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I'm pretty neurotic about gluten and I'd be fine with the kitchenaid. The whole bowl and mixer assembly are washed right? And they are non-porous/stainless steel?Do I have to replace my KitchenAid mixer or can I clean it really well?
(Inlaws used wheat and dairy on my cast irons this week..sniff sniff)
Edit: Wait did you mean replace or replicate? Are you hoping to keep using it for both wheat and gluten free baking? That I'd never do.
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Oh, no, not just you. :-) Some printers/copiers print on the side that is down in the paper drawer, so you have to put the paper in with the holes on the left side. Sometimes a copier will print differently if you hand-feed the originals than if you lay the original on the glass. Sometimes it's different if you're printing both sides. o_0
OTOH, maybe companies have figured out how to design their printers so that the side that's up is always the side that prints. :001_tt2:
Mine needs to lay in one way if it is single sided, the other for duplex! It is maddening. Also the printer is in the basement and the computer is upstairs. LOTS of exercise printing test sheets and reloading paper, only to realize I need the next item printed differently. :-p I think I need a proclick just to save me some stairs.
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This week was a waste...My FIL sat at the table the last two days whole I was supposed to be trying to do school. He offered to "help" but basically just made it impossible for the kids to work without stress or embarrassment. Managed to make each kid cry at least once from dumb comments before I could rescue them. Tomorrow we are on our own again so I am taking the kids to the park in the morning to decompress instead of more school.
Friday we will have to go back to school work.
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30 pages a day is my realistic maximum. It is enough that I can get caught up if I miss a few days and it won't drown out all my other reading.
If we are going to spread out further, do people think we should start earlier or go later? I'd be keen to be done before September as well if people are willing to start earlier.
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:grouphug: That this is survivable and everything will be just fine. That there will be a period of mourning and adjustment but gluten free is actually really easy once you get used to it. But also that autoimmune diseases tend to come in sets and you need to keep an eye out for other issues.
She may or may not like gluten free replacement products right away. Might take time for taste buds to change. Cross contamination in the kitchen is a huge issue. If you can't all go gluten free, store the gluten containing products in one area and be mindful of crumbs, shared sponges and cast iron pans.
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My wedding was super expensive and you know what the best part was? When it was over. I absolutely hated it, but I loved being married from the very first minute we walked out of the reception hall.
I planned my wedding three times myself, each time to be vetoed by my parents who were paying. I finally gave up, my aunt really wanted to plan the wedding in the first place. It would have offended everyone horribly to have the type of wedding I could pay for myself (one of my cousins did and still hasn't been forgiven).
That huge waste of money did serve to turn me from a daughter into a wife though. None of my relationships with my family were ever the same again.
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Less than a mile.. Which is funny because almost nothing is actually walking distance from our house except the high school (and our church, which is why we live here).
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I have never participated over here because I don't really know how these threads work.. But I can't resist today's topic.
I'm desperate for more education. I have no need for it, just a passion. I'd adore the opportunity to get a master's degree in theoretical physics (I have a program in mind, but it's not exactly in the country I live in so...). I also study languages and really would like to brush up on my math (undergrad degree is getting rusty) and read/analyse a bunch of Great Books. But where does a homeschooling mother of 5 find time for this? And how do I prioritize the limited time I have each day?
I wish we had an accountability thread for self education.. (we don't have one do we?) <sigh>
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I'm not familiar with English translations, but you definetly want an edition that also translates all the French parts :o
I forgot that might be an issue :o Volokhosky/Pevear leave the French in place but provide translation. Even Garnett left some of the French but not too much.
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DH and I are listening to War and Peace this year on as an audio book from Audible. It's 60 hours long. So that is another option for those who want to play along. We have the one by Frederick Davidson, Garnett translation. It is pretty good but unfortunately he has not a single clue how to pronounce the French so I am often confused for quite a while trying to figure out what he was trying to say.
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Huh... Well this was educational. I thought a slip was what is apparently a half slip. I thought a whole slip was a fancy night gown...
I have occasionally worn a cami and a half slip.. Never really thought they could be one piece :)
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Does anyone have any suggestions as to which edition of War & Peace I should get?
You want the Larissa Volokhonsky/ Richard Pevear translation. If you are buying a physical book, there is a beautiful new edition out from vintage classics that is the correct translation.
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I would not start Latin at 5yo, but any modern language seems fine to me.
We started English at age 5.
You might want to consider though, that starting a language might be pretty easy, but maintaining it, expanding it, takes a lot of effort (and money).
We also dabbled in several languages, and it didn't harm dd so far :)
This!
It is a big commitment if you actually intend your child to do more than dabble. Not a bad thing, but your child will not attain the supposed benefits of starting early (mostly in accent acquisition) unless they are also spending a large portion of their day immersed in the language (roughly 30% of waking hours, but like everything that number can be debated). There is no particular benefit to learning colors and numbers in a foreign language that can't be compensated for in later years.
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I am on the pro- C.S. Lewis side also.
I believe reading whole books is so important and so often neglected for high school kids. Or at least lately in public schools. Your subset of kids might not have that problem but have you thought about teaching HOW to read a great book? You could spend the first semester reading and practicing the method from Adler's How to Read a Book and then just working through 1-2 great books in the second semester. SWB's Well-educated mind might be a good resource, although I haven't read it myself yet.
Just an idea..
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:grouphug: maize and jean :grouphug:
Goodness ladies you have a lot on your plates. I will be praying for you and your families.
My inlaws are still with us until thurs. morning so I don't know that much will get done school wise. It's very hard with them here. They keep trying to kill me with food I am severely, severely allergic to and FIL has something like NPD with a bunch of passive aggressive behaviors and an extreme need to control other people. For DH's sake I am trying very hard to balance his instability while being sure my kids are safe from the insanity. It goes against my nature to put up with this sort of crap but I do love my husband dearly so...
On another topic, I am trying to figure out what want to do for self-education for the second half of this year. I look at critter's schedule with envy every day :) I was enjoying my Russian study in the first half of the year so I want to keep that up. But I'd also like to read some of the great books very thoroughly, and study physics, and brush up on advanced math (my degree but it's rusty). I need to do most of what I choose through French which complicates things a little. Oh well. What's a mom to do when she wants an education but has so little time?
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I second.. Or third I guess it is.. Elizabeth's phonics lessons. I don't think you could cover everything so thoroughly and efficiently in that special situation with another program. They are really fantastic. I am having my 9 year old go through them a second time this summer and then I plan to have my early reading now 6 year old do them in the fall because I know she's missed some phonics in there even though she reads way ahead of grade level.
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I am so glad this question was asked. I noticed rainbowresource had rosetta on sale and was contemplating it. My kids want to learn Korean and duolingo does not have a Korean option. I am somewhat at a loss. I love living language programs but they are not right for a child. Meh...back to the drawing board...
Do your kids have a reason or family member who speaks Korean? It's not an easy language to learn at all. I think there is a sweet spot where RS might make sense in the 6-8 year old years, but I would not use RS for a non-FIGS language.
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Instead of pushing English grammar with the concern for foreign language later, I'd just have her pick up the foreign language now. They sell books like "[language] Grammar for English Speakers", which will have a net result of explaining the grammar of both languages.
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I don't really like what passes for "experiments" in most curricula. Demonstrations are awesome. Canned experiments kinda stink. Check out Ruth in NZ's Scientific Inquiry thread for a better way to actually do the experimenting part of science. (Sorry I can't figure out how to make the link look nicer on my phone)
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/361740-scientific-inquiry/?do=findComment&comment=3848515
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Jean - I hope the appointment is useful and positive
Penguin - that sounds like so much fun. Good luck with the settling in
Critter - I'm so in awe of your study schedule.
We had a surprise visit to urgent care last night after a kiddo had an allergic reaction. Messed up our night a little bit and it took me a long time to unwind after we got home so I ended up sleeping in this morning. Little bit of school going on now. We are making our own tangrams and listening/narrating. I might run out and get ds the next books in his series. Turns out he is "racing" his friend through reading it.
We really have to restart math more seriously but I can't even figure out what my goal is to be accountable for it. I guess my goal for today is to figure out an approach.
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Hi ladies. I haven't been able to keep up with these threads. My baby was born and suddenly he's 4 weeks old. I hope to check in a little more regularly again. Here is my super long reading update. I have a few too many books in progress this week.
For the kids, I am pre-reading Wildwood to decide if it is good or appropriate. I am reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riorden to see what ds is obsessing about. Our school books are The Borrowers and Elizabeth Nesbit's The Magic World.
For me, I am still plodding through An Old Man's Toy by Anthony Zee. I can't stand that this book will end some day soon. I think it might be my absolute favorite book I have ever read. He goes through explanations of gravity from what we can observe on earth, what we would observe in space, some basic cosmology, etc. Most of it is familiar to me but he explains so clearly and sequentially I feel like I understand everything much more deeply than I ever have before and best of all I feel completely capable of teaching the material. I the past I have tried to explain cosmology to people and the words never came easily or clearly. I highly recommend this book to anyone who might be interested in the subject. He is a world class explainer.
I'm also reading La fille de papier by Guillaume Musso (English title The Girl On Paper). I read his book "Seras-tu là ?" (Will you be there?)A couple weeks ago and loved it so now I am on a quest to see if he wrote anything else as good. So far this one is not, nor is his other novel Central Park, but I have a few more coming in the mail and the quest will continue :)
In audio book, I am listening to Heinlein's Starman Jones. Pretty enjoyable so far. Only a couple hours to go.
Then, I happened to get sucked into another novel that showed up in the mail called Le Déchronologue. It's a sci-fi adventure with pirates and time travel. Trying really hard not to sink in too deep before I finish off the other books.
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Yesterday didn't quite go to plan. Dd pitched a fit over having points and a score in M&M. I should have been more careful as I knew it would be an issue. I tried to gently mention the concept in a relaxed fashion but I failed so we put it aside. I I don't know how I am going to handle it yet because my two ds's would like the points aspect. Doing things together is hard, doing things separately is hard. Gah. Anyway. She ended up sulking for most of the day while she built a board game following directions from a highlights magazine and ds9 (yay he's 9 now!) read over 100 pages in his Rick Riorden books, putting his page count for the week over 700. I'm pretty blown away by that and very happy he's finally really taken off reading. Not a waste of a day I guess.
Today is not going super well on the school front either. The kids started playing with the duplo's with the toddler as soon as they woke up and managed to be self-directed and peaceful all morning so I decided not to mess that up.
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Did you find anything good in the two for one sale? Only one book from our wish list is included, but we don't use the wishlist extensively.
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That sounds awesome Critter :)
We did pretty good with school again. The day was mostly like yesterday -- no TTRS, which I will try again on tomorrow. The house is basically clean. Dinner in the oven.
Tomorrow, working on the end of chapter questions in Math&Magic. Hopefully finishing listening/narrating ch. 3 of The Magic World although it might last through Friday which would be fine.
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Book a Week 2017 - BW22: Bookish notes and birthdays
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I would have never guessed you were the least bit uncomfortable in English. Your English is great.