Sorry, also meant to say that before this happened, I left them every week or two to go grocery shopping for 1-2 hrs and they never had a problem. It's not always about how responsible your kids are.

We have also had a situation with not answering the door. In our case, I was home and decided to ignore when a stranger knocked. We thought he went away but he actually came around the back of our house. He opened our back deck door and came right in (our front door is always locked but back door not necessarily). Luckily for us, I was right there, yelled at him to get out, and he did. I saw him drive away and he had 2 kids in the car! Anyway, our new door policy is don't answer the door but make sure the person knocking sees you looking out or can hear that someone is at home. If necessary, they are supposed to say "We aren't coming to the door and if you don't leave now, I will call the police" and then make the call. This happened about a year ago and I haven't left them much at all since then. We live in a safe area, but apparently the knocking before burglarizing is a pretty common setup. My kids are 13, 11, and 9.

I think a lot of the safety depends on the personality of your kids. We got bunk beds for our sons when they were around 2 and 4. The 4 y/o was calm and cautious and we put him on top with no worries. The rails make it nearly impossible to fall off. The 2 y/0 wild child was put in the bottom bunk. He broke his leg (tiny fracture but did require a cast) the day after we put up the bunk beds. He didn't fall, he jumped from the ladder! We didn't take the beds down and never had another problem after that.

I hate clothes shopping with my kids so in a way, homeschooling has made us rich! (My balance was $0 too.)

OK, I got in on the first try with Chrome. I wouldn't have even thought of switching browsers. Now I'm just curious as to why it worked?? I usually use Internet Explorer.

I'm downloading Chrome now and will try that. Thanks Rachel! Anything to avoid the phone. The annoying thing is that I am 99% sure the balance is 0 but I don't want to risk a late fee for something I have forgotten.

I didn't know that Chase manages Kohl's. I'm not having any problem with Chase.

I have been trying for about a week to get online and see my Kohl's charge account. After I sign in, it just goes to a blank page. I'm going to have to break down and use the dreaded telephone pretty soon. Just wondered if anyone else is having trouble?

DH, who works in pediatric orthopedics, said: If you don't even know for sure that it's broken, it isn't bad enough to require pinning. Pinning a pinky finger is rare and for severely angulated breaks (which would be super obvious). However, if a child did require a pin, the basic plan is they are put under anesthesia and the pin is poked through the skin. When child wakes up, they have a cast. The pin would be removed in the office about 3 weeks later and doesn't hurt. Hope you get good news!

This course sounds awesome but also very expensive. http://dhp.disl.org/highschoolsummer.htm It is the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Summer Course for high school students. We are keeping it in mind for when our bio loving dd is old enough. If anyone else is interested, they also offer camps for younger kids.

What book are you looking for? I can see the ones I checked. I have noticed that you can't see this year's new books yet, and they don't usually show activity manuals, tests, etc. as online samples.

Magic Kingdom for both days would be my top choice, but if you want to add another park, I would probably go with Animal Kingdom. The other parks are fun too but there isn't as much for the littles. Although, Hollywood Studios has all things Pixar, so if that is what they like, it might be your best bet for day 2. Clear as mud? You will have fun no matter what!

We are driving a Grand Caravan 2006 that we bought used and it has been fine so far. I really wanted to add the suggestion to join Consumer Reports for good info. You can sign up for just a month for about $6. The reviews on CR mentioned a problem we had never noticed on our own: the van we wanted didn't have air vents in the back. This is apparently common in minivans, which is odd to me since everyone I know gets a minivan because they need more seats for kids. In Alabama, my kids would have been miserable in the back with no air except what came from the front. It also reports on safety, mileage, etc. but I will sign up every time we buy another car just to read those reviews.

I also think you should see and endocrinologist. Also. when I went on thyroid medication for low thyroid, I had a dramatic improvement in my energy level within 2 days.

Ok, maybe I'm missing something but I do get a remainder of 2. 54 x 55=2970 2970 divided by 53 = 56r2. Sorry I don't know how to do mathy typing, but I think this makes sense.

It's probably junk mail, but personally I would have to check because otherwise I would continue to worry about it.

I got mine at Kohl's....In the Ladies Department. This was fairly recently, so you should have good luck there.

1. Cain's offering was fruit of the ground. He didn't bring God his best, rather fruit that had already fallen off the tree. Abel's lamb was his best and was honoring to God. 2. Excellent question-no idea about the answer.

I think I might move, but before I did I would have a trial week at the trailer. Maybe your family can spend a week or weekend there to get a better idea of how crowded you would feel living in that space. After a few days, everyone will be having a cozy, wonderful family experience OR everyone will be grumpy, miserable, and ready to go home.

So glad the forums are up again. That is all.

I think the idea is that if the girl is too sick to go to school, she may be contagious and OP doesn't want her own kids to get sick. I think it's absolutely her business since this child is showing up to play.

Yes, a lot of once a month cooking recipes include freezing marinated meat. It should be fine!

I wouldn't switch for ortho but I did make arrangements to prevent my Sunday School teacher (who shared call with my OB) from delivering our first child!

They have moved it to the "classifieds" tab. Look at the blue part of the top of the screen.

We have been able to get discounted sets many times at WalMart and Target in early January. The only problem is it won't be every set, just the ones left over from Christmas. If he doesn't already have a lot, he can probably score some great deals!