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  1. My SIL has my dream room in her house, but has few books. It's an unbelievably beautiful two-story study with huge walls of wooden built-in bookcases. There is a loft on the second-story where one could (theoretically) sit and read overlooking the study. She even joked with me when they were building the house that she needed to borrow my books, just so the cases would make sense. :D

     

    that sounds stunning!

     

    we have a small house. a basement\library\formal space just doesn't exist - so our books are packed in messily in plain sight, we're always wondering where we can sqeeze in another bookshelf.

  2. no friends who visit to US to buy for me unfortunately :(

     

    It's ok, I have a year to budget them in (though DH just went on strike today! )

     

    eta: off topic, SnegouchkaL - can I ask what resources you use for russian? I'm stalking people with russian in their sig, cos I'm almost at a loss as what to use when we start next year... :)

  3. I had one break. I had a big casserole in it that I was making for my in-laws. It was completely done and I can't remember if I opened the oven door, or was just about to when POP! it broke.

     

    What a mess to clean up. 350 degree glass and rice on the bottom of the oven.

     

    Yep, similar happened here. Exploded while still in the oven, lots of fun to clean up :glare:. Big POP. I've also had one break which was my fault, I put it on the stovetop to rest, forgetting that even though the element was off it was still hot. It cracked.

     

    I use mainly cast iron now. :001_smile:

  4. We have fridge magnets, toddler and children's books, kids' songs on CD and kids movies' on DVD, and Rosetta Stone Russian.

    Russian is dh's native language, so we have a native speaker handy too. :lol:

     

    I'm currently looking for a Russian-as-a-second-language beginning grammar curriculum for kids b/c dd wants something she can do in a textbook/workbook instead of on the computer. Hmmm... not sure where to look for that... Most of the curriculum stuff out there is for high school/college... She really needs something made for kids. If you find something good let me know too!

     

    Darn, I was hoping for some super fantastic insider tips! :D I've been looking at Russian step-by-step as our main contender at this stage, but tbh I have no idea yet! http://russianstepbystep.com/ It looks more for adults, but maybe I can tailor it? If I come up with something I'll let you know! :001_smile:

    My DH speaks a similar slavic language (not cyrilic though), but we're all keen to learn russian together.

  5. It's pretty common. My first trained by 2 then regressed a few months later (after her brother was born). The nurse I spoke to said it was normal, that at this age cognitively they often just 'forget' for a while. I basically started training over again, and she remembered again. What helped me was to watch my mindset, I had been thinking of potty trained as being 100% settled, so each accident was a shock and very disheartening. Now I think potty-trained is more shades of grey, sometimes their little brains just can't remember to control it. My next child was easier to train - at around the same age, but this shades-of-grey thinking really helped when he still struggled occasionally.

    What I did was put some night nappies on for sleeping (but I wouldn't call them 'nappies/diapers' again, just special sleep pants or something), and when awake go back a few steps to potty-training techniques - like taking her to the potty at timely intervals. I think that being able to predict when you need to go is a mental leap that they sometimes forget.

     

    Hope that helps! Goodluck!

  6. My newly turned 6y/o loves the Thea stilton books (reads them in an afternoon), magic faraway tree books are a hit too. She enjoyed the first series of unfortunate events book. She always chooses a mountain of those easy rainbow fairy books from the library and reads through one in her reading/rest time in the afternoon.

  7. we met in highschool, I was 15, he was 17 and in the year above me. I was friends with one of his friends. I had just been dumped by my ex and was very angry and broken hearted and on the rebound for sure, I started hanging around with his group of friends because my ex was in my old group of friends (very highschool!)! He was gorgeous, had the most amazing brown eyes that gave me butterflies. He was also very quiet, mysterious, a little bit different and dangerous. Perfect, I went after him! He was pretty oblivious, but he and his friends agreed to come with me to my friends party one night. I didn't know that all his friends changed their minds and decided not to go, but he still came with me. After a couple of drinks of vodka he got up his courage and kissed me mid sentence - that I was speaking to someone else! His friends did arrive a little later with surprised smiles. :D

     

    Little did I know at the time that quiet, mysterious and different = shy, Christian boy! He was like no-one I had ever met before. We got married 3 years later, when I was 18. We've been married nearly 9 years now.

  8. Quote: do you use books? - Sure, I need *something* to throw at them when they are slow getting my bonbons! :lol:

     

    You guys are cracking me up. :D

     

    In my exp, my fav was on a family vacation at a touristy town in April, "Gee, no kids must come here." Um, honey, that's because they're in school. :D

     

     

    Oh my! :lol: LOVE IT!

     

    The most common ones I get are:

     

    'I'm not organised/disciplined/patient etc. enough' - my Dh about falls on the ground laughing :glare:

     

    'Do the schools/education department send you the books?'

     

    'Are you a teacher?'

  9. My DD is like this. Can read just about anything, but would go to tears if I asked her to spell an easy word. I eased her in to spelling using SpellingCity.com online. We use LLATL for LA (we're in Red atm), the books to read are far below her reading level, but she needs to work through the phonics and grammar. This level of LLATL includes 4 spelling words a week, usually a couple using the phonics we've been reviewing and a sight word or two - I put these words into SpellingCity and she loves it. We're loving LLATL and I feel it's advanced enough while still being gentle (because she's only just 6!).

    Another thing I try to do is say the words phonetically too, just because it makes it stick sometimes. ;)

  10. DH has some life insurance, enough to pay off the house. I would probably sell the house for something smaller, less up-keep, and closer to family. I'd have offers to move in with family as well, which I'd need to consider. The idea would be to have some money left from the sale of the house, put it in the bank and live off the interest (house prices are still good here, and I'd consult an accountant for details). Then I'd try to get a work from home job (or 2 or 3) or an evening shift job. I'd try to continue with homeschooling. The job market is still pretty good here in Aus, I'm not worried about being able to find employment.

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