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THANK GOD. I was going crazy, trying to figure out why I could not do the multiplication problem correctly. I mean, I'm no math genius, but COME ON! :lol:
And, I think I am finally understanding the way MUS teaches carrying in multiplication. I'm slow, but I get there. Phew.
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I wish I could remember what bank I used to use for MK. I think they may have been bought out, though.
If you can find a credit union, do that. Sometimes you need to have a "sponsor." That's the best way to go, though.
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The thing with any kind of sales is that it does require work on your part. You do have to book parties, take orders, and fill them. You have to have exceptional customer service so that people want to keep coming back to you. You do need to be passionate about your product so you can show people why they will love it too!
It's true that you have a lot of competition for cosmetics, like Avon, but people do like a personal touch there, and not having to go to the store to get stuff. I have an MK business, and while I'm not currently "working it," so to speak, it's a lot of fun. The nice thing about cosmetics and skin care is that they are consumable, so you get a lot of repeat business, once you find customers.
Sales requires a thick skin, no matter what you sell. You will have some people you know who will buy what you're selling to support you. You will have people who express hostility about the product you're selling, either because they've had a bad experience or just hate direct marketing sales. If you want to make money, you have to "work the numbers" - talk to enough people to get enough "yeses" to make up for the "nos."
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Could you do FNXBUS? Does that look enough like Phoenix?
I voted for the Night Bus one, but didn't think about the BS. :D You might want to avoid that.
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What an AWESOME cake, and what a FABULOUSLY HANDSOME little boy! Great job, Emily!
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That is really cute! I will have to see if I can make something for Schmooey.
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Another vote here for keeping precious things and donating the rest.
I'm so thankful my sister had baby girls. I had a terrible time sorting their clothes when they were little. I cried every time. It was easier to give them to my nieces, especially because my sister and BIL would let me dress them when I visited. :)
Anyhoo, I'm just rambling. Get rid of the stuff you don't need to keep. It's very freeing!
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I don't have them yet, but I really like the looks of Angela O'Dell's Living History of Our World books. It sounds like your kiddos are the perfect age for them.
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I feel your pain, too.
Finally now in the 5th grade ds is really building fluency and legibility, but we resorted to copy work from a Sponge Bob joke book to minimize the whining.
I'll duck now, since I know good classical educators would never resort to Sponge Bob to accomplish their goals.;)
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This thread is cracking me up and terrifying me at the same time. Off to make Schmooey play with lots and lots of playdough!
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On the Royal Channel? There is a Royal Channel? I take it this means it's not going to be on regular tv? That is a bummer! We're going to be traveling that day and will miss it but I was hoping to record it! I know my girls would love to see it.
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I loved MFW K! It made homeschooling my oldest so much easier - in fact, it's what made it possible for us to continue homeschooling. :) What I loved about it (and she needed) are what some have not liked about it, I think - a very predictable routine, the same every week.
The math is hands-on, living math, and they tell you exactly what to do. The phonics are lovely, too, with lots of games you can play for reinforcement (but you don't have to if you don't need them).
It's very open-and-go, and if you find you have time for extra stuff, there are TONS of great ideas in their forums.
I have not used FIAR, so I can't comment on that, but we loved MFW K here.
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If you don't mind a Christian curriculum, take a look at My Father's World Kindergarten curriculum. It's a complete K program, and it's EXTREMELY inexpensive. I've used it for 2 of my 3 kids so far, and plan to use it with #3 when the time comes. We've loved it here.
The math is included, but is not a textbook. It's all hands-on, living math, which is perfect for K. It might seem like you're not doing enough, but trust me, you will be. :)
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:lol::lol::lol:
At dinner on Sunday, Isaac said "Mommy, my fingers are people and they're feeding me!" :D
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Dh cuts our grass, but Emma really wants to learn to use the riding mower. I think she and Abbie are both old enough. I'm sure my brother and I were mowing our lawn and my grandparents' lawn next door by their age. We had to trade off doing the riding mower with the trimming with the push mower.
When we moved to Apex and had the smallest yard I'd ever seen, I bought a Scotts reel mower. I wanted to love it. However, our yard was one big hill and while it was great exercise, it did not do much cutting of the grass. We then inherited BIL's push mower.
Now, we have a much larger yard and have inherited BIL's riding mower. Actually I think we bought this one - when we took the push mower before, we traded him our "toy tractor" that was our riding mower we got with our first house, and he traded it in on a bigger riding mower. That was such a funny little tractor - dh looked like his knees were up to his chin while he was on it. :lol:
We did have a great guy do our lawn work last summer. Dh was too busy and I do not mow lawns anymore. :D He has his own lawn service, we paid him with checks, and he was fabulous. He only charged $50 per week for mowing, trimming and cleanup.
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I like them too. I remember seeing Penn (is he the tall one) on MTV WAYYYY back in the day when he was by himself. He did a great bit about people in California living on a fault line and thought it was ridiculous - said he shouldn't even be shouting. :lol: Anyhoo, I do like them. I like Jeff Dunham and Eddie Izzard, too, and they are all kinds of inappropriate. :D
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I don't let my cats outside - and I do have a fat one too! :lol:
There are just too many things that can happen to them. Cars - even in a neighborhood when people drive slowly. Dogs. Other cats.
We had a cat growing up that got something called hemobartinella. It was a very strange illness and she did pick it up outside. She did all right mostly, but she died really young - I think she was only 8.
We also had a lot of dogs hit by cars when I was growing up - and I mean, a LOT. We always let our cats outside too, and one or two of them were killed by cars as well. I decided when I got to decide what happened to my animals, I would keep them inside, and I do.
For the overweight one - does anyone play with him daily? I don't do this for my fat cat, so don't think I'm judging you. :) If you can get him to chase a string, or a ball, or a laser pointer, and make sure he gets exercise, that will help. Also, do you measure their food and make sure they only get their RDA for what they eat? That will help too. I don't do that, either. My fat cat will knock over all the garbage cans in the house and generally make a nuisance of himself when I try to ration his food and it's just not worth it. I'm just sharing what I've been told.
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No, but I'm putting it on my Netflix list. :D
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Congratulations! That is awesome! Can I see pictures of the blue chickens, please? :D (I am sure they are not really blue, but I'm picturing bright blue birds running amok at your new house.)
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In our family, even with dh's crazy parents, I would be OK with that info being shared. Note, however, that my kids don't have cell phones so that's not really an issue. I would, I think, allow them to text their cousins if they were so inclined. I would certainly let my kids be in contact with my sister's kids and my brother's son. They are all pretty little though so I don't see us texting them any time soon. I don't think my sister even knows how to text on her Blackberry. :lol:
That being said - I could see a day in which relationships with dh's family were more strained, and if we were keeping our distance from BIL & his family for a reason, I would be LIVID if MIL took it into her own hands to put our children in contact with theirs. I can see her doing it, too, for the reasons the OP stated - she would want the kids to be closer.
As to whether I would change the numbers, it would depend on the contact. I don't *think* my nieces would be inappropriate with my kids, but if they were, I would block them or change numbers, absolutely. I would also make it clear to my MIL, preferably through dh, that she is NOT allowed to give out my kids' numbers under any circumstances. If dh didn't want to tell her, I would do it and let them think I'm more of a mean, nasty DIL than they already do.
I *think* MIL would know better than to give out my kids' contact info without asking, but we all know what assuming does. :D
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I didn't say anything to anyone about it. I posted here instead. :D
MIL likes to say things like that, I think. I know when she and SIL were shopping for Persian rugs (SIL is a DIL too) she asked if SIL would take hers when she died, because then she felt justified in buying it. I think that is just silly.
I know that *I* would have been far too emotional to sing at either of my grandmothers' funerals. I think I could sing at MIL's with no problem (heh) but I think dd might have a hard time.
I will wait and see if Abbie says anything to me, and then I will see how she feels about it. If, when the time comes, she wants to sing at MIL's funeral, that is entirely up to her.
It would be one thing if we were talking about funerals or dying or something and we had a conversation about what someone would like sung at their funeral. I would be fine with that. Sometimes people talk about these things, you know? This was not one of those times, however.
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Here is a link to Project Gutenberg's Nook info. I'm sorry, I don't have a Nook or I would try to tell you how it works. :)
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No upkeep. :D
This would be my approach, too. I knew I liked you. :D
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I voted and I didn't have to click "like!"
There was a typo in the math book.
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You know, if I were at all confident in my math skills, I would have been able to look at it calmly and catch it right off, showing my dd why it was wrong with my multiplication finesse. However, what really happened is, I had to do the problem, check it with the calculator, find out I was wrong, re-do it, and then finally decide that there really was a typo. :lol:
I was so flustered I managed to multiply 3x0 and get 3. Could be a sign we should have given up on math and all taken a nap, especially after we woke Abbie when we went back to the table where she'd fallen asleep and scribbled down the page with her pencil. :smilielol5: