Another Lynn Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Happy Wednesday! Lots to do today! Coffee first. Hair appointment later. Might need to iron a shirt ? for dd - she's playing in a "variety show" tomorrow night. Oldest ds comes home today for fall break and I'd like to have something baked before he gets here. And of course laundry, always laundry. (And take a sheet out of the dryer to put on ds's bed.) Oh, and finish balancing the checkbook, bills, etc. ? But, coffee first! ☕? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Good morning. I've been up since 4. Edpo/CC: I've always planned on just reading a chapter of the Bible every day with the kids beginning in maybe 3rd grade but I wasn't quite sure what to do with our time as far as application/output goes. I've decided (maybe?) that I want to keep a WTM style binder. I was reading the section on the Science binder the other day and . If you haven't read it she has you do definitions, scientific principles, classifications and descriptions across all 4 areas of science which I don't think is what she recommend in the first 3 volumes, but I could be wrong (I never liked her history idea so I'm doing something else). So I'm kind of brain storming and this is what I have: Figures - description and references Places - description and references Vocabulary Books - a short description of each chapter Charts Maps & Timelines Doctrines Customs, Culture & Concomitant Collections It should take 3 years to cover the entire Bible if done daily so I could begin with simpler things (figures, places, vocab, books) then get more complex the second time (charts, maps & timelines) and finish with the big stuff (doctrines, customs etc.). Is this crazy? I think this could really work. And man what a treasure that would be! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) The KJV takes 3.25 years so I should maybe start later and plan on it twice so we have time for other things. And add prophecies. Eta: It's easily broken into two runs: Figures - description and references Places - description and references Books - a short description of each chapter Vocabulary Charts - prophecies, family trees and other essential lists Maps & Timelines Doctrines Customs, Culture & Concomitant Collections Unprophesized BOOYA. Edited October 17, 2018 by Slache 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I really need another word for other that starts with a c. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Goodnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 49 minutes ago, Slache said: Is this crazy? I think this could really work. And man what a treasure that would be! Not crazy! It sounds like an awesome plan! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Slache said: Goodnight! Good night! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 ???? Happy 80th Birthday, Dear Mom of Krissi! ???? 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Slache, I think it sounds like a wonderful idea and I think it will work. Good morning ladies, not much today, regular lessons with the boys, paying bills, doing a grocery order and some laundry. I'm hoping to get some reading done as well, I'm pre- reading a series that I'm considering doing as a read aloud for my boys, even though, it's rather youngish for the bigger boy, he can still learn something. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Happy birthday krissi' mom!! Susan, I saw your post yesterday about gyros, my Dh absolutely loves them and eats them all the time, he's found a way to make them at home! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Good morning! Today is dh's birthday, so I made birthday breakfast (tater tot waffles with sausage gravy and eggs and fruit). Otherwise today is normal lessons, a trip to Aldi (might put that off a couple days), and children's choir/advent choir tonight. Coffee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, mama25angels said: Happy birthday krissi' mom!! Susan, I saw your post yesterday about gyros, my Dh absolutely loves them and eats them all the time, he's found a way to make them at home! Nice! I have tried a couple recipes at home, but just can't get the meat to taste right - how does dh do it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 42 minutes ago, Slache said: I really need another word for other that starts with a c. Catch-all Citchen cink Cit and Caboodle Candy - just kidding Caboose 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!!~D It’s Humph Day!!! And my mom’s 80th Birthday!! Happy Birthday, Mom!! I will pass on y’all’s greetings. Thank you!! Busy day, today!! Kids have Enrichment Academy today. It’s supposed to be a nice day. I think I will take some COFFEE~D to a park and work on grading papers, do a little Latin and read a new book BFF gave me. “Gin and Panic”. Isn’t that the best title? It’s a detective novel. Slashie, your Bible idea is awesome. I need to look at that further. I have a great book we are going through now, but I will file that away for future reference. Ellie, your kitteh post reminds me of my thoughts back B.K. (Before Kids). I remember visiting a friend who had 3 kids at the time (she has 6 now) and thinking, “Geez, just tell the kids to pick up their toys when they are done with them!” and, “Ink pens on the wall? How hard is it to just place them out of reach of that toddler?” And then, we got our kids..... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Here's a birthday crown for Krissi's mother! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 @Slache, mightn't you want to do the map before or with the place descriptions to help the kids visualize where the places are in relation to one another? Happy Nirthday to Krissi's mom. Off to make things go. Happy Wednesday, y'all. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Done: Devotions (I am ahead in my Bible reading for the year!) Breakfast and hydration Current Events Bible with dd10 Language with dd8 (she finished her 3rd grade language book today!) Physical science with dd14 Sign Language with dd14 and dd16 (because Youtube is fixed!) laundry (done by dd14) recorder practice (dd8 played, the rest of us listened) the girls did various other homeschool assignments that didn't involve me 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Morning! I'm about to submit a poem to another magazine. Just call me the mad writer. It's getting toward crunch time for NaNoWriMo, and I'm nowhere nearly done with the character work for one of my main characters, let alone the other one. Got to get after that today. Also, I simply must have my sequel done so that it can rest and rise while I work on something new for November. Plus school. And the bathrooms need cleaning. Go me. Yay. But, I started querying again after my break for revisions and already got a partial request. So there's that. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, myblessings4 said: HEB or AFSA? Which series? What kind of meat is a gyro? HEB, The Wormling series by Jerry B. Jenkins, lamb and goat. Will you be going tomorrow? Trying to decide if I need to bring a book or not, lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: Nice! I have tried a couple recipes at home, but just can't get the meat to taste right - how does dh do it? He buys the meat at Sam's Club, or rather I do, heats it up, makes the sauce from a recipe he found on the internet and doctored up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 24 minutes ago, Junie said: Done: Devotions (I am ahead in my Bible reading for the year!) Breakfast and hydration Current Events Bible with dd10 Language with dd8 (she finished her 3rd grade language book today!) Physical science with dd14 Sign Language with dd14 and dd16 (because Youtube is fixed!) laundry (done by dd14) recorder practice (dd8 played, the rest of us listened) the girls did various other homeschool assignments that didn't involve me Junie, do you guys do anything other than reading the current events? We mostly just read them and some we discuss but not all, just wondering if that's enough, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I am such a slacker compared to all of you. That is all. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, mama25angels said: Junie, do you guys do anything other than reading the current events? We mostly just read them and some we discuss but not all, just wondering if that's enough, I guess. I just share news with dd16 and we discuss some of the things going on. She and ds18 are very interested in what's going on in the world. I will soon be dragging dd14 into our discussions, but right now she isn't interested and I'm fighting other battles with her that I would rather win. Ds18, dd16, and I did an extensive study of what was going on in the 2016 election. I gave them a couple of writing assignments and we turned it into a 1 credit Political Science class. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, mama25angels said: He buys the meat at Sam's Club, or rather I do, heats it up, makes the sauce from a recipe he found on the internet and doctored up. Is it preseasoned? I didn't know that was a thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ellie said: I am such a slacker compared to all of you. That is all. I think you've earned a bit of slackering. Plus, the world needs more hula. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Must. Banish. Goat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I'm glad y'all like it! I'm done thinking about this for now. I just needed all my thoughts out. Two rounds, more or less this: 1. Figures - description and references 2. Places - description and references 3. Books - outlines, themes, a short description of each chapter 4. Vocabulary 1. Charts - prophecies, family trees, names of God, Jesus in the OT, worldview, feasts (just examples, I can complete this list while we read through it the first time) 2. Maps, Timelines & Archeology 3. Doctrines 4.Topical Index Memory Work - just recording what's been memorized 2 hours ago, myblessings4 said: HEB or AFSA? Which series? What kind of meat is a gyro? Lamb! 1 hour ago, whitehawk said: @Slache, mightn't you want to do the map before or with the place descriptions to help the kids visualize where the places are in relation to one another? Hmmm. Maybe we should put maps by the description but no to your question. Section one will have a name, description and all Scripture references (and perhaps a map), but section two will have a two page spread with David's timeline on one side and David's life mapped out on the other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 28 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Is it preseasoned? I didn't know that was a thing! Yes, it's preseasoned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Junie said: I just share news with dd16 and we discuss some of the things going on. She and ds18 are very interested in what's going on in the world. I will soon be dragging dd14 into our discussions, but right now she isn't interested and I'm fighting other battles with her that I would rather win. Ds18, dd16, and I did an extensive study of what was going on in the 2016 election. I gave them a couple of writing assignments and we turned it into a 1 credit Political Science class. My Ds is only moderately interested and I have to drag him through talking about it but in all fairness I'm not that interested myself but, I'm working on becoming more knowledgeable. Edited October 17, 2018 by mama25angels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Off the charge my iPad! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Good morning. Let the wild rumpus begin! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Baby: Comes in room. Me: Starts singing Baby Mine from Dumbo. Baby: Screams NOOOO! and slams the door. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Wednesday. Time for laundrying and bathroom-cleaning. Maybe also vacuuming. Gotta do that once a week whether the house needs it or not ::snerk:: The rain has stopped momentarily. We only measured 3" in our backyard, but clearly there was lots more in other places as there is quite a bit of flooding along some of the rivers and whatnot. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Dental appointment today. I will drop dd off for coffee shop schooling, stay a little bit, leave her there while I go dental on everyone, and then come back to pick her up. I love the teenage years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 There is no way any of my kids could get anything done in a coffee shop. Same for me. Way too many squirrels! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 A song for lunch, with apologies to Joan Jett. I Love Cottage Cheese I love cottage cheese So put another scoop in my bowl now, baby I love cottage cheese So add a bit more fruit and eat with me! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Cottage cheese frightens me. 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, prairiewindmomma said: Cottage cheese frightens me. Sing the song at it to scare the scaries away! Surprisingly, I have very pleasant childhood memories of having bowls of cottage cheese with canned peaches for lunch. Edited October 17, 2018 by Susan in TN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Susan in TN said: There is no way any of my kids could get anything done in a coffee shop. Same for me. Way too many squirrels! You know, this might not be true, because even with only 4 kids doing school at once, there is still quite a bit of activity and background noise going on. Someone typing at the computer, someone in another room practicing an instrument, me clanking around in the kitchen or explaining something. And constant chirping from the budgies, and wild chase-fights of the rats. #pointsforquotingself Edited October 17, 2018 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Our fastest school days are generally had at places with lots of squirrels. It's surprising how quickly things can be done if there is a kayak waiting at the end of the workday. Lunch, and then I've got more writing to do. I spent most of the morning getting poems picked out, formatted, and sent. Not quite like a traditional query. In fact, it's nothing like. But hopefully something will come of it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Coffee shop school is great for my ADD child. It all becomes white noise. Only on rare occasions is someone so obnoxiously loud that it becomes a distraction. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Ellie said: I am such a slacker compared to all of you. That is all. You have already done the work we're just doing now. Dryer not working = I don't have to do laundry today. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I groceried. Now it's naptime. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 We had story time out on the front porch - the sun is out at last! Dd15 was somewhat mortified over singing madrigals outside, especially when a neighbor walked by. At least I had them sing ones they know well, and not the new one we are still trying to figure out. There was a great deal of distraction over a couple of stick-bugs and the new front porch wasp nest during Rolf and the Viking Bow. We did writing inside. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I have tricked the kids into thinking the reel mower is a fun toy to push around the lawn. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 My parents arrive in 3hrs and I only have 3 rooms left to clean. That doesn't count the kids' rooms, which they go into at their own risk. I think I can make it. I'm hoping to delegate one to DH when he gets home. One I can do well. One I will do half donkeyed and then maybe I can touch up one that I wasn't planning on bothering with. I've been working all day and most of the week! My house is too big and Baby misses me. The contractor still hasn't finished our basement either. ? DS has decided he'd rather live down there with the spiders and nails than sleep on his sister's trundle. And our washing machine was leaking out the door all morning. I mopped up after the first couple loads and then I got smart and put a towel down. I had no time to wait for it to be fixed. And what do you know- when I put the towel down to catch the leaking, it didn't leak! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (((Paige))) Deep breath! You can do it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 47 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: I have tricked the kids into thinking the reel mower is a fun toy to push around the lawn. Our kids thought that a few years ago. Now they hate the reel mower. I don't care. I'm glad I don't have to deal with the noise or re-filling the gas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 My phone has told me 17 times in the past 10 minutes that the printer is low on ink. Yes, I get it already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Paige said: My parents arrive in 3hrs and I only have 3 rooms left to clean. That doesn't count the kids' rooms, which they go into at their own risk. I think I can make it. I'm hoping to delegate one to DH when he gets home. One I can do well. One I will do half donkeyed and then maybe I can touch up one that I wasn't planning on bothering with. I've been working all day and most of the week! My house is too big and Baby misses me. The contractor still hasn't finished our basement either. ? DS has decided he'd rather live down there with the spiders and nails than sleep on his sister's trundle. And our washing machine was leaking out the door all morning. I mopped up after the first couple loads and then I got smart and put a towel down. I had no time to wait for it to be fixed. And what do you know- when I put the towel down to catch the leaking, it didn't leak! They are your parents. They can cope with a bit of dust and stuff.....or hold the Baby while you finish cleaning when they arrive. ETA: Cleaning booyah Edited October 17, 2018 by prairiewindmomma 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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