[How much do you spend on your haircut and coloring?]

Is the tip like restaurant tip? I gave $3 tip for a $7 cut at a barber school place.

 

 

It's always a squeeze, but I try to give at least 20% on beauty services because I figure they can mess me up pretty bad if I don't tip well!  :D

[How much do you spend on your haircut and coloring?]

This is one thing I just can't cut costs on.  I spend about $40 pre-tip on a haircut and I can go about twice a year (my hair is long).  I'm due for a cut right now.  I spend about $120 pre-tip on high/lowlights.  Twice a year - I do the high/low to cut down on the regrowth.

[When should a woman stop coloring her gray hair?]

Albeto, I hope you and your DH recover soon.

[When should a woman stop coloring her gray hair?]

When she darn well pleases!

[If you live where it is *mostly* warm]

We just play outside in jeans & tennis shoes with coats/hats/gloves/scarves.  Our last snow was frozen hard, so we didn't even really get that wet.

[Homeschooling w/anxiety and depression]

Sleep, which isn't always possible for me.

Meds, I need them, plain and simple.

Things the girls can do independently.

[Manhattan Woman Sues Nephew for $127,000 After Breaking Her Wrist During 8-Year-Old’s Hug]

Wow, and I thought my aunt was hard on 9 year old Sylvia.  At least we didn't get sued!

[weird or silly stuff that skeeves you out?]

Okay, so am I the only one who used a synthetic cotton ball today and tried squeezing it to see if it made a sound?   :o

[weird or silly stuff that skeeves you out?]

Roaches. I woke up with one in my mouth as a preteen and it absolutely did not go over well.

 

 

I'm not sure whether to die or barf.   :huh:

[weird or silly stuff that skeeves you out?]

I am completely grossed out by trash bags, even perfectly "clean" ones fresh off the roll or out of the box.

 

The worst, nastiest thing in the world to me is the underside of a fern leaf.  Just thinking about it makes me want to hurl.  Anything like that completely skeeves me out.

[Saxon Algebra 1/2 Time Daily]

Hmm, maybe 45 minutes tops?  We do the DIVE instruction, which is anywhere from 4-10 minutes long.  She doesn't do all the problems all the time, but just what the MFW lesson plans assign.  She's doing well, so I haven't changed that.  She just did lesson 34 today.

[Do you force doing "school" for a Pre-k or K-er?]

Starting at 5/K, school became mandatory.  I didn't have to "push" though. For my YDD's preschool years at home, it was very freeform.

[What age to allow play outside alone?]

Our yard is not fenced, and the front slopes down quickly to a one-lane road.  I let the girls out at 6 and 8 together only.

[Trick or treat]

Usually? I don't know.  Rebecca is 12 and in 7th and fully expects to participate this year.  Both girls are going as "sleepover girls," and we always TOT at a mall.  As long as they're dressed up, well-behaved, and careful of little kids, I don't see why I would stop them.

 

In the interest of full disclosure, we went TOT'ing the year after I graduated high school.  Very fun.  :D

[Tell me about snapchat, and the pros/cons of letting my 12yo. Use it]

I believe that Snapchat is one of the riskier accounts for young people to have.

[HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUDREY!]

Yay!!  Happy birthday!!

[Do people do this at your foodstore?]

Our grocery store does the free cookie for kids thing too.  The nicer one by DD's gym has even more open samples throughout the bakery section.

[Passing down parenting advice?]

Sort of similar to missing the baby/toddler years...

 

When I had little kids, I freaked out about pretty much typical things.  Is my 3 year old "typical," or should I be concerned?  Will she EVER potty train?  When will my 4/5 year old learn letters/reading/manners?  Etc.

 

And I can say now, that my kids are 10 and 12, it's okay.  When they're 10, nobody will know if they learned to read at 4 or 6.  She will eventually potty train.  Your 3 year old sounds like mine used to be.

 

Which is weird and nice.

 

So, for all the moms here who have gone beyond the 10 and 12 year old ages...

 

What would you say "don't freak out about" to moms of tweens or young teens?

 

:bigear:

[Do you/ will you miss the baby/ toddler years?]

Yes and no?   :D

[The goal of homeschooling (CC)]

Just a couple weeks ago a homeschooling mom said in my hearing, "God's not going to care if they can add fractions." *sigh* This is true. There is no math test to get into heaven.

 

But I'm pretty sure God wants us, the parents, to provide as good an education to our children as we can. I'm sure he doesn't appreciate being used as an excuse to neglect school (and yes, this comment was in the context of neglecting school for a period of time for no real reason). If we're worried about what questions we might be asked in the afterlife, "What is 3/4 plus 1/6?" isn't going to be among them. But "Were you faithful in all your duties to the best of your abilities?" might be.

 

 

Yes!!!  So very well said.

[Does bleeding always mean miscarriage...]

I am so sorry for your loss.   :grouphug:

[sad. Putting ds5 in school.]

I am so sorry you're having a hard time, and about your older DS.  :(   Try to go easy on yourself.   :grouphug:

[Thank you, SWB!!!]

And then today we made London burn.  Fun times!

[Does anyone NOT do bible time / character training first thing in the morning?]

Me.  Because I am lazy, the girls usually get up and start school before I get up, which means math, grammar, etc.  Joy of homeschooling, right?  :D

[Thank you, SWB!!!]

Thanks for emphasizing the importance of food in homeschooling.  We are using SOTW 3 and just enjoyed the Swedish Apple Cake.  We've also had Wampanoag cornbread, Parkin, and the Indian "pudding." (Okay, the pudding wasn't a big hit.)

 

If you can eat something, the day is automatically better.  :D