If no one has gone, does anyone think that they might go?

Did anyone attend last year? I read on the old threads that last year was the first year. http://www.chicagohomeschoolexpo.com/ Susan Wise Bauer are Jim Weiss are just two of the speakers this year.....and to think that I traveled to Cincinati to see them last week. :tongue_smilie::driving:

Our church has a little count down window in the bottom right hand corner of the screen which in the front of the church. When it reaches 0:00, we begin our worship and the doors to the foyer close until there is an appropriate break that won't disturb the worshipers. Most people are on time because of it! I was stuck outside once and that was enough for me. We are always early now! :)

It was my first convention ever so I have nothing to compare it to but I had a wonderful time. Only one room was too full out of the semiars that I chose to attend. There were a LOT of people but I found it exciting and invigerating. I went with a friend who, while glad she came with me, prefers the smaller Illinois convention that she has attended. I'm already looking forward to going back next year. I don't think it is too big for the Duke Center but having a Pet Expo at the same time wasn't good!

Our CYT (Christian Youth Theater) is performing The Sound of Music at the end of April / beginning of May. Come on up, over, or down to Zion, Illinois and watch the show. ;-) It will be so fun to watch.

My maternal grandparents lived in the county. I remember making forts in the woods; playing with the bunnies; and eating the fresh Cinnamon rolls my grandma would make for us. My paternal grandmother lived with us in her own little apartment. Everyone would come to our house to visit her. I remember having goolash with all the cousins on a Sunday afternoon and playing outside afterwards. She was a gentle soul and always watching over us.

I've just left the friend requests sit there unanswered. That way the "friend" isn't reminded that they may know me.

I'm guessing that the 3rd one may not be the last....... I enjoyed and was disturbed by these books. I've already been waiting for a couple of months for the next book. :(

My son had speech issues when he was two. He did "try" to talk but just couldn't make the sounds. We had him evaluated and he needed his tonsils and adnoids removed. His speech took off after the surgery although he has needed speech therapy off and on for years.

Thanks for answering.

I'm currently searching the archives for this information...... Does anyone know the answers?

Thanks for updating! It sounds like they are doing a great job helping many people. May God supply all their needs, especially fuel!

My husband bought the 90 day Bible and it sits in our room. I think I'll pick it up and join you women.

I'm going to this one. It will be my first convention ever and I've been homeschooling for seven years now. I'm traveling from the Chicagoland area to attend. I'd love to meet up with other WTMers.

I agree with CalicoKat that you should only foster children that are youner than your youngest. My parents a couple of children who were older but close in age to my younger brothers. It messed up my one brother for quite awhile while the other handled it much better. I think a lot of it has to do with the personality of your kids.

This discussion is two years old........

I'm so sorry for your loss!!

I thought I would take a moment to update you all on my carpet situation and to thank you all for responding in the first place. Your information helped to give me the confidence and direction to deal with the whole crazy situation. On the 6th of November, I had a friend down in Florida go out to the apartment and take pictures of the top of the carpeting. I didn't know that the carpeting was still in the apartment until earlier that week. I also sent a carpet cleaning buisness with UV lights to check the spots. The friend said that she didn't see any major spots on the top of the carpeting and the cleaner said that the spots were not urine spots. I feel confident that we are not liable for new carpeting. The problem still is going to be with the corporate housing people. They said that they would not fight with the apartment complex which makes no sense to me because we were their clients. I also just received an e-mail from the corporate housing company stating that they are waiting for a letter from the apartment complex. The apartment complex said that their cleaning company also uses UV lights to check stains. I'm having a hard time believing them as they could have stated this at the beginning of the issue. As the company that I used has no ties to the apartment complex or myself ( I picked them out from a number of listings on-line.), I believe my company the most. I'm not sure how all this will work out but it seems like it could be a court fight..... Thanks again for your help!!!!

Our whole situation is hard because we rented through a short term business agency. They received the bill from the apartment complex and just charged our account. We're going to reject the charge with the credit card company. I just don't know if I can 100% say that our dog didn't pee at all. I've never noticed him going here at home or there other then a dribble if he was excited (not a common occurance). As far as I know there was just a pet deposit and small $300 deposit, but the agency said that we hadn't paid that either. My husband has to pullout all the receipts so I can see what was charged back in the beginning. This situation has been affecting my sleep because we don't have $1600 to pay for carpeting that they were probably going to have to replace anyway. Of course they say that the other problems didn't cause damage. I really wish that we weren't having to deal with this. :-(

Here's a little background.... My husband, I, our 3 boys and our pug were living down in Florida for 8 months because of a contract job. We returned home at the end of August. We just received a bill for $1600 for new carpeting that they said our dog ruined by urinating on it. I never saw him urinate on the carpet and we locked him in the kitchen area when we were gone for extended time periods. They sent us pictures of round spots (approx. 3 or 4) on the back (not top) of the carpeting and stated that it smelled of urine. Can those spots have been caused by anything else spilling ie glass of water or by my spot cleaning? Also I have a canceled check of a professional cleaning of the carpet from the end of April. Could their spot cleaning have left spots? Lastly, if indeed it was my dog who had urinated on the carpet, can not those 3 possible 4 spots have been treated and not the whole carpet ruined? I only have a Pug not a saint Bernard.... Any help would be appreciated. I would like to fight this but I really don't know much about carpeting and what the back would / could show. I feel like we are being taken advantage of because we are now over 1000 miles away. Besides all this the airconditioner broke and flooded the hallway and our neighbor upstairs flooded her apartment and ours. Both times the cleaners had to come out and clean up the mess. Thanks for your thoughts.

Do they give birth to live baby bugs or did she lay eggs that you watched hatch?

Can't wait to see the pix!! I'm also thinking that this is an outside kind of study!!!

Mammoth Cave in Kentucky should be added to the big list. I had never heard about it before but we stopped there this summer...Wow! It is on some World list of things to see.

Thank you for responding. Do you remember how far the Little White House was from the Safari?

Has anyone ever been to the Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain Georgia? Is it worth the money? I'm thinking about stopping here on our way back up to Illinois. http://www.animalsafari.com/safari/