sassenach
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In a heartbeat. If you can, I'd do a warm up night or 2 with the toddler. That way it's all familiar to him. But even if you can't, go!! Enjoy the blessing of having grandparents who can help like this.
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You'll do great momma bear!! Remember to communicate facts and not feelings!
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Aww.....
Now I'm sad.
We've been thinking about trying to do a West Coast conference next year...but still considering the details.
SWB
So have you figured out if you are going to do sound recordings? I would purchase them for sure.
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I danced like that at my jr high school dances. Yeah, my kids will never go to jr high.
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I was GLUED to the TV last night. I loved it. I've watched every episode for 15 years, so in a way it feels like I've lost a friend or something.
Did anyone else notice that the nurses that had been there for all those years, like Tuney (sp?) were not mentioned at all. No interview in the retrospective or anything. They saw it all! I know they weren't main characters, but still very much a part of the show. Let's face it, it's the nurses who really impact lives in a hospital. My ds was in the NICU for 7 weeks after being 11 weeks premature, so I know.
I liked how in the retrospective thing they showed some of the fabulous guest actors that have been on. Sally Field was so, so great. And I love the Alan Alda storyline.
It was just a really great show and will be so missed!
I noticed that too. There were a lot of nurses that were there for all 15 years and they were totally left out of the retrospective. No respect, just like real life! It's a bummer that they overlooked the supporting cast like that.
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Six off the top of my head, but most of them are in Florida. I'm sure I'm forgetting at least 1 or 2 people.
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That's so funny! I'm forwarding this to my ds's teacher. :lol::lol:
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I appreciate the thoughts. I understand what some of you are saying about her not being asked to keep a secret. However, it was still a command she was given, and she disobeyed me...
I have ADD, too, and I think that self-control is something that still should be expected and reinforced. That's just me, though. I would never let her get away with more just because she has ADD. A rule is a rule in my book. Those of us with ADD just need more practice, that's all.
Anyway, thanks for all the great suggestions!
Crista
I'm going to have to agree with others here. You're expectations are not developmentally in line. When giving a command to be obeyed, you have to keep it within reasonable ability of the child. You would not punish a 2 year old for disobeying if you gave a command to not touch a candy sitting out on the table- for weeks and weeks.
Even God promises not to tempt us beyond what we can handle. I believe you gave your child a command to obey something that was beyond her ability to handle.
I have a 6yo that is much like this. I am fully aware that when the day comes that he learns the truth about santa or the tooth fairy, his little sister will be finding out as well. I will not expect him to keep that kind of secret. Is it a little sad that she'll find out earlier than he will? Yeah, it is, but that's life.
So, while she did disobey you, I think you are the one who made the error. That said, I cannot tell you how many times I've done the same thing. For me, it's usually dh that points this out. This is just part of parenting, we all make mistakes!
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:iagree:Most emphatically not. I'm not a very effective parent when I'm worried how other people view us. I expect a certain standard of behavior, but it has nothing to do with advocating or defending a certain family or lifestyle choice.Well said.
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I have 3 super close friends. One I talk to 3-4 times a week. The other 2 about once a week, but sometimes it stretches to 2 weeks. What it comes down to is time zones and work schedules. The one I talk to most often lives in the same time zone as I do and so it's easier to be able to talk at the same time. She also has more alone time than the other 2 because she is a working mom that works odd schedules and sends her kids to school. She often has time to talk in the middle of the school day. My other 2 friends are both home schoolers who work at night and we have a 3 hour time difference. It's a lot harder to catch them on the phone. We do a lot of phone tag. I'm equally close with all 3. Geographically, even my closest friend is 7 hours away. I do have local friends, but I don't talk on the phone with any of them.
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It sounds like you did the right thing by calling her out. It also sounds like she is doing the right thing by being remorseful and taking responsibility for her actions. Now you just need to trust that the church will do the right thing. Whatever they decide is up to them. It's time for you to forgive and let it go, whatever the church may decide to do.
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I thought it was a great finale. I loved the scene with all the old docs sitting in the bar, because it just seems like something that would totally happen in real life. I LOVED that they brought Rachel back. I thought Frank's expression when she said who she was was so fitting. The only part that I spaced out on a little was the story lines that involved the current cast. I haven't watched the show in a couple of years.
They did an hour-long retrospective before the finale aired that was fantastic. It made me very nostalgic. Dh and I had an AAAAHHHH!!! moment when we realized that ER has been on since I was 13, and dd is going to be 13 in 1 year and 1 month, and we're going to be parents of a teenager, oh my gosh! Then I started laughing hysterically and dh got a twitch in his eye.
I wonder if they'll put out the whole series in a box set. How much do you think 15 years of a show would cost?
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I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Not a day goes by that I don't wonder if this is the right choice. In Florida, I was more confident. The schools were worse, the hs choices were plentiful. I felt supported. Here, the schools are great (Or so I'm told- over and over and over again), and there is not a whole lot going on for homeschoolers. I find myself constantly wondering if we are doing the right thing. I guess I'm answering a different question than the one you asked. Sigh.
I feel confident in those things that I'm naturally gifted at. I could teach math and science through the upper levels. I'm not as confident with writing skills. I rely heavily on TMs for grammar and latin, neither of which I studied in school (beyond very basic grammar). We are planning on public highschool for multiple reasons, one of which is my ability to handle the highschool workload and depth. If my oldest was my only or if my kids were closer in age, I would feel more confident. But I know that I will not be able to give my oldest what she needs academically. big sigh.
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I push them back. Otherwise, little hands push them back when trying to pull them out and I end up with books pushed through, knocked over and sometimes lost.
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We don't have cats, but if we did I'd name it Sushi.
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Does WD-40 restore the eraseability? My board is old and am having a hard time getting stuff to erase at all...hope there is a solution. I have cleaned it totally off, but every new mark takes lots of elbow grease.
Yes, WD 40 completely restored the erasability. I guess I wasn't really clear on that. I don't think my board would have been usable otherwise, it was just too hard to erase.
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We just moved into a new place and for the first time, I have a large wall that will fit a white board. I was scoping out Craigslist and found a big one for free. A high school in the city was getting rid of it. So, I load the kids and head over the Golden Gate to get my free white board. Yippee!
I throw my back out getting the thing into my car, but otherwise I'm stoked. I start cleaning the thing up and while I get a lot of the writing off, there's a layer of gray still on it. A friend suggests using a Mr Clean eraser, and it works! The bad news is that when I write on it, it WILL NOT ERASE. Big bummer. So I google and find a suggestion for WD-40.
I bought some today and WOO HOO!! It's like a brand new board! I'm soooo pleased. So the last step is to mount this baby. :hurray::hurray:
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The PDF version is up online. It's not as good as being able to curl up on the couch, but it's better than nothing!
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This post is timely for me. I have 2 years left as well (before she heads to high school). I'm going to put most of my effort into her writing skills. I'm going to focus more on bigger projects and self scheduling. We will continue with Latin and add in Koine Greek. I'm going to do a combo of building up highschool skills and also doing a few things that she won't get to do once she's there. And then I'll pray.
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Yes, it effects crowd levels and ditto the other PDA posts. Also, at least the year we went, red was the designated color. Our friend had a red tshirt and was pretty uncomfortable. When a random guy slapped his butt, he had enough and mentioned it to the park customer service. They gave him a free shirt.
Btw, June is miserable. Shoot for another month if you can.
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Obviously we have different views. :) I don't see helping my child wipe her bottom after pooping to be in any way a negative thing. Inconvenient at times, but children aren't exactly designed to be "convenient". ;)
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All of my kids have aged out of this around 6 1/2. This is not a hill to die on. Hey Dad! Take over duties just this once and give mom a break, pretty please.
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Well, hugs anyway! :001_smile:
I'm sorry, I thought in the past you mentioned you or your husband being in the ministry and perhaps being hurt by other people's judgments. It must have been someone else. I've hit 40 now, and my memory is certainly not what it used to be. :001_huh:
You get big memory props! You are half right, we are in ministry, but I'm not speaking from the experience of being hurt. It does make me more aware of this issue because if you spend any time at all in ministry, you will meet a TON of people who have been really trashed by others. Awesome, Godly people who have been gossiped about and critisized, sometimes to the point of them bailing out of ministry all together. It's just so sad to see how Satan works through Christians to harrass pastors and leaders. Those in fulltime ministry are under major spiritual attack, on a constant basis. Even when we vollunteer pastored, it didn't even compare in the slightest to the spiritual warfare we went through after we took the leap to go into vocational ministry. I'm not saying there isn't a higher standard, absolutely there is. I'm just saying that I'd like to see 2 things come back into fashion 1) the benefit of the doubt, 2) biblical conflict resolution. It would make a big difference.
BTW, Deb- I've gone off on a rabbit trail here. Please don't take this all as directed at you.
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Super cool thread!
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Is it possible there's a bit of....defensiveness here? I haven't noticed that much slamming or picking apart of youth ministry leaders here at all. Even the original post seemed to be a way of venting a tiny bit *without* making an issue out of it in person.
I think it's common and assumed, and (sorry, but...) scriptural, that ministers of the Word are held to a higher standard because of their position of responsibility.
Either way, I'm sorry that you've been hurt by the comments here. :grouphug:
Oh Julie, i'm so sorry, you must have misunderstood me! Nope, no defensiveness or hurt to worry about. Just pointing out what I see as an issue, but it's ok if I'm the only one. Sadly, I think the dominant personality set among us trailblazing homeschool moms tends to lean toward judgement rather than grace. That's all I was getting at. Thanks for the hugs!
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I'm saving this one. Dh loved it!!