Thanks for responding. I don't need a real estate license but I also don't know what I am doing either. It is just an option instead of paying all of that money. I am not looking forward to selling, buying a house and then moving.

OK, maybe I am feeling a bit crazy but I just realized that if we sell our house through a realtor we will be paying $24,000!!! This is a bit of a sticker shock for me, especially because we need to turn around and pay closing costs on our next house. This seems like a huge sum of money for what they are doing. The average length of time a house is on the market in our area is 11 days. I am wondering if I should try to sell by owner or get my real estate license which costs a couple hundred dollars and 135 hours of schooling. What do you ladies think? I would love some input. At least talk me off the ledge.

Yes, feel better!

I remembered we had a very similar thread recently, maybe this could help you.

This is not what you are asking for, but have you looked into Kate Snow's Multiplication Facts that Stick? http://kateshomeschoolmath.com/multiplication-facts-that-stick/

Times Tales? There is going to be a group buy for this soon! http://homeschoolgroupbuys.com/current-buys/

Will that be your primary phonics program? If so, then yes. I use it as a supplement so I don't use them.

Could you make soup, or brown rice and beans to fill him up? You could make frozen bean, vegetable and brown rice burritos too, or buy them. I know its hot but soup can fill you up while not being very many calories. Soup can also make meat stretch really far. I would make sure to add lots of plant based protein which is much healthier and less expensive. Can you be proactive in having healthy, ready-to-go food and snacks so he can have that instead? You could maybe make a large amount once or twice a week. If he gets hungry between meals then he will always have a healthy choice. I was never allowed just to eat food that wasn't specifically for me. We knew what we could and could not eat. We did not just go in the freezer and defrost food. We also wouldn't have been able to drink a gallon of milk ourselves, out of curtesy for everyone else. Maybe you, your husband and step-son need to sit down and simply come up with a meal plan, recipes or a solution so you don't run into bad feelings. Ask him if he would like you to prepare food ahead of time that he can have so you don't run into problems where you are running out of things or using things needed for family meals. He could also go online and find healthy recipes that he would like to make for himself during the week, you could look at them together and he can prepare them himself. Give him a food budget and go from there.

Exercising everyday (walking and lifting weights) is really the only way I can lose weight. Plus cutting out liquid calories and sticking with a mainly plant based diet. Something about no or low carbs makes me feel hungry all the time.

Would you mind sharing your booklist? I am doing American history and on the hunt for some good books.

If and when I go back to work, it will be a permanent decision. I cannot leave and come back again. I would have to pull significant strings and call in favors for it to happen if at all. I will probably need to go back to school. My husband would have to lose all ability to support us, as in, he is injured or deceased. Now if I didn't want to use my degree, we would need free childcare for it to make any sense at all. We started homeschooling because DS has significant learning disabilities, even with an aid right next to him, brick and mortar just didl not work for him. He was in a class of 8 and almost everyday I was hearing from the teacher. So, I would need to find a small private school for him and then I would need to find outside therapy. We would need to have trouble paying bills consistently for me to consider it.

If she has to pay for all of August I would be tempted to tell her to stay all of August. This will be a good life lesson for her though. ?

Am I the only one who wants an update??

I keep my vitamins/calcium on my dresser with a glass of water. When I am passing by to go into the bathroom, I stop and take my vitamins and drink a glass of water. Otherwise I can never remember to take my calcium or drink enough water. I use calcium citrate as I have heard that calcium from dairy does not actually help our bones. Leafy greens have lots of good calcium too. I believe that the more animal protein you eat the more calcium you need as well. As far as potassium, I am not sure.

I have a lot of antibiotic allergies. This has worked for me... apple cider vinegar 1-2 tbl 3x's a day (You can dilute it in water or drink it in a shot glass and chase it with water) 2 d-mannose pills 3 x's a day the strongest cranberry pills I can find 2 pills 3x's a day 1 gram of vitamin c 3-4x's a day If your in pain, a warm bath will help you feel better. If you are breastfeeding, I believe you cannot take AZO, but if you are not that is a very good pain reliever.

She needs copies of what she signed. Everything should be in that lease agreement. If its not then I don't know why she would have to pay when she is not there any longer. What didi she sign with her roommates? DO NOT have her agree or sign to anything now. She needs to be clear that she will be paying a potion of August's rent to the 8th unless there is a stipulation in the lease.

I would tell myself that school is not the sum total of filling out workbooks. It should be what is left when the books get thrown away at the end of the year. Hands on will always win over workbooks as far as retention. I would tell myself to use real books and not textbooks, learning can be fun, it can have pictures and it does not need to look anything like my own schooling experience.

I have been feeling this so badly right now too. My sister, with all our friends growing up went to Spain. They are all childless and good for them, they had fun. Then she went to Yosemite. My husband's family took a cruise to Alaska. So many of our friends are having these amazing vacations and honestly, it sucks. I need to stay away from social media because I don't think we can really go anywhere with a teething 7 month old, even if we can get Grandma and Grandpa to watch the boys. We can really only afford to go camping and its just such a hassle. I feel like we will never travel, but its the choice we made when I quit to stay home. Our income was cut in half and we knew that there were things that we would need to sacrifice in order for me to stay home and homeschool. I don't regret having kids or staying home, it was the trade off but I don't like seeing it all over my facebook page either.

My third was a failed epidural and no plans to have anymore. She's the one who got stuck too, so that was fun.

My son is 7 and in first grade. I like traditional writing programs personally. We have done these this year. https://www.amazon.com/Evan-Moor-Sentence-Workbook-Teachers-Supplement/dp/1557996067 https://www.amazon.com/Scholastic-Success-Writing-Grade-1/dp/0545200792/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=P6D8AZ9VMJ7931R05ZW1 https://www.amazon.com/Daily-6-Trait-Writing-Grade-Practice/dp/1596732865/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528864307&sr=1-5&keywords=6+trait+writing And half of this... https://www.amazon.com/Days-Writing-First-Grade-Practice/dp/1425815243/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528864369&sr=1-5&keywords=180+days+of+writing I like The 180 days of Writing the most but we are moving on to Write Source Grade 2. It was exactly what we have been looking for in a writing curriculum. https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/051628

How long did it take you for each track of Meet the Masters and how often did you do it? I would like to see how many tracks we would need if we did it twice a week. Thank-you

Out of the box...Touch Type to Read and Spell is Orton Gillingham. Maybe take the writing away from the spelling and learn to type instead. https://www.readandspell.com/us/orton-gillingham-reading-instruction On a related note, I have the new AAS letter tiles app and I really like it a lot and it helps me get AAS done. Other days I just use our Boogie board and we use that for our lessons.

I have a seven year old that hate's to write too. I sympathize with you. These things are for creative writing, not opinion, narrative or expository writing. I just let my son pick the topic and we work through them together. Have you tried Four Square Writing? Maybe if you figured out why she hates writing you could find something that would make her feel successful.

I have been eyeing it for years, but no its just too expensive and I can't justify it. Maybe next year. Another much cheaper idea is Rory's Story Cubes. https://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring/?q=story+cubes

How about this? https://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl?id=WRTADV