Posts by berryMO

Thank you all!!! You are so cool to give me advise on this very yucky subject. I think the tub drain could defintely be the problem. I'll keep you posted on what happens Thanks!

We had some fruit flies last fall from fruit lying around, the regular reasons, but they never went away. Now I am past annoyed. Anyone with any suggestions as to how to get rid of them? They are in our kitchen and in our...

Thank you ~heatherdeg~ I had found the link to that first one but had not found the forum thread, that was very interesting. They mentioned a book: Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway, I want to see if I can barrow from out local library. ...

Do any of you have experience with a grey water pond? It seems to me some time back someone here was talking about making one, it even seems to me she posted a drawing? Anyways, I am interested now and am looking for info. on doing...

I'm probably not the one to ask since I now have one in PS and one I'm starting K at home with but... I worked evenings the past 2 years one or 2 or sometimes 3 evenings a week. I thought it was working just fine but our life was...

I'm reading Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola and love the ideas in it. I have heard wonderful things about Singapore Math - I'd love to be able to thumb through it and see one sometime. We are using Saxon Math with ds and...

Yes, the cross contamination is something to be worried about. I have a friend with a son who severe nut allergies, we noticed at a theme park we went to that they used the same ice-cream scoop for the nut icecream, dropped in a pan of...

I haven't gotten a chance to read this whole thread but I have been assisting with reading in my ds's class and the kids are all over. The teacher lets each child read books at his or her own level. Does not expect every child to be at...

I'm just watching this thread. I have experienced similar things... Home schooling was a very big struggle but ds was ultimately a well behaved and well liked child when we were out and about. We put him in ps and now it is like...

herstorian, It was so interesting to hear about how things work in your country. We should appreciate our fredom more I guess. It would take so much planning for you to have to order the foods you can't get locally! I admire you! Most...