Slache Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Matt and I realized that all of the stuff he and his sister were given were gone when they were ready to move. No one knows what that means and no one is bringing it up with MIL. Very strange. Also, Christmas could be school stuff. I forgot that I wanted a telescope and electronic dictionary/thesaurus. Lots of options there. My kids just got new pencil boxes all stocked with goodies. And you could look at the Christmas hits and misses threads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 My personal opinion is that kids don’t like presents that are really for the parent’s benefit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Jean in Newcastle said: My personal opinion is that kids don’t like presents that are really for the parent’s benefit. I only do school if I know it's something they'll love. So no math books. But if I got John an electronic dictionary/thesaurus he'd play with it every day until it broke. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) I Pantz'd. I had a very tasty 2nd breakfast. New recipe for me - pancakes made with cottage cheese, rolled oats, and an egg. Edited October 3, 2019 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 When I was in high school in Japan I got some very beautiful but practical household items for myself that I still love. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I mangoed. The fruit, not the language learning app. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I have never ever used a deep fryer in my life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I have never ever used a deep fryer in my life. Me neither. I have been given 2 by MIL. I think I want an air fryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I have never ever used a deep fryer in my life. Me neither. I leave that to the experts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Slache said: Me neither. I have been given 2 by MIL. I think I want an air fryer. There are Matt and his sister's deep fryers! She saved them for you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Me neither. I leave that to the experts. Yes. I have eaten deep fried foods! Less so now that I require a gluten free dedicated fryer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Went on a birthday walk with Juliet, my neighbor and Juliet's bff puppy (it's the bff's 2nd birthday). Then we went back to her house/dog boarding business and had a birthday party with 8 dogs - all crated for the birthday cake so that there wouldn't be a birthday riot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: My personal opinion is that kids don’t like presents that are really for the parent’s benefit. This is also Ds12's personal opinion. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 We tend to give books, art supplies, and sewing supplies. And stuffies, because clearly we don't have enough of those yet. It's getting harder to come up with ideas, though. Money isn't terribly exciting to the kids (yet) and events and experiences, while great, aren't tons of fun to open (and usually require waiting until decent weather returns). I have some items in our crawlspace I'd like to give (my old dollhouse, for example) but then I run into the problem of square footage (or lack thereof). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 It has been a hard day. Father-Son camping trip was cancelled at the very very last minute by its organizers and DS12 is crushed. He'd looked forward to it for so long. Seeing him try really hard not to cry when he found out was worse than if he'd actually just cried. DD10 made soup for dinner and I may just curl up and go to bed early. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, lots of little ducklings said: It has been a hard day. Father-Son camping trip was cancelled at the very very last minute by its organizers and DS12 is crushed. He'd looked forward to it for so long. Seeing him try really hard not to cry when he found out was worse than if he'd actually just cried. DD10 made soup for dinner and I may just curl up and go to bed early. Send him here to Camp JJM. He'd miss his dad, but I can bet that we'd have LOADS of fun. ((Not-So-Little Duckling)) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 My organic dried black elderberries finally came today. Now I have to find a recipe for elderberry syrup. Brahms was not shy about passing out the squeaky high notes. And Beethoven was not shy about break-neck speeds. I had to keep reminding myself to relax my arm and finger muscles during rehearsal. Time for the sleeping! Good night! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (((Young Duck))) That stinks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Hi. Jean! Elbow? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Hey there!! I’m here. Busy day. But good. It’s 12:30pm Friday in Shanghai right now. DH’s flight lands in about an hour and a half. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Slache said: Hi. Jean! Elbow? I have two. And it’s a smart aleck Booyah! Edited October 4, 2019 by Jean in Newcastle 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, Paradox5 said: Krissi, we are a club now! The My Husband is Gone. 4 minutes ago, Paradox5 said: Out of Town! Not gone gone. Yay!! Can we have a secret handshake?? And we need a theme song. And an official flag. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 How do I get my husband to leave? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Jean, how is your elbow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 We. Are. Still. Sick. This is the cold that never ends It just goes on and on my friends ... 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, maize said: We. Are. Still. Sick. This is the cold that never ends It just goes on and on my friends ... Oh my goodness. We have the same thing. I forgot you had been sick for so long. Let's both stop, ok? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Slache said: Oh my goodness. We have the same thing. I forgot you had been sick for so long. Let's both stop, ok? You guys can start your own club, too. With a secret handshake and a flag and everything. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I should go to bed. I hate going to bed when DH isn’t here. Everything is much more scary. I always need to sleep with a light on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Slache said: Jean, how is your elbow? You are persistent! It is a tiny bit better than yesterday but I still have tendonitis. Babying it is working. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Paradox5 said: I used elbow noodles in the mac and cheese tonight. Elbow noodles would have been my first choice. Is that unusual for you? Or you were paying homage to Jean's elbow. 7 hours ago, KrissiK said: Yay!! Can we have a secret handshake?? And we need a theme song. And an official flag. You should have a t-shirt too! 6 hours ago, Slache said: How do I get my husband to leave? He could join the army? 6 hours ago, KrissiK said: You guys can start your own club, too. With a secret handshake and a flag and everything. Very secret! (((all who are sick))) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 We're all sleeping in a bit today. Dh and ds are going on a college visit. It is a FANTASTIC 58 degrees outside!!! 🎉 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Good morning! Temps are down today! Coffee! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!!!~D Friday!!!! I got a text sometime in the night that DH had landed in China, so that’s good. I think he’s 15 hours ahead of me, which would mean it’s 9:00pm China-time and hopefully he is going to bed. He will have been up about 26 hours by now, with only a bit of sleep on the plane. Busy day today. Schooling the girls in the morning. At noon I’m helping out at the older kids’ school. There’s a fund raising auction this weekend, and I’m helping with food prep. Then I go to the Big City and meet yet another new family. They put 8 new students on my roster in the past week. Since school has already started it’s rather imperative that I get the processed and moving quickly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Good morning. I promised the kids rice pudding for breakfast, I need to go make it. Rice is already cooked. I've been really good for the least few days about leaving the kitchen clean before I go to bed so at least I don't have to face a dirty kitchen in the morning. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, maize said: I've been really good for the least few days about leaving the kitchen clean before I go to bed so at least I don't have to face a dirty kitchen in the morning. That’s a big thing for me, too. I hate waking up to a dirty kitchen. I was even mopping at 9:15 last night. Although that is not usual. An acceptable clean kitchen for me is dishes in dishwasher and countertops wiped down. The floor is negotiable, though I prefer it to be at least dust-mopped. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 My kitchen is dirty. I will get to it after school. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 9 hours ago, KrissiK said: You guys can start your own club, too. With a secret handshake and a flag and everything. Perhaps that's the problem? 2 hours ago, Another Lynn said: We're all sleeping in a bit today. Dh and ds are going on a college visit. It is a FANTASTIC 58 degrees outside!!! 🎉 Oooo! Which one? Colleges are the senior year version of shiny new curriculum... 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Good Morning! Happy Friday! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Morning. Up and revising. This is the book that never ends. But I like it anyway. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 17 minutes ago, JoJosMom said: Perhaps that's the problem? Oooo! Which one? Colleges are the senior year version of shiny new curriculum... Boyce College in Louisville, KY In two weeks he will do a dept. visit at UK. And we just got something in the mail from UK about applying (which he has been working on) that included a form for his guidance counselor for submitting secondary school report form (profile) and counselor letter. <svengo> So much for not having to do those. willy:nilly!!!!!!! Do you think "Putting out fires" is a bad educational philosophy? Asking for a friend. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Dd10 said marshmallows are an excellent addition to a nice cup of hot tea. :ack2: 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: Boyce College in Louisville, KY In two weeks he will do a dept. visit at UK. And we just got something in the mail from UK about applying (which he has been working on) that included a form for his guidance counselor for submitting secondary school report form (profile) and counselor letter. <svengo> So much for not having to do those. willy:nilly!!!!!!! Do you think "Putting out fires" is a bad educational philosophy? Asking for a friend. Mine is "Making it up as I go along," so no, I think it's a fabulous educational philosophy. I might not be the person to ask, though... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 minutes ago, JoJosMom said: Mine is "Making it up as I go along," so no, I think it's a fabulous educational philosophy. I might not be the person to ask, though... What does that look like in educational-ese? I need help! How do we make that sound fabulous?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: What does that look like in educational-ese? I need help! How do we make that sound fabulous?! Providing a flexible academic environment where needs are identified and met over time. 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, Paradox5 said: I need the green face. I can see marshmallows in hot chocolate or cocoa or even coffee (which I don’t drink so really can’t vouch for) but watery tea. Blech! To each their own. I'm pretending it was milk and sugar, but I don't think I'll try it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Ds14 is on his 3rd shower trying to get the hair grease from 1950's Day out of his hair. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Another Lynn said: What does that look like in educational-ese? I need help! How do we make that sound fabulous?! 2 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Providing a flexible academic environment where needs are identified and met over time. This. Flexibility is key. Edited October 4, 2019 by JoJosMom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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El... Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I don't know where to celebrate this triumph...and I find this thread fun, even though I almost never post.... I figured out how to lace my walking shoes so my toes don't lose circulation and burn! They are significantly better shoes now! 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, elroisees said: I don't know where to celebrate this triumph...and I find this thread fun, even though I almost never post.... I figured out how to lace my walking shoes so my toes don't lose circulation and burn! They are significantly better shoes now! This is the thread to celebrate all triumphs. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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