hopefully she doesnt take 40+hours like Chaos and her 10 puppies!!!!!!!!

with 4 dogs and 2 cats quite a bit. We buy 2-4 bags of dog food, 2 bags of cat litter, 1-2 bags of cat food, misc toys/treats, flea & tick med (for all 6 of them).

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We dont vax and ive never heard of this and I would not take my children. I think its silly to even consider going. For me its one of those " Just because you can, doesnt mean you should" deals.

Well we made it through Bible, Reading, Spelling, Math and Art. Guess what they are doing now? Playing with the felt dolls. :lol:

We had 5 people, 4 dogs and 2 cats in a 1bdrm. There is no law against it. Its more a safety issue.

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It's overwhelming when you get 2 big boxes in the mail from Rainbow Resource and you dont want to start the school day because you have so much new, exciting stuff! The girls would rather play with the felt dolls than do lessons. Id rather do their new art curriculum than their 3r's. :lol:

We did this at MOPS. We just did a basic bag but it was nice that we could give them out.

I dont know then, that makes it tough. You dont want to drag things out but you dont want to make the wrong choice. If it were ME... id make the choice knowing there wasnt anything else I could do. I mean there has to be a reason shes having these issues, but i dont have an older dog so i dont know if you can chalk it up to old age and now is her time?

What does the vet say about the urine issue? Has the dog been checked for other health issues?

UPDATE: My boxes came and WOW. Just wow. The girls have already played with the puppets, the lacing cards and now the felt dolls. Some notes: 1) the laminated wall maps are HUGE. Bigger than I thought. 2) "The Fabulous Book Of Paper Dolls" are not paper AND they require "re-stickable tape", which didnt know and now i need to think of a way to make the dolls work without the tape. :( #2 is my biggest complaint. I love everything else though.

when i brush my teeth. :blush:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Colorado.pdf “Every child who has attained the age of six years on or before August 1 of each year and is under the age of seventeen years.” Colorado Revised Statutes § 22-33-104(1)(a). For children in a home-based educational program (Option 1), the compulsory ages of instruction are from 7 to 16. However, under Option 1, a parent must submit a notice of intent beginning in the year a child is six by August 1. (Actual instruction does not have to begin until age seven.) Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(3)(e). Required Days of Instruction: 172 days, averaging four hours per day. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(3)©. Required Subjects: Including, but not limited to, Constitution of the United States, reading, writing, speaking, math, history, civics, literature, and science Home School Statute: Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5. Option 1: “It is the primary right and obligation of the parent to choose the proper education and training for children under his care and supervision. It is recognized that home-based education is a legitimate alternative to classroom attendance for the instruction of children and that any regulation of nonpublic home-based educational programs should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate a variety of circumstances. The general assembly further declares that nonpublic home-based educational programs shall be subject only to minimum state controls which are currently applicable to other forms of nonpublic education.” Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(1). a. Instruction in a non-public home-based educational program may be provided by a parent, guardian, or an adult relative designated by a parent. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(2)(a) and (b). b. A home school “is not intended to be and does not qualify as a private and nonprofit school.” Colo. Rev. Stat § 22-33-104.5(2)(a). c. Parents must give notice 14 days before starting home schooling and annually thereafter. The parents have the choice to file the notice in any school district in the state. A parent who intends to establish a nonpublic homebased educational program must provide written notification of this program to a school district for all children between the ages of six (by August 1) and 16 but is not required to establish the program until the child is seven years of age. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(3)(e). d. The notice must include names, ages, residence, and hours of attendance of children taught. There is no requirement to use the local school district’s forms. e. Parents must keep records of attendance, test and evaluation results, and immunization records which the school district which has the original notice of intent may see with fourteen days’ notice if the superintendent “has probable cause to believe” the home school program is not in compliance with the law. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(3)(g). Alternative Statutes Allowing for Educating a Child at Home: Option 2: Parents can enroll their children in a Colorado “independent school” but teach them at home. The decisive case, People in Interest of D.B., 767 P.2d 801 (Colo. App. 1988), held that, according to Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104(2)(b), children “enrolled in” (changed from the word “attending” in 1983) an independent or parochial school that provides a basic academic education can be allowed by that school to be taught at home. Such students are legally classified as private school students. a. In the D.B. case, the Court of Appeals stated: “Since the district has not challenged the adequacy of the education provided by the academy, the matter of the sufficiency of the children’s attendance is between them [the home schoolers] and the independent school in which they are enrolled.” 767 P.2d at 802. In other words, children that are enrolled in a Colorado independent school are exempt from the compulsory school attendance and homeschool laws and can still be instructed by their parents at home. Registration with the public school is not required. No testing or evaluation is mandated. b. Parents can establish an independent school by keeping minimal records and providing instruction in the required subjects, in addition to complying with other statutory requirements (see HSLDA’s memorandum on satellite schools). The independent school must be comprised of at least two homeschool families. c. The administrator can be one of the parents. The teachers are the parents, and all teaching is done in separate campus sites in each home. Option 3: If a home schooling parent or other person is certified in Colorado to teach, the home school in which they are providing instruction is exempt from all other requirements, including testing. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33- 104(2)(i)(I). Teacher Qualifications: None, unless a child is taught by a private tutor, who must be certified. Standardized Tests: Children enrolled in a home-based educational program must be tested or evaluated in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(3)(f). I. Testing: Must be with a national standardized achievement test. If test results show a composite score above the thirteenth percentile, the child will continue to be exempt from compulsory public school attendance requirements. If the child scores at or below the thirteenth percentile, “the school district shall require the parents to place said child in a public or independent or parochial school until the next testing period; except that no action shall be taken until the child is given the opportunity to be retested using an alternative version of the same test or a different nationally standardized achievement test selected by the parent from a list of approved tests.” Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(5)(a). or II. Evaluation: Must be evaluated by a “qualified person” who is “selected by the parent” and is a Colorado certified teacher or a teacher employed by a private school or a licensed psychologist or a person with a graduate degree in education. The evaluation must “show that the child is making sufficient academic progress according to the child’s ability. . . . If the evaluation results show that the child is not making sufficient academic progress, the school district shall require the child’s parents to place the child in a public or independent or parochial school until the next testing period.” Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-104.5(5)(a)(II). “The test or evaluation results, whichever is appropriate, shall be submitted to the school district that received the notification . . . . or an independent or parochial school within the state of Colorado. If the test or evaluation results are submitted to an independent or parochial school, the name of such school shall be provided to the school district that received the notification required by paragraph (e) of this subsection (3).” Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33- 104.5(3)(f).

the time it starts is 6 here and people dont turn on lights til 5:45 and can i just say i hate those people who just leave the whole bowl out and no one is there to watch it. :glare:

I like to read at night- any passage i flip my bible open to. I have a journal that i write prayers in. Then i pray and go to sleep. I actually have a study bible because it (for me) helps to explain things a bit better than say a KJV.

I prefer to go on my own.

C: Bible: Finish learning about Josiah Reading: Lesson 2 Writing: Any page she hasnt done Math: Lesson 11 History: finish ch 1 Science: Finish ch 1 L: Bible: Start Adam & Eve 3rs: Finish R&S "C" book

trunk or treat at church is 27th halloween trick or treat is on halloween. SOME cities do it on the 30 or 31 but thats as early as it gets.

I know people who sell their stamps, then later in the month they complain they dont have food or they go to every pantry they can. 6packofun- Ive been to pantries like that. Where they give out the unhealthy things and claim its based on donations they get? :confused: We make too much to qualify for stamps, oh but how i wish we did, $668 for a family of 5 was WONDERFUL! There are only 2 food pantries we can go to here vs the 4 when we lived on the other side of town. I cant even go to my church's pantry because i dont live in the town where my church is (its their rule, i dont like it, but it is). We dont go without, but we dont have cookies and all that (unless we get it from the pantry).

I dont know if the OP had the baby checked for Tongue Tie. I was saying IMO, that isnt the issue here.

the baby is not eating as much due to the jaundice. Im sure there isnt a tongue tie issue in this case.

Because if you are in an abusive marriage, with or without kids and you divorce- you are no longer around that person who is abusive to you. You live apart and arent apart of their chaos. Even IF you had kids together, you still dont see that person but for the time it takes to drop off and pick up the kids. It stops the cycle.

Well divorce isnt the only option- there is separation and dissolution. The point of it is when it just isnt working despite your best efforts and quite frankly you are beyond done with it all and want something better than what youre experiencing.

With breastfed babies that have jaundice, it can last longer because it doesnt break down as quickly. DD2 had jaundice when she was born. They told me it should go away soon, so we left the hospital as normal. Well she got worse (i was nursing too). When she was 2 wks old she was not getting any better and i took her to hospital. Her bili level was 19 and if it gets over 21 it can cause brain damage! (that sounds right but i might have the numbers mixed up- i know it was SUPER high though!) They admitted her to the hospital and put her under the bili light for a few days. She was MUCH better after that. My advice: DONT stop breastfeeding- just keep on. Get the baby out in sunlight as much as possible. Sunlight can help their jaundice (i couldnt because it was winter and cold). I would go to the DR and get the babys bili level because you dont want it to get too high----- then id discuss options. Can you get an at home bili light? A bili blanket? do you need to go to the hospital?