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I don't know anybody who plays. Or maybe they just don't tell me because I've occasionally made the crack about the lotto being a tax on people who are bad at math.
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We like Hive for a two-person travel game.
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Vandalism seems like a ridiculous way to describe being a goofball. I wouldn't be happy either.
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We haven't used the series for older kids, but we like the books from Nomad press. Planetary Science is for middle school level.
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16 minutes ago, Liz CA said:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Super cuteness, warm and fuzziness all rolled into one.
If you hold another baby next Sunday, what will you bring home next? ?
I think my dh would prefer I not hold any more babies for a while--while he knew that I was thinking about bringing home "a kitten," the second was a bit of a surprise for him. ?
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We have really enjoyed building unit studies around the Nomad Press books. Geology of the Pacific Northwest was a big hit. Explore the Solar System has some fun, easy projects. We plan on using the Evolution book alongside the BYL evolution unit study. We did the BYL prehistory unit study last year and my kids loved, loved, loved it, so we're looking forward to the evolution study when they are a bit older. ACS has some chemistry units that we haven't used yet, but we will integrate into our non-secular chemistry choice for this year. lol
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On Tuesday I bring home these cuties.
I'm sure it was just a coincidence.
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I agree with some of the previous posters that with the restrictions you have, it will be very difficult to have the kind of commitment that you want from this group. I'm not terribly experienced with this type of thing, being more of a wallflower than a leader, but in my experience free and committed only works if the families already have strong relationships. Starting something like this from scratch with random families seems difficult. I would complain about flakey homeschoolers, but honestly, I'm one of them. ?
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Lots of the SNL stars aren't conventionally beautiful. I guess you get a pass if you're funny?
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Do you have allergies? Postnasal drip? Tonsil stones? I get a funky taste in my mouth when I don’t treat my allergies.
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How about flounder while watching The Little Mermaid? ? Tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie for Willy Wonka? Frozen TV dinners for Frozen? Wiener Schnitzel for Sound of Music? Snacky circus food for Dumbo?
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9 hours ago, Bluegoat said:
Ah, ok, we called this soccer-baseball.
I always thought of it as a fake game for when the teachers weren't good enough to play soccer or baseball.
In elementary school we played a game called "squashball" (dodgeball played with a flat ball so instead of the ball bouncing off it hit with a sickening thud and left a bruise) that I didn't realize was different than "squash" the racquet game until fairly recently. I wondered why adults wanted to play a game that was so painful.
I'm pretty sure PE teachers today couldn't get away with requiring that game. This particular teacher also drove a beat-up car with a "die yuppie scum" bumper sticker, which would probably also be frowned upon. ?
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5 hours ago, Bluegoat said:
I'd not have called it as classic, other than in the sense that Arthur C Clarke is foundational as a sci-fi author. But in terms of saying, this is a book you need to read for i's cultural relevance, it would not have occurred to me to include it.
Interesting. I wonder if maybe it depends on what circles you run in--I think that Childhood's End comes up a lot. Not as often as the Bible or Don Quixote or random Greek myths, but it pops up a lot in pop culture.
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It sounds like Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood’s End. Maybe there’s also a movie?
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1 hour ago, Moved On said:
As for the job situation, it's not just about what therapies they receive. There's so much focus these days on normalizing rather than utilizing people in the areas where they can thrive.
I agree with this. My kiddo with asd is only 10, but as he gets older I know that we will be looking hard at balancing his gifts and deficits as far as employment. I even have it in the back of my mind that there might be a family business started at some point based around his gifts.
And maybe I'm reading more into the article than is really there. I see
With the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th edition in 2013, professionals made the spectrum concept official. It’s now autism spectrum disorder for everyone who qualifies for a diagnosis. No more modifiers or alternative labels. And that’s as it should be.
as meaning that high functioning autistic people should be eligible for appropriate services, rather than being seen as extra special quirky or automatically steered toward IT. I guess I'm reading my own optimism into it. lol
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1 hour ago, Moved On said:
What a doom and gloom article! And this person is a psychologist? Yes, there are challenges in life and we face them, because that's what families are supposed to do. There are people out there with terminally ill children that would gladly take what we face, if it meant their child would survive and have a possibility of a future. People with severely autistic kids are raising kids, and later adults, and they will never be able to receive a hug or hear the words, "I love you, Mom/Dad!" How much we lack perseverance these days!
I didn't think it was doom and gloom. The employment statistics for autistic adults are pretty bleak, and I think that as a parent of an autistic child, it is important to keep that in mind. The general public seems to think that Aspergers is a one way ticket to a plush coding job. Many autistic kids with level 1 support needs are not even receiving services in public school. They graduate, and then what? I think that it is beneficial to take a realistic look at what happens to "high functioning" autistic adults so that we can provide our autistic kids with what they really need to succeed, because the usual method is obviously not working.
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I don't think I could have handled a wedding prank, especially if it resulted in damage. And I don't like unexpected events, especially if they happen while I'm the center of attention, like at my own wedding. I might be a bit of a control freak. lol
My bridesmaids did decorate my car, which was cute. I guess I don't consider that a prank, but an expected wedding tradition.
The only good prank I've ever pulled was accidental. I joked with a coworker that the "easy button" said "I'm sorry, that was impossible" instead of "that was easy" every hundred pushes. The next day our boss showed me the video of my coworker pushing the button about 200 times trying to get it to say the wrong phrase.
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On 7/11/2018 at 9:16 PM, ghcostafamily said:
I’d stay away from the Who Was series.... at least we are. In the first episode it has really gross comedy that I don’t thinks appropriate for kids. The first scene was two historical figures (kids) kicking each other in the crotch! That is a very sad and low way to get laughs and my kids don’t need to watch Jackass type comedy to learn or be interested in history. Just my 2 cents though. Just be aware. The producer is Conan, so it has his humor.
I was so disappointed to read this--we love the Who Was books (my kids call them the big head books) and I was looking forward to the series.
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On 7/6/2018 at 3:34 PM, rebcoola said:
I'm in Easter Washington I would say this is typical of most stores not Safeway.
PNW. Very typical of Trader Joe's, somewhat typical of QFC/Fred Meyer and Winco, and our local Safeway is like rebcoola's. I might get a hello. lol.
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I like it for providing exposure to Latin for my littles, but I wouldn’t use it alone for upper elementary. I haven’t used Latin for Children, so I can’t compare it to that, but my ds10 liked Minimus as an add-on along with Prima Latina.
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At our former church there were always treats during coffee hour. Our current church has coffee for coffee hour. ? There is a snack during Sunday school, but it's almost always string cheese and mandarin oranges. The youth group does pancake breakfasts occasionally for fund raising, but they serve both regular pancakes and bacon and vegan pancakes and bacon, plus gluten free pancakes, so there's usually something for everyone. lol
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28 minutes ago, Arctic Mama said:
Unless you weigh more than your husband and he still loses twice as much by just skipping a meal and eating less chips.
sigh.
Yeah, that's us too. DH lost weight when he went from eating fast food for lunch to eating gas station food. Good job, sweetie. *rolls eyes* He didn't need to lose weight in the first place!
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18 minutes ago, heartlikealion said:
I'm out of touch. Didn't know about all these. I went down a couple game aisles recently and they don't sell all these in the stores here. Seems like a limited selection of people would know about a game that isn't in stores (assuming some of these are buy online only or maybe limited to niche stores)
That Labyrinth game looks fun.
Ds has some new-ish games, but they are card games (Minecraft, Oregon Trail, Stranger Things)
Most of the games listed are sold in big box stores around here.
We play most of these. Blokus is quick and fun and a good filler. Quirkle is nice--fun gameplay and nice tactile feel to the tiles. I'm surprised that Carcassonne wasn't on the list--it's usually considered one of the big three gateway games, along with Catan and Ticket to Ride.
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7 hours ago, thessa516 said:
I get a sweatshirt. It's my thing. Some people collect spoons, I collect sweatshirts. When we go on vacation, the kids look out for sweatshirts they think I'd like. Then I wear them all winter long because I'm always cold. I think it's weird that someone considers wearing a shirt with the name of a location on it as bragging. But I also admit that I love looking at people's vacation photos when they share them with me. I don't have much of a brag-meter. In most cases, I'm genuinely happy for them.
I love seeing friends’ vacation photos too. And this will date me, but when I was a kid I loved to see vacation slides. My parents spent many evenings gritting their teeth while relatives took the big picture off the living room wall and projected their vacation pics onto it for us to admire. ?
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I actually abandoned my plan to go to Costco because it was
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I was out last night doing my usual last-minute Halloween costume search and the roads were terrible. So many people. I have to finish up today and I'm dreading it.