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It means:
1. I am looking for junky snacks because I have the munchies and there is nothing like that in the pantry that is falling into my hand without me having to dig for it.
2. I am hangry and have no energy to make something for myself and I want something right now! Please make me food! Please don't make me have to turn ingredients into food!
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3. Nothing I see is looking like what I want, and I do not know what I want anyway...
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I started lurking when DD was a preschooler. I had realized she was not going to fit in PS and I was trying to figure this homeschooling idea out. I never left. DD is now a Sophomore in High School.
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Update!
Amazingly I landed a couple of appointments that were cancellations! I tried when the appointments became available, the site didn't crash today, but everything went really fast. When it was gone I hit reload a couple more times and then the cancellations were uploaded. All the appointments and cancellation appointments were gone in less than 45 min.
I am relieved!
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7 minutes ago, Pam in CT said:
New Mexico, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with most of New England, are consistently getting a much higher % of their allocation actually into arms; Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi and Wyoming are piling up an ever-increasing stock of unused vaccine. (With a bit of arithmetic you can calculate the absolute number of unused doses sitting in stockpile in each state. At the national level, 209M doses have gotten into arms; 262.6M have been distributed out to states, meaning that 55.6M doses are sitting in various state-level storage facilities. To put 55.6M into perspective, the total populations -- every man woman and child - in Guatemala AND Honduras AND El Salvador, combined, is about 30M.)
Well, then I wish that Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Wyoming would share with the states like mine that cannot get enough supply for the demand. We only opened up the tiers sooner because the Pres said so. Originally the tier opening today was slotted for May, June, and July. It was 3 groups that they squashed together to open up in time. That doesn't mean that we actually have vaccines for these groups, just that we are keeping up appearances by following Biden's guidelines of when people would be eligible. What ends up happening is the vaccine site just crashes and crashes and it is really a long and frustrating process to land a vaccine. For people that have to work, they have to find someone who doesn't work to get an appointment for them. Getting an appointment requires trying daily until you just get lucky. This can take daily efforts for weeks. And no, this is not about being willing to drive. The vaccination site are nice and well run. The people giving the vaccines are really kind and doing a good job. Some of the largest site options are on mass transit so they are easily accessible for those that need it in metro areas. The problem is really just lack of vaccines. And yes, I realize we are still better off than other countries.
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It is still a bit of a challenge here. Tomorrow it finally opens up to the 16-44 without high risks and that are not essential workers crowd. However, all appointments are already booked for nearly the rest of April. So when it goes live for this group tomorrow...the system will crash and people will be frustrated.
I got my first dose last week...and that is only because I am high risk. Nobody else in my home was eligible yet. Tomorrow will be the start of trying every morning at 9 to get them an appointment...just like I had to do a few weeks ago to get mine.
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29 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:
I kind of worry about taking this kind of testimony, because it equates "bad bug" with COVID, and then we get a unrepresentative sample of COVID...
Also, I my ex-friend went around saying she probably had it already, and that's why she didn't need to socially distance or wear a mask 🙄
I hear what you are saying. Out of all the people I know who "think" they had it, or actually did have it, almost all have continued to exercise caution. They mask, distance, and take less risk etc. Partly because if/when we had it, it was so long ago that the antibodies are unlikely to show anymore anyway, so we cannot be certain. Plus second time around COVID is supposed to be worse. I think the people who are using it as an excuse to not socially distance or wear a mask would have used any excuse really. We all know of people who chose to not follow the recommendations for social distancing and masking.
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Maybe in Dec 2019. We had family fly in and they became sick and then we got it too. It was pretty rough. Some people ended up with pneumonia. Several lost their voices. Pretty bad sore throats, headaches, tummy aches, fevers, coughs etc.
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I have 3 dyslexic kids. All three had/have variations of what you described. One was also an earlier reader. Mine have what is called "stealth" dyslexia. They read above grade level but they still have these issues. One of my kids also had a convergence insufficiency and had to do vt for it. He had headaches after reading a paragraph. Struggled with comprehension because the words would start to blur or go double as his eyes were fatigued. He also struggled to stay on the correct line while reading.
The other areas I see in their dyslexia:
1. spelling issues: this is a big one!
2. sequencing issues: learning the alphabet in order, the days of the week and months of the year, even telling what happened in an event
3. saying syllables/sounds out of order while speaking as well as reading such as vigenar instead of vinegar, pasghetti for spaghetti, aminal for animal
4. Not "hearing" sounds correctly like dr they hear as /j/, tr is /ch/ etc.
5. Yes they reverse numbers and letters too
6. Things like tying shoes are challenging
7. Directional issues. They are string players and often get confused between up and down bow.
8. Reading just the beginning and end letters of an unfamiliar word and replacing the word with something familiar. They may know the word in speaking, but have not encountered the word in print, they will sub it with a word that they know in print that is similar. They have good spoken vocabulary, but their reading vocabulary is less.
9. Struggling to remember the names of things.
Some of their issues boarder on Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia too.
1. They struggle with messy writing. They put capitals in the middle of words but rarely where they belong, like at the beginning of a word.
2. One of mine confuses math signs and symbols.
3. One of them also struggles with losing something he learned before when you add a new type of math fact. IE: completely understood addition, but then you introduce subtraction and they forget how to do addition. A spiral curriculum has helped immensely with this.
Not sure if that helps at all. I know when I was trying to figure out what I was dealing with and if I needed to go get an evaluation (which I eventually did), it was helpful to see other things that other parents saw with their dyslexic kids.
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I had a horrible headache for 24hours after the first Pfizer dose. I am not looking forward to the symptoms from the next one. It is a bummer it will be yearly, but still worth it over COVID, especially long COVID.
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23 minutes ago, Penelope said:
The other thing that gives me pause with a vaccine for them, is that unless they have seen zero other people over the year and half or two years it will be until they could get vaccinated, there is some non-zero possibility they could have had Covid and been asymptomatic or so mildly symptomatic that no one picked it up. Most children don’t get sick. So maybe for some children, it would make sense to get antibody tested before choosing a vaccine while it’s still so new, I don’t know.
My kids have seen 0 people in the last year. I have 2 higher risk kids. This is a must for us. I know that it is not the same for others. Unless we got this virus in December of 2019, which is possible because we got something nasty around Christmas, then we have not had it. We are waiting and hoping for vaccines to release us from staying at home 100%. I do understand and sympathize with other countries that need vaccines, but I also think we need to vaccinate at least our more at risk people (including kids) here too.
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I too want my kids back in their activities.
I agree that other countries need vaccines.
If they made it so high risk families could have their kids vaccinated (I have 2 kids who need to not get COVID), that would be a start....
But then there is the problem of not knowing what COVID can do to the long term health of kids, even healthy ones. That might be bad too.
I just don't think there is a great/easy solution.
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Try fermenting carrot sticks. That was the easiest introduction for my kids. It is not super strong and still has the good gut stuff.
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Yeah, I dunno about that. It's possible we're underselling, but the people who are hesitant are also largely the people who've decided COVID is a hoax, anyway...
I have family in Michigan that will not vax, it is not political or believed to be a hoax. It is because they are part of a religious community that doesn't vaccinate or participate in politics or much of anything that has to do with modern times. They have been passing COVID among their people. They know they have COVID, but they just deal with it as if it is just a run of the mill virus.
Now as for me, we are getting vaxxed. I am one Pfizer down! WAHOO!
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2 hours ago, matrips said:
Thanks all. I do realize we got in a rut and I need to try some other whole wheat breads. We all like rye bread, but I only see enriched rye at the store, so that doesn’t sound like whole grain either or any better than white. Am I wrong?
If it doesn't say whole rye or whole grain rye, then no. It is probably not much different than white bread. You can read the ingredients. Often it is a loaf of white bread with some rye added.
If you are looking for healthier choices, read the labels. Look for breads with less (or no) white flour. It should have more fiber than white bread too, that is another way you can sometimes tell if it has more whole wheat. Don't just assume that the name of the bread is honest about the wheat vs white content. You really have to read the ingredients for whole wheat or whole grains. If the first ingredient on the list says white flour/ or wheat flour then that is going to be less healthy than one that says whole wheat or whole grain as the first ingredient (or whole grain rye if you are looking for rye bread). Hope that helps.
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I feel like I hijacked the thread on bunny trails a bit! Sorry OP!
I agree with other posters who said you can get whole grains from other sources than your bread. There are other ways/grains you can eat to get these nutrients in.
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12 minutes ago, BeachGal said:
Yeah. I wasn’t clear in what I was comparing it to. I meant white whole wheat vs. white bread, like Wonder bread. Isn't the white whole wheat more nutritious than white bread? I only eat bread occasionally from restaurants so don’t buy it or make it.
Yes. I was explaining that white whole wheat and red whole wheat are essentially two varieties of the same thing. So eating white whole wheat bread is more nutritious than white bread.
Longer answer:
White bread is made from white flour. White flour is wheat flour with the germ and bran removed (i.e. the fiber and vitamins and minerals are removed). Whole wheat bread (white or red) is made from whole wheat flour with most of the bran and germ included, but not all. I believe it has to contain 80% of the bran and germ to be counted as whole wheat in the US. Whole grain bread is from flour where none of the germ or bran is removed. All of these can be slightly mislabeled when buying loaves of bread. They can call it whole grain or whole wheat bread if it is mostly whole grain or whole wheat, but if you look at the ingredients, sometimes it will say contains: whole wheat, white flour, etc. So it is actually only a percentage of whole grain or whole wheat.
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4 minutes ago, Corraleno said:
I haven't tried Kamut pasta, but I've used Kamut flour in bread and I have a whole bag of berries. I recently bought some durum berries and a pasta attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer, so I will definitely try Kamut pasta!
We tried durum and Kamut with the Kitchenaid attachment to make pasta. We decided the Kamut was better. You will have to let me know what you think!
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7 minutes ago, Corraleno said:
My kids have grown up eating whole wheat bread and that's what they buy for themselves now as adults. Occasionally I've bought white flour tortillas if I can't find the big burrito-size ones in whole wheat, but that's the only bread-like product I can think of where I've bought white flour. For bread, English muffins, rolls, hamburger buns, etc., I only buy whole wheat.
I'll second the recommendation to look for "white whole wheat" bread. It's just as nutritious as red wheat, but milder in flavor. You can also get white whole wheat flour, which is great for baking.
I grind my own flour now, and I have red hard wheat (as well as spelt and rye) for rustic sourdough bread, white hard wheat for breads that are typically lighter & whiter (like focaccia or ciabatta), and white soft wheat for cakes and muffins. (Hard wheat = high gluten, soft = low gluten.)
I don't like whole wheat pasta, though. I mostly buy Trader Joe's brown rice and quinoa pasta, or buckwheat soba noodles.
Corraleno, have you tried Kamut for pasta? It is so so yummy! I do not like whole wheat for pasta either, but whole grain Kamut (I buy the berries and grind) is so good it is worth the effort to make pasta from scratch.
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I am not worried about things getting banned, but yes, I am saving stuff. I have a hard time getting rid of it. I have the space to store it and I have been able to act as a kind of local curriculum library for my homeschooling community. I feel like it is my way of giving back.
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It didn't seem to be too slow until I tried to use the search feature. Then it completely failed, said there was a server problem, and try again in a few min.
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I am not ready for 11th! Where did the time go???
So far this is the plan for DD:
Math: AOPS PreCalc
Science: AP Chem with the Zumdahl book + labs
English: Finishing up IEW High School intensive and then do Windows to the World, and Lit from the WTM Modern list.
History/Geography/Art History: Loosely following TOG year 4 Modern.
Spanish: Breaking the Spanish Barrier 3
Art: Meet the Masters and drawing lessons
Music: Viola and piano lessons. Orchestra after she is vaccinated.
Other: get back into horse riding after vaccinating
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I am coming out of lurking to figure all this out!
So far the plan for DS is:
Math: Finish Saxon Geometry and start Algebra 2
Science: Conceptual Physics
LA: IEW C1, Fix it Grammar 4, Easy Grammar 9, AAS 6&Sequential Spelling as practice/review (dyslexia...spelling is really hard!), Lit from the Modern list in the WTM, Vocab from Classical Roots C.
History/Geography/Art History/Bible: Loosely following TOG year 4 Modern Times using Great Courses plus various books I picked up. Add in the parts that work from Notgrass American History that fit the period.
Health: Apologia.
Spanish: Breaking the Spanish Barrier 1
Art: Meet the Masters plus Mark Kissler for drawing
Music: Cello lessons and orchestra after he is vaccinated.
I am nervous for high school with this kid. Fingers crossed it goes smoothly.
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This is my 3rd time planning 7th grade.
DS will be doing:
Math: AOPS: Finishing up PreAlgebra and beginning Algebra 1
Science: Conceptual Integrated Science
Writing: IEW Narnia 1
Grammar: Easy Grammar 7
Spelling: AAS 6 and Sequential (Sequential is review and practice for us)
History/Lit/Geography/Bible/Art history: TOG Year 4 Modern times using K12 Human Odyssey as a spine.
Various logic books
Spanish: Finish up Spanish for Children B and duolingo
Poetry: We are trying out the IEW poetry memorization program as a family this year.
Art: Meet the Masters and drawing with Mark Kissler
Music: Cello and Piano lessons. Music Theory. We might take the year off Orchestra to wait for vaccines.
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16 minutes ago, BeachGal said:
There is a type of white whole wheat bread that I think is commercially available now but I don't know much about it. It would likely be more nutritious but you'd have to check the labels.
I love all kinds of bread but they cause my blood sugar to spike to around 140. I only eat bread maybe once a week or so, sometimes in the form of pizza. Potatoes and corn have the same effect. So, it's "yummy" seed crackers for me.
BeachGal. White whole wheat is just a different variety of wheat than red whole wheat. Red is the normal brown looking loaf that people expect when you say whole wheat. Red wheat and white wheat are equally nutritious. White has a milder flavor and can be less dense/more fluffy. It is often more palatable to people who prefer white bread.
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Are you currently homeschooling?
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One kid is under 10....the other 3 are older. I'm homeschooling all 4 still.