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2 hours ago, kbutton said:
Do you shower at bedtime then? I know a warm shower makes all those varicose veins in my legs dilate!
If I shower in the morning, I dry off, lie down in bed for a few minutes, and then put on the compression hose.
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I buy thigh high compression hose from DiscountSurgical.com and secure them with silicone body glue. Then I just wear socks over them. They have a huge selection at reasonable prices. I choose thigh-high with open toes.
I literally put my compression hose on the moment I wake up (before I get out of bed) and don't take them off until I get into bed at night. Though I wouldn't choose to have varicose veins, I am so thankful I live in a day of good compression hose!
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With my teens, we make a time-based schedule so that we are realistic about what we can fit in, but then I allow them to manage their own time with a task-based checklist. My deal is that I don't nag, remind, or urge unless something isn't finished by dinner. And usually the "reward" of no reminders from mom is enough to get my kids to get everything done before dinner.
In my experience, teens who work based on a clock learn to procrastinate and pretend to work. If your daughter does "60 minutes of math", she has no incentive to work quickly. If she does "one math lesson," she learns she can read for twenty minutes if she works quickly. This approach has led to my two older kids being incredibly efficient workers. They both have schedules that are considered "too much" at their gifted high school, yet both have outside interests, hobbies, and work while getting to bed on time.
If you have problems with a child evading chores, find ways to schedule that child for chores that are independent. With teens, I really like the "dinner helper" approach - one person helps one parent on 100% of the dinner cleanup (or making) one night per week. This is great because the teen gets focused training AND focused time. This provides the space for relationship to grow by adding built-in one-on-one time, important in larger families.
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4 hours ago, ikslo said:
CLRC is accredited. I had no problem transferring DS’s Russian credit to the public school. Some of their Spanish classes are in the afternoon Pacific time so they may meet your needs?
This is *exactly* what I was looking for. Thanks!
HSA looks great, but its accreditation isn't accepted by my daughter's school. If this were just about learning, that would be my route, but she needs to get credit for it.
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Hi everyone,
I homeschooled my kids K-8 and now my oldest two are in high school. While school has in general been great for her, her Spanish class this year has been atrocious (we even got a letter for Q1 saying they weren't going to give a grade because the kids hadn't yet learned anything due to teacher absence).
DD15 hopes to take Spanish online for credit that she can transfer to her high school next year. Of course, she could learn Spanish on her own at some place without accreditation, but she has a lot of classes she wants to take at school and is trying to make some space in her schedule.
Do you know of online Spanish that is accredited by one of the regional accreditors and meets in the afternoon/evening?
Thanks, Emily
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21 minutes ago, Carol in Cal. said:
I’ve been thinking about this more, and have realized that I also love books that describe their natural settings very well and in great detail. Nature awareness is a rare and wonderful thing in a novel, and very valuable to me.
Any favorites to recommend?
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If it was appraised a while back, it likely is worth a lot less now. That might relieve some stress. Also appraisals for replacement value for insurance and for sale value are shockingly different.
Everyone was shocked at how little many things were worth when my grandparents died. Their jewelry was out of fashion, and therefore only had value melted down. The custom-made French crystal, bought for $$$, only a few bucks per glass. (The mid-century modern teak furniture, however, was a different situation!)
If the amount it is worth is making decisions difficult, getting an estimated sale price might help.
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My parents aren't very sentimental, so when my grandfather died, they had a jeweler look at the real stuff , appraise it, and then let people buy it out of their inheritance at 66% of market value.
Here's how this worked out in reality:
My grandmother had a very nice ring that had cost $10K to have custom made. It was totally out of fashion, though, so the jeweler said it would basically be sold for parts at $3K. All the family thought it was ugly (totally 1980s over-the-top). My cousin, who was getting engaged, and I bought it together. He paid $1300 and got the diamond, I paid $700 and got the ring, which I had reset with an ruby. (Both of us could have used our inheritance to pay for it, but we both had jobs and just wrote checks.)
We both are happy, and neither feels any sort of obligation to others.
OTOH, I got DH's grandma's inherited ring when we got engaged. It really creeped me out when we'd go to her house and she'd say, "Let me see my ring." She was a very sweet, kind, well-meaning lady, but it just felt odd.
DH's brother was offered a different ring of Grandma's when he got engaged and refused it.
Emily
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Might you be a candidate for monoclonal antibodies since you work in a high risk field and just don't seem to be mounting a strong enough immune response?
Emily
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I sold dd5's babyhood stroller last week, at last, as I had been listing it on and off for a few years. I'd list it for a week or two, get tired of walking around it, put it in the attic for six months, and then relist it. Anyways. Then, over the weekend, I got a set of very high end velvet armchairs for $70. They are super comfortable, and much nicer than I thought they'd be. I am very happy with the purchase!
I'm experimenting with Sunday nights after evening church as my grocery shopping nights. I've experienced a fair amount of violence in the grocery store and find it upsetting even to go. However, with a family of seven, grocery delivery costs really add up (either there is a fee, or the prices are higher than in store, or the fee-less store is an expensive one). I went Sunday, the place was deserted, and I spent so much less because I knew I had a plan to come back. Ds10 helped me and we were in and out in 45 minutes. (Aldi)
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So, I got rid of my smart phone and got a dumb phone. All my texts are actually that - text. I don't take email when not at home. I made the change in fall 2019 and love it.
I have so much less stress and anxiety. I feel better connected with those I'm in contact with, though I'm not in contact with as many people (no more social media, either).
I'm reading "Subprime Attention Crisis" right now which deals with some of this. Needed an editor, but the ideas are interesting.
Emily
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Any favorite human body books for the younger elementary?
We already read the "Let's Read and Find Out," which she loves.
She likes lungs a lot, but at age 5, isn't quite ready for in-depth books like Seymour Simon's Lungs. We read along with older brother, grade 4.
Emily
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My kids get $0.25/chore and have usually been able to earn up to half their age per week by doing various chores. My kids generally help out around the house in an unpaid way and lose their right to earn money via chores if they don't help out happily, as necessary, in an unpaid way. I've only had to give a warning once, though.
My kids generally stop marking chores when they get to about 12. All my kids have found better paying jobs by that age, LOL, and can't be bothered with a piddly couple of bucks a week from mom and dad. But they still are really helpful.
The exception is ds10, my first kid who can clean a bathroom as well as me without being reminded. He's also my only kid who sees mess and cleans it up. He also has the ability to ear $1/bathroom each week in addition to half his age. If he does everything, he can earn $8/week. This is good because his love language is gifts and he loves buying presents for his family, cousins, friends, etc.
Emily
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Hi again everyone,
I took a sanity break from Thanksgiving to New Year's but am back now (will probably be sporadic).
We dealt with medical bill reimbursements and found a possible mistake one provider is making. I need to call again this week to get the provider to do their part on billing the insurance first.
We got our house repaired for $500 when a neighbor was getting work done as a side project for the carpenter was there instead of the $2500 it was originally quoted at. It may end up being a short term (3-5 year) fix, but then at least we'll know whether a bigger repair and siding replacement is needed. That was a huge win.
Dd13 got a job as a violin practice partner, so she will have plenty of spending money now. (And I am hoping she decides to save up for at least part of a violin purchase price.)
And... I got a job. I start next week. I will be the coordinator for a psychology research project about math education. It'll be afternoons, with a mix of in-person and remote work.
ETA: We worked with an accountant to get our tax bill fixed. It was pretty eye opening to find out how common such letters are! The accountant told us he even got one personally the first year he got his tax certification!
Emily
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I've been adding beans as a side dish. Take a pound or two of cooked beans, saute with oil and a bit of spice (white beans and sage, for example, or pintos and cumin and cayenne), then serve as a side. Filling, reasonably healthy, should reduce the amount of meat needed. My family loves this.
Emily
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None so far, but DS16 got up super early to go birding this morning. He wants to be the first in county to post an ebird list this year. He might be out too long, though, since he's not back yet.
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Hi everyone,
My 9th grade daughter is writing her first long-format research paper. She's asked me for something to read about how to take notes on dense articles (she'll be reading some scholarly articles, a first for her).
Do you know of any good resources to learn how to take good notes?
Thanks, Emily
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I think Intensive Practice is WAAAY too much, personally. The kid who will like the book won't need it, and the kid who needs it might do better with a lot fewer questions or just the Extra Practice books.
I like the CWP books and they were great for my kid, though sometimes rough. Starting with a year behind is good. If he's frustrated, I'd skip the more challenging ones and come back later. You could also do a bit of FAN math (a lot easier, but introduces concepts) and then come back to CWP.
The way I use CWP with my kid is a year behind, one page per day. I make him do the problems on the white board because he hates writing and we fight that battle in other subjects. It provides great review but is still quite hard. I do see one goal of CWP as learning to persevere when things are hard and to build problem solving stamina. However, the challenge should be in the problem solving, not in the arithmetic.
I saw CWP as building problem-solving skills for AoPS. I don't think there will be any challenge transitioning to Foerster Algebra with or without these books.
If decimals is easy, I'd just minimize how many problems I did (maybe every fourth?) instead of adding in extra books.
Best of luck!
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6 hours ago, Slache said:
No. I used to work there though. I've never seen the movie. I should.
I often sing "Good Morning America, How Are You?" or whatever it's called by Arlo. My kids have it memorized.
That was our folk song to learn one month. We had a kick with that one, especially when we'd hear it piping over the loudspeaker while shopping.
Another fun folk song was the Charlie on the MBTA Song (Especially when a salesperson would disappear, and we'd start the chorus... "Did he ever come back? no he never came back...")
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LOL. What a fun memory.
My granddad used to play "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" every Thanksgiving after dessert, though.
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I'm at my parents' house for Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly 10 years. So glad :-).
I'm making my grandmother's persimmon pudding in her mold that I got when my grandfather died about thirteen years ago. I have the persimmon pudding steaming on the stove right now!
Emily
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I finished my four-week challenge (!!!) and get to choose the next one.
My knee is feeling a little funky and my wrists have been bothering me. My goal for the week is to roll both daily.
Emily
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12 hours ago, mommyoffive said:
Oh wow, that sounds amazing!! Do you live near water? We have a few cranes that come in our neighborhood, but as it gets built up more we don't see them anymore. That would have been amazing to see.
Glad you were able to talk to an accountant and everything worked out. We file our taxes with an CPA every year just for our peace of mind. Totally worth the $.
Yay for a cheap week of groceries.
Yay for cheap presents for your dd. Where the dogs yours? It is so neat to see your kids love the toys you loved as a kid. Glad you got to see a performance.
Yes, we are close to water, but cranes usually avoid where we are because it is too urban. Yesterday, however, there was a strong wind pushing generally in our direction, and the cranes took advantage of it.
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We've been working our way through myths with Greek Myths last year and are now on Norse myths. I hate them, ds9 hates them.
Any good alternative myth suggestions for this year, especially if you can recommend a neat book to read them from?
Emily
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@marbel Just looking at your post again - were you putting the socks on before getting up in the morning?
When I first got fitted, the fitter strictly lectured me on how it was important to put them on while lying down and with the least amount of swelling possible.
Hope you get this figured out. The right compression hose can be a life-changer.