Same thing here. My mother's friends passed their books on to me. I read a book a day (sometimes two days) from about 5th grade on. I took a reading break from ages 19-25ish (hmm, I had three under 3 at that time) but now read a book or two a week. Anyhow, I also read the calssics for my AP classes in school, but not because I wanted to read them. For me is trashy romance novels all the way.

I never looked at it as controlling. It is more of a protecting.

So glad I am not alone.

MAY BE A SPOILER IF YOU PLAN TO READ THE BOOKS I allowed my 11 yo to read them, but she didn't even get through the first book. LOL Too much and too deep for her. LOL Now, the only sex is in the fourth book and it is not explicitly talked about as "sex". It only talks about the broken headboard and torn pillows. It is also after they are married, as Edward holds old fashioned values. I have talked to my 11 year old about sex so I am not squeamish about her reading it in this way. Now a romance novel, I would not allow. But a little generic snippet in a book when it is after a marriage, not so concerned about. I honestly don't even think she would pick up on what was going on.

So THAT is why my eyes don't *pop* the way they used to. :lol:

That is what someone who is broke SHOULD do. $20 vs $200+ for a prepared cake...not in the same ballpark. If you can spend all your food money on a cake, you don't need the stamps to begin with. In Texas you can buy deli foods like potato salad as long as it is not hot prepared and it is pre-packaged. It is NOT exaggerated. Watch next time you see someone in line paying with their card. It is amazing! Our son's birthmom is on assistance. She gets $385 for her family of 3. It does not even meet their needs. So, there is no way she would buy a WEDDING CAKE or anything else extravagant. She does buy one 12 pack of soda a month, hardly an abuse of the system. I do think they need to be higher regulated. I have been on assistance back when I was a single Mom. I KNOW first hand of the abuse that takes place (not me, but I saw it plenty). Driving escalades and dripping with gold, but getting foodstamps. Having BBQ's for the whole neighborhood. It's sickening.

I am way too heavy too. As soon as we get moved I will join a gym with childcare. I will take my children and we will do school after the gym.

Oh. My. Gosh.

This is AWESOME! I am so excited and want to do it NOW! We just MAY do that!

She has Zoology 1 right now. Thank you all so much. Off to look right now. :D

Prayers coming your way. Take a deep breath and just breath. Live for yourself and your little one growing in there. Concentrate on that which you can take joy from.

I posted that my 2 older boys will be with their Dad now and will be homeschooled. Well, ex does not feel comfortable scheduling and checking and so forth with the boys school. He would just use an online program and be done with it. I know my boys will not do well like that. They need individual choices to fit them (especialliy my aspie). So, I can pick an online/correspondence program and he'll enroll them OR he'll get them whatever I pick out as long as I send them their weekly schedule, grade their work, keep their transcripts, etc. He said he will help them where they need it and follow whatever I set up. Would I be totally crazy for doing the later option?

That is so awesome!

Mine is in my blog...my DD slumber party from this weekend. One girl is missing.

It would depend on state law but I do know the only time a judge will do 50/50 split on days of possession is if they live in the same town. However, if the Mom moves to avoid this, she may lose primary and be moved to managing. Judges don't like it when people try to get out of things by rearranging. Are her children old enough to express their wants? That pulls a lot of weight. Unless a father is proven "unfit", usually the parents get joint custody anyhow. However, it is just like the old fashioned "sole custody" where the one parent gets every other weekend, some holidays, a month in the summer, and one night a week. Sole custody is almost unheard of anywhere. I do know a movement away from the split custody (6months/6months) has been noted. It has proven to be disruptive. If this woman has a good attorney I suggest she talk to them about this. They should know. Also, if there is a lawyer in town she does NOT want to go up against, she needs to schedule a consultation with them because then they are barred from representing her ex (ask me how I know, my ex did that).

If your DH feels she is flirting, she probably is. However, my DH is blind to that sort of thing until it is blatantly obvious. Boundaries are never a bad thing even if it is just innocent on her part.

I found this book. Maybe you can pull from it to make your own child appropriate study? If I knew anything about writing curriculum, this is something I might do because I love music and this age.

This thread rocks. I cannot confess to anything as I am a new homeschooler. Only confession I really have is now after reading this thread I am re-investigating TOG. I had decided on Winter Promise, but now I am not so sure. UGH!

That is actually what got my DH 100% on board with homeschooling. He was floored that I had to stop her, and thought it funny that she *never* treated her school books like that. Not even her free reading books.

Yes, it is common. WHen DD was in the lower grades, they were expected to know words by sight, not sounds. Btw, many praises for your 4 year old. Job well done!

So, you prefer the lapbooks over notebooking? I didn't know if it was something you do both or just choose one. :D

Is aw an interview with her re: her statement and she believes she would be happier with their sex life if she had lost her virginity earlier than she had. I too was saddened by that. Oh how I wish I would have waited!

GREAT! I had totally decided on using WP for DD and DS and so forth. Now I am back to wondering if I made a poor choice. :(

If you look at the avatar I have that is my DD when she cut her hair shoulder length. Dh was not angry but said her prefers it long. Just like he prefers her to wear certain things over others. I don't find it incestuous at all.

From what you posted, yes, I think you would be miserable. We are probably HIGHLY stereotypical Texans and *I* would be miserable there. Wind/dry/heat/ugly landscape. Yuck. LOL