Stretching with dh at noon. I took a brisk 10 minute walk, followed by some strength training, which I bumped up to 3 sets. I had to reduce the weight from 8lbs to 5 in July because it just took too much out of me, which was discouraging. If I feel ok tomorrow, I plan on trying 8lbs next week.

Different stretches with dh. 20 minutes walking.

I would not make a good nurse or doctor. I see injuries, and just imagine what it would feel like and I just couldn't deal with that on a regular basis.

While I did do some exercise in July, I did not post much. The chemo pills hit me pretty hard. I got what one care worker called a "vacation" from them for almost three weeks. I am now on day 6 of a lower dose. So far, so good, but I will better know how they effect me by the end of the month. My goal this month is to walk most days and get in some strength training 2-3 times per week. Dh has found a woman on youtube who has a short series of stretches that hit most all of your body, and we have managed to do those together 2-3 times a week. Today I can report some stretching and strength training.

We stopped spelling as a subject in 6th or 7th grade. If she's a decent speller, maybe you don't need to do it?

The only time ds has attempted to read a novel was a Redwall book, but despite trying a number of times, he never got far because it was just too dense. Today was our first day of school, and for a "Welcome Back to School" gift, I gave him The Capture. He is so excited about it and wanted to read more than just the 30min. I had assigned him. I'm so glad there are more in the series. Thanks for the recommendation, Lori!

Teaching the Classics has had a number of fans here on the forum over the years. Try googling some old threads. This thread is not so old:

When I lost my hair from chemo, I would reference her. The young nurses taking care of me had no idea who she was. 😕

I've either designed it myself, or used 4-H materials.

Maybe it's the different alphabet that she finds appealing/interesting? Given who we are, me with a very WASPy background and my cradle Catholic dh, and where we live, which is rural and not particularly diverse, her interest has come out of left field. The few Yiddish words that have filtered through popular culture I think are wonderful. I have found, "Oi vey," to be a very useful expression. Schlep is a great verb I use with some frequency for all the things I don't want to do.

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick, of course.

Yep. I might have to pull the mean mom card. I am not at all fluent in Spanish, but took 6 years of it between high school and college. I'm pretty sure I can get her through a preliminary course and send her to a tutor for the second year. And maybe we'll visit the Yiddish museum in the future since we have family out that way.

@JennyD, thanks for the link! That looks both interesting and useful.

She is a good student in many subjects. Right now it's hard for me to envision where she might end up because she has so many interests. I think the only thing that can be entirely ruled out is fine arts. She is generally compliant and ready to do whatever is required of her except pick a foreign language!

I'm trying to get dd13 to pick a foreign language. We have done a little Latin, but she got tired of Latin for Children, though we got through Primer B. She did pretty well with it. She's not into Latin or Spanish. Possibly German(?), but for months now, whenever the subject has been broached, she says Yiddish. because she thinks it would be fun and very unlike English. We are not Jewish, nor do we live close to anyplace that might have any kind of Jewish population. The closest city where there are synagogues is an hour away. I am at a little bit of a loss here. Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

Please help. I know somewhere I saw a site where Tarbuck linked to supplemental materials to older editions of his Earth Science textbook, and for the life of me, I cannot find it again. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

I am of two minds on this. Compared to most of humanity, both across time and the globe, we live like kings. We can have food delivered to our doorstep, travel just about where ever, whenever we want, we are free of so many diseases that once killed so many, and yet, the comedian Tom Papas has the joke - it's a good day when you don't have to change your password. When I have wanted to do just one simple thing and have to spend half an hour resetting a password and maybe even then it doesn't work, I do feel like throttling someone. Not that is an excuse to chase the poor soul who crosses my path, but I can see modern day frustrations helping to fuel such a response.

This. Also, I detest poorly trained dogs that jump up on you. And I am afraid I would "train" a dog I detest. Which is why we don't have a dog, even though dh really, really wants one. Because guess who wakes up first and would have to take care of said dog, and guess who sleeps in?

Before youtube, I learned how to knit from the Stitch-n-Bitch books. Excellent instruction. They succeeded where my grandmother did not.

I remember she had A/C issues, as well. Possibly the TPS sensor, too? Anyway, your description made me curious, and I went back to look at the records she gave me, because we were like, "This is very wrong. You should not be taking your car in to get fixed every other month." Hers was a 2011. Just making note of it here as a PSA for anyone in the used market.

We still have a 2007 Corolla with manual transmission. I'm going to be so sad when it's gone and will have no other choice but automatic. ☹️

Yes, but the prerequisite is a sense of humor.

Come to Western NY! It's economically depressed, but neither the weather nor the wildlife will kill you.

I dunno. My mother had one years ago that was an absolute lemon. She kept taking it to the dealership to fix it and they fleeced her unmercifully. They told her $4,000 a year in repairs was normal and fine. 😠

When I was a good deal younger, I was absolutely fascinated with India. As an early 20-something in the mid-90's, I stopped by an Indian shop to have a look at coverlets and statues and things. The proprietor really, really, really wanted me to buy some henna to decorate my hands. I politely declined because I kind of felt like that would be appropriation, because I am not Indian. I now see it periodically on early 20-somethings who are clearly not Indian. 🤷‍♀️