Emba
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Yes, I think that is, thanks! I didn't even think about checking their website.
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I do the stockings, so mine is usually empty. DH sometimes does put a little candy in it, but not as a regular thing. Both of our mothers still do stockings for us (and the kids) though, so its not like I'm suffering :001_smile:
ETA - I don't put much in DH's. He doesn't like gifts that will end up clutter, so I just put in some candy/edibles that he likes and maybe something super-romantic like a toothbrush. Because otherwise who knows how long its been since he had a new one.
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Everyone is coming to my house for Christmas dinner. FIL is on a gluten-free diet and I want to make some rolls for him. I bought Bob's Red Mill "Gluten Free Homemade Wonderful Bread Mix". I've never made it before. Looking at the instructions, it seems to be a sort of batter yeast bread, and the instructions are for a loaf.
This may be a silly question, but will it work to make it as rolls instead of a loaf, using a muffin pan? That would work if it were a regular full-of-gluten yeast bread recipe, but I've never baked with a gluten-free mix.
How would I tell if they were done? It gives an interior temperature, but my kitchen thermometer died a sudden death some time ago. Is crust color enough of an indicator?
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For my inlaws - a phone speaker and a subscription to Spotify.
For my parents - Dad a chair for watching TV, Mom some requested exercise equipment.
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Thank you! That gives me much better idea of how to organize the time. Did you find third graders mature enough? I had wondered if that would be too young.
A mother-daughter club sounds fun!
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I am going to try to get a book club together for some local homeschoolers. Has anyone done this, and what was your experience? I have many questions I'd like input on from those who have been there, done that.
What kind of age range is workable? How did much did you guide discussion? Did you do crafts and activity type things, or just discuss the books? How much of a book can be covered in one meeting?
I am thinking of the first book being The Little House on Rocky Ridge. Maybe just a girl's group.
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I do basically the same as you, but at times I put them in order not of who I know best but which sounds better, has the nicer ring to it, which is even more subjective and random.
Like for example, Joe and Diane sounds better to me than Diane and Joe, but Suzanne and Alejandro sounds better than Alejandro and Suzanne.
As a side note once (and only once) a lady introduced herself as Mrs. Husbandsname So-and-so, which I thought was really strange. DH knew her, and I had to ask him later what her name was, because apparently I wouldn't find out from her.
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One year my kids made a large number of those dough ornaments made of glue and spices for their classes at PS - cinnamon and nutmeg, I think. But I've also had my kids color paper ornaments with ribbon hangers (there are many free printables online) to hand out at the nursing home or holiday coloring sheets, but that's hard to do in quantity.
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I have used corn chex or cooked rice in place of bread crumbs in my regular recipe, which has no dairy to begin with.
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In my closet, in a drawer of my dresser or my husband's dresser, and in empty suitcases.
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WOuld your library have classes or books that could help you?
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I am supplementing Rod and Staff math only in specific areas (fractions and geometry). When I came to the fractions section, I picked up "Right Brained Fractions" and follow it for awhile, since it goes into more detail than R&S, then put it back down and went back to R&S when it covers something not in the Right Brained Fractions" book. I also supplement with a Singapore Math Word Problems book, and just do a couple extra after R&S sometimes. I don't worry about my child's long term math success doing this, because the supplements I'm using aren't random but are chosen to supplement what I feel are areas R&S lacks a little. If I didn't feel they would help her long term success, I wouldn't bother, because it is more of a headache than just following one curriculum.
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DH and I are not in political agreement this election cycle, and have decided just not to talk about it. I would be willing to have a rational discussion, but DH finds it incredibly frustrating that he cannot change my mind. He also hates conflict, and I don't mind it so much. But really, him not wanting to talk about it is the least of the reasons I'm finding this election season unbearable, so whatever.
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Bacon is a cured meat and so I wouldn't toss it. I mean, curing was developed to preserve meat longer. Actually, given the conditions you describe, I'd keep steak and not worry about it. But I am not particularly paranoid about stuff like that. I would definitely keep the eggs, too. I don't drink milk, so I'd leave that up to someone that does. Almond milk I'd think would be fine, though. All in all, I think the egg salad is the only thing I'd toss, too.
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My 4 yr old loves Lincoln logs and plain blocks. Those blocks we convinced the grandparents to buy a few years ago for the kids are the best thing they've gotten as a gift, except maybe bicycles. Though grandma was a hard sell, she really wanted to get something flashier. All the fancy sets we've ever gotten have lost pieces and languished, and he doesn't enjoy Legos as much as he might when he gets a bit older.
Outside, the bike, sandbox, and tonka truck type toys have been a hit. All the sports equipment gets lost and not used much around here.
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I have seen Christmas stuff in Hobby Lobby since late August. I always wonder who is buying for Christmas in August. I am totally a last minute decorator/gift buyer, though.
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Oh man, I would be disappointed too! What a mess. :sad: I would probably cry. And yell. Not at anyone, just in frustration.
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I have a 4 and a 10 year old, too. The Little House in the Big Woods and Farmer Boy were well received by both (though less enthusiastically by the 4 year old). Stuart Little went well. Actually, any books with animal characters seem to hold the 4 y.o.'s attention better than books about humans. That may be his personality, though. Sometimes he gets whiny about listening to any book with no pictures (or not enough pictures, in color), though. If I read to the older kids and let him play quietly nearby, he usually gets into the story after a little bit.
Could you have your older child read to the younger, to free up time for you to read more to the older later and yet also make sure that the younger is getting to hear books at his/her level?
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I noticed the same problem with DD a couple of weeks ago. I have no "program" answer for you, because what I've been doing is going through the spelling list with her at the beginning of the week to find out what words she doesn't know, and then making up vocab worksheets/activities for her during the week. And it is a lot of work, but she also needs the spelling practice. If your son is not finding the spelling difficult, then I'd just switch over to a vocabulary program, and not do spelling, or make custom spelling lists of words he is having problems with. Evan-Moor has a vocabulary book called Word-A-Day (I think). I was using it for DD until I realized that spelling a word you don't know the meaning of is pretty useless, so I dropped it and started making my own vocabulary exercises with the spelling words. I don't know what grade levels the Evan Moor program is available in, though.
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I just printed out your list, Lori D., and checked online with both of my nearby libraries, and I'm happy to see that many of those books are available to me! This will keep us busy. Plus, DD will read the Felicity books without any prodding from me, it won't even feel like "school work" to her.
Thanks again, everyone!
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Thanks, I had forgotten about Felicity, but she loves the American Girl books.
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Wow, Lori, that's a good list! Thanks! And yes, we can do male protag. but she really prefers reading about girls.
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I am having no luck finding reading level information on Black Crows and White Cockades. Neither of my nearby libraries have it, either. Bummer. It does sound interesting.
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Thanks for the suggestion!
Random poll about iphones--do most people you see have a phone case with a cutout that shows the Apple on the back, or one that covers it?
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Mine doesn't. My brother recommended this kind of case to me when i first got my phone, so i know neither his nor my SIL's does. If I was looking at cases, a cutout like that would be a strike against it because it seems showoffy to me. But if it had other features I wanted, I might get it anyway.