I voted Latin, however I don't feel it will be our 2nd spoken language. Our third language in essence will be Spanish.

:iagree: I think here in Washington we have some of the strictest seat-belt laws in the country. Kids have to be in their own booster seat until they are 8 years old or over 4'9". I have never heard of double seat-belting until this thread, wow!

Now I'm green with envy! Great Attitude....I.just.can't.quite.get.myself.there.....:ack2:

Here ye, here ye! I've got one of them! I couldn't ask for a better husband and father. We are not Christians but we do have what most strive for in a respectful and loving relationship. Eighteen years and not counting! I'm sorry for everyones else's perils. My wishes are that these boys grow up and become real men.

Do you think we're in danger of loosing the webbing between our toes? The moss on my north side dried up and fell off two days ago.

UGH! And I spent my childhood in Saudi Arabia! This stinks! It's 83 inside right now. Tomorrow it's supposed to hit 100 in Snohomish county. Yesterday afternoon we decided to take the airconditioned Jeep to Costco to hang out and do a "little" bit of shopping. I somehow managed to spend $500 for 2 hours of AC???? We also went to see Harry Potter because of the AC theater. While it was cool, for the first time I wasn't terribly impressed with the movie??? I guess I'm just crabby. I have to go peel dd off the leather couch, she is claiming to be stuck....

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If it does mutate, which as I understand it, this strain is more prone to do than others, then whatever current vaccination there is will be ineffective anyway. So no worries. :001_smile:

I tend to be a numbers kind of gal and I'm not liking them. The World Health Organization issue a statement on Friday estimating this pandemic over the next two years could affect 2 BILLION people world wide, that's 1/3 the world population. Our own (US) Center for Disease Control says it could get up to 40% in the US with a possible death toll of several hundred thousands. Mind you most deaths are attributed to complications arising from pneumonia or some such. I worked for years in the health care field but I am not prone to jump on any scare wagon. But this looks like a different animal. I would be most concerned with young children, the elderly plus anyone working with the public or in your case riding public transportation. HS kids are lucky they are not in schools; they are germ breeding factories. I would wait as long as you can before getting one, most people get them too early and are left unprotected in the late winter. Our clinic staff tried to hold out till late October, even when we had positive cases come in. This of course is MHO. I know a lot of people are adamant about their vaccine beliefs and I in no way wish to undermine their choices. But for me, having seen a very sick child days before they died of influenza and a mother dealing with the fact she did not vaccinate, has skewed my opinion. Not an image I ever want to witness again.

:ohmy: Thanks for the heads up Colleen. There seems to be a lot of other publishers at Prufrock that I'll look into those as well.

:ohmy: Gasp! What if weird becomes the new norm and I was considered mainstream? :scared:

:blushing: Seriously?? I thought it was 400 too!

:iagree: It was the first "candy read" I had in a long time! :tongue_smilie:

I think you order from Prufrock Press. I am also interested if anyone uses anything from here.

First let me say I am not Christian. Second if I have ever came across as "Anti-Christian" it was in a direct response to someone telling me I was wrong for my beliefs. Purely defensive. However I am not anti Christian, I am anti bigotry and in my eyes that applies to people who think, act upon and preach intolerance. I follow the WTM secularly and believe in SWB's pedagogy, regardless of her personal beliefs. For all I know she likes tomatoes and I don't; hopefully that wont influence what I take from her methodology. I come here looking for advice from those with similar HS interests. Sometimes I may even have something valid to say from my own experiences. I have been lurking on these boards for four years. Then the tone on this board was most decisively Christian. So much so I literally was afraid to ask questions about secular curriculum. Now there seems to be more representation from many view points, and to me that just can't be wrong. I feel a lot more comfortable posting and asking questions now. But because of this post should I again feel unwelcome?

I'll bite! :lol: Team Edward here! I like the protective guys! I think Bella starts coming into her own in Eclipse; she is more aware of what she wants. Jacob actually annoyed me in all the books. The only time I actually like him is when he admits to Bella that Edward is like a drug and he realizes that she can't live without him. Have you read the first several chapters of Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edwards perspective?) on Stephanie Meyers site? That really threw me hard onto team Edward, his internal musings are great but when he becomes aware of his love for Bella just chokes me.

Whoa! I feel like someone just laid a kind hand on my shoulder and put me back into the seat I was jumping out of. :blush: That was the most honest, compassionate and laid back response I've read on these boards. Thank you very much. I've always been an over reactive planner. No wonder nobody but you has answered on two boards. :001_smile: I'm taking a deep breath and am going to go ponder some things.

and our rights.... check it out:bigear:

Plum jam, one of our favorites. Pretty much any recipe works.

Julie, You're just a sweet momma at heart; you try to find the good in everyone especially children. :001_smile: In this case though I'd have to agree that this was such a horrific crime that we should place our sympathies on the child that was victimized. I agree that the perps. will now be at the mercy of the courts and may well become it's victims but they made that choice, even if they did not fully understand the consequences. At any age, in any race, in any religion, or in any judicial system, aggravated gang rape and kidnapping is not okay.

If you homeschooled all the way through high school do you have any recommendations of curriculum sequences that worked well for you from the grammar stage up, or disappointments? My dd is a gifted learner however I do not plan on letting her accelerated more than 1 or possibly 2 grades. My plan (with awesome advice from another poster) is to go wider and deeper in each grade. I follow the WTM mostly and we are secular. We are currently in the middle of 3rd grade and she is doing Singapore Math + all extras, History Odyssey Early Modern level 1, My Pals are Here (new) ¾ + all extras, VIE 3, Sequential Spelling, Latin for Children A, Artistic Pursuits, Self-made geography, philosophy, and music appreciation curriculum. I plan on adding IEW writing and picking up another grammar. ??? Our goal is to do Latin all the way through Wheelock’s and incorporate Spanish in there somehow too. I’d also like to stay fairly rigorous in Math and Science; keep history chronological and I also want her to be very prepared for the SAT’s and ACT’s. I know it sounds crazy to be thinking that far in advance but I just got her CAT’s back and she got a perfect score, so I feel like my responsibility level just quadrupled. Thank you so much for any advice and input. I truly value the opinions of this hive.

Thank you all so much for letting me brag. That's why I posted here instead of the other boards. I knew you all wouldn't stick me in the snobby corner. I'm still dancing!

This is too cute

:iagree::iagree::iagree: Great advice, that's how we did it too. Worth every minute! I still have all my Countrysides starting in the 80's and 3 editions of Carla's books. :001_smile:

:iagree: But even cheaper here! :001_smile: