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[lanalouwho 9,234]

My adventurous old lady dog has once again found her way out of the yard. I swear this dog is making me crazy. I worry about her so much.

ETA: I shouldn't be worried. She probably found a nice elderly person to feed her treats and she will come home on her own. But she's not as spritely as she used to be, and every time she gets out, I think this may be the time she never comes back.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

11 minutes ago, lanalouwho said:

My adventurous old lady dog has once again found her way out of the yard. I swear this dog is making me crazy. I worry about her so much.

ETA: I shouldn't be worried. She probably found a nice elderly person to feed her treats and she will come home on her own. But she's not as spritely as she used to be, and every time she gets out, I think this may be the time she never comes back.

Do you know where she's getting out? 

[lanalouwho 9,234]

2 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

Do you know where she's getting out? 

Not this time. Everytime I find her escape route and fix it, she finds a new way. She's a resourceful little thing.

[prairiewindmomma 33,152]

Speaking of resourceful little things... 

Don’t read this if you are eating.

 

Seriously, put down the food.

 

 

 

The oven installer is here and we discovered a ton of mouse poo and a hole a mouse ate up through the flooring to reach a covered space under my oven.

 

Dying here. Seriously freaked out. They are patching the hole before the new oven goes in.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

((Prairie))  Want to borrow my cat?  (Though seriously, this scaredy cat would be scared of a mouse.)

[Critterfixer 54,461]

I have a good young mouser here. Actually, I should loan Prairie my evil rooster. He killed a mouse yesterday and the hens played keep-away for hours.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

I been messin' with the bees. We caught two swarms and boxed them both. We got lucky. The wind was strong today and the swarms were both close to the ground.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

I almost didn't suit up for these swarms. It's so hot today! And swarms are nearly always good tempered...but not always.

[Tsuga 19,748]

9 hours ago, AMJ said:

I have some old plaques and desktop clutter (stand-up plaque-like thingies spouting company values or slogans and the like) from my time years ago working for a corporation.  These things are essentially meaningless; they won't help me in the future if I wanted to return to work and they aren't things I want to have decorating my home.  What does one do with such things?  Just chuck them into the trash?

It's going to be you or some relative decades from now...

9 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:

I trashed mine.  For the trophies where I could peel off the brass label, I did that and donated them---they can often be reused by cub scouts or whatever during pinewood derbies.

You could always photograph them if you want a record.

19 minutes ago, myblessings4 said:

Have we seen Luuknam lately?

No.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Junie 50,334]

I never did get a nap today, although I did try for an hour before dinner.

One of the girls took 2 1/2 hours to take a 20 minute math test.  I'm about 3/4 of the way through a second book for the week.  I got a bunch of 99 cent books in the mail last week -- just in time!

Hamburgers for dinner.

Cleaned some kitchen cabinets.

And I found out that the script for my medication is expired and I only have one injection left.  This gives me two weeks to get this figured out.  Sigh.

And that, for the most part, was my day.

:)

[Tsuga 19,748]

Two call backs! Woohoo! And one "we'll find you something"!!!

[Junie 50,334]

Oh, and the book I finished today was excellent.  Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero.

[Tsuga 19,748]

19 minutes ago, Junie said:

 

And I found out that the script for my medication is expired and I only have one injection left.  This gives me two weeks to get this figured out.  Sigh.

And that, for the most part, was my day.

:)

D:

[Junie 50,334]

3 minutes ago, Tsuga said:

D:

I know, right.

The pharmacy called right in the middle of our horrendously long testing session (when I was supposed to be napping) to let me know that they could not refill the script because my doctor had not responded to their requests for new prescription.

I called the doctor's office myself, but it's part of a large hospital system and really difficult to get through to the right person.

My next injection is on Monday and then I'm out.

I may need some bazooka power and elephant ninjas if they don't figure it out soon. ;)

[Critterfixer 54,461]

Imma bed soon. Zzzzzzzzz.

[Tsuga 19,748]

I'm so tired. I think I'm PMS. All the time.

 

Edit: not really. Just feels like it start so early. :P

[AMJ 31,946]

5 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:

Speaking of resourceful little things... 

Don’t read this if you are eating.

 

Seriously, put down the food.

 

 

 

The oven installer is here and we discovered a ton of mouse poo and a hole a mouse ate up through the flooring to reach a covered space under my oven.

 

Dying here. Seriously freaked out. They are patching the hole before the new oven goes in.

 

4 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

((Prairie))  Want to borrow my cat?  (Though seriously, this scaredy cat would be scared of a mouse.)

 

(((Prairie)))

She can borrow my cat.  My cat will hunt those meeces!

[AMJ 31,946]

53 minutes ago, Junie said:

I never did get a nap today, although I did try for an hour before dinner.

One of the girls took 2 1/2 hours to take a 20 minute math test.  I'm about 3/4 of the way through a second book for the week.  I got a bunch of 99 cent books in the mail last week -- just in time!

Hamburgers for dinner.

Cleaned some kitchen cabinets.

And I found out that the script for my medication is expired and I only have one injection left.  This gives me two weeks to get this figured out.  Sigh.

And that, for the most part, was my day.

:)

 

Likety and ((Junie))

My pharmacy switched my regular prescriptions over to 90-day refills when I inquired about that this evening.  They discovered doing so would drop the copay on all but one of this bunch to $0!  And the one that didn't drop was Levothyroxine and didn't cost much.

 

[AMJ 31,946]

(((Tsuga, too)))

[ikslo 31,844]

3 hours ago, myblessings4 said:

Have we seen Luuknam lately?

She liked some old posts the other day...

[ikslo 31,844]

1 hour ago, Tsuga said:

Two call backs! Woohoo! And one "we'll find you something"!!!

Yay!!!   Go Tsuga.  Atta girl!

DH just got a, “We don’t have an opening so let’s create one!”  Woot.  He’s just waiting on the call from HR.

[prairiewindmomma 33,152]

1.5 tubes of caulk later, the holes are all filled.

I have no idea how old that damage is—we have seen no other evidence since we moved in so I don’t think it’s an active problem—but we will be calling a contractor to deal with the crawl space to make sure there are no other issues (we need to replace the vapor barrier) and we will be calling an exterminator. 

[lots of little ducklings 17,514]

On 4/16/2018 at 12:45 PM, Paige said:

Which dress for DH's retirement ceremony? Or neither? Are both too young? Don't go stealing them out from under me before I make a decision...Dress 1 seems more springy and light and I don't have any other white dressy outfits. Dress 2 seems like a more forgiving cut if the fit is off, but I have a lot of navy. I have another dress in this brand/size that fits so I think they'll be ok but it's hard to know for sure. 

https://www.thredup.com/product/women-milly-casual-dress/26104199

https://www.thredup.com/product/women-milly-casual-dress/36057709

In case you haven't already picked one, I love....them both.  

 

#felpful

#alsolikethredup

[prairiewindmomma 33,152]

1 hour ago, Junie said:

I know, right.

The pharmacy called right in the middle of our horrendously long testing session (when I was supposed to be napping) to let me know that they could not refill the script because my doctor had not responded to their requests for new prescription.

I called the doctor's office myself, but it's part of a large hospital system and really difficult to get through to the right person.

My next injection is on Monday and then I'm out.

I may need some bazooka power and elephant ninjas if they don't figure it out soon. ;)

Based on my experience, they absolutely have the ability to overnight a rx to you. Just tell them you are out and you will be in a wheelchair without your meds.

I have been dealing with a similar problem. 

[Susan in TN 71,362]

7 hours ago, AMJ said:

 

Which recipes are you looking at?

Mostly ones on theyummylife.com and trailcooking.com.  Since our next trip will be 3 nights instead of just 1, We'll need to work on cutting down the weight of food as much as possible.  

7 hours ago, AMJ said:

 

You sound like they left some cotton in.

Foo-eeahh!

I think they must have numbed her fingers!

[Susan in TN 71,362]

How'd the big meeting go, Jean?  

[lots of little ducklings 17,514]

I'm tucked into bed and finally getting a moment to ketchup.  :-)

It's vacation week for us, which isn't very exciting as it's mostly just me trying to accomplish stuff while everyone builds forts in every corner of the house.  But I did manage to get the clothing inventories for spring/summer done, and most of the clothing needs purchased (online).  Also, I was asked to coordinate my daughters' dresses with their cousin's new dress for a professional family photo we are having at my parents' 50th celebration, and managed to find two dresses in our hand-me-down bin that will work for the two younger girls.  Only need to purchase something for oldest dd. Yay!

I also tackled Mount Washmore.  

And cleaned out my very messy closet.  Tomorrow, maybe the crawlspace.  

 

Or maybe not.

 

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Council was packed. Fortunately I went early and snagged a seat. Also fortunately I was early enough to work out how to put up my PowerPoint presentation (actually Sway) before the meeting. 90% of the audience agreed with my stance and broke out in applause and cheers when I finished. Which technically is against the rules but it was a passionate crowd.  Then in what I thought was a really odd development, when the three people who disagreed with everyone else got up, instead of directing their comments to the council like they are supposed to, they turned and spoke directly to me specifically which felt really weird.

I had to leave in the middle of the council discussion which was after the public comment period to pick up  dd. Hopefully someone will fill me in on what happens. 

[KrissiK 65,069]

11 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

Council was packed. Fortunately I went early and snagged a seat. Also fortunately I was early enough to work out how to put up my PowerPoint presentation (actually Sway) before the meeting. 90% of the audience agreed with my stance and broke out in applause and cheers when I finished. Which technically is against the rules but it was a passionate crowd.  Then in what I thought was a really odd development, when the three people who disagreed with everyone else got up, instead of directing their comments to the council like they are supposed to, they turned and spoke directly to me specifically which felt really weird.

I had to leave in the middle of the council discussion which was after the public comment period to pick up  dd. Hopefully someone will fill me in on what happens. 

Jeannie for President!!!

woohooo!!! 

Go get ‘em, girlfriend!!!

vote ITT!! The only party that makes sense!!

Our Motto: Semper ubi sub ubi!!

[KrissiK 65,069]

4 hours ago, myblessings4 said:

Have we seen Luuknam lately?

I know. Has she been around since The Great Blackout of 2018?

[KrissiK 65,069]

You can borrow my cat, too, Prairie!! She’s a good mouser. And she also catches lizards. That part I don’t like. I like lizards.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

14 minutes ago, KrissiK said:

I know. Has she been around since The Great Blackout of 2018?

She did check in. I have texted her but haven’t gotten a response yet. 

[Paige 17,077]

1 hour ago, lots of little ducklings said:

In case you haven't already picked one, I love....them both.  

 

#felpful

#alsolikethredup

Not #felpful...

I went with neither and got a navy one in the same style as the white one. It was half the price. I liked the white one better but I like saving money even more. 

 

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Day 93 done 

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

We won!  Hip hip hooray for the little guy!

[Junie 50,334]

Good Morning!

[Junie 50,334]

Jeannie, How is Tech Support?  I woke up this morning thinking about him.  Is his fever gone?

[Susan in TN 71,362]

Good morning!  It's humph day!

Three cheers for Jean!

Today I get to plant my Black-eyed Susans, and lavender, and echinacea.  Kids have misc. lessons to do.  Dd9 is super excited that she only has 12 pages of math to do.  Dd11 is frustrated that she has many many more days of math to do.  Tomorrow is dd15's last day of tutorial.  I'm so happy about that!

Coffee!

 

[Susan in TN 71,362]

I think there is a new person in charge of editing our church bulletin and weekly email.  Twice now this week they have had the wrong date on them - Sunday's bulletin said "April 8th" and this morning's email says "April 4th".  :D

[Another Lynn 44,439]

Good Wednesday Morning!  Youngest and I survived the 4-hour swim team banquet last night.  Whew! 

[Another Lynn 44,439]

1 minute ago, Susan in TN said:

I think there is a new person in charge of editing our church bulletin and weekly email.  Twice now this week they have had the wrong date on them - Sunday's bulletin said "April 8th" and this morning's email says "April 4th".  :D

Perhaps Slache's former trainee moved to TN?  LOL.         j/k

[Another Lynn 44,439]

Luuknam where are you!?  We need to turn around and march straight back until we find Luuknam!  No ITT'er left behind.

[Another Lynn 44,439]

Ed Po:

Have we talked about The Reader's Odyssey here?  It's a short book (140 pages) about doing an individualized literature program for homeschool.  I like the goals, the attitude, and the approach very much.  Has anyone else read it?

[Junie 50,334]

4 minutes ago, Another Lynn said:

Ed Po:

Have we talked about The Reader's Odyssey here?  It's a short book (140 pages) about doing an individualized literature program for homeschool.  I like the goals, the attitude, and the approach very much.  Has anyone else read it?

I've not heard of this before, but it sounds very much like my approach to literature.

Dd13's literature list is going to look very different compared to ds17's, for example.  (Dd15's list is going to include nearly everything from both their lists.  She will read almost anything.)

I don't require as much analysis as I should, so the book might be a good read for me to figure out how to fit that in.

[Another Lynn 44,439]

I feel like its approach to analysis is also very gentle.  I really like it.  (Though I've only read it so far, not implemented it, lol.) 

I discussed it with 14yo dd yesterday and have started brainstorming a list of possible literature for next year.  I will scale it back somewhat because she will do Byline (from Clearwater Press) as her primary English credit.  

ETA:  It's an ED PO BOOYAH!!!!!

[Carolina Wren 18,671]

🙃

Edited October 2, 2020 by Carolina Wren

[Critterfixer 54,461]

1 hour ago, Another Lynn said:

Ed Po:

Have we talked about The Reader's Odyssey here?  It's a short book (140 pages) about doing an individualized literature program for homeschool.  I like the goals, the attitude, and the approach very much.  Has anyone else read it?

I have it. I like the approach, too. It might be a little too involved for me, but I do like the student having some say in the literature choices. That said, there are some things I want my boys to read regardless of personal preferences. Still, I think those books are better done with buddy reading. I certainly wouldn't have picked out some of the short stories I read, but some of them have had a formative effect on my writing. 

So targeted, yes, but there's also room for reading widely things you like and things you hate. You never know where your literature tastes will lead you in the end.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

Ed-Po

Lynn reminds me that I need to write out what I want to do with my approach to literature analysis in the future. I want to focus on stories as a writer would focus on them. It's all well and good to identify literary elements, but I want the boys to be able to identify the element, why the author used it, to what effect, and to be able to apply it to their own writing, or to be able to tell me why they dislike that style and wouldn't want to apply it to their writing.

[Slache 87,779]

1 hour ago, Susan in TN said:

I think there is a new person in charge of editing our church bulletin and weekly email.  Twice now this week they have had the wrong date on them - Sunday's bulletin said "April 8th" and this morning's email says "April 4th".  :D

Sounds like me.

1 hour ago, Another Lynn said:

Ed Po:

Have we talked about The Reader's Odyssey here?  It's a short book (140 pages) about doing an individualized literature program for homeschool.  I like the goals, the attitude, and the approach very much.  Has anyone else read it?

I read it after you mentioned it. It was basically my philosophy in a book I hadn't written. I took a few notes so I never have to read it again.