Another Lynn Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 It's Monday! Rise and Shine and grab a cuppa! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Junie said: About the balance beam: A long time ago several of our girls took gymnastics classes. They were fun, no-competition classes. Dd12 was very timid on the balance beam, especially the one at regular height. We found out much later that she needed a glasses with a very strong prescription. It occurred to me one day to ask her if her eyesight caused her problems when she was doing the beam. She told me that she couldn't see the floor! No wonder she was timid! I've done this a few times with younger dd. When she was trying to do TKD by Zoom, it didn't occur to me for way too long that she was having trouble because she couldn't see what was going on. I also tend to forget to tell her to get her glasses during class until I see her squinting to see the screen. She doesn't need them most of the time but when she's trying to see details far away, she definitely does. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Morning. It's an extremely windy day today. I can hear stuff blowing around outside and the wrap on the house keeps billowing. It's somewhat disturbing. Every Monday I'm glad that it's my easiest day of the week. All teenagers, relatively easy classes to teach. Dd comes in with me today. I forgot to tell her to take a shower yesterday so I just woke her up and told her to wake up a little then get in the shower. She said she doesn't have time. We don't leave for almost 90 minutes. I think she has time. I think my kids are spoiled from not having to get out the door every day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Susan in TN said: What should we get ds15 for his 16th birthday? I have no idea. What are his interests? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Dd is showered and is eating breakfast. I forgot I have something to put together at the classroom so I wanted to leave early but now I'm waiting on her to eat. <<sigh>> We are definitely not get up and go people in this house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) This is my last week of the current session so in addition to class stuff, house stuff, homeschool stuff, I'm trying to coordinate registration stuff. Always a fun time but in past years I took a week off between sessions. Didn't do that this year because of timing with holidays. I didn't want to be off a week, on a week, off for Thanksgiving, back on for three weeks, on again. Same thing would have happened with Presidents Day, back for one week off again. But it's making it more work for me. I think I may need to rethink for next year. Edited November 2, 2020 by DorothyNJ ETA: A too much to do and I did it to myself booya. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I swear I'm hearing thunder yet the sky is completely blue, no rain, no real clouds. Weird. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Morning. I love going back to normal time. It's like I spend all of daylight savings tired and weak, and now I get all my sleep and energy back. And I woke up naturally when the sun was coming up, too. So nice. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 36 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: What are his interests? Gaming, cello, scouts, food. 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) Good morning! It's The Queen's favorite day! We have the usual Monday Things going on today. Except scout meetings are changing a little. The boys' troop is now meeting on Saturdays and the girls' troop is meeting at the normal time inside. I need to finalize the very short lesson plans for Wed. night children's choir. Coffee! Edited November 2, 2020 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Gaming, cello, scouts, food. 😁 Does he enjoy cooking or just food? Oldest loved when we had a couple meals delivered from Hello Fresh that he cooked for the family. New game scouting equipment musicbook or extra strings or maybe one of those automatic digital tuners that clip on? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Morning, btw! Snow. Coffee. Sounds cozy, right? Nope. We discovered this morning that SOMEHOW, Middle did some serious problem solving yesterday. He must've combined his love of pressing buttons with his desire to climb because he managed to "problem solve" our thermostat into turning off the furnace. We woke up freezing! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Recs for best children's classics book series? There's at least 4 of them that look decent and I don't have time to research them all. I'd like to start collecting a set for Oldest. Must include Gulliver's Travels because DH wants to read it with him soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Good Morning! Happy Monday! Monthly Lab Day! It took me for.ev.er to get to sleep, but once I got to sleep I slept really hard. Now I'm trying to wake up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: Morning, btw! Snow. Coffee. Sounds cozy, right? Nope. We discovered this morning that SOMEHOW, Middle did some serious problem solving yesterday. He must've combined his love of pressing buttons with his desire to climb because he managed to "problem solve" our thermostat into turning off the furnace. We woke up freezing! Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 17 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: Does he enjoy cooking or just food? Oldest loved when we had a couple meals delivered from Hello Fresh that he cooked for the family. This is an interesting idea - he might really love that! (I was thinking mainly "eating of food" but he does enjoy cooking as well.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Slachey, did you start your daily mile thing yesterday? I forgot. I'll do 2 miles today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Feels like I'm in the twilight zone. Oldest is asking for math. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 We survived lab day! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Oldest has read the entire box of books, some 3-4 times! I just bought 7 more on Amazon and eBay. We may have to go back to using a traditional reading curriculum next year before we go broke. 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Servant4Christ said: Oldest has read the entire box of books, some 3-4 times! I just bought 7 more on Amazon and eBay. We may have to go back to using a traditional reading curriculum next year before we go broke. 😂 We have never used a traditional reading curriculum. I just turned our house into a library. :) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Debating on the Great Illustrated Classics series. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Oldest really enjoyed reading Summer of the Monkeys. So much, in fact, that he's asking for Where the Red Fern Grows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: Debating on the Great Illustrated Classics series. Personally, I am not a fan. My kids read a few of them and then later balked at reading the real works because they had "already read them". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Junie said: Personally, I am not a fan. My kids read a few of them and then later balked at reading the real works because they had "already read them". I hadn't thought of that. I just know he loves to read but isn't old enough to really understand the full unabridged versions yet. He has a couple books from the Reader's Digest Best Loved series from when DH was a kid and has literally worn out the Tom Sawyer book so it has me wondering which of the 2 series he might like best. I was also thinking as the younger boys get a little older, Oldest could read to them aloud to his little brothers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Servant4Christ said: Oldest really enjoyed reading Summer of the Monkeys. Why have I never heard of this book? Better check the library for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I ran to The Lobby of Hobbies this morning to look at materials for a possible Christmas project. Then stopped by the library and ended up buying two books from their book sale corner - a book of Poe tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham and the Metaxas biography of Bonhoeffer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I think I'll follow Junie's line of reasoning and not get invested in a series of adapted classics. I'll just grab the couple that DH wants to read with Oldest from our library and call it a day. We'll have plenty of time for unabridged classics when he's a little older. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Why have I never heard of this book? Better check the library for it. Spoiler alert: the monkeys get the boy drunk. This may or may not be a deal breaker for you. I like knowing this type of info up front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 33 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: I ran to The Lobby of Hobbies this morning to look at materials for a possible Christmas project. Then stopped by the library and ended up buying two books from their book sale corner - a book of Poe tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham and the Metaxas biography of Bonhoeffer. I'm reading this right now. I don't read a lot of non-fiction -- especially long non-fiction -- but this is really good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I think I looked at the wrong clock. Dinner's ready an hour early. 🤣 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 35 more posts to go! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I feel ick. Nausea with butterflies in my stomach kinda ick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Junie said: I'm reading this right now. I don't read a lot of non-fiction -- especially long non-fiction -- but this is really good. I loved it - I read it years ago, and I think one of my high schoolers is supposed to read it this year. I felt like it gave me a better understanding of what it was like to be a German in that era. Edited November 2, 2020 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: I loved it - I read it years ago, and I think one of my high schoolers is supposed to read it this year. I felt like it gave me a better understanding of what it was like to be a German in that era. I imagine that ds20 will enjoy it. He really enjoys reading about war history -- and there's much in here about Hitler and his plans. For a while I was getting concerned about ds20's reading choices. When he was about 14 or 15 he started checking out library books about criminals, gangsters, dictators. I joked that I was going to create a high school class for him called Bad Guys in History. In the end, he just read them for "fun". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Well, the girls are staying home from scouts and attempting to attend via zoom due to half the household suffering from sore throats, coughing, and/or face looking red. All have strenuously denied illness of any sort. Nevertheless. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Almost time for bed here. But in the best spirit of Gimli telling Legolas, I desire to tell you that my NaNoWriMo count is now 10,000 words. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Critterfixer said: Almost time for bed here. But in the best spirit of Gimli telling Legolas, I desire to tell you that my NaNoWriMo count is now 10,000 words. Day 2! Way to write it!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I’m here. Didn’t check in this morning, apparently. DD and DH pulled into town at 1:30am. I had to pick them up. We are all exhausted at this point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Nobody is taking this thread seriously. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Nobody is taking this thread seriously. Sorry. I fell into the Youtube Vortex. Edited November 3, 2020 by Junie 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 And Instagram... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 It's been busy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Leaving in 45 min for swim practice. (Since there's no school today for public school, we get to have an early morning swim practice. 🎉 🥶 😱 😭 ) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Morning. Today is going to be a typical Tuesday for me since I dropped my ballot in a box weeks ago. I didn't meet dd for yoga today since she had to be at work early for some kind of inventory thing. I'm doing an escape room for the last CSI class so spent last night setting that all up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Good Morning! Happy Tuesday! Not sure how much sleep I got last night, but I woke up feeling well-rested, so I'll take it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servant4Christ Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Morning! We woke up to normal indoor temp this morning which felt great. Middle was so exhausted last night (still adjusting to the time change) that he actually WANTED to go to bed. At 7:30! And he slept through the night and didn't wake until just after 7 this morning. This is so unusual since he typically fights sleep like it's the worst form of torture imaginable and then semi-wakes at least once during the night. #lovingthistimechange Edited November 3, 2020 by Servant4Christ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!~D Tuesday!!!! School and work!!! I slept great last night. Everyone had been up so late on Sunday night/Monday morning that half of us were wiped out and the other half were completely ramped up.Baby was running around at 10:00 and I’m like, “Get to bed.” “I’m not tired, Mommy.” I knew the minute her head actually hit the pillow she’s be out like a light. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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