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I agree with the beans and rice. I think that a big pot of bean soup is very nutritious and delicious.
I like to buy the already-made rotissery chickens at the grocery stores. They usually cost around $5 (usually less than buying it raw) and I strip the meat and make a large pot of chicken broth (use the chicken and water to cover, simmer 24 hours in the crock pot, adding more water if necessary). You can use some of the chicken meat and broth to make a large pot of chicken noodle soup. I just add an onion and finely chopped carrot to that. I make my own egg noodles with eggs and flour. It's a really delicious, inexpensive meal. I like to add more protein with it, perhaps using cottage cheese.
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I remember coming across something about using tea tree oil (mixed with another oil) in your nose for MRSA infection. I don't remember exactly where I read it, so I googled "MRSA nose tea tree oil" and came up with a lot of interesting information. I also like tea tree oil and use it for a lot of things.
I got the following informaiton from this website:
Tea Tree Oil: Natural Treatment for Serious Skin Infections
By Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Healthnotes Newswire (May 27, 2004)—Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) preparations may be as effective as drug therapy for the treatment of certain staph (Staphylococcus aureus) skin infections, reports the Journal of Hospital Infection (2004;56:283–6). At this time in which increasing antibiotic use is giving rise to more resistant strains of bacteria, identifying treatments for infection that don’t depend on antibiotics is an important finding.
Staph is a bacterium commonly found on the skin and in the nose of healthy people. Though it mostly causes only minor infections, occasionally staph causes more serious diseases, such as pneumonia. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of infection that does not respond to methicillin (Staphcillinâ„¢), the type of antibiotic used to treat most staph infections. MRSA infections are usually mild and limited to the skin and nose, but they may also lead to life-threatening blood or bone infections that are very difficult to treat. Most MRSA is spread by direct physical contact with infected people. Hospitalized people known to have MRSA infections are isolated to help prevent spreading the infection to others.
Tea tree oil has been used historically to treat both bacterial and fungal skin infections. A natural antiseptic, tea tree oil has the ability to kill many bacterial strains, including MRSA. The new study compared the use of tea tree oil preparations with drug treatments for MRSA skin infections. Two hundred twenty-four people took part in the study. The participants were randomly assigned to receive either (1) standard medical therapy appropriate for treating the infection or (2) tea tree oil. For nasal infections, the treatment was either mupirocin 2% nasal ointment or tea tree oil 10% cream, applied to the affected nostrils three times per day. For wounds and leg ulcers, the treatment was a daily application of either silver sulfadiazine 1% cream or tea tree oil 10% cream. For widespread areas of infection, the treatment was a daily application of either chlorhexidine gluconate 4% soap or tea tree oil 5% body wash. All treatments were continued for five days. To assess the presence of MRSA, participants’ infected areas were swabbed before the study, and again on days 2 and 14 after treatment began.
The drug therapies successfully treated 49% of MRSA infections; tea tree oil cleared 41% of MRSA infections. The difference between these success rates was not statistically significant, which suggests that the tea tree oil was as effective as the drug therapy. Mupirocin ointment was significantly more effective than tea tree oil at treating nasal infections, but the tea tree oil preparations worked better on other skin sites and ulcers than the drug treatments. The tea tree oil treatments were well tolerated, with no adverse effects reported.
Tea tree oil is a viable alternative to antibiotic treatment for MRSA skin infections. This finding is especially important as bacterial resistance continues to increase and infections become harder to treat. As of this writing, there have been no reports of MRSA resistance to tree tea oil.
Kimberly Beauchamp, ND, received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA. She is a co-founder and practicing physician at South County Naturopaths, Inc., in Wakefield, RI. Dr. Beauchamp teaches holistic medicine classes and provides consultations focusing on detoxification and whole-foods nutrition.
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My nose was inflamed, infected, swollen. I went to three doctors all mis- diagnosed the condition. Although on antibiotics, it wasn't clearing up. Two months into this ordeal, an ENT told me it was 'staph'. He then asked me if I worked in a hospital. I knew then, this doc was on to something. He told me to clean my nose three times a day with hydrogen peroxide. Within 2 weeks my nose healed. I guess if this happened today, the infection would be more serious.
You might ask your mom to mention this to her doctor. I don't know if it is safe to use peroxide with a netty-pot to get it into her sinuses, but the doctor would know. In the meantime, we are praying. K
How did you use the hydrogen peroxide, with the Netty-pot, or by just swabbing inside the nose area with a q-tip? Did it dry out your nose?
I like hydrogen peroxide and use it for a lot of things (including soaking my vegetables, along with apple vinegar and vegetable wash).
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Originally Posted by hsmomof2boys
The Duggar website is:
I think that you can go to their son's and his wife's website from there.
I am so sorry--I really messed up on the site for the Duggars. This is it:
That site didn't work for some reason, but it did before, so it must be down.
This the site for joshua and his wife Anna. It works!
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The Duggar website is:
http://www.theduggarfamily.com
I think that you can go to their son's and his wife's website from there.
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We love Saxon Math. We have used it since Kindergarten. We have completed through Saxon Algebra 1/2, so I have no experience with the upper grades, except to say that my sister used Saxon Math for the entire time with her son and daughter. They had such a great foundation in Math...her daughter is completing her Doctorate in Mathematics, and her son is working on his Master's Degree in Engineering. I think that Saxon Math had a lot to do with their success.
My children love doing their Math lessons. If you don't want to teach it yourself, you can get the D.I.V.E. cd for the lessons.
I highly recommend Saxon Math. I do agree that to start out you should take the placement tests.
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We have five children: b 29; g 26; b 23; b 15; b 12
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Kidney beans are different than red beans. I just purchased "small red beans" from the grocery store, and they are half the size of kidney beans. They taste a bit different to me, also. I think that they would both be good, though.
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I was tested and found to be Vitamin D deficient, as was my son. We both take 5,000 iu's of Vitamin D3 per day. We take Dr. Weil's. I recommend that everyone be tested because we were so surprised to find we were deficient, and I hear it happens a lot. I had to insist my doctor check our levels and she was also surprised when our levels were 20 and 13 initially. We recheck every 3 months.
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My children and I LOVE Saxon Math! I used it for two sons starting with K. They enjoyed it. The K - 3 curriculum includes a lot more than math facts--they learn a lot of basic things that they need to know.
The meeting book is for the calendar, but it's also for graphs, counting, etc. The boys enjoyed filling out their calendar everyday.
We plan on using Saxon all the way through graduation.
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LOL, the things kids say are so funny sometimes!
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It's hard the first time you go on trips with just the kids and no husband! In the past 2 years, I have driven on two across-country trips (about 4,800 miles each--one trip with my two sons (13 and 11), and then one with just my 12 year old son only.
If we felt leary about stopping at a certain rest stop, we would pull into a fast food restaurant to use their bathroom facilities. We'd purchase a little something to snack on, if it wasn't time for a meal. There are numerous fast food restaurants along the way, even if it's in the unpopulated states of the West, so it wasn't a problem finding one.
We didn't have any issues at all when stopping at different motels, etc. We found that everyone was pretty friendly! We felt very safe. We are ready to take our third road trip, and I think it will be just my 12 year old son and I again (he'll be 13 by then).
We enjoy road trips much more than travelling by plane. We love to stop at the attractions along the way! A big homeschooling field trip!
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My 12 year old son prefers printing to handwriting, so I decided to ditch the "formal" handwriting program and just focus on writing a small amount in cursive each day. For instance, I will have him write his spelling words and a few sentences in cursive--that's all. We have the cursive alphabet from the workbook standing by for the correct example if he needs it. The rest of the time I let him choose printing.
Since I have stopped "forcing" him to write in cursive, his penmanship has turned around and is so amazing! It's really getting good. :) The fight is gone with the handwriting program now, and guess what, he is choosing to use cursive more and more... For instance, he likes Mad Libs alot, and the past few days, he has been using cursive instead of printing!
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I just purchased a book called "The Timetables of History" by Bernard Grun. It says it's the "World-famous reference that tells who did what when from 4,500 b.c. to the present day--now updated for the 21st Century."
I thought it would help my son get a time-line reference. We haven't used it much yet, but it looks promising, an easy-to-use reference. I got it from Amazon.
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A good book to read is Barbara Shelton's "Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+La." She explains how she graded her three children. There are forms and examples. It's worth reading.
She has a web site, homeschooloasis.com. She has a lot of information there, too.
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Both of my sons used the Get Ready for the Code books when they were in Kindergarten. They loved them at that age!
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My parents have had a Trac-phone for several years. The reception seems to be very good. They travel several times per year and just buy a pre-paid card to use then.
Because of their happiness with their phone, I am thinking of getting a Trac-phone myself when my cell phone contract runs out. I am paying about $35 per month and use only a few minutes per month (only for emergencies), except when I travel out of town, which isn't that often, then the minutes rack up!
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My son just completed his Eagle Scout project about three months ago. He contacted one of the local state parks. They had plenty of projects to do, but what they wanted him to do was to refurbish picnic tables. The wood was pre-cut, but the scouts had to take off the old pieces, replace it with new, and then paint them. They also had about 15 new tables that were made of fiberglass that they built. Since the park is very large and there are so many tables to rebuild, several boys have been able to do this project.
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One of the games our family enjoys is Blokus. We second the vote on Apples to Apples.
Another enjoyable game is Guess Who.
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I really love Amazon Prime. It's unbelieveable what you can get at Amazon. Even more savings occur when you subscribe to ship and save (I think), getting something shipped monthly (coconut oil is one thing I get). If you don't need it that month, there is always enough time to cancel it. If you need extra that month, you can ask for it. It's a big savings that way.
We get so many orders from Amazon prime because they carry so much. If you need it overnighted for some reason, it's only $3.99.
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Which part of Idaho will you be relocating to? I grew up in the Northern part and sadly moved away a few years ago. There are homeschool groups in both the Coeur d'Alene area and Lewiston that I know of. It was a great state to homeschool in.
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On occasion, I find myself using both "oh" and zero, but I would like to use "zero" so I don't confuse my children!
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One of my sons really likes me to make sausage gravy and biscuits. What I usually do is cook about 3 pounds or so until browned, season it with white pepper, and freeze the cooked meat into individual portions, about 1/4 to 1/3 pound per pacakage portions. I just take out what I need and heat it up in a pan on the stove. When it is hot, I sprinkle about 2 tablespoons flour into the meat and stir until it is mixed. I slowly add milk, about 1 cup. This needs to simmer about 20 minutes to get the flour taste gone. After it's ready, I spoon it over biscuits.
It's very easy.
Instead of freezing just the meat, you could finish the gravy with the flour and milk and simmer 20 minutes to get the flour taste gone. Freeze it in 1 cup portions for one, or if you have more children, as many servings as you need. Just place it in the refrigerator for a day or so to thaw. It tastes very good. Heat it up and serve over biscuits.
We use the stovetop as we do not have a microwave. It can be heated in the microwave, but you have to stir it more often.
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We like to homeschool 5 days per week. If we have a lot of appointments during the week, homeschooling may only be 4 times per week. If necessary, we try to catch up on Saturday if there is nothing else going on outside of the home.
Would you have a cleaning lady come in if you could?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Yes!
I'd love to have someone come in every week and clean the bathrooms for me at the very least. I have fibromyalgia, so cleaning the shower is out of the question for me, and my dh doesn't clean it as often as I would like, LOL! Finances don't allow it right now, though.