Hi there! I am Shannon, wife and helpmeet to Charles, and proud Mama to Dominic, 10..Zachary, 7..and little Charlie, who is a precious 1 year old! Share in our days and homeschooling adventures as we live, laugh, and grow together, embraced in the tender arms of our Lord Jesus. You may find other stuff here, too! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:19:00 -0600 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:19:00 -0600 Nothing much got done today- Charlie has a double ear infection so first thing this morning we went to Vitamin Cottage to get some earache relief homeopathic oral drops and some ear support garlic/willow bark oil to put directly into his ears.  We NEVER do antibiotics for any reason.  Not only do they destroy friendly bacteria in the body, but bad bacteria is constantly mutating to "outwit" the drugs and most strains of infection causing bacteria muatate to elude the drugs long before you have taken the "full course as prescribed by your doctor".  Of course, any doctor will tell you this is not true.  Wonder why? So we got back home, got Charlie fixed up with his stuff, a sippy, and The Incredibles, his absolute favorite movie.  We started to do math lessons but Charlie just wasn't up to moviegoing and wanted me to hold him constantly, so we put work on hold for today.  Tomorrow he should be feeling much better, and I'm going to candle his ears to further draw out infection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In case you have never heard of ear-candling, here's a short description:  Buildup in the ear canal can often trap bacteria and may lead to ear infections, so it's a good idea to candle all your children's ears at least once a month, maybe twice a month during cold/flu season. Ear candles are slim strips of waxed muslin or canvas tightly rolled into an elongated cone shape.  The narrow end is gently inserted into the tip of the ear canal (not crammed).  Don't worry- your child's ear canal is way too small to have the tip of the candle go in too far anyway. You should cut a small hole in a paper plate to fit between your child's head and the candle to act as a shield- it is more relaxing for the child if he/she can't see the flame. You light the large end of the cone, holding tight to the candle the whole time (NEVER light it and walk away) and have a bowl of water and scissors handy.  When it burns down about 2 inches, remoce the candle, snip off the burnt end into the bowl of water, and replace the candle, burning down another 2 inches at time till there's only about 3 inches of the candle left.  Repeat on other ear.  If your child is squirmy/scared, you may want to do this while they're sleeping if they sleep heavy, or have another grown up hold them and reassure them.  This is not the slightest bit painful or even uncomfortable, but some kids get nervous about the fire part. NOW...take the unburned portion you had left, and cut it open longways down one side, and look inside (cue horror movie scream).  You will see a disgusting layer of putrefied brown wax that was previously in YOUR CHILD"S HEAD!!! This is not a guarantee against ear infections, but I recently read a study that sais that children 2 years and up who have regular ear candling done are 75% less likely to have an infection.  I had neglected to candle Charlie's ears before now because he was not yet 2, but this seems like a good time to start! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/229300/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:19:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/229300/ Ahhh...my carpal tunnel flareup has abated and so I can type comfortably now. I must brag on some great finds.  I found a brand new, still in the shrinkwrap 6th grade Lifepac curriculum on ebay for $20, including teacher's manual.  This would go for a minumum of $37 new on the discount websites, and $45 new from AOP Press, befrore shipping!  Woohoo! Today, I went to a local used kids/baby clothing and gear store to look for maternity clothes.  They didn't have a blessed thing over Medium size (did you know that 75% of all pregnant women at any given time are a size 14 or larger?  You'd think they would make more XL clothing) but I did find a brand new science experiment kit with book, magnets, lightbulbs, and wiring.  Amazing what you can find. I really have to say again how valuable paperbackswap.com can be.  Something that really made me happy was that you can earn credits on swapacd.com and transfer them right over to paperbackswap.com.  There were CD's I wanted, but books I wanted more, so I transfered a bunch of credits over and got some great books we can use for lessons such as a children's cookbook from victorian times, a bible curriculum based on the 4 gospels, a devotional book for families, a vocabulary activity book for 6th graders, and a book detailing lesson plans with a Christian theme for 3rd graders.  You can browse the books and put them in your reminder folder if you lack a credit to get them, then go back later when you do have credits.  It has become my new hobby to trade books and cd's.  It is not totally free- there's a $.40 per cd trading fee (you have to "load in" money with a debit or credit card), plus the postage to send it.  There is no processing fee for the book site.  You do have to pay media mail rate (usually about $1.59).  But STILL...$1.59 for a new book or a buck for a CD?  Worth it to me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The boys have been adapting well to the routine of our "school" days, and soon I'll add in additional things and stagger the schedule a bit.  We'll be adding in Science, English & composition, music, and phys. ed.  I still am hunting for a bargain on Zachary's science text, although we play around with some experiments and watch discovery channel quite a bit.  Both the boys' E&C curriculum is on backorder.  Dominic is beginning acoustic guitar lessons, and Zach will be starting karate.  Dominic is undecided between archery or gymnastics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's about all....nothing exciting going on here. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/214360/ Wed, 4 Oct 2006 17:41:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/214360/ I have to keep this kind of brief because my carpal tunnel is really acting up tonight...ouch!  There are a few things as certain as death and taxes that I can count on when expecting a baby.... 1.  A terrifying and grueling 2 weeks of excruciating headaches in my 2nd trimester (all done with those, thank God!) 2.  My face exploding in more zits than a high school chess team. 3.  My nose ballooning up like the goodyear blimp. and... 4.  My carpal tunnel flaring up. Ahhh...the things we endure for these sweet little people! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We officially began our first day of lessons today!  The kids were debriefed last night about the change in schedule so they'd know what to expect this morning.  I did not get up as early as planned to exercize because I was up til 2 am last night helping my husband get packed and ready for his new job (he must live on the jobsite for 2 weeks at a time) and up this morning at 4:30 to say goodbye.  I went back to sleep, and while the kids and I didn't get up til 9, we did in fact begin our lessons schedule on time at 10am.  Yay!  Here's a look at our day...(or what it WILL look like from tomorrow on)... 6:00am- Mom up for 1 hour of personal time.  Reading, devotionals, bible, fresh air outside, whatever. 7:00am- Mom does prenatal exercize dvd for 30 minutes 7:30am- Mom showers and dresses.  I don't bother with hair and makeup unless we have to go somewhere.  The boys love me even when I look like night of the living dead. 8:00am- Boys up!  Make beds, get dressed, feed dog. 8:30am- Breakfast and begin morning chores (dishes, vacuum, fold any clothes, take out trash).  This goes on until 10.  Meanwhile, I am doing my own housecleaning and getting things set up to teach and setting baby Charlie up with stuff to keep him busy during our first Lesson Block. 10am-12pm- Lessons, in this order: Family devotions (we are using the book of Proverbs at present) Bible lessons( using Christian Liberty Press' Studying God's Word series) Math (using Horizons math) History (Dominic using CLP's Story of the Middle Ages, Zachary using CLP's Our Nation Under God) 12pm-12:30pm- Lunch and begin afternoon chores (spot tidying, dishes) then free time til 1:30 when we begin our 2nd Lesson Block which goes from 1:30 to 3:30.  Charlie goes down to nap from about 1 to 3 so this gives us lots of quiet uninterrputed time to work.  He is SUCH a good napper! 1:30-3:30- Second Lesson Block, in this order: Geography (both boys using the Spectrum series) Language arts (Dominic uses Bob Jones Vocabulary at a 7th grade level, Konos' Learn to Write The Novel Way, and the McGuffey progressive speller.  Zach uses Horizon's Spelling & Vocabulary and later AOP Lifepac Lang. Arts.) Health (both use Steck-Vaughn health text) Penmanship (Zach uses horizons, Dommie just practices cursive from a practice book. Science will get added in when we're done with the Health course, but right now we're reading a fascinating book called Life Before Birth available from homeschoolingbooks.com which gives kids a Christian perspective on how life begins and why it's God's plan and design.  Wonderful book, only $11. Okay then, there you have it!  Of course, I mean this schedule to be simply a tool.  We will not become slaves to it and I refuse to stress out if math doesn't get done on time or we have to take an extra day to complete a history worksheet.  Notgundoit! I hope everyone else's school years are going swimmingly so far!  Blessings! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/204749/ Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:40:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/204749/ Well, after several attempts at getting a new password, I am finally able to post! Let's see, what's going on...     We are awaiting a final box of curriculum materials from pennywise.com.  I split my order between them and homeschoolingbooks.com to get the best deals.  All in all I think I made out pretty good for my budget!     We are still in the midst of math review which is going far better than I expected.  Dominic is thoroughly enjoying going back over fractions.  Last year we found a wonderful math website that has awesome math tutorials, very colorful and engaging, Coolmath..  It has been the bes fractions resource ever.     Zach has been much more compliant with his math review than I could have hoped.  Actually, I attribute this change in math acceptance to Math Wrap-Ups.  You can find them at Learningwrapups.com, and not just for math, but every subject.  I got the complete math set, plust the 50 states/capitals tool.  The kids like them so much I was able to skip much of the review I had planned, and Zach got himself an intro to fractions courtesy of his older brother who was so enthusiastic about the wrap-ups, too!  It is just so awsome to see Zach excited about math, which historically is his weakest subject and ellicits the most complaining from him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     All is encouraging on the organization front!  I finally have my long-awaited shelves in the computer/schoolroom!  That room has been full of stacks of books and papers and all manner of junk for so long.  My house is very storage deficient, but this room had been the bane of my exisience.  I have dreamed of rows of neat shelving, filing cabinets, color-coding, and stacks of supplies neatly tucked away in appointe drawers.  To see my house most days, you'd think I was a sloppy housekeeper!  Not So!  I just have nowhere to PUT anything!  But my 4 nice shelves is definitely a good start, and hubby will put up 4 more when he is home this week.  Then, he's driving up to Rangely to help his dad fix a fence and pick up some curtains.  His folks bought a place north of our town recently and are redecorating.  We got their lovely flowered sofa and loveseat and beautiful coffetable, and now we get their nice green curtains.  They're a soft green color with tab tops and there's enough for the computer room and the boys' bedroom...yay!     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Dominic just got his own e-mail address, and he feels sooooooo grown up!     I have been using paperbackswap.com for several months now, and have used some of my credits to get board books for Charlie, who just adores books and can name titles by sight now.  Dominic asked if there were kids books and I said yes, and he asked if he could open his own account.  We tried doing it using my email addy but like most things, you cannot have 2 accounts on one addy, so I decided it was time for the little man to have his own e mail address.  Technically, you have to be 18 or older to do the bookswap, but he is only allowed to swap and receive books I approve, and only under my supervision, so I really saw no harm in signing him up.  I agreed to pay half of his shipping costs.  In case you haven't heard of paperback swap, do check it out.  There are books of all kinds to be had, even homeschooling resources, workbooks, cookbooks, you name it!  There is also a cd swap now, too, and I am just waiting for them to come out with a movieswap.  I can revamp my entire entertainment collection!     Zach, well, he has come a long way since last year.  He hated math, and while his reading skills were up to par, he just did not enjoy it.  That is, until he discovered series chapter books!  He is now blazing his way through the A to Z Mysteries books.  I ordered one for him through a book order form his brother brought home a couple of years ago from school.  He got to pick a book, and picked The Panda Puzzle, I think because it came with a toy, really.  He didn't even read it til this summer, and when he discovered there was a book for every letter in the alphabet, he was stoked.  His step-mom bought him a few more, and it occured to me to look on ebay for more, which I found in abundance.  I could have got him the whole set new and wrapped, but he already had half a dozen, so I got a package of 11 books he didn't have yet, plus 2 more individually.  Then, on a shopping spree with his grandma Peggy and Grandpa Wayne last weekend, he got 2 more he needed, and now he's only lacking, let's see, 5 more, I  think.  When he's done with those, he wants to start on the Magic Treehouse series.     There will be other reading required of him this year, of course.  We are reading a select list of classics together (we're working on Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder at the present) and there will be selections to read for the purposes of working on reading comprehension, but other than that he can devour all the books he wants!  I have no doubts that he is absorbing what he is reading.  I was skeptical at first about the technique called narration desribed by Charlotte Mason, but it really is an effective tool to gauge whether or not your child is learning what he is reading!  Zach can tell a whole book back to me.  You won't find that going on in public school!     Stop the presses!!!  While I was loooking at the Ron Roy website just now (to link youto A to Z Mysteries) I doscovered he has a new series out called Capital Mysteries,  which looks very exciting.  The whole series is set in Washington DC and promises to double as a great and fun historical education supplement! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/198343/ Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:44:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/198343/ Well, we are not early starters this year.  I had my order all ready to go for part of the lids' curriculum materials but had to wait another week to order.  Other bills had to be paid! But, I made the order yesterday from homeschoolingbooks.com, and the remainder will be ordered from pennywiselearning.com in another week or so.  I'm planning on getting started with our schooling schedule the week after the materials arrive, but in order to start clocking hours now, we're doing a review time beginning Monday.  I had good intentions, I really did, to keep the kids fresh minded over the summer, but I failed that one.  The older one has forgotten  multiplying and dividing fractions, and the younger one needs a redo on introduction to multiplication, for starters.  Math will be the main thing, as these are the skills most apt to be forgotten if not used.  How many times over the summer did you find a practical domestic use for converting improper fractions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then, oh joy!  We ran into several people yesterday at the store and out and about, and it went like this each time... "Well!  How did you boys enjoy your first day back at school?" "Oh, we homeschool.  We didn't start school today." "Ummm, oh, I see."  Insert worried or disapproving look from nosy stranger here. There was one lady in the parking lot of Walmart.  I told her I would take her cart because we were going in.  She said, "Well, did you two boys start school today?  How was it?" I said, "We homeschool." She said, "Wow, smart lady!" That made me feel good. There have been some friends who are on either side.  They either praise me for keeping with it, or they act amused that I am "Still going on with this homeschooling notion I cooked up."  Oh well, you can't please everyone, and I don't intend to try! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 11 year old and I had a discussion this morning.  He would have been starting middle school this year along with his best pal who lives a block away.  Well, the bast pal comes home from school yesterday with tales of the cool cafeteria where you have CHOICES! and of the tech ed shop and all sorts of stuff. Dominic got to feeling pretty quickly that he was going to be missing out on SOMETHING  BIG in middle school.   He pouted and stomped and went on about how boring it is at home and how he doesn't want to homeschool.  I calmy reminded him that it really isn't his choice.  If he wants to return to public school for his high school years, we'll see.  But mom still knows what's best at age 11.  I went over again my reasons for choosing to do this...the leading from God, the realization of the blatant anti-Christianity and secularism/humanism leanings of public schools, the desire to keep the family close. I didn't say it to him, but the thought of him attending middle school in particular really scared me.  The one he would have to go to is notorious for bullying problems and there is a police officer in attendance each and every day.  That's scary! Dominic is very small for his age, and I feared he would be eaten alive at the school.  He is so kindhearted and gentle, and I feared his delicate spirit would be trampled on.  Am I guilty of shielding him from bad?  You bet, and I'll defend it to the ground.  There is no sense in throwing our kids to the wolves for the sake of making them tougher.  I don't want my sweet boy to be toughened and cynical.  I want him to remain a godly young man and true to his age and his heart. I also reminded him that dad has a much better job this year and that I had in store much more exciting materials and activities.  We can afford guitar lessons karate, field trips.  Videos and more books.  I assured him it would be different but I anticipate fighting the public school envy monster continuously this year. Well, on go the gloves.  Bring it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/188384/ Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:24:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/188384/ Homescooling Books. com is a great place to find big name curriculum as well as a huge selection of living books and materials, manipulatives, bibles, and more. If you place an order of $200 or more, shippping is free.  Thought i'd pass on that little nugget. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/184676/ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/184676/ Well, it has been a long time! First thing's first!  I recently received Dominic's test scores from the Standford Acheivment Test he took in April, and my brilliant boy scored in the upper 70th percentile of 5th graders in the country!  Most subjects, his performance was rated at that of a 7th to 9th grader, except in reading comprehension, in which he scored at a 3rd grade level.  Dominic!  I had a feeling that would happen.   He is a very fluent and advanced reader, and on all comprehension exercizes he did really well, but I just knew he would gloss over the selections on the test because he was worried about time allowed to finish.  But...no matter.  I know and he knows what an excellent reader he is, and that's good enough for me. I decided to take the traditional 3 months off for summer vacation.  This coming school year, I am going to try a different schedule approach, mainly due to the coming addition to our family!  Miller baby #4 is due mid February, so some creative scheduling is in order. We'll begin earlier, probably in late August instead of late September this year (IF I can get together all the materials I need to order in time), take less time off in December, and extend the learning year into July.  This way, I can take a substantial amount of time off after the baby comes.  I am certain that one or two specific people will, before too long, start quizzing me about "just how do you think you're going to homeschool your two older boys with a toddler and a newborn to take care of?" Not that I don't have moments of transient panic about being a mom to 4 kids.  I have them for sure.  Not just about homeschooling, but just in general.  HOW will I possibly do grocery shopping with 4 kids?  HOW will I ever get a shower in the morning with 4 kids?  HOW........but then I have to stop myself and think about some families I know with more than 4 kids. It happens.  They make it work somehow, and I can, too.  I think of the ways I adapted when my second baby came along, then my third, and that's just IT!!!  You have to adapt, reform schedules and routines and your ways of doing things. So as far as homeschooling goes, I'm quite sure I'll run into some roadblocks and rough days, but I hear tell even the experts and veterans do, too.  I am so very inspired by families I see who homeschool many children successfully (Stephanie, you know who you are).  I plan to take advantage of the long periods of sleep that a newborn goes through, and later on, the predictable and mostly reliable two nap a day scenario to get the bulk of our lessons done in.  My husband also has blocks of time off which will be quite helpful. So....I have more or less decided what programs to use for curriculum this year.  I just could not find what I wanted in an all inclusive prepackaged curriculum, so it's a hodgepodge of things...actually, I am still fence sitting on the language arts program, but I've got the rest pretty much worked out. For math, both boys will do the Alpha Omega Lifepacs  (Zachary is not strong in math so he'll begin with the second grade pack instead of the third grade and we'll see how it goes) Science will be Bob Jones 3 and 6 Bible study will be Christian Liberty Press Bible Series 3 and For History/Government, Zach will do CLP's One Nation Under God, and Dominic will do the Bob Jones History Program Heritage Studies.  For geography we will use the Modern Curriculum Press' Maps, Charts, and Graphs books for grades 2 and 6. All subjects (except math) will be supplemented by a variety of living books and activities. We are still deciding what elective type courses to add this year.  The boys are not very enthusiastic about learning a foreign launguage yet so I'm not going to push it, though I thought it would be fun to learn German.  Maybe later.  I'd really like to do more art this year and get them both interested in a musical instrument and an intensive involvment project like gardening or building something large.  To round it all out, we'll talk about and choose a project to do all year.  One idea we had so far was the Operation Christmas Child boxes.  We sent out three last Christmas, but this year (for Christmas of 2007)we would like to collect shoe boxes and things to go in them all year long, and hope to be able to send out at least 50 boxes come November 2007).  It would involve the boys putting aside some money as we went along, too, since each box requires $5 in postage. So, yes I'm nervous about the coming year.  But I am hopeful, too, that I can put aside the mistakes and failures of  our first year and learn from them.  I can't really say the year was a failure in all, just certain things we tried to do fell flat at times.  But not being a "freshman" homeschooler anymore feels pretty darned good, and I am confident now that it is a lifestyle we can sustain barring any life emergencies.  Onward! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/176140/ Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:17:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/176140/ Well, I can breathe now.  Public schools are out for the summer, so I can let go of that semi tense feeling I get whenever the kids play outside before 4 pm!  We've been officially finished for several weeks now. Honsestly, I am so bad at recording and tracking things that I have no idea how our year shaped up in terms of following our state's guidelines for the amount of days and hours our kids must homeschool.  I did pretty good for awhile, recording daily and accumulated learning time in a notebook.  I DID count things like sunday school, bowling league, and field trips as academic hours.  All in all, I bet we broke about even, some weeks going really strong and doing all kinds of extra things, and some weeks taking days off here and there. I am pretty confident that I'll be able to better handle recordkeeping next year.  We are enrolling in an umbrella school that will handle all that for me- all I have to do, I suspect, is call in our weekly or monthly hours.  It will also protect us from compulsory standardized testing.  I still may decide to do it, but for my own information only. I am going to spend time over the summer shopping and comparing curriculum for next year.  I've decided to go with A Beka for the bulk of the material, but there are some other really great resources for specific subjects from other publishers I want to look at, too. Soooo....I really won't be blogging much if at all until the fall.  If you want to keep up on what's going on with me and the family, visit my personal blog at homesteadblogger.com/MamaMiller/. I hope you all have a great summer! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/140735/ Thu, 25 May 2006 14:43:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/140735/ With testing behind us, I can see the finish line!  Just two more months to go (roughly) to fulfill our 172 day obligation to the state.  I have made the decision to continue with a very abbreviated lesson schedule during the summer consisting of 20 to 30 minutes 2 to 3 times a week.  We'll do mainly review of concepts learned over the school year.  And of course, we'll continue to frequent the library and check out books and educational videos.  Good thing my kiddos like to watch those...I don't have to force them to sit and watch! I got a new bumper sticker for my car.  I ordered it online and it took FOREVER to get here.  It reads "HOMESCHOOLING:  The SAFE Alternative."  I am hoping that somewhere, sometime, it catches someone's eye and just makes them think.  Plants a seed.  That's how I see myself right now, a gardener for God. I am not yet ready to be an outspoken witness to my faith or my choice to homeschool, and I think God is letting me know that this is okay...that He has bigger plans for me later but for now, I am a seed planter, and I am to live so others can see His love coming through me and yearn for that for themselves.   I feel I have a long way to go.  Sometimes I don't think I am doing a very good job for God, but I'm always trying. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/116646/ Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/116646/ Yay, testing time is OVER!!!  I can stop stressing about it and just breathe, figure out what needs to be taught for the rest of the school year, and get it DONE! Dominic indicated that the test was pretty easy, so I feel good about it.  However, I won't get to know the results until late May or early June! I have been pretty much doing review work with Zach during this testing time, but I have let them both know that Monday morning we're getting right back into a normal schedule (insert heavy sighing and eyerolling here). I am into the final stretch of making decisions on next year's curriculum, and when I have it all worked out, I'll post my lineup.  I initially was going to go with A Beka for the whole shebang, but I have since discovered some components I like better than what they have to offer for a few different subjects.  I am fortunate to have been able to look closely at the Abeka curriculum belonging to a friend who uses it.  I wish I could just wave a magic wand and know exactly what will work best for my kids.  Trial and error can be spendy and STRESSFUL! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/114841/ Sat, 8 Apr 2006 20:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMiller/114841/