Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 They will when JJM shows up! I like leading discussions. I ask lots of questions. I guess you could say that it is a form of Socratic teaching. I ask simple questions but lots of them to keep the discussion moving. And then I tie it together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I like leading discussions. I ask lots of questions. I guess you could say that it is a form of Socratic teaching. I ask simple questions but lots of them to keep the discussion moving. And then I tie it together. Okay, so could you come to KY on Thursday? That fits your schedule, right? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Three kids in daycare would cost more than you would bring home. Trust me on this. You must be new to this. *I* would not pay for daycare. You would. You would pay for my daycare, transportation and food stamps (which we've never had but would need if we both worked FT and couldn't make everything from scratch) so that we could live the way society thinks we should. Seriously. I've actually had two different people (one at church, one WIC employee) explain to me that if we did things right we could afford two cars. These were people who knew I couldn't drive. If we had two cars then Matt could drive the gas efficient one to work and only use the van when we all go out. Because making two car payments and paying insurance on two cars is easy when one is gas efficient. I guess. I wasn't confused. I paid attention. :coolgleamA: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Also, Matt and I could work opposite shifts so we wouldn't have to pay for daycare. We've considered this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Read what I wrote again, Slache. :D. I never said it would cost YOU more! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Read what I wrote again, Slache. :D. I never said it would cost YOU more! Oops. I'm a little passionate about this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Also, Matt and I could work opposite shifts so we wouldn't have to pay for daycare. We've considered this. This is what we do. It's not especially good for the relationship. Or for teA time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I vote for Slache doing stuff Slache's way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sounds like an alignment problem. When was the last time you had your tires rotated and aligned? It might be time again.You must really know what you are talking about if you could make sense of the gobbledygook I spewed forth. No worries though; DH will fix it. He doesn't like me driving his car because I spill coffee and the boys leave crumbs. So borrowing his car tonight will ensure fixing mine is at the top of his priority list. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 This is what we do. It's not especially good for the relationship. Or for teA time. Or anything. It's sucky. We've done it. I vote for Slache doing stuff Slache's way. :coolgleamA: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) The thing is I don't think he was trying to be mean. I think that is just honestly how bad I look and people are feeling uncomfortable bc they think there's no way you can have your schmidt together and look like this. Everyone who's said anything to me has acted genuinely concerned. I am a frump. I look like a grandma. I am regularly mistaken for a grandma - even for my 20 year old. (Many of my peers are grandmas but of toddlers, not 20 year olds. Though I suppose if I had a child as a teen and they had a child as a teen, it could happen.) Depending on if I've washed my hair or not, or gotten enough sleep or am feeling unwell, I think that I look like a bag lady. I figure it keeps me humble. ;) I'm not in a position time or money or energy wise where I can devote resources to looking more put together. So I make sure that when I open my mouth that I sound like a nice friendly well-read bag lady. Edited September 29, 2017 by Jean in Newcastle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I have been lazy all afternoon. I got into the lemon bars. 😩😩😩. I need to do something to justify my existence. I just don't really want to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I need to remember to load library books tonight so I don't forget them in the fog of the morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Dutifully checking in. :hat: So far, I have driven all over the place trying to get where I needed to be. My GPS broke.Literally. I had printed a map before I left home, but when I got to ready to use it, it was actually useless. The address the hotel uses doesn't actually exist. Well, at least, my GPS doesn't know it. Asked random strangers in gas stations how to get to Wilson. Was finally able to reach my sister, who knew exactly where my hotel was and directed me in. Whew. FYI: In little towns in NC, even Burger King closes at 10. :-o Backgrounds: these siblings and I have the same father, different mothers. I didn't know they existed until I was about 22 or 23yo. I didn't meet them until a couple of years later, when our father kidnapped them from their mother in NC and drove them to California, where I was living at that time. I didn't see any of them until about 20 years later. I've never had them all in the same place at the same time, which might happen tomorrow at the wedding (one of the sisters). Two of the sisters and I talked about Stuff today The older sister (still younger than I) thinks that my father regretted that he wasn't able to get custody of me when he and my mother divorced. I am glad he didn't. He was not a good father, at all. Anyway. Their story and mine and my mother's make quite a soap opera. We should write a book, lol. The wedding is tomorrow. On Sunday, I'll meet a friend I have known since VegSource days, who doesn't live too far from here, then I'll drive to Virginia Beach. Monday I'm going to drive up to Richmond, to see if I can find vital records to fill in details of my mother and father's marriage and divorce, and possible her second marriage. Tuesday and Wednesday my cousin and I are going to the OBX; meeting lots of cousins down there, and going to the Christmas Shop in Manteo, and who knows what else. Thursday I'm going to Williamsburg with a friend from high school, and possibly a member from here. :-) Friday or Saturday might be a trip to Roanoke to meet a friend I knew when we were 11 and 12yo in Corpus Christi, Texas, and maybe one other. Sunday, back to Raleigh; Monday, fly home. Whew! So y'all are my witnesses, in case I disappear and the FBI is looking for me. :hat: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 So y'all are my witnesses, in case I disappear and the FBI is looking for me. :hat: Going to Roanoke might be a bad idea then. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) We're going to the grocery store. Does anyone want anything? I'm not cooking. . . . It's a grocery take out booyah! Edited September 29, 2017 by Jean in Newcastle 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 We're going to the grocery store. Does anyone want anything? I'm not cooking. . . . It's a grocery take out booyah! Matt forgot peanut butter. Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Matt forgot peanut butter. Thanks! crunchy or creamy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 crunchy or creamy? Creamy. Because Babiness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Is home education time consuming? :blink: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ketchupped! I'b sick. I hab a cold. Dd7 was kind enuff to share. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) I am a frump. I look like a grandma. I am regularly mistaken for a grandma - even for my 20 year old. (Many of my peers are grandmas but of toddlers, not 20 year olds. Though I suppose if I had a child as a teen and they had a child as a teen, it could happen.) Depending on if I've washed my hair or not, or gotten enough sleep or am feeling unwell, I think that I look like a bag lady. I figure it keeps me humble. ;) I'm not in a position time or money or energy wise where I can devote resources to looking more put together. So I make sure that when I open my mouth that I sound like a nice friendly well-read bag lady. I have an aunt who became a grandmother at 34. She had a baby at 17; my cousin had a baby at 17. The whole family held its collective breath when the baby turned 17. ;) Edited to resurrect a kitten. Edited September 30, 2017 by Junie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I have been lazy all afternoon. I got into the lemon bars. 😩😩😩. I need to do something to justify my existence. I just don't really want to. No, you already did that all week long. Kick back! It's FRIDAY! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 No, you already did that all week long. Kick back! It's FRIDAY!Too late. I cleaned the bathroom!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Too late. I cleaned the bathroom!! I did not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I'm so happy. I found a local store that sells these gf oatmeal packets that I like. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Okay, which one of you got me sick? #scratchythroat #fadingfast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Junie got me sick. But I forgive her. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 What's sad about this cold? I'll be well by the end of the weekend, and everyone else will get sick before I can catch up on the cleaning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 We're going to the grocery store. Does anyone want anything? I'm not cooking. . . . It's a grocery take out booyah! Ice cream. I want ice cream. Mint chip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 DH went to get me wonton soup. :wub: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Mmm wonton soup; I was craving that last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 We felt like our particular kids would do better being with Mom during the day when they were young and even when older. It's why I stayed home and why I homeschooled. I haven't regretted it. I have found it difficult at times both emotionally and financially. But my kids did well as a result, I think. Would they have done ok with day care and public school? I think that they would have done ok - though I think that Ds would have had Aspie troubles and Dd's health would have been worse. But it's hard to evaluate a road not taken. (Other families don't have my kids and they aren't Dh and me. So I don't evaluate their choices. ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I'm worried about this baby! Relax. Don't do it. We won't. We contemplated it back in the day of early Babiness but between me not driving and other things it was just dumb. Our lives would have been spent working or getting to work or screaming at the kids because we're both so tired of working. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 WE HAVE BABINESS! Luke. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Imma head to bed. Tired, tired, tired. I edited and cut another 300 words or so. But I started out reading the chapter and I knew I couldn't cut much. Way, way too much good stuff in it. :001_smile: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Gf double chocolate brownies (Krusteaz mix) in the oven. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Relax. Don't do it.I was going to quote more of that song, but then I looked up the lyrics and thought, "hmmm, that's not a very family-friendly song". So I decided not to, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I got baby pics. :crying: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I was always really good at misunderstanding lyrics.HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 WE HAVE BABINESS! Luke. :hurray: Congratulations! Welcome, Baby Luke! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 We have double chocolate brownies! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK! Oh great - now I can't remember the actual words! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK! This is the first song I remember hearing on a radio. We were at my mom's friend's house -- I was about 4. IIRC, the words were different on her radio, though. ;) Edit: Nope, I must have been older than 4. So, either I didn't hear this song at that time or my mom was friends with her later than I thought. Hmm. Edited September 30, 2017 by Junie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 See! This could only happen if there really WERE people in the speakers singing the songs!! They could change lyrics if they wanted! I believed there were people in the speakers when I was a kid. I thought they were at the radio station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Antony and Cleopatra were both nuts. For enduring the second half of the play (get on with it!) and the cold, the kids were rewarded with some good death scenes and a live snake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 See! This could only happen if there really WERE people in the speakers singing the songs!! They could change lyrics if they wanted! I believed there were people in the speakers when I was a kid. I thought they were at the radio station. We only had a radio in the car. I didn't think there were people in the car and I didn't realize there was a radio station. I guess I wasn't very smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Eeewwwwwwwww!I know, right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Antony and Cleopatra were both nuts. For enduring the second half of the play (get on with it!) and the cold, the kids were rewarded with some good death scenes and a live snake.I never saw the play, but the real story is insane, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Good Saturday Morning! Ketchupped! I'b sick. I hab a cold. Dd7 was kind enuff to share. :grouphug: Okay, which one of you got me sick?#scratchythroat#fadingfast :grouphug: WE HAVE BABINESS!Luke. :hurray: I was going to quote more of that song, but then I looked up the lyrics and thought, "hmmm, that's not a very family-friendly song". So I decided not to, I don't know that song. HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK! :lol: We have double chocolate brownies!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :hurray: There's a bathroom on the right! :lol: Antony and Cleopatra were both nuts. For enduring the second half of the play (get on with it!) and the cold, the kids were rewarded with some good death scenes and a live snake. I thought you were going to say ice cream. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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