I wore my rings through my first pregnancy and labor and delivery, never took them off. My second i swelled up like a giant sausage butthey fit after birth. And after my third i swell every morning and rarely remember to put my rings on after that :(

The only person i know who doesn't read a lot of books is my dad. I think he is very dyslexic and doesn't know it. He also has sleep apnea and falls asleep during quiet lulls in conversation. I'm chaulking up joe as a jerk.

We used an alarm. It turns out my middle son was just too comfy/lazy to get out of bed. He always peed right after putting him down and then in the morning- and thats when he would leak everywhere.

I love their announcements because i know its going to be older traditional names which is just my style!

Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 0 Score for Waldorf Education: 12 Score for Traditional Education: 0 Score for Unit Studies Education: 6 Score for Montessori Education: 14 Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 12 Score for Unschooling: 11 Score for Classical Education: 12 I feel confused on my score but it makes sense considering I don't even know what I want/what Works for us. I'm split almost evenly between 5 methods. And many of those seem complete opposites from each other. Though maybe some of it is how I teach math/writing/reading vs. history/science/art. Etc. I retook the quiz. I don't know if it was the changes made or if I answered more truthfully (e.g. Answering according to what I implement, not what I want to implement in a perfect world) but I had some major changes. Score for Waldorf Education: -3 Score for Traditional Education: -15 Score for Unit Studies Education: 9 Score for Montessori Education: 19 Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 9 Score for Unschooling: 13 Score for Classical Education: 3 Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 13

Thank you. I want to learn/teach latin and greek but I am very aware of my limitations in this subject! I know that if we do it I need to do it well and completely. I want some of the benefit of it that I never learned. So I am definitely considering this and then hoping to outsource spanish.

Has anybody NOT done latin and/or greek but instead studied vocab through root words? And then studied a modern language?

Is there a curriculum that teaches the spelling rules with examples? And then maybe has review?

Thank you. I am definitely considering rod and staff for english and maybe spelling!

My son is very independent and just wants to sit down, do school, and move on to something else. When we do math, he rarely uses manipulatives. We use saxon math and that is going fine for us. For la we are just doing copywork. I'd like to find a complete, independent, no frills language arts program. I'm considering gswl for either the upcoming year or the next. Then maybe visual latin. He really wants to learn greek. I'm considering greek code cracker and then maybe elementary greek. We cover history via literature. And science is more outdoors right now. I would prefer to not spend a lot of money :) So, what would you suggest? [my second son is pretty much the exact opposite of course!]

Yah, I hate it too. Its not observed in our house. We don't really do holidays though (other than Christ's birth and resurrection. And thanksgiving cause we are roped into it by family)

I like girl with no job for humor

My face was like a baby's bum. What she was trying to say was I have great, clear, soft skin. Leave the baby, take away the bum part ;)

*the first time i scrolled by this i thought it said "the quest for the perfect scandel" lol* I also hate stuff between my toys. I wear my keens in the summer. I love how multi-purpose they are and i can chase my kids without breaking my ankle.

Eat more protein. I was dx with hypoglycemia at 5- i cannot eat plain carbs and expect to feel good later. I do occasionally get migraines but haven't figured out the exact cause but they seem to be different. I don't get them enough to find a pattern. I have to stay super consistent with food and drink and my entire schedule.

Updated since I have ordered curriculum: Bible and memory work Literature (will vary and is not planned out) Saxon 3 Eiw 3 Spelling work

Hugs to you. I had my kids at 21, 23, and 25. We chose to be done for many reasons but that didn't make it less hard. When I put the baby to bed on the night before his first birthday I sobbed hysterically for a very long time. It was the last time I would ever hold a "baby" of my own. It has gotten easier over time. I'm enjoying all of the things I couldn't do with my kids when pregnant (cause I was not a good pregnant lady) or had a young child (walking zombie for at least a year). I'm just living in the moment. I don't know what I will do when they are grown. I will see what is the best fit then. I suggest you do the same. Plus, your dh may feel differently later. Grieving is okay, but missing out on the kids you do have now will only compact the pain later on.

Yes. I go to aldi on fridays and get a take n bake pizza. It works for us!

Warning: extreme laziness ahead! Our church has a fellowship meal every week and i'm tired of constantly thinking of meals. I'd like to have 1 or 2 go to meals. But I don't want any prep because I never remember to do it before hand. I do not mind cooking rice in my rice cooker the day before and dumping it in. But I don't want to dirty any other dishes. I want to dump it in the morning of, plug it in there and be done. Also, no soups because I would have to provide bowls.

I only make super easy meals- many crockpot meals which only take 10 minutes or so to throw together. This has helped me a lot. My family isn't picky and they would prefer pancakes over steak anyway. Maybe pick the most important. If you don't have money for all of the above, do you have money for one of them? If so, which one would help the most? Ask yourself what is the worst thing that could happen if I didn't do ________?

I'd find a good church somewhere first and then consider moving. We're in the same boat but no job flexibility so my husband cannot work from home and cannot just up and move (but oh! Have we tried!)

I like to keep the high quality imagination toys. My sons constantly get gifts from grandparents so I continually get rid of toys. We keep legos, duplos, blocks, cars (ones in good condition), and one box of misc (a few dinos, a few toy story figures, little batmans, small horses and other animals, army men etc). I'd look at your current situation and if your dd doesn't play with it pass them along.

I agree :) So far we've stuck with the same curriculum for math and grammar. I didn't consider how new ssl2 is. I think it will be a good bridge. I had considered just doing all of cap's programs for latin and then adding greek in somewhere along the way. I'm hoping the latin hymns and prayers cd from memoria press will fill the desire I am looking for in that area. We used to sing one at our old church and I did enjoy it.

I had read on the boards that some struggled with the latin readers in cap and did gswl before moving on. I suppose i can hold off and wait until it is needed. I have considered it for myself. I need to just stop second guessing and looking around! Most of our curriculum is working for us. Stay the course!

I stink at memorization and I struggle to remember to do it with my kids. I'd love to do better with this. I'd ideally love a cd or dvd but I haven't seen anything like that. I have seen the classical conversations cd but I am not sure if that would be good if we are not in cc. Or I am considering the living memory (campbell) book. Any recommedations?