I am going to have to look at this more closely, but this looks great. What ages do you think this study would work best? My daughter will be in 8th grade next year. Janet

Thanks for posting. I will have to check out the app.

That is what we are wondering about at our house. If we wait could she get into one closer to home. That would be much better for us financially, but it is hard for her to give up a guarantee for a possibility. I would like the local one for a first summer intensive so that she could live at home, but the intensive starts the day of recital at her home studio. I don't know how that would work. There are a few others that are 4-5 hours away. Still far, but at least in the same state. I have found some programs that are 2-3 weeks. I have been reading a lot on the ballet talk for dancers forum. After I became a member, I found a list of all the summer intensives that are auditioning in my state. Janet

My daughter switched dance studios this year. The studio she is at currently recommends girls attend their first summer intensive sometime between 10 and 14. Unity - How did you choose which one to send your kids? My daughter got accepted into one that seems like a good program, but it is very far from us. She can audition for others closer to home, but we won't know if she will be accepted there before the deadline of the one she got into. This part of dance is very new to us. The studio we were at previously was more of a competition studio and now we are at a pre-pro studio. Janet

Do any ballet moms want to chat about summer intensives? Either on the forum or through PM. My daughter is 12 (almost 13) and is wanting to start auditioning for summer intensives. She went to one audition mainly just to see what the auditions are like and we found out this week that she was accepted. This is a very new thing for us and would love any first hand information about ballet summer intensives. I have read online that sometimes the smaller ones give more individual attention to the dancers, but I don't have any idea which ones are considered small. Janet

Have you visited Zim Cocker forum? I read on that forum often, but I don't post on it very often. Several people highly recommend Liquid Health K-9 Ear Solutions. I bought some recently, but I haven't been using it long enough to give it a personal recommendation. Janet

I am so glad that you posted this. I have been wondering about this app. Janet

I hope that you find it. My kids almost ds10 and dd12 love the game.

Thank you for posting this. My dd used Teaching Textbooks when she was younger. I thought she needed something more rigorous. We switched back at the beginning of the year and she loves it. I was also wondering what your schedule looked like for Teaching Textbooks per grade level. My dd is in 7th grade and working on Teaching Textbook 7. It is a good fit, but I am wondering if I should have her continue over the summer so that she can hopefully get through TT7 and most of TT Pre Algebra before 8th grade. Then start Alg 1 in 8th grade

My daughter switched dance studios this year. She is 12 and in the Nutcracker for the first time. She is a party girl and in Spanish. The shows are this weekend. I can't wait.

It says the 70% off sale will end soon. Does anyone have any idea of how soon? I am not sure if I should get one of the 70% sale items or wait to see more of the outrageous deals. Janet

My kids and I have fallen in love with the buttermilk pancake and syrup recipe at Chef in Training. Link here There are several other pancake recipes on her site, but we haven't tried them yet. Janet

My really way out there probably not ever going to get would be a Canon 1DX and a couple of nice lenses. Either the 70-200 f2.8 L or the 35mm 1.4. The 1DX is full frame and has speed like the 7D. I have the 5D mark ii. I love it for portraits, but it is not a great camera for sports. It is just too slow to capture a series of pictures quickly. My daughter, husband, and I all like to take pictures so having a 7D would be wonderful and much more affordable, but still a long way off from what we can get anytime soon. Oh and a new computer so that I can play with all of the photos and videos that I would be taking with the new camera. :) Janet

I agree. The soft colors of the borders are what is bothering my eyes.

I agree. The white background is hard on my eyes as well. I wish there was a way to change it.

I am a Canon girl. I love my 5D mark ii. I would like a 7D as well because it can shoot more pictures per second than the 5D. This would be very helpful when I am taking pictures of my kids playing sports.

My 12 year old is wanting some colored pencils for Christmas. I have some watercolor pencils that I picked up at Wal-mart. She is really enjoying those, but she would like something nicer and with more colors. Does anyone have any favorites that they recommend? I am torn between smaller kit (12-24) and better quality or larger kit (36+) and student quality instead of artist quality? Ideally I would like to get her both, but I would like to keep the price between $30-$40. Janet

That would be helpful. Maybe we could all ask them for that to be added to the Wishlists since they already have the feature to show a change in price. Janet

It may be a newer feature, but the wishlist does tell you that. Janet

I have been thinking about doing this. I found this assessment from Homeschool Buyer's co-op. I think it looks good, but I don't know of anyone who has actually used the test. Janet

I am having VERY slow download times. Most of the time I can get the file, but it is taking at least 4 hours and often longer than that for each file. I think the main issue is who they have as a host for the files. I was able to download another file from someone else that is similar in size in under a minute so I know it isn't on my end. I know they are trying to make it better with the smaller file sizes, but it is still going to take a really long time since the download speeds set by the host company are so slow. I know they have lots of people downloading at the same time, but I have bought many digital downloads on sale days from other companies with lots of people downloading at the same time. They have been slow, but never this slow. Janet ETA - I have been happy with the ebooks once I have gotten them downloaded to my computer.

I have been wondering about this as well. I am wondering if the binding sold at Amazon has changed or if the 4:1 pitch works. I would love to see some pictures of what books look like with the spirals. If the spirals do work what is a popular size to get for spirals? Janet

:iagree: I agree with all of this. If I could find something like this already done for me I would be so happy. Janet

Do you have a link? I think this would be great for my son. Janet