Renai Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I also like Fridays. I don't have students. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Lucky. I never escape MY student. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 :smilielol5: :smilielol5: :smilielol5: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Yay for Tex's ds! Go, Team Go! Yay for Tex's zen!! Go, Team, Go!! Yay for Renai and no-kids Friday! Yay for Mary and the fraction solution and computer-lab Friday! Yay for family photos and family trees! I am tie-tie. (baby-talk for "tired.") 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I am tie-tie. (baby-talk for "tired.") Getting old, eh? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Critter! I need a bee expert. We were putting up my bird feeders which had been tossed aside for about six months (I don't know why. . . they just were). Anyway. . . I started to move our bird house and it looked like there is a nest in there and we were oohing over that when the biggest orangest bee I've ever seen came zooming out of there. I looked at images and I think it was a tri-colored bumble bee ? Do you think it was just checking it out in there when we happened to come along? Or do you think it would co-opt that nest? I moved the house some more later in order to get to other bird feeders we have and nothing else buzzed or came out of there. I'm just wondering if I should put that house somewhere off to the side or if I can safely put it up in our bird area. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Getting old, eh? Yes, I am old! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Boys won second game. One more in a couple of hours. Young lady with cancer has lymph node involvement and is now stage three. Her attitude is amazing. 100% positive. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I am officially in billygoat status. Hitting the showers now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Boys won second game. One more in a couple of hours. Young lady with cancer has lymph node involvement and is now stage three. Her attitude is amazing. 100% positive. Yay on the game. Yay on zen you. Boo on CNCR--the four letter word. :( 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Boys won second game. One more in a couple of hours. Young lady with cancer has lymph node involvement and is now stage three. Her attitude is amazing. 100% positive. (I liked your post for the boys, and her attitude. Not because of the cancer.) Edited February 26, 2016 by ikslo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Dd is on her "short" six mile run. It is amazing how her short runs are now the distance of what her long runs used to be. But then she has a half marathon in less than a month so it is to be expected. #mombrag #mydaughterrocks 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Zen. Edited May 24, 2016 by texasmama 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) (I liked your post for the boys, and her attitude. Not because of the cancer.) She is so inspiring! Barely an adult. Not scared at all. I want to be her when i grow up. Edited February 26, 2016 by texasmama 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Boys won second game. One more in a couple of hours. Young lady with cancer has lymph node involvement and is now stage three. Her attitude is amazing. 100% positive. Yay TEAM! (((Tex & Young Lady))) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 It has been over an hour since anyone has posted. So I am posting. :D 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I am going to go put on my awesome mom hat and my fun mom shoes & take my kids out for a book signing with a favorite author. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Dawn--good job holding down the fort! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I cleaned the fridge! So much easier to do when there is no food in it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Ds took us driving again today. He is doing very well at it. I realized today just how much easier my kids have it with two parents with them at this age. I had to figure out all of this for myself (driving and more). I'm glad that they have dh and I. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Ds took us driving again today. He is doing very well at it. I realized today just how much easier my kids have it with two parents with them at this age. I had to figure out all of this for myself (driving and more). I'm glad that they have dh and I. :iagree: I learned alone too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) We ended up working them together. Same difference, but makes me feel a bit better. ;) That was going to be my suggestion. Good job! Never miss an opportunity to show the coolness that is fractions. The boys are still wrestling fraction operations down to the mat. I remain convinced that the key to learning fractions is near constant practice. Critter! I need a bee expert. We were putting up my bird feeders which had been tossed aside for about six months (I don't know why. . . they just were). Anyway. . . I started to move our bird house and it looked like there is a nest in there and we were oohing over that when the biggest orangest bee I've ever seen came zooming out of there. I looked at images and I think it was a tri-colored bumble bee ? Do you think it was just checking it out in there when we happened to come along? Or do you think it would co-opt that nest? I moved the house some more later in order to get to other bird feeders we have and nothing else buzzed or came out of there. I'm just wondering if I should put that house somewhere off to the side or if I can safely put it up in our bird area. I don't know that we have that kind of bumblebee here; most all of ours are either ground dwellers or the wood boring variety. So I'm not sure if that variety likes to use nest boxes as a nest. Many of the bumblebees are solitary, so you might want to check that out. I would think that if it is using the place as a home that there would be enough "bee-smell" that it would return, so you might set it back and see if the bee returns. ETA: Looks like that kind of bee is a ground nesting bumbler, so may have just been sheltering in the nest box. What a bee, though! Truly a beautiful bug! Edited February 27, 2016 by Critterfixer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 MIL called and is very nervous about making soup for Sunday's church soup dinner. She has a package of Bear Creek broccoli cheese soup to which she needs to add 8C of water, cook and stir for about 10 minutes. She called me to go over the instructions on the package to make sure she understood them. She said she might call me back tomorrow when she is making it to make sure she is doing it right. :D Your mother and I were apparently separated at birth. The Toilet of Doom made me giggle. Jean rocked it with the teletwit. Mary, I am :svengo: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Ok. I am truly an idiot. I watched The Butler. My heart hurt. Now, I am watching that movie with Susan Sarandon where she is dying of cancer and Julia Roberts will be her kids stepmom after she is gone. I think it is called Stepmom, lol. I have seen the movie before, and it wrecked me. Why, pray tell, would I then torture myself and watch it again?! Because I am an idiot. And I need a hug. That is all. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 :grouphug: Heather Love the movie, stepmom. It's a tear-jerker. Especially the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thanks, Dawn. I had forgotten the end. That was well done. Tex, I am sorry for your young friend, but impressed with her spirit :grouphug: I think I need to go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow is a new day, lovelies :wub: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Boys won second game. One more in a couple of hours. Young lady with cancer has lymph node involvement and is now stage three. Her attitude is amazing. 100% positive. Yay for the team! Does she have a date for starting chemo yet? I would be so anxious to start treatment. I will confess I lost my zen when a big guy tackled our littlest guy in a hard flagrant foul under the basket and he did not come up. It's the kid we brought so I am his temporary mom and ran over there with the two coaches. I jumped up and yelled when it happened. He is fine now but I was worried. You are a good Mom and a good temporary Mom! It has been over an hour since anyone has posted. So I am posting. :D Good Job! I cleaned the fridge! So much easier to do when there is no food in it. Overachiever! :hat: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Won game number 3. I cried I was so happy. Edited May 24, 2016 by texasmama 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Won game number 3. I cried I was so happy. We play tomorrow morning at 11:30 for the championship for state homeschool 14U boys. We are in the top two teams of 26 in the state. :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Tex, make sure you tell those boys that we are all so proud of them and wishing them luck tomorrow!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Thank you! And the best is that my kid played well until the end and actually smiled and was happy. Edited May 24, 2016 by texasmama 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Happy child! I know how that feels. :) (((Heather))) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I killed a huge black widow earlier. Huge. Just wanted to share. Good night! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Still working. Because I have a government job. I was going to stay to finish a big project but maybe I'll just apply out. My boss told me the other day we'd all be lucky to have jobs in a few years. Yay. So nice to be part of a team where we're all working towards a better future. :001_rolleyes: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: YAY!!!!! for the team! So proud of them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 :grouphug: Tsuga 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Good Morning!! Ahhh, Saturday, no alarms....and I still wake up at 7. It's alright, at least I got 30 more minutes.:) :hurray: :hurray: ITT Basketball Team :party: :party: I'm so excited for y'all, and can't wait to hear how the game goes today. I'm hoping for a win and happy boys. :hurray: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Openhearted Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I haven't told y'all about bowling Wednesday. Oh, and, we bought a new mattress for my bed which will be delivered in a couple of weeks. I have a bed question, too. So bowling, it was comical. Little ds picked up the bowling ball and slung it down the alley with such gusto and enthusiasm he would fall down most of the time. He was pretty good too. He ended up winning the first game. Little dd found she done better doing a "granny style". She would hold the ball with both hands and swing it between her knees and then roll it down the alley. A good time was had by all. I so wish I had taken some videos, but I wasn't thinking. We will try to go again soon. So the bed question. I have a king size four poster bed (I think that is what it is called.) It has a tall, almost to the ceiling, post on each corner. I think I want to remove the posts, and make it look like a normal bed. Part of each post unscrews from the base, but the base post is still 2 feet higher than the head/foot board. So those will need to be cut off with a saw, and we will stain the area. Make any sense? What do you think? We have had this bed for 15 or so years, and I am just so tired of the big tall posts. I think it will give the bed/room a whole new look. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Dawn, Furniture alteration is beyond me. But we have a running joke in our family about cutting the legs off of furniture that is too tall because the number of times my Dad has done that. Actually a friend did that for us once, turning our old kitchen table (you know the kind that seats four, has white legs and butcher block wooden top) into a play table height. We used it for a school table for awhile when kids were smaller and now it's a lego table in the girls' room. As far as the bed goes, if you're sure you won't ever want to go back to posters, then why not? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Lynn, love that story. That is a great way to repurpose a table. I can't imagine ever wanting the posters back. They just seem to be in the way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I had one of those twilight sleeps all night long. Bah. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I slept about 2-3 hours and am waiting for a kid to get out of the bathroom. Edited May 24, 2016 by texasmama 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Good morning, everyone! It's Saturday! Kids got home late last night from "Rock & Worship Roadshow" so they're all still sleeping. They had a good time. Dawn, bowling sounds like fun. Our homeschool group traditionally goes bowling for our Valentine's Party every year. Kids always have fun. Of course the alley puts the bumpers on all the lanes so the kids all have high scores. I'm not sure now I feel about that, but... Oh well. Tex, yay for basketball! Tsuga, boo for job non-security. Jean, hope you can get a nap in sometime today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Saturday! Hope everyone has a good one! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Good morning, all! Principal Daddy declared yesterday afternoon a PE day, so we went hiking to a waterfall. It was lovely; a very tall, narrow fall with ice all around the bottom. We were going to do a loop trail, but I chickened out on the way. We had crossed a bridge which had a REALLY musky odor around it. I am 99.9% certain that the odor is associated with some sort of weasel-y creature. But when the hike continued down an increasingly narrow gorge alongside the creek and the odor became more intense, all I could think was, "What do grizzlies smell like? Do they wake up early when the weather warms up early?" Once those thoughts started, it was all over. Nope. Back the way we came, across the creek, and back to high ground where Mama could see. It didn't take me long to be embarrassed over my cowardice; it's amazing what a baby I've become since having a baby. :glare: Principal Daddy was armed, but it was only his former duty weapon, so we were lacking in bear spray and a high caliber rifle. Oh, well. Better safe than sorry. On the way back to the truck, we had a discussion with DD about low-frequency, high-risk events. Do you think we're weird? :laugh: (The weather has been amazing here. We had good snowfall, but it was relatively warm this winter and the ground never froze hard. So now, after a fairly short spell of warm weather, the snow is gone probably to 4000 feet. We were able to easily drive a road that is frequently blocked until June. :huh: ) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I killed a huge black widow earlier. Huge. Just wanted to share. Good night! Our former house had a black widow infestation. We found egg sacks in the toy box. <shudder> And it's a Black Widow Booyah!! Sing it with me! This is the thread that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends. People started posting not knowing what it was, And they will keep on posting here forever just because... This is the thread that never ends You'd best come join it with your friends 'Cuz it will replace Facebook as the latest web-based craze And everyone will post here instead for the rest of their days This is the thread that's always there They'll cheer you up so don't despair The group is growing well as more people start checking in And we'll keep sucking them in because our cheer is addictive This is the thread that never ends... Edited February 27, 2016 by Susan in TN 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 JJM, where on earth do you live that you have roads closed til June?!? Dawn, I think that is a fine idea with your bed - your room will probably feel much more airy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I am back from the stores and need to eat breakfast. The sun is out and it's a great day for a bike ride! Edited February 27, 2016 by Susan in TN 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 JJM, where on earth do you live that you have roads closed til June?!? Dawn, I think that is a fine idea with your bed - your room will probably feel much more airy. Just forest roads up in the mountains! Not everywhere; I'm only kidding when I say we load up the wagon! :laugh: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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