I'm not certain, without looking at it. But I would try re-doing it with smaller needles. You may need to increase the # of stitches accordingly. (i.e. if the previous gauge had 30 stitches per section, your new gauge with smaller needles may have 45 stitches per section) How's your tension when you knit?

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Make an appt. to tour the surgical area before your ds' surgery. (I've had to do this twice with 2 different preschoolers) They'll show your ds that different rooms he'll be in, the gown he'll wear, and the equipment they'll use. They'll explain everything that will go on, and show him the masks that they all wear. Bring a stuffed anumal to go back into the operating room with him. One of the nurses put a mask on my ds' stuffed dog, so they weren't so scary to him. Some hospitals give out coloring books, etc. to prepare young patients for surgery. But call them, and ask to come in. Hospitals REALLY want everything to go smoothly that day, so they will probably be happy to schedule a visit!

Thank you very much! I'll have him stick it out until the end of the book! :) Hillary

Ds is finishing Saxon Algebra 1. He's got about 10 lessons left. The Alg 2 book is tempting him. How bad would it be if I let him jump right into Alg. 2, and not finish those last 10 lessons? I know that the lower level Saxon books have quite a bit of review at the beginning. Does Saxon's Alg 2? Thanks!

Nope. I wouldn't. I'd buy a Diego backpack, though. :001_smile:

LOL! :lol: It's ok. As a previous poster said, this whole thread was going around in circles. :)

Wait. :001_huh: No. That's not what I said. When ds took the PSAT in October he entered our state's homeschool code (in lieu of the public school's code) onto the answer sheet. The homeschool code ensures that his scores get sent to our house, not the local public school. Again, from the PSAT website: "If you're a home-schooled student, your PSAT/NMSQT score report is sent directly to your home address. On the test day, when completing the basic information on the answer sheet, be sure to enter your state's home school code in the "school code" section. The test supervisor will provide this for you. " Now, once you have the score report that was mailed to you, there will be some sort of a code (like a PIN number) that your dd can enter onto the PSAT website to see her score and an analysis of her test. This is NOT the same homeschool code that was entered onto the answer sheets on test day. You shouldn't receive anything further from the school.

Bill's been quoting the Oxford English Dictionary. I'd stick with that one, rather than attempt to create another. :001_smile:

There is a homeschool code for the PSAT. The school's guidance counselor gave a copy of the code to my ds, but he already had the code that I'd printed off the PSAT website. :) Side note: :seeya: HI KENDALL! How are you! :)

The PSAT site says scores will be available online in Dec. If you enter your e-mail address, they'll send you an e-mail to let you know they're available. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/quickstart.html But, yes, you'll need your paper report to access it. It sounds like there's a lot more information online than just your scores. It looks like it'll show you which questions you missed!

:iagree: We are something along these lines. Presents are nice, but are not the only or most special thing about Christmas. As for the suspense, we put presents under the tree as they are wrapped, so they are always there. nothing magically appears overnight. I suppose that helps. The kids have only known this way, so they're fine with it.

We get up about 8:00ish, and get dressed and have breakfast before we open presents. If Christmas is on Sunday, we'll go to church and open presents after we come home. We try not to emphasize the gifts so much during Christmas.

There was a woman who posted on this board (Was it Patty Joanna?) who struggled with hair loss for YEARS, it seemed. She went through many, many tests, and stumped her doctors as well. I think it ultimately was determined to be something triggered by allergies, and when they treated for them, her hair began to grow back. This was several years ago (before the creation of these new boards), but I'm certain other old-timers here will remember who it was. :confused:

I think it's fine. :) I still leave my butter out on the counter in a butter dish. (Not ALL of it, of course. Just a stick at a time.)

Thanks!

This is just our first year of high school, but I've noticed it usually takes us about 7 hours a day. (I include his Bible study and piano practice in school time.) Here's what we're doing, if that helps you with perspective: *Daily Bible study *Memory Work *Piano *Vocabulary From Classical Roots *Saxon Algebra 1 (Only 20 lessons left, then on to Algebra 2) *NCFCA Speech and Debate (Classes on Mondays. Homework spread out over the week.) *Apologia Chemistry *Rod and Staff Grammar *Omnibus 2 History (Primary and secondary books) *Henle Latin (working through Book 1)

Mine went from $15.99 to $19.99. (We had the 3 DVD out a month plan.) We're dropping down to the streaming-only plan, I think. :glare:

Well, apparently she gave her consent to a pat down when she bought her ticket to the game. :glare:

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I haven't done Conceptual Chemistry, so I cannot compare them. Sorry. Again, you may want to consider having her finish Chemistry up in the summer.

I don't use Accountable Kids. But in my opinion, the program isn't the problem. The implementation of it is. Your daughter is very, very young. You need to be doing this with her, every morning, so she learns what to do from you. You need to be with her, walking through each step, until it becomes a habit. She is too small for this to be an independent activity. You are on the right path in that your dd needs to be learning the habit of doing chores, helping other family members, contributing to the household. And it sounds like AK can be a very useful tool. But it's not something she can do alone just yet.

No, we don't follow breaks. This week we'll have school Mon-Wed and on Friday, for example. We'll take the Thursday and Friday before Christmas off, but that's it. We have a much lighter schedule during the summer, but we still do school. This makes it much easier to schedule in field trips or vacations.