Our Aldi is new and the produce, eggs, bread and dairy prices beat everyone in town. We go through a lot of produce so it saves me a ton of money. I try to avoid shopping at WM, although it's closest to me so I do go there occasionally. I love the farmers markets in the spring/summer but even then they aren't always cheaper. I go to Target as well sometimes, and sometimes Kroger or Publix for their sales. We have a large garden as well as several fruit trees, so we do grow a lot of our own fruits and veggies.

My Kindergartener flew through books A & B (we skipped a lot of A because it was so easy.) He's now in MM at the 1st grade level and doing well.

We've been getting calls from them for at least a year, I'd guess. Asking to be removed from the list does nothing. I like the whistle idea!

Our dog is 8 and she spends most of her day either sitting at our feet or sleeping in her bed. On warm days she goes outside and lays in the sun and chews on sticks, hunts for moles, and eats grass. When it's cold/rainy, she sleeps most of the day. She's always up for playing when offered though. She loves tug of war and loves to chase/race.

Since it has as much sugar as store bought cake frosting, I can't say I think it's healthy! It's more of a dessert option ocassionally than a breakfast option, imo.

No, although I did once straighten the pictures at my inlaws house. They were SO crooked it drove me nuts. It occured to me later how rude it probably seemed, so I wouldn't do that again. My mom once rearranged my silverware drawer and it annoyed me greatly.

Marilla, Hazel, & Vivian are my favorites from your list. I think they are all lovely! You have nice taste in names :)

We have a 2006 Kia Sedona and have not had problems with it in the 6 years we've had it. We bought it new at the tail end of 2006. There was one minor issue with a sensor being broken last year but it was fixed quickly and it was under warranty. Other than that, we've never had any other issues. I really love our van!!

A heated mattress pad. I SO hate getting into a cold bed at night. A bigger crock pot, ours is really too small for our family. A new camera, but I'm selling our old one to get money for that and I'll pick out my own new one.

We schedule 185 days for the year. By Christmas we'll be right around 100 days.

We like Dizios, even the adults have fun playing it. Ours are 7,5,4 and 3 so we needed something the younger ones can play too. Uno is good for all ages, and I've heard tons of raves about Ticket to Ride.

Huntsville, AL (or Madison, AL) I know what you're thinking when you hear Alabama, most likely. I thought the same thing when my husband got a job here 8 years ago.

I only read the first page, but I don't find it offensive. I'd probably respond. Maybe they want to make the system better! I kind of wish our local district was even slightly interested in parent feedback.

When my youngest is 20, I'll be 48.

My oldest turned 7 in March. Some of his chores include: feeding pets sweeping picking up toys, books, general mess in his room and the rest of the house Setting and clearing the table including washing it. Simple cooking tasks (supervised only) Hang and fold and put away his own laundry Washing windows Helping with siblings if needed (limited)

I googled anyway and really wish I hadn't. I somehow ended up on a blog that was so sick... I feel ill now.

Today was our first day of homeschooling ever! My oldest went to ps last year (1st grade). We started 2nd grade for him and Kindergarten for my 2nd today. It went very well although I think I need a few more things for the little kids to do to keep them occupied.

For olive skin and hazel eyes, I find colors that look good are deep purples, maroon, blues, black, deep orange if it's the right shade. I'd stay away from pastels and yellow.

You hired her to do a job, not come over and make themselves at home! I do not think that is acceptable AT ALL and would be nervous what else they might have looked through while I was gone. :glare:

We're starting July 9th, so this coming Monday. PS here normally starts early August, but it won't start until August 20th due to a new law this year.

I don't know about the whole state, but when I was looking at cover schools I only considered ones that did not require a statement of faith. There was definitely more than one option in my area. It is unfair, but there are options for those who don't want to sign a statement of faith. All in all, it's not that restrictive, in my opinion.

Church school/cover school seems to be used interchangeably here, although the law states "church school." There are many church/cover schools that require no statement of faith whatsoever, although a lot do. You get to choose which you want, so it's not much of an issue in my mind.

Alabama is very easy! All you have to do is register with a cover school and they (or you) send a form to your district. That's it. Where I live, in North AL, there are lots of homeschoolers and lots to do!

Good point on the community helpers and safety things. I intend to incorporate those into the morning meeting and during reading. I guess I hadn't thought of writing much for the Kindergartener. It will probably be as simple as teaching him to write the letters and words on lined paper. I was hoping to incorporate some of the WRTR book with him too, although I haven't quite decided how to do that. We also plan to take field trips, do art, music and outside nature "stuff". I just didn't mention that. :)

I've finally decided on everything for my 2nd grader and Kindergartener and want to see if I'm missing something. What do you think? Kindergarten: OPGTR (he already knows letters, sounds and can read some things) BOB books and read aloud books from library Singapore Math Essentials - K 2nd grade: FLL 2 WRTR for spelling/writing Various library books for read alouds &independent reading (Is this sufficient? He can read on a 6+ grade level?) Math Mammoth Together: SOTW for History BFSU for Science Am I missing anything? Suggestions?