Kris
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Does anyone have an older copy of this book? I have the tenth and eleventh editions, and the recipe I'm looking for isn't in them.
The rolled sugar cookie recipe used to have a variation for drop sugar cookies. One of my books has a separate Drop Cookie recipe, but it has brown sugar in it, so I know it's not what I'm looking for.
Anyone have this? Or know what I'm talking about?
ETA: You know, the book with the red check table cloth on the cover. :-)
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Oh! Me! Me! I have a Nauga! My grandfather, who was an upholsterer, gave him to me!
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I sure hope so! The description says that in addition to vocabulary and paradigms, the CDs contain dramatic readings of narratives from the book. My dds will listen to stuff like this when they go to bed at night--stories, history, bird calls, Latin, poetry readings. I couldn't resist.
Ah! That does sound neet! I look forward to hearing what you think about them when they arrive! Have fun! :001_smile:
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I didn't even know about the audio CDs or I probably would have snapped them up, too! :lol:
What's on them? Is there more than the pronunciation files that are on the website?
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So... you're saying I'm "off-putting." Lol...
Er -- um -- well, IF you are, it's in a good way! :D
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Do you have recipes that you do not share with anyone?
Hum -- secret recipes? Well, I'll have to think about that so I have an answer if anyone ever asks me for one. :lol:
Actually, if I make something someone likes, they don't ask me for the recipe -- thank goodness 'cause I'd have an awful time writing some of them down and might fall into the "recipe sabotage" group. :001_smile: They just ask me to make it for them again.
My Dad has/had a secret recipe for spaghetti sauce that he wouldn't share with us when we were kids and I guess he figured we just wouldn't be paying attention while he was cooking it up! One night, though, he *did* tell us what the secret ingredient was!
Oregano!
Shhhhh! And don't let him know I told you!
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Surely there are more of you out there that got themselves in the same predicament??? I mean we are on the other side of it. We are trying to rectify our mistake.
I am just thinking all the others on the other thread may have scared off those of us that have not been "perfect" and possibly even have <gasp> carried a balance.
Or is this going to be like the IQ thread where everyone is in the Genius catagory??? :001_huh:
Can I just say we learned by doing? Or, maybe, learned what *not to do* by doing? :lol:
I'll be 51 here pretty soon. I posted we haven't had any credit cards for ten years. Wanna guess how much fun I had shopping for the rest of the time? :lol:
The only thing that saved the day was I used to make great money. So when I realized the pickle we were in, we were able to get 'em paid off and in the trash ASAP.
I'd be pretty surprised if anyone in the other thread who either doesn't use them or pays them off every month didn't reach that decision for a *very* good reason -- or maybe several thou$and of them? ;)
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That's great! Let's make shirts!
Homeschool Nazi
"No books for you!"
Okay -- but no cakes.
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I'm wondering if I'm off-putting too, now. Thanks ;)
I like that. I'm going to use that. I'm "off-putting" -- not scary. :D
Really, I just get told I'm wierd a lot, or that I think too much (which, frankly, makes me want to beat people. What an idiot thing to say!?!).:lol:
I think I know what they mean. I think about things until I've run myself around in circles and don't know what I finally decided to do! Doesn't help much -- just keeps me awake at night. I still manage to get myself into plenty of tight spots and I'm not that good at wiggling my way back out of them.
I do not have a plethora of friends, but it's more because people intimidate me, crowds make me nauseous, and I enjoy life here in my hobbit hole. The friends I do have are opposites. I have incredibly dumb, kind friends. Friends that are nearly illiterate, but would give you the shirt off their back. Then I have the ones that are super smart, cold and generally rub people the wrong way.Ah, yes, but do you see what you've just said?! You prefer the "hobbit hole." Being "off-putting" is a way to insure that they don't bother you in there. It's the way you control your environment -- if, in fact, you *are* off-putting. :001_smile:
Oddly, none of them ever argue with me or even questioned it when I took Drew out of school. They were all a little surprised, followed it up with a shrug, and said they figured Drew'd get a top knotch education.Are you sure you're off-putting and not scary? People I know don't argue with me 'cause I'm scary. :D
WTH? Am I off-putting?I've been teasing with you a bit, but only 'cause I get what you're saying. I didn't realize a lot of this myself until it was brought to my attention several weeks ago. Someone I know was comparing me with another lady who totally takes charge of a room the minute she walks in. You can't get a work in edgewise and she reveals *way* too much information, but she just talks and talks and talks. Come to find out, she's a lot like what you describe when you say --
. . . people intimidate me, crowds make me nauseous, and I enjoy life here in my hobbit hole.She feels the same way -- but you'd never know it. Once you get to know her, you find that she really is *very* uncomfortable around people in general. By taking charge of the room, she is controlling her environment to make herself more comfortable.
Then he said, "Then, there's Kris -- she controls *her* environment by scaring everyone off." :lol:
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Regarding the possible strike:
Just be prepared to rebuild come Monday.
And do a couple loads of laundrey.
Oh, and the dishes, you know no one will do the dishes.
You'll probably need to go grocery shopping too.
Are you sure you want to go on strike?
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Gee -- when you put it that way, going on strike sounds like a LOT of work! :lol:
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LOL! I tried this a couple of mos ago. After a day or so, I had to *tell* dh that I was on strike. He's too oblivious otherwise. :glare:
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I am so there right now. Does anyone have the answer?????
I don't know if it's an answer or not -- but I think I'll go on strike this weekend. The walls can't fall down in just two days! :D
Can they?
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I think I'm sold on this for next year. Is the workbook "necessary" or just an extra? Audio CDs? Thanks!
Mary
For us? It's necessary. It's kind of like a test. The workbook is the *last* thing we do, and if we can't breeze through it, we're not ready to move on.
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This really cheered me up.:D
Only because I'm confident that's not me!
:lol: Still laughing...
I have lots of friends! Really I do!!!:D
Thank you!!!
The only reason I know it's not me is because I've never spent that much time in Virginia. :D
When my Taekwondo instructor introduces me to new people, he tells them, "She's just trying to scare you off. Don't pay attention to any of that." :lol:
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Thank goodness. Because I'm about ready to cancel Christmas w/ weather like this!
Fear not! You should be down near freezing tomorrow night. :D
I'm not stalking you -- honestly! Sweetie is running up through Texas today and called earlier asking me to check out the weather for him. You should be able to wave at him around 5:00 p.m. :lol:
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My son has bad handwriting. And by that I mean very very bad. He's just plain sloppy in everything he touches. It's not just the handwriting.
We had a similar problem, but the difference was he had nice handwriting at one point, and it deteriorated. So I knew he *could* do it and did not have any of the possible problems that the other posters have suggested might be an issue. The problem was solved when I *did* throw his papers into the trash and he had to do them over. I, truly, could not read them.
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The dc played outside in shorts & t-shirts for 3-4 hrs this AM! Now what? :confused: It's pretty warm in here, even w/ the windows open, & the a/c is off for the yr. :lol:
Even for Tx, this is weird. We could like...cook out. Maybe swim. :001_huh:
Aye -- we're in the 60s here today. Now what? Well -- tomorrow night it's supposed to get down to 8 degrees. And I hear that cold front is headed your way, too. ;)
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The OP's question will never be able to be debated fully with those who use the bible to support their premise against those who do not believe the bible is to be taken 100% literally. It will (and has) digress into one side "preaching" to the other side. Interjecting quotes to convince is only effective if both sides agree as to the authority of the source. It may surprise some of you to know that some who do not take the bible as an ultimate authority have actually studied it, so the quotes are not unknown, just not accepted as final authority.
Please also know that a person not accepting the bible as ultimate authority does reflect upon those people who do. I am not against you, I do not want to change you. I do not think you are "bad," nor do I want to stifle honest debate. Just letting you know that using the bible to support an argument may be ineffective.
<ducking head>
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This is just sickening. Yes -- that poor, sweet baby.
In reading the article, I'm just at a total loss. I understand that the area was flooded, making the search difficult. But if the meter reader reported seeing a bag there, why couldn't others see/find it? Why wouldn't the deputy investigating the tip follow-up and simply have the witness *show* him where the bag was? How much evidence has been lost because of the delay? There will be more about this, I'm sure.
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How did you all reach the decision to homeschool though high school? Did you consider public, did you feel your kids could make it either place, that you could provide a solid education, or do you think public school better prepares our children for the real world.
First, I don't think any public school -- high school or college -- prepares anyone for the "real world." Our local school certainly doesn't. At least, I hope all the crap that goes on there isn't a reflection of life outside the brick walls. It's ridiculous. I've said before that if my son has to worry about fighting a co-worker at the office to keep him from stealing his briefcase, then I don't have any experience in the "real world" either. Hopefully, by the time they're holding jobs, they've found a way to express their Alpha Male behavior that doesn't involve a rumble in the parking lot.
Second, while I think my son *could* make it in public high school, I don't think he actually would. He is *not* motivated and was basically ignored as long as he sat quietly in the corner -- doing nothing. For this, I cannot blame the teachers. They have students with *real* problems and actually told him and us that they couldn't be bothered wasting time with someone who had the skills/gifts and refused to use them. If he had been able to keep his "class clown" tendencies in check, they would have never complained about him. :D
And finally, I have no confidence in the academics at the local school, either. It's basically daycare for teenagers. A graduate from that school who is successful in college, even at the CC level, is a rarity, not the norm.
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I'm so glad to see all the responses from people who don't have credit cards. We haven't had them for over ten years and I've gotten *so* many funny looks from people because we're so "weird." And sometimes it has been a total PITA -- but right now? I'm sure glad we made that decision.
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I'm not Bill, but about 9 years ago I left a large, Christian homeschool group in Magnolia, TX mainly for this very reason. Listening to a large group(over 30) of moms actually reprimanding and disciplining their children by reminding them about their "sinful nature" gave me the willies. Once we had a meeting to find a way to fire the gay bus driver at the local elementary school, I realized these ladies were absolutely sick in the head and their kids were only going to grow up as ignorant and hurtful as their moms.
Okay -- I'm sure this is a stupid question. But it's going to bug me -- If they were homeschooling, what did a gay bus driver have to do with them?
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Being a night owl myself, I definitely feel my son's pain. Neither of us really "wake up" until the afternoon, no matter when we get up. But if I didn't set a limit, he'd be up on the computer all night. His electronics have to be off by 9:00 p.m., and no phone calls in or out after that, either. After that, he can do what he wants -- reading, studying -- and he doesn't have a set bed time anymore. But after an hour or two of "down time" he sleeps just fine.
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Or possibly two smaller chest freezers so that things will be easier to find. Or one of each -- an upright and a small chest freezer. Any recommendations for us?
I'd probably get an upright because they're just easier, but I wouldn't get getting into it every day. Every time you open them your cold "falls out." :001_smile: A salesman also told me one time not to get a defrosting one, but I can't remember why. Had something to do with the "melted" ice cubes in the regular freezer.
Sorry, my brain is just on vacation today.
Old Copy of Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook?
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*sigh* No, I did not. Thank you for taking pity on me. Can I say I was disoriented, being up so early in the morning, and use that as an excuse?
Thank you, ladies -- that's the one. My mom made those for Christmas every year, too, but the recipe *she* had didn't mention the cherries, so I always thought she "invented" that part. Ah HA! :lol:
ETA: Oops! Guess it wasn't *that* early. Never mind.