Amy in NH
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I babysat a kid, when I was a teenager, who lived in a house so old it had original candle-chandeliers. It had been moved from its original location. It used to sit over a river and had a trapdoor in the floor of the living room supposedly for inhabitants to escape Indian raids.
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The last house we rented was very old with original windows. It was very drafty and expensive to heat.
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1880 here. People used wardrobe closets back then, so there are no built in closets in the whole house. Rodents and cluster flies, plus ladybugs. New foundation sills required the house to be jacked up and pour a new sill plate. Buckets catching drips all over the attic (getting a new roof this year) overflow in a heavy storm and it rains in the bedrooms. We have an attached carriage house and barn - very difficult to get homeowners insurance. It is coming along, but we still need a new (actual) kitchen and new siding.
The house had new windows, plumbing, and electrical when we bought it. We still had to fix some things that were done wrong. And put in a new well. Needs some more insulation, too, as it has settled.
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There is a highway near me that is spelled Kancamagus. I did not grow up in the north country, and had only heard it spelled until we moved up here. I was in disbelief when I first saw it on the highway sign. Everyone pronounces it Kang-uh-mang-us. Go figure.
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Thanks, guys! I'll check out those links.
No, our library doesn't have hoopla.
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DH & the kids received Kindles for Christmas and now prefer the format, but the New Hampshire library system has a pitiful collection of ebooks available for borrowing on Overdrive. I am willing to pay for a library card at a library with a good collection of ebooks. The Kindle Unlimited collection is spotty; a lot of the books I'd like to borrow are not available. The New York Public Library system has them, but you have to apply for a card in person. Does anyone know of a decent online ebook library?
For instance:
The Warrior Series by Erin Hunter
anything by Riordan
recent Angie Sage
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For really gross stuff I use old holey socks or rags which are at the end of their lives and then dispose of them.
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My kids fight more when they have too much unstructured time.
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I knock so as not to surprise anyone, and then I walk in.
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I mean having them play with the kids that constantly bring up issues because of meanness and destruction of property that otherwise would not be occurring. I will talk to my kids about treating others nice and when I hear meaness but they are getting exposed to language and behavior that would not have even occurred to them otherwise.
That type of neighborhood living is what prompted us to move to a place with no neighbors... better control over exposure.
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My son is staying to see a new therapist. This is for depression and anxiety.
During one first session she said that she had seen quite a bit of homesvhooled children, and all for general anxiety.
Made me wonder what about the homeschooling experience, or lack of traditional schooling experiences might contribute to anxiety.
What do you think?
I get a lot of calls from people interested taking a child out of public school to homeschool because of anxiety problems. Maybe that's what she is seeing?
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A lot of chain auto part stores have a code reader they'll hook up in the parking lot for free. Not sure what you have in GA, but you might want to look into that. You don't even need to make an appointment first to do that here in NH.
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... sweep the whole room ... with a long handled broom and then switch to brush for dustpan time
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I'd have them cooperate. One holds the dustpan while the other sweeps the pile into it with the long handled broom.
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I am writing a short paper about "not knowing what you don't know" and est came up in a questionable reference.
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Anyone know anything about this?
I could swear I saw a thread here about it in the past 15 years, but I couldn't find it on a google search.
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I'd combine a lot of the teaching of the 5th & 7th graders. For instance, mine are doing two different levels of GUM, but learning the same grammar concept each day. Or, I read Hakim's History of the US aloud, and they read chapter captions and sidebars; I assign supplemental reading and writing according to grade/ability.
For the high schooler, take a look at college admissions requirements and pick those off - math, language (English & foreign), history, science, and one elective each "semester". You can get used textbooks cheap on Amazon, look them over and assign a particular amount of reading per day (time or pages), and then have her give you a verbal update each day and a written assignment each chapter. IMO, high school students should really be directing a large portion of their own education, with the parent/teacher acting in a mentoring role.
If they are all studying the same foreign language, history, and science topics you can include them all in field trips and other relevant enrichment which becomes richer due to the shared experience.
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No. I do way too much computer work to use such a small capacity memory, keyboard, and monitor.
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I am not easily offended, but I do have an intense, visceral, negative reaction to anyone saying "Oh my G--" or "G--dammit" or "J---- C-----." As you can see, I can't even bring myself to type the words out in this context. It seems incredibly disrespectful to me.
When I'm with people who aren't bothered by it, I occasionally do use "damn," "hell," and a few other choice expressions. Sometimes the situation in the world calls for it. :D
I do believe that Christians are to avoid vulgarity, so I try not use crude words referring to bodily functions, sexual acts, or anatomy.
Taking the Lord's name in vain might include using it flippantly, but likely encompasses much more than that, too. Here's a good article on the topic.
I had this conversation with my kids recently, when they asked why some words are swears. The bolded is exactly what I told them about the origins of curse words. Because we are not religious, we also had a discussion about strong language and word choice, bad habits, audience, and respecting/not offending others.
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what's a pot sucker?
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If you and your mate have come to different political views UPDATE #161
in The Chat Board
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You can tell him that you aren't throwing your vote away because you're using it to cancel out his vote. And then stop having coffee with him while watching the news. This ritual is impacting your relationship. Imo it's better to just stop than to continue adding to resentments.