Check your grocery store pharmacies. We get DS's Concerta from Giant Eagle and have never had trouble filling his prescriptions. Our daughter gets her Concerta from Express Scripts online pharmacy (3 months at a time), and we've had no problems there, either. Perhaps we have just been lucky, but I wanted to mention these options.

I have never tried it with my goldendoodle, but my mom clipped her poodles, and my sister does hers, too. They had no special expertise other than just going for it. My mom was pre internet. I don't know if my sister watched videos, but I think it's a great idea to do so. I did get a set of dog grooming scissors online for trimming my doodle's eye area, because her hair grows over her eyes between grooming sessions. They have blunt ends, which makes me less nervous than sharp scissors would.

I prayed for him to get good medical care and for comfort and unity among the family. I'm sorry this is happening and hope he gets better quickly.

Both of our fathers live in the path of totality. We will go to my dad's place, because it's a small town that will receive less traffic. About two hours from where we live. I've asked for the day off of work, and we plan to let our 12th graders skip school for the day.

I'm so glad you got to have the kids today. Merry Christmas!!!

Please don't quote. DS takes 25mg every morning and evening and can take one in the afternoon, as well, if he needs it. DD has a 10mg prescription. My second son had a surgery this summer, and the doctor prescribed 50mg as part of his surgery aftercare. So 10 mg is a small dose, from our experience. It makes my kids (not biologically related to each other) feel chill but not sleepy. So I think that you won't know how it affects you, until you try it. I hope it works well for you!

I forgot that the 2 player instructions are different. DH and I have played it, and we like it, but it's been awhile, so I don't remember details. I think that you deal out a hand for a third invisible player, among a few other changes? It's not too complicated, but it might make it less ideal for PeterPan, after all.

Christmas Eve: homemade lasagna (already made and in the freezer), salad, garlic bread, Christmas cookies Christmas day breakfast: quiche (already made and in the freezer), Trader Joe's almond Kringle (already bought and frozen), juice, etc. Christmas dinner, which we will probably eat mid afternoon, so it covers lunch and supper: Beef tenderloin, au gratin potatoes, green veg, cookies. Anyone who is hungry after that will have to eat leftovers or snacks. We will have DH's extended family gathering on Dec. 26, and I will take things for that meal, too. In general, we have special food that is either easy or can be made ahead, because I don't want to spend my whole holiday in the kitchen.

Wingspan is not a short game. But you can speed it up by using the Oceania expansion set, which includes wild food tokens. Part of what takes a long time with the base game is collecting the food tokens needed, but adding a wild token that can stand in for any other food, the game speeds up significantly.

I wouldn't be surprised if I have 100. I have not counted. We have not played them all yet, because I grab them up when I see them on sale. Also, no one here likes playing them as much as I do; otherwise I would play more often.

We like Patchwork and 7 Wonders Duel. Carcassonne is fun. Sagrada (dice) is not hard but benefits from some strategizing. Quixx is a fun dice rolling game (Yahtzee-like but different). Century Golem is fun and pretty (you can get the same game play with a different look with Century Spice Road). Cartographers (strategically draw symbols of rivers, trees, etc on a map to complete tasks that earn points), The Crew (trick taking card game), and Arboretum are small sized games that are fun. I might suggest The Crew for you and your son as my first choice. It's a cooperative card game that requires strategy, but the rounds are short. And there is a different "mission" to complete each time you play, so it's never the same twice.

I remember you and think often of your family's story, and I so appreciate your testimony and the way that you glorify the Lord always. I am thrilled about your news and how God has provided love for you once again.

The Princess Academy series. The Trelain series, starting with The Dragon of Trelain, by Michelle Knudsen.

Has she read the Nevermoor series? It would be perfect. Two series that are currently still being written, so books 1 and 2 are out, but the authors are working on more: * Skandar and the Unicorn Thief * Amari and the Night Brothers She could read Tolkien, if she hasn't yet. Also Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series (start with The Dark is Rising, which is technically the second book -- the first book has a different set of characters and is best thought of as a prequel, instead of the first story). Has she read Tamora Pierce? She has several fantasy series and features female protagonists. Another fantasy author to check out is Diana Wynne Jones. I can't recall if her characters are girl-centric, but the stories are great.

I'm sorry you are dealing with this. My kid struggled with similar issues so much that we were relieved when he graduated this spring. We didn't get called by teachers, but DS would tell us things himself, because he has issues with "know your audience." He would share the inappropriate/racist/sexist/whatever-you-wouldn't-want-your-kid-to-be-saying comments and jokes with us at home, even when he didn't know what they meant, exactly. And even though he is a person of color. And jokes about people on the spectrum and in special ed, when he is on the spectrum and was in special ed. When we would explain why they were inappropriate, he would not stop, but deliberately chose his friends' opinions over ours (he would tell us this outright). Well, I won't go on. The good thing is that DS never really socialized outside of school hours. The bad thing is that he is still friendly with a couple of these guys after graduation. We really couldn't prevent a high schooler from choosing his own friends, but we did put limits and/or say no to some of the things that he was invited to. He had his internet and computer privileges taken away many times, and we had his phone set so that he could not add or open apps unless we entered our own passcode on his phone. We put passwords on all of the electronics in the house. He needed these boundaries all through high school, unlike my other kids, who needed less supervision. There were times when he would march over acceptable boundaries within minutes of giving him a bit of freedom online, so we would have to pull back again. The internet is a scary place when parenting kiddos like ours. I think you've gotten very good advice by others. I want you to know that you are not alone in dealing with these kind of things.