Just an hour or so ago I went to Youtube b/c my kids wanted to see the "United States Song" we found there the other day. As soon as I clicked and saw that disgusting image I told them to close their eyes and turn around. From now on I will send them away when I click there. I've been going to Youtube for years and never even noticed the ads until today. . . And regarding this quote . . . did you really mean to type that :confused:

Ken's Steakhouse Italian or Good Seasonings Italian.

Alber Mohler recently addressed Barbie's birthday on his blog: http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=3365

SWO was just busy work here. We are using SP and it's working great.

RUN! :confused: Oh wait a minute, it is your house. . . . no more babysitting that one if it were me.

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I often wondered why I don't remember more from years ago. Is this normal? I would ask myself. I guess we all have different amounts stored in the memory bank.

I never thought about it like that. Thanks for letting us in on your rant :001_smile:. Makes me enjoy elementary Hsing much more!

I have a list on the wall for "morning", "afternoon" and "evening" routines. I have it laminated with a dry erase marker close by so they can mark when they complete each task. I don't have to keep asking whether they've done "X"; I just look at the list. One of the tasks on their afternoon routine is, "ask Mama how I can help around the house". When they ask I may have one girl set the table. Maybe I'll have her sister take out the vegetables scraps, etc. Many times when they ask I tell them it would be a big help to go play quietly in their room and let me work on supper by myself. (After schooling all day, I enjoy alone time in the kitchen). Other times we cook together. I agree that being part of the family means each member has certain jobs to do, period. That's what we do here. However, I have implemented a system recently that has helped a lot with my sanity. This is not a system for chores or tasks on the routine lists. I was so tired of tripping over left out (insert toy, clothing, shoe, library book here)! My girls are 8 yo. They like to have money to buy toys for themselves or gifts for others. At their age they only place they can get any money is from me or dh. I started giving them a roll of nickels on Fridays. They love this. They put them in a cup with their initials on it. (At this point the nickels still belong to me!) During the week if I trip over a left out toy, or if there are clothes on the ground I take a nickel out of the offender's cup. It's amazing how much better they are remembering to pick up after themselves! When the next Friday rolls around, they transfer the nickels out of the cups and into their piggy banks. Then I give them another roll ($2) to put in the cup, and we start the new week. If I see them go out of their way to do extra work without be asked first I give them a nickel which makes them very happy! This is what is working for us at this age. __________________

I hope to be going to the HS convention in Indy Apr 3 & 4 -- my first time there since we moved to IN. Will they be selling there? And will they be offering a convention discount? I guess I'll find their tel. # and call. ETA: Just saw the post with the tel. # Thanks so much!

very funny!

I've been hearing about the 10% off sale, but I cannot find it. Am I looking in the right place? I've been going to www.rodandstaffbooks.com. I don't see any discount, even after clicking on "Curriculum". Thanks for your help.

Thank you!

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I think role playing is a great idea. It has been helpful for me when I want to teach my girls how to act/react in certain situations. If she/you decides to go with the make-up you will have to think about what would happen if she goes swimming or gets wet out in public and the make-up washes off. I agree with the other poster who says she smiles and waves the same way for a child who is obviously sick or affected by a malady. The world needs more folks like that! One of my favorite Bible verses is "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." I Samuel 16:7

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Northern Belize. It is so close to Mexico almost everyone speaks Spanish, yet the official language of the country is English. If you like scuba diving you would be happy there, too. www.travelbelize.org

Two things come to mind: 1) no matter what religion a mother holds, I believe that if she has a problem with another person she should do all possible to sort out the mess with the offending party. We all sin in many ways. I know that when I sin, especially the times when I wasn't thinking clearly, I want to hear directly from the other mother, not a bunch of strangers who are hearing the account second hand. 2) Right, you are not responsible for what others are posting on this woman's blog. However, I think everyone who posted agrees with you that it is never proper to blog about a child without her parents' permission. Now instead of drawing attention away from where your child lives, what she looks like, what kind of bike she rides, what school she attends etc. etc. . . . there is now more attention drawn to her. You have no idea who reads that blog.

Dear Kathy, I agree your daughter's privacy was violated by this woman. I also think you could have asked for wisdom about this situation without posting this woman's blog. Perhaps you could have cut and pasted the parts you wanted us to read and give comment? As you know, she is now receiving criticism that only you (as the girl's mother) have an obligation to give. I truly hope that you and the missionary can work things out.

"I will definitely confront her but need to get to a calm place where she can hear that I'm pissed because she did not respect my daughter's boundaries - NOT that she believes in God. We'll allow the girls to come over here but my daughter is very much in agreement that she does not even WANT to go over to this woman's place without her brother." Because you posted her blog here she has heard from others first--probably not the way you wanted it to go down.

Ten thousand times NO!

:iagree:I hope to read the artcle, too.

"It astonishes me how many Christians watch the same banal, empty, silly, trivial, titillating, suggestive, immodest TV shows that most unbelievers watch--and then wonder why their spiritual lives are weak and their worship experience is shallow with no intensity." from www.desiringgod.org Last year during the long winter months I got interested in the show, "The Biggest Loser" (a show about fat people working hard to lose weight and become healthy). My girls started getting into it, too. However, we believe that it is a sin to say, "Oh my God!" unless we are talking (in a respectful way) to our God, like in the psalms. I could not believe how many times the people on the show said that expression over and over and over again! I finally had to make the decision to stop watching the show. It was really too bad because it was a fun show to watch. If a show or movie is dishonoring to God, the age of the viewers doesn't matter.

I stay far, far away from the nightshade vegetables. And for those times I cheat and eat one I take Aleve for days. www.noarthritis.com

One of my daughters was on it several times for ITP--NEVER again, if at all possible. It made her very teary (depressed? at 5 yo, was very distressing). Also, it is almost impossible to not gain weight while taking it. Did you go to www.webmd.com ?