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I'm posting a bit late on this, but the book "Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs" by Tomie de Paola is a gentle story about a beloved Nana passing away. It could help her/them to see death as, well, not "normal", but a common human experience.
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another worthwhile occupation (volunteering, or being an artist, or something) after her kids had grown up.
Thanks for including this. I don't think daughters (or anyone else) need to believe that earning money is the only way to make a serious, worthwhile contribution to the family or society. I may have to work after dc leave home, but what I'd really like to be is one of "the little old ladies that make the world go round" -- volunteering and helping people in significant ways.
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Are Stokke chairs an option for you? They are fully adjustable and can be used at a regular table. We love them and use our dining room table for school. Adults can also sit on these chairs. Not cheap, but worth it.
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I have enough distractions in my life, thanks.
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Does this mean that people might start selling their nice bookshelves for cheap??? :auto:
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My parents and grandparents always scattered mothballs around under their cabin (in VA) to keep the snakes away. We were definitely raised to fear snakes. Daddy + shovel = my hero!
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An unwatched pot boils [over] three times faster than usual if there's rice in it.
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Well . . .
At our house, the dc usually hate answering the questions and want to do the narration and be done with it. :D So, I don't ask questions anymore unless they are stuck with what to narrate next. DD6 needs more questions than DS8.
I wouldn't worry too much about what they're doing in WWE vs. SOTW. Haven't used WWE 1, but do children need to *learn* how to narrate? If you asked your dc "What happened at the soccer game today?", they could tell you a story, right? It's the same idea when you ask them to narrate what they just heard. HTH a little!
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We're not tied to a 36-week school year, so the 42 chapters isn't an issue. We usually start with SOTW a week or so before adding other subjects, and the same at the end of the year (a few weeks of just SOTW). I've also sometimes combined shorter chapters and done two in one week (we don't do many projects, mostly just reading and mapwork). HTH!
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A second "Thanks!" to the earlier crockpot yogurt thread posters. I've enjoyed the results, too. A batch or two that didn't "yog" (probably my fault for forgetting to add the starter yogurt at the right time) was still salvaged by pouring on breakfast cereal. It was easier on my stomach than regular milk and kept just fine in the refrigerator for at least a week.
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Classical (I mean, music for an orchestra)
Bluegrass
Hymns
Zydeco!
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If I heard correctly, one reason that Amtrak runs behind schedule is because they rent the tracks from freight companies (like CSX, etc.) and have to give right-of-way to the freight trains.
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Sorry I can't be of much help. My father likes to travel by Amtrak (to many parts of the country), but I'm not sure how he makes his arrangements. You could try calling Amtrak and asking what they recommend for stopovers (does the station have lockers, is there security in the waiting rooms, etc.). Train travel is great, but not always the most convenient.
BTW, Amtrak sometimes (often?) runs behind, so maybe the 2 hr. stopover won't really be a problem.
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It's rainy and chilly in CenLA today (all the way down to 65F :D), so I'm enjoying some lovely, spicy chai. Here's the recipe: http://www.learningherbs.com/news_issue_77.html
BTW, Mtn. Rose is out of codonopsis, but this is just as good without it.
Enjoy!
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I'd go a different route and get a dough machine -- it mixes ingredients and kneads several loaves of dough rather quickly and then you separate the dough into loaves and bake them. I only have to make bread for my crew of nine twice a week. For a Bosch, I think you're looking at $200-$300. If possible (and maybe before the dough machine), I'd get a grain mill to make your own flour (another $250). These will last you for years and years and are worth the investment.
:iagree: even though I don't have either of these. Kneading and raising are the main things I use my (cheap-o brand) bread machine for.
Milovany, is the "dough machine" the same thing as the Bosch "mixer" ?
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We had a metal slide in our backyard growing up (not as long as the one in the blog). A couple times a year, my mom would give us waxed paper to sit on as we slid down, so the slide would stay nice and fast. Thanks, Mama! :lol:
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WooHoo! :party:
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DH and I just finished the first season of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King". :001_wub:
Francine's clothes are just a riot, and she's got the big hair, too.
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I also make bread in a pullman pan -- your problem is familiar! I store the bread in bags we bought for our [very part-time] bread business. They came in a box of 1000 from amazon. :) Similar bags are also available from King Arthur Flour.
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If it was thin strap then it wasn't a jumper.
So maybe we need to define "jumper".
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BTW, the only denim jumper I recall wearing was a cute, knee-length, thin-strap number when I was 19. But surely we can put our creativity to work here and invent some fabulous jumpers. :D
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Ok, ladies. I enjoy the denim jumper joke as much as anyone, but I think we're ready to take things to the next level. Let's reinvent the jumper. Claim the heritage while radically redefining it's meaning for the 2010s. Post the photos of your creation to this thread by, say, the end of the summer. Vive le jumper!
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Under the heading "The Realities of Home Schooling" p618 in the 2004 edition of TWTM, SWB says "Housework suffers. Books and science experiments and papers are all over the house."
See, I'm doing just what the book said! :D
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We're Aerus Electrolux people. :) (This is not the "Electrolux" you can buy at Sears. Look for an independent dealer or search online. I found a refurbished model which has served us well for years).