Your lighting lookso fine. Reduce the amount of things so the light can flow through the room. Anything you aren't going to use this year purge or store elsewhere. Our school room is 10x10 and I found limiting ourselves made it more inviting. I keep a basket under my desk and when we are done with a book in it goes. By end of the year the room is ready to be restocked for following year. Here are a few pics of our small space.

He pays for it. That's it. Not much different from when they were in ps.

Something similar happened to us earlier this year. We looked up the number and it too was a scam.

Right now DH is unemployed so it's about 45 percent of our income. We are bleeding savings. We've yet to receive food assistance of any kind. When he's working it's about 20 percent.

For my son we had to be sure to have him in shoes that would accommodate them comfortably. That meant purchasing shoes designed for them. Could this be an issue?

I am using it with my 5 and 6th grader. We are adding in a couple books by Jeanne Bendick on Galen and Archimedes.

I'm excited about incorporating many of the Circe principles.

I just finished that same podcast. We did a morning time two years ago and it disappeared at some point last year. I'm bringing it back. Actually, I'm doing our history reading (great books), classics, poetry during that time. I will also have art and architecture books to look at. I'm planning one hour. The rest of the day (Monday through Thursday) all we are doing is Latin, English and math. They will also read STOW independently and outline it or write a narration but that is on their own. Friday is for timelines, history writing, science, art (they also have a drawing class during the week).

Praying for his healing and your travel!

Awesome! I love that there is audio for reading along.

Thanks. I purchased it. I can't log in yet so hopefully tomorrow.

But that's the thing it's after 8 years at AA not 8 years in the field. We've never seen that kind of money in 20 years, most pilots we know haven't. My hubby flies heavy jets internationally (he has over 300 ocean crossings) including Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the war effort. The airlines that pay well in the US are far and few between and again even at those you have to be able to survive first year pay and training at each airline which is often unpaid. In addition, all the professional expenses that go along with it like twice a year medical exams not covered by insurance, paying for a crash pad, paying for uniforms, union dues, etc. It's a very difficult field to be in and one that is seriously misunderstood.

Yes this is true. However, even the majors like American start at 35k. It takes 8 years to hit 100k. The thing is that a pilot that gets hired at AA has likely been in the business a long time. My hubby can't seem to get hired there to save his life. He meets the requirements, has four recommendations from AA pilots and has been at this 20 years. My ex-boyfriend works at AA and has been doing this 25 years. He got on through TWA and was absorbed into AA when they bought TWA. That also meant though he was furloughed for 11 years after 9/11. During that time he endured a year of unemployment, losing another job unexpectedly when the doors were closed (ATA) and then worked with my DH at another company where he saw lay offs and a 50 percent pay cut when the company went bankrupt. He's been. Back at AA a year and is hoping things will stabilize. As far as retirement being extended.....umm, yes but no. It was 60. Who retires at 60? Now, it's 65. How many 65 year olds can afford to retire? A lot of US pilots are leaving the US and going overseas where they are valued some at 65.

First year pay at most airlines is between 18-34k. This is not for a brand new pilot just new to that company. Some airlines go up second year 10k but many if not most only go up 2k. The thing is becoming a pilot is very $$$. If you've been flying 20 years and your company lays you off you start all over at your next job. Experience means very little. DH just spoke to a co-worker who has decided to leave the business. He is 46 years old. He worked his whole life building his career and his only options are unlivable. He's considering becoming a Plummer or Hvac guy.

I haven't read the responses yet. My husband is a pilot with 20 years experience flying the biggest planes. He is typed (think additional license) in 747,757,767. He has lost his job for third time in 12 years (company closed this time). He is applying for every flying job he can. The only airline that called him so far pays 18k a year. We just can't do that. Pilots are making essentially the same pay as 1980s. We are living on our retirement right now. Likely, I will go back to work when kids finish school and it will be to fund our retirement.

Oh Emily. My heart is so heavy for you and your family. We will be praying for you all.

My kids and hubby do. I haven't because our Golden gets anxious so I stay on shore where she can see me if she panics and decides to get out. Just like with the kids I play the role of nurturer.

I'm using it next year and I'm planning on doing 3 lessons per week.

We got a 4x3 at Office Max for 49.99 last year. Two weeks later our neighborhood yard sale page had a 6x8 for $25. Check Craigslist for businesses going out of business, etc.

I'd like dd to do both in a year. Should we try for one per semester or is it possible to do a chapter from each every week? Thank you.

I've hopped with math as well. It hasn't been good for dd and we circled back to where we started. She clearly learned but she's behind where we would of been. Now for DS we found a better suited curriculum but again he's behind but will hopefully catch up this year. With all that said.....STAY STRONG!

Mine are in the 5-8 category and spend well over 10 hours a week with friends. I highly encourage them to go outside and enjoy the day. They do.

In our case both of our kiddos came from a birth mother who was a "repeat offender." She had multiple children in the system and never did the work to get them back. After years in the system they were in multiple foster homes and eventually adopted after TPR. Obviously, this is not ideal. So, when our children were placed in the system they wanted them with parents whose intention was to adopt. They went from their emergency placement to our home. It took 9 months for TPR and then we filed for adoption which took another nine. It took so long because once TPR occures they still need to do a social summary plus we had a issue with dd due to her being Native American. DS has never known true foster care as he stayed in NICU and came home at seven weeks. Dd unfortunately did bounce around as a newborn then went back to bio mom than emergency care all in ten months. She definitely suffered and even at that young age it took years of therapy to come through it.

Sounds like Aspergers. We deal with this. I try to approach it with love. You could always make a stop/go sign and tell him he can knock when it's on green. Ah....I see your in Mexico.

Well before my husband got laid off a week ago his commute was five hours by plane. Unfortunately, his company doesn't pay enough for us to be able to live where he's based but this is common in aviation. Now that he's laid off we've discussed moving and we both really love Florida and are hoping not to move. So most likely he will commute. It will involve a 45 minute drive to the airport and a flight.