would you expect yard sale prices? our neighborhood is having their big yard sale this weekend and I am considering contacting our local group to advertise that I will have a table at my yard sale with used curriculum/books...but I'm concerned that people will be expecting books for a quarter or a something like that instead of normal used curriculum prices. what do you think? good idea or I should I list them on ebay?

mine are ordered!

I am so happy I found this thread again! you ladies are such an inspiration!! I'm fighting a cold and a slight sore throat this morning but I am determined to do Wii Fit - I haven't done it in a few days and I always feel so much better when I work out. Food - eating - meals - snacks....that's where I struggle.

Bethany, I would love to hear more from you....I am struggling BIG TIME!! I could have written your post! my Wii is a fat little waddling thing that my kids call "cute", well...I don't think she's cute, I think she's FAT! what are some changes you made? what's a typical day of meals/snacks for you? and if anyone else wants to chime in, I would love it!! :lurk5: <-----that's 98% ff popcorn by the way!

My 12 yr old wants to work in the animal field(Vet Tech, Vet Assistant, Trainer, Zoologist, etc...) My 8 yr old wants to be an EMT or Firefighter. Two very strong minded girls!

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do you like yours? would you recommend it? I would like to keep the price under $200 if possible. Thanks!

I've got some coffee w/hazelnut creamer - would love to share! good for you for getting up and taking care of yourself! I need to be doing the same thing!!

:grouphug:prayers coming your way!

my dd(8 yrs old)is more than capable of doing her schoolwork on her own - she constantly says "I need help" or that she doesn't understand when I know good and well she does understand or that she can certainly do it on her own...I found myself saying to her this morning, "you can do it Olivia, you are a very smart girl, just try it, think about it really hard, I bet you can figure out the answer"...and of course she did! my question is, do you hold your kids hand? do you sit there with them doing problem after problem, reading the directions, going over the work with them or do you make sure they understand the lesson, go over the directions and then let them go on their own? I can tell you exactly what we were doing this morning - pronouns - they take a the place of a noun - we went over several examples and she even made up a few sentences on her own using nouns and then replacing the noun with a pronoun. Then it was time to rewrite the sentences, replacing the noun with a pronoun...I heard "can I just tell you the word and you rewrite the sentence?" then it was....I don't know, I forget what a pronoun is, this doesn't make any sense, you need to help me!! BUT, as I said earlier, as soon as I told her she can do it and I walked away, she did it, as a matter of fact she just yelled to me that she was done with the whole lesson and I'm sure she got a 100%. opinions? advice? what do you do in this case?

I'll be attending HEAV in Richmond, VA in June. Staying over Friday night w/a girlfriend - I plan on attending tons of workshops and shopping til I drop! can't wait! The HEAV convention always pumps me up...I leave there feeling like I could homeschool the world! lol!

I'm switching to lots of ABeka for us this year too - not the DVD program but the History, Science and Health for sure. I truly feel it's what is right for us - I will have a 3rd and 8th grader this year...I feel textbooks are the way to go for us. I want do more extracurricular stuff and I want to exercise and have some fun time for me and for my girls. best of luck to you! and believe me, I'm not leaving these boards - I love it here!

thanks for all the well wishes and words of advice too!!! yes, we are watching my skin very carefully, so far - no sloughing or open wounds of any kind. I was told to get a med alert bracelet to show that I am highly allergic to sulfa and that I have suffered through SJS. I am drinking tons and finally able to nap as of today(which feels so good)! thanks again everyone and I hope my story can help someone!:grouphug:

long story short....I suffered with a cold for far too long - turned in to a sinus infection of course - went to the Dr. was a given a sulfa antibiotic---are you allergic to sulfa the Dr. asked me, well, I don't think so - fast forward 5 days later - I come down with horrible muscle aches, body aches and a fever of 102 - go to the Dr. Monday(dh didn't go to work I was sooo sick, he took me to the Dr.)get to Urgent Care and I start throwing up - fever now 102.7! they give me a flu test - negative...send my home with phenegren(sp)for the nausea and diagnose me with Stomach flu/virus, get plenty of rest, lots of liquids, tylenol for the fever. Wake up the next morning with a pretty mild case of hives, fever again and my heart is beating out of my chest and I'm having a hard time breathing...go back to Urgent Care - hmmmm...what is this rash? another flu test...negative....maybe your body is just having a large reaction to the sinus infection and how long it went untreated...oh, and I also have a huge swollen lymph node on my neck(right side)....here's an antihistamine for the hives, continue tylenol for the fever and I don't think you ever had the stomach flu, I think you were vomitting from the extreme body aches and fever. Went home, hives worsened during the day, called the Dr., he called in Prednisone - took that, went to bed - woke up the next morning looking like this it is like the worst sunburn of your life but it itches more intensely than you can imagine!!! here's a shot of my chest we are in the Urgent Care when it opens - my heart rate is 140, I have a fever of 102 and the hives are out of control! the Dr. is stunned - gives me shot of antihistamine in my hip - and assures me that everything is going to be okay and that I should probably stop taking the antibiotics because they "may" be causing this---I go home and drug myself up, take a cold shower, have a good cry and try to sleep. Thursday rolls around and now my back and chest are just red with purple bruising and welps but now my arms and legs are on fire and burning up! my lips are burnt too - my next door neighbor is an emergency room nurse and has been for over 30 years, I ask her to come over and examine me - within the moment of my taking off my shirt she said "Stevens Johnson Syndrome! are you taking sulfa meds for something?" I of course say yes and tell her the whole story. Needless to say, I had friends and family calling during this time telling my about SJS and it was so scary to think about that I brushed in under the rug and the images that I had seen on the internet about it looked much more horrible than me - lots of mouth sores, eye sores, etc...and I had none of that. But...yes, I have SJS! it has been a living nightmare and I'm finally on the better side of this! I took 6 to 7 days of sulfa meds and I'm paying a high price for it! my skin today is crazy looking - it is red, inflamed, purple, it has bruises and sore, I am itchy, I am hot and then I'm freezing. My fever is gone though and I can now sleep during the night. My reason for telling you this - well to share my pain, lol! BUT, more importantly, if you are not sure if you or your children are allergic to sulfa medications...PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM!

I have it in my left hip and the pain radiates down my left thigh - I take Tylenol Arthritis and to tell you the truth, it's not helping! would love to hear of a natural way of dealing with the pain and discomfort.

Jamestown, Yorktown, The Parkway, Busch Gardens, Colonial Williamsburg, those are all right here at your fingertips, not to mention shopping at the Outlet stores...if you want to travel a little outside of Williamsburg, there is Virginia Beach, Nauticus, and tons of stuff in Richmond too.

oh my gosh!! thank you for this!!!!:party:

I suggest scrapbook magazines and idea books. I've been scrapbooking for 13 years and I still look through mags and books and even online to get ideas. Here is a link to my stuff at twopeas - which by the way is a great site to look through the gallery and to purchase products! http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userprofile.asp?user_id=6845 I have recently tried my hand at digital scrappin' at love that too!

2 kids, 19 years and about 50 lbs heavier...I don't think so!

oh yeah! we are suffering through big time here!! Spring is coming!!

woohoo!!! that is GREAT!!

the free dining is sooooooooooooo worth it! we did this back in Sept of 2006, our girls were 10 and 6 at the time - it was wonderful! and as another poster said, the "kitchen" in the All Stars hotels are not kitchens and you have to pay extra for the "fridge"...I say go with the free dining for sure! you won't be sorry! meant to add we only did "sit down" type restaurants in the evenings and again, worth it! we had bills that were well over a hundred dollars and we paid nothing! wow! that kitchen blows what we had away! we stayed at the All Stars Movie Resort and we had nothing like that!

Ladies, thank you so much for understanding!! :grouphug:

I'm starting to think that I'm not. I've put on a lot of weight these past 2 years or so...battling a bit of depression...not the healthiest eater in the world by any means...sometimes have a short temper...sometimes I watch a little too much TV and play on the computer a little too long...I read the caller id and my kids see me intentionally not pick up the phone.... I know I'm pms'ing right now and feeling a bit down, there are so many good things about me but right now I'm having a hard time bringing those to the forefront. I want my kids to make healthy choices, not be lazy, not watch too much TV, enjoy the outdoors and physical activity, be courteous to their friends, etc... I need to turn this around...I need a complete overhaul! self help books aren't helping, Weight Watchers isn't helping, I did go to the Dr. and found out that I have a vitamin D deficiency, my thyroid is slightly off and my hormones are too close to normal to be considered perimenopausal...she prescribed prozac to be used 2 weeks prior to my menstrual cycle so I guess I should have started that a week ago! my hands are always swollen, my ankles too, I feel so heavy and blah! no sex drive(TMI I know). I think I just need a swift kick in my butt! stop the pity party and put my big girl pants on and get back into the swing of things! Thanks for listening and I apologize for spewing all of this on you guys.

just wondering what time everyone gets up in the am and if you need an alarm clock to do so? I see so many moms say they get up a 5am to exercise or get a shower before the kids get up etc...just wondering how many of us do that.