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21 hours ago, Slache said:
I taught John to get me coffee.
This is a great way to deal with laundry.
I CAN GO TO THE HOMESCHOOL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR!
Are you Whole30ing?
To show the superiority of ITT.
I don't know. He's like eight.
Not Whole30ing. I had just picked one up from the grocery store the day before and didn't get it eaten the same day, so I ate it for breakfast the next morning. It made a wonderful breakfast prior to running Dad to a medical appointment. I want more.
Much to my dismay I have to severely limit my intake of cruciferous veggies now. DH figured out my bouts of GI distress were from eating more than a normal kid-sized serving of such veggies at a time. Wah. I like cruciferous veggies!
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21 hours ago, KrissiK said:
Hmm, well, I was on the Leaderboard and that made no sense at all to me.
It made perfect sense. You were that likeable!
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21 hours ago, ikslo said:
Once you’ve posted your response with a quote, click on the swishy arrow in the upper right corner of the quote in your response, which brings you back to that original post to which you just responded.
*delighted gasp* It worked!!!! Thank you!!!!
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21 hours ago, ikslo said:
Once you’ve posted your response with a quote, click on the swishy arrow in the upper right corner of the quote in your response, which brings you back to that original post to which you just responded.
Ooo! Testing....
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22 hours ago, Critterfixer said:
I have cranky Monday turtles. But I also have hot tea and popcorn.
DD13's hulless popcorn came in yesterday, so now she can have popcorn, too, again.
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Hugs to Bookie & family, and bees, and for fires and hurts and sadnesses and anyone else for any other reason!
#stillcatchingup
#reallyneedthathugemoji
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On 4/7/2018 at 10:51 PM, lots of little ducklings said:
I got rid of the ducklin' gas.
Whaddayathink?
It feels so....#notlikeaonewordhashtagish . I'm undecided.
eta: i could go all millenial and drop the capitalization. would that fool y'all into thinking i'm younger than i actually am?
(Psst: Go edit your location in your profile. Please add a colon and a space in front of your location. Ikslo will thank you!)
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On 4/7/2018 at 6:09 PM, KrissiK said:
Well, we are used to dry. But it does look rather.... in the middle of nowhere.
There's a lot of Texas to look through. Have you looked closer to some major cities? How about along U.S. Highway 287? A lot of that is ranch land, but there are cities along it that also have some industry or another. And there are manufacturing jobs in the Houston region. *wink wink nudge nudge*
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On 4/7/2018 at 2:39 PM, KrissiK said:
Well, it's always in the back of our mind. Things with California are getting crazier and crazier.... more restrictive homeschooling laws, the high-speed rail fiasco, the drought, the whole Illegal alien/sanctuary state thing, California continues to put restrictions and higher taxes on the backs of business, so businesses are moving out of California. The parent company of DH's company is out of state and we're not sure when his boss is just going to say, "Enough's enough" and leave altogether. DH has been looking for a job for the past couple years and jobs are hard to find here in manufacturing. And the political climate.... our current Governor is crazy liberal, but the guy who's the front-runner in the gubernatorial race is even crazier than the current guy. We want to stay here because our roots are pretty deep and family and all that... but, if DH can't find a job. And we are kind of expecting a mass exodus in the next several years because of the tax burden on the middle class, so if we wait till then we're afraid we'd get pennies on the dollar for our house. The bottom line is, we don't want to move. At all. But, we may not have a choice and are thinking we want to move when we are in control of things and not when DH is out of a job and the whole California economy is collapsing.
Anyhow, apparently there are jobs in DH's field in Midland. So, we've been throwing that around.
I can't speak to Midland specifically (not familiar with it), but cost of living is certainly better in Texas than many other states, pay is a bit better, and homeschooling pretty much just requires you cover a certain 5 subjects. And you will be closer to a lot of us! And there's no state income tax. Much as I loved Colorado and Minnesota, we are much better off here.
SE Texas has high heat, high humidity, and mosquitoes galore, and seldom ever gets any snow at all. Northcentral Texas (Dallas/Ft. Worth area) gets some pretty impressive plains storms and gets some snow most winters, but not a lot. The Hill Country gets some relief from the heat at times and is really pretty, so it gets a lot of tourists. It also has a lot of cedar, which I am apparently allergic to. Anyplace one might want to live has its challenges, so shop around and pick. Former work acquaintances who had lived in Midland didn't seem to mind it.
I hope whatever you folks decide your DH manages to get a good job that meets the family's needs and he can be satisfied with.
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Still a lot of catch-up to do. My cat isn't helping. After NOT coming in last night when called she is in now, and decided to hop into my chair just as I reached the point of no return on sitting in said chair. Now she's mad because I sat on her.
GOOOOOD MORNING, ITT!
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On 4/6/2018 at 10:27 PM, Slache said:
I had a healthy, Whole30 compliant lunch, a healthy, Whole30 compliant dinner and now I'm having water.
Saturday evening DD16 and a friend attended the homeschool prom with me as accompanying adult who took pictures and drove. Friend spent the night afterwards. Sunday I was a bit noised out and DH wanted to watch some shows without headphones on, which he more than earned, so after I ran to Kohl's to spend Dad's Kohl's Cash on more trousers for him and after I made a grocery run I hung out upstairs reading. It was nice to take a half-day off of ALL responsibilities. DD16 and DH made a spaghetti & meatball supper.
Today I take Dad to a phlebotomy appointment, then to lunch afterwards. I called him before breakfast to recommend he wear a short-sleeved shirt and a jacket for warmth today (cool here). I'm pack-muling in more water bottles for him when I go. My plans for supper tonight are salmon.
I have reinstalled a pedometer app on my phone and discovered just my morning routine resulted in about 800 steps. That's from showering, dressing, waking girls, doing laundry, and getting my breakfast, and I spot-checked the step count for accuracy, so I'm fairly confident of its accuracy. I'm curious how many steps taking Dad out and about will add.
If I can remember long enough I hope to get by the storage unit place today. I really want to switch over to climate-controlled and get more stuff out of the garage and house. It's going to be a while before I can get to those boxes, and I want them out of the way so it will be easier to deal with other stuff that must come first.
I am declaring this week and next independent work days for the girls, just like the last two weeks. Dad has two medical appointments per week these weeks, and I have to feed him afterwards on all of them. I don't mind doing this for Dad, but it really sucks up the time.
I am still catching up in the thread for the posts since Friday. I'll keep catching up as I can. Hugs to everyone for everything, and cheers and applause, too, for attempts and accomplishments!
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On 4/6/2018 at 10:27 PM, Slache said:
I had a healthy, Whole30 compliant lunch, a healthy, Whole30 compliant dinner and now I'm having water.
My breakfast today has been a tuna poke salad with zoodles, a salad I bought yesterday at the grocery store. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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On 4/6/2018 at 4:33 PM, swellmomma said:
Now that my email has blown up with notifications from this thread I decided to pop over to the hive and check with everyone :) Hey everyone, long time no see :) Love what you have done with the place haha
Hi, Brandy!
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On 4/6/2018 at 3:49 PM, KrissiK said:
I had to have a book. We did read it together, which is more than my mom ever did with me. She just handed me Dobson’s “Preparing for Adolescence” and told me to go read it. No instructions, no discussion afterwords, no “do you have any questions?.”
When I was in junior high my parents left it up to the 8th grade health class. I was blind-sided in human reproduction, to the class's immense amusement.
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5 hours ago, KrissiK said:
Nobody is taking this thread seriously. Are you all doing school? My kids are all happily working on their zoo project for science.
We had friends over. It has been a very good afternoon!
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11 minutes ago, KrissiK said:
I named my tomatoe plants Tommy, Red and Sally.
And I blame Susan because before her, I never named plants. Now...I just feel this compulsion.
I still haven’t decided on a name for the lemon tree.
Snicket?
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30 minutes ago, Junie said:
My brain. I am hoping that someone can figure out why I have constant headaches.
I hope so, too. How did it go? Did the noise make your head ache more?
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45 minutes ago, Paige said:
I am back in but having issues still so it's hard to ITT. Is anyone else having problems with this thread specifically? I am having problems getting this thread to load but others seem fine.
Hi, Paige!
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11 hours ago, Junie said:
I'm back from my MRI. It went well and I could almost say that it was fun. I'm weird, I know. ;)
While I was in the MRI I had an idea for a children's book. I don't know that I'm going to actually write it anytime soon, but the seed has been planted.
Write it down before it fades!
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11 hours ago, Critterfixer said:
I'll be happy to write out the checklist for the creative writers if anyone wants it.
Yes, please!
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14 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
We had rice for lunch.....with a little bit of olive oil and sea salt and some lentils & broccoli. I got the slightly crispy bits on the bottom, which made me happy.
Recipe, bitte?
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17 hours ago, Junie said:
I napped.
This evening I am going to take myself out for dinner and then go get an MRI.
What are they MRIing?
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19 hours ago, KrissiK said:
Hmmm, Susan. I need to think about a name for the lemon tree. He’s a little guy, but has blossoms. Very sweet looking.
Limon'? Thorne? Meyer? Bud? Limonero? Citro? Lemony?
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Good morning!
Yesterday I took Dad to a local branch of a bank and we got bank accounts set up for him. This morning Dad's tax accountant called to discuss Dad's taxes, and I was able to give him the new routing number for direct depositing Dad's tax return. Serendipitous timing!
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Ignore this thread!
in General Education Discussion Board
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I have taken to adding OxyClean to the soap when doing Dad's laundry. It helps, as does doing his laundry as soon as I get it home. I have also been making him turn over ANY clothing he has worn between my visits. I even made him change pants yesterday morning, because he was re-wearing trousers.