Just till it is hot! Actually, I've been known to eat it while standing in the field I just picked it from...so the idea of cooking it very long seems odd to me.

Great ;) No, it took longer for me decide on the questions than to put it together.

Only to play around. Here's the one I made that correlates with a chapter of my dds Anatomy class for this fall: http://jeopardylabs.com/play/dem-bones10

I was excited to find this today :) We are big Jeopardy! fans here. http://jeopardylabs.com/

Try apple peels in the trap. We caught one rather quickly that way. (We had one making a woodchuck condo under our barn)

That's awesome! Congratulations! :party:

John passed away this morning. Thanks for the prayers. I know his family will need them in the future days as they adjust to life without him.

My daughter is going to be thrilled!

Our state requires 4 hours a day/180 days a year. Frankly, I don't count. The public school calendar for this year only has 177 days in which the kids are actually at school. This doesn't account for field trips, "fun days" like field day, sick kids, etc. Nor does it account for hours lost on things like pep rallies, various programs, and general wasted time. I give my kids assignments each day, spaced out so that we can finish that years curriculum within the same time frame the public schools have. Whether they get their work finished in 1 hour or 6 hours doesn't matter to me. I call that a day done, box checked.

I know I have seen this question posted somewhere before, but I cannot find it... If I created a course that uses books I did not write, what are the copyright issues involved (if any?) Can I publish said curriculum without contacting the book publisher? Does it matter if I sell it, vs. publishing it for free? I am not quoting any portion of the books in the curriculum; it is really a schedule of what to read when, with questions and tests I created.

Get a magnetic white board, and an art poster print to fit it. Put the tiny magnets on the corners of the print. Easily disguised as artwork.

Financially, there really wasn't a huge difference. But everything else was as different as could be. He grew up with his actual parents still married, his mom was a Christian SAHM. His dad is super smart, and kind of old-fashioned. He had a loving, stable extended family as well. I grew up in a blended family, with both parents working odd shifts. I spent a lot of time fending for myself. My mom had mental health problems, and my extended family is pretty rough. I had exposure to a lot of things as a child that I shouldn't have. Sometimes it seems like we grew up on different planets.

Lol...yeah we found that one out. They didn't like that one much anyway after they realized Jack and Daniel weren't main characters :D

No one in our house watches the prime time shows, so I guess it is never for us. The vast majority just seem to get trashier as the years go by, so we just gave up. We catch things like Dr. Who and Stargate on Netflix, and watch Jeopardy and Antiques Road Show on regular TV....I think I turned into a nerdy grandma somewhere along the way.

I see them all the time. Then again, I live in rural Tennessee.

I good friend of my husband's has been battling terminal cancer for over 2 years. They intially gave him 6-9 months to live, and he has been hanging in there for 2 years! Through prayer and the grace of God, he has lived long enough to see some of his children married, and graduate from RN school. He has been able to speak at many churches to encourage others, and has blessed many. It appears that he is nearing the end this week, after being unresponsive after a massive seizure. He is more than ready to go home to the Lord, and his friends and family are praying for a quick, painless transition for him. Please also pray for his family. He is leaving behind a wife, children, step-children, and grandchildren. His youngest step-daughter is 13.

Well, my niece and dd were reading an algebra book in the back of the van last night. And it was of their own free will...:lol: And it wasn't LOF.

Has anyone gotten to use the beta version yet? I'm curious about a couple of things.. 1. How easy is it to print things from the software? The Portfolios and such look great, but aren't much use to me if they have to live online forever. 2. Can students log in and check off completed assignments from their own computers/devices? 3. Is it tablet/ipad compatible?

My oldest was 11 when I pulled them out, and she had the same reaction. She absolutely did not want to be homeschooled. She thought it was the end of her world. Fast forward...she absolutely doesn't want to go back to public school. She likes being homeschooled. She has had opportunities and friendships that she would have never had if she were in school still. I did make an effort to keep her in touch with her closest friends (the ones I wanted her to maintain friendships with) and I also made sure we did a lot of fun stuff in the beginning.

Sure :) But keep in mind, I'm learning as I go!

Yes. I have helped my daughter once for a competition (just in making the fondant), but this is my first cake. I used to do a lot with sculpey clay though, and this isn't to far from it. :lol:

Lol! Knoxville ;) Thanks everyone! No, I don't do it professionally, yet. My dd Miranda would love to, and is quite good at it as well. Maybe we'll go into business together..lol. The hardest part was getting Totoro to look right. I was going to make a big cake ball sculpture thing and dip it in colored candy melts, but that failed miserably. So I just scuplted him entirely out of fondant.

It is an anime movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1RhMA5NpsM My girls are big fans of Hayao Miyazaki movies :)

My twins requested a Totoro themed cake for their birthday this year. This was my first serious try with fondant. I used the Marshmallow fondant recipe, learned the hard way that you have to knead it for quite a while to get the sugar mixed in well. [attach]8697[/attach] [attach]8698[/attach] [attach]8699[/attach] [attach]8700[/attach]

That is hilarious. This was me...