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Christina,
Your post was a bit encouraging to me this afternoon to find. I am going to a new rheumatologist, so she is putting me through a lot of testing, but has mentioned sending me to a Sjogren's clinic about an hour away. So, perhaps I will discuss these meds and try to understand more. Perhaps immune suppressant type meds that slow progression? I think I have hung out at my GI office for too long and really belong with the rheumatologist for answers...here's hoping.
Thanks for mentioning.
Janice
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Ladies,
I've had fibromyalgia for 16 years, was diagnosed with Raynaud's about 6 years ago. Now am searching frantically for further diagnosis for 2 years now to severe reflux symptoms, which will not go away with meds.
So far, I have found I have Dry Eye Sydrome and Spastic motility of the Esophagus, which is very painful and frightening. I have not found the underlying cause of this condition, with 7 specialists working on it...well, they work a bit.......quite apathetically, while I sit at home and choke!
I am thinking sjogren's syndrome advanced at this point, as dry eye treatment has not restarted tears. Anyone that has this take meds to slow it?
I also have intolerances to ALL meds, so that I have to take with antihistamine. I have intolerances to most main foods as well, which doctors just completely ignore. It sounds autoimmune to me......
Sjogren's ladies.....is there any hope for improvement at all? Also, did you get a lip biopsy to confirm? I am dreading and putting this off, as my lip and underneath my mouth have endema due to intolerances already. Bloodwork is all good, but symptoms are not. I know we simply treat symptoms, but wondering if inflamation of tissues, such as in the throat can ever improve at times? I'm not able to read aloud anymore, really and homeschooling creatively. I think I am doing a decent job with my oldest daughters help reading and my husband does our read alouds at night. But discouraging.........
Thanks for starting this post and everyone that added to it. I'm so sorry to hear of so many difficulties, but also felt this sense of peace over my continuing to homeschool through this to see that so many do. I really needed that!
Blessings,
Janice
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Well, we were robbed while we were home. Since then, I have not been comfortable keeping knives in plain sight. I put them away in a drawer. When my kids were young, I put a child proof lock. Now they need to get at them for cutting fruit and such. We are passed that stage, but no way....it's just me, but I cannot handle the thought of a knife being available to grab.
A bit obsessed I suppose....
Janice
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Ladies,
Thanks for your further encouragement. Just had to share this news.
My husband spoke to our farmer frined and it turns out that he would let us borrow his truck and trailor to pick up and anytime, has fencing that he received for free for us, told us we could bring our minis down to his place to avoid another vet location fee. Also said we could just place our order of how many bales of hay to come in with his. His best buddy is also a ferrier, whom my husband and girls have come to love as he is at the farm working on the weekends along with his two toddling twins. Their momma is real sick and she is unable to watch them. My daughters play with them and help keep them occupied, so he said we can get in the line up over there for trimmings.
He also said that the vet was coming this Sunday and to come down to ask all our questions. The girls are usuallly at the farm that day with my husband, so I will go too.
Then, our next door neighbor was excited at the prospect of all this when visiting the other night and said we could use his post hole digger to put in the fence.
So, lots of answers and help for us....I have to admit I am kind of scared now that this may actually happen. All our parents here will absolutely flip when we tell them, so believing will keep all under wraps until for sure...well, and a bit beyond! By the way, the farmer that boards the horses has "no idea what people would do with a mini horse." Quote: Perhaps they are lawn ornaments?. *wry smile* from him.
Have a good day there.
Janice
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Fable is beautiful and does look a bit "spirited". I love your daughters smile there, holding on with the lead. Thanks so much for sharing and your blog is great!
Janice
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Dear Ladies,
Wow! I was away from my computor and quite surprised at all the information and experience given. I cannot thank you all enough.
As you see, I am naive and probably in over my head. I just know that I've wanted to own since a young child, and my girls have so much joy from "adopting" this neighbors horse. I'm in the midst of a midlife crisis, I suppose, fulfilling a lot of dreams due to some illness that I am experiencing. My husband is the one that takes the girls and works with them and the farmer and they receive lessons from a girl who is trained in english riding. She is actually from England and sweet.
My eyes are opened a whole lot further on safety issues, and how to inquire more and think about what we really want to do. My husband and the girls will have to do a lot of the work load, as they do now and also son mucks stalls at the farm. Hubby thinks he is up to it. Not sure he understands all he is in for. So, we are getting our questions gathered up.
Thanks so very much! I will check out the website and the books as well. This has been great for me. First time on the "General" board as well!
Janice
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Hello Ladies:
I know there are horse lovers on this board, so I thought I'd pose a few questions.
We moved from a congested area of NJ to a very rural area, that is know as "horse country." Needless to say, I have 2 daughters who have fallen in love with horses. We are fortunate, in that we made friends with a neighbor who boards horses and the girls have the opportunity to ride once a week, basically for free..we give back in other ways.
For about 5 years, we've had our eyes on minis. The girls and I would love to own a couple of them and cart train one. Basically, we do not have a huge amount of land for full size horses and I do NOT want the girls riding them here, anyways, as I want to RELAX and not think about them falling. Both have taken tumbles at the farm. So, we have spent the past 2 years visiting minis at farms and just being around them.
Any advice or thoughts on owning them? I know they need to be vaccinated, and hoofs trimmed, dewormed like a big horse, but how about feeding? We have researched it and cannot believe that they do not seem to eat much! We have an opportunity to purchase a mare that is going to foal. I guess I am being crazy, but we'd love that experience.
Any thoughts or advice? We at first wanted a really tiny one, but then realized they were $$$$$$$$$$$$, and then thought a bigger mini would be best to cart train. Anyone know if that is difficult to train? Well...any thoughts would be great.
Thanks!
Janice
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Thanks, ladies.....my kids are voracious readers. They keep an ongoing reading list of books they read on their own from my list of recommended books for their age.
We do read A LOT for history. We are going through SOTW, but using books from Stout's guide History Plus and it's comprehension questions for my oldest daughter. She also will do papers on some of the supplemental books we read. We will be on SOTW 3 next year and 4 during her grade 8 year, so I will have to beef things up for her. I plan on getting audiotape of SOTW next year for during the school day and my husband will do the supplemental read alouds at night.
So, perhaps 4 to start with is just right. We can adjust as we go. I did have my eye on Lightening Literature, but since I sprung for TWSS yesterday, I want to keep it cheap. We will add poetry from The Harp and Laurel Wreath.
Thanks for your thoughts.....
Janice
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Hello Ladies,
You have all been a wealth of information to me and an inspiration to get our homeschool back on track after a lengthy illness of mine. I had asked several questions on writing and literature programs in the past few weeks and now I've made my decision....hopefully! I've reworked our curriculum 3 times now and redid our booklist for our HomeLife Academy we are members of.
My question I am hoping someone can take a stab at, is just approximately how many literature study guides is appropriate for grade 7? I was able to purchase a TWSS used, but it is truly brand new and I sprung for it. So, I have decided to go the cheaper, well, free, route with literature. I have started printing out a few Glenco Guides and have decided that I am pleased with them and can be content using them. I am just not sure how many to require. Any advice?
So, it's IEW, R&S English and Glenco Lit guides for my grade 7 daughter next year. My younger daughter will be doing R&S English 3 along with Simply Spelling and just a fun book list. I have Primary Language Lessons on the side bookcase, if we need a little R&S break for her, as some of it looks redundant to me. So far, so good with R&S grade 2. I think she knows her grammar better than the grade 6 daughter and so I am starting that daughter in R&S English 5 after Easter break here. The writing will be young for her, but hopefully I am placing her in the right book for her grammar skills as she just turned 12 and has had a more CM approach to grammar than the younger.
Anyways, SO sorry for getting off course. Does this sound good and how many Lit guides would you attempt?
Thanks bunches:001_smile:
Janice
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Thank you all so much, ladies. I knew I came to the right place for this question. I'm really excited about LL. Now, I am off to see what else I can sell to help fund all these new ideas for next year!:o
Janice
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Hello Ladies,
I have reviewed Lightening Literature for grade 7 a bit. It looks very good to me, but I see there are writing assignments as well. Is it overkill to also be planning IEW-B or Jump In for grade 7 along with LL?
I'd love any opinions.........
Much appreciated!
Janice
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Thanks. I'm really thinking of this still and am reviewing a copy now. I like the idea a lot, and actually I see what you mean about it taking the excerpts only, but it seems to do a good job of simple, step by step teaching and I don't think the samples in Book 1 are archaic. Book 2, I'd say is as it is more difficult and the works are too. Book 1 appears to be easier than some of the Writing Tales Samples and Classical Writing I've seen.
Not sure.......writing in my dilema here. I want my daughter to like it as I do, but I don't think any curriculum will do that for her.
Janice
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Thanks. I feel the same way and I tend to like christian content as we are christians. However, I don't think the topic of abortion belongs in the middle of a writing curriculum and particurlarly for this age! That is best for parents to teach about during a time they choose appropriate.
Hmmmm.....
leaning toward Jump In now and IEW later in age, however, just for ease and a funner program as my daughter's chin is on the floor at this point.
Janice
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Hello,
Still searching for a less expensive way to teach writing to my daughter who will be going into grade 7 next year. We've tried writing for fun, Writing Strands, Understanding Writing and even resorted to Time4Learning Online for a few months..
I'd like to purchase IEW, but cannot at this time. I am planning on purchasing it and using it when she will be ready for the student C for highschool.
Any opinions on Jump In from Apologia? She really needs motivation and something that she can see success from right away.
I'd love to hear anyones experiences with this and if you used the teacher manual and how long you utilized the course if so.
Thanks so much!
Janice
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I've been trying to decide on curriculum for my daughters next year. I'm stuck on the writing part. My youngest is doing R&S English and right now, I do not see anything further necessary other than her having fun with choosing her own copywork to go with this. My older daughter will be going into grade 7.
With all the talk on IEW, of course, I have been considering this for her. The expense is a problem for us. I sold Understanding Writing and have tried Writing Strands twice and failed miserably here with 2 children.
One thing I recall working well with my son, who is now in public high school (not my decision,) was Jill Dixon's writing course, Write with the Best. He was older at the time, so we did book 2, which focussed on expository and informative writing. I liked the way it modeled works of great literature, was challenging and I have felt that the essay preparation will help him in taking the SAT's in a few months.
So, I am considering Book 1 for my daughter for grade 7. So far, I've found out that it focusses more on descriptive writing, following the same idea of following good literature from varying genres. I'm thinking that the works within could start a good book/literature list for the year as well, as I'd want her to read them in full, not only excerpts.
Tell me..........I know that IEW is popular as is Classical Writing, but why are these books not mentioned? Are they just older and people go with the new? Does anyone have any opinions on them or experience? Anything one might have to offer may help me out tremendously.
Thank you so much for your time!
Janice
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This has been very helpful to me. Infact, when I made the switch, I started my daughter in the beginning of the grade 6 book even though she has progressed some into the sixth grade year and we are midway. It is good, solid review. I liked what I saw so much, that I purchased it for my younger daughter.
I feel better about it now and will stay with it to see how sticking to one program goes. Honestly, we changed so much, that was even detrimental. Problem is, when I purchased my book lots they were really new off ebay, but included 2 student books in each lot. So I have an extra for both grades 3 and 6 to sell now! It shouldn't be a problem, but my bookshelves are overflowing and it is time to post more to make room!
Thanks again, for your sharing with me.
Janice
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Ladies,
I have been following all these math threads because I have a daughter who has great difficulty in math. She is in grade 6 and we've tried countless programs. I've come to terms with it just being her difficult subject and perhaps some learning disability there, as she forgets what I teach on a Friday, by Monday. She is VERY bright in english and other subjects.
So, I have found she needs repetition and lots of it. I have also realized that she cannot view math on a computor, so programs of that nature are out. We have settled on Rod and Staff. I was glad to know that it went up to grade 8.
After reading the lastest thread on this today, I am concerned with the comments that grade 7 and 8 are not good preparation and a student could not go directly into upper level math. Since I think we need to stay the course with her, what would be a math that would make sense to enter into in grade 9 after completing R&S?
This particular daughter already knows what she would like to do as a career and that is dog grooming and walking. She would like to go to community college 2 years, dog grooming school and then eventually open her own dog grooming business. So, that is the type of math she will need...skills to keep records, receipts, taxes, etc. Hubby is a bit upset over this, as the other two are college bound, some how if we can afford it. I'm actually quite happy for her, as I see it as a perfect fit and see the market for it in our area. At the same time, we are watching college grads be unable to locate work.
So....any thoughts? I'd so appreciate any advice or ideas for her math sequence. This has gotten me a bit worried this morning!
Janice
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Thanks, Karin and Deb. Sounds like a pretty positive review. I think we may go for it and add something fun that is structured instead of the girls just "doing there thing." Infact, I see a few on ebay right now.
Thanks so much,
Janice
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I was wondering if anyone has used this with their children. We have gone from keeping an art scrapbook of famous artists and doing narrations, to a little art instruction cdrom on drawing, and now to free wheeling whatever the kids want to do themselves, while mom lays exhausted in her chair. I am feeling the need to do something more structured once again, but really affordable. Any knowledge or experience with Lambs Book of Art, Level 1 and 2? My daughters are ages 8 and 11.
Thanks so much!
Janice
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Dear LNC,
I understand somewhat. I say somewhat, as we all have individual journies with our health.
To answer your question, you could go grey or white. I am 44 and have been very sick for 2 years now. I let it go, as part of my autoimmune stuff is chemical sensitivities and food intolerances. At first, I used a rosemary and sage tea mix to stain it. It takes patience and time..about a month to see a change and it is subtle. I found it too time consuming and as part of accepting all my changes, I just found it easier to give up! I try to look neat and nice in other ways.
I'm so sorry that you are struggling with these issues. Are you currently homeschooling? It is hard, but the best for us, as it keeps the amount of illness and chemicals out of our home, thus keeping me weller and more able to be a mom and deal with things.
Good luck with the hair decision!
Janice
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Hello Jennifer,
Yes, I do! I have many opinions on this program. I have used several spelling programs during our years of homeschooling. We used Spelling Power, Natural Spelling, lists from Beechick's books, and I've probably forgotten what else. I love Simply Spelling. It gets children away from simple lists and spelling out of context. I also like the fact that it is not "workbooky".
As far as where to start, I have the cdrom so it is grades 3-12. When you consider the cost, it is truly inexpensive for all those years. I would just put your child in their grade and if you see a need to adjust, you can. Remember, you are always in charge, not curriculum.
I guess I will give a pitch for Shoelace books while I am at it. I taught my daughters to read using Simply Phonics. It was wonderful. I do use Laurie's Simply English as well. It is similar to PLL however, a bit updated, and now the newer editions speak more to the child. We've used it off and on through the years. I say this, as we use R&S english, however, I do not want my youngers into something that intensive. So, we switch off and I feel it is a perfect mix and a motivating change for us all.
Yes, I wouldn't hesitate to go with Simply Spelling! It is so nice, also to print out a grade level..so easy. Laurie Hicks makes herself very available to people by email as well.
Hope something here I said helps......
Janice
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You can check out some of the best on www.needs.com. I use mostly Thorne, as I am chemically sensitive and am intolerant and/allergic to most fillers. They are expensive, but this site gives a discount.
Hope that helps,
Janice
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Hi,
I frequently visit this board and am in Central NJ...well, Hunterdon Co., but right on the edge of Mercer County if any of you are familiar. I have a son, 17, in public school, but still homeschool my two daughters, ages 8 and soon to turn 12. I was involved in 2 hs groups here that were great, but could not keep up due to chronic illness of mine, but am thrilled to still be able to teach my girls at least. We "try" to be classical, but in truth are a classical, cm, ECLETIC mix. Great to see other NJ girls!
Janice
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You both have given me something to think about. It is interesting to have one daughter absolutely hate it and the other love it. They are all so different. Now, if I can only figure out what to do for my older daughter..........
Thanks again!
Janice
I'm back and glad to have a schoolroom this year
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Hello Ladies,
It's been a while since I've posted as I took a long summer break, but it definately is fall now though I hate to admit it. :001_smile: I realized how much I missed reading the board here and so I thought I better get back and join in.
I have been concentrating on establishing better routines, but making time for a few field trips and began a new blog just last week to record some of our special moments and my thoughts on homeschooling while chronically ill. We also made our spare bedroom/den back into a library once again and I am so glad to have a place to contain our school time better.....although we still like the couch for cozy reading time and the kitchen for science experiments.
It's a tiny room, but if anyone is interested in taking a peak, here is my new blog address: http://cihspath.blogspot.com and scroll down just a little ways...as I said I am brand new at this!
Blessings to you and your family on your learning journey this year. I'm looking forward to catching up here a bit now.
Jan Lyn (Janice)