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  1. elise1mds
    My HS had a code that you punched into a keypad. It showed you the total before you punched in the code and then your remaining balance when you were done with your transaction. You just hit 'OK' to make it disappear. I don't remember the cashiers saying anything, ever. I *DO* remember one of my friends being shocked that I was paying so much more for lunch than she was when I mentioned something one day. I don't think she'd known until then that there could be a difference.
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    Everything Pippen said, PLUS if the bus has a video system, bring movies for the kids to watch. Don't give them a choice, either... just confer with the other chaperones and put one in. OH, and bring a ton - A TON - of feminine hygiene products. I don't know what it is about buses and trips, but inevitably if one girl starts, all the others will, too, and that can get really nasty really fast. Being the mom with the spare emergency stash will make you incredibly popular if it's needed.
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    We started with Alpha three years ago and just finished Delta today. We'll take a break for summer and begin Epsilon in the fall. It doesn't work for all kids - we'll be using MM for my daughter - but my son loves it. We do sometimes supplement with other things to introduce simple fractions or various other concepts that come up - coordinate pairs, for example, or lines of symmetry or similar/congruent - but MUS is the only *formal* math program that I currently use for DS.
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    I do it every so often. I change it up - omelets, hash browns, scones, frittatas, biscuits, waffles, cinnamon rolls, etc... the only thing I consistently serve is fruit.
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    I found it here: THE LINK
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    Electric pencil sharpener!
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    We had to decide spiral vs. mastery as well. Mastery works beautifully for DS, but DD (who will be home this fall) needs a spiral approach. From there, you can work out what method your child prefers - auditory, visual, kinesthetic, a combination thereof, etc. - and find a curriculum that might fit. Of course, it's not a guarantee. But it should get you close :)
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    We're from different economic backgrounds and grew up in different countries (though Australia and the USA aren't too different, really). I grew up lower middle class; DH grew up poor. His family moved often because they simply couldn't manage their money well enough to pay rent, where my parents skimped and saved and bought our house and put away what they could in savings. When I met DH, he had the idea that you were supposed to spend whatever you got; having a savings account was an entirely foreign concept. We're comfortably middle class now. I've gotten DH to understand that saving is not really optional, but he still occasionally gets ideas that we can afford things that are clearly out of our budget. He also likes to brag to his family about how much we spent on things, which makes me uncomfortable. We are the 'rich' ones in the family, and sometimes we do get asked for money. DH knows that he needs to talk to me before saying yes, and we do sometimes say no, but I still wish he would stop discussing money matters with his family altogether. It never ends well.
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    Mine hangs on a key hook by the back door.
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    I'd probably pass for 4th, at least an unabridged version. It wasn't even the cannibalism that got me, but the sheer tedium of the book. It seemed to draaaaaag.
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    Nope, not here. I'm from KS/OK. My grandmother does the water in the kitchen sink all day thing, though.
  12. elise1mds
    My son loves The Far Side comics. They're a huge eye-opener for me on how much I have yet to teach my kids.
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    We passed when it came through town for the aforementioned reasons.
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    Bump so this doesn't get buried.
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    I'm pretty sure that site was set up just for us. :party:
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    What are you nibbling on today? The kids had frozen waffles for breakfast while I ran around like the proverbial headless chicken trying to get the house spotless for a team of realtors to come visit the house today. Lunch will probably be whatever frozen food I can manage to zap in the microwave, but dinner will be beef kebabs, rice pilaf, and peas. What are you up to today? Clean the house, have a team of realtors visit, get DS' allergy shot, teach the boy, tidy the house again (stupid cats had a fight and furred up the floor), take DS to swim, pick up DD, take her to her final violin lesson of the semester, come home, fix dinner, do the dishes, go to the grocery store, and collapse. Who mows the lawn at your house? DH. Unless I can talk him into watching the kids for an hour so I can do it. Riding a lawn mower in circles can be very relaxing. But he still does the weed-eating.
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    I took the first year of AP Chemistry since our school didn't offer a general chem class. I found the first semester to be easy enough but the second semester nearly kicked my behind. I didn't wind up taking the second year of the course to take the test, but several of my friends did.
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    It sounds like you've already made your choice and have a plan in place, but I'm going to go ahead and put in my two cents just in case this thread comes up again for someone else. I agree with the above statement that you have to consider whether your child needs a spiral or a mastery approach. RS is more of a spiral while MUS is definitely mastery. I knew early on that my son would need mastery; he is easily distracted and got very frustrated when we were touching on more than one topic at once. I tried Singapore just to see how that would work, but he cried every time I pulled out the book, so I threw it out. In the end, MUS has been a good fit for him, but I looked at RS again when I decided to bring DD home this fall. I think it would probably work pretty well for her. She loves math and enjoys a hands-on approach with a social aspect (i.e. the games), so it's been a possibility. I think I'm going to use Math Mammoth for her, but we'll see... RS is my back-up plan.
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    BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! LOVE IT! :lol::lol::lol:
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    After your explanation, I kind of think the whole situation is rather sad. It makes me wonder what her husband and kids have to deal with on a regular basis if this is the side that she manages to show in public. I can't blame you one iota for trying to minimize the amount of time that you guys deal with her. She definitely needs some food education but may not really 'get' what the point of such education is, as I agree with others that she's definitely got something else going on. It's sad, really, when getting attention is more important than anything else.
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    Weeeeeeiiiiird. Did SHE eat everything she served?
  22. elise1mds
    We paid a little over a thousand last month to get EVERYTHING done. We had a trust set up, made out advanced care directives, made wills, etc., etc., etc. It was expensive, but at least now I know that everything will be done the way I want it to be done and there's no chance that someone other than who I want will be able to get the kids if DH and I both die. The trust is in both our names, but everything else is done separately. I thought about using LegalZoom, but I'm very glad we went through a local attorney. He was wonderful and took the time to answer all the questions we had and made sure that we had exactly what we needed and wanted, and he even set up all the appointments for signing everything and went down to the courthouse and made sure it was all filed correctly.
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    Ayup. Public school. Let's just say everyone knew who to avoid when we went on trips with the band.
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    That's what I was taught when I had to use the AP Stylebook, yes.
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    I wish you all the best in this journey. It is incredibly difficult. My MIL has been diagnosed with BPD, and it sounds like your mother is very similar. The united front must stand, no matter what. Nothing else will get through. I agree with everyone else who says that you can present options (living at your home is NOT one of them, and you WILL have to be prepared for her to arrive at your house and expect to be let in; calling the cops needs to be something you will do if necessary) and then walk away. A leopard of this sort will not change its spots. You have my sincere sympathy. :grouphug:
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