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8 minutes ago, Lecka said:
This is also something that hurt my feelings but I also couldn’t blame anyone for… sometimes I took my daughter to the library in Pre-school or early elementary, and she always got stickers from the librarian. She was always adorable and well-behaved. Sometimes I took my son who had autism and behavior issues, and he never got a sticker. He never had a librarian be nice to him or engage with him.
It was a very noticeable difference to me.
But I think that was a tough situation, too.
Edit: but I definitely felt like the librarians favored well-behaved girls! But it’s hard to say. I don’t blame them, but it worked out not to seem fair.
Thank you for sharing. I do my best to give stickers indiscriminately. I have one particular little fella whose mother disclosed to me that he is autistic, which I honestly had not discerned. It was helpful to me to know this, and I have done my best to engage with him to the best of my ability. (This isn't saying that was the problem at your library--just that it was helpful to me to be told explicitly since I hadn't figured it out on my own.)
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Thanks so much! Keep the ideas coming! I currently have two toddler/preschool Storytimes that are well attended. I am especially interested in what other libraries offer during school hours, etc. During our homeschool decade we were avid library users, but very little of what we did was homeschool-specific. I'm wondering what libraries offer specifically for homeschoolers.
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This question is prompted by a comment on Nazi homeschoolers thread about libraries and other community resources providing normalizing/world-widening programs, etc., for homeschoolers. I am a month into what I hope is the career that sees me through to retirement, currently as the children's librarian at our public library. I'm looking to generate a list of potential programs and services to provide for the local homeschool community. Please share if you have an idea or if you've experienced a successful library program or service provided for homeschoolers.
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The Louise Penny Three Pines mysteries are good. They're really strong on characterization. However, I would not characterize them as squeaky clean, mostly because of the language. If you're looking for a mystery with good characterization, though, those will fit the bill.
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52 minutes ago, mmasc said:
Consider trying this!
I originally (YEARS ago) used the CeraVe PM, then found the cream in the tub (which I still use head-to-toe and LOVE). Then, I discovered this CeraVe cream and now use it for nighttime in the winter. It’s thick, creamy, and sinks right in to the skin. No fragrance, stinging ingredients, or anything to upset my skin. It feels so good on dry skin. Also, apply it when your skin is just slightly damp from cleansing and it works even better. All 3 CeraVe moisturizers are good, I just found I needed something thicker than the PM fo
This is the night cream I use. I also love it.
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She was awarded the "full ride" to our local university, but due to their record-breaking enrollment in the fall, she lost her room (a combination of local student + scholarship, I assume). She applied to the honors college toward the end of last semester, and about a week and a half ago, she found out she has a room in the honors dorm. She can move in today. I'm glad for her and slightly melancholy for myself that she's leaving home. She might never live under my roof again.
I don't know how I feel.
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I use Cerave cleansing balm to
take off makeup and then Trader Joe's cleanser to take off the oily sheen/stuff the balm doesn't get. Then I moisturize with the nighttime Cerave cream in the little tub/canister. Daytime I use mostly Cerave (or knockoff) moisturizer. I also use a Korean (?) pore minimizer recommended by the podcaster Jamie B. Golden on one of her skincare deep. dives. It's like the Paula's choice stuff but much less expensive.
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I'd choose the medical office, especially since you stated that the thing about teaching you didn't want is all the extra stuff that goes with it. I would imagine there will be extra stuff as a head teacher at a daycare, too. If I had the option (I.e. the financial part isn't the deciding factor), I'd choose to work 3 days a week.
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I thought of another older title: Jenny and the Cat Club by Esther Averill (& other Jenny Linsky titles)
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My last baby was born when I was 39. He's 9 now. I know that's not your situation age-wise, but this little fellow has felt like such a gift. I remember holding him when he was an infant and being overwhelmed with gratitude many times. I'm so glad we had him.
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We have three (or is it four?) of them
in Alabama now! No trip to the beach was complete without a stop before the others were built, but now they're bordering on common. 🤣
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My boys especially have loved the Henry Huggins and Ramona books by Beverly Cleary at that age.
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I love how you replayed your thinking of the whole day. Good job, mama!
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Our local children's museum had a replica of the Tennessee River with its series of locks and dams that kids could take play boats down (as in with their hands--not literally put their bodies in the boats 🤣) and lock the boats through to the different levels. Pretty cool!
Another place we've been has a bunch of cushions of different shapes for kids to build a freestanding arch. (I know there's a scientific name for this, but idk what it is.). This was at a science museum, but it obviously made an impression upon me since it was years ago.
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I agree with contrast. I think green #13 in the previous post is lovely.
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18 minutes ago, lauraw4321 said:
Ok, just saw this. You need to outsource a lot to your kids. My kids are in charge of their own laundry, loading and unloading dishwasher, packing school lunches, picking up. if I didn’t have cleaners those lists would be much longer.
2/4 of the kids do their own laundry. I'd say the dishwasher is unloaded by someone other than me over half of the time. I think what we need are actual systems.
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I generally do cook on the weekends, too--enough, at least, to theoretically get us to Wednesday.
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My younger kids only do one rec league sport per season, but they usually have two nights of games a week. Add to that other miscellaneous things that crop up with school (I.e. the middle school band was invited to travel for a concert last week, and so on--often one-off events that still clutter the calendar but would be a shame to miss, especially as the kids get older), and we are quite busy, despite choosing to not do "all the things everyone else does." (Our area is big on travel sports, and we've never done that, for example.)
thanks for the ideas! Keep them coming!
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4 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle Again said:
I hire someone once a week and then just do maintenance cleans. I can’t do it otherwise lol.
I've had household help before, but unfortunately (!!!), it's not in the budget currently. 😢
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Help me. 🤣
This is my fourth year to be back in full time employment. I recently left the teaching profession but am still working 40 hour weeks and have the usual mom duties: kids in sports and band, etc. I've been in my new job a month, and while it is WAY less time-intense at home (not to mention WAY less stressful!), I am still struggling to find a rhythm. I thought surely this would be better on the homefront, but so far I haven't made any significant improvements in the state of our house or managing systems. I have about an hour in the mornings between taking my younger kids to school and going to work. Then I get home at 5 and the flurry of supper, homework, basketball, etc. begins.
If you work full time (or have a schedule that limits how much you can do during the day), how do you manage to keep your home in order?
I just thought we were messy when we were all home during our homeschooling decade. 😖
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I made curry this week, too! I used this recipe. It turned out pretty well. It is pretty mild flavored.
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Thanks for sharing! Cute! (I immediately looked it up! 🤣)
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Just ordered some cotton granny panties in a fit of desperation on Thursday night. I didn't do it after reading this thread, but I do think I was *influenced*. 🤣
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8 minutes ago, MagistraKennedy said:
Bless your heart! ❤️ I've only seen a full colonoscopy done ONE time --- gentleman didn't bring someone to take him home. He had already gone through the prep, and wanted to be done with it, so we performed it with no sedation. He was as tough as nails. I think you have to have the right doctor and staff to be patient, talk you through it, etc. We did flex sigs in the office without sedation, and it was no fun. 😞
I'm sure that's what this was--flex sig in office. It was pretty intense, but I lived to tell the tale.
S/O Nazi homeschoolers thread--What do you wish your public library offered homeschoolers?
in The Chat Board
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I would love to do this. I used to teach an art class at our co op that was based on picture book illustrations. My biggest hesitation is that I had two of my homeschool besties help me with that class, and I'm not sure I could do it without them. We're understaffed at the library for something like this, too.