Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I did wake sleeping babies to keep them on a (loose) schedule. Esp. dd who would sleep all day as an infant if I let her. And then scream all night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Focus, people!! Focus!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Focus, people!! Focus!! On what? I prefer my life to be slightly out of focus. ;) It hides the dirt that way. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I guess they’re just an Apple thing. :(. Now their coolness is significantly diminished if I can’t share them with you guys. I can see them on my phone, but not the computer. They're still cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I only posted my thanksgiving story above because it bothers me often around the holidays, and since y'all are my besties, I needed to unload. I'm sorry it bothers you. :grouphug: Their deaths were untimely wrt the situation/not being able to make up, but if their behavior was such that they caused you to make the choice you did, I think you should stop beating yourself up over your decision. It was the best you could do at the time for the sake of the well-being your immediate family. ITT would probably have advised you to do what you did, even, had we been around. My advice would be to focus on THIS holiday, not one way back when. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 On what? I prefer my life to be slightly out of focus. ;) It hides the dirt that way. My life has no dirt. It is pristine. Everything is wonderful and glamorous. :lol: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 My life has too much dirt and too much clutter. Oh, well. I've got most of next week to work on that. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Had a good talk with the boys today about how art can change the world and make people see things they wouldn't have seen otherwise. #whywehomeschool #momsonhersoapboxagain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 :grouphug: Angi. I think sometimes we mourn what might have been as much as what was. Don't know why, but we do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Imma go sweep up some dirt, do some dirty laundry and some dirty dishes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I wake a sleeping baby by opening the door and allowing soft light and family noises to come into the room. It's much less harsh than just waking them and if they *really* need to sleep they will sleep through it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 And I just told them I'm tired of homeschooling people who don't listen or want to make an effort! I'm grumpy. I have also had that talk. :D Right now I have both boys doing math tests and one of them is complaining that Mom breathes too loud. So, yeah. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Our art teacher brought in flowers, so I sketched one, and I have to paint it with watercolor on hot press, and watercolor on cold press. Guess I'd better get started on that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 And I just told them I'm tired of homeschooling people who don't listen or want to make an effort! I'm grumpy.I hear you, honey. I'm tired of homeschooling a certain 11 year old girl who does have trouble learning, but just wants to write down any old answer and gets mad at me when I mark it wrong and try, calmly, to explain it to her. She gets mad at me and refuses to listen or even try to understand. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I am sick of math. I have three that just struggle and struggle. The only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that if they were in public school they would just keep on getting passed along and then they'll end up in junior college chemistry with my friend who teaches it and complains that her students don't even know basic math. At least I stop and remediate until I feel like they get it, 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Acoustic guitar is so soothing. I wish that I had the time to learn. Dh can't teach me not only because he doesn't have the time but he also is left handed and plays a left handed guitar (ie. strung backwards) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Okay, two camellia flowers have been drawn on the appropriate paper. Now I get to ruin them with paint. :o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) :grouphug: Krissi. From the yowling in a certain direction, I anticipate having to soothe a turtle who gets extra snappy when misses math problems on a test. I aim for B scores--he got that. But he's still grumpy. So glad that after math there's just NaNo, and free reading, relaxing and a history video to watch tonight. ETA: It's a curmudgeonly chelonian Booyah! Edited November 16, 2017 by Critterfixer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Sweet Potato Chicken Poppers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 We're going to celebrate my birthday tomorrow. Aspie Ds needs some extra help with the social skills of birthday observing so I told him to get me Theo chocolate. Unless he surprises me and had actually thought some more about this earlier. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Dd has abandoned me for babysitting. Alas, my chores have not abandoned me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Dh had wanted to get an induction range. It was even more expensive than what we got so I said "no". I've been cooking with an induction plate and was starting to wonder if I had made a mistake not going with induction. The induction is so fast! But I have discovered that I have to put my main cookware "just so" to get it to work (because the entire surface isn't magnetic) so now I'm glad that I didn't get an induction. No real point to this but it was an epiphany. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Oh, and I am trying to come down with a cold. Because that's JUST what I need whilst single parenting a short person and a menagerie North Idaho winter style. Susan, what do you think of firing up the helicopter for a quick island escape? Team JJM!! Let's GO! 🚠2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I want cheesy potatoes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (((Paige))) Our prayers are with you! ðŸ«ðŸ·ðŸ¸â˜•ï¸ðŸ¦ðŸªðŸ« I am eating a hunk of cheese and ketchuping while the kids watch a video on Ancient Greece. I just remebered that I have to get a bill in the mail TODAY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 And I just got grumpy with Subway. Dd asked for the italiano melt. I pointed to the sign and asked for it and said the whole name. Italiano melt. The lady proceeds to make it and asks dd what veggies, etc. I asked if that wasn't supposed to be toasted. Because the veggies were already on it by this point. She said Honey they're only toasted if you ask or if it's a melt. I pointed out the sign which said italiano melt. She looked back and said well they're not toasted unless you ask. Dd just said it's fine let's go. I'm still angry. Can't beat stupid. The lady was super sweet about it though. Our local Subway is only staffed by surly people. I swear that they give them a personality test and only hire the surly ones. . . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Decaf tea is made. Chores are done. Not cooking tonight. NaNo...go! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Sigh. The induction plate would not boil water for pasta. It just WOULD NOT. The water got hot. I could see steam. But 20 minutes on the burner and no boil at all. So I transferred everything to the microwave and am trying to do it there only the instructions I'm following aren't quite working. Double sigh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I changed my mind. I think I'll make biscuits and gravy for dinner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Nuts! The bill was due today. More coffee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Way to focus, Angi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Dd14 has 28,400 words. I can't even imagine writing that much! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Well, that was a colossal waste of time and ingredients. The huge congealed lump of pasta has been tossed. The microwave has been totally cleaned out. And now it is plan C. This is one way to diet. . . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 MIL has asked us to provide music for the Christmas Eve service. Just 2 songs, though - I'll do a violin solo and the kids will sing something. At least we are not having to do the whole service and not being advertised as being "greater than any show you could see in NYC". That was beyond horrible. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Dd14 has 28,400 words. I can't even imagine writing that much! :hurray: :party: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Well, that was a colossal waste of time and ingredients. The huge congealed lump of pasta has been tossed. The microwave has been totally cleaned out. And now it is plan C. This is one way to diet. . . Well, at least you know what won't work on your induction plate... :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 No, I can NOT fix the cheap plastic slinky prize from the hair cut place. But I made you practice your reading. Mwahahaha!* *This post was directed at my irritating and whiny precious gift from above, dd7. The rest of you, feel free to carry on with your lives. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 It did make her laugh, fwiw. :laugh: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I want an induction cooktop so badly!! Thanks, Jean for making me want it less. It actually wouldn’t be magical and the solution to all my problems. Unicorns use induction cooktops, though. It’s a little known fact... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) GO AWAY. I"m talking to YOU, missy. (Not you.... just my offspring, again.) Edited November 16, 2017 by Lotsoflittleducklings 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 She's gone and joined a song-and-dance troupe. Really. Apparently ds10 went down to the piano a few minutes ago and composed a piece entitled "The Wealthy Scottish Prince." Now three of them are marching behind him singing it. Methinks it's time for spelling. :001_rolleyes: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Nuts! The bill was due today. More coffee! Can you call them and see if they will take a check over the phone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I just commented to a co-worker that she looks fantastic and super skinny. I know she has been losing weight, so I wanted to give her a little pat on the back to make her feel good, ya know? Well, she told me that she has lost 107 pounds in the last 3 years, and that's with a pregnancy stuck in there!! I had no idea she had lost that much. The best part, to me, is that she is seemingly also a HAPPIER, NICER person, and not so mean. But I didn't tell her that part. :leaving: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Ds10 has completed 3 math problems in 2 hours! :cursing: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Ds10 has completed 3 math problems in 2 hours! This was my DS yesterday. Apparently he kept getting distracted. I asked what was disctracting him, and he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" Le sigh. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The nut bill??Only the Nuts who are my children. Can you call them and see if they will take a check over the phone? It's not an emergency, really. Just an installment of a children's choir payment. But you have to mail it in. I suspect they'll overlook it this time, but I hate being late with those things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 This was my DS yesterday. Apparently he kept getting distracted. I asked what was disctracting him, and he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" Le sigh. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Time to make dinner. Again. I'm cheating and making pasta. Again. :coolgleamA: Dd13 is planning to make this tomorrow for dessert. I'll let you know how it turns out. :drool5: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 My parents are coming today. They are staying for 10 nights. :svengo: I will take all the chocolate and bourbon you have now...just pass it over. But really, I am determined to be nice and patient and do things differently this time. I will have a mantra in my head about how they are old and we never know how long life will be. I have tried to sufficiently lower their expectations, so hopefully they will be more patient as well. I have things to do and don't want to do anything but sit on my butt or maybe go sleep with Baby. But I will do all of some of the things! I spilled my coffee all over my last cozy, warm shirt. I need coffee before I can try to drink my coffee! :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: You can lower their expectations even more by greeting them in just your bra, explaining how you really need to do laundry.... (j/k) (unless you really want to, and then I'm serious) :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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