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  1. As a Philadelphia fan, my only consolation today is that Washington, Dallas, and New York all lost. Almost a perfect day!
  2. I was so happy to see Stephen Lawhead mentioned! I'm finishing Byzantium for the second time, and loved the Pendragon series, the King Raven Trilogy (you'll see Robin Hood in a whole new way!), and the Celtic Crusades.
  3. I bought this one a few years ago, and absolutely love it! It comes up to pressure much faster than the Mirro it replaced, and I like that there is not a gasket. It's a metal on metal seal. http://www.amazon.com/All-American-2-Quart-Pressure-Cooker-Canner/dp/B00004S893/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330709766&sr=8-2
  4. I just replaced my 19 year old washer and dryer with middle of the line Speed Queen models. I love them! We were also looking for a simpler model than the appliance stores like to push. A family-owned appliance store/repair shop carried them, so I was happy to support a local business!
  5. My neighbors had an estate sale recently, and one of the most popular concession items was a big spoonful of chili with lettuce and tomato in an opened snack-sized fritos bag. They handed out plastic forks to eat it out of the bag. They also warmed up frozen soft pretzels in a microwave and served with mustard.
  6. :bigear: Anyone? My ds is anxiously awaiting news of his fate. He just reminded me of last year's Jacobs Geometry mid-year meltdown, after three months of doing ALL the proofs. So you see, I'm trying to learn from my mistakes here. :tongue_smilie: I just need to figure out what would be a happy medium, and how much is really enough.
  7. My son is flying through Lial Intermediate Algebra, so I'm planning to start Lial's PreCalculus with Limits: A Unit Circle Approach (4th ed) with him next month. In both Algebra books, I always had him do all of the odd section problems, and then all of the review problems. Maybe it's the size of the book, but the number of odd problems per section in PreCalc seems daunting, and many of them have parts a,b,c, etc. Has anyone gone through this book, and what was your experience with the scheduling pace/# of problems completed? How long did it take to complete the entire book? Thanks!
  8. I can identify with much of what you wrote in your original post. I hate to exercise, love to cook, love to eat, and did I say hate to exercise? However, reality has set in and I realize that I need to stop sacrificing the quality of my future for a momentary culinary pleasure. Someone introduced me to NoS, and it really helped me to break the mindless snacking habit. I do love to eat, though, so I still overate at regular meals. And overate on those special S days. So . . . I joined www.3fatchicks.com/forum, and found lots of great info and support for free! It is really fun to read the success stories, and see others' successful journeys, and it has helped to motivate me when I want to give up. I started calorie counting, and it is so much easier/faster/more helpful than I'd assumed. Hang in there! :)
  9. I had always said "I'll never homeschool!" I grew up in and now live in the "best" school district in our area. Graduated valedictorian, and figured that school would be just fine for my boys. HA! First grade was wonderful - fully engaged, excited, motivated teacher who really cared about the kids' learning. Second grade - wasted year. Teacher was retiring that year, and did the bare minimum. Chastised my son for reading The Lord of the Rings instead of the "classroom books" she wanted him to read (on grade level). Son's personality started changing - became more unsure of himself. Third grade - wasted year. Brand new teacher! Very nice guy, but he was new to the classroom, and had at least 5 very disruptive kids in the class. He missed a lot of days because of a very ill child, and was trying to rebuild his house to deal with mold issue that caused the illness. I sympathized with his issues, but I could see my son falling farther and farther behind. I tried afterschooling, but by the time ds got home, he was fried emotionally and physically. I felt like I was losing my son - he was literally withdrawing, and was not responding to my efforts to connect with him. Fourth grade - I realized that this had to be a turning point for us, and was forced to face my fears of homeschooling. Private school was not an option, and the public school had no interest in partnering with me to help meet ds's academic needs. Administration was very friendly until you, God forbid, had a need or concerns. We jumped into homeschooling, and haven't looked back. The feeling of freedom was amazing - no more bureaucrats to please (except for the state of PA :glare:). We read lots and lots of books, and he was free to pursue his passion of history. No more viewing Disney's Pocahontas and calling it history, like his 3rd grade class did. A defining moment for me in our homeschool journey was having my ds tell me that he was glad we started to homeschool, because "now I feel like I know you." Over the past 7 years, I've realized that the valedictorian label I earned, I earned for playing the school game, not actual learning. Interacting with and observing my boys while they delve into subjects, I realize that they aren't cramming and then forgetting. They have learned more and retained more than I ever crammed and forgot. Homeschooling has been an absolute blessing to my family, and I'm afraid my family would look very different today had we not taken on the challenge. Sorry for the rambling! I truly regret not starting out with homeschooling, but on the other hand, perhaps I wouldn't have fully appreciated it's benefits had we not experienced the PS. I'm glad to be part of the journey, and hey, I get to buy more books! :lol:
  10. Bumping, because I need to know this for next year! :D :lurk5:
  11. I love my hairdresser! She has the most reasonable rates around, and she has a policy of no tipping. When she's offered a tip, she kindly says "thank you for the gesture, but that's not necessary. I'm a professional." Her business is booming and her customers are loyal (and remember her at Christmas :001_smile:).
  12. She responded to an ad for an extra set of Lials PreCalculus that I have. I did think it was odd that she didn't ask any questions about the materials (editions, dvds, etc), and the wording of her email was very abrupt.
  13. Yep - same buyer. No additional requests were included in mine either.
  14. I just received one today for over $1500. Had visions of a new kitchen floor dancing through my head, and then I got a grip and looked at the check's address vs. the return address. Gotta laugh when the return address used is for a SuperFund radiation/chemical cleanup site in California! Same thing as earlier poster - had a response to homeschoolclassifieds ad, asking for address to mail payment to. Email address ended in rediffmail.com
  15. I forgot to add . . . I have about 2-3 cups of coffee a day! That I just couldn't give up, and I'm still ok! :tongue_smilie: Blessings, Michelle
  16. I've had Meniere's for eight years, and used to experience the symptoms you've described on a weekly/sometimes daily basis. The ENT put me on one course of Prednisone, very low sodium diet, low caffeine, and a daily diuretic pill (Triamterene/HCTZ). I vetoed the heavier drugs my first ENT wanted to give me (like Methatrexate) and found an ENT to work with me. The Meniere's has been much, much less active, and I usually have at most 1 major flare-up a year. I did lose about 50% of my hearing in one ear, but once treatment started the rate of loss slowed. Stress and sodium seem to be my biggest triggers. Driving hasn't been a major problem. If I feel off, I don't drive. In my experience, I could always tell ahead of time if vertigo was coming on. I'm not sure if that's the norm or not. Be encouraged! The Meniere's may go through a very active period, and then plateau for a long time. I'm almost to the point where I can drop the daily drug, and control it with diet alone. It doesn't rule my life like it did at first, but it is an occasional inconvenience. I think it helped teach my boys patience and empathy, though! Blessings to you! Michelle
  17. My 9 grade son is just finishing this up this week. Now, he has always been a LOTR fan (started reading it in PS 2nd grade class when he was bored :D), but he has really enjoyed this course. He didn't like the comprehension questions so much, but he enjoyed the discussion content and the unit studies. As an aside, this course has been a good vehicle for helping a reluctant writer progress. Getting him to spend time fine-tuning essays became much easier once he was writing about something he loved. Warmly, Michelle
  18. Thanks, Jann. Your comments do help confirm my gut feeling that we just need to keep plugging away. We'll get there!
  19. My 9th grader got bogged down in Jacobs Geometry (2nd) in the first half of the year, and is just now finishing Chapter 11 (out of 17). I think we need to finish the book (since this is math), but am struggling with what that should look like. I've considered: 1)calling it done after 75% of the book is complete (satisfies our diploma program, but not me!) 2)finishing the book, but with less problems/proofs required 3)finishing the book with all the exercises, but that will push back the start of Algebra II (and we both are really looking forward to getting back to Algebra! :thumbup:) This kid doesn't seem to be headed toward engineering, etc., so I'm not sure how much I should push. However, I really don't want to shortchange him either. Anybody BTDT? Advice? Thanks! Michelle
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