Could it be my settings?

Ease of transmission.

of HIV, please pm me. Thanks.

The DVD course I own didn't come with handouts for the students. It was more of a parent guide.

At least one person is dead and all flights are temporarily suspended.

The only thing I do to sterilize is washing with menstrual cup wash and water a couple of times a day during my cycle. After my cycle I boil water and put the cup into the water after removing it from the heat. When is cool enough to touch, I remove it and let it air dry before putting it away.

I like this one the best!! :D

I had a beta jump into an unlit jar candle. We searched all morning for said missing fish until he was found petrified. That little guy was the same color as the candle.

I don't know if childbirth can "reset" your body or period symptoms, but my births have appeared to impact my cycles. As a teen I had long, heavy periods. When I had my first child at barely 21 my cycles shortened. I got pregnant fairly quickly and had two miscarriages before dd#2, 3, & 4, who all came within a short period of time, then it was back to the heavy periods, this time with added cramping. It was several years before dd#5 was born. Now I rarely get cramps. A couple of months after to switching to a menstrual cup the length and heaviness of my flow is significantly less. Maybe it is all coincidence, but it feels like there is a correlation.

I tried the softcup and it was a huge fail for me. I've been using the Eva Cup for over a year now and love it! The first couple of months were definitely a learning curve. Because my cervix is low, I thought I would need to trim the stem. It turned out not to be necessary.

Other...both ways.

Most kids here (OK) don't use helmets. It isn't required by law and frankly people just don't. Heck, it's not even required by law for motorcyclers over 18. Yes! I've had the homeschool lecture! We've also had the cloth diaper lecture. One of our peds couldn't wrap his brain around the fact we chose cloth diapers for dd #2. Why did it matter? She was in clean cloth diapers. Honestly it was easier to see when they needed to be changed than when we used packaged. Needless to say we changed peds quickly after.

This is exactly to what I am referring!

I have encountered this increasingly more in the past few years than in the previous ones. Dentist, medical, and occasionally vision receptionists loudly stating reason for being seen or x drug or x insurance company. I really wish we had a separate area for check-in. Most of the time we are only visiting a doctor for basic, boring, standard care, but it really isn't any one's business in the waiting room whether we are there for routine care or something more invasive. Why do they have to be so loud?! Do you encounter this as well? Does it bother you?

I remember a Paige Turner! She did a mini workout camp at my school and was at cheer camp as a counselor the same I attended as a camper. Our allergist's name is Dr. Haymore.

Dh's nephew went several years in more than one state. He loved it!

Yes! My first dd had horrific acid reflux with projectile vomiting. She could've literally choked to death had I put her on her back to sleep. My dc sleeping positions were just that, whatever position would allow them (and me!) to sleep! Yep.

After my second or third child the hospital staff talked me into getting rubella, because if I ever had another child and I was exposed that child would die in utero. The place on my forearm where I was given the injection formed a cyst. Occasionally my arm aches and the cyst shrinks. It is very small now. Eta: This was 14-17 years ago.

Piggy backing off of your wonderful idea... You could give said journal then suggest she write her family's history or genealogy especially about dh's childhood, you know for prosperity.

We have 9 dc. Our oldest dd is an adult, 8 are school aged. I have always used WTM as a jumping off point and have found it to be a very practical resource, however no one can do it all. While I do read and re-read it every year, we have found what works for our family. It is better to find an imperfect curricula or way to school that works and "gets the job done" vs a perfect one that doesn't. We've done eclectic, MFW, VP, workboxes, and Homeschooling Journals. Right now what is working for our family is textbooks. I never thought I would be one of those homeschoolers, but literally this is the first year that everything is getting done. It may just be for a season, and I am certainly not saying it is the only way or even the best way, but it *is* getting school done for us and the children are enjoying it. I went through each textbook in the summer and scheduled out how many pages per week we would need to finish in order to complete the textbooks with wiggle room for field trips and free days. Now there is no scheduling for me, I just pick up and go. We have also implemented an idea we found on this board, fine art Fridays. It gives the children a lighter Friday and allows us to add in art projects and music. When my children were your children's ages I often took them on errands with me, so we only schooled 4 days per week. If we tried to school and run errands I turned into not-fun-momma. We even had a season where errands happened one week and deeper housecleaning the next. I agree with the PP who paraphrased Mrs. Swan. Definitely treat it like a job and keep school hours, remembering of course, you are schooling children, so flexibility is the key. Interruptions will happen! Also, have a cut off time. If you plan to only school until noon or 1, then put up the books and move on with life. Math will be there tomorrow! If you need to schedule educational videos for part of school, then do it and don't feel guilty!! If your dh is home in the evenings have him read some of the scheduled books for bedtime read alouds. You have 5 children 5 and under. That is busy!! If you can have your 13 year olds read a variety of books and find a self-teaching math curricula a lot of your schooling time can be spent discussing their readings with them while managing toddlers. For your toddlers google tot trays or work boxes. They are lifesavers! I used to set my toddlers down at the table with an activity like play dough or puzzles with a 15 minute timer and have them switch activities when the timer sounded. I would repeat this for 3-5 activities buying me a little one-on-one time with the older children while keeping the toddlers entertained.

I'm on the fence with this one. While I did allow one of my toddlers to dress as a clown one year (she was adorable!!), I am one that usually sees clowns as creepy. However, the rebel in me wants to dress as one this year just because the criminals and idiots out there shouldn't get to choose what costumes are off limits for the United States at large. Of course,there is NO WAY I would dress as a clown this year, though I *might* allow a 9yo IF it was uber cutesy and not scary. at. all. AND my town didn't specify not to. You would certainly need to stay close to your daughter, as she might be more likely to get harassed because of recent events. Edited because I apparently can't read and typed son instead of daughter.

We don't and won't.

Yes! We did the same with Macy's. Love them!!

Yes!! Brilliant!!