Susan in TN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good morning! It's The Queen's favorite day! Hope you are feeling better today, Jean. School today, first violin/viola lessons of fall this afternoon and then children's choir, followed by a boy scout troop family dinner. I have to fork out a bunch of moola for music today and figure out if we are bringing a side dish or dessert to the dinner. coffee! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good morning! Both my head and back are threatening murder this morning. Iam lying in bed, waiting for the medication to kick in. More editing today, but I see light at the end of the tunnel. I have a split on my first chapter. Everyone likes the tight version, but wants the more narrative, thoughtful original. I am attempting to merge them today without losing my mind. I also have to get school going this week. It's not a great week to be me. But it's raining, and I get a few more minutes of peace before the day starts. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Busy Day today!!! dentist for baby and me!! It’s not a bad thing. I like our hygienist. She’s 75 years old, has flaming red hair, drives a Camaro and talks a mile a minute.? She’s great!! School. Today is our first “official”day of school. AKA this is when we start logging in our days. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hugs for Critter and Jeannie. I hope you both feel better soon!, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good morning! I had to wake up earlier than usual and get pantz on because they are finally coming to fix our basement!! So many happy dance emojis should be here. They said it should only take a few weeks and really only about 7 days of them in the house. DS is beyond ready to move back into his room and we are too. Today is DS's nirthday! Happiest of happy birthdays to him! DS (16) is gone and now I only have 1 year left with my child. Because soon the child will be gone and I'll have an adult. I'm not ready. He's not ready. He said he wishes he could be 15 forever. It's hard to imagine letting go. Even snuggling Baby doesn't help. You'd think a new baby would make it easier to let an older baby go but it doesn't. I remember being 17, though, and it was a good age- so much fun to be almost an adult but still relatively free of responsibilities. I hope it's just as good for him. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good Morning! Happy Monday! Headache. ? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (((Junie))) Feeling any better yet, Critter? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 ???? Happy Nirthday, Ds17 of Paige! ???? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Good morning! Junie and Jean, I hope y'all feel better! Slache, that habit journal looks so cool, I need to do one. Happy Nirthday Paige's Ds!! havent posted too much, have been in a funk and I don't know why. Planned to begin school today but, I'm not even sort of ready, I think I will use this week to practice getting up at our scheduled time and getting our morning chores done. I'm hopeful that this will make starting next week easier. Hoping to get back later today but if I don't, I hope everyone has a great day! Those that are starting today I'm praying it's a smooth day. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Happy Nirthday Paige's ds! Happy start on the basement day! happy back to school! mama25, add free reading requirement on top of the chores and you're half way there! (Well, mentally half way, if not literally!). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I am cranky because ds13 is supposed to be finishing up Thinking Toolbox and we can't find the book. We spent half a year looking for the stupid book before he could start it last year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 ? Wonder of wonders, Miracle of miracles, Ds has found that stupid book! ? 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Happy Nirthday, Paige's son! We're headed to the dentist again today, also. I'm having my day of reckoning with my budget software. I've let receipts pile up for a couple of weeks. We have family flying in this week....we'll enjoy huddling inside away from the wildfire smoke. I warned them not to come now months ago, but, you know....stubborn. ? Rephrased: we're going to have so much fun eating ice-cream and playing board games! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Happy Nirthday, Paige’s DS!! back from the dentist. No 4’s. Hygienist was in rare form today. Holy Cow. I thought we were never going to get out of there. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Nobody is taking this thread seriously. What.... are y’all doing school or something?? 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 54 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Nobody is taking this thread seriously. What.... are y’all doing school or something?? Cleaning. Specifically, dumping a jar full of water, Barbie doll hair clippings, and chalk that Youngest stashed in the kids' bathroom cabinet. Also, gathering bits of shredded kleenex from when she made Barbie wedding dresses. I'm also researching how to removed glued on coloring sheets from furniture without damaging the finish. Finally, removing contraband scissors, tape, markers, and glue from the girls' room. Youngest once again has a sibling assigned to her 24/7 on guard duty. Off to the dentist (finally).....orthodontist ordered some baby teeth extracted for younger ds and ds is having imaging and molds made again this week. His permanent teeth are coming in WAY out of alignment. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, KrissiK said: Nobody is taking this thread seriously. What.... are y’all doing school or something?? I was buying tomatoes and getting ready for canning. No school this week; DS was at a camp 9-12:30. This is the week to Cook All the Things. We start school on Labor Day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 So, the new Monday routine for me is to leave at 9am with youngest and take her to a co-op for two classes. While she's in them, I either take work to the library or run errands or maybe meet another homeschool mom for coffee (yay!). After she's finished, I pick her up, take her to lunch and do math. Then we go to her violin lesson. And then we come home. Home at 3:30. Everyone else has work for outsourced classes and OYAN with dh during the day. Except I still need to do math and Byline with other dd. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: So, the new Monday routine for me is to leave at 9am with youngest and take her to a co-op for two classes. While she's in them, I either take work to the library or run errands or maybe meet another homeschool mom for coffee (yay!). After she's finished, I pick her up, take her to lunch and do math. Then we go to her violin lesson. And then we come home. Home at 3:30. Everyone else has work for outsourced classes and OYAN with dh during the day. Except I still need to do math and Byline with other dd. No. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Package! I think I can now say I've spent more money on Japanese materials than Spanish materials. Because children. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) You know what sucks? When your DH starts freaking about the cost of a move and asks you to work lots of OT right before your boss emails you to say not to work any OT through the end of the month. Sorry, Ellie, but I hate Mondays. Edited August 20, 2018 by ikslo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Slache said: No. Ha! Actually it worked out really well. The thing I like the most is that the only "stuff" I'm teaching this year is totally open and go. Come and take my homeschool card. I don't even care! ? Here, wait. You can have my homemakers card too! ? 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, ikslo said: You know what sucks? When your DH starts freaking about the cost of a move and asks you to work lots of OT right before your boss emails you to say not to work any OT through the end of the month. Sorry, Ellie, but I hate Mondays. (((Ikslo))) That's the pits! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: (((Ikslo))) That's the pits! Yep. Everything will be okay in the end, but DH is freaking out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 36 minutes ago, ikslo said: You know what sucks? When your DH starts freaking about the cost of a move and asks you to work lots of OT right before your boss emails you to say not to work any OT through the end of the month. Sorry, Ellie, but I hate Mondays. That’s not good.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Ok, I took the older kids to youth group and then ran around town and did all the things. I hate doing all the things, but they are done. Now I am home. And it’s a disaster. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I'm in bed surrounded by folded laundry and if I try to get up I will knock it on the floor in any direction. Matt was supposed to be home by now. I'm duck. 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 My children have opted to scrounge for dinner. This is a good thing, because it's hard to eat words. I have a late night ahead of me merging two versions of a single chapter to improve the flow, but I also can't add any words. Just another magic trick I've got to learn inside of four hours. I do plan to go to bed sometime tonight. In better news, my neck and back improved with some walking and moving around. I also managed to put together a reasonably clear one page synopsis. Distilling 110,000 words into 600 isn't easy, but I did it. Now I will find the most epic music I can find, and play it nonstop until I get this revised chapter put together so people can rip it apart tomorrow. Fun city. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, ikslo said: Yep. Everything will be okay in the end, but DH is freaking out. You could be like that one minimalist who has the free book on amazon prime lending library that just got rid of all of his stuff so that he could move in a suitcase in 20 minutes. Or not. Slache, my bed is covered in three loads of unfolded laundry. I'm totally jelly of the fact that your stuff is folded. Ok, off to have a snack and pay a couple of bills and the fourth load of laundry should be done by then. Imma fold it all at once. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, prairiewindmomma said: You could be like that one minimalist who has the free book on amazon prime lending library that just got rid of all of his stuff so that he could move in a suitcase in 20 minutes. This is brilliant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Quack. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 We're home. Sorry to have neglected you, ITT. We were at music lessons, then children's choir (I took a nice walk around the beautiful campus of the university), and then the Boy Scout family dinner. I was really good and grabbed a burger without a bun and some berries but then negated the whole thing with a generous helping of "State Fair Blue Ribbon Banana Pudding". It couldn't be helped, really. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I can't wait for coffee in the morning. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, Slache said: I can't wait for coffee in the morning. Me, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Things are looking up. Probably because it’s almost Tuesday. Realtor is checking background on a possible house, so DH didn’t sound so grumpy tonight. First house he’s seen where he didn’t give me the poop emoji. It happens to be one of my favorites of all the ones I sent him. So cross your fingers for us (or pray if that’s your thing). Second thing is I mixed the can of leftover wall paint that was mistakenly left in the garage (hot/cold/hot/cold). I stirred and stirred and held my breath as I tested a spot on the wall. It blended in and was true to color. Woot! I was hoping with all my might that I wouldn’t have to buy new paint and repaint all the walls. Phew! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, ikslo said: Things are looking up. Probably because it’s almost Tuesday. Realtor is checking background on a possible house, so DH didn’t sound so grumpy tonight. First house he’s seen where he didn’t give me the poop emoji. It happens to be one of my favorites of all the ones I sent him. So cross your fingers for us (or pray if that’s your thing). Second thing is I mixed the can of leftover wall paint that was mistakenly left in the garage (hot/cold/hot/cold). I stirred and stirred and held my breath as I tested a spot on the wall. It blended in and was true to color. Woot! I was hoping with all my might that I wouldn’t have to buy new paint and repaint all the walls. Phew! You're buying a place without seeing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, Slache said: You're buying a place without seeing it? My husband is down in Florida right now. I trust him. He’s waaaaaay pickier than I am. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Slache said: I can't wait for coffee in the morning. Just 8 more hours. It'll go by faster if I'm sleeping. G'night! Goodnight Booyah! Edited August 21, 2018 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, ikslo said: My husband is down in Florida right now. I trust him. He’s waaaaaay pickier than I am. This is a much better plan! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hi Jean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Monday: Day 213 steps. Day 84 hips 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Monday: Day 213 steps. Day 84 hips How are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Camp day 1: Busy, long day, feet hurt Good group. Twelve in my class. Teens are sneaking up to my area to do crafts with me so I had zero down time. If I see one more perler bead I might snap. Feeling better today. I don’t know for sure because I don’t have a thermometer but I am pretty sure I had a fever that broke in the middle of last night. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 "Fannan was the commander at oliad." -Matt in his sleep. I have no idea what this means. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Good Tuesday Morning! COFFEE!!!! It was pouring rain a few minutes ago. i think I'll wait and walk when I take 13yo ds to his class. Ikslo, yay for matching paint and a potential house! Fingers and toes crossed; prayers said! Jean, so glad you are feeling better! Thank you for loving on kids when it's not easy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Good morning! I woke up thinking it was Friday. Alas and alac. Tuesday. Slache, I believe Matt was giving the opening line of the bestselling novel that you are supposed to write. Better get to it. Glad you are doing better, Jean! I suspect those teens find you a kindred spirit. We have nowhere to go today! Regular lessons. I need to practice Bernstein. There are three large almost-perfectly-ripe tomatoes out back that the squirrels haven't gotten to - I'm planning BLTs for dinner tomorrow! Coffee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 With the exception of a few teen campers who are new, I have taught every single camper in that camp at some point. I should explain that a good portion of these kids come from pretty rough backgrounds. Some have been adopted into stable homes but many are still in pretty rocky situations. We have kids who have survived by eating out if dumpsters. We have others who have mental illness which aren’t necessarily stabilized . Most have "baggage" of some kind. For some parents or guardians we are really providing a week of respite. We do have some kids like Dd who have stable two parent Christian homes but honestly we have met a lot of Christian parents who don't want their kids around "those kids" even in a Christian program with lots of safe supervision. I love these kids but I worry about the ones who don’t come any more- especially when I hear stories of current things going in in their lives. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!~D Tuesday!!! School!! Not nearly as busy a day as yesterday!! Whew!! OK, I have an extremely interesting bit of trivia to share. It may not interest any of you, but I was just stunned and fascinated and feel the need to share. I’m reading the best book right now, “The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Inlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies” by Jason Fagone. It’s about Elizebeth Friedman, a woman (and her husband) who pioneered codebreaking, beginning around WWI. Anyhow, she worked for the Coast Guard during WWII, breaking Nazi codes and when Hitler set his sights on Britain, Britain sent a bunch of operatives to the US to try to get the US to join the war because the Brits knew they didn’t have the resources to beat Hitler. So, there’s a bunch of British spies in the US, specifically Washington DC and NYC, two of which are Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame) and Roald Dahl. And apparently Roald Dahl was a favorite of FDR, and got a lot of classified info out of him. Roald Dahl was en extremely effective spy, apparently. I had absolutely no idea those two guys were British spies. I guess it makes sense, now, about Ian Fleming. And from what I read in this book, he probably based the Bond character on Roald Dahl. ? Oh, and they tried to convince J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI to work with them to share intellegince, but Hoover was unwilling, so FDR set up another intelligence unit to work with the Brits which later became the CIA. And my favorite line in the book so far, “So this is where the CIA began- with J. Edgar Hoover telling the British to go to hell, and the British not appreciating it.” Edited August 21, 2018 by KrissiK 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) Good morning! Worked like a dog yesterday on the yard so didn't get to come back and post. Today's mission, should I choose to accept it, is to get some sort of nourishment in the house and spend the rest of the time on laundry and lesson planning, my big boys science kit came yesterday and it is awesome. Jean, glad you're feeling better Edited August 21, 2018 by mama25angels 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Leaving for NL today - going to spend 5 weeks with my parents (mostly at their house, one week in Austria). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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