Daisy
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I thought of Europe as our river. As other countries and civilizations' streams flowed into that river, we'd take short jaunts up their streams. I just didn't want to get so far off course that we wound up on another river. ;)
We've taken two years to cover the time period from about 400AD through 1600 though. We LOVE that time period.
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All I can say is that what you are describing is what my husband had to a great extent though his nerve study showed major problems. He had numbness, loss of strength, and nerve pain in his hands. It was determined he had blown C-5 and C-6 discs. He also has psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. I'm listing those just so you can google them.
Anyway, they got him into surgery for a spinal fusion fairly quickly and upon waking his pain was immediately gone.
Eighteen months post-surgery and he is again having problems. He's grown bone spurs all over the place (spine, shoulder, etc) and is looking at shoulder surgery in the next month or so.
Even though he is having problems again in a different area, he maintains the surgery was completely worth it. VERY expensive though unless you have excellent insurance.
The only non-surgical options were pain management (he's allergic to all pain rx) or cortisone shots (didn't work).
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At least that's what has turned the tide of opinion in recent "how can you homeschool your son in highschool" questions. They'll ask me lots of part confrontational/part sincere questions (which is why I keep answering). Then I mention Latin in passing and they all of a sudden are all for it!
I'm thinking of shortening the process.
Q: "You homeschool?"
A: "Yes."
Q. "But what about high school?"
A: "My son is in high school and I'm still homeschooling him."
Q. "But are you qualified?"
A: "I teach him Latin."
Their response: "Oooooooh!" :D
(I think it's a hoot that Latin is seen as so hard that it automatically proves that I must be able to also teach chemistry, algebra, literature etc.)
That's awesome. You just made my day! :lol::lol:
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I don't blog about my kids unless they've approved the message. ;)
There are times when I've blogged about an especially trying day but by the end of reading the post, the kids were laughing.
Griping and whining. Not cool.
Humiliating your kids on the internet. Really not cool.
Laughing about the trials of parenting and growing up. The BEST. :lol:
But again, everyone in our house has a say in what gets posted on the blog.
Hmm, which reminds me of the blog post I wrote yesterday about my husband leaving his soda in the freezer for too long. :glare:
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We just peel and cut up apples, cover just barely with water and slow-steam them till soft. Them mash and serve!
Similar to how we do it though I don't cover the apples with water. Sometimes I throw them into the crock-pot also. Works great.
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I prefer expository because in my past church experiences (which were not good and I do realize this colors my perception), topical preaching meant the pastor would give his opinion and proof text to do so. This also meant that his opinion was interpreted as Biblical, when it actually was not necessarily the case.
Bingo.
I prefer expository and this is a huge part of the reason.
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I would say that it is God's design for his creation. And His design is such that having a family benefits us in many ways (such as the ones you chose for the poll), both practical and pleasurable. :)
:iagree:
Love how you put this.
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The way it works in my house is DH brings home all the left-over junk from his classroom Valentine's party and anyone who wants something gets something.
We don't celebrate Valentine's Day though. I guess we all think it is a bit silly around here.
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We've been married 17 years and neither of us would be thrilled with extended travel.
My husband just about went crazy the 2 weeks the kids and I were gone to see my parents last May. I missed him, too.
4+ weeks would be miserable for both of us.
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-The weird diacritical marks... why not use established ways of showing a sound to symbol relationship?
Agree with above. Other reasons we didn't care for it included...
1. It was too much writing for my son. He hated it.
2. Having grammar, writing, and spelling combined was a disaster. My kids were at different levels in each of those subjects.
3. There seemed to be a lot of busy work. I got farther faster with R&S and could do most of it orally.
Just as a side note, every single time I use the word farther, I wonder if I should say further. I look it up and STILL don't always know which word to use. I was getting physically farther but it could be seen as figuratively further. :lol:
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Yes, we'd be doing the entire thing as read-alouds and discussion.
It sounds like folks have used those particular books with younger children which is great to know. The guide will primarily be for my daughter, though I hope to pick and choose assignments for my son.
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This is obviously from a Calvinist website BUT having been raised Arminian, I think it is fair to both sides. You get a good idea anyway of the major differences. The terminology would be a little different if presented by an Arminian website.
http://www.fivesolas.com/cal_arm.htm
Okay, I found a chart from the Arminian pov also.
That should give you a good place to start. Neither chart uses difficult theological vernacular.
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I don't think it's saying that we are lazy or neglectful... I think the reason it's funny is that it's mocking the idea that our fantasy is to have a sexy man affirm us and understand even at our worst or most driven moments. Which is both true in some ways, but also completely silly because the disconnect is totally bizarre. The idea of someone talking about Charlotte Mason, laminating, Pinterest, dirty dishes or any of that in a sexy voice is just funny. Or, at least, it is to me.
Okay, so that makes sense. This thread has enlightened me about Ross Gosling. LOL.
I saw it and didn't have any kind of connection or understanding of the meme that was going around about it, so it just came across as sarcastic to me.
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My husband is 100% FOR my being a full-time stay-at-home mom, and his own mother was not a full time stay and home mom during his childhood.
My husband's mom was a part-time school secretary. She stayed home until my husband started school though. She was home when he was home.
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We are raising our children with traditional values and modern skills.
How's that for an answer.
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I don't know what size monitor you have but most people have larger ones now. If you want, you could go in and widen your template. That would make it so you can enlarge your photos and your font in the posts. That's what I see a lot of now. Wider templates and big pictures. You've done a great job so far!
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Has anyone used this?
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Do you think it is feasible to have a ten year old boy follow along with Beautiful Feet Early American & World History? I'm thinking of having my rising 8th grader use it and would love to keep us all combined for one more year.
It uses Foster's books and moves at quite a clip.
http://bfbooks.com/E-A-and-World-History-Jr-High-Pack
I realize I'd have to modify the assignments for him.
What do you think?
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Love this idea! Is just building it enough? Or does MUS have them making hands and moving them and so on?
MUS has them making hands and moving them to different time. They do it orally, in writing, etc.
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If she is a good friend and you hope to salvage the friendship, then you need to talk to you. Tell you what you just told us, in love of course.
I'm close with my friend because she CAN say stuff like that to me. You may be surprised to discover your friend is jealous of YOU or that she feels insecure. Maybe you are the easier going of the two of you and she wishes she knew how to take a big CHILL pill.
I wouldn't give up on the friendship without at least trying to talk to her though.
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I voted other. Bad manners should always be ignored, imo.
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We've used Turbo Tax for years and been very happy with it.
Congratulations, Momto2cs!
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