Same exact boat here. I have been printing the first few pages ..... and I was so proud of myself for planning ahead and ordering early!!! LOL

I have used them several times. Excellent quality, great prices, but long wait times. Often, their wait times are a bit longer than stated on their site. I have an order in with them now ..... the site said 4-5 weeks, tomorrow is 5 weeks, and I just sent an email asking where I was in the queue and they responded that it will get started printing by the end of this week.

I am in Virginia and do a lot of work with special education homeschoolers. The state leaves it up to individual school districts as to what services they will provide to homeschooled students. Often, it's only speech. If they do provide that, then they will convert the IEP to an ISP. If you decide not to use services and don't plan to return to public school, there's really no reason to keep the ISP. At the end of the school year, you can choose to do an Evaluation with a licensed teacher or a person with a master's degree. That person will evaluate the child and write a letter saying the child has made "adequate academic progress". Every Evaluator does things differently - when I do Evaluations, if a student has an ISP or a previous IEP, I'll take a look at it when I do my Evaluation, but it isn't required. I just talk with the parent about what they've been working on that school year. All the state needs to see is that the student is making progress. That looks different for every kid! Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.

I teach college and high school math and I did use LoF a bit with my oldest. I agree with the others on this thread. It appalls me when people are proud that they have exclusively used LoF.

Glad to read the update! I know that even though it's good, it's still hard.

Is it a terrible idea to go back and start with WWE1 for an 11 year old who hasn't done much formal LA curriculum? She is my youngest, has severe ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorder, and Language Arts is not my thing. Her reading has improved so much this past year, but I know we need to get on the ball and do more for LA. So for this year, I was planning on using TGaTB Level 4, but we both just looked at it and don't care for it. I do already have MegaWords 1 for her. But what if we went back to WWE and started w/ Level 1? We could work through it at her pace, probably fairly quickly at first. We are not strict classical educators, but I'm lost, as usual, with LA for this girl.

Hubby and I have always dreamed of living out in the country with lots of land. It hasn't happened yet, and at this point, will probably need to wait until the kids are gone.

Same boat here. We are all fully vaxed, except for my 11 year old. I was so looking forward to all my kids having some activities to do this Fall. Now, I just don't know what will happen.

Thank you! I actually realized that I have Avancemos 1A and 1B - I also have an 11 and a 13 year old. I took Spanish in high school and college and I'm pretty sure I remember enough to be able to do this.

Can someone tell me what I would need to buy for Avancemos 1? My DS will be in 10th grade this year. I know a little bit of Spanish and I'm happy to help him ..... Should I buy a physical copy of the textbook for him and the 1 year online access? I do think he would do best with a physical workbook. So I would need to buy one or I don't mind printing it.

Thanks everyone. I have a message in to my doctor.

I've taken Thyroid meds for many years for Hypothyroidism. I feel the best when I take Armour Thyroid. A little while ago, my insurance decided not to cover Armour any more. They switched me to NP Thyroid. I don't recall the exact day I switched. Anyway. I recently started having some weird symptoms .... of course, Dr. Google has me convinced I have something very scary. Then I realized that I had switched that thyroid medication around the same time the symptoms started. The weird symptoms - a strange, jittery feeling and heat intolerance. Now, I've never been once to enjoy hot weather, but this has been extreme. Also, the jittery feeling - I do struggle with anxiety and I am crazy stressed right now, so I was assuming it was that. My question - if I switch back to Armour, how long would it be before I started seeing the side effects go away? Assuming the side effects are due to the NP Thyroid, that is? A couple of days? Weeks?

We have a touchpad one by Schlage. Love it. LOVE it. No more digging for my keys, then dropping the keys while I have a million other things in my hands. If I leave the house and I'm not sure if I locked the door, I can check the app on my phone!!! Did I mention how much I love this thing?

I am a die-hard cat person. But cats in general are jerks.

Exactly the same here.

Me!!! I’m 48 and I keep wondering when I’ll be an adult.

Yup. I’m really trying not to go back to pre-pandemic levels of activity.

Our state's mask mandate says that if you're fully vaccinated, masks are optional. Our state is right at 50% for the vaccine rate. That being said, I'd guess that about a quarter of the people I see out and about still wear masks.

My 14 year old got sick a few weeks ago. I was so disoriented!!!! What do I do? No one has been sick in this house for over a year!!!! It was almost comical. strep, COVID, and mono tests were all negative. So it was just a cold.

I grew up going to public schools in FL. I graduated from high school in 1991. I had never heard of this until this year.

I'm thinking about doing the 3 month subscription on the DDP Yoga app. Tell me about your experience with it, please. I really need something to get excited about doing. It would be great to lose weight, but I really need to focus on being more active and getting in better shape.

My mom has IBS and had both Pfizer doses. She had zero symptoms other than a sore arm.

Yes. I didn't include all the details in my post. She has had anxiety and suspected OCD for many years. She was also adopted from China at 21 months old. She isn't restricting food due to wanting to lose weight or thinking she's overweight. She's doing it because her OCD thinks she needs to save food so that we don't run out. Or save food so that someone else can have more. She was doing really well and came off her anxiety meds in late 2019. Then Covid hit ...... That sent her back into a hard place.

Thank you. We are seeing the Pediatrician this Thursday. Kiddo is still losing weight because she is restricting her food. I thought it was her OCD latching on to needing to save food so we don't run out. But I think it's wise to rule out PANS/PANDAS.

Long story, but how do I ask our Pediatrician to rule out PANS/PANDAS? My 13 year old does have a history of Anxiety/OCD, but last summer, she had been doing so well and Covid just sent her back into a pretty bad place.