I use FB as a long distance thing, too. I only have four local contacts. And I freely hide people who annoy me.

We drink coffee in the morning, some of us drink it black and some use cream or milk. Sometimes my boys (10,13) will add honey, that sounds incredibly nasty to me, but I stopped keeping sugar out years ago, so they're making due with what's available. The kids are just as likely to have tea, hot cocoa, or a mocha, though my teens usually stick to coffee. The rest of the day we drink water, and then in the late afternoons/evening tend to have tea. When they were all little we'd go through 8 gallons of milk/week :o but as the price kept climbing we cut back and stopped using it as the beverage of choice. Now we maybe use 1-2 gallons and that depends on if we have cereal in the house. OJ is a treat that I buy when there is sickness in the house, and I keep cranberry juice to mix with my vodka :D we may or may not also keep some whiskey.... I don't really care if my kids have soda, I just don't actively facilitate getting it ;) So it ends up being something that they have once or twice a month if they're lucky.

I don't like juice or soda, so I just don't ever think to buy it. I'm sure if I did, my kids would happily drink it every day ;) My kids are stuck with water and the occasional glass of milk. We also drink tea, coffee & cocoa.

This book is OOP, Land of Milk and Omelets by Ken Kraft, but maybe your library will have it. It's about packing up and moving to the country: well written and very humorous. :) I think it's my most favorite back-to-the-land book. http://www.amazon.com/Land-milk-omelets-Ken-Kraft/dp/B0006AW3YK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426263235&sr=8-1&keywords=Land+of+Milk+and+Omelets The following are in a different vein, but also delightful and visually lovely (and in print ;) ) The River Cottage Family Cookbook http://www.amazon.com/River-Cottage-Family-Cookbook/dp/1580089259/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426265058&sr=1-1&keywords=river+cottage+family+cookbook Homemade by Yvette Van Boven http://www.amazon.com/Home-Made-Yvette-van-Boven/dp/1584799463/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426265100&sr=1-1&keywords=homemade The Weekend Homesteader by Anna Hess http://www.amazon.com/Weekend-Homesteader-Twelve-Month-Guide-Self-Sufficiency/dp/1616088826/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426265126&sr=1-1&keywords=weekend+homesteader Simply in the Season. I love the Children's version http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Season-Childrens-Cookbook-Community/dp/0836193369/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426265147&sr=1-3&keywords=simply+in+season Fairy Houses ... Everywhere! http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Houses-Everywhere/dp/097081044X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426265189&sr=1-1&keywords=fairy+houses+everywhere I've also found some wonderful, wonderful titles through this bookstore. http://www.waldorfbooks.com/ Do be sure to check out their "Working with Nature" section! Keep clicking 'til you get to the book descriptions. And finally two Christian books (don't know if these appeal to you or not) but when I'm in a bad place they are my absolute, go-to favorites. They help me to get outside of the yuck and focus on other things. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss I hope you feel better soon :grouphug:

I did this exact thing last week with a GF chocolate cake. Fortunately I had semi-sweet chips to make the icing! It would have been incredibly bitter otherwise.

We're going to be using Moving Beyond the Page, age 11-13 next year for Earth/Physical science. http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/purchase/science.aspx Another secular option is Oak Meadow. They do Earth Science in 7th, and Physical Science in 8th. http://www.oakmeadowbookstore.com/Curriculum-c135/

Congratulations!!!! :)

In our bedroom over the closet door and over the shower curtain rail. It's not pretty,but it does the trick.

Yes, I know what they are. I wasn't one, but I had friends that were. Do they still exist?

I sing in a choir. That sounds like so much fun!!

Boy howdy, do they ever!!!!! eta, that when they shattered they were hitting saltillo floors. Maybe that makes a difference.

We've moved twice in the last 5 1/2 years. The first time it was across the country (US) and the second time it was to a different country. This was after living in one spot for over a decade. In both cases I found that it took about 2 years before the kids and I really started to feel like it was home.

Too, true :)

Are these even relevant any more? This is prior to the housing crash. eta. They are interesting. I just think that they're probably not very accurate.

Well I know I wasn't thinking about what extra money is spent on at all. I was thinking more about what we talk about with our kids around the table, how we try to steer them through life, that kind of stuff. I'm pretty sure that everyone, in every class, spends more than they should, on things that they shouldn't, once in a while :)

That is not what I meant when I wrote the post that was being quoted. Of course people in the lower/working class want to improve their lot just as much as the next guy. Maybe it was presumptuous to assume that most everyone here on the boards, even if they're struggling financially, thinks more like the middle class/upper class. Idk. We're all very focused on education, that's why we're here! Lots of us are struggling financially to make ends meet right now. But despite that, we're focused on educating our kids. That's not what I see/hear when I'm out and about, except when I'm down by the university or with other educated folks. My experiences could be unique to me, I freely admit that. When I sit and listen to the lower/working class around me, I do not have a lot in common with them besides our financial struggles.

And I think this skews the conversation somewhat on this board. Almost everyone here has made the conscience decision to forgo that second income in order to homeschool. Most of us are likely quite educated. So even though a lot us may be living lower class or working class lifestyles, we don't "think" like lower or working class folks.

The Memoria Press Special Needs program looks absolutely lovely for a very bright young child. I was going to suggest these http://www.milestonebooks.com/item/1-10020/?list=Rod_and_Staff_Preschool, and then I saw that some of them are incorporated into the Memoria Press program. They were much loved by my bright 3yo many years ago. She also enjoyed the younger workbooks (p3-4) when she was 2 http://www.milestonebooks.com/list/Study_Time_Preschool/ As a reference this is a child that loved and thrived on SL Core 3 (I think maybe it's currently called Core D?) her kindergarten year i.e. at age 5.

That's how I read it too, Albeto.

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Martha, I think that you've stated this so very well.

This. So very much, THIS!!!!

Swimming and then showering/bathing the next day will get it off. I know this because I wrote my lock combo on my arm last month :) and I had to reapply each time I went.

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I don't think so. To me the samples look much more involved, more in-depth, than what I remember from my year-plan. I wish I had my TOG stuff with me so that I could compare side-by-side.