KrissiK Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hey, check out the Canada goose thread for some fun and educational information on flight patterns of the crazy, attack birds. ;) Krissi, you could send a Canada goose over to the grape-hating neighbour. :laugh: I tried reading that thread, but then this popped into my mind....https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwBseJD9II And then I quit! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Krissi, you could send a Canada goose over to the grape-hating neighbour. :laugh: I think I will! Carrying a coconut with a migrating swallow! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 None of my short people are taller than me yet, but I'm very sure they weill eventually. I need to be nice to them now for when that time comes. ;) Be nice? No, you instill the Fear of Mom into them! My grandma is short and told me that when she had 8, she stood in a chair one day and let them know that no matter how big they (her kids) get, she will always be as big as when she's in that chair. Her kids never crossed her. Grandkids either, for that matter. Or great grandkids, lol! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Ds18 towers over me. Dd13 of the humongous feet but petite body is almost as tall as I am. I'm not quite sure if the humongous feet mean that she'll tower over me or if the petite body means that she won't. . . 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) My shortest short person was taking a bath after having played in a lot mud/dirt. As she watched the black wash off her feet, she sadly told me that she wasn't going to be my color anymore. I let her know that what she had wasn't color, but dirt, and she's beautiful as she is - when clean. She was still sad, as she said she wanted to be my color. She was satisfied when I told her that maybe as she gets older she'll be closer to my color. I hate lying, but she gets obsessed over issues. Like the time she spent days on end crying and lamenting of how she wanted to be married and be a mom but didn't want to leave me. She finally settled down after I told her that she and her husband could live with me. I have a weird kid. I recall having to tell my oldest that she can live with me as long as she wants. I tell all the kids that. I mean it. :) Edited May 20, 2016 by texasmama 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Be nice? No, you instill the Fear of Mom into them! My grandma is short and told me that when she had 8, she stood in a chair one day and let them know that no matter how big they (her kids) get, she will always be as big as when she's in that chair. Her kids never crossed her. Grandkids either, for that matter. Or great grandkids, lol! (Actually, I do the fear-thing pretty much, but didn't want to get into a parenting philosophy debate here among my ITT friends.) :o 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I tried reading that thread, but then this popped into my mind.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwBseJD9II And then I quit! I LOVE that movie. I think that scene could have been improved with a Canada goose chasing King Arthur - or maybe later when they catapult a cow and fart in his general direction. :laugh: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 :grouphug: Oh, Tex, that is awful! They should not do the lights! And poor ds! I'm guessing he's going to need more medication? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 We just got home from going to Army Reserves drill with dh. They were doing a change of command ceremony as he was passing command to a new commander. They had a dozen roses for me and unit medallions for the kids in thanks to us for his 7+ years as commander. He spoke, his battalion commander spoke. And the new commander spoke. It was very nice. And then we went to lunch. :patriot: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I just posted on the why history over science thread. After reading a whole bunch of posts defending the amount of science they do, I decided not to even explain what we do for science. I love history. I hate science. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) :grouphug: Oh, Tex, that is awful! They should not do the lights! And poor ds! I'm guessing he's going to need more medication? Thank you! I wish they would get rid of the flashing lights, too. I am waiting a couple of days and then if ds is still not improved after the Zpack has fully kicked in, I will give a call to the doc. Once, as an adult, I needed prednisone to clear the fluid out of my ears. We just got home from going to Army Reserves drill with dh. They were doing a change of command ceremony as he was passing command to a new commander. They had a dozen roses for me and unit medallions for the kids in thanks to us for his 7+ years as commander. He spoke, his battalion commander spoke. And the new commander spoke. It was very nice. And then we went to lunch. :patriot: That is really lovely. :) I just posted on the why history over science thread. After reading a whole bunch of posts defending the amount of science they do, I decided not to even explain what we do for science. I love history. I hate science. I saw it and thought that your reply sounded super smart. :D I like both, but hands on science just never happened. I am not a hands on mom. I am a reader. We joined a co-op so the kids can do hands on science. Edited May 20, 2016 by texasmama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Thank you! I wish they would get rid of the flashing lights, too. I am waiting a couple of days and then if ds is still not improved after the Zpack has fully kicked in, I will give a call to the doc. Once, as an adult, I needed prednisone to clear the fluid out of my ears. I am most concerned about the headache because he has a history of inpatient hospitalization for intractable migraine. He insists it is not a migraine, but I am concerned about the fact that shows up every single day. Let us know how ds is over the next couple days. I am with you in hoping this does not lead to migraine activity! That is really lovely. :) Thanks! I saw it and thought that your reply sounded super smart. :D Thanks! I like both, but hands on science just never happened. I am not a hands on mom. I am a reader. We joined a co-op so the kids can do hands on science. Little dd is in a cool dissection class this semester, and the boys are taking Biology. Amen and Amen. Hands on science is the best reason for going to co-op, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Do you think if we told the spambots that Direct TV is having a free weekend for NFL Sunday Ticket they would stop spamming us links to football games? :hat: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 When I was growing up my dad was in prison and many things are normal to me that other people would not consider normal. When I was cleaning out the house, washing the walls and switching out the artwork I found some artwork done by one of my dad's friends (read dangerous felon) and hung it up in the kids room. Matt was just looking at it and yelled from the nursery "This guy Willie that drew this picture of the dragon... He killed someone didn't he?" "Yeah." "And you hung it up in our child's bedroom?" "Yeah." [long pause] "Okay." :lol: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 When I was growing up my dad was in prison and many things are normal to me that other people would not consider normal. When I was cleaning out the house, washing the walls and switching out the artwork I found some artwork done by one of my dad's friend (read dangerous felon) and hung it up in the kids room. Matt was just looking at it and yelled from the nursery "This guy Willie that drew this picture of the dragon... He killed someone didn't he?" "Yeah." "And you hung it up in our child's bedroom?" "Yeah." [long pause] "Okay." :lol: You hung up a felon's picture, not the felon himself, therefore you are absolved of any type of crime. :lol: I've worked with plenty of felons (and not just the juvenile kind or the ones in my family), so that type of thing wouldn't bother me either. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 You hung up a felon's picture, not the felon himself, therefore you are absolved of any type of crime. :lol: I've worked with plenty of felons (and not just the juvenile kind or the ones in my family), so that type of thing wouldn't bother me either. We were talking about ways to reach out to the community at church and I suggested a prison ministry. Everybody froze and slowly turned around and looked at me. Apparently it was not a good suggestion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I just posted on the why history over science thread. After reading a whole bunch of posts defending the amount of science they do, I decided not to even explain what we do for science. I love history. I hate science. I'm with you there! And congratulations to Mr. Another Lynn! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 We were talking about ways to reach out to the community at church and I suggested a prison ministry. Everybody froze and slowly turned around and looked at me. Apparently it was not a good suggestion. "I was thirsty, and you gave me drink..." Bible passage worth noting. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 "I was thirsty, and you gave me drink..." Bible passage worth noting. See my signature. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 We were talking about ways to reach out to the community at church and I suggested a prison ministry. Everybody froze and slowly turned around and looked at me. Apparently it was not a good suggestion. Really??? That's one of the ministries our church in Texas has been involved with for years. Years. My mom has been faithful to that ministry every Monday. I've actually considered getting one started at my current church. After I finish my grad program though. I'm actually not sure if they already have one. If so, I want to be involved. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My 90 year old mom corresponds with prisoners monthly and corrects their Bible correspondence course homework. Prison ministry can come in a lots of different comfort zones. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Really??? That's one of the ministries our church in Texas has been involved with for years. Years. My mom has been faithful to that ministry every Monday. I've actually considered getting one started at my current church. After I finish my grad program though. I'm actually not sure if they already have one. If so, I want to be involved. The people at my church are well off. They aren't used to being uncomfortable. It used to a great church with people that loved the word and shared the Gospel, but all of the mature Christians either moved away or died. Most were very old when I became a Christian (12?) years ago. Since we've moved back we've seen it improve. My husband held a class on evangelism and we now have a ministry night. We almost left. It was bad. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Our church has a prison ministry. They have a homeless ministry and a food outreach and orphanages in several countries. My pastor and his wife send money to a young adult woman in India who grew up in one of the orphanages because it is the only way she can attend trade school and have a shot at a decent life. He's really cool. He is kind of a missionary at heart, and he does some really cool stuff, the more "out there", the better. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Kids are up from their nap. Mary wants breakfast. :huh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Kids are up from their nap. Mary wants breakfast. :huh: Yeah, youngest just asked me for oatmeal about a half hour ago. I was like, :confused1: . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I just posted on the why history over science thread. After reading a whole bunch of posts defending the amount of science they do, I decided not to even explain what we do for science. I love history. I hate science.I read that! Good for you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I often daydream of having a husband that listens to me. Reading and hearing other women's comments lets me know I am not alone with this pipe dream, lol! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I often daydream of having a husband that listens to me. Reading and hearing other women's comments lets me know I am not alone with this pipe dream, lol! My husband is pretty awesome. Just not at listening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I could honestly vent so hard about that right now I think my fingers would bleed from typing that much. Huge fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My boys eat cereal at any hour of the day. My dad has leftover dinner for breakfast - as in hamburgers, pizza, sausage. They are all a little weird. 😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I could honestly vent so hard about that right now I think my fingers would bleed from typing that much. Huge fight. :grouphug: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My husband just called us all to a family meeting - to show us that a skunk has made its home underneath our bedroom window. We know it's the skunk because we smelled him the other night. It seems a neighbor saw him walking by this way the other day too... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 :grouphug: Slache. Do you need some elephant ninjas to come to your house? :toetap05: We've got your back. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 My husband just called us all to a family meeting - to show us that a skunk has made its home underneath our bedroom window. We know it's the skunk because we smelled him the other night. It seems a neighbor saw him walking by this way the other day too... Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 :grouphug: Slache. Do you need some elephant ninjas to come to your house? :toetap05: We've got your back. No. I need someone to tell me how to teach the first 5 pages of Miquon because someone spent the money I had saved to download the annotations this week. And fix the dishes that were broken because unloading the dishwasher is hard. And explain to me why crossing something off of a list when you decide that you don't want to do it is acceptable. And retrain my husband to take the trash out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Never mind. Send the elephants. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 No. I need someone to tell me how to teach the first 5 pages of Miquon because someone spent the money I had saved to download the annotations this week. And fix the dishes that were broken because unloading the dishwasher is hard. And explain to me why crossing something off of a list when you decide that you don't want to do it is acceptable. And retrain my husband to take the trash out! My dh has yet to be trained to take out the trash. It sits there until he's tired of it (which doesn't take long, thank goodness!), and then he takes it out. Where can you download the annotations? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 My dh has yet to be trained to take out the trash. It sits there until he's tired of it (which doesn't take long, thank goodness!), and then he takes it out. Where can you download the annotations? It took me 4 years to train him. I do not take the trash out and I do not pick up after the dog. I'll do anything else. Currckick. It's $15. I'm getting it Friday. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I have chronic nausea. I'm not above taking the trash out, but I will vomit attempting to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Wow, only 4 years? I've been with mine for 16, and it's still a point of contention. Quiet, passive-aggressive contention, but contention nonetheless. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Wow, only 4 years? I've been with mine for 16, and it's still a point of contention. Quiet, passive-aggressive contention, but contention nonetheless. :D He's not allowed to come to bed until he takes the trash out and gets a shower. If he gets a shower and comes to bed without taking the trash out he gets to get up, get dressed, take *another* shower and then come back to bed. The first 4 years of my marriage were really bad. He didn't respect me or actively love me. Things are much better now, but I had to lay hard rules down or he'd walk all over me back then. Now he treasures me. Because I'm a princess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) One kid takes the trash out. I will be glad when the other kid is well because I am doing all of his chores, which includes feeding the cats twice a day, cleaning out two cat boxes daily, and emptying the dishwasher. It has now been two weeks with my extra chores. A kid just asked for "second dinner". :huh: I think it's like second breakfast. I got a spider bite today that appeared to be going bad fast, then it got better. My dh prayed for it. I drew a ring around the red part with sharpie. I sent Jean text pics of it because she loves stuff like that. :D One kid just finished his last test for Jann for Algebra 1. Geometry starts tomorrow. Edited May 20, 2016 by texasmama 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Currckick. It's $15. I'm getting it Friday. :) Here's a sample from the website. It contains the intro info and pages A1-A3. http://miquonmath.com/resources/Miquon_LabAnnotations_Sample.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 4th meal. Noms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here's a sample from the website. It contains the intro info and pages A1-A3. http://miquonmath.com/resources/Miquon_LabAnnotations_Sample.pdf IMMA GO GET MY BOOK! I looked at other places and they didn't have that much. Thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 He's not allowed to come to bed until he takes the trash out and gets a shower. If he gets a shower and comes to bed without taking the trash out he gets to get up, get dressed, take *another* shower and then come back to bed. The first 4 years of my marriage were really bad. He didn't respect me or actively love me. Things are much better now, but I had to lay hard rules down or he'd walk all over me back then. Now he treasures me. Because I'm a princess. That's pretty hard core. (said with no judgement behind it, btw.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 We fogged the skunk's den but it doesn't seem like he was home. Hopefully the fogging will keep him away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Egh hem. BOOYA! That's pretty hard core. (said with no judgement behind it, btw.)He's all or nothing. I expect very little, but I expect it done well. Same with the kids. I want to read the book Simplicity Parenting. I think it would really resonate with my thinking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I think we all need a group hug. :grouphug: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 One more homework assignment for tonight and I'm all caught up. No more late stuff! (hopefully...) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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