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meganrussell

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  1. What's wrong with being different? The herd mentality is what's wrong with the world today. I dont mind sticking out. Anytime I put my opinion on any board here, I get made fun of or picked on. Why? I'm not controversial at all. Not confrontational or anything. I just nicely add my thoughts to everyone else's. I don't see the problem? I believe in a literal 6 day creation and a young Earth. I believe dinosaurs walked with man. And for that I'm considered unintelligent?
  2. As a Christian, I am happy to read this article. I think it's wonderful. I've often asked myself why the rainbow was the LGBT flag. And I agree with vonfirmath - we don't have to solve the world's problems before tackling smaller issues. And why would anyone be embarrassed to be a Christian because of Ken ham? He's a very smart guy who supports and promotes a literal, 6-day creation and a young Earth. I like him a lot. We read lots of his books and articles.
  3. I've used DITHOR and dropped it. It was so disjointed feeling to me. The book selections didn't match up with the worksheets....it was troublesome to use.
  4. I have never seen a Market Basket. I shop at Walmart mainly, and there is a Big Y store.
  5. I haven't read all of the replies, so I'm sorry if I repeat something. Homeschooling does consume my life. It's what I do every day, day after day, month after month, year after year. It used to bother me a bit - I would tell my husband "Homeschooling is so consuming! I can't do it anymore!" But now, I have just accepted that this is who I am - I am a homeschool mom. This is what I want to do, this is what I love to do. Even when it's hard, even when it's consuming, even when I'm tired....this is me and this is my life. And I'm pretty proud of it.
  6. Thank you, this makes me feel better! We are from a very LCOL area in Louisiana, where I would spend $200 - $250 a week max for groceries. Spending $400 weekly makes me cringe, but hearing it's not unusual does give me a little solace! We don't ear out, ever. We are in the Berkshires, far from town and stores. Going grocery shopping is an all day thing.
  7. Oooo I love TpT! What's in your cart?? 😬
  8. My 7 year old is reading now, so I'm excited to see him reading books for fun. I'm excited to have a few fun things added to our weeks - game days, art days and one STEM challenge day weekly. I'm looking forward to changes - I'm writing a schedule/routine right now. We need more structure, and that has me excited as well.
  9. We are in Massachusetts right now, a really HCOL place. I've been spending $300-400 a WEEK on food for 7 people - my husband and I, a 14 year old girl, a 12 year old boy, a 9 year old girl and a 7 and 5 year old boy.
  10. I haven't seen anything like this. I've googled and can't find a thing! Could you give me some tips on how to find this.
  11. Great! I did buy Holt and GLENCOE, as well as some Prentice Hall and Scott Forsman. They are older versions, but look great. I think it will work well!
  12. I have never used them before, but I found one at the Goodwill store and it looks fabulous. I also ordered a ton from eBay for a very small price. I need a simple year for my older kids and focus more on my littles. Has anyone else done this? I did a Google search and couldn't find anything....
  13. Dawn M. Why do I feel like you're picking on me? 🤔 I just wanted to add my thoughts to the conversation. I will not make that mistake again.
  14. Aeropostale and American eagle had shorts, buy one one get two free and buy one get one half off (respectively) at our mall last weekend.
  15. I'm not criticising your opinion though. I'm just stating my opinion. I am not coming with kids having phones, but I am cool with their parents reasoning and opinions.
  16. I also don't like my kids to feel left out, but, hey that's life. I also don't want to teach them to conform to society's "standards". It's okay to be different, even preferable. I don't want to teach my kids that to be happy, they must fit in, or to fit in, they must have/do what everyone else is.
  17. Okay, hate is a strong word. I do not like to see young kids with expensive smart phones playing games, texting and doing social media. It's unnecessary and silly. Everywhere we go small kids have phone, teens and parents are staring at their phones constantly...it's annoying. I just don't understand the generation of kids being brought up. Small kids think they deserve a phone because everyone else has one. Also I don't like that social interactions all occur because of online and social media stuff...if kids can't hang out with their friends and talk and play and go places without phones, that is just silly to me. When my kids friends come over that have phones that is all they do - no board games or giggling, just staring into a phone taking selfies a d editing the crap out of them. This is my opinion by the way, so no need to criticize my opinion. Yours is different and I'm cool with that.
  18. Yes, he knows how to dial 911 on a landline, because we have one. But he doesn't use my cell phone to call or text anyone. I'm not angry, not at all! But I just don't understand why such young kids need cellphones. It starts such a lifetime habit of always needing to check it, look at something on the internet, and text people. I just think kids should kids. And that just my opinion. I know I'm in the minority. But my young kids are never away from me or their dad or grandparents where they "need" a phone to call me. So maybe that's the difference?
  19. Great ideas, y'all! I was thinking of having two groups, changing the groups each time. My 5 year old loves to be on my "team" when I play games, so he often just move the pieces for me or rolls the doce or whatever while I actually do the strategy stuff, etc. We have the game Last Word and it's a lot of fun! It is for sure going in our rotation. Most of the games y'all have mentioned I've never heard of. Off to Google them!
  20. So as I'm preparing to start our new school year I want to change some things up. First of all, I want to add more structure to our days - will probably make a new thread on that later. Secondly, I want to add more fun. I have a 9th, 7th, 4th, 1st and Kindy. I would love to have one or two days a week where we have a game hour - educational for sure, but also fun and relaxing games. I need some ideas about games that will appeal to all my kids, and also some for the older children and some for the younger as we may split into groups sometimes. I'd like to budget $100 for games or other fun activities. Cars games are a plus because a couple of decks of cards are cheap. Cards are so versatile but my brain is fried from too much sun ha! Any ideas or suggestions will be welcomed.
  21. None of my kids have cellphones. I didn't get one until I was 20 years old, and it didn't hurt me a bit. I hate seeing kids with cell phones, especially 5, 6 year old kids. Why the hell do they need a cell phone? My seven year old wouldn't know how to call anyone on it. I don't plan on getting my daughter a cell phone until she starts driving and it will be a dumb phone.
  22. Okay, I will scrap that idea and is health as is - a health/physical education credit! 😊
  23. Thank you so much. This was so helpful. I've read and reread this many times, exploring links and curriculum. ((((Hugs))))
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