I have read it, and even though I am a bit of a skeptic on books like this, it does seem to hit the nail on the head for everyone I know. My whole family are 'O's and the good and bad foods are so very true for us. And a friend of mine who is an 'A' unknowingly has worked out a diet for herself that is very close to what is given in the book. So, we try to follow it (not incredibly strictly or anything, but just generally) because we know that we just feel better eating these foods. It is interesting...you should definitely try it out and see if you start to feel better!

Wow, you guys are bringing back so many memories! Pearl Harbor was my first duty station in the Navy, and when DH and I had just started dating, he took me out to see that gash in the floor -- right in the middle of the courtyard...really incredible. Also, can't wait to get that book...looks really good! Thanks for the rec!

Tour buses?? Hmmm...just not right..but I bet the ambulance service is a bit better now that the bridge is there;) Do they still have housing out there then, I wonder?

Didn't live there, but I did live in the barracks on the Naval Base in Pearl Harbor and then in a high rise apartment in Aiea overlooking the harbor and the Memorial. They were building the bridge the year I moved away. But, DH worked out at the medical clinic at Ford Island for a few years and then stood Ambulance duty over there for many more. He has some crazy stories from that place as well as some very good memories! It is a common belief among the Corpsmen that have stood duty overnight at the clinic that it is haunted... But, yes, we both remember the place fondly and especially the ferry/small boat trip. I was really disappointed when they shut down Barbers Point and then built that bridge...I wonder what it is like now? Anyone been to the area recently?

My mom always told me they were ground up Hominy (which looks like a great big white corn). But at any rate... I love them. My mom used to make them into pancakes and eat them with syrup - also yummy! And no, I wouldn't substitute them for a grain - they are definitely in the corn family. I live in New York - and they are in the cereal isle here (near the Oatmeal) at Wal-Mart. :001_smile:

My favorite geography game (which includes flags of the world, country names, capital cities, and famous landmarks) is GeoChallenge. The problem is that you can only play it on Facebook...if they ever put it out as a stand alone game, I would definitely buy it! (The regular world geography is free, but if you want to pay extra, there are US and a European versions - haven't tried them). My kids love the game as well! Here is a link to a video showing exactly what the game is like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068yOtckUJg This is the official site, but like I said, you can only play it through Facebook...www.playfish.com/?page=game_geochallenge

This is a great site - highly recommended from all of my English Professors. Plus, if you are just getting the kids used to doing citations, you can pick up last year's MLA guides and style guides super cheap at places like Borders. There is great information on citing in all of the different styles plus tonz of good information on writing research papers. Found the 2008 MLA guide at my Borders for $3.

Ditto on the Bourne series, and all of Mitchener's novels (our favorites are Hawaii, Texas, Alaska, and The Source) DH likes: Tom Clancy W.E.B. Griffen John Le Carre: If he likes Cold War Era British spy novels...these are excellent - especially his older books like Smiley's People; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Russia House .... there are tonz of these books. Also, when he was deployed, he read through the whole Harry Potter Series because my daughter asked him to read them....and he actually enjoyed them quite a bit!

On the sci-fi/fantasy side... Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is really great! I believe that there are four books in the series, but I have seen some really great study guides for this first book floating around the web. Also, I believe there were some study suggestions on Card's website. The author also answers questions from students on his website.

We are using it (my kids love it - probably because it is the closest thing to a video game...). We did Prima Latina last year, and it was like pulling teeth. So, this year we are doing Great Latin Adventure and then Rosetta Stone on the side **for fun**. I feel like it they are picking up the grammar in GLA, and Rosetta Stone is giving them a place to learn more vocabulary (which, for some reason, is really important to them - they want to *speak it* not just learn it on paper...). Now that we have been using the two together for a while, I can see the grammar spilling over to the Rosetta Stone (we are using Version 3). They were having trouble with the writing and grammar portions, but now those areas are getting smoothed out...so it tells me that it is all sinking in somehow :001_smile:. I hope that my ramblings are making sense. I will say that the only reason we are even using RS for Latin at all is because we managed to acquire it for free....otherwise, I would not be using it because of the cost. But I also think that my kids would not be enjoying Latin as much.

I got my MLT (the 2 year degree) through the Navy and worked in Navy labs for a few years. I worked in a large hospital and a large clinic setting. I really didn't like either one - sometimes you would get stuck doing Urinalysis for weeks...or Chemistry, which made me feel like I was some kind of mechanic wanna be. All I did was run a machine and fix it when it broke or my controls didn't come in. When I got out of the Navy, the only entry level jobs I could find in my area were on the night shift which I hated...I was usually the only one there and I had to do all of the Phlebotomy for the ER and the entire hospital...it was a nightmare at both places I worked. However, I did love being alone :) But, really, I felt inexperienced and always scared that something would go wrong with a machine, and an emergency would come in...and there I would be all alone. That being said....when a day shift job came along, I grabbed it. I liked it much better. Way less phlebotomy -way less stressful. Plus I LOVED microbiology. To me it gives you way more hands on work. I also agree with the prior poster about Histology. It is very interesting, and you get to work with the Pathologists (which is fun if you have one that likes to teach). If I had it to do over again, I might just go for a Masters in Micro. or something or go the research route. Basic lab work can get boring, but it really depends on the personality of the person. Why doesn't she go through the 3 week (the times vary) phlebotomy class and try to get a part-time job in a lab? It is a good paying job for a young person (better than flipping burgers...), and then she can see if she enjoys the lab environment.

As far as the Navy goes, you absolutely can have your job position guaranteed through the recruiter. Just make sure it is all in writing on the contract. You can also get a secondary school guaranteed. When I enlisted, I got Hospital Corps School, and Medical Laboratory Technician guaranteed before I would sign on the dotted line. Now whether the field your daughter wants is open for that kind of deal really depends on the needs of the Navy. I'll have to ask DH, but I know that somewhere on the Navy website, there is a list of secondary, or "C" schools for corpsmen that tells which fields are "hot fills" meaning that the Navy is really low on these billets, and they have to fill them as soon as possible. If there is something like that that your daughter is interested in, the recruiter could give her that school also. There are all kinds of things like Lab, Xray, Pharmacy Tech, Mental Health, Surgical Tech, Cardiovascular Tech..etc. Of course, she could always pick one of these up later, but just from experience, getting a job after Navy Corpsman life is much easier if you have a specialty. Taking a "c" school does not guarantee that you will not get deployed, but it gives you something wonderful to fall back on for the rest of your life. My husband was a general corpsman for many years and enjoyed it very much when he was working in an EMT/Urgent Care capacity, but there were many instances where he was tasked to work in medical records, supply, or administration where he was completely miserable (of course, that's just him...). The point is, General Corpsmen (with no "C" school) get a lot of good training and usually promote faster, but some people like to specialize and have a definite job. At any rate, its something to think about before you sign on with the recruiter. Good luck!

I just finished taking a Folklore class in college and guess what half of the class was on....fairy tales (that were all in the Lang books that are sitting on our bookshelf upstairs) that I had never read or heard of. It was not an easy class either. And apparently Andrew Lang is very highly regarded for his collection by the people in the folk/fairy tale literary criticism circles. So, yes, I think they are a great set to have around the house. My DD is going on 11 and still whips them out when she is bored. I think she has read through every book and loved them all! If you have a set of Grimm's tales and a collection of Andersen's tales, you could have a nice discussion of the similarities and differences, the "evolution" of the stories throughout the years, whether or not they were intended for children in the beginning, are they oral tales that were written down and what effect that had on the stories, etc.. etc... point is...you can use them at any age (for "fun" when the kids are little, and as a literary genre when they are older). Enjoy them!!

Oh, thanks for letting us know. I haven't been there in a bit. They usually notify us when spammers are sending out messages...have any of you been notified about this via email? Do you think they will let us know when they've fixed it?

Just an FYI, for any of you that are on Facebook, there is a game in the apps section called GEOCHALLENGE. It is so fun! I was so addicted to it. The free game is the world game. It includes country names, capital cities, the flags, and famous landmarks. There is also a US state version, but I think you have to pay for that one. I only wish you could get it without having to be on facebook because we got rid of it (long story:glare:)... the kids and I just miss the game!

We just started Rosetta Stone (regular edition), and the kids really like it (they also do french and spanish on rosetta stone because we just lucked into getting them for free!!!). We did Prima Latina last year, and it was like pulling teeth... I feel like they already have a better grasp on things now, and we are at the very beginning. But my kids are absolutely visual learners...they have a very hard time with languages out of a book (as do I). I do not, however, have the years of experience with languages that other people do on this board. Have any of you "real" latin people compared Rosetta Stone to these other programs? Are they even comparable?

Yes, thank you all from me too! I have been following this conversation closely as well. I have a 3rd grader starting Aesop A doing the 2 week rotation, and a 5th grader going quickly through Aesop B, trying to get to Homer by Christmas. I guess that I am doing okay with the writing part, its just that the grammar/spelling stuff always leaves me (and my kids) wondering why we are doing it as well as spelling and R&S grammar on the outside? I tell them that we are doing the Aesop skills so that we can relate the skills we are learning on the outside to the actual model...but for some reason, I just can't wrap my head around it all . I think I will try your notebook idea because I just need some things written out step by step (even with the student workbooks!). But, I really do love the program. I have seen a big improvement already in both children. Thank you all for your help and advice! I feel motivated again:D

As far as I have seen, they will take people with a history of epilepsy - she just can't be a Navy SEAL or something on that level:glare:...and for nurses, the military is always desperate anyway, and they will take you up until 45 years old - at least that is what it was back in my day. As for everything else...it would be great for them financially if she can make it through OCS... maybe they are desperate in the financial area, and this is the only thing they can think of to get out of it - either that or she is just running away?? But, if she can get it together, and they need the money, maybe she can get some good healthcare, housing, etc. for the family and maybe they will be able to make it work??? Probably a good thing to take the 9 yo though.. If she is going Navy, she would at the longest be gone for around 6 months? Maybe that would be a better option than the Army? Anyway, :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

Gran Torino was good! My hubby and I usually like things like The Shooter, Grosse Pointe Blank, and the Bourne Identity kind of stuff, but he absolutely loved Amelie and Chocolat too! He said Amelie is one of his favorites now - its just so witty.

American Public University has a fully accredited, completely online English program (I am majoring in English there as we speak :)) . www.apu.apus.edu/index.htm You might want to check it out! And, if you have any questions, just let me know! Lisa

We got rid of our cable this spring, so I am missing my all time fav Project Runway, so we've been watching the new season of "So You Think You Can Dance." We also love House and Bones here. And I watched Modern Family the other night and thought it was funny, but I really hate it when they make the dad be a moron...so, probably won't watch that again.

Hey, I just finished up 2 classes at American Public University which is an online fully accredited school with Master's Programs, and I am using the MYCAA program. This University is part of American Military University, and it caters to the military people...might be something you want to check out just because they have Master's Certification programs for people who already have their Master's Degree (it's like a 1/2 a Master's program that is just very specific to your interest area - if you are looking to bolster a resume or just want to take classes in an area that interests you without having to go through the whole thing again). Who knows, maybe they have something that interests you. But they are all set up for the MYCAA stuff, and it was super simple to get going. (Also, a good friend of mine is also using the program. Her school was not in the MYCAA system to start off with, but they worked with her to get everything set up. So, don't feel confined only to schools that are already in their system.) And, yes, you can use it for more than just a Bachelor's Degree. It can be used for many things.

Hmmm...right now I am procrastinating on writing my final essay exams for 2 classes (ECON 101 :ack2:, and Folklore). Then, I have 2 weeks off before "History of the English Language" and "Beowulf through the 18th Century." So, I have been trying to pre-read for those and have only gotten through Utopia and part of Beowulf so far. Better get back to those papers while the kiddos are asleep:D

My brother-in-law's name is Tylan. I love it, and so far, we haven't ever run into another one. (But, he does get called Ty sometimes - still like it though). Also like: Gunnar, Mason, Simon (because it means "he who listens" - wishful thinking...)

DH is the seamstress around here...(as you can see from my name:D "MacGyver")..he gets final approval of the costume theme. So far we've had DD and Dexter, Spongebob & Patrick, Legolas & Arwen, Hermoine, Harry, & Ron, the Incredibles, Anikan & Padme, So....this year, we are going back to the spongebob theme this year with the boys (so we can have the little one be Plankton!) but DD wants to be an "Amy Brown" fairy this year...so the theme thing may get broken up :crying:. P.S. I LOVE halloween too! Can you tell?