Perhaps the perfect Chihuahua is in a rescue waiting for you?

I'm so sorry, for both the loss of a child, and for the lack of support. :grouphug:

I know I'm new here, but I totally understand about the SIL concern. If you'd ever like to unload, my PMs are open. (I also am hesitant to post online about things due to a similar situation.)

Thanks, I'll talk to my doc about that soon!

Your bladder is prolapsed or your uterus? (Any idea what the appliance is called? I don't want the mesh for the same reasons you listed, but I would love another option!)

Oh, I keep forgetting I bought those. They look kind of like tampons. Hmmm, wonder where those are hiding....(we've moved since i bought them lol) Wish I'd thought to ask them to repair my bladder when I had my hysterectomy!

Cloth pads. My grandma got the mesh installed, I'm not ready to go that route.

http://consensus.fsu.edu/FBC/UBDW/2_bedroom_definition08.pdf FBC Building Section 13- 202 Bedroom. Any residential room which has an area of 70 square feet (7 m2) or more and a clothes storage closet, and is not part of the common living area. For the purposes of this code, the number of “main†bedrooms for homes of three bedrooms or more is the total number of bedrooms less one. In one and two bedroom homes, all bedrooms are “main†bedrooms. http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Realtor-said-I-don't-need-a-closet-to-call-a-room-a-bedroom-Will-this-kill-a-deal-Is-it-true/359292/ In the Orlando Florida MLS a room must have a closet to be considered a bedroom. You can always say in marketing remarks that a room could be converted to a bedroom. It is best not to give buyers inaccurate room counts. (Actual Florida statutes regarding sewage) http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0381/Sections/0381.0065.html 1. “Bedroom†means a room that can be used for sleeping and that: a. For site-built dwellings, has a minimum of 70 square feet of conditioned space; b. For manufactured homes, is constructed according to the standards of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and has a minimum of 50 square feet of floor area; c. Is located along an exterior wall; d. Has a closet and a door or an entrance where a door could be reasonably installed; and e. Has an emergency means of escape and rescue opening to the outside in accordance with the Florida Building Code. 2. A room may not be considered a bedroom if it is used to access another room except a bathroom or closet. 3. “Bedroom†does not include a hallway, bathroom, kitchen, living room, family room, dining room, den, breakfast nook, pantry, laundry room, sunroom, recreation room, media/video room, or exercise room.

That would not have sufficed the last time I house shopped in Florida (Brevard County to be specific), but that was over 20 years ago.

That would not have sufficed the last time I house shopped in Florida (Brevard County to be specific), but that was over 20 years ago.

Pretty sure in FL it must have an egress window and a closet to be called a bedroom. The realtor will know how to list it, and will likely call it a Xbedroom with bonus room(s)

Oh thank you so much! We tried using Living Mathematically early this school year, and we all hated it. It was probably decent, but it had very limited instructions, no answer key, can't remember why else we disliked it so much. (Not sure where it is right now, we've lived in 3 different "homes" this year, and move again in less than 2 months) Anyway, I wanted something better for next year. None of us are great with algebra, but when I was in high school (public), I took a consumer math and a business math (to avoid algebra for the 3rd time), and I use what I learned in those classes almost daily, so I'd really like my kids to have that. Much appreciate your assistance, Bob Jones sounds really good and I'm going to check out that Money Skills online this week, as well.

4 kids? BATHROOM. But make it basic and get on with that kitchen! (Whenever possible, our kitchen is our main room, so it's pretty darned important. A crappy kitchen in a house means we hate living there. Seriously, it just ruins the whole house for us.) But, 4 kids...you need another bathroom asap. Even if it's a composting toilet in the closet while you work on the kitchen!

Also have one of those husbands, that's why we bought a rambling rancher. Bedrooms at one end, living area at the other. One story so no creaking stairs. DH was so much less stressed in that house, it was simply amazing. Cannot wait to get back into it. In the meantime, however, he uses headphones, with loud music, to try to drown it out. The stairs in the house we are in creak loudly even with our very small dog on them. For the OP, I'd buy a new house, and I'd make darn sure he had his escape room. Layout would be much more important than size, from my experience (tho the house we bought is 2800ish, but it helps that it's very long with the bedrooms separated from the rest.

I believe 100% in Dr. Pierson. I tried my best to switch my little brats to her raw recipe, but they weren't having it. Read her site thoroughly and switched them to Friskies Pate in 2013 (I believe that was her top recommendation at the time, not sure about now) and have ZERO regrets. My 20lb cat (slowly) lost 7lbs and acts like a kitten at 14 years old now. My 21lb Maine Coon is about 14lbs now, and my other two are good weights. Their coats are shinier, their eyes are brighter, and they have loads more energy. I took them off kitty crack (dry food) cold turkey, and we will never feed it again. Wet food is the way to go imo. My dog is on raw.

Thanks. Does anyone have any experience with any of these that they could recommend? (And where did you get this list, I saw the one with Algebra and stuff in the sticky, but didn't see these in it)

Had my boys (11th and 12th) take the 12th grade CAT and clearly we need a little brush up in a few areas...but I'm not exactly sure what those areas are, as this is all the results say. Mathematics Computation (11th got 10.6, 12th got 13.6) Mathematics Concepts & Problems (One 13.6, one 9.5 :confused1: ) Language Mechanics (13.6 and 10.4) Language Usage & Structure (10.x for both) The rest they both got 13.6 on. 11th clearly has a math gap? (Not sure how, they've been taught together for years) Not overly surprised by the 12th's low language mechanics (he has dev delays, and English/grammar/spelling has never been his strong point) And the usage and structure looks to me like I skipped something somewhere along the years. I'd like to do some brush-up on those weak areas, but I'm not exactly sure what they are/mean. Anyone have any ideas? Or even a general English/grammar course and general HS math? I'm also looking for a good, engaging Consumer Math curriculum. TIA for any thoughts or ideas!

:party: I loved baby week when we had our small homestead!

I prefer frozen because I don't like the texture/sliminess of canned, but if we ever get a bumper crop (we planted a few pear and peach trees at our property before we had to move again) I'll definitely be canning some, simply to save freezer space.

1. It's a roof over my head. 2. It has a garage. 3. The laminate is pretty. (In other words, I'm sooooo glad we're moving in 2 months!!!!)

Honda Pilots are smaller than minivans, so are the smaller Toyota SUVs.

Another vote for Dyson. LOVE that vacuum. Easily repaired, too, if you can figure out the problem (some places will dx it free and parts can be had on eBay, and videos on YouTube to repair it)

Holy...(the rest of my thought isn't fit to post)

Totally this!!!! I "fostered" a couple of AA little girls, who happened to be on the swim team. Mom said their hair had to be washed after every time they went in the pool. She didn't know I'm not AA... Holy cow was I out of my depth!!!!! (Mom was military, away at a school when the girls were removed from the caregiver for neglect. We were a friend of a friend of the mom's, so she hadn't met us.) I thought, oh I'd just take them to the salon and have them teach me how to wash it and do some cute ponytails or twists or something...yeah, got quoted over $400 for the both of them! (It wasn't so much learning to wash it as to how to wash/condition/comb/and dress it) YouTube and a parenting forum quickly became my best friend, and those poor little girls learned how to sleep while I worked on their hair for hours. (I'm not talented with MY hair, gah)

Get this brush. Get 2. Get a dozen. Seriously, the best brush in the world. I have long (mid-butt) fine, stringy, thin hair. It tangles if it sees a pillow on TV. The Wet brush is the best brush, and least painful, I've ever used.