Ha! Ha! Another victim of high gas prices?

maybe it's both? :D

Oh Yeah! Even if dd was screaming "don't he's my boyfriend." Any nekkid boy sneaking around in any girl's room should be prepared to hop out the window and run. fast. don't look back.

I guess I just don't picture myself being so....calm...in such a situation.

:iagree:

I look at a lot of pee (its not a hobby, I'm an RN) and let me say one thing....anything other than yellow is not optimal. Also, drink enough water. Enough that your urine is pale, clear yellow. However, know that some foods can discolor your urine....for example, eat a big plate of beets and your urine will turn reddish.

It is a long contest....you get the trophy when last dc turns 18. I'm pretty sure its gold but don't know what is on top. I made up this contest to counter my dc when they say somebody else gets this or that or gets to do thus and such and whyyyy caaannn't weee? I think they're half convinced it is a real contest, especially since my best neighborfriend has joined the contest!

Ummm....okay wait about 13 years and this may be my dh. Pipe to the head sounds like he got off easy. <----insert disclaimer about not advocating violence, blah, blah, blah.

I thought that was why God invented alcohol....and SWB invented this board...no? Maybe not best to mix the two....especially with keyboard problems already! I told dh today that I am the worst hs mom ever! Maybe something is in the air today. He said, no, our kids just have short attention spans (I ended up finishing everyone's art project). Now I've banished them from the basement and am typing in the dark....hoping they won't find me....dh is going to the movie store in a few minutes...wine chilling in fridge....waiting for attitude (mine) to improve.

There is a regional contest for Meanest Mom....perhaps you should compete. I'm in the running for the trophy here in the Midwest:001_smile:

All of my children are interested in debate....they try to talk me into/out of things all the time.....but this is not what you had in mind, was it?

Okay, I just jumped on the bandwagon and added my stuff to my sig. Looking at the list makes me think we're missing something. And I feel a bit inadequate when I see others' signatures and by the fact that we usually start around 0830 and are usually done before lunch (except when we do science or Latin). But for us, it is enough. We're new to this whole hs thing and my goal for this year is to keep them ahead of ps, keep them engaged and help them to like hs, which I think I can do with what we're using.

I have very few memories of car trips 'cus I was so doped up on dramamene (sp?). I still get terribly carsick. I cannot swivel my head around to speak to anyone in the backseat, cannot look down at a map or book even for a second and cannot lay my seat back. My ds6 has this problem and I do give him the *best* seat in the van, where he can see out, and a booster so he can see more. Ds8 can read while traveling, ds6 cannot. We have the sick bags from the airplane stashed in his cubby just in case. I also let him listen to music or stories so he can look out & not be bored.

Hey, go ahead and say its because you're a terrific mother!

This may not work for everyone, and some may have problems with it, but I pay our dc. Yes, I pay them. School is their job. Keep in mind as I relay this, that this is our 1st year of hs....I may look back in a couple of years and say "what was I thinking?!" I thought it up after the 1st week of He**ish whining/attitude/fighting (and that was just me!). At the beginning of the week both boys get 10 clothes pins I've decorated with his name. I clip them to their desks. Every time I hear a whine, a fight breaks out, misbehavior happens, I take a clip. If the behavior doesn't stop, I take another clip. I don't say anything. They know the rules. At the end of the week, I pay them $1 for each clip they have managed to save. This morning I see that ds8 has 5 and ds6 has 3 (this is our 2nd week of this system and last week they each only got $1). This works for us because my boys are very into saving money to get what they want since their mean mom never buys them anything. ds8 is currently trying to save up to buy more model trains, ds6 is saving up to get a kids meal at Burger King. dd gets a few clips too, since she schools with us 2 days a week...she's saving for a PollyPocket doll. I realize this system may backfire on me if my dc start behaving and I actually have to shell out $20 per week, but frankly I really don't see that happening! If it does, maybe we'll have to open savings accounts! Also, my husband and I have agreed that this system has no carryover into family life. Misbehavior outside of the schoolroom is managed differently.

There was just another thread on this in which Tracy From KY posted this link to a beginner sewing book http://www.amazon.com/Stitches-Pins-...0890431&sr=8-1 I don't know how to link to another thread or post, or I'd do that for you. Hope this helps.

I thought THIS was my support group! I have been thinking I need to find one, but have been turned off by the few hs moms I've met that belong. They're a little.....intense in trying to convert me to whatever they embrace....And to borrow a phrase I learned here, I don't have enough bean dip.

bump....I need help with this!

nakitty- Who are you voting for? I am having a hard time seeing it I agree. I almost had a seizure when I saw that! Of course, it *is* convincing! :D

I am not offended by cussing by adults. I hear it a lot in my field (you would think not, huh? I'm an RN). Cr@p is not a bad word in my family...even my grandmother says that and she is a *saint* I did just have the what does the F-word mean conversation with my ds8 & ds6. My ds6 asked "does f____ spell F*" I explained no, it doesn't, and why do you ask? Do you know what it means? I then explained that it means mating, but in a vulgar way that society has deemed to be inappropriate at all times. I told him that if our neighbor ever heard him say that he would probably never get to play with his best friend again, and if I heard him say it, he would get a mouth full of soap, because in polite society it is deemed unacceptable. End of conversation. Never heard the word again (unless I was listening to myself....I have HUGE potty mouth that I keep under control at home unless a piece of furniture gets dropped on my foot). When I was growing up it was called "barn talk" and we could go down to the barn and say whatever word we wanted to say. No words were off limits, we just knew that some words were not said outside of the barn. If a word was said in polite company I would get told "that's barn talk." End of story, unless I said it a second time in polite company.

Any good ideas for educational material, etc. so I can count a trip to the apple orchard as a school day?

Soy sauce is too salty for bacteria to live, thus it does not go bad. This from my dh who knows everything there is to know about food, cooking & spoilage. BTW, when I asked him this simple question, I had to listen to a 5 minute explanation as well as a list of other naturally shelf-stable food. :tongue_smilie: It is the longest I've actually *listened* to him in a while!

hmmm...since I just recently turned 40, I've been thinking life is half over at 40.

:lurk5: I'm kinda in the same boat (ds8 3rd gr, ds6 1st

:lurk5: I'm kinda in the same boat (ds8 3rd gr, ds6