Peaceseeker
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You will enjoy the fruits of that labor for weeks to come! Those menu plans sound yummy so I might get inspired to do some freezer cooking myself one day soon!
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Driving us nuts and hoping we will cave is part of their strategy, lol...
We unplugged for 2 months this summer other than a handful of family movie nights. It was good for all of us, but especially for my son. He really needed it and it was nice that he could finally talk about something other than a video game!
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Honestly if they are losing that many employees at once you are in a strong position to negotiate. Think about what you want and stick with that. Consider if you want full time if they offer it. But feel free to say you were hired as a part time worker and that is all the work you are looking for right now. If you can only work 4 days a week specify that. If you can't work Mondays, specify that.
There will be some new employees to replace the old and some of those will pick up the slack. Just be clear about what you are and are not willing to work and go from there. Management changes always unsettle staff, but I suggest riding it out and seeing if you are not in a better place at the other side.
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It seems like the 2000 model had a five point adjuster for how sharp the point would be when sharpened. The newer Angel model does not seem to have this feature. However, I don't see why I would need any setting other than sharp? Am I missing something?
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1 hour ago, SusanC said:
So all six of us that click on "pencil sharpener" threads have the same pencil sharpener (varying colors)! I wasn't going to jump in because it is a bit on the pricey side, but now that mine has been consistently sharpening pencils (lead and color) for multiple years I'm happy to think of the per annum cost as quite low. ?
Seriously, I keep buying bad ones and I have spent that much already probably. I am ready for a quality one that lasts!
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My daughter thought this was a weird question to post but I knew the hive would have a favorite pencil sharpener!
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Ok I feel like a really big nerd for the amount of time spent researching pencil sharpener today (and for possibly ordering a $30-40 one made in Japan, lol..)
Question- are these hard to use without the desk clamp? Are you able to just hold it and sharpen pencils? Some of the Japanese models don't appear to come with the clamp like the Chinese line does.
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Every time I have bought an electric one it has been a dud that unevenly grinds down the pencils. I would love an old school wall mounted metal one, but don't really have a good place to mount it. My daughter had a favorite manual handheld one that she lost and we can't remember the brand ?
Help! We are pencil lovers in this house but never have a good sharpener!
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I remember being very worried about my kids having friends when I pulled my daughter out of kindergarten and my son was pre K. Sure they might meet some fellow homeschoolers, but would they have a best friend?
As it turns out, both my kids do indeed have friends, and best friends. I put myself out there to join a local homeschool group even though I didn't want it be sociable myself. The park days every other week along with once or twice a month field trips or parties turned out to be plenty of time for them to develop close friendships.
I know it feels hard to get every one out when you have younger kids but I would encourage you to get involved with your local homeschoolers, whoever they are, while your kids are young. If that is park days or rec days or field trips or coops or whatever it is- do that thing. It is worth the investment later and things do get trickier for middle schoolers and teens not already established in a group. Middle school is such a hard age to be the new person or the outsider. Find the friends now and prioritise some time for them now, especially while school doesn't take that long. I never regretted taking time in elementary school to cement those friendships.
As a bonus, you might make a friend or two yourself to share this homeschool journey. ?
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21 minutes ago, goldberry said:
Are you looking at Long under the regular sizes? Because there is Long and then Tall. The talls are 34, I wear them!
I find their sizing chart really confusing so this is good to know! Old Navy always seems to run big on her so I am not sure what waist size to order and they don't carry the smaller sizes with tall in our local stores (starts at an 8 in store). She wore a size 2 in their shorts this summer. I am tempted to try a 4 tall and see how it works.
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57 minutes ago, goldberry said:
Old navy original straight.
I wish these would work because the prices are so good! The tall only goes to a 32" inseam though.
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I am wondering if Old Navy might have any that work. I think they do have stretch in them though. It seems like when we were at the store last year they didn't start the long size until size 8. Online looks like they may have a 4 or 6 tall though...hmm...
Never mind- the tall inseam is only a 32".
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I am looking for classic straight leg jeans that come in a 34" inseam. We have found one or two styles of Levis that work, but not many. Waist is around a size 6 (28"). She doesn't like the leg opening to be too wide (no bootcuts or straight legs that look too wide). She hates any stretch in the fabric. She hates jeggings and skinny jeans. We found one pair of Levis she loved last year but they have very few of her new size around. She feels the classic 505 is a little wide in the leg opening.
She liked these 712 slims but there is very little around in her size:
https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/clothing/women/jeans/712-slim-jeans/p/188840119
She loved these high waisted straight Levi 724, but the inseam only goes to 32".
https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/clothing/women/jeans/724-high-rise-straight-jeans/p/188830008
Any other brands we could try with something similar that have a 34" inseam?
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7 hours ago, Tanaqui said:
Do you have any topics you particularly want to avoid?
Well I would prefer not too much sexuality at this age. Still trying to keep it fairly PG!
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15 hours ago, Lori D. said:
Do you want this to start moving into beginning/gentle formal literature study? Or do you want works for reading on his own for personal enjoyment?
I ask, as if you are thinking of doing fantasy literature as a beginning literature study, Literary Lessons from the Lord of the Rings is a terrific 1-year gentle intro program that covers each chapter of the trilogy with great notes and explanations, and has 12 units of material on related topics. It is geared for gr. 7-12, but (IMO) is best for solid readers and those who haven't already had a lot of literary analysis and formal lit. study yet.
There is also Further Up and Further In, a year-long unit study on the 7 books of the Chronicles of Narnia (grades 4-8). And if interested in the Harry Potter series, there is Hogwarts Academy (science tie-ins).
I think I am looking for a combination of some pleasure reads and some that are a little more challenging for school. I considered LLLOTR but he has actually already read a good bit of the supplementary literature in that program from our medieval history program last year.
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I am trying to create a list of fantasy literature for my 7th grader this years.
Things he has recently enjoyed:
Rangers Apprentice series
Lots of Dragon Ball z books
In the past he has enjoyed:
Percy Jackson books
Dealing with Dragons series
The Hobbit
We may attempt the Lord of the Ring trilogy this year, but I would like some other titles to try out as well.
Thanks!
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We did two years of pre Algebra using three different programs. The first year we did Math Mammoth before switching in the second year to the Lial's textbook with an online class. We also tried a few months of Derek Owens over the summer between years, but decided to try a live class instead for the second go round. I felt like the second year was a solid needed review. Math Mammoth moved very quickly and while my kid could have been pushed on to Algebra, I think they would have struggled and been frustrated. It was hard to take the slower path, but after asking for advice on these boards, and reading thread after thread about kids getting stuck on higher math due to a lower math issue, I just decided to do a second thorough review.
I feel much better about starting Algebra this year. While it may still be a bit of a struggle, I am feeling much more confident that we will have a successful year if we just go slow and steady at our own pace through the material. My kid needs more review for things to stick. I wanted to push forward and stay on a certain pace, but I am very glad I made the decision to slow down instead.
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AAS was a bust for us around the end of level 2. My child could never memorize all the rules. (Rote memorization was always a problem) We took a year off from formal spelling around that age and switched to a copy work program that incorporated a lot of commonly used words (Spelling Wisdom) in their context from literature. That clicked much better than writing a word so many times ever did with my kid. We then switched to Sequential Spelling in 4th grade and have made a lot of improvements in spelling over the last 4 years.
AAS felt tortuous for my kid by a certain point. And there was just no retention- nothing was sinking in. I think my child just needed to write more for the common words and see them in context. Then later we needed the patterns/word families approach of Sequential Spelling. It did take a while for spelling to start clicking. Sometimes I think everything we did before fourth grade in spelling was a complete waste of time. But my no good, very bad, horrible speller is now an average to good speller armed with a word processor to clean up the edges. There is still plenty of time for things to turn around with your little one too. Hang in there!
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This will so be my child in college. So much medical anxiety and drama...I do have to remind doctors when we visit that the anxiety goes into overdrive with anything medical. And it is so tricky because most of the time I know it is the anxiety taking over, but as a mom you don't want to miss anything either.
Since your daughter has been dwelling on the nerve pain and tingling, perhaps she will feel better in the end to have things ruled out. I do think it is helpful when the doctor is aware of the mental health component as well. When my kid had the first panic attack and immediately became convinced the chest pain meant something was wrong with the heart, it was helpful to hear the doctor ask questions like "have you ever had pain with exercising? Do you ever feel like you can't keep up with the other kids while running, etc..?" My child felt better after being checked over.
It didn't matter that I knew it was a panic attack. I didn't want to have my kid obsessing over their heart health or to feel like I had missed something on the tiny chance it was anything else and I had brushed it off. The doctor explaining the physical symptoms of anxiety is what was needed along with being checked over. Hopefully your daughter can find out more information that reassures her and rules out anything triggering her anxiety.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Woody Harrelson
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Also the 25 words can feel like a lot for a third grader, especially if they are handwriting resistant. With my second child I let him do some of the first level out loud or with me scribing for him on the dry erase board. He didn't mind the spelling, but he was very resistant to the writing, especially with pencil and paper. We had to do math for a long time together on the dry erase board as well. His spelling has improved a lot as well. The program has worked great, even with all the adjustments I had to make in the first year. For later elementary and middle school it has been fairly smooth sailing with SS.
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We love Sequential Spelling and have used it for several years. However both of my children were very frustrated with it when I tried to start too early. I know they say 3rd grade but my kids did better starting in 4th. We had to put it away for the 3rd grade year.
A dry erase board worked better for us than a notebook when they were younger. I point out patterns sometimes and show them when something is breaking the rules. I point out all the homophones as we go.
For my perfectionist, can't get any wrong, type child it was very frustrating in the beginning. I wasn't able to use the program as intended for the first three months or so. I basically previewed the list with her, went over the pattern and helped a lot. We had a lot of talks and I never called it taking a test every day. It was just practice. She finally got into a rhythm and was able to later use the program as designed after a rocky start.
We struggled with spelling so much in the early years and this was the only thing that worked. Even though she was resistant to it and still doesn't love it, it takes 5 minutes a day and her spelling improvement is amazing. I am glad I didn't give up on it.
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Is she on board with the early morning high protein breakfast? Everyone was always trying to force me to eat breakfast but I was always fine at school til lunch. The most I wanted to do was a snack around 11 am, but if I couldn't have that I was ok til lunch.
Could you just give her a snack to pack in her bag in case she gets hungry if she is not in the mood for breakfast?
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Wait- your teenager doesn't already know everything????
Mine totally does :)
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Bra-- hard to fit? Or, is there such a thing as a comfortable bra?
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I have had luck with Cacique bras. I like the comfort lined balconette bras like these:
https://www.lanebryant.com/cushion-comfort-uplift-balconette/prd-347189#color/0000085316