[Kitty litter smell?]

... and high quality food.

 

I find that one large box with a daily scooping and a monthly overhaul works fine for our elderly cat with CRF and our middle-aged cat. For the monthly overhaul, I clean the box with Nature's Miracle and give it a good rinsing.

 

We haven't had good experience with covered boxes. Not all cats can turn around easily/comfortably in them, which can result in their not burying waste, and hence a bigger odor problem. Also, because cats ingest anything on their fur when they groom, they're ingesting all the perfumes and additives in scented litter.

 

Enjoy your new babies!

[Lively Latin along with Latin Prep?]

Has anyone used these two programs together? We slowed our pace with LL2 as much as we could while waiting on new lessons; but we're now caught up with the available lessons, and I'm not holding my breath for the new ones (!). We've been using Lingua Latina alongside LL2, and I like the way the two programs complement one another; but Lingua Latina is a bit on the dry side for my good-with-languages but high-spirited 10yo kiddo, and we haven't gotten very far with it.

 

I've read over most of the threads about how wonderful Latin Prep is and downloaded the sample chapter, and I'm generally impressed. Would Latin Prep go well alongside LL2? It's hard to tell from just the first chapter and the TOC how much of LP would just be a recap of what we've already done with LL1&2.

 

Has anyone tried both Latin Prep and Lingua Latina? Do you have a preference?

[Rainbow resource?]

I haven't received a shipping info e-mail since my very first order years ago. Since then, I've had to request the info.

[Lively Latin book 2]

This blog entry is dated 8/25/09:

 

 

FYI: I’m planning on posting new blog messages at least every Tuesday. Hold me to it! Here’s the first:

 

What I did on my summer vacation…

 

I worked like crazy on BigBook 2. I’m pitifully slow, as many of you know, and I don’t always have realistic expectations of what I can accomplish in a day, week, or month (I’m working on improving in that area!). It’s not always easy to find the exact image I have in my mind to illustrate something. A simple thing like finding an image of a sword can turn into a half hour search for the right shape, color, etc.

 

For those of you who have been asking, I have to report that I expect all the grammar and derivative work to be finished by or before Sept 15, the history to follow a month later, and the initial CDs to be burned shortly after that. This book will end up about a third larger than BB1 (I’m thinking of calling it “The Bigger Book of LivelyLatin.â€) and will have the same features: audio files, online vocab games, a My History of Rome, Vol 2 section, etc.

 

There are presently over 200 pages of BigBook 2 presently in the virtual classroom. That should keep new students busy until the release of the whole book in October. There are a few students who are caught up to me. For these, you can email me to request the lesson files as they exist at present: word files not yet put into PDF pending final proof-reading.

 

OK, let me get back to work…

 

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So maybe by the end of the year? ;)

[Lively Latin book 2]

Because of the slow publishing pace, we've been alternating LL2 with "Lingua Latina;" so I guess I hadn't noticed how very infrequent the new postings are!

[Lively Latin book 2]

LL2 is only partially finished. Currently, there are 7 chapters available out of a proposed 17. On average, chapters seem to come out about one per month.

[Secular middle school/intro logic... what would you like to see?]

What timing! I recently joined this site (hello!) in hopes of finding secular middle-school logic materials. I've rejected several and am beginning to despair. I'd like to see something along the lines of "The Art of Argument," but without the political/social biases and the use of hot-button subjects such as abortion and rape (yes, rape) as examples.

 

With that in mind, can anyone recommend something? We've long since finished all of the Dandylion and Logic Safari type materials, as well as several books on analogies, etc., and are champing at the bit for something ... more. Is either "Introductory Logic" or "Traditional Logic" secular, or at least "secular enough"?