NO WAY! ...Well...changing my answer to maybe after seeing the pictures. It looks well built and solid! Definitely get an inspection to make sure foundation is sound. Plumbing and electrical will be the most expensive in our experience, but if you guys can do much of it, maybe not. If it was me, I would only refinish what absolutely needs it---original floors, doors etc are so charming!

How embarrassing! It never dawned on me that this could be taken as being rude. I guess when I am responding without reading the replies---but usually when there are SO many pages---it's because I am responding to the OP, so oftentimes I feel that I don't need to read all the pages of replies because I just want to give my 2 cents.

As the mom of a dd who struggled MIGHTILY with math and bombed the ACT math portion no matter what we did, I suggest you go with the program that will set a solid, understanding base with your son. If he understands Key to---then USE it! If you want to just use Key to Geometry, it isn't quite as complete as MUS Geometry, but apparently it does cover the basics. I also highly recommend getting some sort of ACT math study book to cram for the types of math questions. And if he is going to do CC anyways---honestly my advice having crossed this bridge in a not so graceful manner----just do the basics and save the aggravation for the CC :tongue_smilie:

:grouphug: Aww!!! So sorry! Our newest kitty sleeps just like that too. You never know---maybe a neighbor knew, saw it and delivered it and was too afraid to say anything to upset your kids? Any alternative thoughts are just too much.

So not okay! At 19 she most definitely should know better. I would mention it to her and never have her back again.

Awesome! It must be nice to live in the Civilized World---I've heard about it but haven't experienced it in 17 years living here :001_huh:

The cops raid our skate park often, but only for certain kids. Our police force is corrupt and saturated with Good Old Boys and Good Old Families. Fortunately, my dh is well liked in town and our kids have been spared problems even though they are friends with many of the druggies (SMALL town, not much choice in friends if you don't play ball sports or go to THE public school), but warned by us the cops know who they hang out with and they need to be very careful NEVER to go to the pot/drug houses in town. Drug use and alcohol use is very accepted in the youth in this town, punishment is pretty much non-existent and certainly not a deterrent. Our skate park is actually pretty nice for how small and remote we are, but definitely a hot spot for drug deals and drug use. We never let our kids there without us when they were young :001_huh:

Yep---same here with us! At first, it was refreshing to have ds and dd rush to get out of the house to go and skate---healthy exercise and all and lots of kids were knew down there in our small town. We were quite slow to pick up what all the rasta colored stuff our son wanted meant....:001_huh: One of the benefits to homeschooling, though, is that stuff doesn't go on long since we are together SO much. The skate culture, unfortunately, is very alcohol and pot saturated. No different than the surf culture, but not something we want our kids doing. Immersion in that junk didn't last long with our kids or get out of hand at all----the nice thing is word got around that we freaked out and the kids now respect that our kids don't get involved in that junk. The worst part was seeing ds's 2 former best friends (from church no less :glare:) become TOTAL pot heads and cigarette smokers and drinkers!!! I told one of the mom's, and apparently she discounted my concerns because her ds denied doing anything. :001_huh: DS is NOT allowed to spend any time with them or have them over any more. I WISH the skate culture would clean up---it's GREAT exercise and so neat to see the passion of kids who really are interested in getting better. At your ds's age, I wouldn't let him have too long unsupervised at any skate park. And give some serious education about the 'culture' part of it---encourage him to start the new 'clean and dry' skate culture. Which is what we are encouraging ds to do. There IS a skater, I think Shawn White, who IS clean and sober and is open about it.

Love it!

I would take down the doors if you can. Muuuch less cleaning ;)

Exactly---this is the way it should be. If you have Celiac---you CAN'T have gluten. Period. trace amounts are going to make you sick, even if you don't feel it right away. If a company can't guarantee 100% GF, then don't label it and market it as such. Is eating from a package really more important than your health?

I agree with waiting to see if you actually get your books, and then if you do don't leave negative feedback. If they come in a timely manner, I wouldn't even mention slow shipping. Why? Well....ahem....I have a book I sold on Amazon on Monday that is going out today because I just couldn't get out of the house until today ;) It's always unfortunate when things like that happen, but if the seller is being honest I would give them a break.

Totally agree! But in our case, it was one of these 'Christian' parents who also happened to be the Youth Group director who egged on a lot of the meanness towards our daughter---almost destroying her emotionally but for sure ruining her faith in any sort of organized religion :glare: Our son does NOT participate in any sort of youth group...

Well, as the mother of 2 quirky kids, I can relate. But don't EVEN get me started on those 'nice Christian kids'---because we haven't found any yet! And yes, how these 'nice Christian' parents can ignore the awful stuff that goes on is beyond me. I just figure I am quirky and too idealistic---you know, things like expecting Christians to actually act like it? Unfortunately, it's MUCH harder for girls :confused: With a dd who has pink and blond dreadlocked hair and a tall, lanky son who has no interest in any sport except skateboarding----living in a town where Ball Sports dominate and fitting in means conforming to the One Public School/Ball Sport standard.....I could write a novel about our life here! Being the only Catholic, Gluten Free, Nonconformist Homeschoolers in our town makes for quite an isolated life :001_huh:

:iagree: Exactly where we are 99.9% of the time and when we switched to whole food only, no packages (even no jar spices) our health improved near 100%. Where in the heck they can say that up to any amount is safe is insanity.

Here: http://www.1in133.org/proposal/ :glare: Sickening..

That ALL of the major Celiac organizations, including biggies in the medical profession like Dr. Fasano, are saying that 'up to 20ppm' daily of gluten is okay if you have Celiac disease!!! The FDA labeling comments are being taken by people before they come up with rules for what 'Gluten Free' on a label means---and I can NOT get over the fact that ANY gluten would be allowed in a product with this label. I comment and comment to these Celiac organizations, and they all stand by the fact that 'studies have shown' that some gluten is safe?! What studies? If they studied my family and any friends we know, they would have different results on 'safe' levels of gluten. I feel so betrayed and scared for my kids in the future because EVERY single person I know with Celiac gets sick eating ANY gluten. My kids will buy these labeled products in the future, trusting that GF means Free of gluten, but will get sick anyways :glare: Grrr---I just see this as another greedy sellout by Celiac organizations, Dr's and Big Food and it just makes me sick. What part of Gluten FREE don't they understand? :confused:

Wow---I too would LOVE to hear your story! We couldn't afford therapy, but dd really did need it. Probably still does----but her desire to study Psychology and become a therapist is one nice benefit to being emotionally destroyed :001_huh: One of the fallouts is that she no longer believes in organized religion---these were homeschooled Catholic girls at that. It was all we could do to remind her Church does not equal Faith.

I REALLY want to agree---and also exactly the reason I never finished my degree. But things are changing!! Our kids couldn't even work in real estate appraising with their dad without a college degree now----which dh did NOT need. So many jobs are requiring them now, I have totally rethought my opinion and attitude about it. And I do think it's valid to get a degree for earning potential because that IS reality for many jobs and careers these days.

And sometimes it makes the cats meaner :glare:

:grouphug::grouphug: Ugh!!! DD and I were just discussing this yesterday because her feelings or reputation never got a chance to recover from the awful mean, cattiness she experienced at the hands of those 'safe' friends---homeschool friends no less :001_huh: These particular girls were just TOO outgoing and social, our dd is not and neither are dh and I, AND we live in a very small town---yuck! My advice is to make sure there are other friend options and move on. I guess it can be valuable to try and salvage some friendships, but from what I have seen it's the kids who didn't stick around to continually get hurt and moved on to healthier friendships that make out better. Mom too ;)

Our dd dealt with the same thing---but for ALL of her school years. It put her a full year behind unfortunately and caused her to botch the ACT. She has Celiac and her brain and academic performance are very affected. I am now regretting pushing the whole college prep study track on her because I almost feel that it has ruined her love of learning. She still has 2 weeks of high school work left and is planning on using CollegePlus! to fast track her way to a BA. I would say that since you seem to be a VERY determined and focused student, an option for you is just to make up your missed days on weekends/holidays in order to finish in a timely manner. Or lighten up your schedule. Either way----it's tough.

:iagree: It is quite valuable as a primer leading up to doing formal proofs in a very hands on way. In fact, we were using a Geometry program that jumped right into formal proofs, which left our heads spinning. I hauled our Key To Geometry books out of the closet (put there because I too thought they were just 'baby' drawing and busywork) and I am amazed at how they really are helpful in showing how proofs come about in the first place. Very happy with the program and very happy I never sold them.

Really---not anymore? I know they have improved their testing accuracy since we used Enterolab in 2005. Wouldn't the person still have to have eaten gluten shortly before the test though? And I HIGHLY recommend Enterolab. They are spot on accurate----for us and for everyone else that we know who has used them. ;)

Can I be the 'killjoy' and say that both sets are totally cute----but utterly impractical?! :tongue_smilie: Seriously, we have been paperless in our kitchen for about 4 years now and the VERY best products have been the floursack dishtowels from Target and waffle weave towels from Crate and Barrell. Very absorbent and wash clean. We have about 2 dozen at least and I fold them in half and roll them to store in a drawer. You could even put them in cute basket rolled up on the counter if they are especially colorful and fun. My experiences with flannel is that it looks cute for approximately the first wash----then fades and pills and is just yucky. And the whole snap together real paper look alike idea is just cumbersome.