Slache Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm not correcting your booyas anymore. You guys don't even use it correctly. Just sit there and be wrong in your wrongness. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Okay, this was just wrong. I was on another page that had some ads scrolling on the side, and one with some happy canoers carrying their canoe through the woods caught my eye. The caption? It was about pre-planning your own funeral. Really. So, someone has a Viking bent? "Yeah, I want my wife and kids to carry me in a boat down to the water, set it afire, and send me off!" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm not correcting your booyas anymore. You guys don't even use it correctly. Just sit there and be wrong in your wrongness. The H -- it's everywhere!!!! hehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehheh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It's because canoe trips don't end well. You'll die in the rapids. The bear will eat you while you portage. The mass murderer will stalk you in your camp. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I have "Karma Chameleon" stuck in my head. Stupid Boy George. Did you know that he's still touring? I saw it in the paper Seriously? that guy is still around??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Have you seen the Forum Game thread? I think I saw a glimpse of it a couple of months ago. Never got involved though, but did think that it could totally be my thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think I saw a glimpse of it a couple of months ago. Never got involved though, but did think that it could totally be my thing. Come on over. I'm a regular contributer. When I think of something, that is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It's because canoe trips don't end well. You'll die in the rapids. The bear will eat you while you portage. The mass murderer will stalk you in your camp. Is that why the wife and kids were grinning from ear to ear as they went? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Forum Game 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm not correcting your booyas anymore. You guys don't even use it correctly. Just sit there and be wrong in your wrongness. Well, I just confirmed I do indeed know what booyah is and how to use it. Urban Dictionary just confirmed it for me. So it must be true. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone keeps forgetting that Slash is the ORIGINAL Booya Babe. If Slash says there is no h, there is no h. #peepsmustdeal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone keeps forgetting that Slash is the ORIGINAL Booya Babe. If Slash says there is no h, there is no h. #peepsmustdeal Boo-friggen-ya! New bestie right here folks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining Pineapples Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This does not compute. WHY??? Either I had too much wine or I like to torture myself. It's just a sprint triathlon though-no Ironman or anything. My 9 mile bike turned into a 5 mile bike and 4 miles of walking the bike down the road. Got a flat tire half way. Race is Saturday. Just hope to complete it. #legsandattitudetookabeating #flattiressuck 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining Pineapples Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I could go for Alaska! Especially when the northern lights are at their peak, like in mid-March. Which part of Alaska? I'm in the part with Starbucks. Just north of Anchorage. I've heard the whole state is snake and scorpion free though. Better yet- NO TICKS! We have plenty of spiders and mosquitoes though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining Pineapples Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My left girl failed her exam and has to go back for follow up on Thursday. :eek: I told her to study for the exam but she's always been strong willed. Hope the follow-up is clear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Good morning thread ignorers! Today's agenda - basketball camp for one, orthodontist for another, dive meet for one, swim meet for all. It's gonna be a hot one! (Kentucky-hot, not Texas-hot.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My off-the-cuff, some not-so-nice, answers to thread titles How do you use consumable workbooks? We write in them. Have you ever encountered a really creative homeschool? Yes, mine. Take notes. Except, when I'm not. Can you help me make 1st grade fun? If you can’t figure out first grade… Why do so many homeschoolers not show up? Because they’re pansies. I’ve given up setting up activities. How did you end up homeschooling? We fell into it. Kind of how one trips into a muddy puddle, face first. What are you excited about 2015-16? I’m not. Well, except for the fact that I’ll hopefully be alive. Where to begin with Minecraft? At the beginning? (is there a beginning?) What is covered in a geography course? Geography. Where to start? At the beginning. Love it! Everytime I see the "How did you end up homeschooling?" title I think smart aleck thoughts. Oh, and the "Have you ever encountered a really creative homeschool?" also. It's begging for..... something. (Something like, "No, I meet stressed-out, over-extended Moms all the time who are more worried about "enough" than creativity.") 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I always think people who can trasnlate normal activities into educationalese are creative... Kids made lunch? Home EC Played in the woods? Science Jumped on the trampoline? PE Figured out how to build an awesome fort in the living room? Engineering Read Little House? History I'm black and white, and those things 'don't count' in my mind. I think it's creative when people can keep track of those things outside of a designated 'school time'. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I confess, I'm putting my own personal baggage into the word "creativity," but asking for evidence of some certain amount of creativity immediately has me assuming it will mean lots of contrived busywork. (I know, no one said "evidence of" and no one said "certain amount.") And, honestly, I haven't read the thread because it didn't interest me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone keeps forgetting that Slash is the ORIGINAL Booya Babe. If Slash says there is no h, there is no h. #peepsmustdeal I consider the h-less Booya to be Slache's trademark. #notworthy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I always think people who can trasnlate normal activities into educationalese are creative... Kids made lunch? Home EC Played in the woods? Science Jumped on the trampoline? PE Figured out how to build an awesome fort in the living room? Engineering Read Little House? History I'm black and white, and those things 'don't count' in my mind. I think it's creative when people can keep track of those things outside of a designated 'school time'. I worked state prek. It was a play-based program. You learn quickly how to slap labels on stuff to please the admins of a school that doesn't actually agree with play-based, and move on with your life. Trust me, that stuff counts. For a lot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone keeps forgetting that Slash is the ORIGINAL Booya Babe. If Slash says there is no h, there is no h. #peepsmustdeal Yeah guys. Sheesh. Newbies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm moving to Kentucky. The scorpion pest control dude put his foot through my ceiling while in the attic. Nan woke up joking and asking for sweet tea. Currently at the orthodontist with ds14. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I dabble in "h" depending on mood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm moving to Kentucky. The scorpion pest control dude put his foot through my ceiling while in the attic. Oh, no! (I'm picturing an attic full of horror-movie sized-scorpions and a pest control dude scrambling away out of fear...) Nan woke up joking and asking for sweet tea. Well, it's a good day for sweet tea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm moving to Kentucky. The scorpion pest control dude put his foot through my ceiling while in the attic. Nan woke up joking and asking for sweet tea. Currently at the orthodontist with ds14. :scared: It never rains, but it pours. :grouphug: , Tex. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining Pineapples Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm moving to Kentucky.That't not Alaska. Bummer. The scorpion pest control dude put his foot through my ceiling while in the attic. :ohmy: The evil scorpions are still wrecking havoc. Nan woke up joking and asking for sweet tea. :thumbup: Currently at the orthodontist with ds14. I'm not looking forward to those days. I was told my daughter will need braces. There's not enough room in her mouth and everything is either coming in crooked, or doesn't have enough room to descend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ds14 will have $10,000 of our money sunk into his mouth by the end of it all. No orthodontic insurance, either. I hope he appreciates it. He will have an expensive oral surgery procedure this summer. I think of it as one of the costs of homeschooling because otherwise I could be working and get some type of insurance coverage. This summer, my kids' teeth will be over $3,000. None of it is really optional. I think I will make us all vegetarians, meaning we will graze on the grass and tree bark, which we have aplenty. This will save us buying groceries, and we can funnel that money towards teeth. We will need strong teeth to grind all of the tree bark and foliage. I can also boil scorpions and serve them for protein. They are all poisoned now so we will die a slow death from scorpion poison, but at least we will have good teeth. :D Dude. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ds14 will have $10,000 of our money sunk into his mouth by the end of it all. No orthodontic insurance, either. I hope he appreciates it. He will have an expensive oral surgery procedure this summer. I think of it as one of the costs of homeschooling because otherwise I could be working and get some type of insurance coverage. This summer, my kids' teeth will be over $3,000. None of it is really optional. I think I will make us all vegetarians, meaning we will graze on the grass and tree bark, which we have aplenty. This will save us buying groceries, and we can funnel that money towards teeth. We will need strong teeth to grind all of the tree bark and foliage. I can also boil scorpions and serve them for protein. They are all poisoned now so we will die a slow death from scorpion poison, but at least we will have good teeth. :D Dude. This sounds like if you give a mouse a muffin.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm moving to Kentucky. The scorpion pest control dude put his foot through my ceiling while in the attic. Nan woke up joking and asking for sweet tea. Currently at the orthodontist with ds14. Yay for moving to Kentucky! Boo for foot through the ceiling. So, do they bring in their people to fix your attic? Nan is one cool customer - trapped in a house of scorpions, strange people sticking their feet through the ceiling, and she requests sweet tea - the answer to many of life's crises. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yay for moving to Kentucky! Boo for foot through the ceiling. So, do they bring in their people to fix your attic? Nan is one cool customer - trapped in a house of scorpions, strange people sticking their feet through the ceiling, and she requests sweet tea - the answer to many of life's crises. Kentucky sounds really exotic. I don't know why. Probably because horses. It's not so much the attic that suffers. It's the ceiling above our dining room table which is currently held together by copious amounts of painter's tape, provided by us. The dude will pay for it to be fixed. He made clear it was on his own personal dime. Sorry, dude, not my problem. I didn't hire ceiling wreckers - I called for pest control. The blessing of Alzheimer's is that you recall nothing negative and accept most stuff except diaper changes. ;) I have to talk her into those, and then I thank her for letting me help her. Nan was a trip this morning, and she drank us out of sweet tea. lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I hear you on tooth woes. Dd12 goes to the dentist today - she has weird baby tooth issues, and starting very soon will need serious orthodontic work. Dd16 also has some issues that will involve orthdonics but we don't know the extent yet. Ds19 should have his wisdom teeth out this summer and needs sinus surgery. I'm going back to bed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ds needs braces. We talked it over and he's comfortable with his mouth the way it is and so we are leaving it. It would probably have been better to not leave it but. . . . all our money goes to other doctors - mostly for me. I'm a doctor hog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ds needs braces. We talked it over and he's comfortable with his mouth the way it is and so we are leaving it. It would probably have been better to not leave it but. . . . all our money goes to other doctors - mostly for me. I'm a doctor hog. Doctor hog!!! All of mine and dh's dental money goes to the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone keeps forgetting that Slash is the ORIGINAL Booya Babe. If Slash says there is no h, there is no h. #peepsmustdeal #mindlessminion 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yesterday was ridiculous, but I did want to tell you people the very most ridiculous part of it was when I removed the staples in Nan's head. Yes, you read that right. The nurse did not have her staple remover, so I pulled mine out. (You don't have one? But I thought everyone did.) The nurse got a couple of them out but said she could not see. So I crawled into bed with Nan with my leg hanging over the bed rail for balance, leaned over her, let the nurse hold the light, and I got out the remaining five staples. It was a BA move. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yesterday was ridiculous, but I did want to tell you people the very most ridiculous part of it was when I removed the staples in Nan's head. Yes, you read that right. The nurse did not have her staple remover, so I pulled mine out. (You don't have one? But I thought everyone did.) The nurse got a couple of them out but said she could not see. So I crawled into bed with Nan with my leg hanging over the bed rail for balance, leaned over her, let the nurse hold the light, and I got out the remaining five staples. It was a BA move. Dang. Tell me you were wearing your Keens while you ripped them out. That would make my day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hey Slashaboo! The C-Rods ROCK. Got the classroom set. Arrived this morning. Can't thank you enough for the suggestion. All four biggies are using them right now, playing games we found on education unboxed. So glad I got that many! And the plastic is great… durable, weighty, almost like wood. :thumbup1: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yesterday was ridiculous, but I did want to tell you people the very most ridiculous part of it was when I removed the staples in Nan's head. Yes, you read that right. The nurse did not have her staple remover, so I pulled mine out. (You don't have one? But I thought everyone did.) The nurse got a couple of them out but said she could not see. So I crawled into bed with Nan with my leg hanging over the bed rail for balance, leaned over her, let the nurse hold the light, and I got out the remaining five staples. It was a BA move. So tell me, is it only your A that is bad? I'm glad that Nan let you do that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Dang. Tell me you were wearing your Keens while you ripped them out. That would make my day. I am sad to say that I was NOT wearing my Keens while removing the staples. I was wearing flip-flops. Normally, I wear flip flops to kill copperheads and Keens for killing scorpions (priorities...), but I had not yet determined a protocol for footwear while jumping on the bed with old ladies and removing staples from their heads. At the end of it, I was thinking, "What did I need this nurse for?" I provided all the equipment and did the work. I could have found a kid to hold the light. I also have a medical stapler and betadine swabs. So if you happen to visit me and cut yourself, I will carefully evaluate whether or not to superglue or staple you and then go for it. I will wear Keens if it makes the experience go more smoothly in your eyes. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 So tell me, is it only your A that is bad? I'm glad that Nan let you do that! Pretty much all of me is bad, but my A is particularly bad. Nan complained when the nurse was messing around, but she minded me less, even as I climbed about on top of her. She likes me. :D 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ds14 will have $10,000 of our money sunk into his mouth by the end of it all. No orthodontic insurance, either. I hope he appreciates it. He will have an expensive oral surgery procedure this summer. I think of it as one of the costs of homeschooling because otherwise I could be working and get some type of insurance coverage. This summer, my kids' teeth will be over $3,000. None of it is really optional. I think I will make us all vegetarians, meaning we will graze on the grass and tree bark, which we have aplenty. This will save us buying groceries, and we can funnel that money towards teeth. We will need strong teeth to grind all of the tree bark and foliage. I can also boil scorpions and serve them for protein. They are all poisoned now so we will die a slow death from scorpion poison, but at least we will have good teeth. :D Dude. My dd15's braces are only costing me $5K, we lucked out to get no surgery(she was borderline and so we didn't know for sure if she would get it or not when we started treatment) and I take her to the university where students do the treatment and it cost me half what we were quoted elsewhere. RIght about the time she gets her's off, dd7 will be coming up big enough to get braces. THank goodness my boys do not need them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hey Slashaboo! The C-Rods ROCK. Got the classroom set. Arrived this morning. Can't thank you enough for the suggestion. All four biggies are using them right now, playing games we found on education unboxed. So glad I got that many! And the plastic is great… durable, weighty, almost like wood. :thumbup1: Cool! I'll probably get the tub in a year or so. I really didn't know what I was doing ordering them online because all of the local stores had been out for months (clue #986). I hear a lot of stories about Jr. High/HS students pulling them out to work through something, and our play tends to require a lot so the tub seems appropriate. I also like the philosophy of using very little manipulatives so the kids really understand number relationships in context rather than different manipulatives for different concepts and the C-Rods are good for such a variety of different things. I'm hoping to keep it to C-Rods, the AL Abacus, goeboards, and geometric solids. *cough* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Only $5K. I have to stop reading now and bury my head in the sand. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Only $5K. I have to stop reading now and bury my head in the sand. Start selling your body on the street now and save up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Oh, and I think I might have a sinus infection and I was thinking of taking Nan's leftover Levaquin but Jean talked me out of it and said to take Mucinex instead so I did and I think it is working. #runonsentenceproblems 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 #mindlessminion Seriously??? Now that's TWO of you peeps calling short, fat, and yellow. I'm LEAVING. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Seriously??? Now that's TWO of you peeps calling short, fat, and yellow. I'm LEAVING. I find you very attractive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 When DD was small, her first dentist was also an orthodontist. He looked at her mouth and her x-rays and said, "She's not going to need braces... Darn it." :smilielol5: This from a guy who commuted on the weekends to his beach house in his private plane. :nopity: (Lest you feel envy over my low-dental-cost kid, let me assure you she made up for it other ways. Between keeping me pregnant and getting us through childbirth and recovery, we went through our entire combined savings and then some. And we were both old, well-employed, and industrious little savers. The not needing braces thing was kinda like God tossing us a mini milk bone.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I find you very attractive. :blush: I bet you like bananas, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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