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I was very happy work and school were canceled yesterday for the kids. I am thankful DH took a vacation day instead of waiting to see if his boss shut down the plant Thursday. As it turns out his office-mate made it in. They dismissed everyone at 1030 am. This is when it was really getting bad...

I am challenging myself to take teaching my religion to my kids back from the church. I plan to read devotions nightly with my younger two and put inspiring quotes and scriptures on my oldest child's mirror. If anyone is interested, please join me. I started not to post here but I was lazy and...

Hi All!!! Its been a bit...I have sure missed everyone!!! So I am teaching 2 of my co-workers today the "art of couponing" we all have jobs...that barely cover the bills and they see what I am doing and have asked to learn ;) I LOVE sharing so I agreed. So now my question for all of you...

Hi all. My dd is 12 and got her first sewing machine for Christmas. I need to teach her but honestly I am not great myself. Anyone have any sites that might help her for basics?

How do you teach your kids to be generous?

is being eliminated in order to keep the coaches. They will be given my English classes. Fortunately, we have 2 years of both of our salaries in savings. I decided to go to grad school, get my masters, and raise our son until kindergarten. It's going to be a stretch, because we will have to...

http://www.teachingtextbooks.com I'm looking for something "more" for my 12yo son who doesn't feel he knows enough LOL. Has anyone used this before? Did you like it?

Has anyone had this experience? I have someone wanting to learn English who stutters. He stutters in his native tongue too...but he claims if he practices enough he gets over it. Is this true? or have I misunderstood him? Any ideas for games and fun things I can do every day with him or...

So a while ago, I had an issue with my supervisor expecting me to cover work expenses out of my own money and wait to be reimbursed. That got resolved when I went over her head. Now I work with a petty chas float and she tops it up when it gets low. She never submits her claims on time, and...

I was wondering if any of you have taken a class for teaching sewing? Like this http://www.kidscansew.com/ or this http://www.palmerpletsch.com/workshop_teachtrain.htm The 2nd one is more clothing oriented. The closest teacher in my area (for the first link) is about 250-300 miles away, and...

Like, Ni Hao, Kai-ian that teaches chinese? I love it! Or Dora the explora that teaches Spanish? On Nick.. I've learned simple words from this myself. lol

Yesterday I started teaching dd10 to sew. She spend the afternoon sewing straight lines on looseleaf paper. Then we graduated to corners, and circles and swirls. She did fantastic. Today, if we have time, she'll to the same, but this time with felt, to get a feel for fabric. If that goes well...

I am homeschooling my 16 yr old daughter this year for the first time. I have thought about doing this years ago but have always been working and never found the time or thought I couldn't do it. However this year we moved from Mississippi to Alabama. Upon moving here we found out that the...

1. Start early Parents have to start teaching their kids money lessons at a younger and younger age--as early as 3 or 4. That's because children are learning about what money can buy early on in their lives. Academic research shows that children who are bombarded with television commercials and...

To NBA players... How's this for a statistic? :yikes: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3469271

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/24/9846/ The life expectancy of National Football League players might have as much to do with teaching art as the factory farming fired middle school teacher Dave Warwak is accused of teaching. But it formed the backbone of Cornell University...

Hi everyone! I sooooo want an etsy shop to make extra income with! LOL. Really, I need one. What I wondered is if anyone knows how I could learn to use my sewing machine and how to crochet. Nobody I know..knows how to do either and I would very much like to. Crocheting is not really at the top...

How do you go about teaching kids to cook? I know how I learned and I hated every minute of it..lol. My mom was terrible at the patience thing. I don't want to be that. I have 2 kids that are at the age they can, I was cooking at their ages. So I want to get them more involved. So, what...

'I' is for investing: teaching kids the basics A solid fiscal education for kids goes beyond the principles of spending and saving to include an understanding of investing.

After reading the many repsonses to my previous thread (Most frugal friend/relative), I am left to wonder where the breakdown in frugal traits occured between the generations. Obviously, an earlier generation lived through the depression. Younger generations either kept the spirit of frugality...