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Back when I was working, we ate out... A LOT! :D As in, at least one meal a day was eaten out.
I hate cooking. I really do. And it was so much easier to go to a restaurant and order up a healthy meal than it is to cook one.
Now that I'm in school and not working, we eat out 1-2 times a week. Generally we have ChickFilA once a week and than a sitdown dinner every other week or so (lately that has stretched to every 3-4 weeks!)
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Right now, I have to make most of DD's meals. She generally picks out what she wants (bowl of cereal, yogurt, some variety of fruit, eggs, peanut butter sandwich, etc.etc.) and I make it/open it/cut it up.
Even dinner, to some extent, she gets to choose. I usually pick the meat and offer choices for the vegetable and side dish. Then again, it is just us, so this is pretty easy.
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I'm sorry (very deeply sorry) that there are girls who do not have their fathers with them. My dad was a long distance truck driver and while I know that does not compare to having lost him to death, jerkiness or war, I still went without him much of the time. While I missed my dad desparately when watching others enjoying father/daughter things, I never begrudged the girls who HAD their fathers there.
I really can't understand the idea that because some go without everyone should go without. On the one hand, we have people that flip over some kids getting cheese sandwiches, because other kids had food fights. Now, we have girls who have fathers and they aren't allowed to do or participate in something special with their fathers, because some girls don't have their fathers there? How does that make sense?!?
Yes, in this setting, everyone should go without because some go without. I just can't imagine how my 4 year old would feel after working hard all year and dancing in her recital, to then watch everyone (or mostly everyone) else in her class get back up on stage and dance again, this time with daddy. That would just be... crushing I'm sure.
If this were a special event, JUST a father daughter dance, that would be different. The children without fathers could just not go. I would never take my daughter to an event labelled "father daughter", but as I said before, this is not something I would expect from a dance studio. The girls who have fathers can do all the father daughter stuff they want, I don't begrudge them that, but don't make the other girls sit there and watch!
It makes complete sense because these are CHILDREN we are talking about. Children who have worked just as hard as all the other girls in the class, and will see this as some sort of punishment for not having a daddy as they watch the rest of their classmates get up there on stage. Frankly, I find it a little cold that you would even say that is okay.
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Hm. I guess you could make this work if you wanted to, as it's been pointed out, everyone in public schools uses the same curriculum.
However, being able to pick and choose is one of the reasons I homeschool!! I love being able to select the best possible choices for DD and the curriculums that she will love and thrive on. I'd rather her ENJOY her education and look back on our time together with fondness than score number one on some test. (This of course is assuming she is at least capable of doing well in college/life from where we end up at)
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Labs. :D Especially chocolate labs. I have two, and they are the best dogs ever. One of those is "MY" dog, and I don't think I'll ever feel the same way about a dog as I do about her.
When I get a bigger place I'll most likely get into rescue, specifically labs and other big dogs. My friends joke around that I'll end up with 10 dogs because I'm such a sucker.
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My problem with smoking weed is that it is illegal. Punishment, even for first time offenders, is severe. If you have a felony drug charge you cannot get federal funding for college.
Honestly, morally I'm not opposed to it. As a teen/young adult I did it, and much worse. If weed was legalized, I would have no problem with my child doing it *occasionally* and as long as they weren't driving. As it stands now, I would be very upset, because they are risking their freedom and their chance at an education.
I know plenty of people who smoke on a regularly basis and have normal, functioning lives. I don't approve of driving while smoking or being around your children while smoking, but other than that, I won't judge.
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Lots and lots (and lots!) of library books form the basis of our curriculum.
And I'm lucky because I get 300 pages a week of free printing on my college campus. Even with printing stuff for my daughter and my own school work, I don't even get CLOSE to that!
Used curriculum, coupons for workbooks that I really want.
Hm. I guess that's it. :D
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I find this a little.. odd.
I mean, in this day and age... there are plenty of children who don't have fathers. Whether they come from single parent families, or fathers stationed overseas, or what have you. How are THOSE little girls going to feel when everyone else is dancing with daddy?
And before anyone brings it up, no, I don't plan on sheltering my daughter from EVERY event where a father/daughter type thing would come up, but I wouldn't except that to come up in a dance class recital.
FWIW, there is NO WAY my dad would have done this. And I see a big difference between dancing on stage in front of strangers and dancing the first dance at a wedding in front of friends and family.
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Wow.
I have three best friends. One I met at 14, one at 17, and one at 21. These three girls have supported me, been there for me, and I've done the same for them. They all "get" me, in different ways, and I can always call them up for anything I need. One is the godmother (and namesake) of my daughter, and one was my sponsor when I was baptised.
I would gladly go without the other "friends" in my life to keep these three girls around.
I know that not everyone will form these type of close friendships, but I find myself incredibly blessed to have not one, but three lovely women that I can consider sisters, even though we aren't related by blood.
With that said, I also think it is important to learn to relate with many people, and would never try to arrange homeroom so my child could be with their friend. (Except in the case of serious social anxiety, when it could help to have a friend. Ask me how I know. :D) I didn't even go to school with my 3 best friends!
Like sproutmamak said, it is about the exclusion. I think this is related to why we no longer have tryouts for sports, and EVERYONE makes the team and gets equal playing time. -sigh-
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A MONTH of antibiotics? Wow. I would never do that.
My experience with tubes comes from hearing loss/speech delay/serious painful ear infections!
I had tubes until I was 16. I had (and still have) hearing loss in both ears. When I don't have tubes I got constant ear infections. In fact, now that I have health insurance again I am going to ask for a referral to an ENT because I get painful ear infections 9-10 times a year. -sigh-
DD had tubes put in at 11 months. We started talking about putting them in at just 6 months old, but I wanted to hold out, because the younger you are when they go in, the more chance you'll need a second pair. By 11 months she had had double ear infections almost constantly, was delayed in her speech (not making many noises at all.) and was failing hearing tests. We put the tubes in and it was... well, a miracle! Like a light switch had flicked on.
I would go to an ENT over a ped for this. They have much more experience dealing with these types of issues!
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We generally have a meat, a side dish, and a vegetable at dinner, sometimes two vegetables, so that dinner seems pretty standard to me!
We do have snacks though. Fruit, string cheese, yogurt are all common snacks, plus we have a snack bowl with the junk in it that DD is allowed to pick out of once or twice a day. (These are mini-size snacks, like one hershey's kiss, or a pack of fun size m&ms, stuff like that).
But I wouldn't find anything abnormal about your eating habits!
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I get it all the time!
Call someone to tell them something, and by the time they've picked up the phone I've forgotten what I had to say.
Gotten lost going somewhere I go very often.
Forgotten where I was headed entirely.
Don't ask me to tell you what I did yesterday, the day before, or even this morning!
Mine is tied with my insomnia I'm sure. There are often days when I get 3 hours or less of sleep.
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No time grading. DD is only 4.5, so most of her work is done with me right beside her. Occasionally I'll "assign" a couple pages while I'm preparing dinner or something, but I check those over quickly when she's done.
Now that I have the next twelve weeks all planned out, I'll spend about 2-3 hours a week looking for and printing worksheets and other printables and compiling our library list, which usually means seeking out books that relate to our topics, requesting some from other libraries, and getting the call numbers for all the books at our library.
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I am doing quite a bit with my 4.5 year old. She loves to do school and really thrives on it, plus I feel like I am holding her back by NOT doing it!
(This is officially her preschool year)
Progressive Phonics, starfall, reading eggs, BOB books, and lots of reading aloud.
A couple of Lesson Pathways math lessons over the summer, then Singapore 1A and Miquon starting in the fall.
Mommy-made worksheets for handwriting, possibly Handwriting Without Tears in the fall, depending on how much she's progressed.
Le Francais Facile jr.
Lesson Pathways science during the summer and Intro to Science from Elemental Science and nature journalling in the fall.
Some social studies type things designed on my own and from Lesson Pathways. Learning about holidays and various countries and stuch.
and of course PE, Art, Music, Bible reading thrown in for fun.
It seems like so much, but really it's only a couple hours a day, and she's always anxious to keep going, even after 2-3 hours of school!!
I really like Lesson Pathways, and it's free. I hardly ever use a lesson just how it is, but it provides an excellent starting point for planning your own lessons!
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If I were in that situation I would talk to my daughter about it. Not in a confrontational manner, but something like "Daddy heard from (DN) that you were into boys. It's okay if you are, you can talk to me about it, I won't get mad"...
I feel like if she told DN and not you, she probably wasn't ready to approach it with you, but if YOU bring it up she might be ready to spill!! :D
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I do whenever I can! I've been shooting since I was... 5 or 6, and DD will probably get a gun sometime within the next 2-3 years.
I shoot rifles, handguns and shotguns.
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I'm curious... do you have to be an accredited teacher to teach internationally? Teaching say... history, or ESL?
I'll be applying for graduate school in two years, but I've heard that *many* people end up being rejected on round one and have to reapply the next year. This is something I'd be very interested in for the in between year!
Oh, and how does homeschooling work while overseas? I know it isn't legal in many countries. Would you have to pick only countries that it IS legal in, or is there some way around it for being an American citizen?
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How are your summer school days structured so that your children aren't tempted to go outside/play with friends until their work is done.
I am not really talking about summer school. I am more talking of starting with the new school year in the middle of the summer (late July/early August).
We do a lot of our school in the evenings, after we've played for the day.
If we do choose to do school during the day, we live out in the country. To play with friends requires getting in the car and going to their house, so it's never really a temptation! :)
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I live in Salisbury, MD, but with family in Waldorf where we can stop to visit (and drop DD off for the day!) I'll be heading the the NOVA conference also!
No help with MCT, just made me smile to see so many on here from MD/DE. :D
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Ugh. Me.
My mom wasn't very... homemaker-ish. (Not a word! lol) We often had dinner at 10 or 11 oclock at night, and NOT very healthy meals. Our house was ALWAYS a mess. On top of that, she always did my laundry for me, never expected me to do chores of any sort... -sigh-
I know she was just trying to take care of me, but since she did everything, I never learned how! EVERYTHING about homemaking (cleaning, cooking, laundry, planning healthy meals..) is hard for me. Paying bills is equally hard, since I was never taught financial responsibility either.
And of course, I had my daughter at 20 years old, while I was still living at home. We have moved out, but instead of trying to learn how to run a home for just me, I was thrown into the mix trying to run it for both my daughter and I.
If I can ever get the hang of it, I will definitely be teaching my daughter these skills. I will be checking out the books recommended in this post, thank you!!
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Morgan Classical Prep.
Morgan = DD's middle name and my grandmothers middle name. I was very close to my grandmother before she passed, and education was very important to her. After raising two children, she went back to school and eventually earned her master's degree. She was still in school to the day she died.
Classical = well, we plan on using the classical model! :D
Prep = I liked the way it sounded as opposed to school/academy/any other choices. Plus, as DD gets older we will be focusing on college prep, and I wanted a name that could stay the same all the way through.
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Returning to health is not only about appearance. It's about maintaining that part of yourself that makes you able to keep up with the kids, ward off illness, and live longer.
I'm not sure exactly what you went through, but I do know a little something about emotional weight gain. I have always been an emotional eater, and being bipolar, I'm pretty much always emotional. I went through some things and came out on the other side believing that I wasn't worth it, didn't deserve to be loved, and just stopped caring. I gained... A LOT of weight.
Like you, I've become a much heathier person, emotion wise. I have begun to enjoy, love!, my life, and realize that I really do deserve to be happy. However, I'm having a tough time breaking the unhealthy eating/no exercise habits.
What has helped me become motivated is what elegantlion said. Becoming physically healthy is NOT about "looking good". It's about being healthy, living to see my daughter get married and have children, being able to run and play with her, and being a good example for her. I don't want my poor choices to rub off on her. Maybe it could help you too look at it that way instead of viewing weight loss as a way to look better?
I would definitely look into some counselling if you haven't already. Someone who knows your story and is trained in these issues could really help.
:grouphug: Recovering from bad things takes time, and it sure sounds like you are on the right track. Definitely try to motivate yourself, you will feel much better, but don't be to hard on yourself. Whatever you went through was obviously very tough, and you are going to need to work through it at your own pace.
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I have no advice... but I do have a question.. what is the water/vinegar test??
I've been wondering lately if I should start taking supplements, or if DD should take any. I have to admit, I don't eat as well as I should, and while DD eats much better than I do, we still have a pretty limited diet. I'm curious what type of supplements you take (for what?) and what you give to your children.
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Kind of a bunny trail...but I have long wondered what kind of affect it would have on abortion rates if all the people who spend their time preaching about it and picketing and demonstrating and yelling, would instead use that time and energy investing in the lives of kids/people around them. I know that people who choose that route have many different reasons for doing so, but we do know that some choose it out of desperation and a feeling that there is no other answer.
But, of course, actually getting involved in a *person's life* can get messy...it's much easier and cleaner and takes much less time to just run one's mouth.
Just throwing out a thought...I have no way of knowing if this person ALSO actually gets to know the people they preach at.
I would LOVE to get involved somehow. I think that for some girls, it could help to see me. I mean, not to put myself up on a pedestal, but I have come a long way from the 19 year old party girl with pretty much no future to the 24 year old mommy with the entire world open at my feet. I just feel like it could show them that having a child does NOT mean that your life is over.
I just don't know how to get involved. I donate the stuff DD grows out of, and when my church collects change I donate, but I wish I could get more involved. Maybe that is how the people who go to rallies and clinics to pray feel.
Then again, I would never go to an abortion clinic to pray/protest. Those girls are going through a lot anyways, I'm not going to add to their distress. :thumbdown:
Funny video.
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For everyone just starting out and feeling a little nervous... :D