This happened to me. I called the office and said my insurance didn't cover that for well visits. They took the charge off, no problem. I am also sure to decline the test in the future. The same thing happened for the urine test at well visits. I just kept declining. I guess everyone did because it is no longer part of their routine well visit.

Thanks for posting this! I've been tasked with making pies for our Thanksgiving celebration. Usually I make a butter pie crust, but my niece is sensitive to dairy. I wasn't looking forward to using shortening, but this oil based recipe looks promising.

nm Mine's on the list, thanks for posting this!

Sounds like you enjoy being out and about without the kids doing grown up things. ;) In my city, there's a place where you can paint a nice picture, following along with an instructor. It's a step by step class, no experience needed. And you can bring drinks! You're able to book a group class or sign up as an individual for whatever class offerings they have. Anyway, that's on MY list of things to try, now that my youngest DS isn't so dependent on me anymore.

I CAN be crafty, but Im not driven to craft on a regular basis. And I don't like figuring out what to do with all that stuff either. But my kids love to create. There's construction paper, glue, stickers, markers... not too much that is always accessible to them (well, when the baby is napping anyway). And then when my crafty bone starts itching every 6 months, they get a treat of glitter and googly eyes.

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Most parishes have a valid evening Mass for Holy Days like this, because most people can't take off work (or would choose not to). Hope you feel better soon. :)

When looking for houses, there was one with a cat. The seller's realtor had listed it's presence in the MLS notes that all realtors have access to. So our realtor was able to inform us it was there before we went.

For those that have Mystery Science (or want to to sign up for the free trial), they posted a list of Halloweeny mysteries and autumn focused mysteries.

When I was in middle school, I decided my ideal life would to be a SAHM and maybe substitute teach. In high school I was really into music (band) and throught I might do something with that. I ended up getting a BS in Psychology. Of course I was already engaged to an engineering student by that time. I'm certain DH would have supported me (emotionally) if I had decided to go to grad school, but I didn't really want to. We both wanted children in our early 20s, and both our moms were SAHMs, so that's what our goal was. Well, DS8 was born when I was 24 and I've been home ever since. This was the sentiment from my parents and family was well.

How many baths and other living areas are there? How big are the bedrooms?

I don't know if this would actually work but... could you glue it on? Or maybe get a small piece of wood to screw the box to, then glue the wood to the old post with wood glue. Otherwise, I vote duct tape since the postal worker said that'd be fine.

Till about half way down your post, I was going to say WWE - it's straight forward, parts to whole, though you might have to adjust the dictation exercises (I do for my 8 year old). But you said you use WWE already? How is that working? Is that what you're referring to when you say "1800s narration"? FWIW, WWE is a complete writing program, it just follows a different philosophy than traditional programs. If he's doing alright with it (getting it done anyway), just do that. Hope that's helpful. If not, just ignore me. ;) Also, in level 3, FLL has a lot more writing. My 8 year old likes it very much. But then he doesn't mind oral lessons either.

Mystie Winkler from simplyconvival.com has (now, in the past?) used Apologia in a loose fashion. If I remember correctly, she required her boys to read from one of the science texts so many times per week. But she had ALL of the books available and they could pick from any of them, though each individual book was to be read sequentially, no skipping around. That way you wouldn't have to buy anything new. Unless YOU'RE ready for something different, which is fine too. :)

I worked full time every summer before/during college. Each summer's income paid for my food, clothes, and extras for the rest of the school year. (Scholarships/parents took care of tuition, books, apartment, car - old and paid for, and insurance). I spent the most money my first semester. I could get all those snacks my mom never bought. Snapple! Cashews! Poptarts! And a beta fish! Lots of fast/convinence food! Reality set in when I realized the rate of what I had spent those first two months would deplete my entire savings before the year was done. All that us to say, figure out what YOUR budget allows as spending money for him. If it's less than what he spent, he'll have to make up the difference or adjust his lifestyle. Life lessons and all that. And I'd be flexible about one time purchases if my own budget allowed for it. I like the idea of giving him a few months worth at a time. And if something big comes up you can pay for it, not pay for it, tell him to wait a few weeks to see if is a justified expense. Hope that helps a little! Oh, and I did get a part time job my junior and senior years. 6-10 hours a week, depending in the semester.

Well, this was MIL's tradition. Perhaps consider getting a sewn stocking and paying someone to embroider the name and year? That would be much cheaper than paying someone to knit. Unless that'd be super scandalous.

I would wear those linked dresses. For my husband. In the bedroom. Growing up and going to college in Florida, I'm used to spaghetti straps and short shorts. I think it's the fact that these are dresses that bothers me. You want to sit you bottom on a park bench in THAT? But I sacrifice nothing in the name of fashion.

Uh, yes. This is where it gets slightly more complicated. ;) This is what works for me and my kids. First, I print out the table of contents for my own reference. At the end of each chapter, there are two sections: Mixed Review and Review. So I'll tell my printer to print all the lesson pages and JUST the Review pages, using the table of contents to help determine page numbers to print. Then I'll print the chapter test. (I make a note of what page numbers the Mixed Review are and set it aside for later.) So now I have a stack of papers that includes the lessons, Review, and test for one chapter. I do this with all the chapters. And you could stop right here and be done for the year. But my kids usually finish that up before the end of the school year. So, to prep for that, I make the Mixed Review packet. Now I'll use those Mixed Review pages numbers I saved from before and print those. Then I will print all the Cumulative Reviews. I will put the Mixed and Cumulative Reviews in chapter order (so they'll end up alternating). Then at the end, I'll print the End of the Year test. This makes a big overview of the entire year that goes back and does (what is now) the easy stuff first. I hope that was helpful! ETA: I think that if I didn't make that Mixed Review packet, I'd add that chapter's Cumulative Review page AFTER the test. That way the child doesn't get confused about what material is going to be tested.

We also use Math Mammoth. I have the whole year printed out, but I dont use lesson plans for math. 2 pages a day, 5 days a week will complete one grade level (maybe even early). It's open and go for us. Which is nice if we need to slow down a bit. I have them do 1/3-1/2 of the problems (you could just say evens or odds so you don't have to plan it). Then if they need more practice, I'll have them do the ones we omitted the next day. But usually we just move on to the next page.

Do you have the FLL Audio Companion? My kids memorized everything very quickly with those songs.

I voted -5, but really it's -4. She has an October Birthday, just turned 6, but I'm calling her 1st. She's keeping up with her 3rd grade brother in all things but math, which she's still doing a grade up on that. So yeah, I guess just teach the kid? :D

Closed doors here. There's a season when I leave it ajar for the newest toddler-out-of-the-crib who can't open doors yet. But I'll close it when I put him to bed, and then open it again when I go to bed so he can come out if he needs to. My bedroom door stays open during the night so it's easier for the kids to get to us.

I have service for 6, plus an extra set of salad/lunch plates. We have maybe 6 glass glasses and 2 days worth of those $1 plastic cups for the 3 older kids (toddler=supply cups). We also have about 6 misc. plastic cups that are grown up size. 6 nice mugs, then about 4 random ones. 7 cereal bowls and 4 large bowls that a whole can of soup fits into. Things seem to be okay for our family for now. I run the dishwasher every night. I might occasionally have to wash a bowl or something, but usually it works out. We are not strict about using the same TYPE of thing either - if we need to use a soup bowl for cereal it's okay. We have family visit relatively often, but no "entertaining". Usually we can squeeze in 2 more per meal, but more than that and we just switch to paper products for that time (sometimes for all, sometimes just the kids to supplement). Same goes for flatware. If we have dessert with family over, that guarantees either washing flatware or using plasticware. Oh, and there are 6 of us: 2 adults, 3 kids, one toddler in a high chair (no plates yet).

If it isn't the XC practice kids, could he shower BEFORE practice to get the "school" smell off? Then bag those clothes and wear his fresh, sweaty ones home?

Thank you all for your responses! I remember now, reading or hearing somewhere, that SWB wrote writing exercises into FLL because WWE not yet been written yet. So, if doing both, omit the writing lessons in FLL. So I'll do that and take dictation and copywork from WWE only (probably shortening the dictation a bit). I had forgotten about the possibility of doing spelling rotating lists instead of a set number of words every week - that would make doing spelling 3 times a week more successful, I think. I'm starting to get a clearer picture in my head now, thank you all. :) Any additional examples or suggestions would be appreciated!