[Unique things you do to save money]

Returning cans/bottles before grocery shopping. Every little bit helps! And we buy as much as we can from Aldis.

 

After the girls glue craft jewels to their projects and I'm ready to toss the project, I pick off the craft jewels to use again!

[1st grade, what do you use?]

My big girl is a 1st grader and here are the main programs we are using this year:

 

BJU Bible 1/2

BJU English and Spelling 1/2

BJU Heritage Studies 1

Horizons Math 3/4 and some Singapore Math 3

Mr Q's Life Science

Readers, library, music, art/crafts, read alouds, hand writing

PE, bike safety, health, patriotism (required by state)

 

I utilize this website often:

http://havefunteaching.com/

[When do you find the time and privacy for.. ahem.. "alone time?"]

Can your mom take the kids somewhere for a few hours at the very least? A museum, lunch, a playground, the mall, or all of the above! Does your 2 month old nurse exclusively?

[How do you identify yourself?]

Homeschooling, Jesus loving, vegetarian, neat freak, stay at home mom!

[Talk to me about Aldi]

Bring a quarter for your shopping cart (I keep one in the van for Aldi's) and plenty of bags to bag up your groceries.

 

We love Aldi's! We buy as much as we can from Aldi's. I can pack three large, cloth grocery bags for about $30!

[do you do a date night with your husband?]

What do you do?

 

:lol:TeA paaarty!:lol:

[do you do a date night with your husband?]

Typically we go out to an early dinner then probably the store and veg at home for a while. Then head out to hang out with some friends.

[favorite math manipulative?]

ccccccc - rrrrrrrrrrroooooooooodddddddddddddddssssssss:D

[Cat or dog?]

I.can.not.stand.cats.

 

(Real cats...Garfield is a cartoon, people! :tongue_smilie:)

[Astronomy Picks for a 6yo?]

The Magic School Bus has picture and chapter books about space.

[Which sitcom makes you LOL even though you've seen the episodes many times??]

Oh! Monk makes me LOL too!!!

[what's your "crack?" (food)]

Coffee :drool5:

Burger King side Casear salads :drool5:

carrot cake from a local restaurant :drool5:

[Spiral and colorful math]

 

The Singapore textbook is colorful, but there aren't enough practice problems to build his confidence.

 

.

 

Singapore Primary Math offers an "extra practice" book.

 

And I agree...don't spend your nights coloring in his workbooks! :D

[Which sitcom makes you LOL even though you've seen the episodes many times??]

Malcolm in the Middle...

 

For some reason, I can really relate to the mom Lois. :D

 

 

:iagree::iagree:

[Which sitcom makes you LOL even though you've seen the episodes many times??]

I was watching some episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and was just laughing and laughing :rofl: even though I've seen them 100x and knew what was coming!!

 

Which sitcoms make you LOL over and over??

[prednisone??]

DH took this for poison ivy before and he broke out in swollen hives on this hands! And it did go away after he stopped taking it.

[Home Schooling TV Show]

You should ask permission to use this as your theme song:

 

[Overwhelmed]

Do you have family nearby that would be willing to help out here and there?

 

Or it may be cheaper to hire someone to watch the boys for a couple of hours so you can get stuff done around the house?

 

Do the boys help out? The oldest two can definitely pick stuff up and put away. The oldest could have the job of keeping the bathroom clean - wiping out the sink and wiping up the floor, for example.

 

Is it reasonable to have a client every other month instead of monthly? This could be temporary then you can go back to monthly.

 

On days you have client meetings, I would use the crockpot - then dinner will be all ready for you without any work. You can also premake some meals and freeze them for the week. Frozen dinner rolls are also awesome! I spray a muffin tin with cooking spray mid-morning, drop a frozen roll in each cup and they are ready for baking by dinner time!

 

Just some ideas....

[Anyone here SUPER good with web design or run a web design business?]

http://www.designbynewton.com/

[Child with a cold--stay or go?]

Staying home would be difficult yet, IMO, the right thing to do.

 

:iagree:

[What would you serve as sides with crockpot roasted chicken]

Rice pilaf, dinner rolls and a casear salad.

[How much personal pocket money do you use?]

:eek::blink:I'm blinking in confusion right now?? Pocket money on myself?? LOL! I voted $0-5.

Except for the bag I bought myself on vacation last week, I can't remember the last time I just went out and bought something for myself for the "heck of it". On our trip, I did buy myself a dress and a skirt but returned it the next day because I thought about how the girls needed new sneakers and a winter coat soon!;)

 

ETA: I give myself a $20 a week allowance, and I do buy salads from Burger King with that money but that's for my lunches. So of course that money spent at BK isn't spent at the store for me. Most of my allowance money goes to buying treats for the girls!

 

ETA #2: And it's not a mom thing with me, I was never one to go out and spend money on stuff for myself above essentials.

[When do you do the bulk of your hs buying?]

Year round as needed.

[When did you suspect your child was gifted, and what did you do about it?]

I have no idea where to start..

 

The library. Get a card, check out some kid's books and read to your baby. Sing songs, put different sorts of music on, talk about your day, tell your baby what you are doing while you are doing it (ie. making dinner, folding clothes), go outside for long walks...just regular stuff!

[If someone referred to their husband as their "lover"]

what would you think? .

 

Just the title of this thread is making me shift uncomfortably around in my chair...