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  1. lavender and freesia: :hurray: happysmileylady, thanks for the testimony; that's awesome!!
  2. FWIW, when DD was 6 1/2 and I was starting out homeschooling, I tried to do the entire WTM line up (old school, because we didn't have the money for all the books WTM has available now), with a 2- and 5-year-old running around. The 7-subject days lasted 2 months. I scaled back our subject list to phonics, writing, and math for nearly three years, set up learning centers as best I could, and started helping the kids take care of their own stuff--doing their own laundry, picking up toys instead of me, wiping things. The chores have been a gradual progression, though. At first it was dumping their clothes in the wash, now DD does her laundry all on her own, start to finish. The other two are at different in between stages. GET A DISHWASHER. My goodness, woman! :D And I'm with eternalsummer. Just can't do it all perfectly. Everyone will live, I promise. ETA: my dad's mom was a farm wife, with the 4th being born in 1950 (the 5th in '65). The kids went to school, and when they were home, they pulled weight like her and my grandpa. Plus I'm pretty sure her MIL lived with them (ETA2: well and I guess FIL, too!).
  3. :grouphug: , Arctic Mama Elizabeth, sympathy is not a pre-requisite for holding down a fort, and not all absences are obvious. Apply strategic laziness to spare your sanity--whatever that looks like. Obviously people need to stay fed, clean, healthy, and moving reasonably along in their growth, but...eh. When you're doing everything, you can't do any one thing excellently; you just can't. Does he handle outdoor stuff and finances? Home repair?
  4. Makes me glad I haven't been much into FB, and never Twitter. I don't even have a Twitter account. Amazon on the other hand... :eek:
  5. :lol: You can't win them all. My kids are having a bipolar bear day. They LOVED the snow falling, and now that it's quit, it's the worst day ever. Oh, AND Mom didn't grant them a Snow Day because she didn't see a logistical need to. ;) If it falls, they go out. When it stops, they come in and work. I'm horrible, I know. :laugh:
  6. Not in a debating/arguing format, no. But usually this happens IRL and the whole encounter is not meant to be an exchange of ideas, anyway.
  7. Different state, but my kids are playing in it, too. I've been a negative Nelly about it, though. I didn't want them to expect some huge blizzard.
  8. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
  9. I'm bad about cards to begin with (to my mother's deep chagrin), but I agree with not signing if they don't live in the household, and that it's probably most meaningful if everyone signs.
  10. If possible: storage, storage, more storage. Vertical storage, hidden storage. Closed storage, if visually clean matters to you. I just want everything put back in its place! Regardless, :grouphug: !
  11. No the suspected bite was in May, if it was indeed that bite. We hike occasionally and our yard is the ideal habitat for ticks, so theoretically, exposure could have been any time, really ever. I wanted testing because this one bite in May developed a rash, but not a bullseye, nor widespread. But no obvious, crazy symptoms. Achy legs, most often after playing, but sometimes randomly. Days of tiredness, but not literally-can't-move lethargy. In short, symptoms that could indicate so many other things, including unfitness and laziness. kwim? But the Western Blot suggests (blatantly indicates?) recent exposure (as in, within the last 6 months). That's why I'm even wondering what to do. She doesn't appear to need a nuclear blast of ABX, but if she did, I'd do it. I just don't want to do that unnecessarily. There's no insurance to turn in receipts to, so if expensive things couldn't be spaced out, we're looking at a loan or a higher credit card limit. I don't want to spend money unnecessarily, either. It's the classic I-wish-I-had-a-freaking-crystal-ball scenario. :D :(
  12. Oh wow, :grouphug: Thanks for responding. I hope your DD recovers fully with time and care. And no, my DD definitely hasn't displayed the symptoms I had. I couldn't peel myself off the couch and don't remember much about that period beyond that and a doctor's visit or two. My DD complains of things that could easily be dehydration or insufficient exercise. But the few blips of things I've read seem to indicate it might not matter--that Lyme could actually hide and screw up things worse in a different way? I'm not even sure which websites to trust and which not to. :confused1: I don't think my mom saved her research.
  13. Resources welcome. Anecdotes welcome. I've had Lyme (have? now I don't know), but I was teenager and so beyond feeling like dying and being fed doxycyclene, I don't know much. DD has had the Western Blot twice now. On the first, IgM P41 was present, and IgG P66 and P41 were present. On the second, no IgM present, and IgG P66, P41, and P39 were present. So....does that mean for sure she's been exposed? The pediatrician (integrative) wants to continue supplements DD is supposed to be on, and also a month of antibiotics and then a urine test that I guess tests for more strains and other tick borne illnesses. But if it's likely, why not just treat? We're a pretty antibiotic free household, so I'm not as concerned with over-medication as I am that the stronger stuff kills all the floras. DD is otherwise healthy, but I don't want to wipe things out if I don't have to. But I'm also clueless. Having Lyme and knowing anything about it are two different things! Thanks for any replies. And I'm sorry I didn't just update my original thread; I can't find it.
  14. Budget 101 Hillbilly Housewife For what they're worth; they may or may not be up your alley.
  15. Goodness, it sounds like you handled it super gracefully. I would have floundered after being told to be patient, I think. :o Don't let it discourage you! :grouphug:
  16. True enough. I wasn't sure if that's what you were saying--just kind of hedging against that extreme. I like to stay away from those (usually :D). I explain it as testimony to the kids, whether it's the Bible, a geography book, or a science book. And really when you get down to it, that is why we think a great deal of what we think in most areas of life. Barring testimony, one could go so far as to doubt one's own experience. I figure at some point we just have to weigh everything (incomplete or imperfect as it may be), and choose to accept or reject various premises. :)
  17. Well, price won out--I got a basic Whirlpool set with rotary knobs (on sale, for cheaper than my original set). Thanks for the replies!
  18. I actually agree here, sort of. I don't think science is baseless, but I think we do stretch theories into laws when we shouldn't. And I do occasionally deal out a little bit of doubt and skepticism when the kids and I discuss things, but on the flip side, evidence and testimony aren't nothing. For us it's really a mental exercise in leaving room for more information and being willing to say "I don't know, but I think XYZ for now because of ABC."
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