Thank you for the 10,000 Villages link for ornaments; great selection and prices. :)

Thanks so much for your comment about the Hakim books for U.S. History. I'm leaning toward this!

Luann, I just wanted to thank you for your comments about Jacobs. We'll be starting it soon, and your words on the post were another encouragement to me!

Mariann, just want to say that Guidry is darling! Congratulations on your new family member!

Kristine (down in Franklin County, south of Roanoke)

Your comments on ambleside were so encouraging and helpful. I really appreciated your specifics about your kids who have graduated. With my dd entering 9th grade this fall, I think I have my plan, but I'm off to visit the ambleside website--and check out your stats page to see if you have a blog. It's time like this that I really miss the ranking system we had here for awhile. :)