Good morning! It's a lot of rain going on today, but I'm hoping that won't affect things too much. coffee violin take recycling/trash to the dump tidy up the house laundry bake cookies tutor dinner: pecan crusted chicken, wedge potatoes (or mashed), green salad with apples take ds to practice

I don't even like Saxon, but I'd be hard pressed to find anything wrong with it for high school. One of the things I have noticed more with my own son's tests is the heavier reliance on reading comprehension: careful attention to details like consistent measurements and being able to sketch out what you think the question is asking. Any student who is competent with the material can add in more of this part to their lessons through something like AoPS' Alcumus (free online supplement) or a practice ACT/SAT book. I would not worry about having to ditch Saxon if it works for you and your kids.

It depends on where the cough is - chest or throat. Alka-seltzer Cold & Flu works for chest coughs here. It helps to break up the mucus and tastes like a cold orange drink. I don't know how low it's rated for, but I was comfortable giving it to ds at age 9. Cough drops work otherwise if it's coming from a dry/scratchy throat. We end up eating a lot of Chinese food, too, when kids are sick, because I can load up noodles with ginger, chilis, etc. and balance it out with a honey-sweetened stir fry dish.

Same. It was nauseating having the news on this morning because it was replayed every 5 minutes. Then every other person on Facebook linked it. I don't want to hide my head in the sand, but I really can't take the constant coverage and repetition of death. Everyone there, they were somebody's person.

DS has decided to do activities tonight, but not all. We'll skip scouting. The day has been slightly derailed and that's okay. Tomorrow is a new chance to get things done.

$65 at the grocery store, but I actually planned out for the next few nights and got everything plus some lunches and dh's meals at work. Dinner tonight: pork chops with peppercorn pan sauce, green beans, roasted potatoes. Tomorrow: roasted veggie bowls with barley and grilled haloumi cheese Thursday: honey mustard pecan crusted chicken, apple and greens salad, lemon potato wedges & tzatziki sauce for dipping

I don't like them together. The pants are warm, but the shoes have more of a grey tone. A white or a cream, maybe, instead?

I'm not so sure about this major time shift, but.......😄 Today: school work grocery shop (because I never did yesterday) tidy house And I'm not sure what else. DS may or may not do his activities tonight. He is still in a lot of pain.

It is a horrifying video. My heart goes out to the community.

My dh doesn't like the idea, either. It is a guarantee to start a rant about the IRS making taxes more difficult than they need to be. I hope yours finds a solution that works for him!

First day of astronomy is done. It's a condensed course, so the material is more than enough to do each week: 1-2 chapters, 2-3 activities/labs, 1 quiz, and 2 posts of various topics. I noticed one of the weeks has the due dates adjusted to account for the K through 12 schools' spring break, which is rather nice.

Yeah, school ends soon and it didn't seem wise to send him back to sit on a wooden chair. I'll email his main teacher this afternoon and let her know that he might prefer standing tomorrow. He says nothing helps, but also, he's a teen boy who is moody about his body not feeling right and missing ice time, on top of a sleepless night, so I'll take his complaining with just half a grain of salt. Hopefully he can start feeling better by the morning. I wouldn't be surprised to find him asleep this afternoon after the ibuprofen kicks in.

I spent the morning at walk-in care with ds. And if this was any other community I probably would have sounded like the crazy parent asking, 'yes, but can he play on Saturday?" But all the docs know him and have kids in sports/played them when they were young, so even though we were there for his spine they did a basic neuro test and kept making sure he didn't have a concussion every time we saw another person. Good news: he's cleared to play. No fractures. (and no concussion!) Bad news: he's going to be in pain this week. He can't be given much for relief, so he just has to deal and stand as needed. I'm going to take a few minutes to enjoy a cup of tea before moving on to what needs to happen at home.

I remember it being variable, but averaged about 45 minutes.

Good morning! DS14 may have broken his butt yesterday in the game, so I'm waiting for that call to tell me he just cannot sit in class today. Other than that... figure out dinner grocery shop first astronomy class RSVP our potluck dish tidy the house

Match to the top, or pick a pair of darker brown shoes that match the tone of the beige. I think black shoes, beige pants, a black blouse and a beaded necklace would look sharp. Same with taking out the black and doing a nice white for shoes/blouse. Any other color, go with a brown or white shoe (or something strappy and multicolored).

DS's team moves to the next round, through a combination of luck and work. They were not at their best, but they had enough determination to see it through. I'm currently making second dinner, getting ds to finish his homework, and then I still need to help put sheets on the bed.

No? I'm so confused. LOL

No sleeping in here. I helped ds stay focused to clean his room, cleaned mine, and did the towel laundry. We're getting ready to head to his playoff game and it's promising to be a doozy.

I didn't think it would ever be a thing in my house, either! Oldest ds will eat pretty much anything, but as an adult he's more inclined to buy whatever he wants and moderate well. He's my one that doesn't like a ton of sweets in the first place. Youngest ds is very picky, but the bunnies fit one of 3 chocolates he chooses (plain, truffles, or Kinder bars). The rest he could give or take, it doesn't matter to him, as long as it has absolutely no peanuts or peanut butter. I don't get it. This never would have been me as a kid.

Have you considered Moving Beyond The Page? They have a single year high school study. Not my favorite books, but they are modern. https://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/purchase/sku-detail/2113/high-school-1-full-year-language-arts-package/

I was planning on grasshopper pie (chocolate, mint, hint of marshmallow). My children have requested NO SWEETS for Easter, though. The oldest just had a birthday and his community came through abundantly: ice cream cake from us, homemade cake from his gf, a chocolate pudding pie and 3 dozen specialty cookies from his work friends and something his Friday night group calls 'tea jellies' to round it all out. It's bad enough that last year's chocolate bunnies are still in the fridge, lol. So. New plans. There will be no baskets or egg hunt. We'll take our annual hike and airplane contest, and then I'll make: chicken crepes with root veggies and a light cream sauce green salad rice pilaf asparagus Dessert will most likely be coffee and a cheese board, if anyone is interested, with a few spreads to complement it.

I could say the exact same thing today. *sigh* On the upside, at least one young adult in this house has learned? I overheard this exchange today in front of the dishwasher: It's clean. I know. Then what are you doing? Um, putting the dishes away? I wonder how long it would have taken the other to hone in on that idea.

Yesterday - a cute look at what would happen if almost nobody remembered who the Beatles were IIRC. Rescued By Ruby - a state trooper wants to train for the K9 unit, but his dog is, um, hardheaded Finding Ohana - a search for treasure. Cute, no deep thinking involved They're all on Netflix.

Good morning...er, almost noon! send kid to competition, after arguing about the need for proper shirt and tie run to the grocery store rsvp to a gethering next week start the dishwasher make chicken enchiladas: make the sauce, slow cook and shred the chicken pick up ds have a new friend come over to chat dinner family fun time? Maybe