Hubby and I are off on a roadtrip with the kids from tomorrow until next Wed-ish. I did see the responses in the forum and am not ignoring them. I will address them as soon as I return.

In the meantime, positive thoughts and prayers would be most welcome. We have been offered the jobs of our dream and are going to check the place out.

I will be checking in on the road but being in the car all day with the kids for 2 days, then 2 days home. I can't guarantee I will return with…

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Big Surprise. I am a socialist. No, I am not getting into a political debate here. I have come to beg.

Are you aware that many of our bridges, roads, and the electrical grid are standing on shaky ground? When designed, they were not meant to handle the current population load or to stand as long as they have. Many bridges in the US are 40 years out of date or more. As you read it, you are most likely connected to the same electrical grid that was designed to handle half the current…

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Forgive my rant please as I am on little sleep and immensely frustrated. For your reading pleasure, I would like to discuss something a little uncomfortable.

Being wrong.

As a homeschooler and alternative educator, I love being wrong. Yes, it stings a little, most especially when its a firmly held belief that is being challenged...but sincerely, I love being wrong. Being wrong is not a reflection of my character or of my intelligence, it is just a temporary state, one so easily…

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As some folks here are aware I've been ill for about two months. Tomorrow I am scheduled to have a lung function test on the lung that's functioning correctly to see if I can live with that one alone. Depending on the results, the docs are immediately scheduling a pneomonectomy or a lobectomy on the left. During either surgery they are going to remove a rib to determine why I keep cracking them. I have broken two on either side over the course of six weeks.

So here goes...I'm scared. My… Continue