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1 hour ago, Susan in TN said:

So today I went to the doctor (nothing interesting going on) and filed our taxes.  I will have some ice cream later, though I told dh that I bought a pony off ebay.  Also, I bought myself a very pretty taupe blouse for $1 at the thrift store.  I don't have anything that matches it except jeans.  That's weird, right?

 

Wouldn't it be more effective to file your taxes with the IRS?

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Well, I’ve got to run, cause I’m in trouble

I’ve got to scat, and on the double,

And I don’t even have a collar,

But I’m not gonna let you catch me, no,

Not gonna let you catch the Midnight Howler.

 

And I don’t have a bowl to eat from,

Or if I do, I’ll just play dumb,

And at your window I will holler,

I’m not gonna let you catch me, no

Not gonna let you you catch the Midnight Howler.

 

And I don’t care that you’re not sleeping,

Pretty soon, you will be weeping,

As on your deck I waller,

Cause you’re not gonna catch me, no,

Not gonna catch the Midnight Howler.

 

Apologies to the Allman Brothers, but it was parody time.

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6 hours ago, Paradox5 said:

Let’s say you are moving to somewhere that getting US homeschool books will be expensive so you are bringing as much as you can. Would you buy ahead for the youngest?

Yes, I would buy ahead.  In fact, I do that already even though I'm not going anywhere.  Most of the books that we use for 5/6th grade up are not consumable, so we just keep passing books from one kid to another

5 hours ago, Paradox5 said:

No but it will. I’m trying to do as much pre-planning as possible. This does change house buying plans. We aren’t doing it. Instead, we are going to get everyone’s US and kids’ UK passports plus work super hard on paying off debt. We are going to move to an apartment as soon as this lease runs out. That will save us about $300 just in rent not to mention utilities and lawn care.

Yay!

2 hours ago, KrissiK said:

 

Nerf gun?.

Exactly what I was going to suggest.  Send the (Teenage Mutant Ninja) Turtles.

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I was just looking at the NextDoor app on my phone.  Someone in my neighborhood linked a YouTube song by a local artist, and I started listening.  It was rap.  My dog decided it was not okay and started barking.  And barking.  And barking.  I turned it off, and she won't stop.  Lesson learned.  No rap for her.  

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Good morning!

Tutorial has been cancelled for today due to flooding (some local school systems are also cancelled), and ds's cello lesson was cancelled due to schedule conflict, so we have a whole day home with nowhere to go!  I have rehearsal tonight, but that's it.

We might get a dusting of snow tonight!

Coffee!

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I'm up.

Good Morning!

Happy Thursday!

Dh ended up taking off work early yesterday because I still haven't learned how to be in two places at once.  And resheduling one of the specialist doctor appointments wasn't the best course of action.  

School starts in 5 minutes...  Crossing my fingers for good/acceptable attitudes.

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28 minutes ago, KrissiK said:

Good Morning!!!!!

COFFEE!!!!!~D

Friday Eve!!
 

School and work. Tonight is DS’s last bloodbath....er.... soccer game.  Thank goodness.

My oldest dd played soccer one season and it was like this--her team lost every game. She never played another season.

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It's Thursday. Thursday is crazy schedule day.

Religious education class for oldest two at 7:30AM; I'll pick them up from that and take oldest three to voice class and next three to dance. Then straight to karate. Then in the afternoon there is acro and dance and karate and work for dd16.

I'm determined to fit cello practice and some schoolwork in.

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5 hours ago, maize said:

My oldest dd played soccer one season and it was like this--her team lost every game. She never played another season.

His team doesn’t just lose. They lose by more than 10 points in almost every game. But, they play hard and don’t give up. I give them credit for that. They just don’t have any subs, so they get tired, and quite frankly, they have horrible ball-handling skills.  Soccer is a game of skill, it really is, and unless you have played growing up, you can’t just decide to join the soccer team in high school.

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Art today. But it's SO cold! No snow at all, but according to my son who was up early (the other son was not) there was some snow on the vehicles. Other than that, I got my edits back and will spend the next few days screaming that the changes to my story are impossible before I finally reason out what to do about them. 

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1 hour ago, Slache said:

Mary's birthday is in 2 weeks. We're taking her to the Riverwalk, letting her pick something out, and taking her out to lunch. It's kind of becoming a tradition for birthdays here.

Don't let her fly away!

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15 hours ago, Paradox5 said:

Mind sharing what you use for math and spelling then?

They do have library’s but I have no idea what the selection will be. I need to budget for reading books.

I’ve done my trying. I’m at the point where I just want tried and true.


We use Miquon Math, which I’ve purchased in all levels in advance for ds5.  I LOVE Miquon. Miquon plus a set of c-rods plus educationunboxed.com are the best.  I also, simultaneously, use MIF (Math in Focus),  which is a Singapore program, mastery style (not spiral), and designed for American classrooms. It coordinates well with the method of Miquon, but if you haven’t done Singapore approaches, I’d NOT buy it all in advance. I really love the approach, and MIF is a very good, relatively user-friendly way to do it, but some aspects of it annoy me, and you’d want to know you like Singapore before committing.  This is the one I bought in advance for Ds5 to make sure I’d match the answer keys I already own.

For spelling I love Apples and Pears (Sound Foundations publishers). It’s a U.K. program, so yay! You could probably buy it just as easily/inexpensively after you move.  It’s designed for dyslexia but all my kids use it.  It’s scripted, so you’ll have to be involved to guide them along, but there’s  no prep.  There are U.K./American vocabulary differences (my kids find them comical) but I haven’t really noticed much in the way of spelling differences. 

HTH!

 

 

 

 

 

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15 hours ago, klmama said:

I was just looking at the NextDoor app on my phone.  Someone in my neighborhood linked a YouTube song by a local artist, and I started listening.  It was rap.  My dog decided it was not okay and started barking.  And barking.  And barking.  I turned it off, and she won't stop.  Lesson learned.  No rap for her.  

 

Howdy!!  And congrats!  You got a top-of-the-page Booyah!!  

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28 minutes ago, Slache said:

The hive cannot handle me today (I keep getting signed out). Am I the only one with this problem?

It's been going on for months but now it's much worse. Maybe the baby doubling it? Or maybe it's because of my fever? Trying not to spread the virus.

Your apartment complex is sabotaging things again.

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It's snowing!

I got to drive home in it. The exit ramp onto the highway was closed due to construction so I had to take the long back road all the way home.  Hoping to get tired soon.  I have a hard time sleeping after rehearsals for a while, but Mahler just takes so much out of my brain. Funny fact: in the early part of Mahler's 1st symphony, he included a note in the conductor's score telling the clarinet to keep right on playing and ignore the conductor. :biggrin:

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2 hours ago, Servant4Christ said:

Nope. President or not, it's just too hard to predict what might come out of his mouth in front of our children.

Edited to include: Please don't think that my statement means I dislike our president. There are things I like and dislike about every president throughout history. I just detest his frequent bad language. That's not a quality in any person (especially a potential role model) that I want my children looking up to and/or modeling. 

#cleanlanguageplease

Totally! He would never come though. Even though John wrote him a poem equating him to a camel.

It's so funny you brought up his swearing though. He gave a speech today and my SIL was responsible for catching the swear words on Iheart and she supposedly boo-boo'd. I didn't listen to it, and was his fault for saying it, not her's for not catching it in my opinion, but oops!

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I can't keep the gestational diabetes juice down and usually have to retest. With Alex I never stopped throwing it up and we never got the test. We tried like 4 days in a row and I finally told them I wasn't coming back. They were not happy but there was nothing I could do!

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1 hour ago, Slache said:

I can't keep the gestational diabetes juice down and usually have to retest. With Alex I never stopped throwing it up and we never got the test. We tried like 4 days in a row and I finally told them I wasn't coming back. They were not happy but there was nothing I could do!

I took a different test, because there was no way I was keeping that carp down either. I was told to eat a specific breakfast, I think a boiled egg, toast with jam, something like that? I don't remember everything, but those results are just as valid (and I was told more accurate) as practically poisoning oneself with that other stuff. Why do they make pregnant women take that, and during a time when nausea is mostly at its peak?

I bet a man came up with that one... I just looked it up. Yes. It was a man...a series of men... happy they discovered a way to diagnose and treat to lower maternity death rates, but things have come a long way since 1926...

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15 minutes ago, Renai said:

I took a different test, because there was no way I was keeping that carp down either. I was told to eat a specific breakfast, I think a boiled egg, toast with jam, something like that? I don't remember everything, but those results are just as valid (and I was told more accurate) as practically poisoning oneself with that other stuff. Why do they make pregnant women take that, and during a time when nausea is mostly at its peak?

I bet a man came up with that one... I just looked it up. Yes. It was a man...a series of men... happy they discovered a way to diagnose and treat to lower maternity death rates, but things have come a long way since 1926...

You can just have a hemoglobin a1c test in place of the gestational diabetes (glucola) test.  It's a fasting blood draw so it sounds like you did something different.  https://www.mother.ly/life/is-the-glucose-test-safe-during-pregnancy

I had the glucose challenge test even before I was married and pregnant and it was murder because I am a turnip and trying to get blood out of me so many times left me with needle marks and bruises up and down both arms.  I looked like a drug addict by the time they were done. 

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Well, I'm awake. I could sleep for another 2.5 hours, but my brain gave up trying to sleep about thirty minutes ago. I gather I'm writing and/or editing for the next two hours whether I like it or not. 

Combination of a weekend trip starting today in which I will be tired, bored, and hungry, and the edit letter, which still hasn't settled out yet.

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12 minutes ago, Critterfixer said:

Well, I'm awake. I could sleep for another 2.5 hours, but my brain gave up trying to sleep about thirty minutes ago. I gather I'm writing and/or editing for the next two hours whether I like it or not. 

Combination of a weekend trip starting today in which I will be tired, bored, and hungry, and the edit letter, which still hasn't settled out yet.

You and me both, sister. I'm supposed to be up in another 1.5 hours to work...

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I also discovered that I was evidently emotionally upset enough to forget to eat dinner last night, which might be one of the reasons medicating myself to sleep didn't work so well last night.

Memo to writer self: Be sure to eat, even if you don't feel like it. Hummingbirds can go on sugar and caffeine, but even they have to crash now and again.

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Random updates:

I've been using my foot patches religiously for a while because they make a significant impact on morning sickness. Well, I realized this morning my feet no longer hurt from Disney. Also could be significantly less walking or all in my head, but I don't care.

Someone in our apartment adopted that dog I love. :wub:

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6 hours ago, Renai said:

I took a different test, because there was no way I was keeping that carp down either. I was told to eat a specific breakfast, I think a boiled egg, toast with jam, something like that? I don't remember everything, but those results are just as valid (and I was told more accurate) as practically poisoning oneself with that other stuff. Why do they make pregnant women take that, and during a time when nausea is mostly at its peak?

I bet a man came up with that one... I just looked it up. Yes. It was a man...a series of men... happy they discovered a way to diagnose and treat to lower maternity death rates, but things have come a long way since 1926...

With my last two I just got a blood sugar test kit and did the finger prick before and after breakfast for a couple of weeks. My midwife was good with that approach.

I'd way rather do that than drink the nasty stuff for the test.

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9 hours ago, Servant4Christ said:

Nope. President or not, it's just too hard to predict what might come out of his mouth in front of our children.

Edited to include: Please don't think that my statement means I dislike our president. There are things I like and dislike about every president throughout history. I just detest his frequent bad language. That's not a quality in any person (especially a potential role model) that I want my children looking up to and/or modeling. 

#cleanlanguageplease

Course and crass behavior do not belong in my home.

They also don't belong in the White House, no matter which political party you represent.

Definitely not a leadership quality.

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Good morning!  Yay for Friday!

We got enough snow last night to turn things white and close down all the schools.  Roads seem fine.  I told the kids they should practice their instruments and do math and then they can go out and try sledding.

We have an Old Lady Party this afternoon, and ds15 may or may not have a 9th grade tutorial party tonight - have to wait for an update on that.  Dh is taking the day off.

Coffee!

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Good Morning!

Happy Friday!

I know that our thermostat keeps the house at a constant temperature, but it feels cold today. 😞  

I don't like cold wet weather.  In fact, I think I can say that in four languages.

English: I don't like cold rain.

Spanish: No me gusta la lluvia fria.

French: Je n'aime pas la pluit froide.

ASL:  (Just trust me.  I am not uploading a video.)

I'm not sure if my translations are exactly right, but my facial expressions will certainly get my meaning across. 😉

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Good Morning!!!!

COFFEE!!!!~D

Friday!!!!!

School and work. One family to visit today.

Soccer game last night was bearable. We even scored three points , which was amazing. Some games the boys never even got a shot off.

 

well, looked there. A Booya/h. It’s been a while since I got a Booya/h.

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When I was pregnant with my 5th, I tested positive for gd (awful drink test) and my OB insisted that I go to a specialty clinic in The Big City to get an ultrasound Every. Single. Week.  Dragging 4 children with me.  I tested my glucose levels faithfully and never had a high reading except for once, prompting the specialist to prescribe medication.  At that point I told my OB that I was all done with that nonsense, though I kept up with the testing and just brought the results into my regular appointments after that.  

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2 hours ago, Servant4Christ said:

EdPo:

I've been looking at American History and Literature for Oldest next year and I'm going back and forth right now between Sonlight D+E and Notgrass America the Beautiful. Notgrass has been on my radar for a long time but I was hoping to hold off til middle school if we use it and their new 1-4th grade just doesn't appeal. Notgrass would also be waaay cheaper than SL. I need to look at a sample of the SL IG to get a better idea, but Oldest would think it's Christmas early if he saw that many books that he could read during school time. I would likely purchase the IG and then either check out the books from the library or find them used on Amazon or eBay to lower cost. I am not interested in SL for LA or Science. Just the History, Geography, Literature, Bible combo. Anyone have experience with this? 

A lot of people do this. It's ridonkulously expensive. Also look at Beautiful Feet Books and Ambleside Online. You could buy the AtB spine and add in literature from Amazon/Library from all resources listed which is how I do things.

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3 minutes ago, Spudater said:

Maybe I should teach this next baby proper letter formation as soon as she’s allowed to use a pencil or something because apparently you give a kid access to pencils for a couple years and they become an expert on handwriting who has to fight you on the formation and placement of EVERY SINGLE LETTER. 

I taught letter formation (and sounds) as soon as they started making letters. Because of this, all of my kids started school at some random point during the year.

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58 minutes ago, Paradox5 said:

FIAR or MP Enrichment guides?

I have used FIAR but not MP. FIAR is very open-ended with lots of options and I am under the impression that MP is very laid out and tells you what to do on a daily basis. I would make my decision based on that if I'm right. I think I have the first FIAR book I can send you. That's 1 of 4 because reading the same book every day was dull. We quickly moved to multiple activities in one day and then I made up my own activities instead of buying the other books, basing my reading selection on Ambleside Online.

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