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  1. ScoutTN

    WAHOOWA! 

  2. ScoutTN

    A spelling lesson just doesn't seem very important on this glorious spring day. Sending my boy outside right now to enjoy the sunshine and birdsong!

  3. ScoutTN

    Logged in to icloud on my laptop and the cute Hive icon came back to my WTM bookmark bar?! It had become just a generic icon a while ago. 

  4. ScoutTN

    Free theater tickets and dinner! Woohoo, a date!

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    2. ScoutTN

      ScoutTN

      Thanks! Max McLean does an excellent show and we have not seen the new one, about C.S. Lewis' conversion, yet.

       

      Dh is not big on planning dates, and we are seriously no-spend this month, so this is lovely all around.

    3. cintinative

      cintinative

      Yay!

    4. Chelle in MO

      Chelle in MO

      Sounds really special!

  5. ScoutTN

    Who made up "Giving Tuesday" anyway? Bah Humbug.

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    2. mathnerd

      mathnerd

      I am getting tons of phone calls from organizations that I have never heard of asking for money. I have already given generously for the whole year.

    3. marbel

      marbel

      Not to mention on facebook people being sure to let everyone else know that they donated to this or that charity. My family is very happy to donate as we can.

    4. SparklyUnicorn

      SparklyUnicorn

      ah yup...

       

  6. ScoutTN

    How I love Quizlet. Thank you, teachers and students who make these study sets!

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    2. hornblower

      hornblower

      Cool!

      I use Anki but I review daily.

    3. cintinative

      cintinative

      Yes! The Latin ones have been fantastic for us!

       

    4. Angie in VA

      Angie in VA

      Amen!

  7. ScoutTN

    Bravewriter podcast with SWB is great! JB is an excellent interviewer.

    1. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Ooh, I will have to check it out. Thank you!

    2. ScoutTN

      ScoutTN

      You are welcome!

  8. ScoutTN

    Dog chewed up our eclipse glasses! I hope I can get more at the planetarium!

  9. ScoutTN

    Ds, "Oh mom, come look at this cool bug!"

    1. Angie in VA

      Angie in VA

      <3 this!

       

  10. ScoutTN

    An evening of listening to Circe podcasts at home by myself, while sitting in a comfy chair while sipping hot tea and eating chocolate chips

  11. ScoutTN

    Fun math today! Cups, pints, quarts and gallons. Water day in my kitchen!

    1. mom31257

      mom31257

      I love real life math!

  12. ScoutTN

    Sigh...Will ds EVER learn the multiplication table?

    1. Crimson Wife

      Crimson Wife

      I felt that way with my 2nd. I tried everything I could think of. What finally worked was having him fill out a multiplication chart daily for months. I let him use the chart for his schoolwork but only if he filled it out completely first.

    2. Miss Marple

      Miss Marple

      One of my boys learned them while bouncing on the trampoline reciting the times table with me. Some studies show that memorization works better when doing something physical while reciting.

       

    3. SnMomof7

      SnMomof7

      Reflex Math - DD finally learned at 13.

  13. ScoutTN

    Munching toasted pumpkin seeds while correcting math.

  14. ScoutTN

    Yikes! Major gas shortage here.This week's activities may need to be re-arranged.

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    2. Elizabeth 2

      Elizabeth 2

      I wondered how much of an impact it would have.

    3. ScoutTN

      ScoutTN

      Oil rigs off the Tx coast have been down because of hurricanes so production is off some. Then a pipline burst near Birmingham, AL. Many gas stations here are closed and others have very long lines. Prices have gone up over 40 cents in two days.

    4. JennyD

      JennyD

      Is that what's going on?! I went to Costco today to fill up and was baffled by the long lines.

  15. ScoutTN

    Dd is reading Percy Jackson aloud to Ds. So fun to listen in!

  16. ScoutTN

    Too much Harry Potter? A friend asked ds about his science for next year (chemistry) and he called it Potions!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      This is awesome. :)

    2. Momto6inIN

      Momto6inIN

      No such thing as too much Harry Potter! lol

    3. Dmmetler

      Dmmetler

      I'm tempted to make Harry Potter book covers for DD's books...hmm...

  17. ScoutTN

    Storming here, no fireworks. But neighborhood kids still letting off poppers and keeping my kids up. Argh!

  18. ScoutTN

    Journey through bookland ...my living room after a trip to the library!

    1. mama25angels

      mama25angels

      Congratulations!! Enjoy them and post pictures please

  19. ScoutTN

    Snow day here!

  20. ScoutTN

    My dog won't stop barking at the snowman in our front yard!

  21. ScoutTN

    It is going to snow tonight and we are going to miss a FT to the symphony. :( Why can't it snow on more convenient days?!

  22. ScoutTN

    Seed catalogs are here! I

    1. TGHEALTHYMOM

      TGHEALTHYMOM

      Thanks for the reminder... mine came last month and got buried... The Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening is my latest book.. I haven't read many books on gardening.

    2. ScoutTN

      ScoutTN

      Dh had a major haelth crisis last summer so I grew mostly weeds. Hoping for good health and lots of veggies this year!

    3. TGHEALTHYMOM

      TGHEALTHYMOM

      My Square foot gardens and herb bed did great last year.. everything else suffered... raised beds were made but still, bugs and too much rain here did us in.

       

       

  23. ScoutTN

    Minor mom victory! Ds ate up the spaghetti sauce with lots of mushrooms chopped up in it. He actually ate the fungi he so detests. :)

    1. melbotoast

      melbotoast

      :applause:

  24. ScoutTN

    Quizlet has my kids loving Latin vocab practice!

    1. Dmmetler

      Dmmetler

      My DD likes making her own games on Quizlet-awesome site :)

       

    2. Mommy22alyns

      Mommy22alyns

      We've been on Quizlet lately too, for Apologia Gen. Science!

  25. ScoutTN

    Dh and kids and I are all home together. Such a small but glorious thing!

    1. Penguin

      Penguin

      Glorious, indeed :)

    2. creekland

      creekland

      Glad to hear it! May recovery go well!

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