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  1. One of my son's mentors is obnoxiously attractive. I feel ridiculous, but it is very hard to focus during our meetings sometimes.

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      EndOfOrdinary

      It should be a chapter in that all inclusive homeschooling book that one if us writes someday!

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  2. One of my son's mentors is obnoxiously attractive. I feel ridiculous, but it is very hard to focus during our meetings sometimes.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      If only he would do something completely disgusting and repulsive!

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  3. My beautiful girl is 13 today. Happy birthday, love of my life!!

  4. A right of passage is occurring in our house tonight. Ds is putting together his first item from IKEA. Checking off that lifeskill!

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      It is filled with books and the whole family really likes it. Dad had to jump in at one point after allowing a shelf to go in backward. If Dh didn't say something there would have been no going back! All in all, it was a great success and Ds is quite proud of himself.

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  5. I got a job! So very exciting. 24 hours a week at a local coffee shop. Even better, Dh agreed to allow outside classes for Ds. Piano, Omnibus, and Lukeion will start in a year. There are no words for how thankful I am.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      I cannot believe how excited I am to have an adult world all to myself - even if it is a "job"

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  6. Well, dd9 finally asked. You can only read in the science encyclopedia about sex cells combining to form a zygote for so long before the inevitable happens...

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      lol. I wonder if he will be laughing as much when she starts dating. You can only think sex is gross for so long before the inevitable happens.... :)

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  7. Final bit of next year's curriculum is being shipped! Now on to elaborate spreadsheets and schedules which will be abandoned three weeks into the school year!

  8. The kids named the 3 woodpeckers that come to our feeder Downy, Woody, & Pecker. "Look, there's Pecker. Hi Pecker, hi Woody!" Me- "Can't we change their names?"

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      !!! lol!!! Ds had a plastic donkey that he named Honkey. He would tell Honkey to run. He would ask where his Honkey was. It was ridiculous. Dh thought it was hysterical, being Southern, and honkey still being something normal people use as derogatory. No genitals though. Genitals would be a difficult one.

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  9. There are 10 seasons of Friends which now stream on Netflix. I do not exactly know how I can turn them into an educational opportunity, but I'm workin' on it!

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      http://blog.suitey.com/the-friends-apartments-rent-monicas-apartment-now/

      this guy takes research to a whole new level! It would be fun to do for some favorite shows, though.

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  10. The 5 year old is hooked on Captain Underpants. Not sure whether to be proud or horrified!

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      Ds is only allowed to read them in Spanish. They are translated in 10 languages last thing I knew.

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  11. I am re-wrapping yards of dental floss around a tiny spool. How much is my time worth, anyway?!

  12. I am re-wrapping yards of dental floss around a tiny spool. How much is my time worth, anyway?!

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      You are just a homeschool mom. It's not like you were going to actually do anything today but sit on the couch, eat bonbons, and have the kids play video games...right? ;)

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  13. It might snow in Portland, Oregon. Newscaster freakout COMMENCE!

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      :) we live up in the Gorge and I very much so enjoyed how Wednesday covered the weather for us. 7th layer of hell basically :)

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  14. Dh is putting in a new kitchen faucet. Current toal: 1 faucet, 4 trips to hardware store.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      Dh over here was doing maintenance on our woodstove. There was quite a lot of cussing, a rather mutilated thumb, and totally disgusting pair of work clothes by the end. However, said woodstove is now roaring away making us warm!

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  15. PSA: please google search you child's name if they take online classes. I just found out my daughter's full name and picture were available via google, tracing back to her account with an online class. I have looked and others in her classes are showing up on google when searched. I have contacted the admin for the classes. These were required fields when registering for the classes.

  16. I am so frustrated with being "socially acceptable." Socially acceptable when we are out and about, socially acceptable with the neighbors, socially acceptable with my husband, socially acceptable in homeschool, teach Ds to be socially acceptable. Good gracious is there anywhere that Ds and I can just be quirky weird people that have fun!?

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      Thanks guys. My husband is a bit more involved with status than DS and I. Sometimes it is good to know that "un-normal" or whatever is still alive and well!

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  17. Yep, Gnocchi al Pesto is still my electric chair meal.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      I do not know that I have considered my electric chair meal...might just have to think on that one. Never know when it might come in handy.

  18. Huh, my new user picture reverted back to the old one?

  19. And the quest for the perfect gluten-free chicken nugget has begun.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      we make our own chicken nuggets at home. Use massacred tortilla chips (stale old ones work the best) and eggs. Chunked chicken goes into egg wash, then tortilla chips, and place on cookie sheet. 350 for 20 minutes. Totally gluten free. My nine year old proudly makes them himself, though the kitchen needs a hazmat team to come in and clean afterward.

  20. I am alone in my house for the first time in months. I have no idea what to do with myself :)

  21. Why can't I spill coffee on a $5 text instead of the pristine AoPS book?

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      The beloved neighbor dog is very floppy and drooly. He favors the AoPS book and visiting at math time as well.

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  22. Oh, treachery! Oh, the pain! It's just a little math placement test kids..it won't kill you.

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      I think we need to call the authorities. This is obviously cruel and unusual punishment :)

  23. Why would my child rather split firewood than write a couple of paragraphs about Ivan the Terrible? sigh

    1. EndOfOrdinary

      EndOfOrdinary

      My son loves to chop firewood. He would choose the physical activity over sitting still and writing any day.

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