Ideally, they should responded by now. But since they didn't, the best thing, imo, is to just move forward. It is so important for you to know the homeschool regulations in NY. Print them, keep them where you can refer to them when you need. Your IHIP is due on August 15. The link will tell you what's supposed to be on it. HTH,

Elderly folks usually love kids! We used to take some friends and go play music (piano, flute, violin) in a nursing home once a month. But we had to fill an hour and our friends couldn't go anymore. Call a local nursing home or elder care facility and speak to the recreation director. Some places don't want volunteers, but I'm sure you will find one that will LOVE to have you! HTH! :001_smile:

I did a couple free online tests and both put me at ESTJ. I've floated toward ENTJ over the yrs, too. I think it depends on my life atm.

I don't consider taking care of one's own things to be chores. They are responsible for their space and their stuff. Some need to be reminded, and by this age, they would lose privileges or activitities/outings to get it done. I have threatened that if they'd like to continue to leave it, I will take care of it for them (and my kiddos know that means most of it would be gone) but I've never had to follow through with that one. ALL my kids, from ages 4 on, have three chores daily: - a meal chores... setting, clearing and cleaning the table, or helping if you're younger. - a kitchen chore... washing the dishes (either breakfast/lunch or dinner) or sweeping the dining room floor. A younger one would only wash the Tupperware glasses at first, an older finishes. - a cleaning chore (except Sunday)... my youngest picks up and vacuums the living room daily, my second youngest sweeps the kitchen daily. They used to switch back and forth, but they asked for this arrangement. Older kids have rotating cleaning chores: bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming the stairs, mopping the kitchen, and so on. If they don't go a good job, they have to do it over. If attitude or effort are a continuing problem, they get more work and/or fewer privileges.

If this were me, I'd make less trips by trying to consolidate and so get kids to work early or picking them up late. Meaning, if DD1 has to be at work at 9 and DD2 at 10, they both get taken at the same time and DD2 is early. If DD2 is done at 3 and DS has to be to work at 4, well, he gets dropped off after his sister gets picked up. Before my ds2 got his license and when I was working part-time mornings, his only alternative was to get dropped off before I had to go to work. Maybe this will help alleviate some of the craziness?

My oldest didn't get his license until he was 20 and at Bible school. He didn't get it earlier for financial reasons. I didn't get my drivers license until I was 22 and married. Dh taught me how to drive. The year I went to community college, I had to find a ride to/from school and to my job. My mom or dad picked me up from work on those nights. I understand that she needs to work through her anxiety about the test, but I wouldn't push her to get her license because of her age.

Found this via google. Maybe it'll help? http://www.studyguidezone.com/asvabtest.htm

When my youngest was entering first grade, I spent *hours* online researching reading readiness activities because, imo, he wasn't ready for the phonics yet. I could have started it, but I expected to hit a wall fairly soon and this kid is hard on himself. I wasn't interested in letter recognition because he could do that. I wasn't interested in letter sounds because we'd be getting to that. FINALLY, I read somewhere that mazes and dot-to-dots are good brain building activities...helping to build those neuro-connections. So I got enough for the first half of the year. Ds did a couple of pages per day along with his other subjects. We started phonics (WRTR) in Feb, and by June he was reading easy readers. So, maybe some dot-to-dots and maze books along with the phonics practice?

I help my high schoolers set up a schedule of sorts to help them complete their assignments. Once my older dd was working, she figured it out on her own and was pretty good about getting everything done. My 2nd dd I've helped set up a schedule. She does her two hardest subjects right after breakfast and right after lunch. Then she practices her instrument (piano in the AM, flute in the PM).After each of those she does one of her easier subjects. Then a more "medium-hard" one. When it's not winter, she goes out mid-afternoon and works on her soccer drills and saves her late-afternoon piano practice for later. HTH!

Mine is pretty simple: My address City, NY zip code Date School District Mailinng address City, NY zip code Dear (person at school district), This is to inform you of our intent to homeschool our children (names) for the 2010-2001 school year. Sincerely, (signature) Father's name (signature) Mother's name I have found that I get far less flack, questions, comments, etc from the school district if my dh and I sign our paperwork separately. Our district does send a letter acknowleding receipt of our intent, but hasn't sent me any packet in years (if ever? I can't remember). But that might only be because we've been homeschooling for so long. I keep my IHIPs and quarterly reports equally simple. Speaking of which, I still have to send in my 3rd quarterly report. I keep forgetting. HTH!

Very interesting. I missed #18. I think it helps that we've been teaching kids to drive in recent years; it's made us more aware of things.

I haven't told him about the president coins yet... Nor had we checked out whitehouse.gov yet... I imagine there'd be some interesting tidbits there! He's read every president-related article in our encyclopedias, and checked out tons of J-bios from our library system. I think because *I* prefer the printed page for myself, my kids are the same way by default. I was volunteering at our hs convention last weekend, and the kids had to come along. Rainbow Resource had a $1.25 little "president activity" book, which I bought figuring it would at least give him something to do. He learned that James Garfield could write with either hand. LOL

Hi Tami, Just wanted to say that my son is a president geek, too. Until now, I thought we were alone. I was thinking about putting something together for his history in two yrs based on the US presidents, but I doubt he'd learned something he doesn't know already. DS says he wants to be a politician and perhaps president someday.

:iagree: My 18yo dd is involved in a special program @ Cornell Univ; she goes there about one weekend a month, Fri-Sat. On one Sat in the winter, the group went to a ski resort after their program ended. The woman who leads the program REQUIRED the kids to stay over Saturday night; no one was allowed to drive home until Sunday morning for this very reason.

nevermind...

If you're being an old fuddy-duddy, then I am right there with you. Dds in our house can wear make-up when they turn 16. My oldest is 18; my next is 15, and the youngest dd is 12. My oldest dd had one friend in particular with whom she'd stay overnight periodically. I don't think she was younger than 14 or 15 at this point. I know they played with make up when dd stayed over, but it was always washed off before going home. My girls have all worn some lip gloss before 16, but I don't really look at that as "make up" I guess. HTH

and who contact a potential buyer when they have something we're looking for. So.. THANK YOU!!! It's been a tremendous blessing to me. :001_smile:

My college economics class was so boring, that even though it was my second class of the day, and I sat in front to force myself to pay attention, I would fall asleep while I was writing notes!

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I have found that for myself, when i am struggling the most with getting it all done, it's because I am trying to do it all in my own strength instead of looking to the Lord for strength, and sometimes because I'm trying to take care of things I don't need to be right now. Praying for you.

I'm so sorry Megan. :grouphug: Praying for you.

Praying here too. :grouphug:

If you're looking for a cheaper used vehicle, I recommend a Chev Astor/GMC Safari. We're on our 3rd one. Dh's brother says if they have a bad engine, it'll got out by 130,000 miles so we always buy ours at more than that (and save money to boot!). Our first one went over 220,000 miles; our second went over 230,000. We're on van #3 at 175,000 miles. The 8-passengers have plenty of space especially if you get an extended body. I could pack for a weekend camping trip, putting all the stuff in the back (floor to ceiling) and under the seats, and tying our tents to the luggage rack. I am hoping to be able to get one more after our current one dies.

All Hilton Hotels have an excellent reputation, so I think you'll be fine there. I don't recall that I've ever used orbitz for booking anything, but we have used expedia and hotwire without any trouble at all. HTH,

Please?

Nothing like waiting till the last minute. I am looking for a recipe for Chicken French to make for tomorrow night, just dh and me. I thought I'd be able to find one at allrecipes.com, but there was only one...with no ratings. I tried google but, I dunno, maybe I'm just too tired to figure it out. Would you help? Thanks!