Can I just use the SWI or do I need the TWSS to do this program successfully? I also noticed that the SWI only has 15 lessons. How is this suppose to last a year? I can't see spendind $250 for the TWSS and SWI and then purchase the SICC to continue out the year. Advice?

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IEW is what I am looking at purchasing used.

I am thinking about purchasing a big ticket item(IEW)..well I think it's a big ticket item. Dh is saying purchase it new, but it is a big savings if I purchased used. How do you determine what to buy new or used?

Just curious as to how much writing you require of your dc and what are their ages? Where do you get your ideas for their writing?

Ds 7th grade will be using Chalkdust Pre-Algebra R&S Grammar Spelling Workout Apologia General Science Geography(Trail Guide) IEW Typing Guitar Latin for Children A and B Lightning Literature 7 Dd 5th grade will be using Abeka Math Sonlight Science Spelling Workout Geography(Trail Guide) IEW Typing R&S Grammar Latin for Children finish up A and start B Piano LLATL just for the Literature part I think that's it.

April 7-11th, but that might change due to dh's vacation-- planning sometime in April. It might not really matter if we take an extra week off because my kids are about finished with their work!

if people would call WM's home office and tell them that they are disappointed in them deciding to do away with it, it might make a change in their decision. I have seen a good many managers around here cutting fabric. I have asked and they said that most know how.

The new stores they are building out here do not have a fabric dept.. I asked why and they all said that they are going to stop selling it. I spoke with a lady last night that worked for WM until a few months ago, she was the Dept. Manager(at a store about 30miles away) for fabrics and she said it will be happening slowly over the next 3yrs. The store that is close to my house has a VERY small fabric area and they actually took all the fabric down to 75% off for about a month and then they brought in new fabric!! I asked them why and they said they have to get rid of what is in the distribution centers and then they will stop selling it there! It is sad that they are doing this, even if the fabric isn't the best quality. My dd wants to learn to sew, but I can not afford the fabric if I have to go to JoAnn's. They have closed down most of the Hancock stores around here, I will have to look and see if one might still be round! PS. The managers are trained to cut fabric, so don't let them fool you on that!

I don't have much of this in the house right now, we go grocery shopping on Thursday. Frozen Broccoli...this is a staple in our house! Corn Okra--only hubby eats Vegetable Medely(califlower/carrots/squash/broccoli) Fruits 1 can of crushed pineapples..for a dessert I was going to make Banana's but they don't last long Grapes--occasionally Apples--occasionally, they cost to much..my kids eat a whole bag from Sam's in two days Fresh Veggies Potatoes Carrots Celery Tomatoes cucumbers Lettuce Onions Canned tomatoes for soups There is no way I could afford to have that many fruits in the house, my budget would be blown way out of portion! My budget for 5 is $450 for the month, so I can't even think of buying that many fruits and veggies. I don't buy a lot of chips, cookies and junk. We might buy a couple of boxes of brownie and cookie mix but that is the limit.

He will be graduating in May and going to college in August! My youngest ds will be 12 in a few weeks!! I just can't believe these years have flown as they have!! Yes, definitely treasure them!!

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We went to JoAnn's today and BOY is that fabric expensive! Dd wanted a 1/2 of a yard of a certain fabric, just to play around with and it was $6.99:eek: nothing fancy either!

I was reading the post below about breakfast and saw that some of you use Flax seed. Why? What can you add it to? Does it taste bad? I don't eat eggs or oatmeal, so how would I use it in my diet?

When did you start leaving dc at home and going on vacation with out them due to them working?

78lbs! He said it is the easiest diet he has ever been on and he is never hungry. My mom helps him with his meals.

I would like to hear your likes and dislikes about this program. I am not a writer!!! So, I really need something to help "ME" as well as my dc. My children will be in 5th and 7th grade next year, that is when I would start. Also, what level would I start my dc at? They have done very little writing. We use R&S, but what they write(as little as possible) is no where to what they should be writing!

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The Epilady, scissors, razors, Nair and now...the wax. Read on......... My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet." So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom. It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!) So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire. With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the wax strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my hoo-ha and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself....RRRRRRIIIIPPP!!!! I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!... OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP! Another deep breath and RIPP! Everything is spinning and spotted. I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...must stay conscious. Do I hear crashing drums??? Breathe, breathe.................. OK, back to normal. I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX??? Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip...it's not! I touch. I am touching wax. I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still propped upon the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down. Sealed shut! My butt is sealed shut. Sealed shut! I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!! I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right??? *WRONG!!!!!!!* I get in the tub - The water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together, is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax. So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cemented myself to the porcelain!! God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter "So, my butt and hoo-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or hole or hoo-ha?" She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's night. While we go through various solutions I resort to trying to scrape the wax off with a razor . Nothing feels better than to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!! By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event. My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace....the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works !!" I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair.... THE HAIR IS STILL THERE.......ALL OF IT! So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point. Next week I'm going to try hair color......

Ds(18) asked to go to Cost Plus World Market, he was told that they sold spices(he has been looking for Chili paste) and cooking items. While in there we noticed that they were having a sale on spices..$2.99. They had one jar left of vanilla beans. So we got a jar that has 2 beans for $2.99!! While checking out, ds asked me to stop by a liquor store to buy him some Vodka! I started laughing, I told him I never thought my dc would ask me to go to a liquor store and I would be willing to do it!:D:D:D How much liquor do I need and what do I use to put the bean and the vodka in? Do we use both beans?

Ravioli, green beans and applesauce Fish Sticks, mashed potatoes and pudding Mac and Cheese, peas, and peaches Shepherds pie, pineapples..something else ?? Chicken Nuggets, tator tots, fruit cocktail Spaghetti, green beans or peas and fruit of some sort Fridays was always sandwiches They offered PB&J at all times The shepherds pie took the most time to fix, just because they had to layer the foods, everything was cooked though. They just heated it the oven I am sure there was a couple of other things on the menu but I can't think of it.

They said they started her on antiboitics when they got her. When we went to pick her up she was trying to get out of the kennel! She is playing this morning and acting like herself!

They gave her a couple of other things as well and when I looked on it I didn't see a name. They did mention something with a G, I never can remember when I am trying to remember a lot of information! Thanks!!!

I am assuming that they dig just like a mole and there aren't signs of that in the yard. We don't have ducks, but do have other birds.

Our yard is very small, so the only digging we see is from the dogs.

It was a parasite that she got from eating something from a wild animal. Strange we have a privacy fence, so the only thing we can think of that gets back there is mice! Neighbor(that had the same thing happen) has a terrible problem with mice. A company is clearing a large lot behind her which we assume is where the mice are coming from.