I guess I am the lone sprout lover that is ok with steaming. (I don't boil any veggie except potatoes). But I would eat sprouts just about anyway you can give the to me! I steam them, then melt a little butter on them..................................... Yummy! Jenn

WSS :)

I have a bouncy boxer that I love very much and I would never put the dog in a position to make my family unnecessarily uncomfortable. Rude!

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My name is Jenn. I have two daughters that I homeschool. One in 6th grade and one in preschool. I live in Northern CA wine country and am married to a law enforcement officer.

Homemade stills, especially during Prohibition and the World Wars, tend to be made from items that were not meant to be use for that purpose and chemicals from these leached into the moonshine. Also, some makers/seller would cut the shine with other things that then caused illness, paralysis, and even death. There was a famous side effect of one with "jake" (Jamcian ginger extract) that caused a distinct leg twitch called oddly enough.....Jake leg. ;) but only batches made after 1930. At that time the industry added a chemical called triorthocresyl phosphate to the "Jake" recipe as a extender. Wow, I watch way to much History and Discovery Channel. There are many documentaries on Netflix and such about the history of moonshiners. It is an understudied part of our history I think. However, it is my opinion that what really drives the illegality of \moonshine it the millions of lost tax revenue. But to look on the bright side at least it gave us NASCAR. LOL Jenn

Rod and Staff have fun and cheap preschool workbooks and Timberdoodle has hands on activities. Timberdoodle's packages can get pricey but you can order a la carte. Jenn

There are many more readers than read-alouds at this level. I personally would not want to choose between them. My DD11 does not like to be read to and does all the reading herself in a Core. But if I had to chose, I would chose the readers. I have not seen the Core G LA but I do not like SL LA in general. I found it to be very bare bones as far as student instruction and teacher helps. I used another LA program and did not purchase the LA but now you do not have a choice as LA is integrated into the IG.

I am a Troop Coordinator for and AHG Troop in Northern CA. Our Pathfinder parents are required to stay. We do make exceptions for Parents who are leaders. I myself will have a Pathfinder next year. Common sense would dictate that there are times and places when a parent cannot be at every meeting and we make the decision on a case by case basis for special circumstances. We encourage our parents at all levels, K-12, to be with their girls. We follow AHG guidelines of two-deep leadership and # of girls per registered leader. Parents nor leaders are never aloud to be alone with a girl that is not their own daughter. And by alone I mean without another adult. I would question a troop that did not allow parents. I think that they are taking the AHG guidelines too literally and out of context. Jenn

I am the Troop Coordinator for CA0158. We were the first troop outside of Ohio. I am the second Troop Coordinator having taken over from the founder in 2008. I agree it is much more like BSA. Due to the first leaders, like our founder, having boys in BSA and searching for that for their daughters. We have 48 girls ranging from 5 to 14. We just awarded our first Stars and Stripes award. That is our equivalent to the BSA Eagle. Please feel free to ask any manner of question and I will be happy to answer. Jenn

Just joined this forum. I live in Sebastopol, Ca. In Sonoma county about 1.5 hours north of San Francisco. I am friend IRL with Laurel-in-CA. I am independent home-schooler in that I file an affidavit myself. and a member of CHERP (Christian Home Educators of Rohnert Park) which has member from all over Sonoma county not just Rohnert park. Jenn

We did a Spanish class for 5th grade because it was offered at our Co-op. My DD(11) came to me at the end of the year and asked to learn Latin because she felt it would make other languages easier later on. So this year we are learning Latin. Jenn