Leftovers from the previous night's dinner

Glad to know I am not alone. I thought it was carryover from years of working night shift, but could be age. I try to pray during that time.

There is no way you can be sucking at homeschooling a 5 year old unless you are not loving him, nurturing him, and/or providing for his emotional and material needs. I know you are A+ at doing all the things I listed even though I do not know you personally. My advice is like others....ditch the workbook stuff until January unless he asks for it and start again slowly then. I thought I was great at teaching since my young 6yo was ahead at everything when I did 1st grade with him. Then my 2nd came along and didn'tt "click" with formal instruction until she was 6.5. Between 6 and 6.5 I thought I really couldn't teach reading and math from scratch like I thought I could. Today my 2nd child is reading a couple grades ahead grade level, and while she struggles with math (her brain is wired to shine more in English related subjects, but she is progressing in math). The time we took a break from formal stuff the fall of her 1st grade year (also a young 6yo, both my kids were late spring birthdays), did not harm her a bit. I did think maybe I made a mistake not putting her in school and maybe she was ruined forever because I sucked at homeschooling at brief moments, but quickly realized that was a silly thing. Even in 1st grade at school there are multiple levels of math and reading ability among students. Also, boys in K and 1st grade do have a generalized history of bad behavior, and I think that is because they weren't meant to sit quietly in desks for long periods of time while listening to the teacher or doing worksheets. I also donat think girls were designed to do that at that age either. 2nd piece of advice: Do not compare with what your friends' 1st graders are doing. I doubt most of them are 5 yo at the start of 1st grade. Also, it looks like public school 1st graders are way ahead of CM style educated 1st graders, but you will see fruit if you trust the process. I am not a hardcore CM educator, but I do see good fruits from doing play and life based math, a tiny bit of copywork, lots of read alouds with a bit of oral narration (starting between age 6 and 7 depending on the child's ability), and free time. While I understand and respect your leaning toward attachment parenting, 30min-1hour alone in a room is not putting away a child. It is helping them to be comfortable thinking by themselves and for themselves and also helping them in developing their individual imaginations. My kids went from naps to quiet times in their rooms. We still do that every day we don't have errands to run or extracurriculars. We are so attached at the heart. They miss their quiet time when they don't get it. It is their time to tinker, color, build legos, read, write, stare at the wall, or whatever their little hearts desire. Start with 10 minutes if 15-30 min is too long. HTH and I didn't intend for it to be so long. I am certain several posters posted similar things since it took me a while to write this up.

I understand some roads are just difficult to be safe for driving at 45+mph, let alone riding a bike. I am talking about narrow, curvy, and hilly roads with little shoulder room and where some motorists often exceed the speed limit. I am picturing this to be the type of road you are referring to. I am not a paranoid driver or over sensitive when I drive, but I can name 2 roads within 5 miles of me with heavy traffic that I feel nervous driving on and would never want to bike on. One of the 2 has had fatal wrecks through the years, one of which was a college classmate. The road is still the same and houses keep getting built along it to increase traffic. The other road has had residents along the road petition for slower speed limit and less residential expansion. It was originally a rural road with little traffic off the main interstate, but every track builder has come through and built large subdivision along this tiny, narrow, hilly, curvy, road with little shoulder room. The residents think the county reps are nuts for allowing the so many subdivisions off this road that likely can;t be widened because it is so hilly. It would be a nightmare to end up with a flat tire on this road. I pass bikes all the time, I don't worry about wreck risk to bikers in general, but I would be concerned about bikers on these 2 roads and I would be skeptical to pass in a timely manner because there are so few places on the road to know I will not get in a head on collision by going slightly over the yellow lines. My guess is OP isn't talking about being afraid to pass the biker as much as she is afraid to pass the biker on this particular road.

I played Atari, watched sitcoms, wrote poetry my classmates and teachers liked, played tennis against a concrete wall (it blocked the interstate noise next to our house) and climbed trees. No organized extracurriculars. I came home to an empty house most days. My sister was 5 years older and was home some, but her school schedule was a bit different. We lived next door to my grandmother for a long while, somI did go out to the store with her quite a bit in the evenings. She shopped for groceries and household items every couple of days, and spent a lot of time comparing prices with the coupons she had. Oh, did have a few years of riding my bike around the neighborhood a lot and hanging out at classmates houses quite a bit. They had their moms home after school and would have preferred I not come hang around (I wasn't popular), but I think their moms made them be welcoming to me for good manners' sake. I don't think it was so bad that I didn't do organized extracurriculars (money and transportation were limited), but I wish I had known there were more productive ways to use my spare time. I have had to fight being a couch potato throughout my grown up years, because watching TV and playing video games was most of my down time for so many of the early years.

Another thing is I don't see teens not being intimate and not trying alcohol as delaying maturity. I think it shows they are more mature now to wait on things like that until they are mature enough to handle it in an adult way. If I was measured as becoming an adult based on the age I tried alcohol or was intimate with someone, I would be considered geriatric (by their standards) before I became a true adult! So we spend so much money the past few decades on campaigns to decrease the desire for teens drink to be cool, work the dangers of binge drinking in their education, make strict laws forcing store clerks to check IDs so no one under 21 can buy alcohol (something that some places didn't do in the 70s and 80s--plus a 21yo is less likely to give a minor alcohol), and parents started to lock alcohol cabinets when the teens are unsupervised in the past 40 years.....and the article links a chart to decrease in percent that teens try alcohol to maturity? Also, we spent so much money as a society for s%x education, STDs, dangers of hopping partners, pregnancy risk, develop extracurricular activities that keep teens productive instead experiementing with intimate stuff "just because" b/n the time school lets out and their parents get home from work...and the article says delaying s%x until they are actual adults means they are less mature? I just don' the get it. I just skimmed the article, so maybe I am misunderstanding it. I do call BS on their opinion that the increased homework load isn't a factor in delaying getting a job, because I kmow kids have more homework than they did in the 70s and 80s )starting in Kindergarten here!). The article says homework load hasn't increased from past decades???

I think the delaying of driving has a lot to do with astronomical car insurance rates for teen drivers. Why not wait on driving till 17 or 18 and save the insurance money unless there is no other way for them to get to and from necessary places? I think the delaying of getting paying jobs has to do with increased academic expectation and insane homework load expected in high school. In the late 80s, all I had to do to get an A is show up to class, pay attention, do a bit of math or reading in the evening, and study for finals. An occassional paper, maybe typed, was the exception, not the rule, in my high school classes. Maybe an hour/evening?

Bumping because I am interested in replies. I am not in a group, but it is becoming a thing of interest in the homeschool community around me. The people around me that get their magazine, follow their webpage, and long to go to their conference aren't unschoolers. I would consider them structured homeschoolers, but in a "For the Children's Sake" type way (as explained in the book) instead of a school-at-home way. In my limited knowledge about it, I think it is like putting CM education and relaxed parenting in a bag, mixing them up, and topping it off with lots of spontaeous outdoor play+exploring (in bare feet when possible.)

Chicken and Dumplings. I make broth from the carcass of a cooked rotesserie chicken. To the broth, add seasonings (I use salt, pepper, rosemary, garlic, and parsley), diced carrots, celery, and onion until almost tender. The last 10 minutes or so I add the dumpling dough mashed into small balls (made Pamela's brand all purpose GF flour-we aren't strict gluten free but I like the texture of the dumplings with this specific dough, canola oil, salt, and water). When the dumplings are cooked and veggies tender, add cooked chicken and then simmer for about 5 minutes.

Thank you for reporting that there is a strict filter setting! I never knew that and just click off a video super quick if it has inappropriate stuff when I thought I was uploading something innocent.

Of course, if there is a lock to outside door and unless it looks or smells gross. Actually, if there is no wait and the women's single restroom looks gross, I will go to the empty men's instead . I don't really get why single stall restrooms with door locks aren't all unisex anyway except for the men to know which one has a urinal.

I would send a nice note to him at the store address saying thank you for taking time to speak with you about the job position and you appreciate him considering your application. Follow it with something like, "I am interested in this position, but if the position is already filled by another candidate, I hope you keep my application on file for the next opening." This reminds him of the conversation he had with you if he happened to have the same conversation with other applicants or if he got preoccupied with other priorities that put your conversation with him on the back burner. But if he didn't get sidetracked, the letter doesn't come across like you are rushing him for a response. On the job hunt once, I was interviewed by HR staff at 2 different places who said they were passing my application on to the department manager. When I got no response after a few days, I sent a thank you note like above, and within a couple days I got called for an interview with the dept manager at both places and job offers at those in person interviews. I haven't done much job hunting since then, but think the note helped.

This is the only other pair of shoes I know of that I like and can wear without pain and I do puffy heart them from my nursing days, but I would not recommend them for a lot of straight concrete walking because there is no cushioning and the concrete is so tough (standing on concrete like at a cashier job or chef may be better.) I love them on the hospital floors, places like malls, and around the house though.

I second the Hoka recommendation. They are running shoes, but work great for people with ailments. I wear the Stinson 3's, but there are other styles with just as much support (and a few styles that don't offer as much support so go to a store and try on before buying.) Warning: they are high off the ground with lots of cushion, have bright colors, and I feel as though I am in the NBA when I walk out the door with them. I have toe issues, but I read reviews that the shoes helped people on their feet all day that had back, hip, and knee problems as well. I wear a Superfeet insert that is right for my arch with them-the athletic shoe store salesman fitted me for the right fit for my needs. ETA: I also think New Balance will have good options for you if you go to a store and get an experienced sales person to fit you with the right pair. The only New Balance I can wear are ugly, but my friend with chronic plantar fasciitis in her feet wears a pair her podiatrist recommended.

I freeze extras of black beans or pinto beans like a poster above. I also make a large pork loin in the crockpot either seasoned with Mexican type or Asian type seasonings along with chopped onion, celery, and multicolored bell peppers. I freeze extras in small containers or ziplock bags. I defrost them the night before and serve over rice, mashed potatoes (for the Mexican style), on nachos, in tacos, or mixed into stir fry (for The Asian style).

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I make pinto beans with garlic, onion, celery, red/yellow/orange bell pepper, chicken broth or water, a couple spoonfuls of bacon fat, salt, pepper, oregeno, and a dash of tobacco sauce. I don't measure anything, but I do soak the beans overnight 1st and cook on high for about 6 hours or low for about 10 hours. Serve with baked cornbread or fried cornbread cakes.

Vegetable stir fry with scrambled eggs mixed in as a protein addition

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Interesting. Wonder if you can make a salt room in your bathroom. ETA: off to google.....

I thought Apple Cider Vinegar was the cure for everything. (just kidding, but couldn't resist posting this) Seriously, , I've never heard of it except saline rinses with the Neti pot helps with symptoms of sinusitis a bit. It doesn't treat allergies though. Are they talking seasonal allergies or food allergies?

I am not sure if it is a developmental delay or variable among kids, but my kids remembered the days of the week to the tune of "Oh My Darling, Clementine". 1st verse was "there are 7 days, there are 7 days, there are 7 days in the week (repeat)" and 2nd verse "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (repeat)." My oldest could possibly have quoted the days of the week without the song at that age, but my youngest needed to sing the song to quote them in order.

I think what SQ did to meet this standard was to add an eco cycle that only washes in cold no matter what the temp is set to and is a spray rinse instead of a soak rinse. My understanding is the light/gentle wash cycle and the normal cycle are the same as on the SQ from before this standard, the ECO cycle is just there as an option to be more eco friendly according to the new gov't standards. But most people use the other 2 cycles because they are more efficient. ETA: this is regarding the standard all mechanical basic SQ, not the computerized controls model or any of the ones with bells and whistles, I just have the basic mechanical model.

TP, laundry detergent, toiletries, canned goods, bulk rice, oats, nuts, dried beans, kitchen paper goods, and anything else that comes to mind. I also hate going out in winter unless necessary.