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Oh wow, for a long time I struggled with guilt about devotion time. Then I heard someone say "don't should on yourself". That made me stop and think. I had been to a lot of workshops on devotional times but I had 2 littles 15 months apart. I could not even go to the potty by myself much less spend and hour reading and praying.
I think in a MOPs devotion book I found encouragement to just relax and let the devotion times come when they could. Some days it was only short prayers while I drove and the kids were happy in their car seat. Other times I could read a short devotional thought before getting the kids up for the day.
Now I think of devotion time as "shower" vs " bath" . While they are different in length of time they both produce the same result of a clean body. I have found I am more a "shower" type of devotion person. Some days I take longer to "bathe" in a devotion time with longer prayer or more study of a passage. However most days I am more prone to "shower" off first thing in the morning and then I may "shower" again before bed as I pray for my husband and kids.
Last year I found a one year Bible in chronological order. I was determined to be consistent and read though in the year. I did read through in about a year but found I did not read on the weekend when I was spending more time with my hubby and kids. Sometimes I would miss days during the hectic-ness of life. At those times I would remind myself "don't should" just do what you can. I found reading the passages in chronological order really kept me interested. I enjoyed the short notes before passages that encouraged me to notice certain points from each days reading. The readings only took about 15 minutes. I started mid year which I think really helped me not get bogged down in the normal yearly readings where you get into numbers and the "he begat so and so who begat so and so".
I figure an imperfect devotion life still accomplishes turning my thoughts towards God and drawing me closer to him. I am blessed no matter if I do it imperfectly or not.
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I got a message about power point not being able to read the outline for it and no text converter being available for this?
Oh shoot....Well you can get to it by googling opsec in social media
( opsec stands for operational security). The first thing that comes up will be
OPSEC and social networking - US Navy
click on that
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What time do you usually eat dinner? I know it can vary, what time generally?
During football and band season we eat between 7 -8. Otherwise it is 6-7 depending on when DH gets home and gets the pigeons fed.
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this is just my opinion but I would expect items purchased from the same seller to be shipped together especially if the postage is free ....well paid by the sender.
If shipping is free then there would be no reason to offer reduced shipping charges right? I mean you cannot reduce free.
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Today I was reminded of a teachable moment that happened a few years ago that has stuck with my kids and has come up time and time again as they have gotten older.
Why I as a mom will hold on tight even when you get mad and feel I should let go.
My daughter was holding her 2 yr old cousin "Sally's" hand as we were walking in the parking lot. "Sally" was not happy and she was pitching a fit because she wanted DD to let her go. My daughter would not let her go and told her "no, it's not safe for you".
Discussion went like this
Me: "why not let her go? She wants to. She thinks she is big enough to walk by herself. Are you trying to spoil her fun?"
DD: "mom, she is too little and does not know a car will squash her."
Me: "how do you know that a car will squish her?"
DD : "Mom, I am older and have been around. I know what a car can do to something it runs over. It smashes it flat"
Me: "oh, so your life experience has taught you something she cannot know yet? Your older and know more than she does so for her safety you will keep hold of her even when she yells?"
DD : "Of course! She can cry and shout but I will not let go. It is too dangerous. What would we do if she was hit by a car? We could not deal with that! Yes, I will hold tight no matter what she thinks"
Me : Ah sweety you have spoken true. Let me ask you a question. Do you think there are other things in life that could be dangerous to you? Things that maybe at 12, 16, 18 you may not understand and see but that someone older with more life experience may see?"
DD: "yeah, I can see that"
Me: There are dangers out there. Things that I do not want you to even know about. There will be times you will feel like Sally. You will think you are old enough to walk by yourself in the "parking lot of life". You will probably get mad at me and want to cry and holler because you want to run and have freedom. I will hold on tight to you in those situations. Not because I want to limit your freedom or spoil your fun. I will hold on because like you I have life experiences that enable me to see the danger that you may not see. I want you to remember how it feels to hold onto "Sally" during her crying. That is how I will feel too. However just as I taught you to look both ways before crossing a street and then let you cross the street when you were ready. Those "adult" streets and freedoms you desire I will be working to prepare you for so that I can turn you loose to live your life as an adult.
This was one of those moments when the opportunity was there and the wisdom was too. We have talked about this many times. They are almost gone and are feeling ready to walk on their own. Knowing the why we hold back in some areas has helped them not be as frustrated. Just recently my daughter said "mom, I know its for my best but today it really gets on my nerve."
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You did a great job in teaching her a life lesson = nothing posted on a "public" site is private. Once something is posted it never goes away. You can erase it but it is still cataloged somewhere. That means it can come to haunt you years later. Our kids need to be taught that.FB has over 120 privacy settings. They also have you agree to the collection of all your info by the government.
The last line in the privacy policy, after all this jargon about respecting information and privacy settings and protecting information we have this in bold type with no further explanation:
“Consent to Collection and Processing in the United States. By using Facebook you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.”
There is a good brief of info on the privacy of the internet put out by the navy. Your daughter might listen to if coming from someone else as they talk about real life situations that have to be considered. I found the info highly informative also.
The main point is it is called WWW World Wide Web Every post, Every picture, every detail is there forever!
This is the link if your interested
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Do you know any engineers/mathematicians/physicists/technical people whom you could perhaps pay other than cash? I know I graded all the exams for a class my friend was teaching in return for two dozen homebaked cookies, during graduate school. :P
I would love to find someone to grade her work. I feel that would be best too. At this point my DH is encouraging me to wait on math. My DD has 3 math credits already and is a Sophomore. She has 3 years to get another math for graduation. DH suggests waiting and letting her take math dual enrollment next year (has to be 16 in our state). We will be moving so she may elect to go back to PS.
My concern is that she will suffer by taking a year off math. Is it a bad idea to skip a year? Is it like a foreign language where you forget it? If we decide to go this route (waiting for her to take it a CC or in Ps if she goes back next year) is there any way for her to keep her math skills sharp until next year? In the PS here they do a year long course like Pre Cal in one semester. My Dd suggested putting it off until next semester when she will not have the time commitment of marching band. That causes me another concern...is a semester enough time to master this subject? Plus, we will still have the same problem of me not being able to correct her work.
Do you think its a bad idea to skip math this year?
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My 16yo son is currently taking this class online and is not able to keep up with the suggested weekly pace. He is a Junior this year and would like to major in engineering. We previously used MUS and switched this year. He is ADD and takes medication.
I know in my heart it is better for him to move slowly and really understand, but I also don't want him to take forever to do this class. He has finished the first two chapters and has a grade of 84% at this point. His grades on the homework and tests have gone down through the two chapters. It has taken him seven weeks to complete 5 weeks of the syllabus.
I guess I'm wondering: Is the class really that difficult? Any advice on how to manage this class from experienced users?
Thank you!
:grouphug: Just wanted to send you a hug. My daughter is in PreCal this year and it is the most frustrating thing for me at the moment. I was looking into swaping from Chalkdust to the course your son is taking thinking it might make it easier on both of us.
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Why?:confused: In the course outline, there is nothing that is beyond the scope of a normal precalculus course - which usually takes one year.
Ok...I guess the main problem is me? My daughter does the work but when I get the book to correct it I feel like it is Greek. She took the chapter 1 test and her answers were similar but not exactly like the book had them. It left me wondering how to grade it. I tell you this has caused me so much worry and frustration. I feel completely incompetent in this area....I hate to feel incompetent. A tutor will cost us $45 an hour. I do not think she needs a tutor...I need someone to correct the work for me but $45 is just out of my price range.
Do your kids write it exactly as in the book?
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:grouphug: that is great!!! My daughter has just started choosing to read on her own also. It is a wonderful thing to celebrate!
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Thanks for the input. I had not thought about a certain amount of time spent on math. That is measurable for my achiever also. Great solution.
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Has anyone on here used the dragonbox math game? What do you think? Have your kids benefited from it?
Looking for something to supplement my daughters math until she gets to Pre algebra.
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I am wondering if there is someone out there that has a plan of study for the year?
I am struggling to know how much to be covered each week. How much is too much? My daughter is a bright 10th grader. The biggest issue we are facing is getting away from the training the PS has done in "learn it this way for the test". I have told her we are going for mastery not just to do well on a test.
Any advice would be appreciated.:tongue_smilie:
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We've settled into Chalkdust (finally) after using (at various stages) Horizons, Saxon, and University of Chigago Math.
We've used everything from PreAlgebra to Algebra II, including Geometry.
I do buy everything used piecemeal from Amazon, ebay, dealoz, etc...
I used isbns from WTM threads. Dana Mosely is fabulous. Also contact the publisher to get a teacher's account online. (Cengage Learning) Don't take no for an answer. Keep asking until you get someone who knows what they're talking about. You'll need them to send you (email) a homeschool teacher's application. Once you get an account online, you'll have access for each course to any online resources available to other teachers.
What is the benefit of a teachers account? What resources are available to you this way? I had never thought of this.
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We love Carcassone. The best part is it grows with you. To begin with you just build roads and castles. As they age you can add the strategy of claiming the fields. The game is different every time you play it like blokus.
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Ok had a really funny thought just now! Have you seen the video instructions on Youtube for cokking fish in the dishwasher? ROFL!!! I found it so amusing and wondered why you would need to cook fish in the dishwasher.....your situation would be a reason. They say it works great.
Just tongue in cheek thinking you might get a kick out of this idea. Your family might even laugh with you if you say your thinking of doing this.....or who knows you might try it and find a great alternative. If you do will you let me know how it goes? I have been so curious to try it. But a chicken.
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For those that had a dc skip a middle school grade (6-8) was anything more required than standardized scores and showing the curriculum/work done?
That's all we had to do show for skipping 1st grade. But not sure what other considerations the school systems might have if he ends up skipping then transitioning into school for end of middle or high school?
Gosh they got off track all together.
We were in this situation a few years ago. I can share our experience and you can see if that is helpful to your decision making process.
We HS our 7th and 8th grader. The 7th grader was capable of doing the same classes as our 8th grader so I had them both complete the same work. At the end of that year we had the option of counting it as 8th grade and letting her skip 7th. She could have gone onto high school with her brother.
We looked at her age but more importantly for us her overall development. She was academically mature and even emotionally mature and responsible. However, we would be limiting the time we had to educate her in life skills. Skills such as interpersonal relationships, finance, home economics, and responsibility as well as consequences. (good and bad consequences - stay up to late still have to do work. bad, Have good reputation and have band director allow you to be in symphonic as a home school student...good). Driving skills and experience.
Other considerations was the age she would be at graduation. She would not be able to drive until just before graduation. Her peers would be advancing with liberties like dating before we were going to extend those same liberties to her. We were concerned at the awkward position that would put her or us in.
She is now in 10th grade and we are glad we decided to keep her on course with her peers. It does present challenges as she will finish her 4 years of math by the first semester of her sophomore year. However, it has also presented her with opportunities. She was ready this year mentally and emotionally to pursue applying for a leadership role in marching band. She is learning leadership skills and experiencing the good and the bad ( "I do not get to have as much fun as they do because I have to set the standard") She is experiencing for herself how an others irresponsibility affect those around them. If she had skipped a grade I am not sure she would have gone this direction. The maturing that has taken place from 13- 15 years of age was HUGE.
I would just encourage you in your decisions to look at the whole person not just academics and test scores for readiness to advance grades. My perspective from here is so much different than it was two years ago. They will be leaving soon...much too soon.:eek:
I am already asking myself if I have taught her all I need to teach her to be ready to be a productive member of society. Its funny because from this area of life I am asking not about academics at all. :tongue_smilie:
I am more concerned if she is ready in skills like managing a checking account, making a budget, making a meal plan and a grocery list from that plan. Does she know how to make a pie? Get stains out of clothing? Put gas in a vehicle? Tell what kind of person someone is? Are they trustworthy? Does she know what respect looks like? Can she spot disrespect in a person so she will steer clear of a dead end relationship? There is so much to this educating our children.
What fun this journey is! Good luck to you as you consider and decide what is best for you and your DC.:grouphug:
I am glad she is progressing academically. However, her personal development into a mature young woman thrills me!
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Yup.Our fridge is insane. It freezes things for no apparent reason, so putting a turkey in there is a huge gamble...one I'm not willing to take when needing a turkey thawed for supper tomorrow.
We don't have a utility sink, or anything else big enough for the turkey to be submerged, so it's the tub.
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Try Widgits! I got these for my 2 year old niece last year. When I brought them home my 14 and 15 year old wanted to keep them. LOL How great is that? A gift the olders will want to build with your younger. You can add to it and build more later on too.
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My best suggestion would be to go get yourself a toaster oven. The biggest one you can afford, both money and space-wise.
I didn't grow up with a toaster oven, but I bought two years ago when our regular toaster broke. I LOVE that thing.
They work just like a big oven. SO convenient.
:iagree: YEs, get a toaster oven. It does not have to be expensive, just big enough to cook a pizza in. I can cook 12 biscuits on the pan that came with mine. It cooks a pizza in it and I use it as my second oven for side dishes all the time. Mine is a black an Decker convection oven. I love it!!! We use it every day in our house. You would be able to use what you have already prepared in the freezer.
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I Have never made any soup that had milk in it. I usually make chicken soup, minestrone, pumpkin soup, and potato soup.
Really? no soup with milk? Lets see....in my recipe book is Broccoli and cheese, Potato chowder, Corn chowder, Salmon soup, Pumpkin soup, cheeseburger soup and Zuppa Toscana.....all made with milk or some type of cheese:glare:
We cut milk out on a whim but then after not having it in our systems my family discovered how uncomfortable they are when we do have milk or cheese. I am wondering if Velveeta counts as a dairy? I know it does not count as nutrition but wonder if I could get away with it in the cheeseburger soup. I so love it.
THANKS for all the ideas from everyone! I have written them down and look forward to our soup dinners.
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I made this one too. It was easy and quick. I cut it into squares and put it in the fridge to be heated and eaten over the next few days. We finished the last of it this morning. Thanks for the idea. It was wonderful. Now on to try some others.
Pumpkin sounds yummy and interesting.
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How do you reheat leftovers? Just nuke in the microwave or does that make it soggy?
I do heat it in the microwave. I add some butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and almond milk, warm it in the microwave. I take it out add some more milk as I stir and then top with raisins, cranberry and walnuts. My husband says its better than starbucks! yummy!Even my picking DD said it was wonderful :lol:
When do boys' feet stop growing?
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