Ours is up.

All the vitamins and supplements confuses me. I found this chart that rates vitamins according to scientific evidence.

:party: Yay! Glad to hear the good news!

Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Balsamic Vinegar Pan Sauce It's quick, easy, and so yummy!

We're up. Ahh, I love Fridays.

:lol: I'll post some pics when I finish DDs wonky dress. The sleeves are my own made-up pattern, so I'm a little scared to finish it. What if they're ridiculously short or way too long? :tongue_smilie:

Never heard of them, but now I want one. :D How cute!

Yes, Rosie, we want to see your wonky squares. :D It's more than I could do! I haven't done near as much as I had hoped. I have a half-completed long-sleeved dress for my DD. I also made my first rag quilt. It's all sewn, I just have the snipping to do around the edges. It makes my hand cramp up so it's slow going.

I'm in the middle of The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. It's spooky, and I'm enjoying it!

When I'm out of homeschool money, I find the easiest subject to replicate on my own. In your case, I'd scour the internet for free cursive writing worksheets. You could also go over to Scholastic - I picked up a cursive writing book for free in their Dollar Days with the coupon 10THANKS. I make do with the freebie until I my homeschool fund is replenished. As far as the other stuff, I add those to our gift wishlist. If Grandma wants gift ideas, I make sure to include the fun learning toys. Sometimes I buy the items for birthdays and/or Christmas.

Way To Go Mom!

NM - I just read the disclaimer. :D

Ours is up. After two short weeks in a row, this week felt loooooooooong.

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Every meal at a traditional table in the dining room. It's also our homeschool room, so we have to clean up our messes during the day.

Check to see if you local orchestra and/or theater company has free/open admission for dress rehearsals.

Bumping for you. Have you posted on the special needs forum?

I'm a lefty and have a lefty. See how your son feels using his right hand for cutting. Some lefties are okay with using scissors with their right hands. If he doesn't like it or can't cut well with his right hand, then get him some lefty scissors. And it's okay - when he grows up, he can buy his own lefty scissors for work. :D

:iagree: The creditors' contract is with the person who holds the account, not the person who spent the money.

I was teaching public school first grade. We had been put on lockdown, but told nothing. I figured that there was a police chase in the area and thought nothing of it (unfortunately, it was not uncommon). For some reason, I had to call my DH during the day. I called and he was concerned and asked if I was doing okay. I replied I was fine, why? Then he told me what had happened. The teachers rolled a TV into the teachers' lounge and we tried to piece together what was happening. All I could think was that I couldn't get home to my husband and son. Oh, and how angry I was with the administration for keeping us in the dark (they later issued an apology :glare: ). My DH and I made lots of decisions that evening. Within the next year we had purchased our first home, I quit my job to become a stay-at-home Mom, and we started homeschooling. It took a national tragedy, but it solidified in our mind how we wanted our family to live.

If you still have apples left and have a KitchenAid fruit grinder/strainer, you don't have to peel the apples. I like to core the apples using an OXO corer, cook them down, and put them through the strainer. The strainer catches the peel. It's easy-to-make applesauce, especially if you've been using the apple peeler/corer/slicer machine (that thing gives me fits when I'm trying to can apples). Oh, and make apple butter. It uses up more apples than applesauce. Take your applesauce made above, add sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Stick it in the crockpot until it reduces. Your house will smell SO good.

First, :grouphug:. Then, Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Espresso Whipped Cream. :D

What is a landscape playsilk? I'm venturing into playsilks this year, but I'm not sure exactly what it is I need or want.

Ooooh, love that car wallet. So cute!

Oooh fun! I need to make my lists. I know I want to make Divine Caramel Sauce and Homemade Cinnamon Almonds. For the children, I want to make this DIY chalkboard book. I'm looking forward to reading everyone's ideas. I normally steal a few of them. :D