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I plotted out next week's menu, made a grocery list, sent dh to go buy the stuff, and then precooked the taco beef because its sell-by is today.
Now I'm hiding with a cup of tea while he makes pizza.
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8 minutes ago, Renai said:
I'm eating a gluten-free, vegan, cranberry walnut energy cookie for breakfast now.
Hey, I ate a gluten-free, vegan cranberry orange scone for unnecessary snack yesterday. High five.
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Happy Friday!
Last day of staycation week for us. Projects to finish, but first....coffee!
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1 hour ago, Renai said:
I'm surviving on 1.5 hours of sleep.
I was going to give a sad face, but decided on a trophy for the surviving part instead. We have rules, you know!
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Oh, and Dd10 marched up to the counter at Chick-Fil-A last night with her Christmas gift card, then politely ordered a hamburger.
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Good Morning!
No advice, Susan, but YAY! for your shoulder feeling better.
Dd7 and I started sanding at 6:30am this morning so we could finish in time for 9am piano lessons. We'd be ready to paint by now, except that our house is old and the studs were slightly off, so there's a small decline in one of the wallboards to compensate for. It'll happen. I should be able to paint next week and check this job off the list.
Ds5 announced out of the blue this morning that " I do. not. want. to be famous." Making a mental note of that, son.
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EdPos (and DentalPos, and VomitPos, and Fill-in-the-BlankPos) all just started as a fun, tongue-in-cheek warning for a topic that those lounging on the shores of the ITT island might prefer to ignore. Because of course we specialize in ignoring.
They don't bother me in the least. Y'all truly have the best advice around. (And, hey! the occasional EdPo helps to validate the space we take up here on the Gen Ed Board, of all places. 😁) Just be forewarned: EdPos out in K-8 will be taken seriously.... but here at ITT? Well.....
....pretty much the only thing we take seriously is friendship. And spelling.
#h
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1 hour ago, Servant4Christ said:
I almost posted in the kiddie pool today, but I'm undecided in so many subjects that I don't know where to begin. I felt awful after I thought I offended everyone EdPo'ing the other day, so I'm personally making a conscious effort not to anymore. I really do get some of my best curriculum ideas here on ITT, though, so I enjoy reading them. It helps me plan and exposes me to some ideas and curriculums I've never heard of before.
Does Chick-fil-A still make chicken skewers? I don't think they were breaded, but grilled? It's been years, but they were sooo good!
I’m not a big grilled chicken fan either. I ended up grabbing soup at panera on the way. DH got a spicy chicken meal and all in all, we only went $2.08 over the gift cards. Woo-Hoo! I’m celebrating with a coffee, and guarding all the lemonade refills while the rest browse about in the Lego store. (Our only chick FIL a is in a mall)-
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28 minutes ago, Paradox5 said:
Well, if Slache does it, it's totally kosher then! OK!
So I have the following down, keeping in mind portability, cost, and long-term use: (No, we don't know if we are going yet, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.)
Math: Saxon (I'm thinking about making the daily drill sheets as write on/wipe off with wet erase markers. Those wkbks are $35 each!)
Lang Arts: English Lessons Through Literature by barefoot ragamuffin (just decided like 5 mins. ago) I can buy the whole thing as a pdf from anywhere lulu.com works.
Science: BJU dlo (found out we can access it in the UK! Thank goodness! This was my biggest worry. Still going to cost a boatload.)
History: still deciding because if we are there, they really should focus on UK history. I would like to bring one good middle school level USA history and geography resource. We hate Hakim, btw.
Art: Draw, Write, Now series and You Can Draw in 30 Days, plus whatever. I would really like to get the entire set of Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists, too.
For history this year, I'm using Our Island Story (HE Marshall). LIbrivox has the audios available for free, and I think AO has the text available free too, though I bought a print copy.
My kids love it. It's story-style, much like SOTW. Along with some monarchy cards and memory work and a little map study, they are learning tons and making great connections (with our Chaucer/Shakespeare studies in particular). Would be so fantastic to be in UK while studying it all!
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1 hour ago, Where's Toto? said:
A quick google looks like spackling can be used to fill holes or smooth out seams between drywall, whereas mudding can only be used on unpainted or unplastered walls because it will only stick to drywall paper. Mudding tends to be used for larger jobs but spackling can be used as well. Spackle doesn't sand as easily because it hardens more and doesn't shrink.
Interesting. I know when dh built our room he used spackle. Mudding uses joint compound.
Phew! We are mudding a new wall, which I've done a lot of in the aftermath of the Great Blizzard of 2015*. I've always called that "mudding" but didn't really know if it was an official term or just some horribly inappropriate urban dictionary term that I was carelessly tossing about in public.
*Not really that big a storm. But it wreaked havoc on our house and our lives for years to come. ITT saved my sanity. 🥰
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I am changing some of this morning's <hearts> to afternoon LOLs. Amazing what a few cups of coffee will do for me.
All three girls helped with sanding and mudding the wall this morning, so it took 3x longer than it would have otherwise. But we are done for the day, and showered, and eating a very late tuna wrap with blue chips lunch. (Except I'm the only one who likes tuna wraps, so the rest are eating.... just blue chips. Oh well.)
Tonight is Chick-Fil-A! at the mall. Brought to you by Grandma and her Christmas gift cards to the kids. Except I'm really not a breaded chicken fan, and since they kicked chicken salad off the menu, I never know what to get. Seems a bit of a sacrilege, but I may wander over to Cheesecake Factory and get some cow takeout for myself instead.
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Dd7 helped me mud. There will be a little more sanding than I like, but not much. She listened carefully and did a pretty good job, even with the taping! She wants to be a builder when she grows up. 🥰
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Community Bible Study has "Engage" workbooks, based on ESV, which are available for individual study (i.e., for those who are not in a CBS community). I'm not sure it's what you'd be looking for, as it isn't designed specifically for any age bracket, but they do have an online sample you may check out. My own experience is with the books used in a community (both children's and adult's editions) and my family has loved those.
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Happy Tuesday!
We are on break this week, because the public schools are too and so all our extra-curriculars are canceled. Woo-hoo! The girls woke up and made a coffee cake (and then did dishes!) so I'm eating my slice right now. I'm planning on mudding the last wall in the laundry room, which will take the better part of the week.
Coffee!! And Cake!
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Have a fun date, Jean!!!
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19 hours ago, Paradox5 said:
Your van was begging you to put her out of her misery. You see the massive Honda minivan recall? I know yours was older. I hate Hondas.
18 hours ago, ikslo said:My favorite car was a Honda Civic. I miss that car.
I'm a Honda fan. Had a civic for 15 years and now an Odyssey in its twelfth year. We also have a Toyota Sienna that's 14 years old (donated to us) and it's confirmed that I really prefer how the Honda drives. Honda does have a lot of recalls, though!
My first concert was Chicago, in 1989 I think. My dad took me for my birthday.
My second concert was Rickie Lee Jones, in 2019. I took my husband for our date night.
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21 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
My family’s etiquette never includes having a choice or even a head’s up. 😉
I can't wait to visit Jean someday.
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::ed po::
::kinda::
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ducks are finally gone so I -- er, rosie robot -- just mopped the upstairs. now to the downstairs, so we can move all the playmobil villagers off the table and back on to the floor in time for supper.
also i'm eating buttery popcorn. hence my shift-key impairment. greasy fingers and all that.
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10 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
My thanks to those who are bringing banter back to my happy place. This is why I come here.
I gave you a happy LOL face, just to make you smile.
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53 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said:
...and here I thought everyone likes Saxon. We may just continue with R&S. Oldest IS improving even if he doesn't like it, but he says he misses CLE. CLE (without a doubt) moves too fast IMO, so I thought Saxon might be worth at least looking at even if we don't end up using it. It's definitely at least resellable from what I'm seeing.
::ED PO::
Like any curriculum, if it works, use it! I homeschool tutored middle-schoolers years ago who used Saxon. It had served the kids well in terms of learning math, but to them it was utterly painful drudgery, no matter how I tried to adjust things. I then used the kindergarten program for my own oldest (because I was given it for free) and found it was a terrible fit for my dyscalculia kid.
I can see how other kids might love Saxon though. To each his own.
::ED PO OVER::
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1 minute ago, lots of little ducklings said:
Tylenol.
I know. Not felpful. I have Saxon PTSD. It's the best advice I can offer on that topic.
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6 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said:
Back to Saxon:
If I order a 2nd edition 5/4, what do I need to purchase to go with it? I see a teacher's edition. What else?
Tylenol.
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Ignore this thread!
in General Education Discussion Board
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Ugh. Reminds me of the frozen dead owl DH found on the way home from work a few years ago. He saved it in a snowbank for a nature study that (thankfully) never happened, and I finally made him dispose of it after a spring thaw.