thanks!

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Good points. Thank you. One of my biggest fears of homeschooling is that my dc will not learn how to work under deadlines or how to budget time. Time management is one of my biggest weaknesses and I do not want to pass this on to my children.

When I was in highschool we had a Young Life chapter (is that still around?) and it was run by some local Christian college students. They used to invite us to their apartments, let us hang out with them and their friends and we all felt so "cool" but it was a safe place and they were excellent role models. We usually prayed together, read some Bible verses together, but we also hung out and played Nintendo and rollerbladed. I know your daughter isn't in highschool yet, but is there some type of group such as this (Big Sisters, even?) that you could get her involved in? Something that is still "cool" but encourages appropriate behavior and will still let your daughter feel like she's "fitting in"? Again, just thinking out loud and hoping something will jump out at you.

Is there an older softball player (on the highschool team, maybe?) or some other older person that could mentor her? Clearly, she's dealing with some things and not comfortable talking to your or DH or her dad about them. Maybe someone closer to her own age (that you completley trust to guide her in the right direction) could help her open up? I'm just thinking out loud here, but I truly hope you find the answers you need. :grouphug:

I was very similiar to your DD when I was her age, and to be honest to this day I can't point to a particular reason why. I just wanted people to like me and I was willing to do almost anything to get a boy's attention, things I'm not proud of now. One thing that helped as I got older was SPORTS. I found a sport that I excelled in and I started getting a lot of attention for that. It helped to build my confidence and while I still would make some poor decisions, they weren't as bad or as often as they could have been (or had been in the past). When my sports career ended in college (long story), I reverted back to doing whatever it took to get attention from boys. I had a normal, middle class, happy childhood. My parents were married (divorced when I was in my 20s) and there is no history of abuse. Again, I can't pinpoint why I was this way. My only advice would be to keep the lines of communication open with your daughter, look into a counselor (preferably a younger one that seems "cool" to her) or a youth pastor if you have a church home, and find her an activity that she can excel at. Martial arts comes to mind. :grouphug:

I'm thinking of handing my child a book and telling him he has until xxx date to have read five chapters (or some similiar type of assignment) and then come to me with a narration of what he's read. He's 8.5 yr old and has just started 3rd grade. In the past he's just read and afterwards I've asked him to tell me about his book, but he's never had to budget his time or work with a deadline before.

I have two young boys (and one grown one) who are obsessed with bodily noises and other bodily functions. Today they started asking about why they make the sounds they do, what exactly are these bodily functions and why do our bodies need them? I'm begging for your help ~ help me make a science lesson out of burps & farts. Maybe if I remove the mystery they will lose their novelty? Please? Possibly?

I wouldn't say anything. To be perfectly honest, if this is her only (or one of few) error, I doubt anyone else will notice. I don't believe the general public has that firm of a grasp on proper grammar. :glare:

A friend of mine has coined the phrase "ECB" or "Emergency Cleaning Box" I have several hidden in my bedroom right now that I need to go through!

Well, we're home :) Actually, it wasn't that bad. It was a light day with quite a bit of review. We had some wiggles to work out and a little bit of attitude, but for our first time, I'd call it a success.

I'd wash them with other jeans.

For this morning, we've decided to pack up our books and head to the local coffee shop to do our school work. I'm either brilliant or need to be institutionalized. The jury is still out.

I've never shot the 26 ~ as ours hasn't shown up yet, but I'm under the impression that it's the exact same gun as the 19, but with a shorter grip. Also, you can put the mag for the 19 into the 26 and it extends the grip by a few inches. I can't imagine the recoil will be much different, but I'll let ya know :) I plan to carry the 26, with it's own mag, but keep a full 19 mag in my purse. I'll continue to use the 19 for range shooting (and competition if/when I ever get around to looking into it).

I'm in Kitsap Co, I wonder if I can borrow from King Co via the internet??? I have some research to do! Thanks!

???? could it have been a reverse 911 call?

This is not an issue with the gun, but an issue with an emotionally disturbed young woman.

My favorite part of fall/winter (besides only having to shave to my knees) is the bulky sweaters & vests! It makes concealing so much easier! :001_smile:

My son is 8.5 and just started third grade. He is currently in bed as I type this reading a Magic Treehouse Book (or maybe it was A to Z Mysteries, I dont' remember). He's been reading these books for almost a year and for some reason won't branch out beyond them. I think he has found a comfort zone and is afraid to push himself when it comes to reading (FWIW, we just started AAS this year and are only on Level 1). We've made a compromise; for free reading time (ie anytime outside of school work) he gets to read anything of his choosing, but his school reading, his read aloud to me and the books I read aloud to him will be assigned by me, and they will be tougher. He grumbles a bit, but he's doing it and I think he's maybe even actually enjoying it. Right now, I have him reading Treasure Island and when he's finished with that he's going to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer while my husband reads the adult version and they're going to compare notes. DS is very excited about parallel reading a book with his father. I'm not too concerned about what level DS is reading, so much as I'm a little concerned about his hesitation to challenge himself. I'm hoping he'll gain confidence through AAS and through my giving him harder books and he'll see that he really is capable of much much more.