JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Some day you will learn. Although I'm not sure my dc learned, and they lived with me for at least 18 years, so there's that... See, there's the whoopsie. I would have never left you! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 See, there's the whoopsie. I would have never left you! :cheers2: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Well, first she went to a homeschool book store in Sacramento, where someone sold her a boatload of books (she doesn't even know what they all were, because she's just a baby homeschooler). Then the homeschoolers she knows inspected the books and said there was no possible way she could do that because it involved her too much (she has a 1yo and a 2- or 3yo, plus the 10yo she's homeschooling), so she took back the books but can only get store credit, not a refund. So then she enrolled her ds in a one-day-a-week "co-op," which is costing her $1000 for the next three months, plus she is paying for Time 4 Learning. Everyone she has met personally is either an all-ABeka fan or has children enrolled in a charter school. She hasn't found a support group yet (I told her to see if the countywide group, Scope, has a chat group near her). I also told her to let her math-bright son do whatever level of Saxon he tested into. She was all weirded out because she didn't want him in college at 13. :-) I think I helped her understand that being able to advance in math does not mean that he will be ahead in everything, and that even if he were, that wouldn't mean that he'd be in college when he was 13. :-) It was a good conversation; I'm just so annoyed on her behalf because of the bad advice. :-( Is she here now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Good Early Saturday Morning ITT peeps! I'm up early to take the oldest two to a chess tournament this morning. Thankfully it's local and I can come back home to run go back to bed. :hat: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Is she here now? Yes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Good morning! My excuse for being awake so early is that I'm still wound up about teaching my first hula classes. :hat: My plans today are...nothing. Although maybe I'll end up cleaning my side of the office, followed by wrestling down Mr. Ellie's side of the office. That is all. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm up because the electrician is coming to figure out how I somehow blew all the electrical outlets in the front of the house. Gotta love old houses and wiring that hasn't been updated since who knows when! Also, my heart is a little sad this morning. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Hof-4JCX21akN5Y1BhT2pwTms/view?usp=sharingMother Nature is a cruel tease. ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Good Morning!!! Today we are going to a Pep Band Invitational. There are 15 bands to perform; 13 competitively. This is a lot of fun. The bands get to play and the mascots do stunts and tricks and such. During breaks music will be blasting and the children run out to the gym floor and dance. The competition isn't all that serious, but more of enjoying all of the pep bands and the music. I am looking forward to it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Good morning! Sleeping in late, but I have to get up and have coffee before my caffeine addiction makes my head explode. At least I know how to fix my headache. (((Junie))) Lots of errands to run today - grocery store, take kids to dollar store to get stuff for dd6's birthday, other store for other birthday gift, library, and then stuff at home to prepare for Braindead Tuesday. Krissi, still thinking about you and praying for your family. Edited January 9, 2016 by Susan in TN 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Also, my heart is a little sad this morning. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Hof-4JCX21akN5Y1BhT2pwTms/view?usp=sharing Mother Nature is a cruel tease. ;) The weather has redeemed itself. It is now peaceful and white. Huge flakes are falling. Not sticking on roads or anything, but it's pretty to watch. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) SuperMom woke up with horror 25 min. late. Grabbed food for son (who had already woken up with the same horrible realization) to eat in the car, and delivered him to work with two minutes to spare. Got home to hear the phone ringing. It was son - he left his work keys on his desk. Grabbed the keys, rushed back to his work while trying to tame bed head in the car, met ds outside the front doors. Got home a second time, to hear unfed cat yowling. As soon as my heartbeat returns to normal, I'm going back to bed. Edited to fix the time. Math is not my strong suit at the best of times and this isn't the best of times. Edited January 9, 2016 by Jean in Newcastle 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Napped in front of the TV. Now it's time to eat breakfast. Possibly I'll get dressed. Or not. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Well, first she went to a homeschool book store in Sacramento, where someone sold her a boatload of books (she doesn't even know what they all were, because she's just a baby homeschooler). Then the homeschoolers she knows inspected the books and said there was no possible way she could do that because it involved her too much (she has a 1yo and a 2- or 3yo, plus the 10yo she's homeschooling), so she took back the books but can only get store credit, not a refund. So then she enrolled her ds in a one-day-a-week "co-op," which is costing her $1000 for the next three months, plus she is paying for Time 4 Learning. Everyone she has met personally is either an all-ABeka fan or has children enrolled in a charter school. She hasn't found a support group yet (I told her to see if the countywide group, Scope, has a chat group near her). I also told her to let her math-bright son do whatever level of Saxon he tested into. She was all weirded out because she didn't want him in college at 13. :-) I think I helped her understand that being able to advance in math does not mean that he will be ahead in everything, and that even if he were, that wouldn't mean that he'd be in college when he was 13. :-) It was a good conversation; I'm just so annoyed on her behalf because of the bad advice. :-( That is a terrible story. We love our co-op, but I have never once paid more than $500 for an entire year of classes for three kids. Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Every day and in every day I am getting better and better. Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 P.S. I slept all night and when I woke up, I went back to sleep. I feel like a human and not a zombie. :party: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (We are almost to page 666, which is the work of the devil.) :leaving: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Philosophical question for the next page: Can the devil be redeemed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No answering until the next page! Thinking only for now! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Philosophical question for the next page: Can the devil be redeemed? I think the devil is too far gone. My friend who took me to dinner and a talking thingie last night thinks the best of everyone. I joked with our other friend that she would say, "Let's pray for the devil. He's just doing the best he knows how." :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No answering until the next page! Thinking only for now! :lol: Sorry. Impulsive extroverts do not think. We just speak. :hat: :laugh: :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Also, I think not everyone believes in the devil so it will be an odd question for some, like can unicorns be trained to jump over rainbows or somesuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I've had some coffee. Can ya tell? Well, can ya??? :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm drinking coffee now. Decaf. Page 666 will break the internet. We'll have to type fast and get off of it as soon as we can. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No, unicorns cannot be trained to jump over rainbows. That's what pegasi do. They have wings. Dd16 is reminding me that there are alacorns that are part unicorn and part pegasus, so they could jump over rainbows. It's just that rainbows are too high for unicorns to jump over. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Yes, we have these types of discussions. Because My Little Pony, yo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No, unicorns cannot be trained to jump over rainbows. That's what pegasi do. They have wings. Dd16 is reminding me that there are alacorns that are part unicorn and part pegasus, so they could jump over rainbows. It's just that rainbows are too high for unicorns to jump over. Well, I have learned something new. Thank you. :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) So I woke up this morning thinking about PSAT. Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No, unicorns cannot be trained to jump over rainbows. That's what pegasi do. They have wings. Dd16 is reminding me that there are alacorns that are part unicorn and part pegasus, so they could jump over rainbows. It's just that rainbows are too high for unicorns to jump over. Thank you, Renai. It's good to hear from an expert on these matters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 We are still having this discussion. Unicorns have magic, so dd thought maybe they could use that to get over. However, the unicorns we've observed haven't ever jumped that high, even using the levitation spell to assist. If the rainbow is in a puddle, they could just step over it. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Tex: Here's what I wrote on the "when do you start prepping thread" FWIW. DD took the PSAT for the first time this year, 8th grade, for a pre-high school baseline. We did not do any organized preparation, but I did give her the official prep book and gave her time to go through it, more for familiarity than anything else. I did not want her to get freaked out by completely alien questions. My DD is an easy-going kid and does not mind test-taking. I was actually somewhat surprised how difficult she found the process. The loooong delay filling out the forms did not help, nor did the fact that her blood sugar crashed late in the game. Although I will leave the decision about whether to take the PSAT next year to her, I will likely encourage her to do so, simply to address the process issue above. When it matters, I would like her to have a certain comfort level developed. For 11th grade, I will provide study materials, as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I want an alacorn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I want an alacorn. Good choice (as long as they aren't evil). Most are royalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Good choice (as long as they aren't evil). Most are royalty. Okay. New philosophical question: Can an evil alacorn be redeemed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Okay. New philosophical question: Can an evil alacorn be redeemed? Yes. Case in point is Princess Luna aka Nightmare Moon. She started out good, became jealous and turned evil and was banished for 100 years. When she came out of banishment, she was still bad, but through a series of events became good again. It took a lot of good magic. Interestingly, her age went backwards too. She is the only case study we have, though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I've had some coffee. Can ya tell? Well, can ya??? :leaving: Is this you? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Yes. Case in point is Princess Luna aka Nightmare Moon. She started out good, became jealous and turned evil and was banished for 100 years. When she came out of banishment, she was still bad, but through a series of events became good again. It took a lot of good magic. Interestingly, her age went backwards too. She is the only case study we have, though. Wow. Now that situation will require some powerful pondering. Thank you for sharing, Queen of All the Magical Things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 So, it was not a Sheila Walsh concert - it is a thing she has started in which she tours around speaking. It was very good. The music was too loud, though. I may have to become an old timey Methodist in my attempt to cope with rock band music. My friend paid for my dinner and the ticket because my bday is this month. :001_tt1: We went to the Spiral diner, which has amazing all vegan food. We saw another friend there. Then I talked my original friend's ear off about many things that I had put in a box for a bit because busy and don't get to visit with friends and unload often. Then, while I was watching TV with my dh, a friend from high school called to talk about his teen dd who wants to date. He is a sweet man and a good dad, and I was confused about why he was calling me, but he ended up crying at the end (which I'm sure was embarrassing) and I figured out he just needed to talk to someone who is like-minded and has BTDT. I haven't talked to him in years, but we do keep up on FB. Folks talk to me about stuff, yo. A lot of stuff. I think it's the whole therapist thing. Stuff I realize: College girl's new boyfriend feels like an orphan to me. He is already "in" with me, partly because of this. He is coming next weekend and likely staying at our house. Stuff feels serious, yo. :gnorsi: It's cuz you're awesome. :D I too want an alacorn... Maybe we can get a group rate? So I told y'all that ds13 got a happy note from his Algebra teacher. Lo and behold, not TWO HOURS later, I find out he didn't do an assignment from weeks ago and that it is due LAST NIGHT. Uuuugggg. When I couldn't help him with elimination and substitution for multi amiable equations anymore and found out he had 9 more hard problems left, we threw in the towel. I told the instructor to give me the problems and he is working on them today for no credit if necessary. The work WILL get done. So there. #murphyslawofteenagers I did get the bulk of my Christmas decos down this morning while everyone else was still sawing logs. I have also showered. Now I need to go make dinner. Then, we are all going to bundle up and walk into town for lunch and hot chocolate... My reward is just around the bend! Maybe SWB can use her magic powers and we can skip page 666 lol. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (BTW, the initial suggested philosophical question was a joke. Besides, the prospect of the question even being remembered by the next page, I figured, was slim. I guess my tongue was imbedded too firmly in my cheek this morning! Perhaps I needed another cup of coffee before posting!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Is this you? Siblings? Nah. They are just hurdles in my quest for world domination. Baaaaaa. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 So I woke up this morning thinking that my boys should take the PSAT. You know, to prepare for the SAT. You know, because we can. When do folks do this? Someone tell me what to do and how to do it, please. Isn't it sad that these are the thoughts we wake up to? For me, it was thinking I need to get that blessed AP human Geography syllabus finished so I just don't have to think about it anymore. I have been mulling PSAT as well. Thanks for. The reminder :D I used to wake up with much more exciting thoughts... Le sigh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Maybe SWB can use her magic powers and we can skip page 666 lol. This was my first thought. You know, how they skip floor 13 in hotels... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Is this you? That is the Rocky (our 12 year old ADHD dog) of goats. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Maybe we can use the Force? "This is not the page we are looking for..." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 This was my first thought. You know, how they skip floor 13 in hotels... Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Ds took the PSAT in 10th grade He looked at a prep book and did a bit. He did just fine on the test. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I think I need a tea kettle. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Satanic booya! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 You are awesome, Slash! :lol: :lol: :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Ok, Time for some major post-padding so that we can get off this page in a hurry. Ready, Go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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