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Week 6 day 3 done, sort of.
Wednesday night we went to a family fun night. There was a relay obstacle course race that my three big kids did. First up was ds(8). He outran everybody, then tagged ds(6), then ran WITH ds(6) to show him the way. When they got back he tagged dd10 and went with her too, still finishing nearly first. Then he challenged dh to the course and beat him. Then he challenged me and beat me. Then he ran part of it again just for fun.
There is a 5k in my town August 1st, so after his exploits I told him he might want to sign up. To see if he had the endurance i took him along today. He was overall faster than me, but needed more breaks. At first I had to stop with him, so I didn't run for 25 min in a row. When we got to a more familiar area for him I could give him a goal (like run to McDonald's and meet me there) he would sprint ahead and get his breaks while I was still jogging.
2 more weeks until the 5k, and we're both going to sign up. I'm sure he'll beat me, but I will finish it too!
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Thanks for all the great ideas! I knew I came to the right place for help. :)
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Ooh, I think she'd like some of those. :)
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Dh and I are stuck. We don't know what to get Dd for her birthday. She'll be turning 11.
Past presents she has loved:
Fashion stencil drawing books
Rainbow loom
Sewing supplies
Spa supply making kit
Simple cook books
Plush cats
Ceramic cats
Books about cats
Comic books (Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, etc.)
If you didn't notice, she loves cats and crafts. Any gift ideas? Non-cat or craft ideas are also welcome, as we wouldn't mind helping her expand her interests.
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I agree with others on Song School Latin, and Tales from the Odyssey mentioned above. Also Michael Clay Thompson English, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, Getting Started With Latin, Miquon math, and All About Spelling.
Another great book we've used as a spine for a year of science is The New Way Things Work.
I also agree with others that more information on how to homeschool or recommendations of your lectures would be lovely.
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Week 6 Day 2 done. I had to pick a longer route. I started this going a little more than a mile. Last week I was going 1.7 miles. My new route is 2.25 miles. I think it will last a couple of weeks, but I'll need to move up to a whole 3 miles after that. :)
I hope your ankle heals soon Greta!
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It was almost like there was an off switch. When we were done we just no longer wanted more children. If we had one accidentally, we would love and care for it of course, but our family feels complete. We didn't know where that point would be until we reached it.
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DH is often on call at night, and therefore has to leave his phone on. It's been like this for 5 years. No matter how many times he explains this, he still gets random texts, mostly from his mom, at odd hours. He'll reply immediately and she'll text back, "You weren't supposed to get that until morning!" He then explains again that he can't turn his phone off because of work, and she'll tell him again that she thought he turned his phone off because his brother does. Sigh. But he doesn't want to block her at night either because there might be an emergency and we don't have a landline. FWIW, she has been doing this less often lately.
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Week 6 Day 1 done. It was actually a little harder than the 20 minute jog. I think it was because I was expecting it to be easier, and I had to check my stopwatch more often. And probably because I was tired too.
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I don't know about specific curriculum, but as with any language, conversation with people who are fluent is indispensable.Is there a local Deaf Center you can volunteer at once you get some curriculum under your belt? Community Ed classes? Someone who knows someone who is Deaf?
I got an associates degree in ASL interpreting, and I learned the most by far when conversing with Deaf people. Language learning is something you need other people for.
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Actually all my kids (except the baby) are going to public school next year for a variety of individual reasons. Though I really enjoy homeschooling, if I'm being honest I'm kind of excited to have a year off. We'll see what happens the next year.
I do hope you get feeling better. Don't neglect yourself.
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DONE! And I actually could have jogged past the 20 minutes. This coming from someone who would nearly cry when required to run the mile in high school. For the first time I am experiencing runner's high. :)
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I'll second trader joe's. I had a close friend who worked there and loved it. Great people to work with, great benefits, and a lot of understanding with life's complications. My friend is diabetic and her boss had no problem with the occasional issues she had from it.
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Just got back from vacation the night before last. I'm so impressed with you all your progress!! Wow!
Between not sleeping well for some time and how much this trip wiped me out (major fibro. flare up too :(), I'm going to have to take a break until I can recharge my energy levels to keep going with C25K. I'm just feeling so weak right now, but I have a call into my doctor for some stronger sleep meds, and I hope that will help. Will still be walking though! I'm shooting for 2-3 miles. Will rejoin you all ASAP. If someone could take over posting new threads that would be great.
I hope you feel better soon!
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Thanks for your help! I think I've got this figured out now. :)
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Hmm. So it looks like I need to get him a new wolf book. I wonder how the extras will work then, if having the old wolf will be sufficient to get the new wolf extras. Or if he'll have to get the new wolf to get new wolf extras. And a new uniform too? But I just finished sewing on those darn patches! ;)
You are correct, my ward has them move up on their birthday, so we've got until December to fiddle around with this, and then he can start his bear. The scout leader here wasn't sure, but thought he could start working on his bear now, but it didn't sound right since they said he'd still be with the wolf den.
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We recently moved. Ds was in 2nd grade, and finished his wolf with our old community troop. He turned 8 in December. Members of his troop advanced to their next den. Now that we moved we're in a ward troop. His leaders say church troops group them by age, and not grade. So ds is still in the wolf den, and not a bear as we thought.
I didn't have much chance to talk with his leaders, and they seemed a little fuzzy on protocol too. What should he be doing now to December when he turns 9? Should he be working on more wolf things since he is still 8? Or since he got his wolf should he be working on his bear? I heard the books changed, does that affect this?
I'm not all that experienced with scouts, so thanks for your help!
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Week 5 day 2 done. I'm going to attempt day 3 tomorrow. Matrips, you are my inspiration.
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Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about your fall. I hope you are ok.
I have talked with a lot of runners lately and every one of them has stories of injuries and falls and various accidents. Apparently this is an extreme sport!
Oh no -- I'm so sorry! I'm sorry to hear about the iPod. I dropped mine not long ago, and while it still works, there's this strange blob on the screen that is now permanent. It's very aggravating. But what's more important is, are YOU okay?
So sorry to hear about the fall/iPod, PIE!
Yikes! Sorry to hear that. Hope you are okay.
I'm okay :). I just got a few scrapes. They still sting a little, but I didn't seriously injure anything. The iPod had it much worse than I did.
I even found a very cheap replacement for my son's iPod. He's excited because this one is even better than the one I broke. My BIL gave ds the old one for his birthday that a friend was going to throw away. He figured an 8 year old would be thrilled with any form of electronics, no matter how obsolete and broken down (the home button didn't even work). I don't have an anything that plays music, so I've been borrowing his.
Thanks for the concern. :) I'll be back on track tomorrow.
Eagle, thanks for the advice from your marathon friend! I'm going to try walking more slowly and see if it helps.
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I tried w5d2 today, but 3 minutes in I tripped, scraped myself up, and smashed my son's iPod screen. Ugh. I just walked back home. I'll try again tonight or tomorrow. Now to go looking on eBay for a junky old iPod to replace the junky old iPod I broke.
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I did w5d1, but I think I need to stop looking ahead. It's getting scary. I haven't had to repeat anything yet, and I will give it my all. But I don't know if I'm going to make it on day 3. Hopefully I'll surprise myself! :)
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In the past we've used a shoe tree. Now we just have a mess in the coat closet.
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King of Tokyo
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Wildcraft
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I just saw this too. He hasn't looked like he's been doing well lately. I'm glad his body can rest now. He was a great man!
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Another just for fun: Ironic names
in The Chat Board
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Not humans, but...
Our first cat was named Gypsy, but she ran away.
Our second cat was named Sugar, but she died of diabetes.
We need to be very careful naming the next cat.