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:001_huh: That is not a comforting anecdote. Hopefully most doctors are more intellectually curious than your ex-pediatrician. How did she get through school? That is just weird.
I know, tell me about it. :001_huh:
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One of my friends who is a pediatrician said this to me and confided that when she volunteered at her dc's private school, she took playground duty because she didn't feel qualified to teach anything. :confused:
At the risk of being a thread hog (my third comment in a row here), I had to say something here. My children's pediatrician said something similar to me back when my oldest was in first grade! She said "I don't know how you can homeschool. I mean, I'm a doctor and I can't even help my daughter with her high school Chemistry. What are you going to do about that?" :confused::confused::confused:
We, um, don't see her anymore, by the way.
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But before I homeschooled or even understood homeschooling, I didn't realize that you could buy all these great curricula. I thought homeschool moms were slogging it out on their own, teaching solely from the stored knowledge in their brain. So it's possible that her comment came from that misunderstanding.
I think that this is quite true. Some people start off saying "So, does the school system give you books, or what?" And they are really, really surprised when I start telling them about the sheer magnitude of materials that are available for home education. They really have no idea. I don't know...if I have a burning question about something, I just google it. If some of these people were really wondering, they could google "homeschool curricula" and then they'd realize that finding material and teaching core subjects are NOT the things that make this difficult. We all have tons of wonderful materials. As with anything else, our own personal demons and those of our children are the hardest things to overcome.
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I think when many people consider homeschooling, they jump way ahead of themselves and start worrying about teaching calculus and physics. The reality is we start with letters, numbers, and writing their name just like any conscientious parent of preschoolers.
I agree.
I've said things like "Well, I've got my phonics rules down pat, so I can teach reading. I have a pretty good grip on elementary math, so I can teach that. And subjects that I didn't learn well in school (like history) are so much fun to learn along with my kids. Besides, do you really think that teachers in schools know everything that they teach? That's why they have curriculum. And I can open a book and teach from it as easily as
they can. ;)"
This works well for now because up til this year my kids were all elementary aged. Now that I have a middle school aged child I add the thing about outsourcing to community college or using one of the wonderful co-ops or learning centers that we have in our area.
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Well, it depends on what you want to eat. Then there's Teresa Caffe, which is really good, and moderately priced. I just found out that The Original Soup Man (you know, "No soup for you!" from "Seinfeld.") has opened a franchise in Princeton. That could be tasty and inexpensive. And it's very conveniently located in Palmer Square, which is a short walk from the Library. I like to go to Winberie's for pub type food.
Later on there are two places, even three, that have really good ice cream.
First, there's the Halo Pub. It's owned by a local micro-dairy, and is a local favorite. Then there's Thomas Sweet, which is legendary. The original one is near the Rutgers campus. They make their own chocolate and their own ice cream and they are top notch. I've loved them since my days at Rutgers, but I also want to mention that last spring they were generous enough to donate about 20 gallons of ice cream to our Homeschool Choir's end of year picnic. :D The Bent Spoon has organic ice cream, some of which is flavored with locally grown fruit. Unfortunately they close at 6 on Mondays.
There's also a Starbucks nearby on Nassau Street.
If you're staying at the Nassau Inn, all of these places are a pleasant walk away. A few of them are actually in Palmer Square, where the hotel is located.
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What's the topic, Susan?
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Makes you pretty grateful to know where your milk comes from, doesn't it?
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They have to die. Furthermore, you need to call an exterminator because you probably have a bigger problem than you realize if they are nesting inside the folds of your towels.
Where were they stored?
Ewwwww!!!!!
(Can you tell that I am not an animal person?)
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Absolutely. I'm in! :001_smile:
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If it's the same story I'm thinking of, the fake boyfriend's name was Jesse James or Jesse something. And he was a (fake) forest fire fighter, I think. Does that help? Maybe that will give you some leads for googling?The con artist was Janna St. James. Google her and you'll find out more than you ever wanted to know about someone else's psychosis.
Yes, this is definitely the one. I had mixed up some of the details, but that's the story I was talking about for sure. You guys rock. Thanks so much.
I'll pass the info along to my friend just to show her how deranged and deceitful people can be.
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I'm asking because a friend of mine has an internet friend whose life is like something off General Hospital and I've just suggested to her that maybe that person isn't being totally honest with her. That story popped into my mind, but now I can't find the original sites to show her.
Okay, now I'm really going to bed!
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It's not a true troll story, but the main character was more of a drama queen.
A couple of years ago there was someone who started a blog to "out" this woman who had taken him/her. The woman was full of sob stories and she befriended this individual through a message board or something. The DQ said that she'd met some guy and they were going to get married. DQ even changed her own voice to sound like a guy when she spoke to the "friend" on the phone. Then suddenly the fiance (a rancher or something) died tragically. The "friend" wanted to comfort the DQ and invited her to come and stay at his/her home for awhile. There was even a video on youtube of the day that the "friend's" real friends came and did an intervention exposing the DQ to be a liar and a thief.
Does anyone else remember this?
I'm going to bed now, but I'll come back in the morning to check! :)
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If you know how much you want to spend or need to spend to make school work for you next year.. then put it in your budget now.. I would divide the amt needed into how many months you have to save and then put it aside. Just like you would do saving for christmas in his plan. I hope that came across right lol.
This is exactly what I was planning to suggest.
Since you can estimate the cost, just start putting that amount aside. We've paid off our debt, but we are still working toward our 6-month emergency fund. I wasn't willing to make curricular changes this year, but one thing I did was to decrease the number of go-alongs that I'm purchasing. We are utilizing our library a lot more. And even though I forgot to renew 5 books and had to pay $4 in fees for the 8 days they were past due, that is still cheaper than buying all of those books outright.
The only ones I've purchased are those that aren't available through the library system or ones that will be needed for multiple weeks/units.
That saves money and space because I don't have to permanently house these extra books.
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Thank you for your kind words, ladies. I do praise the Lord that He so graciously opened my husband's eyes, in His way, and in His time. For so long I tried to convince him, tried to lead him, and I always failed miserably. I understand now that the Lord had a lot of behind the scenes work to do in my husband's heart. Also, He knew that if I were somehow instrumental in my husband's conversion I would feel like I could have a little bit of the glory for myself. I could say "Well, here's what I did with Ed..." But this was truly the gift of God so that Angela could not boast. I am so grateful. The change is enormous. He was always a good husband, a good father, a good person. But now he is godly, and there is just an amazing difference.
I wanted to say that I've used the following books with my children:
My ABC Bible Verses, by Susan Hunt
Big Truths for Little Kids, also by Susan Hunt
Discovering Jesus in Genesis, Hunt again
Discovering Jesus in Exodus, guess who wrote it?
This year we are using Training Hearts, Teaching Minds for our morning devotion.
I think that the popularity of Veritas Press and Tapestry of Grace has led many people to consider Reformed theology. There are some who say "I'll use it even though I'm not Reformed." But there are others who will realize they don't even know what it is to be Reformed and will want to at least examine the basis for Reformed Theology.
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I hope that those with the gene are all special, fabulous people.;)
Ohhhh, I almost missed this.
Thanks! I could use a pick me up today! :grouphug:
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I had no idea how prolific hot peppers are until we planted 6 plants this year, 2 each of Hungarian wax, jalapeno, & habanero. :tongue_smilie:
Oh, it's true. We had a zillion of them in our last garden.
And now the farm is letting you pick 30 pieces at a time.
I guess they grow well because insects and animals don't eat them?
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My understanding is that it's fairly important if you want to have an authentic accent.
On the other hand, I have a friend who was born and raised in Mexico and she doesn't roll hers all that well. She says that she's never been able to do it properly and that people at home always tease her a little. Instead of "rrrrr" she sort of says "llrr" it's hard to describe it in writing.
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Audrey,
That is a very cool site. Thanks for sharing it!
I think I'm making condiment baskets for Christmas presents this year and a little jar of hot pepper jelly would be perfect!
Oh, and Stephanie:
You bring the cream cheese, I'll have the pepper jelly and some really nice whole wheat crackers!! :D
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Thank you so much for inviting me to this group. Well, I actually wrote to Jami and begged her to speak up on my behalf, but let's not dwell on that! ;) Anyway, I am a strange bird when it comes to all of this. I am a 5 Pointer, etc. I was raised in a nominally Baptist home, but no true following of it. When I got to college I converted to Catholicism and remained so until about 9 years ago. I had married a very staunch Catholic and we were happy until I started going to a Bible study taught by a Reformed woman. So we stayed in the Catholic church for the sake of my husband. Eventually he released me from that and I attended a PCA church for the next six years. I loved my church, but then...
My husband became a Christian. That was certainly an answer to a lot of prayer, but the downside was that he wasn't Reformed and had no interest in attending my church. He wanted to go to Calvary Chapel. So that's where we've been for the past year. God is so good to me though, because even though I can't be in a Reformed church right now, I'm in a good one. And this time has challenged me and I've grown in faith tremendously. I think that I've learned even more about the sovereignty of God because of this whole experience, right up to today.
So that's my life story in a nutshell. I'm happy in my little church, I just wish it were Reformed. And I wish they'd let me teach a women's Bible study, but I don't think they will (I'm pretty sure it's because they know I'm Reformed.) So I'm just seeing this as a time that the Lord is teaching me other things, not letting me use all of my gifts, but I trust that he'll show me why eventually.
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I picked about 30 super hot peppers at our CSA today. I would like to make some kind of yummy condiment with them. I was thinking either a peppery vinegar or a pepper jelly. Any tried and true recipes??
Thanks!!
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Oh my gosh! My husband just walked in and told me. I have to say that I am shocked in a weird kind of way because even though I knew he was getting on in years, I didn't realize that he'd been sick. How sad. What a neat, neat man. If they only thing he'd done was to have a successful movie career while staying married to the same woman lo these many years...well that would've made him remarkable in my eyes. But he did so much more than that. Talk about adding to the beauty....
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Heather,
I am so sorry that this experience was such a bad one for you.
You've got to wonder how some people manage to sleep at night considering the underhanded stuff that they pull on people who trust them.
Yeesh.
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Oh, that is really troubling, Dawn.
But you know that the authorities will take it really seriously and they'll have all available security on hand until they find the person who made the threats. I hope you'll be able to rest. I just prayed for all of you. :grouphug:
What is the gracious response to ...
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Well of course. But you have to assess the situation based on the tone of voice, facial expression, your relationship with the person, etc. I think that many of us have heard that question from people whose tone was somewhat antagonistic. Facial expressions say a lot.