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I've seen Mint EO in a small tube with a roller on top, does Lavendar come like that too? Or do you just dab it on? Does it help once the headache is really going or do you have to catch it in the beginning?
Sorry it took me so long to get back.
Typically you do it when the headache is first starting. The scent is soothing, and the EO is supposed to have mild pain relieving properties as well as BP lowering properties as well.
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It was very funny. As a pp stated more about the relationship with Gabby and her daughter then their education choice. Juanita, pick up that book!
Hey, learning to listen to mom is an important part of education!
The idea of Gabby homeschooling is hilarious though. Any of the other moms there, sure I could see it. But Gabby, :lol:
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Um....coffee. It works for me.
Caffeine in general.
I think it's Lavender EO rubbed into the temples.
Neck massage.
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Someone used a phrase on here a few weeks ago that I've adopted as my own. The phrase is "homeschool clean." As in,
"There are dust bunnies under every piece of furniture and cobwebs in the corners, but the dishes are done and the laundry is mostly done, so now the house is homeschool clean."
It means that while I'm homeschooling, only the superficial cleaning gets done. The deep cleaning will be done when the kids graduate.
I manage to keep up with just the basics (and I mean just the basics.) Anything beyond that is just extra that I've finally been able to stop worrying about. I look around and if the house is reasonably cleaned (been dusted and vacuumed sometime in the last two weeks, paper piles are under some sort of control, dishes, bathrooms, and laundry are done) then I consider the house "homeschool clean" and let the rest slide.
In the end, in the very, very end, are we really going to care if we got all the dust bunnies? Nope. As long as the house is clean enough to be healthy (no filthy toilets or piles of molding dishes) and we can walk on the floors because there isn't any clutter on them, then I feel that the house is just fine. And when we're old and gray, we won't look back and regret those dust bunnies. We'll look back on our precious memories of time spent with our children.
Caveat: this isn't an excuse to live in filth. The closets may need to be cleaned out, the tops of the curtains may be dusty, and the shed can be a mess, but our day-to-day living areas should be tidy and the basics maintained.
I think you can replace 'homeschool clean' with 'toddler clean' as well. With a toddler I feel like we just keep up with the mess we make for the most part, with laundry, toys, books, dishes, food thrown to the floor etc. It's hard to keep up the basics most days.
Besides, if I ever feel too bad about my house I watch 'How Clean Is Your House' with those two British ladies and feel a LOT better about my own home.
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If you go to menus for moms in the basic menu section they have an archive. All their menu's with recipes for several years I think. Look through the various menu's and find 5-10 of them that you think will work for your family. (grocery lists are included as well) Just use them, tweak as necessary, and rotate through them to keep variety going. I have a nice folder with my weekly menu plans and I just decide what week # I want to use that week. I only have 'fall/winter' comfort food menu's right now. Come spring I'll make up some more with lighter 'warm weather' menu's to pick from.
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Oh please...Let's not even discuss TEA :lol:
I am too tired.
I feel like I really missed something....
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Make yourself up a steaming cup of tea and relax. It might help replenish some of your tea. Especially if you add a splash of whiskey ;)
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I have no problem brining my kids in for well visits. It's an objective 3rd set of eyes that is trained to see anything I might miss. Well baby visits do occasionally catch things mom and dad might have missed, mostly because the changes may have been very gradual, while if the doctor only sees them every X months or annually it's a drastic change to them.
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Ebay baby!
Style seems to be recycled a lot. The 80's never really went out of style in Germany, lol. I saw a lot of fashion 'throwbacks' while I was there.
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You just gave me a great idea for dinner tonight :)
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My younger brother started early. Try buying him some good over the counter acne products before going to the doctor. Tea Tree oil products can be very effective.
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I understand the concept of bringing up more believers--more evangelicals to spread the word. It goes a bit far when you beging to think of it as a voter incubation system. Perhaps that is the motive? I guess I'd understood it differently. The "quiver-full" name comes from Scripture, and not in the context of political movements. :)
I think it depends on who's practicing it. There may be a section of the quiverfull movement who's goal is to 'take back America as God's Country' and they are the one's writing books and being interviewed.
Most that I've 'talked' to online aren't thinking about that. They do simply want to let God be in control of all aspects of their life, including their fertility.
But, which group makes for a better TV show interview ;)
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She may have gotten it from an article like this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102005062
That's also the hope of Nancy Campbell, a leader of the Quiverfull movement and author of Be Fruitful and Multiply.
"The womb is such a powerful weapon; it's a weapon against the enemy," Campbell says.
Campbell has 35 grandchildren. She and her husband stopped at six kids, and it is her great regret.
"I think, help! Imagine if we had had more of these children!" Campbell says, adding, "My greatest impact is through my children. The more children I have, the more ability I have to impact the world for God."
A Christian God, that is. Campbell says if believers don't starting reproducing in large numbers, biblical Christianity will lose its voice.
"We look across the Islamic world and we see that they are outnumbering us in their family size, and they are in many places and many countries taking over those nations, without a jihad, just by multiplication," Campbell says.
Still, Quiverfull is a small group, probably 10,000 fast-growing families, mainly in the Midwest and South. But they have large ambitions, says Kathryn Joyce, who has written about the movement in her book Quiverfull: Inside The Christian Patriarchy Movement.
"They speak about, 'If everyone starts having eight children or 12 children, imagine in three generations what we'll be able to do,' " Joyce says. " 'We'll be able to take over both halls of Congress, we'll be able to reclaim sinful cities like San Francisco for the faithful, and we'll be able to wage very effective massive boycotts against companies that are going against God's will.' "
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Also, the Underground History of American Education talks about famous Americans education as well.
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/
His whole book is available on his website to read now.
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I probably would have used the compostable cups/plates/forks in that case.
I think reusable glasses and plates are more environmentally friendly by far. Yes, they use water, but especially if your house is set up to reuse grey water it's not a waste. Dishwashers also use less water and energy than washing by hand, so just use a efficient dishwasher.
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That's very interesting but I wonder if it's accurate still because he and his wife have been divorced for a number of years and he's now married to Trisha Yearwood.
Well, I imagine his Ex probably has primary custody because of his travel and such. I don't see why the divorce would have changed the children's education, especially since mom was the primary teacher anyway.
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Lots of books? I know that's what I would have liked at 7. I'm not sure I was 'normal' though. :lol: My other preference would have been TMNT action figures.
Is she a girly girl, tom boy, book lover, game player, etc?
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I hate those lists. They inevitably pop up in some response to some anti-homeschooling tirade and look a little silly because, as you pointed out, so many on the names are of people who lived before we even had modern education. They also tend to be offered up in lieu of any real thoughtful argument.
Anyway, if the list only consisted of people still alive, then I could see more value. Still not as a debate tool but I could show it to the kids.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett homeschooled their children for some time.
Francis Collins was homeschooled.
I think Tom Cruise is homeschooling his older 2 kids, and presumably Suri when she's older. Well, at least his mom and sisters help with it I think, I don't know what he actually does. John Travolta does as well.
I found something saying Sandra Day O'Connor, the supreme court justice was homeschooled. http://www.homeschoolacademy.com/famoushomeschoolers.htm
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/Famous.htm
Ben Bolger, Professor at College of William and Mary
Professors can be intimidatingly intelligent with just one advanced degree. Imagine a professor with 11 - yes, 11 - doctorates. His mother decided that homeschooling would be the best option for him. Bolger thrived in this environment and began taking college classes at age 12.
Joyce Reed, former Associate Dean of the College, Brown University
Since my lifelong career has been as a professional educator, people are frequently bewildered when they learn that my five children did most of their learning at home until they entered colleges and universities that suited their interests. How did I do it, they ask?
Erik Demaine
The home-schooled whiz kid from Halifax who last year became the youngest professor hired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has won a MacArthur Fellowship, better known as The Genius Award.
Garth Brooks, Singer
On the Howie Mandel show, one of the guests was Garth Brooks. Did you know his three daughters are homeschooled? He said his wife does all the teaching because they're too advanced for him: the girls are 2, 4 and 6! He said his family started traveling with him and it really helped to save his marriage. Homeschooling seemed like the logical choice to him.
Louisia May Alcott was homeschooled.
One main novel I can think of that has a homeschool character is Little Women. Beth was entirely homeschooled and Amy was expelled from school and continued to learn at home.
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(quote) One interesting note, the girls are able to drive cars while the guys have to walk or use bikes. (quote)
Actually, guys can use cars, also. Our local male missionaries use a car and walk, and have, in the past, used bikes. It is up to the local LDS missionary leaders.
Huh, maybe it's a regional thing? This was while I was in the DC area, but the 2 female missionaries who were with me told me that the girls could use cars but the guys had to walk or use bikes. I think it was a safety thing.
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Women have been able to serve LDS missions for decades (at least). They are able to go when they are 21 and serve for 18 months.
(In contrast, men typically go at 19 and serve for 2 years.)
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They have been less likely to go on a mission before since women only go if they are UNMARRIED by 21, and typically they would marry before that. There was almost a stigma on an unmarried 21 year old girl, but going on a mission helped give their singleness purpose.
In contrast young men were almost always expected go on missions when they turn 18 (unless they join the military first) and get married AFTER they come back.
But, I'm guessing today more LDS women are not getting married quite as early (though many still are) and so there are more female missionaries. When I converted to the LDS faith I worked with both males and females, but I felt much more comfortable with the girls. (I'm no longer LDS, but I was for several years in my early 20's)
One interesting note, the girls are able to drive cars while the guys have to walk or use bikes.
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If your dog has a more sensitive stomach it can give a dog the runs.
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Sorry, don't mean to be touchy, the pediatrician bashing that occasionally goes on here gets to me sometimes. These are the people that train an extra 3 yrs to just treat children, because they truly care about kids and act in their best interest.
I would never bash peds in general. I LOVE my ped. Like any other doctor some are good some are bad.
Surgeons train extra years for surgery as well, but that doesn't make them all good. There was one in the hospital I worked at I wouldn't let touch me if even if I had a ruptured appendix. He had a 50% infection rate and he was HORRIBLE. **** guy was protected though because he's a military doctor.
Anyway, my point was, not all doctors are good regardless of specialty. Different specialties also tend to have different attitudes towards various situations.
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No, not all pediatricians push all vaccines. Some cooperate respectfully with those who choose not to vaccinate and some selectively immunize their own children.
My DH is a pediatrician. Only 4-6 visits out of 40 visits per day are well checks. The doctor gets a small administration fee for each vaccine which usually covers OVERHEAD only. Please do not make assumptions of which you do not know.
Pediatricians make a whole lot more off of sick visits and rechecks.
That's why I said more likely to rather than do push. My ped doesn't push either. It was one of the nurses in the peds office who told me that about the family doctor vs the ped when we were talking at one point.
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Also, while I'm totally not into the whole anti-vaccination conspiracy theory thing, it might be worth remembering that lots of people, including doctors, stand to make money from people vaccinating, whereas few people will profit should you decide against it.
This. From what I understand pediatricians are more likely to 'push' vaccines than family doctors. Family doctors treat lots of sick older people as well as kids. Peds only treat kids, and they're typically healthy. Thus, the steady stream of 'business' for them is well visits and vaccines.
That being said, I do agree with the ped that the shot is the same as the flu shot. It was made the same way, so it is as tested as the flu vaccine. I never the regular flu vaccine, and I won't be getting the H1N1 vaccine, but it's not because it's 'new' and 'untested'.
Local article about H1N1
in General Education Discussion Board
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Hospitals take care of many immunocompromised people, so keeping infectious disease out of the hospital when possible seems smart. Plus, I'm sure the sheer number of patients coming in to either be examined or who need to stay for treatment is pretty high right now, so like the article said it helps take the load of the main hospital.