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  1. Or, as my husband often says, "Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut." :) I read the books. Katniss irritated me, so did Peeta, but I enjoyed the books anyway. :thumbup1:
  2. This made me chuckle. I've eaten popcorn for breakfast before. :lurk5:
  3. We had the same problem. We quit buying pencils made in China and only use those made in USA. No problems with those. Also, can eliminate sharpening by using mechanical pencils. :)
  4. We love books on tape/CD! We're listening to My Friend Flicka now. We've listened to almost all of the appropriate Listening Library books our library has on the shelves! We rarely turn on the radio when we're in the car anymore!
  5. Never. Primetime TV isn't family friendly. I love DWTS and quit watching it when my then 7yo said, "Wow, Mom, they don't wear many clothes." Out of the mouths of babes. I actually banned Nickelodeon and Disney too. Too many smart alack kids sneaking out of windows with no intelligent adults in the shows.
  6. Mozilla Firefox is the browser we use. We get no advertisements on the websites. I haven't had a problem with SPAM in my yahoo account.
  7. I use Mozilla Firefox, and downloaded the "adblock". We get NO advertisements.
  8. Sue Patrick developed this system for her autistic son with much success. If I'm not mistaken, he's now driving. I use it for my kids, and we get a lot more work done in much less time. More info below. I recommend using the system exactly as she's set it up, it works. http://www.workboxsystem.com/
  9. We worked the food pantry at church during the week. My kids learned a different kind of compassion by doing this. They (unfortunately) learned that sometimes people take advantage of these programs, but we love them anyway. They watched as a pre-fab home was delivered, unloaded, roof unfolded (very cool), set up, connected to electric, the well put in, sold and moved into! They've learned to get along with and play with children of ANY age and they can carry on an intelligent conversation with an adult. They've learned that asking questions is a GOOD thing! My DH teaches a trade in PS. Many of his high school students can't read a ruler or tell you how many 16ths are in an inch. They don't know how to convert decimals to fractions in simple measurements. Example: .25" = 1/4" He actually had to explain this one to a POST GRADUATE student! Very sad.
  10. iPod games my boys LOVE: Presidents vs. Aliens (they've learned a LOT of different information about the presidents on here) Rocket Math Stack the States Stack the Countries Hangman, Doodle Hangman Fractions Kitchen Math vs. Zombies (I don't really like shooting or zombie games, but I *grudgingly* let them get this one, you have to select the correct answer and the zombie gets blasted, turns green, and melts) They like it. Elementals (Periodic table) Freddy Fraction (converting decimals to fractions to get Freddy to the end of the maze) Math Add (it's like hangman with math) My Math App (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
  11. :iagree: I felt the same way. Having read them all, I would recommend you read them before allowing your child to read them, and then DEFINITELY discuss them afterwards. This is a great book to use for a character study. I told my 12yo he could read them, if he really wanted to, but that we would be discussing them. He changed his mind. I think that "discussion" might have been what did it in for him. :001_unsure:
  12. I've frozen BBQ many times, it's always good after you thaw it. The chicken might cook better if you bake it while it's still frozen (unless you're cooking it before you freeze it) I froze mushrooms once, and they were awful when I used them. Maybe they were in the freezer too long, I don't know, but I'm afraid to try it again. I use canned mushrooms instead, and we eat ALL of them. :D Oh, I do freeze my onions and peppers after they're cut, but before they're cooked. They work fine.
  13. That additional info definitely changes things! I'd have hubby tell her it's not a good time, unless she's coming to help you out or staying in a hotel.
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