Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Nope. Less real chocolate and a lot of artificial. Or, maybe I'm just spoiled. No, I think you are right. The last one I had was yucky. I do have a recipe for GF Cupcakes with cream filling and chocolate frosting that the boys want to make. Or to eat. I'm trying to get them to see the connection. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Here's one.... http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/546042-american-literature-happy-uplifting/?hl=%2Bdark+%2Bliterature&do=findComment&comment=6256370 (thread seeking happy, uplifting American literature....) Edited January 10, 2018 by Another Lynn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 No, I think you are right. The last one I had was yucky. I do have a recipe for GF Cupcakes with cream filling and chocolate frosting that the boys want to make. Or to eat. I'm trying to get them to see the connection. Critter! Hope you're feeling well enough to enjoy another day of R&R, but not so energized that you actually get up and do things! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am on drugs this morning. I held out until five. The pain medication makes me itch unmercifully. I knew it would, but there's no help for it. So I scratched in my passed out state until three, woke up around four, held out until five and then had to take something because I was tearing up. Things hurt quite a lot. Better now. I'm hoping I can cut back to twice a day tomorrow. The boys have done most of the chores without too much complaining. They are good boys. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Here's one.... http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/546042-american-literature-happy-uplifting/?hl=%2Bdark+%2Bliterature&do=findComment&comment=6256370 (thread seeking happy, uplifting American literature....) Here's another one, more general, not just American Lit. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/485846-high-school-literature-suggestions-that-arent-so-dark-and-depressing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I’ve pretty much gone off TWTM with this kid. I’ve been looking at some 9th grade reading lists on the Web. DS who is in B&M school read Animal Farm last semester. It’s on all the lists, but I think it’s ridiculous. DS had no idea what it was about, (he still doesn’t, even after reading it) and I remember reading it as a freshman and actually cheering for the pigs until I realized they were the bad guys. In theory, communism sounds great. And so, unless a kid has some kind of background on political theory....I really don’t think Animal Farm is the best choice. One list had The Yearling, which I haven’t read, yet looked good. DS’s might like it. A couple lists had “The Hound of the Baskerville†which I think would be a good choice, too. Books and authors I remember reading when I was in junior and senior high (not all of them required by the school, and in no particular order): Jim Kjelgaard Walter Farley James Herriott Where the Red Fern Grows Louisa May Alcott A Patchwork Child Dick Francis (a bit more adult that my parents realized) Mary Stewart Curse of the Concullens -- required for a high school English class as an example of Gothic lit. A very stereotypical Gothic story, deliberately written that way by the author. A real hoot to read! 1984 (read for high school English in 1980) Pearl S. Buck John Steinbeck Slaughterhouse 5 lots and lots of tall tales -- please do not neglect tall tales in high school! O. Henry -- so worth it! Mark Twain Jack London Emily Dickenson (please read poetry, too!) Robert Frost (my third favorite poet, after Emily D. and Robert Louis Stevenson!) Shel Silverstein Terry Pratchett Hemingway Edgar Allen Poe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Critter! Hope you're feeling well enough to enjoy another day of R&R, but not so energized that you actually get up and do things! No worries about me jumping around and doing stuff. I handled the light stuff this morning and then sat down to drink my tea. The boys are handling all the major stuff. ETA: Post-surgical-lazy-day Booyah! Edited January 10, 2018 by Critterfixer 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am on drugs this morning. I held out until five. The pain medication makes me itch unmercifully. I knew it would, but there's no help for it. So I scratched in my passed out state until three, woke up around four, held out until five and then had to take something because I was tearing up. Things hurt quite a lot. Better now. I'm hoping I can cut back to twice a day tomorrow. The boys have done most of the chores without too much complaining. They are good boys. I'm sorry! That's not quite the R&R I had imagined for you. Hope everything lessens today! (I know you've shared the itching side effect with us before, but I have forgotten....does benedryl help?) :grouphug: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I'm sorry! That's not quite the R&R I had imagined for you. Hope everything lessens today! (I know you've shared the itching side effect with us before, but I have forgotten....does benedryl help?) :grouphug: Benedryl does help the itching, but it drugs me up so bad that I just sort of lay there and hope I don't stop breathing. Best thing I can do is get off the danged stuff as soon as it is prudent to do so. I'm going to do some ice today for the inflammation. That ought to help more than anything. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good morning! Breakfast is ready - Greek yogurt with blueberries and granola (and/or cheerios), coffee. Hints of a snowstorm on Friday. This would put a major kink in pretty much everything we have planned. :glare: Coffee! Yes, nearly 60 degrees expected today, and 20s with snow this weekend. :hurray: for 50s. :glare: for 20s. The only Park Day we can make this month is this Friday. Right in time for colder and wetter weather here, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am on drugs this morning. I held out until five. The pain medication makes me itch unmercifully. I knew it would, but there's no help for it. So I scratched in my passed out state until three, woke up around four, held out until five and then had to take something because I was tearing up. Things hurt quite a lot. Better now. I'm hoping I can cut back to twice a day tomorrow. The boys have done most of the chores without too much complaining. They are good boys. :hurray: :hurray: for good boys. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: for all the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am going to try to go to painting tomorrow. I'm not allowed to drive until next week, but DH will drive me to class on Thursday and work on Saturday. I hope to be off the strong drugs by Friday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good Morning! (((Critterfixer))) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am going to try to go to painting tomorrow. I'm not allowed to drive until next week, but DH will drive me to class on Thursday and work on Saturday. I hope to be off the strong drugs by Friday. Painting good. Don't tax yourself physically at work any more than you have to. :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 They misspelled pantz. Hmph. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 If it helps, in my freshman year of public high school, we read The Chosen, Romeo and Juliet, Ender's Game, and Of Mice and Men. That's all that was assigned. My super cool lit teacher gave up his study hall time and his personal copy of Dante's Inferno to help me read through it. Just because I wanted to. Because nerd. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) More gentle, non-squeezy :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: for Critter. On the lit front, Krissi, I am no help. J We have had almost a week of warm weather and now have about 8 inches of slush on the ground. Apparently, we have a snowstorm coming here, too, Susan; 6-10 inches on Thursday. :ohmy: And there was more, but I forgot. :mellow: Edited January 10, 2018 by JoJosMom 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I have a growing list of AFSA stuff to shop for today. :glare: DH will say I'm overdoing it getting Dad's place ready, but I'm prepping for him being able to settle in and function for the first day or two after we get there, before we unload and unpack what he's bringing with us. So, yes, dishes (just a few, from our cabinets). Yes, O'Doul's, apple juice, and Wasa. Yes, hand soap and dish soap and TP and paper towels. And plenty of bottled water. Dad will have a toiletries bag with him as he comes for the overnight stay(s) in hotels on the drive down, so I am not supplying toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. Dad will be able to get meals in the dining room, but he will also have a few of his favorite consumables at hand in his apartment when he gets there. And a few of the AFSA things are for us. Music class this afternoon, the first one since before my December trip, and the only lesson the girls will get before I return with Dad. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 They misspelled pantz. Hmph. Yesterday I gave DD13 permission to hang out in her bed all day, so long as she put on some pajama pants in case she needed to run from a house fire while I was out. She put on shorts under her (long) nightshirt. Oh well. The requirement was fulfilled, even if it wasn't obvious. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 For high school English we do a lot of literature appreciation and not so much analysis. This is what we have done thus far: Introduction to Literature -- (8th grade) American Lit -- Brit Lit -- World Lit I -- Fairy Tales, Fables, Epic Stories, Myths World Lit II -- Whatever We Missed in the Other Classes My 3 high schoolers love to read and read a lot. I'm looking for ds17's reading lists and I'll post them for you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Wednesday!!👠Critter, hope you are feeling better. Make sure you take it easy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 American Literature Rip Van Winkle – Washington Irving Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God – Jonathan Edwards The Bay Psalm Book (selections) Verses Upon the Burning of Our House… -- Anne Bradstreet On Being Brought from Africa to America – Phyllis Wheatley The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Of Plymouth Plantation – William Bradford The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County – Samuel L. Clemens The Slave Singing at Midnight – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Sifting of Peter – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poor Richard’s Almanac (selections) – Benjamin Franklin Common Sense – Thomas Paine (excerpt) Poetry Selections – Edgar Allan Poe Moby Dick – Herman Melville Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain Pudd’nhead Wilson – Mark Twain The Ransom of Red Chief – O. Henry Spoon River Anthology (selections) – Edgar Lee Masters Poetry Selections – Robert Frost Poetry Selections – Carl Sandburg Poetry Selections – e.e. cummings The Pearl – John Steinbeck Poverty in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl (selections) Rappaccini’s Daughter – Nathaniel Hawthorne The Princess and the Brownie – Louisa May Alcott To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Poetry Rocks: Early American Poetry Poetry Rocks: Modern American Poetry Bernice Bobs Her Hair – F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – F. Scott Fitzgerald The Most Dangerous Game The Milk Pitcher The Ambitious Guest The Catbird Seat The L1,000,000 Bank Note A Piece of Steak The Luck of Roaring Camp The Cask of Amontillado 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) If it helps, in my freshman year of public high school, we read The Chosen, Romeo and Juliet, Ender's Game, and Of Mice and Men. That's all that was assigned. My super cool lit teacher gave up his study hall time and his personal copy of Dante's Inferno to help me read through it. Just because I wanted to. Because nerd. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk More gentle, non-squeezy :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: for Critter. We have had almost a week of warm weather and now have about 8 inches of slush on the ground. Apparently, we have a snowstorm coming here, too, Susan; 6-10 inches on Thursday. :ohmy: And there was more, but I forgot. :mellow: See, and my poor 8th grader is the complete opposite. At this point in life, he’s devouring “Diary of a Wimpy Kid†books and that is all he reads. Anything else we have to read together. We are going through CLE’s reading program, which I think is really good. Their reader has excellent selections, and the corresponding Light Unit does a good job, I think, of literary analysis. But they only do 2 years of lit in high school. DS is currently doing the 7th grade book, and I’m going to have him do the 8th grade curriculum as a 9th grader, but I would like to include some classic novels also. And it doesn’t have to be a lot. I’m thinking maybe 3-4 during the school year, but I want them to be something he will enjoy and understand. Edited January 10, 2018 by KrissiK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) British Literature The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Time Machine – H.G. Wells Emma (dvd) The Screwtape Letters (audiodrama) Beowulf Canterbury Tales – prologue plus literature guide Emma -- dvd Silas Marner (Eliot) audio drama Christmas Carol audio drama Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll) Treasure Island (Stevenson) Jungle Book (Kipling) Sherlock Holmes short story mysteries (Doyle) Peter Pan (Barrie) Animal Farm (Orwell) plus lit guide Tale of Two Cities (Dickens) plus lit guide Macbeth plus literature guide plus movie The Hobbit Trilogy dvd The Lord of the Rings Trilogy dvd West Side Story (Romeo and Juliet) dvd Gnomeo and Juliet dvd Early British Poetry – Poetry Rocks Modern British Poetry – Poetry Rocks Chaucer and His World Edited January 10, 2018 by Junie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 World Lit (partial list -- ds17 hasn't completed this course yet) Three Musketeers – Dumas World Poetry – Poetry Rocks! Series (excerpts) The Old Testament The New Testament Julius Caesar – Shakespeare (dvd) The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Nightingale and The Rose, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infants, The Star-Child, The Fisherman and His Soul -- Oscar Wilde The Odyssey -- Homer The Illiad – Homer 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Verne The Swiss Family Robinson The Iliad The Odyssey Journey to the Center of the Earth King Solomon’s Mines 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends, and Myths Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen (complete works) Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales Fairy Tales of the Orient – Pearl Buck Cinderella Stories Smoky Mountain Rose Cinderella -- San Jose Gift of the Crocodile -- Sierra Cinderella’s Dress -- Willard Bubba the Cowboy Prince Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Ella’s Big Chance The Jeweled Slipper (from The Beggar in the Blanket) Cindy Ellen Cinderella -- Fowles Rough-Face Girl Cinderella Stories from Around the World -- Meister The Golden Slipper -- Pirotta Ella Enchanted Fairest Snow Queen Legends and Myths Sir Gawain – Morpurgo Merlin -- dvd Norse Mythology Redmond Myths and Mythology Myths and Legends – Horowitz Myths & Legends – Parker Fables and Riddles Aesop’s Fables -- Townsreend Anglo Saxon riddles (selections) – internet Epic Stories Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Star Wars: Episodes I-VI Pourquoi Tales How the Rooster Got His Crown Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears How Thunder and Lightning Came to Be Just So Stories Folk Tales East of the Sun, West of the Moon 12 Clever Brothers and Other Fools The Monkey’s Haircut Castles and Dragons Grandfather Tales Princesses and Peasant Boys Cavalcade of Dragons 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Pardon my long lists... (I was a high school English teacher in my former life and I hated the curriculum I had to use (Abeka). I wanted my own kids to read whole works and not have to answer a bazillion questions about everything. I want my kids to love reading and to read good books. So far it's working. We'll see what happens when they get to college, though... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 One interesting side effect of the drugs is that the turtles really can't upset me at all. Rum-tum-tiddle-tum-pom and so forth. :laugh: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I really liked The Reader's Odyssey as a good approach to literature for all kinds of readers. There is a another book--The Holding Tank, I think--for middle school readers that I also like. I think it would be good with a really reluctant reader who needs help getting ready for doing literary analysis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I love your lists, Junie! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thank you for reminding me I need to fulfill my defensive driving course requirement. Must get this done before returning to Colorado to pack up Dad, simply so I don't forget for too long. Did you get it done yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I washed my hair. I feel pretty proud of myself. I'll deal with the rest of the goat later today. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I love your lists, Junie! I do, too!! Thanks, Junie!! I really liked The Reader's Odyssey as a good approach to literature for all kinds of readers. There is a another book--The Holding Tank, I think--for middle school readers that I also like. I think it would be good with a really reluctant reader who needs help getting ready for doing literary analysis. I just ordered “Readers Odysseyâ€. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Pardon my long lists... (I was a high school English teacher in my former life and I hated the curriculum I had to use (Abeka). I wanted my own kids to read whole works and not have to answer a bazillion questions about everything. I want my kids to love reading and to read good books. So far it's working. We'll see what happens when they get to college, though... We used A Beka readers for a long time and the kids seemed to like them all right, but we all really like CLE better. And the light units do a better job of literary Analysis. They don’t Do a ton of comprehension questions, but go over theme, literary devices, vocabulary, study skills, and even logic (some of the stuff we’d been going over in “The Fallacy Detectiveâ€). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 We used A Beka readers for a long time and the kids seemed to like them all right, but we all really like CLE better. And the light units do a better job of literary Analysis. They don’t Do a ton of comprehension questions, but go over theme, literary devices, vocabulary, study skills, and even logic (some of the stuff we’d been going over in “The Fallacy Detectiveâ€). I really like CLE. I think it's an underappreciated gem. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I wonder if your ds would like Ray Bradbury’s short stories? And if he's interested, I know someone who would be delighted to discuss them. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) I gave blood. I got Fig Newtons. :D I saw my old boss (he hired me, was here 6 months before retiring); he came to donate blood. He's praying for me. He hopes I don't mind. I need more coffee. But first - water. DS doesn't want to move to Florida. Sink holes, hurricanes, heat, critters, friends, blah, blah, blah. He's 11. What does he know? ;) My sandwich for lunch has yummy bread. I am wearing pantz. Edited January 10, 2018 by ikslo 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I gave blood. I got Fig Newtons. :D I saw my old boss (he hired me, was here 6 months before retiring); he came to donate blood. He's praying for me. He hopes I don't mind. I need more coffee. But first - water. DS doesn't want to move to Florida. Sink holes, hurricanes, heat, critters, friends, blah, blah, blah. He's 11. What does he know? ;) My sandwich for lunch has yummy bread. I am wearing pantz. I would need prayers if I were giving blood. :laugh: :leaving: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Edpoish? Ventish? The honeymoon is over with pawning off dd’s math on dh. Dh’s estimate for how long he would spend each night are way off. He was thinking 8:45 and it keeps being more like 9:45 bc he won’t stop explaining until he’s really sure she gets it. Which is a good quality in a math teacher, but I want to watch White Collar with dh and snuggle a bit before bed and I am not a night owl. And she was super cranky this morning that I got her up at 7:30. I felt like saying, “When I was your age I always went to bed at ten and I got up at SIX thirty!†I seem to be biting back an awful lot of sentences starting with “when I was your ageâ€or “if you were in ps...â€. 😒 :grouphug: Spuds. Maybe the time with shorten as she gets more comfortable with the material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I gave blood. I got Fig Newtons. :D I saw my old boss (he hired me, was here 6 months before retiring); he came to donate blood. He's praying for me. He hopes I don't mind. I need more coffee. But first - water. DS doesn't want to move to Florida. Sink holes, hurricanes, heat, critters, friends, blah, blah, blah. He's 11. What does he know? ;) My sandwich for lunch has yummy bread. I am wearing pantz. I love Fig Newtons. I hope you ate one for me! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I love Fig Newtons. I hope you ate one for me! I grabbed a pack first thing in the morning, ate a pack after giving blood, and took one for the road! The last pack is sitting on my desk calling to me. "Eat me! C'mon, you know you want to." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good morning. I need to feed the cat. He is complaining loudly from downstairs and I can still hear him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (((Critter))) I am feeling a little wary about your trip out of the house tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (((Critter))) I am feeling a little wary about your trip out of the house tomorrow. Oh, Larks. Do I sound that drugged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I need the weather to make a decision. 5 degrees colder on Friday and the mid-state orchestra conference and dd11's friend's sleepover will be cancelled. 5 degrees warmer and it might just be rain. Right in the middle means rain to start but ice by 9:30pm when we have to drive home from rehearsals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I need the weather to make a decision. 5 degrees colder on Friday and the mid-state orchestra conference and dd11's friend's sleepover will be cancelled. 5 degrees warmer and it might just be rain. Right in the middle means rain to start but ice by 9:30pm when we have to drive home from rehearsals. I saw the weather map for y'all. It does look dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Oh, Larks. Do I sound that drugged? No :D But if you need the drugs, you might not be ready for so much activity? That's what I am thinking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I gave blood. I got Fig Newtons. :D I saw my old boss (he hired me, was here 6 months before retiring); he came to donate blood. He's praying for me. He hopes I don't mind. I need more coffee. But first - water. DS doesn't want to move to Florida. Sink holes, hurricanes, heat, critters, friends, blah, blah, blah. He's 11. What does he know? ;) My sandwich for lunch has yummy bread. I am wearing pantz. Are these general prayers, or did I miss something? As for DS, I'm with him. I spent half my childhood in Florida, and you couldn't pay me to live there. It is, on the other hand, a great place to visit. In the winter. Only in the winter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I need the weather to make a decision. 5 degrees colder on Friday and the mid-state orchestra conference and dd11's friend's sleepover will be cancelled. 5 degrees warmer and it might just be rain. Right in the middle means rain to start but ice by 9:30pm when we have to drive home from rehearsals. :sad: I hope it gets colder. I hate ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 No :D But if you need the drugs, you might not be ready for so much activity? That's what I am thinking. It's possible. If I don't feel up to it, I won't go. I'm really just now about 24 hours post-op. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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