I haven't read the book but now I am intrigued. I have heard snippets of research about this and think it definitely applies to me. I used to read for hours. I loved to read. I haven't touched a book in a couple of years and find myself bored and searching for the main points in a paragraph when I read now. I have become a fast fact junky and I find myself becoming more "ADD", for lack of a better term, in my life in general. But I don't want to give up the information sources I find online and I can't give up the email and chats with my kids and extended family who are scattered all over the world. Does the book propose answers or just detail the downsides? Is there a middle ground that doesn't cause the brain changes?

I have loved it every day for the last 20 years. I am still learning and growing and excited. I am going to need a serious hobby when my youngest graduates.

Oh, Amy - I am so sorry :grouphug:

I think it matters how secure your family income is. If there is any chance of job loss I would pay off any debts. I wouldn't want those monthly payments without an income. All of your savings would just go to pay those monthly payments at that point anyway. Put whatever is left over from the tax return and the Sept. money into a savings account and use the $250/month that you used to pay to the car loan to make the home repairs. But I hate debt...it keeps me awake at night and I want to get rid of it as soon as possible. For me it is less stressful to not have that monthly payment hanging over my head.

Background info and list of major websites and how they are protesting http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2012/0117/How-five-websites-are-protesting-SOPA/Wikipedia

Maybe it is referring to an out of print book by the WIN program? http://www.amazon.com/WIN-Program-Writing-Narrative-Sentence/dp/1884098053/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326852080&sr=1-1 lol, responded to your original post while you were editing it so it shows up edited here and my answer makes absolutely no sense.

We love love love San Diego. It is beautiful and there are a million things to do and places to go.

:iagree: I had this exact (control vs. advice) conversation with one of my grown kids just two weeks ago. It was not pretty...sigh. I am constantly putting myself in my parents shoes - is this how they felt? is this what I did to them? Sorry mom. Really. And I was a pretty good kid, as are my kids. Parenting is so not for sissies!! I really feel for some of the moms on here who have such serious, painful problems with their kids. My heart breaks for them. :grouphug:

Most of the used books I buy from Amazon come from Better World Books. I have always had very good luck with the quality and shipping time. I look for them on the list when I go to buy a used book.

If you have a true porcelain bowl you can use a pumice stone. If it is a really cheap toilet you might want to try it under the rim or someplace inconspicuous but I have never had it scratch. Our grocery store sells them in the bathroom cleaning supplies.

It is the running joke in our family that whenever we are coming to visit the person comments that they are off to clean the toilets. If nothing else gets done, the toilets always do. My grandma was a stickler and we think that is where the line started. We have hard water so if I don't clean every couple of days I get a nasty ring. And I always wipe down the rim and behind the seat before people come over because I live in a house full of males at the moment. :glare:

The Really Useful Science Book - Steve Farrow Science Scope - Kathryn Stout Young Discoverers Encyclopedia - Kingfisher The Sciences - James Trefil/Robert Hazen The Oxford Children's Book of Science The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia BFSU

Not a program, just a cute little book that talks about the elements of a good story - Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One by Kate Duke. Scholastic and Evan-Moor also have some guides for projects to go along with picture books and genres.

My last baby is jr. high age but I have graduated three already. High school is a little more complicated so many people use other options than pure mom led homeschool for 9th-12th. My last will get a much better education than the first three, but they did fine and got through college with good grades and scholarships.

We always put it on with the loose end in the front, now. When we had little kids it was always loose end to the back or we would end up with mountains of toilet paper streamed onto the floor.

Went to high school in Lansing and often left the keys in the ignition and the car on the street. It was never stolen but that was probably just luck. I leave my keys in my ignition now but my car is always in the garage, which has an automatic opener. My parents are divorced so I lived in So. Cal. and we always locked our doors but my dad lived in the city I live in now and he never locked the doors, even at night. That seemed weird to us kids. I live out of town in a more suburban area and the only time I lock the front door is at night when we are sleeping. It is unlocked until the last person comes home. They lock up and turn out the porch light. We generally leave the back doors locked but sometimes they get forgotten. Never had a problem. My husband locks the front door when we are out running errands and it drives everyone else in the family nuts because then we have to open the garage back up and troop back in past the cars through the laundry room door after we have all been stopped short by the locked front door. No one but him ever locks it. It's funny because he grew up here. The same place where my dad never locked doors. I figure if someone is going to break into my house, my puny lock on the back door isn't going to stop them anyway. There hasn't been a break in or theft here, in our little neighborhood, in more years than I can recall. Of course now that I have told everyone my front door is always open, I am sure they can snoop around the threads and find where I live and I will be robbed (of what I don't know, since we don't have anything valuable). :lol:

yum - obviously missed the thread that brought you to this, but thanks so much for posting now. It looks delicious.

http://www.amazon.com/Country-Living-Home-Almanac-Maintaining/dp/1588162125/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326068860&sr=8-2 Maybe?

http://www.blackbirdandcompany.com/ http://www.progenypress.com/ http://www.homescholar.org/

I actually send people on a scavenger hunt through out the house. We put the Christmas stuff away New Year's Eve. Yup, found a Santa hat yesterday. How do you miss a Santa hat? Something shows up every year no matter how hard we try...

:lol::lol::lol: me too...but the minimizer style, please

I am using Google Chrome and got it installed just fine, though I didn't think it was installed like a previous poster mentioned. It just sort of works in the back ground. On Google Chrome there is a little green e up in the right hand corner by the address bar. I did get it installed but am not all that impressed. All it really is, as far as I can tell, is a web clipper. Basically a fancy book mark app. Maybe I am missing something but I like One Note much better.

Got this in an email a few weeks ago - 8 Reasons the French Are Slim Published: 12/20/2011 For years, scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have been trying to unravel the "French paradox" - the finding that despite a high-fat diet, the French appear to have a lower rate of heart attacks (as well as a lower rate of obesity) than other Western countries, particularly the United States. While no definite explanations are available, it may have a great deal to do with how the French approach eating. These eight tactics are the norm in the typical French diet - consider changing your approach and attitude toward eating by adopting these strategies and see if it makes a difference in your life: Eat smaller portions. Avoid snacking and eat only at mealtimes. Eat a wide variety of food. Don't skip meals. Enjoy your food and focus on dishes made from fresh, locally grown, quality ingredients. Stick to your internal cues. When you no longer feel hungry, stop eating. Eat less sugar. The French eat less than half as much added sugar as do Americans. Recent research indicates that sugar, rather than saturated fat, may be a key dietary contributor to heart disease. Eat meals with family and friends so that eating becomes a pleasurable experience as opposed to something to "fit into" a schedule or feel guilty about. And I think I would add - more walking.

Yippee! More adorable baby pictures. He is sooo cute. Love the big, dark eyes.

I think there is a difference, whether there should be or not, between Feminist - bra burning, 60's, Gloria Steinham etc, and feminist as you described it. To most people I think the word brings up the first definition. For me men and women are 100% of equal value in the sight of God, just different natures and roles to play. The only part of capital F feminist I like, or admire, or resonate with, whatever, is the idea that women should be free to fulfill that role or nature however they see fit for their own life. The militancy kind of turns me off on the other hand.