Journey
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Since I can't afford those expensive dog foods, I feed my Jack Russell Beneful. Her coat is very shiney and very soft. She LOVES this food. I know of alot of people who feed their dogs Beneful as well.
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I work for a large, nationwide insurance company and yes, they do leave claims open for that long. If you're concerned, call the company's main number and go from there. It's just a phone call and it will put you at ease.
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Wow, once again, I ask myself why I even come on this board. Trying to get encouragement from some of you is really hard. We've been homeschooling for 6 years and after the Christmas break my daughter is going to school. Why? Not because I've been a failure as a homeschooling parent or a failure as a parent (as someone on here has eluded to) but because she is simply smarter than I am. I'm a single mom with absolutely no help in the area of homeschooling. Oh yeah, lots and LOTS of people offerered to help when my kids were younger and school was easier but where are they now? You're guess is as good as mine. I've been holding my very bright daughter back. She yearns to learn and what she needs to learn in order to go on to college, I can't teach her. I don't consider myself or my homeschool a failure. What it has taught my daughter, besides academics, is how to be a confident leader, a mature 14 year old who makes some adults look foolish because of her maturity level. As I've always told my friends (homeschoolers and public schoolers) homeschooling is a very personal, family by family choice and whatever choice a particular family decides to make is nobody's business.
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Wow, there have been some harsh responses to this thread. I guess I'm different than you guys. If I had the chance, I would give this CHILD a second chance. She's only 16 years old. Yes, she's making some wrong choices but has she ever had a good influence in her life? It doesn't soudn like it. How do you expect her to be any different when all she's known is a lousy mother and lousy childhood. I'm surprised she's not doing more "bad" things. Some of you make is sound like she's some kind of murderer or something. Gamom3, if you can give her a second chance, you need to try. If it doesn't work out, you can send her back to her mother. You won't know unless you try. This poor thing could blossom with your family. As long as she knows that she's valued and cared for, you might be very surprised at how she would turn around. Don't throw her to the curb. SHe doesn't want to be bad, she just doesn't know anything different. She's probably just trying to survive and fit in in this ugly world. I wouldn't ever, ever, ever want to be 16 again, especially with the world the way it is. Give her a chance to become somebody. Her mother isnt' capable of helping her right now for whatever reason. Don't let your neice be another statistic.
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Jean, I'm like you in trying to be kind and considerate and it would be really nice if people would be like that in return but we can't expect that!
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We actually went to watch Marley and Me. Wow, what a cute movie and not one single swear word in it and trust me, with that dog, every other word could have been a bad one!
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I couldn't really think of anywhere else to ask this question so here goes. My 14 year old daughter has been getting her period for about 2 years now I think. Well this month, and about 3 months ago, she has been spotting. Do any of you know anything about why a young girl would be spotting? She is not sexually active and her periods are pretty regular, meaning that she gets them every month but not the typical 28 day cycle. More like 28-35 days. I'm trying not to get all nervous about this and I have a call in to make a doctor's appointment but any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Oh my gosh, Rhonda. I feel so sad for you. I can't even imagine. I will definately pray for you.
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The only thing I would be concerned about, if she's in foal, is the cost of upkeep for a pregnant mare. Other than that, I say go for it. Horses love to be with other horses. You don't want Jack to be lonely do you?!
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My daughter and I tried it out recently. We wore sweat pants and shirt. It was a nice place. Nice people (older ladies mostly). I would have joined but our Curves made you pay for it out of your checking account at the same time each month and I just can't do that due to my limited income. I need to pay it when I can, not when they tell me I can! If you can afford it, I would definately do it.
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This is probably the best french toast recipe I've ever made. Everywhere we take it people ask for the recipe and there is never any left over which is a bummer!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread (use day-old bread)
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar (can use more)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
PRAILINE TOPPING
- 1 cup very soft butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. -
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Slice the French into 20 (1-inch thick) slices. -
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Arrange the slices into the bottom of the baking dish in 2-rows overlapping slightly. -
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In a large bowl whisk/combine eggs, half and half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until well blended; pour over the bread slices making certain that all are covered evenly with the egg/milk mixture, then press down with clean hands to make certain the bread it coated well. -
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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. -
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The next day; in a bowl mix together all praline ingredients until well blended. -
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Spread the praline mixture over the top of the bread. -
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Bake uncovered for 45 minutes. -
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Set oven to 350 degrees
- 1 loaf French bread (use day-old bread)
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Not much more to add other than what's already been said. We have one horse that we board. My daughter cleans stalls in that barn several days a week and the money that she makes for cleaning stalls goes to pay for all of our board. She pays $160 a month. For that we get a barn with an indoor arena, the barn owners turn out our horse every day. They also feed and water. We buy our own hay, grain and shavings. It seems like alot of money to pay, I guess, but it really isn't because we know that the barn owners love our horse and they take wonderful care of her. The barn where my daughter takes lessons boards horses and they charge $400 a month for everything. The "problem" that I have with the bigger boarding barns is that you can't really do what you want with your horse, like feed the kind of grain or hay you want, you don't have a say in what kind of bedding they use, etc, etc. Grain here costs about $13 a bag and our mare goes through about two bags a month. Hay is $4 a bale, shavings around $4 a bag, farrier is $28 for a trim (she doesn't wear shoes) worming I do myself and that goes anywhere from $4 a tube to up to around $12 depending on the time of year and what kind of wormer they need. Spring and fall shots are about $100 including the vet call. Tack can be very expensive depending on what you buy. Horse shows are wickedly expensive, here the classes are $15 a class and my daughter shows in 4-6 classes on average (thankfully her trainer doesn't charge us for the use of his horses or trailering charges) our horse is too green yet, but hopefully we'll be showing her next summer. Some people look at equestrian sports as a "hobby" and I want to tear my hair out when I hear that! This is a very dangerous sport, far from a hobby and when you watch your child and his/her horse progress from walking/trotting to jumping fences or barrel racing or whatever they choose to do, it is the most satisfying thing I have ever had the pleasure to experience! We are blessed to have our horse and I wouldn't trade her for anything ($400 vet bills included!). She has taught my daughter more about love, dedication, responsibility and disappointment than any other thing I can think of. If you can swing affording a horse, I am the first to say "go for it". You won't be disappointed.
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I'm not sure where you live but around here, NY, horses are a dime a dozen because we have a race track nearby and since it's NY it gets cold for most of the year and the track closes down. If it were me, I would ask the lady her name and then check her out with every horse person I know. I would google her, drive by her house and tell her that I'd only sell her the horses if it was okay for me to stop by at any time to visit them. We just got two from a guy who said that he'd only give them to us if he could stop by anytime to visit them and of course it was fine with us. We got two great horses and he knows they went to a good home. I treat them like they're my own kids and for some reason, I think you're the same way. You'll know what to do, you'll get a feel for the woman if you meet her. Pray about it too, He loves those animals as much (if not more) than we do!
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I have a special needs child in that she has ADHD and Learning Disabilities. I would (and did) get all of the help I needed for her. These kids need all of the help they can get and by the sounds of it, you are not a rich person and the extras that your son might need are going to be expensive. I know alot of parents who don't get their kids the help they need because they are embarrassed, I can understand that but I don't agree with it. My daughter went through all of the people your son would see (at the dev. ped office) and that was years ago (she's 21 now, still in school) and I have, up to very recently, had to go back to those test results to get her the help she's needed. If your son can go on SSI, you will need proof of testing to back up his disabilites. Youv'e waited long enough for this testing, don't not go, that wouldn't be a good idea.
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As usual, I'm probably the only one who is going to say what I'm going to say but I just couldn't let this one go. As I was reading the original post, my mouth was hanging on the floor. Are you KIDDING me? Is this post for real? Truly, I don't think it is. I cannot believe what I was reading. I want you guys to know that there are normal kids out there who don't happen to read whatever books the OP is talking about. I don't even know what they are, have never heard of them and I'm a totally normal, well rounded adult. My daughters have never read them nor would they ever, ever, EVER want to. In answer to the OP, yes, you do happen to sound very, very, incredibly snobby and it's people with your attitude who give homeschoolers the nerdy, arrogant reputations that I, myself, have been accused of having (well, not nerdy but arrogant) and I totally don't agree with anything that you originally posted. I'm sorry if I'm being or sounding rude or angry, but I am angry. Your post has been bothering me since I first read it yesterday. I e-mailed it to a friend (who also frequents this board and she couldn't believe it either). I'm not going to say anymore. Maybe I'll go watch some Power Rangers, which by the way was on the t.v. in the hair salon yesterday while I was waiting for my daughter to get her hair cut, and I found it totally obnoxious, but not nearly as obnoxious as I found this thread.
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My daughter (14) can't stand ours! She says she feels like she's riding in a sneaker! Because of the shape. Chrysler Town and Country! I think that's pretty funny.
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What is your recipe for the brine?
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The Long Shot is probably my favorite. Every time I watch it with my daughter I cry, she doesn't though! Racing Stripes (cartoon but very cute). The Derby Stallion (with Zach Efron). Moondance Alexander (is probably the best one of them all according to my daughter (14)). If we think of more, we'll post them.
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I guess I know what you are going through. The only thing about your post that "concerns" me is that, in her standing up to them and sounding like a grown up, that just gives the girls something to mock her about. I have a 14 year old homeschooled daughter who has no friends at all. She had tons of friends when we went to the church we were going to but when we left that church ALL of her friends dumped her (and their parents dumped me) and now she has no one and it breaks my heart...sometimes. She's not the type of person who needs gobs of friends. She would be happy with just one good one, but she doesn't even have that and I don't understand why. I pray about it every single day and I get no answers (that I know of anyway). My daughter rides horses and she's very, very good at it (if I do say so myself) and I believe that the girls at the barn are jealous of her so they don't talk to her and these girls even go so far as to make their "friendships" with each other even more loud and obnoxious when my daughter is around. I don't understand what it is with girls these days. I mean, I know that girls have always been more dramatic and obnoxious than boys but they seem so much worse today. They all look the same, dress the same, sound the same. I don't know why it hurts so much that my child doesn't have any friends because the pickins sure are slim around here (even the girls at church don't talk to her). I don't know if it's because she's tall, thin and pretty (she doesn't come off as a snob, heck, I don't even know if she knows what a snob acts like) maybe these girls just think that because she looks the way she does that she's automatically going to be snotty but at least give her the chance to get to know her. They're missing out on an amazing person. I guess the Lord is protecting her but it's hurting her feelings in the mean time. So OP (I forgot your name, sorry) I do know what you're going through. Too bad you live so far away!
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THanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I ask that question all of the time. I guess it depends on what needs to be forgiven I guess. I can much easier forgive someone for something that they've done that is easy to walk away from. For example, if a friend of mine talks about me behind my back to another friend, I can forgive pretty easily. That doesn't hurt long term. But if there is something that has hurt my family or myself that lasts long term, I don't really know how to forgive. For example, a family member told me to do something 14 years ago that is still hurting one of my children every single day of her life. I don't know how to forgive that person because I don't believe that what she told me to do was her business to tell me to do. She has no idea what my daughter goes through every day of her life because of a choice that that other person made. I was a brand new baby believer when she told me what I "needed" to do and I believed her. Today, I don't think things would have turned out the way they did if I had known more about the Lord. So, I've always always been told that I (we all) need to forgive and I believe that but no one has ever told me exactly HOW to forgive someone. I know I need to do it, not for the person I need to forgive but for myself and for my daughter(s). All that it has caused between me and this other person (family member) is a broken relationship that will probably never be able to be mended. Why? Because I don't know how to forgive her. I can't just "forgive and forget" the pain and the hurt goes too deep.
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I just don't get the point of them. Why do those of you who blog....well....why do you blog? Do you do it so that family members can keep up to date on your family or do you do it so that perfect strangers can take a look into your lives? It just seems kind of weird to me. I have to admit that if I were to read someone's blog, I'm not sure I'd believe all of what they say! It just seems weird that people would put their entire lives out there for other people to read about. Whatever happened to good ole fashioned letter writing and phone calls? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm really not, I just don't get the point.
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Okay, I'll play too. My 14 year old daughter rides horses. She's only been seriously riding for a little less than two years. She is becoming an amazing rider. When she first started, she was afraid of everything and would get so nervous, she'd have panic attacks to the point where she'd have to go to the ER. Now, fast forward to almost two years later and this amazing child is jumping almost three foot jumps. That might not sound very high to some people but go stand next to one or better yet, go get on 1200 pounds of unpredictability and make it do what you want while it's up in the air! I am so proud of my daughter for perservering and learning to do something that is very important to her. Anyway, sorry my post isn't about anything "school"!
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My daughter does it and is fine with it. If she has questions, she leaves them for me when I get home. Now, I don't work full time but I do work 4 days per week 5 hours per day.
Crow really starts to taste bad after the 3rd time in a week!
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Oh my gosh, when I read the title to your post, I actually thought that you ATE REAL CROW! I was thinking to myself, "oh that is really disgusting". Thanks for the chuckle!