Can you compare to what a bakery would charge for something somewhat similar?

I have bought from Amazon UK with a US credit card; in fact, I just use my Amazon.com log in information, and it's already got my credit card and address on file. I don't see why you couldn't use Amazon.ca. I'd make sure the credit card was functional.

Mine had been a theater major. I was in the honors program.

I watch it, but my husband got bored. I borrow the DVDs from the library and watch when I have time. I watch most shows / movies solo. I don't think it's awful, but I do root for the irritating characters. ;)

Tomato paste The very occasional can of tomatoes Coconut milk - sometimes I buy the tetrapak variety with no preservatives, sometimes the sulfated one in a can Some beans, although I mostly cook from dried Pineapple Pumpkin puree Evaporated milk, but I usually don't even use this but end up throwing it away when it expires. I have this feeling I "should" keep evaporated milk around. I can't think of anything else. I am not really a can-crazed person.

I don't like endless droning about sets, unions, and so forth. Apparently some of the "new math" books spent tons of time going on about that, which made even addition unclear. Having had an instructor in grad school who (in a non-math class, might I clarify) spent each of her sessions explaining what a union and an intersection of sets was, until the entire class nearly lost its collective mind as NO NEW MATERIAL WAS EVER PRESENTED, I would not want to do that to my kids. I have seen the math books archived at the Living Library of Modern Math, and I've used parts of these books with my kids, I can say, every book starts with a chapter on set theory. I discussed very briefly and did other sections of the book instead. I basically just want my kids to know what they're doing.

I have never seen anyone with two carts full of stuff and a $5 tab. Occasionally I see people with a small handful. I am all for coupons, but on groceries at least, there's only so well I can do in terms of wild deals. I will say that I don't think most Americans are all that thrifty or deal-seeking. I mean, I read about them online, but my experience has been that my immigrant husband and Depression-era grandma are way better than the average non-senior. When I go to clothing stores with huge deals, I just don't see anyone but immigrants going crazy. Seriously, I was at a store with a HUGE rack of $1 silk shirts prominently displayed at the entrance, and most people walked right by and had no interest! I bought one for every female relative of my husband!

Funny, I was recently watching Lark Rise and thought, "Hey! That's Bates!" -- I like him much better in Lark Rise than Downton, and I noticed the bishop or whoever who officiated at Mary's wedding was the main judge in Garrow's Law! For some reason, I was really excited about that.

Sounds neat, but I don't understand what happens if you enroll for live broadcasts, but miss the first one....Or can you still see today's?

The UK providers will ship the US for the same $3.99 shipping, normally. I've done this before. I found out my library has the second one, so I've already requested it!

I love Mrs. Pattmore. I find Edith hilarious. I loved her in season 2 -- finally she was interesting! I also like the American grandma. Too bad Mr Pamuk died. Although he was obviously fairly sleazy, he was somewhat entertaining. I think I see a theme here...

They have used copies on amazon, if all else fails. Not sure about at bookdepository.com . I didn't realize she wrote other books! I am going to find them. Thanks for posting about them.

Lady Almina is interesting but doesn't discuss anything much about servants. The book you want is Below Stairs by Margaret Powell. The idea that the family is worried about the servants' problems and busy discussing how to help them at dinner is so ridiculous. I have a love/hate relationship with the show. http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/downtonabbey/history/season3 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/8868732/Downton-Abbey-historical-inaccuracies-and-mistakes-plaguing-ITV-show.html

I found this sample of K-1 work at a tutoring center (?) in Brookline, Mass. http://engagingmath.com/logic.htm

On my last extended trip, I took only books I had been avoiding or otherwise hadn't gotten around to for years. I got a lot read at 2 am when I couldn't sleep due to time zone difference. On my next long trip, I'm thinking maybe Moby Dick. Or War and Peace. Or the Handbook of Nature Study. I think an ereader of some sort would be the perfect item -- all those heavy books, in one thin little device!

Yep. Cartoon stuff too commercialized and/or religiously offensive? I am not really sure. I don't have a lot of cartoon stuff for my kids, but ... you know, I just wasn't interested in a do's and don'ts list. Indeed. I think it's normal to acknowledge someone when you walk past, even if it's just looking their way. Oh well. I'll go back to oggling other women's breasts in the shower now.

Me too! My dad has one, if people get his name wrong, they always call him. Neither of our alternate identities sound remotely like our real names, I think they are just thematically similar.

I found the hobbies one silly, a bit. What does it mean to "support" my child's hobby? To refrain from laughing? To spend my own momey on it? To show polite interest? must I talk about it twenty four hours a day? To tell the kid it's great? I think it's a bit vague. No one in my house shows any great interest in any of my hobbies, and that's okay with me. I think a child should not be belittled by his/her family, but neither does Mom need to work on the robot with Jane to support her. I am so turned off by the whole overzealously enthusiastic mom thing. I must be the world's dullest mom. I just don't shriek at things. Overheard in swimpool locker room a few weeks ago. I swear to God this is what she said while ranting on about her son being an "expert" swimmer: "It's really neat to be a master swimmer when you're only three!" She was dead serious. To me, this gives a kid nothing to aspire to. He had been flapping around in the pool and splashing with a water wheel thing. He can't swim without a flotation device. He may be doing well, but he is NOT a master swimmer at age three! This kind of weird supposedly self-esteem-building "support" rubs me the wrong way. Sometimes I think parents should let their kids own their own hobbies a bit more, instead of taking over.

I've made cheese with vinegar/lemon juice. It's fun! Try that if you can't get rennet.

My husband asked someone from a store I'd bought jewelry from, what they do, and it was basically like that. I haven't bothered to go in, but it is a reputable store, catering to Indian people. Most Indian and Arab gold stores I've been to weigh the piece in front of the customer anyway before telling the price when someone wants to buy, and it's based on the price gold is selling at, so I think the process is similar when you want to sell. Also obviously 10 k is worth less than 14 k is worth less than 18, and so on.

I'd like this, too, but a source that's not libertarian (?) in nature, as this is what seems to be suggested in numerous CM websites. I am referring to Uncle someoneorother, and things about penny candy.

Thanks for suggesting I go around leering at naked women and then am surprised someone doesn't like it. You kind of proved my point about how friendly HSing moms are to me. Funnily enough, yesterday, while blowdrying my daughter's hair, I inadvertantly looked over while one woman was putting on her suit (she was topless) and she smiled at me. Also had a conversation with a topless woman in a towel putting on lotion two weeks before. In fact, I've had tons of coversations when I (fully dressed) am helping my swimming daughter take a shower or get dressed. With ladies who are dressed in regular clothes AND those in swimsuits, or changing their clothes. In my original post, I was referring to conversations (or really the lack thereof) with a hsing mom, around the pool. That's where my husband spent an hour listening to the man talk about his HS philosophy, coop they attend, and reason for HSing in the first place. The showers were family bathrooms, behind a closed door so I certainly never saw the woman changing her clothes or showering. Over six weeks, she never spoke to me. Or looked at me. Or smiled. I tried to catch her eye and say hi a few times. Nothing. My experience with NON-HSing moms and grandmas has been that they are pretty friendly at the swimpool. And elsewhere. But homeschooling moms rarely crack a smile.

Although the Y1 book contains very basic arithmetic. I think I would almost say they should cover a bit more than a year, rather than the entire book being a year ahead.

I sort of exclude myself to avoid being excluded. I feel this way about many other women, though. Not really sure if it's a HSing thing in particular. I get people telling me about groups of people who are homeschooling, but I never meet them. I had one friend tell me about a coop that became a school or something, and I found their website and they have all these rules that irritated me, including a dress code for parents and rule against lunch boxes with cartoon characters etc etc. Even though I wouldn't violate their policies, it annoyed me. I have stayed far away. And, while my husband was chatted up at a swim group by another dad, his wife wouldn't make eye contact or say hi to me, and her mom or MIL cut in front of me at the showers. ha. I have had my homeschooling relative avoid talking to me about homeschooling. Does that count?

My older reader appeared to like the Pathway Readers. I have preferred the Free and Treadwell readers. They're not phonics-based or very controlled/small vocabulary , but they are pretty easy reading, with appealing content (fairy tales and poems). Some have tons of repetitious stories (like the Gingerbread Boy, where we get to read the same thing multiple times per page). Both my readers have liked them. I didn't bother with the Pathway Readers for the younger of the two, more because she was ready for simple books sooner.