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  1. Thank you all for the suggestions! It will be our 20th wedding anniversary, and it holds special memories for us, as we spent our first anniversary there. It was a late honeymoon, too. We stayed in a hole-in-the-wall cheap hotel, went to the aquarium, visited restaurants and shops. We love the outdoors, nature, animals, hiking, adventure, history, good food, fishing, fresh seafood... the whole nine yards! We'll only have a few days, though, and our bodies aren't as young as we feel. As much as I want to think knee pain won't become an issue, depending on the activity and duration, they might. Ugh. My spirit is adventurous but the pain slows me down. My husband's are even worse. We're still up for being active, though, just in milder ways. If I could hang-glide over the bay and watch sea life from above, that would be really awesome. You've all given us great ideas. Thanks again!
  2. DH & I will will be taking a rare, special trip to Monterey in Feb., sans kids. Besides the aquarium, what are your suggestions for dining, entertainment, and other activities?
  3. I just noticed that Singapore U.S. Ed. Challenging Word Problems are going out of print; Rainbow Resource is already out of most of them and I don't see them at all on the main SM site. What is a fair price for them in like new cond. (no writing inside)? Where should I look find price comparisons? Also, is this the right board for this question? I can't post questions like this over in Classifieds, and this board seemed more appropriate than General or Chat for this question. If I am wrong, I can move the post; just let me know. Thanks!
  4. Give me the good, the bad, & the ugly. Some very good friends might form a high school co-op next year (unheard of in our tiny area, so a rare opportunity) based on classical/Christian education. The conversation has suddenly shifted to a lot of favorable talk about Easy Peasy. How does it compare to other homeschool curricula common to this board? What are your experiences with it?
  5. I just posted another ad to remember how I got around it. I've posted plenty on the forums over the years, so I'm not getting around the rules, to be clear. It still gives me the same message you're seeing, but underneath is the double post error in small print. If you see that, try going to the main Classifieds section (it is directly above the main error, on my screen). There I see my ad posted anyhow. ETA: This adds tedious steps and time to the process. I wonder if there is a better way or if it can be fixed?
  6. I was, but then found that despite the message, it was posting my ads anyhow. It gives me a blank screen in part of the process, but I hit "refresh" and then I get a "double-post" error message, which means it posted the ad.
  7. Nevermind; I think I figured it out. Is there a way to delete our own old ads or sold items? I managed to post about 4 classified ads, but now when I submit a for sale ad, it tells me at least 1 forum post is required before I may post a classified ad. I've been on the forums since before it moved here (the old ones), and have plenty of posts; is there a way to get the system to allow me to post there? Thanks!
  8. My printer is a dud (HP4620). It is the source of much frustration and I am done with it, however, I am not ready try a laser printer. I need an all-in-one inkjet printer/copier/fax/scanner that prints and copies FAST, single or double-sided, allows me to adjust quality level and color or B & W easily, includes a zoom in/out feature, with a working wireless connection, that works well with paper or cardstock,... am I forgetting anything? My kids also need their own laptop to work on. I don't want to spend too much, but I want it to last more than just a couple years. They'll need something more durable than my thin Asus. We've never used Apple before (except ipod or ipad) and I don't have time to figure out a whole new system right now. Suggestions?
  9. It depends on the location. Media mail from the non-contiguous states can take 3-5 weeks, with longer lags between location updates, but it's just as reliable.
  10. My son has worked hard and covered a lot of ground this summer, determined to make it happen. In addition to continuing math at home, he went to a tutor for some intense catch-up. The tutor had to go back to work full-time, so today I gave my son a Saxon placement test on which he tested into Algebra 1. There are some gaps, but I think we can manage. Now I just have to decide between Saxon and Jacob's. I have some local hs friends urging me to use Saxon (3rd ed. sequence) so that Geometry would be integrated over the years in order to move forward quicker. There are many positive online reviews, but on the other hand, I keep seeing reviews stating it does not teach the big picture, that students won't have a deeper understanding, only how to apply memorized formulas without knowing why they work. Is this true? Any thoughts, experience, comments on that? I called Veritas Press to inquire about their upper math sequence, and was told that at Alg. 1, avg. students may stay on the Saxon track and more astute students may opt for Jacob's. I am paraphrasing by using the "track" phrase, but the idea that Jacob's is slightly higher level was conveyed. I read about Jacob's Alg. yielding a fuller understanding, a better grasp on math. How do the two compare? Thanks so much for all the help!
  11. Are you able to open that page? I get a "Problem loading page" message which reads: Server not found Firefox can't find the server at www.redshift.com. Check the address for typing errors such as ww.example.com instead of www.example.com If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. I turned off AdBlocker just for that site, but it still won't load. :/ I wonder if it's a problem specific to my system. I couldn't access some of Donna Young's high school forms last week, either.
  12. I'd like to correlate a 4-yr. WTM Great Books study with Christian Bible study, doctrine, and theology. Before I unwittingly reinvent the wheel, has this already been done? I'd love to make a plan that completely follows TWTM, utilizes SWB's HotAW or Western Civilization (Spielvogel) as the main history thread, but adds something to link Biblical history to it and Bible study (with lessons, commentary, not just a reading list of chapters/verses) as well, such as any of the following: Just the Bible section of MFW AHL (covers O.T. only, but same type of plan could be created for N.T.), TruthQuest guides, MOH, BP Companion, 100 Most Important Events in Christian History, Trial & Triumph, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Greenleaf Guides, History Lives Chronicles, etc. I realize TOG, MFW, VP, and BP all do this (to various extents), but I really want to stick with a base consisting of the WTM plan just as it is in the book. I don't want to lose the free-flowing nature of it (i.e., the parts where the student chooses which points were most important or interesting, then chooses which to research further) by going with a program which has all of that assigned. I tried looking for correlations on the Paula's Archives of Homeschool Advice which used to be on redshift dot com but doesn't seem to exist any longer. :( Where did that go? It was such a gem. Back to my point, has anyone added a "Bible strand" to TWTM Rhetoric stage history, and more specifically, to either History of the Ancient World or Western Civilization?
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