You must've been in a coma during the Bush years, yes? There was even a term for it: Bush Derangement Syndrome. I still remember the email in all caps with a quote from Cameron Diaz who said on Oprah, "If you elect Bush, rape will become legal!!" And the person sending the email believed it. I think the hysteria emails are prevalant towards one party depending on who is in office. Right now it is a democrat in office, so the mass hysteria emails lean that way. I wish I still had my old emails because the unintentially funny emails that I got about Sarah Palin trying to do a mass extermination of coyotes, wolves, whales, etc, etc, were pretty prevalant during the last presidential election cycle. That's why the internet gods invented the delete button.

You are such a sweet mother to think of food for her. I've had IC for a couple of years, and I've still not figured out any pre-made/freezer type meals that I can eat. IC is such an inconvenience. Your best best would be doing something like roasting a turkey or a chicken that she can eat for a couple of days. Cook it pretty plain, no black pepper or onions. I cook mine with a little salt, herbs de provence and carrots and celery. But as PP's mentioned it is a very personal disease and what one person can eat will give another person a horrible flare.

My 4th grader took the online physics and chemistry classes. He really enjoyed them and looked forward to the Monday and Friday meetings. By the end of the class, he really knew the material in the books. Mrs. Wood's physics class was his favorite. She spent a lot of time going over the lessons with the kids and answering their many questions. The kids are expected to take online tests after each chapter and complete all experiments and talk about their findings with the class. HTH!

I agree. That was one of the worst movie kisses ever. It was beyond cringe worthy. The poor actress looked like a baby bird waiting for a worm from her mother. Don't get me started on that movie. Between the kiss, Anne's greasy hair and the running all over Bath........what the what what? That movie was done by by ITV not BBC. The Amanda Root Persuasion from the 90's is wonderful.

I love BBC costume dramas. The are my comfort food. These are the ones that I watch a lot. Cranford...It is BBC at it's best. Return to Cranford.....not as good but still enjoyable. Wives and Daughters...Lovely. Larkrise to Candleford...I'm not sure if this is on Netflix yet. Tenant of Wildfell Hall Jane Eyre 2006 Under the Greenwood Tree...Thomas Hardy with a happy ending. :tongue_smilie: Little Dorrit Our Mutual Friend I could go on day, so I'll end with Sense and Sensibility 2008. The colors in this film are beautiful. Oh, two more BBC's that are favorites of my kids, and I like them too: :001_smile: Merlin Robin Hood season 1....skip season 2 & 3. Trust me. Season 1 is light and campy and lots of fun and as an added bonus, stars Richard Armitage as Guy of Gisborne.

I just got the Life Science books and am still looking through it. BJU provided a cd of a sample lesson through their online videos with Mrs. Vick. She says not to use the schedule in the book as that is written for a classroom, not homeschool. If you order the online videos, they provide you with a schedule to use for homeschool. I'm thinking of doing it. I'm doing BJU science with a 3rd, 5th, & 7th grader and I need a break in the planning.

Try real civil war diaries. I'm having my 6th & 7th grader read parts of Sarah Morgan's diary. She writes in detail of her life in the south and her feelings on Lincoln, the Yankees and "Jeff" Davis. Her family is greatly impacted by the war. Here is an example from March 17th, 1863: ...the Yankees have gone back to Baton Rouge....I believe I am positively disappointed. I did want to see them soundly thrashed! Her diary entry from the day of LIncoln's assassination is also very interesting. She's quite the drama queen, which makes for an interesting read. ;) There is also Mary Chestnut's diary. I'm not aware of any diaries written by southern men during the Civil War, but I've not really looked. Anyway, here is a link to the book we are using for southern perspective: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671785036/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=19X7CQ6BRZMFB86B8JK3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

I'm also in NOVA. Most of my Amazon packages are delivered Lasership. I really like it because they deliver packages on Saturday and Sunday, unlike UPS. Last week we ordered a dvd from Amazon on Saturday afternoon, it was delivered to our house via Lasership Sunday at 7 a.m. But, yes, it is just a guy in a car. It always gives us the giggles because his car is literally stuffed to the roof with Amazon boxes. I've never had the 2 day delay with them. If anything, I get the package earlier. I did have one problem with them about 6 or so months ago. They were putting my packages in my mailbox and the mailman would come and take the package out of the mailbox and return it to Amazon. I talked to Amazon, Amazon talked to Lasership, and it resolved the problem. Now they just put the box on my doorstep. Could something like that be happening to your packages?

The Lifeway Biokefir are very good. My 12 year old ds, who is my pickiest child by far, loves them. He had the pomegranate/blueberry for breakfast today. I buy the little "shots" at Whole Foods and Wegmans.

The guy I spoke to at Amazon said that not all the covers are causing problems. I think the ones with a light are fine. My Kindle began shorting the day I put the cover on. It never dawned on me that it could be the cover, though. I mean, why would it be the cover? If you haven't had the problem yet, I think your cover is probably fine. My Kindle was freezing and rebooting 5 times a day, but it didn't permanently damage my Kindle. I took the cover off Thursday after I spoke to customer service, and it hasn't frozen once.

Yes, once I took the cover off, my Kindle was fine.

I would give them a call. I emailed their customer service, and they emailed me back saying that they would rather do it by phone. They literally called me back in two seconds. Here is part of the email they sent me w/ the link to have them call you: I'd love to help you via email but we can provide personalized support over the phone so we can try some real-time troubleshooting and see if you need a replacement. We would be able to identify the exact problem with the device and assist you accordingly which might fix the issue with the Kindle preventing you to go through the replacement and returning process. I hope you understand. You can reach us by phone directly and toll free from many countries by clicking the Contact Us option in the right-hand column of our Kindle Support pages at: http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport When you visit our website and select Contact Us, click on the "Phone" tab, enter your number, and we’ll call you right back.

Yes, it's the cover. I had the same problem and called Kindle customer service Thursday. They said they are having problems with the cover and they rebated me $60. I believe I read that it was the hooks that are causing a short. THis was my cover: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Leather-Burgundy-Display-Generation/dp/B003DZ163O/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1296928151&sr=8-10

Yes multiple choice. It's like a CAT test, just fill in the circle.

Thanks. That's a great resource. My 9 year old ds started reciting Ozymandias while watching it. The History of Religion is a great visual too. Bookmarking it now!

This sounds complicated and fancy but it's not. It does need to be made 24 hours in advance. It's the Barefoot Contessa's Couer de la Creme. I leave out the Grand Marnier and make just a plain raspberry sauce. I can't say enough about the deliciousness and fattening powers of this dessert.:tongue_smilie: Just be warned, if you make this dessert, people will worship and adore you. My mother made it for a party recently and got a marriage proposal, and she caught a woman secretly licking her plate. LOL http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/coeur-a-la-creme-with-raspberry-and-grand-marnier-sauce-recipe/index.html

I think Charlottesville, VA meets a lot of your requirements, but it is probably too far to DE. The halfway point between Williamsburg and Delaware is the NOVA area, which is pretty expensive. Maybe areas in Loudoun County, VA like Leesburg or Purceville would be worth looking into.

My son really liked John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series. He likes to read but isn't an avid reader like my dd, so when we flew through this series I was curious and read them myself. I really liked them! Other recent books he read and liked were Andrew Klavan's new YA series and the Nick McIver series by Ted Bell.

I just bought a new double oven (KitchenAid) two weeks ago. I'm still getting a feel for it so I can't recommend it yet. What I was told is that if you are a baker, it is preferable to have gas stove and electric oven because gas is a "wet" heat and food doesn't brown as well as with electric "dry" heat. HTH!

That was great. That is the old Wanamaker's store. We went up last year at Christmas time to watch their light show and visit their Dicken's village. I wish we could have seen this. It's much better than the flash mob that hit the same store in the spring and caused a riot. :glare:

When my brother was 9, he was riding his bike around a car blocking a sidewalk and hit an elderly lady breaking her hip. My grandparents were sued because they were babysitting him, my parents were sued, the neighbor was sued because my brother was running a letter to the mailbox for him when this happened. This was in the early 80's. I don't believe my brother was actually sued. Interestingly enough the people whose car was blocking the sidewalk (a cop) weren't sued. Anyway, it was a sad incident and everyone was pretty traumatized all the way around. I'm pretty careful about my kids riding their bikes on sidewalks today.

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Thank you for posting this. I'm going to get the book. I'm always interested in hearing about VT. My dd (10) has Strabismus and had her first (and I hope only) surgery last year. So far things are okay, but the results aren't as great as I hoped, and I've been wondering if VT could help her even more. My dd didn't develop Strabismus until the age of 6. It took me by surprise and was something I had no knowledge of. When I did more research I was amazed at how little the treatment for Strabismus has changed over the last 50 years.

Wives and Daughters is great, but the only thing is that the book doesn't end. Mrs. Gaskell died before finishing it, and that may be frustrating for a 12year old. I think Charlotte Bronte's Shirley is excellent but a mixed bag if you want humor. It has some of her funniest writing, along with some of her most melodramatic. I really liked Margaret Oliphant's Miss Marjoribanks. If your dd likes Emma, she may like Miss Marjoribanks. One book that I read to my children that had us holding our sides with laughter was E. Nesbit's The Phoenix and the Carpet. The chapter where the phoenix finds his "temple" is one of the funniest things I think I ever read.

No, not Wives and Daughters. The movie you are referring to is the 1999 Mansfield Park, the one with Francis O'Connor as Fanny Price.