Slache Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 This is post 9876 for me. Goodnight! :cheers2: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I should try this. If I went to Olive Garden every time one of my kids finished a subject, I could go at least once a month. Super idea!! (Unfortunately, it would kill the budget and we wouldn't be able to afford the next book.) You must have amazing kids if they finish an entire subject every month! I only bribe for math for dd. And for physics for ds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Yummy! I like to get the salmon with broccoli on the side. And then I feel like I ate healthy on top of having something yummy. Renai talked me through making healthy choices. I got the . . . . salmon with the broccoli on the side! I had one bite of a breadstick. ONE. Oh, and I had some salad. And I had three biters of chocolate mousse. So I wasn't 100% healthy but I think I did pretty darn good. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Renai talked me through making healthy choices. I got the . . . . salmon with the broccoli on the side! I had one bite of a breadstick. ONE. Oh, and I had some salad. And I had three biters of chocolate mousse. So I wasn't 100% healthy but I think I did pretty darn good. Good girl! And so did you pack up the rest of those bread sticks for me? I love their salad, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Good girl! And so did you pack up the rest of those bread sticks for me? I love their salad, too! I'm sorry, but dd, who ran 5 mile today, ate 3 of the 4 breadsticks. I had one bite of the 4th and left the rest ETA - the silent e on the end of bite Edited January 10, 2016 by Jean in Newcastle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I've only been to olive garden once and wasn't impressed. Why would I pay $15 for something I can make at home? I had a lovely conversation with a woman today who I would have guessed was in her 40s, maybe 50s, and was black, but we were talking about family life and religious stuff and non of that was relevant. Matt was talking to her later and just told me about her tonight. Apparently she's much older than she looks and grew up in a pre-civil rights Florida. She used black bathrooms and sat in the back of the bus. They talked for about an hour, great conversation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 ... and I just woke up in the process of vomiting. No, I did not sleep walk to the bathroom. Good morning Lynn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 You must have amazing kids if they finish an entire subject every month! I only bribe for math for dd. And for physics for ds. No, it's not that they're amazing that they finish a subject every month. There's just so many of them! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good Morning!!! We have snow!!!! I think about 2-3 inches from the looks of the vehicles outside. Probably not as much on the grassy areas. I hope there is enough for the children to play in later. Now about me. :D I haven't been sleeping well the last three nights. I just kinda lay there in a daze like state which is about half asleep, but I am completely aware of everything going on around me. Now my muscles are all sore especially in my back and neck. I have a bad headache too. Surely this can't last too many more nights. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 And......church is cancelled. Thank goodness.:) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Morning! Dawn, I hope you can get some rest - sleeplessness is not good! No snow here, just cold and probably a little ice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Don't take risks on treacherous roads! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Shower is done. I'm all caught up on ITT. Now I'm going to bed. Good night, my friends. :) You are never caught up on ITT. It doesn't happen. You only think you are caught up. *dun dun duuuuuun* I've only been to olive garden once and wasn't impressed. Why would I pay $15 for something I can make at home? We have a restaurant called Zio's. Not sure how franchised and spread out they are, though. I like them much better than Olive Garden and they have a fantastic gluten-free menu. It's my favorite. ... and I just woke up in the process of vomiting. No, I did not sleep walk to the bathroom. Good morning Lynn. That's not good. :( Throwing up and pregnant should never go together. It's horrible. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We have a restaurant called Zio's. Not sure how franchised and spread out they are, though. I like them much better than Olive Garden and they have a fantastic gluten-free menu. It's my favorite. This? It looks really yummy. :drool5: But there's not one on the East Coast. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good Morning! Snow flurries here and cold! Slache - that's horrible. I wish I could take your nausea away! (And I hope you made it to the bathroom. :leaving: ) Jean, sounds like a lovely dinner. I love the salad too, but I don't even touch the bread sticks. I'm not an overly healthy eater, but if I'm going to eat bread I like a different kind, I guess. (A different Italian restaurant here that the kids don't like serves the round, homemade bread that you tear apart and dip in olive oil and spices - now that I can gorge on!) Critter, I agree about dystopian lit. I like to maintain my naive and happy view of like. I avoid unpleasantries, why would I seek them out in my reading, lol? :hat: In fact, I'll take the raw green pepper over the dystopian lit. any day (but perferably not every day! :hat: ) Tex, I think the tricky thing about co-teaching would be deciding how to split up the duties. Would you alternate books, so that you both get the occasional break? Or would one teach literature while the other was responsible for composition (that might not be so good as one would end up with grading all the papers). Or......? You probably have a great plan and don't need this .02 from me, but my fear (if it were me) is that I would have a murky plan of how it would work, not communicate it well resulting in differing expectations, and be frustrated for much of the year. (See what an optimist I am? :hat: ) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 It's raining here. I'd much prefer snow. I'm playing hooky this morning because I was sick two days ago and I figured I'd play the sick card as long as possible. Because rain. And because the house is clean after yesterday's clean-a-thon, and I'd like to enjoy it before it is no longer clean tonight. I read the Giver as a teen and was traumatized. I'd like to read it again because I don't remember a thing about it, except the trauma. Pet Cemetery scared the bajeebers outta me, too. (Why did my father even have that on the shelf??) I hid it in the back of the bathroom closet as I couldn't even be in the same room with it. I do, however, like the stout little green bell pepper, but not nearly as much as her red, yellow, and orange counterparts. Because stout. I also saw Hunger Games, because two friends are extras. Maybe three... was Queen Ellie in that one too? Hugs on the vomiting, Slache. I puked in the Starbucks parking lot on Friday. Not fun. I used my eco-grocery bag, which bothered dh who thought I should have just climbed out of the van and given a show for the long line of drive-throughers. He could not comprehend why the thought of that horrifies me. :blink: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Pet Cemetery scared the bajeebers outta me, too. (Why did my father even have that on the shelf??) I hid it in the back of the bathroom closet as I couldn't even be in the same room with it. I never read the book, but Pet Cemetery was one of the few movies that gave me nightmares. I still think about that movie and shiver sometimes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Good Morning! Happy Sunday. It's raining here. We're discovering that in an El Niño year, 20% chance of rain means... Oh wow, it's raining. In a non-El Niño year (last year) 80% chance of rain means, yeah! go ahead, plan your picnic! it ain't gonna happen! Edited January 10, 2016 by KrissiK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I just realized that my phone alarm reminder for taking my antibiotics never went off. And then I realized why: Dh doesn't have his own phone, so he took mine to church. Which means it started quacking in the middle of the sermon. :svengo: :smilielol5: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 :seeya: I employ bribery across the parenting spectrum, in home education and other matters. And duct tape. Well, not really duct tape. But bribery, yes. I believe the scientific term is conditioning. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I just realized that my phone alarm reminder for taking my antibiotics never went off. And then I realized why: Dh doesn't have his own phone, so he took mine to church. Which means it started quacking in the middle of the sermon. :svengo: :smilielol5: HA! His thievery was punished! :lol: :lol: :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good morning, all! We are playing hooky here so DD can get caught up with her friend (our neighbor's granddaughter.) The neighbors are fab, as is the child. Child's mother, however, drags her children along to follow in the chaos and catastrophe of her life. :glare: Poor neighbors. They have 3 kids, two of whom are well-grounded, high-functioning humans. And they are doing their best to pass on those skills to the grandchildren of the third child. God bless them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Mr.Quackersh really needs his own phone. Flip phones are cheap 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I don't think it is boring. And boring is hard. The letters are boring. You lie like a rug about my syllabus. And it is really gorgeous, too. I did not lie. I read things, remember? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We will soon be adding a new member to the family. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We will soon be adding a new member to the family. Hey! Did you guys hear? Renai's pregnant! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hey! Did you guys hear? Renai's pregnant! Lol. I knew someone would think that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Lol. I knew someone would think that. And I thought that it was too good to be true... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I am a crabby tabby. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) I'm on my way to church. Afterward, we pick up the new member. Another girl. Dh can't get a break. Edited January 10, 2016 by Renai 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I am a crabby tabby. Ours won't be. It was the chocolate last night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My ITT book club selection this month is "Surprised by Oxford" by Carolyn Weber. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I would give anything to not have cell phones. Tell me about the girl! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I'm on my way to church. Afterward, we pick up the new member. Another girl. Dh can't get a break. Gonna need a picture! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My ITT book club selection this month is "Surprised by Oxford" by Carolyn Weber. I've never read that, but remember thinking it sounded interesting. I'm reading Ransom for a Knight with 12yo dd for our 7th grade lit. group. And, totally non-academic, I just finished the 2nd book of the Thrawn trilogy (follow up books to Return of the Jedi) and will start the 3rd in a few days when I get it from the library. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I just realized that my phone alarm reminder for taking my antibiotics never went off. And then I realized why: Dh doesn't have his own phone, so he took mine to church. Which means it started quacking in the middle of the sermon. :svengo: :smilielol5: I went to a funeral around thanksgiving. I turned my phone ringer off right at the start of the service, being polite and all. A few seconds later, I heard someone's phone ringing, playing more of a heavy metal song. I look around smugly, thinking, "at least it is not MY phone... Why isn't someone turning their phone off?! How rude." Then, I realize with horror that it IS my phone. After turning it off, I must have accidentally touched my iheartradio app open. I think it was Coldplay. I grab my purse and run out of the church, because by the time I realized it was mine, it was *loud*. I run out the back side door and run into the funeral director because he had set up his table there and it was just in the other side of the door. Like I literally ran into him. Mortified by running into the mortician... That is funny. Anyway, he was very gracious and told me it had also happened to him. I laughed, but I must not have fully appreciated his story because he said, "no, I mean it has happened to me *while I was conducting a funeral*" Poor guy. He sure was nice to make me feel better though. I may have told this story before. Because ITT. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I've never read that, but remember thinking it sounded interesting. I'm reading Ransom for a Knight with 12yo dd for our 7th grade lit. group. And, totally non-academic, I just finished the 2nd book of the Thrawn trilogy (follow up books to Return of the Jedi) and will start the 3rd in a few days when I get it from the library. Shush - Overachiever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Oh Professor - that's a great story to tell the grandchildren! (And ITT as many times as you like.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My ITT book club selection this month is "Surprised by Oxford" by Carolyn Weber. That looks really good. I may be in. I am almost done with Humankind. Interesting content. The guy isn't a very good writer and his inappropriately placed political comments were distracting and unnecessary. And his style of citing study authors in the text was also distracting and unnecessary for a book written to the general public. However, the info itself was useful and I learned from it. I suppose that is what counts. But now I need to move on to something else, and I think Susan has picked a winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I may have told this story before. Because ITT. My favorite part of the whole story. :001_tt1: (But I don't think you have.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Ours won't be. It was the chocolate last night. Not the chocolate. It's actually all the raw fruits and veggies. It does a number on my tummy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hey! Did you guys hear? Renai's pregnant! Woohoo, Renai's pregnant. I think you should name the baby "Malcolm" if it's a boy and "Jennifer" if it's a girl! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Woohoo, Renai's pregnant. I think you should name the baby "Malcolm" if it's a boy and "Jennifer" if it's a girl! Renai is "pregnant" with a tabby. Who is already running around creating mayhem. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Susan, I would hardly call Star Wars books over achieving, lol!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Renai is "pregnant" with a tabby. Who is already running around creating mayhem.Tabbys are good too! I still stand by my name suggestions! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 http://themetapicture.com/the-ultimate-hybrid/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) http://themetapicture.com/the-ultimate-hybrid/ That bares a strong resemblance to my first selfie. Unitato Booya! Edited January 10, 2016 by Slache 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Tex was here. I apologize for posting and running, but that is what I am doing here. Off to call the odd father, my friend with in-laws who want me to be their therapist, and to get dinner and boots with dh. Cowboy boots, for those interested. :hat: Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 The shelter name is Tahoe, but we don't think it is a good name for a girl. We are debating names now. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8AgbG4Z0x4NSkNwbDZOSTRSckE&usp=sharing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Renai, she is beautiful. I agree Tahoe doesn't fit. She looks curious and playful and maybe a little fancy. Gorgeous.:) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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