Language Arts WWE 2 R&S Grammar 2 SL Readers 3 OPGTR SWO B HWOT IEW Poetry Memorization Math MUS Beta with MM1 Science Apologia Flying Creatures Zoology History SOTW 1 (with first grade sibling) Art & Music & Movement Meet the Masters Piano Lessons Music Masters Karate Lessons Bible Coloring sheets with Bible stories (we may begin Who Is God? as a family)

Saw this on the way home from the zoo. I love unnecessary quotation marks! :D

You don't need a credit score to obtain a mortgage. He'll want a company that does manual underwriting. More and more mortgage companies are offering this type of underwriting thanks to Dave Ramsey.

And don't forget that schools are doing away with recess. I'm right there with you banging my head against the wall!

I'm so sorry. :grouphug:

Ask your doctor about the NovaSure procedure. I haven't had it done, but I've heard very good things about it.

#3 for me. I'm not usually a fan of centered compositions, but it works here. The shallow depth of field is nice. I love the little bent petal popping up to say "hello". I'd probably name the piece something that draws attention to that petal. But the real reason this photo works for me is the incredible lighting on the stem. It draws me into the photo and leads my eye up to the flower. Lovely.

It's an excellent idea. We have something similar in our area. The classes run about $75 per person (and I do NOT live in a high COL area). And, most classes are "wait listed". It's insanely popular. They work closely with the Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings. They have delicious food cooking and/or demonstrations every Sat. morning. People can pop in for some bread/muffins/coffee and then browse the farmers' selections. They offer speciality cooking like gluten-free or diabetic cooking. You can find out about the classes from the hospital and/or local physicians. Consider advertising with them or making up fliers to go in care packages. They work with local businesses by providing team-building exercises. They also offer to-go kits. Everything is prepared for you. You only have to bake in the oven or grill. Good luck to you. I think the pendulum is swinging away from restaurants and eating out and moving more towards good gourmet-type food at home. It's a good time to help people develop their culinary skills.

Yay! Welcome home!!!! :grouphug:

I'm glad that all who have checked in are safe! The pics from Sedalia are not pretty. I hope everyone is okay! http://www.kmbc.com/slideshow/news/28022414/detail.html What a crazy storm! Tornadoes popping out the sky, only to pop back up, and then drop down again.

I'll be interested to know how many as well. The KMBC blog has lots of pictures of different tornadoes that people have sent in. Crazy! Bumping up for ElegantLion. :grouphug:

Tornadoes in KC. I'm hearing reports of damage in Sedalia. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43164389/ns/weather/?gt1=43001 Any homeschoolers from there? Are you okay? :grouphug:

Love Tim Hawkins. I think his is my very favorite! :lol:

Praying for you and your surgery today. :grouphug:

Ditto. :iagree: with everything she said. :D

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LG here. This is our basic schedule for TOG only. Monday and Tuesdays we cuddle up and read through books and I briefly explain any vocabulary with which they are unfamiliar. On Tuesdays we also add in mapwork. The kids get the map and I show them where to fill in the names/places. Wednesdays we do a literature worksheet or activity, plus TOG Writing (in our case, we work on our word banks). Thursdays and Fridays we work on lapbooks and hands-on activities. Easy peasy. :D ----- The entire day is scheduled like this: Math Language Arts (Spelling, FLL, WWE, Handwriting, OPGTR and a Sonlight book *at this point, I'm not matching the Sonlight books with TOG, just using them as extra reading practice) TOG Music or Art (but not every day) Science gets done one-two nights a week with Daddy, depending on the length of the lesson. :001_smile:

I think the biggest difference between TOG and SOTW for my children is in the narrative. They did not like SOTW narrative. Even though I supplemented with library books, they dreaded sitting through the (short) SOTW reading. Now, we read mostly 'real/living' books from the library for TOG. They find them much more engaging and interesting. They reach for the books over and over again during the week. In fact, I just had to renew about a dozen books from the past couple of weeks' lessons because the kids weren't ready for them to go back to the library. How can I argue with that? :D How can the kids give up a book that taught them that a mummy's brain is removed through the nostrils? :tongue_smilie: The kids love our mapwork with TOG. I suspect it's because they feel like they are doing 'grown-up' mapwork. I do a very simplified version - they copy my answer key map and we briefly talk about each location. Sometimes I go online and bring up pictures of a city or location just so that they can get an idea. I'm not a big hands-on activity person, but I try to do a very simple hands-on activity each week from the resources provided by TOG. I asked my children about this - they said the activities are nice, but they really like the lapbooks best. I schedule Thursday and Friday as lapbook days. It provides a great review of the week, plus they're fun to cut, color and glue. For me, I'm finding history with TOG is so much deeper and richer than SOTW. My problems with SOTW were probably due to user-error and/or problems with teacher implementation. :tongue_smilie: (We did use the activity guide along with SOTW, but the coloring sheets weren't much of a hit with the kids.) I am much more excited about TOG, and I'm sure that my attitude plays a part in the children latching on to TOG so enthusiastically.

My LG children adore TOG. We had tried SOTW, but they began to not like history (so sorry, Dr. Bauer). We moved to TOG and now they beg to "do" history. They especially like the maps and the lapbooks. Furthermore, the knowledge they have retained blows me (and their Dad) away.

I wear Lands' End Trekker Mary Janes in Soft Sunshine with everything. They are one of my favorite pair of shoes - ever.

Another vote for A.

I vote for cast iron. I use my very large cast iron skillet with a handle rather than buying a separate cast iron pizza pan.

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Fantastic! You've been on my mind and will stay in my prayers! Thanks for the udpate! :grouphug:

Thank you ladies for the recommendation. I couldn't find the book at my library, but I found it online for free at this website (in case others are interested in reading it, too).