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    Hoover floormate?

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    My shark steam mop finally died!:( It was almost 3 years old and it was the basic bare bones model. The hubby just came home with the Hoover floormate. I've seen it on t.v. a few times and it looks pretty cool. When I've read the reviews online, it seems you either love it or hate it. Would love to hear what you guys think?

    Eeek. Am I enabling this situation??

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    I think that by letting her know that you would not be available after March, you clearly set up some boundaries. IMO, I don't think your enabling her- yet. However, it does sound like there is a potential for her to take advantage of the situation. . She needs to make time to parent her children, despite her depression and insomnia. This is coming from someone who also has twin boys and was dealing with depression, insomnia, and my children's health issues while they were at their worst, which were during the toddler and preschool age. I had little help because my husband was too busy working two jobs to provide for us. I had one other school age child at the time and no other help. You've done a lot to help thus far.

    9yo had seizure at school - UPDATE POST 34

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    I didn't read all the responses, but as a parent of two boys with a history of epilepsy, he should have gone straight to the ER. It is scary and to be honest with you, 11 years later, each and every seizure terrifies me and sends me into a panic. My boys are now med free, but it has been a long journey. ((((HUGS)))))))

    Teaching Textbook users...

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    85% is my cut-off. With the "try again" option on many questions, there's no excuse for my son to make below 85%. First I figure out why he missed so many problems - careless errors usually, but if there is a learning issue, I reteach of course. Carelessness and/or attitude means I go in and delete the entire lesson and have him redo it.

     

    Thanks! I had originally decided that anything under a 80% required doing it over. I was hoping that was reasonable. @Tammy, when you make him re- do it, is it the same day? It is taking mine about an hour to do a lesson.

    Teaching Textbook users...

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    I could have written this post word for word! I am having the same problems with my dd11 6th. We are using TT as well, and she makes careless mistakes over and over and over.......For one thing, she writes so fast and her work is so sloppy, she gets confused. It's such a battle just getting her to slow down. She recently started with a tutor, and just loves her time with her. Her tutor doesn't see what I see at home though. Last week I had her take her lesson to her session and do the work with her tutor. Her tutor stated she thought it might just be the format of TT. She thinks the anticiation of hearing him tell her the answer was right or wrong was making her tense. She stated even she (tutor) tarted getting all tensed up waiting to see what he was going to say. lol She requested she just use the workbook this week to see how things go. So far, today's lesson was typical. She still blames TT for her wrong answers. Her other suggestion if that didnt seem to help was to switch her to Abeka math. The tutor chose Abeka because she has used it for years with kids through 6 grade. She is planning to go through it and cut out all the work she doesn't need so she can focus on the stuff she does need to work on. So basically, we won't be starting back again at the beginning. I did go ahead and order it. It's worth a shot. I am inclined to say that it won't help, but I'll try anything at ths point.

     

    I'll be listening in to see what suggestions you get!

     

     

     

    Oh yes! The constant whining is that it's TT fault, that THEY don't know what they are doing. LOL.

    Teaching Textbook users...

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    My non-mathy kid still hates math. Teaching Textbooks has been great for us. He doesn't want to change math curriculum, he just hates math. We worked through TT4 and we are halfway through 5. My child is making careless mistakes, he whines and complains and math is just frustrating all together. I do believe so much is attitude and I make myself available to help when needed. My question is- at what point to you make your student redo a lesson? If I could get him to slow down and focus, I know he can do better. Today, he scored in the high 70's.

    Changes in friendships...vent...this is long.......

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    I'm so aggravated right now. At 34 years old, I'm getting to the point where I am caring less about what people think. I really try to keep my life simple. I'm at a real good place in my life and I don't feel the need to change that.

     

    Some background...I have maintained a friendship with 2 girls that I went to school with. One of them being my childhood best friend since we were 7. I love both these girls dearly and I love their families. We live about an hour from each other and see each other a couple times a year. However, here lately, I absolutely dread even the idea of meeting up. Even meeting for dinner becomes complicated. I would be happy if we just met for coffee or burgers. Keep it simple. Every thing turns into how I need to "expand my palate" or try something different. I don't want to talk about the latest $1500 handbag or vacation to Dubai. Honestly, I'd rather stay home.

     

    Both these women are hard working professionals who work outside the home. They are pretty well off. I choose to stay home and we have a modest income. I by no means am envious or anything like that. I am quite content with my life and understand we are just in different places.

     

    The one who I've been friends with since we were 7 is having her 35th bday in Miami with a group of about 7 other ladies. The thought of going to this actually causes me to get anxious. I just don't want to go. I'd rather stab myself in the eye. Really. While it may sound fun to have a girls weekend away, I want to stay home. Maybe it's selfish.

     

    A first, it was about not wanting to spend that kind of money on the trip. I figured I'd rather spend that on a trip to NY to visit family. However, the hotel is being paid for by her husband. Yet, I still don't want to go.

     

    I mentioned that the date would not work due to a conflict with my husbands schedule and I would not be able to go. It then became about me meeting with them a day later instead because...well, "I know your husband is off that day and please tell him it's important to me."

     

    Ummm...excuse me???? This was all by email because to be honest, I dread confrontation. My response was that he totally understands this is important to you. This is not about that. I left it at that. I then receive a response stating that if it was a big deal, never mind. She also asked if this was about my husband not wanting me to go because she knows that if it was upto me, I would be there. I was so upset that I even was in a position having to explain myself. I just knew this was coming. I guess the reality is, in the past, I always explained myself. In the past, my husband has had controlling issues, but this is not about that. He and I are in a good place. This is all me and not him.

     

    I am not sure how to proceed. I never responded to her last email and I don't want to deal with it. I'm trying to set boundaries with my family and friends. I want them to respect the decisions that I make without having to explain it.

     

    Maybe I'm wierd to turn down a trip to South Beach (which is a 4 hr drive)with the girls. We don't really travel much. Mainly due to my boys health issues. It is what it is. I'm ok with that and just don't want to go away. if I do, it would be with my family. That's it. Sorry this is so long....

    Our school's new motto

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    Ok, I promise this is the last time that I will hijack this thread, LOL. I wanted to add another one: Listen child, I already know how to read and write so you better hope you can too...oh and hope you do not get ripped off, so you better learn that math too. LOL.

     

    Now, I'm done. Thank you.

    s/o If you were on a cruise ship without electricity, what kind of passenger would you be?

    in The Chat Board

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    I want to believe that I would not complain. I would be concerned about having my boys with me. With their special needs, they get sick easily and this results in seizures. Not having electricity and water would make this difficult to deal with. That would be my main concern. However, we don't travel much for that very reason. We just deal with it. However, I can't see trying to sue. It's a chance we take. It's not like it was something that was done on purpose, this is beyond their control.

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