UPDATE! I got home a little before 5pm and went in through the garage.....just went down to our garage again and there it was!! It must have been delivered to the wrong house and someone walked it over??? Who knows! :party: And, thank God....He answered my prayer! Though, I admit to having cried some tears over this today(just the straw to an already heavy back-having a bad week). Now, praying He will answer those other more important prayers. :001_smile:

And for what it's worth....I'm not asking the seller to refund my money. It's a very unfortunate situation, but I am trusting that she sent the item to the correct address.

Just felt compelled to say....this is not the case in this situation. And, I have friends on this board who can verify that to be true. I understand what you are saying, but just needed to make that clear.:001_smile:

Well, I just spoke with the post master at a different post office. Our town post office is further away, and I needed to mail something at the post office down the street(different town). He said that the scanning does not happen the same way at apartment outdoor locked boxes as they do for individual non locked boxes. He said that the post master should be able to track when the postman actually scanned the item, but it becomes null in certain situations (possibly my situation). He gave me the name of my post master and I will be going to speak with him tomorrow. The frustrating thing is that our postman insists we had a full mailbox(including this package) yesterday, and we did not. Totally empty. He never goes to our front door, though I checked. He will either leave packages at our garage or in our mailbox. He actually said that the package had been sitting in our box for a couple of days which makes no sense at all. We check our mail everyday. He had the mailbox door open so I could look into all the boxes....not in any of those. I stood with him at our mailbox going back and forth, and finally gave up. So frustrated. My guess is that he made a mistake and is not admitting it.

I'm actually the gal the OP sold the book to:001_smile:. Yep, the delivery confirmation said my package was delivered on Fri. I've been stalking my mailbox for days, and never saw it delivered. I called the post office, heard the gal speak to my post man who also said he remembers it being delivered:glare:. I ran down to him when he was delivering our mail, hoping the package was there. He insists it was in my locked mailbox yesterday, but I told him our mailbox was empty last night. No mail at all. The only thing I can think of is that I rec'd another package last week. He may be confusing the two. I then called the post office again....the gal told me that she told the postman to look throughout our complex(hundreds of locked mailboxes)for our package. Her advice to me was to put a stop payment on my credit card, which I told her was NOT the right thing to do. And, I don't plan to do that. At this point, I feel like it's the postman's word against mine. He kept insisting it was there....I kept insisting it was not. What would you do now? First time this has ever happened to me...of course it's on my most expensive used book purchase:tongue_smilie:

I believe the are a Mennonite family owned company (could be totally wrong!). I just purchased some books from them at our convention. My order was hand written-even the credit card info, added with a calculator, with no receipt. I questioned that, and the kind man said "well, I have all your info written here.". I'm trusting/hoping it all arrives...yours, too! :001_huh:

I know $1 is a great sale, but any codes out there?:001_smile:

That's what hooked me, too.....the lifestyle vs a writing program.

I saw an ad for The Best Multiplication Workbook Ever through http://www.abligio.com It looked intriguing. Anyone ever use or see any of their products?

Check the for sale boards. The other day someone had it listed for $40 or under. Also, I purchased the ebook, and then had it printed very cheaply.

I find The Writer's Jungle very refreshing and encouraging. Any interest my dc had in writing was getting destroyed by all the formulaic writing curriculums. BW seems to approach it in a different way, but I still see a routine or pattern. If you join her yahoo group, she sends you a sort of schedule each day. I'm hoping BW will get their love of writing back:001_smile:

You might want to check out http://www.bravewriter.com . I found her philosophy on writing to be very encouraging. Because you like dvd teaching(so do I), you might like http://www.essentialsinwriting.com He teaches writing to the student, and also includes grammar. Looks good.

www.bestvaluecopy.com They were cheap and fast! Printed almost 300 pages for under $15 shipped to my door (and they hole punched for me):001_smile:

:bigear: Wondering if anyone bought the pdf and had it printed.

:iagree: Except, math may lead to an hour if I am working "one on one"...which my kids prefer sometimes.

Are you having to work one on one with each child? Does either child struggle with any of those subjects? If so, I could see the basics for 2 children taking that long. Also, it really depends on how long the silent reading takes, as well as the read alouds. That could account for an hour or more of those 4 hours. You could always do science just 2x a week. Maybe start your day with math and FLL. That would allow for more freedom to add in the other subjects you are hoping to add. Could you save silent reading for when you are making dinner, or need to do something by yourself? Just wanted to throw out some suggestions.

Does anyone know if the online prices at Royal Fireworks Press will be the same at conventions? There seems to be a slight discount online. Thanks!

Did you purchase just the TM?

Thanks!

Over the last few days, I've had several people ask me about homeschooling. When they learn that we are homeschoolers I always get "can you tell me how you do it?" My mind almost goes blank. I want to explain all the reasons I feel homeschooling is wonderful, how it's accomplished, defy the myths, etc....yet, I don't want to overwhelm them. Could you share some simple statements about homeschooling?

May I ask what you are using for LA? 3 hours a day?

Am I the only one who finds the keyword outlines sort of painful??:tongue_smilie: They've been a bit frustrating for my dc as well. I'm looking into The Writer's Jungle, and Essentials In Writing. If anything, I've found Julie Bogart's articles about writing to be very encouraging.

Does anyone know if I can purchase the pdf and send it to my Kindle Fire??

Hoping this will encourage you http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=348707&highlight=WWE+dictation My friend went through WWE4 last year and would break up the dictation into smaller parts, or make up her own for the passage. HTH.

we do 1-2 pages per day. It depends on how much writing the lesson requires. If the lesson is only underlining or circling I ask for 2 pages.