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We are on spring break too! I'm a little conflicted about it because the kids spent all of this last week sick on the couch. I made them read or watch educational programs (before they could watch hours of Doctor Who), but we pretty much lost the whole week. Argh. But I tell you what, I need a spring break!
We might go down to Sacramento for a night to see a cousin and go to the homeschooling store, but that's about as exciting as I get. We still have a violin lesson on Thursday morning. I should probably do a lot of cleaning, but what I WANT to do is spend all my time at the park while the weather is so beautiful.
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I do think it would be worth it to go see the doctor.
But if it helps, I know a boy who is 12.5 and tiny. He really doesn't seem to have grown much in the last year or so...but while he is the smallest in his age group, some of the other boys are not much bigger and are also still small and not looking very much like they're in puberty. I have every confidence that this kid will grow up to be as tall as his dad--I've seen it happen with other boys--but it might be a little while.
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I do go on trips with my kids sans husband--who never has any vacation time, poor guy. I've also taken longer trips with friends--two moms and a passel of kids and a van! It's very fun. It's often easier for people to host us if they don't have to find sleeping quarters for a couple. I'm mainly talking road trips to visit people here--we haven't had the $$ to go on a real vacation in 15 years.
It would be great if you two could learn to make each other happy on alternating vacations. Him first. :)
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Mine is just about books. Howling Frog Books
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We've been trying--in fact we were just outside searching the sky--but every single evening, there are clouds over on the western edge of the sky! Aargh! :banghead:
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Yep. I checked it out a time or two before deciding to buy. I think they've kept up with the new editions too.
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Housewife is an old and honorable title that means a woman in charge of a household or family. Etymologically it goes back to the medieval husewif, which matched with the male husebonde--which changed into husband. I'm happy to be called a housewife, although it doesn't happen often. I work part-time and mostly I get described as a librarian and homeschooling mom, and anyway most people use stay-at-home-mom these days. But I quite like housewife too.
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Hello!
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My husband the calculus genius says he can't tell from the written version, but if you have a sound clip you could send, maybe he'd be able to figure it out. Feel free to email me something if you like. jean at roadq dot com
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I looked up cal day. I love Cal Day! It's about time to start planning, so I was looking up the date. The website hasn't been really updated for 2013 yet, grrrr. It just gives a date for this year and you can sign up for email updates, but there's no program yet. Cal Day is a giant open house for UC Berkeley--all the departments show off what they do. There are always a lot of hands-on science activities, music, martial arts demos, authors, all sorts of fun.
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Look at thinkgeek's kid's section? We got my daughter a Marie Curie t-shirt for her 12th birthday and she loves it.
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Yes, I love it here. I think this is the best place to live in California, pretty much, and we've been here 13 years and hope never to leave (unless of course someone offers me a year abroad!).
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Honestly I think it's pretty minor. He's working hard, so are you, and sometimes things fall through the cracks. Plan a really nice evening as soon as possible, and make a mental note to plan the anniversary next time instead of both assuming that you know what will happen.
Our first-date anniversary was last week. It's always a special day for us. This year...well, he had the bright idea of getting me tulips, but forgot to do it. I forgot about it until that evening, and I'd come down with a serious cold and lost my voice, so I wished him happy anniversary in a frog croak. I couldn't eat anything but soup so we didn't even get takeout on Saturday night. I finally feel better now, nearly a week later, so it would be nice to do something this weekend, but my siblings are all showing up from out of town, so who knows if we'll ever get around to anything? Oh well. :)
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For you--In My Hands, by a Polish woman. She had to work as housekeeper for a Nazi officer, and hid 12? Jews in the house. It's quite a story.
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Congratulations! There are some nice demonstration videos here for basic posture, bowhold, etc. (on the right side of the page you will see links to different videos).
Kurt Sassmannshaus (owner of this site) is the son of the creator of the Sassmannshaus method that has been extensively used in Germany and recently translated into English. I use this method alongside Suzuki with my students, I think it could work well for an adult learner as well. Here's a link to volume 1 in the method books.
My kids are learning the Sassmannhaus method. I should think it would be fine for adults--I've done a little bit too and I should probably try to learn on my older daughter's violin...
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I agree. I chose not to put advertisements or printed clothing on my small children, because I didn't believe in using children to advance my political preferences or whatever. Babies aren't billboards. But teens dressing themselves? Not the same thing at all.
I had this really cute onesie that said BORN TO READ...heh.
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11 is too young to be able to do that on his own. What I have done (this was for a 12yo girl going camping for a week) is to call the person in charge of food directly, explain the allergies, and ask for a complete menu/ingredients. She was tremendously helpful. The kitchen staff knew about all food issues (other kids were gluten-free or other things). I also had a friend who was working in the kitchen, who I knew I could trust to keep an eye on things because she has allergies herself, and my daughter knew she could go to that woman with any concerns. It was a very successful week.
My daughter is very careful and responsible about her food, and she does speak up for herself when she needs to, but I would not expect her to tackle a week-long group campout on her own. The menu planner would much prefer to speak with me directly anyway.
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My 9yo had plenty of time to finish what was left of her math (7 problems!) before lunch. I mean tons of time. I found her with nothing done, making up rap songs for her stuffed animals--like she even knows anything about rap! Then she was hungry. :glare:
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There is a name I have not seen in a while. Long ago I read one of his memoirs, Ake: The Years of Childhood. Solyinka won a Nobel prize for literature. For those "doing the continental", consider putting him on your lists!
Yep, that was the one, though hes written lots else. I think I'll have to look for more.
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For some reason I've been lazy about posting to this thread and the 52 weeks blog, but I've been reading! All sorts of stuff.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (eeewwww)
The Laughter of Dead Kings (a Vicky Bliss story!)
The Return of Captain John Emmett (WWI mystery, meh)
Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime (fascinating; do not read while eating)
You Can Understand the Bible (Peter Kreeft!)
I've just finished a wonderful memoir of childhood in Nigeria (WWII era) by Wole Soyinka, and The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois which was amazing, and I'm reading Huck Finn.
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I have two girls and yeah, it's pretty normal. I have often said that my children have the common sense of ice cubes.
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A seamstress needs an advanced set of skills also. It isn't everyone who can make clothes. I wouldn't consider one who quilts as a seamstress. That would be simply a quilter - male or female. Nor would I consider one who makes sewn crafts a seamstress/tailor. They would simply be crafters.
Yes, that's what I was saying. I qualify pretty well as a seamstress, though, and I like the word better.
For a general term I really do prefer sewist to sewer.
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I think tailor, like seamstress, carries a professional connotation. And when you get serious about sewing, tailoring is a specific skill set that is pretty advanced. I don't do tailoring! And male quilters wouldn't call themselves tailors, they just call themselves quilters.
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"Sewist" is pretty good, but really in the end I prefer "seamstress." "Sewer" is just unfortunate.
Seamstress does seem to carry a connotation of dressmaking in particular, and lots of sewists don't do that. Sewist, I suppose, includes soft toys and quilts and banners and hairbands and shorts and thrifted pillowcases, so it's a more general term. I used to be a quilter, but now I'm more general...
I will never, never understand (book drives)
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When we donate, we should give things in good condition. It's one thing to decide that my own kids can have shelves of ancient library discards (which they do), and another to give those as gifts to someone else.