Slache Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Just now, Æthelthryth the Texan said: My dd went and saw them in concert and said they were awesome. 😍😍😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 We're watching Togo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Spudater said: That's just lies put out by Big Cleaning. 👀 I wish Big Cleaning was a thing--like a big box store where I could go and buy a year's worth of "clean home". 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) We beached. Fall term starts Monday, ready or not! Welcome, new folks! I'm a former schoolteacher and now mama of a 12-year-old who keeps me on my toes. My job here on ITT is to remind people to follow the rules, such as No Dying and Be Sure to Visit Often. I live in North Carolina (now for half my life!) and we've homeschooled since preK. I am also staff to an Excellent Kitty. Like all animals, she adores my husband, who is a computer guy and not into animals at all. (It's become a running joke at our house. Today at the beach, he--and only he--was approached by a school of fish and then a little flock of plovers.) Currently the kitty is pouting in the rocking chair because I'm sitting on the couch with him and she's not getting his attention. Edited February 18, 2023 by 73349 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, whitehawk said: Even the binoculars are bigger in Texas?? Do you have a mirror to compensate for the curvature of the Earth? Yes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 So nice of them to drive your package to you!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Chester has finally calmed down and decided he no longer needs to attack, pounce on, or carry on a loud, aggressive conversation with Wally the Robot Vacuum. Also, progress has been made in that he rarely tries to eat the sofa covers any more, and doesn't attack Lynette the Lemon Tree or try to bury himself in pine needle mulch. Edited August 29, 2020 by Susan in TN 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 hours ago, maize said: That thread about what curriculum you would use if you were to start homeschooling now is dangerous. You'd think I have been doing this long enough that I'd have all my curriculum choices settled but really the only curriculum I've found that I like is math stuff. Uh-oh it's an Ed-Po booyah... Right? I start to post, and then I think who am I kidding? No matter what I chose, I would end up in survival mode, lol. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I went to the Afsa because I was having a lousy day anyhow and I Decided to not ruin tomorrow by going to the Afsa tomorrow. So, I went today. It wasn’t too crowded, but they have stock people on every aisle,l supposedly stocking shelves, but the shelves are all empty anyway. And I had to do self-checkout with a boatload of stuff and that always takes me forever. But I am home and we are having pizza for dinner. And I don’t have to go to the Afsa tomorrow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 hours ago, maize said: That thread about what curriculum you would use if you were to start homeschooling now is dangerous. You'd think I have been doing this long enough that I'd have all my curriculum choices settled but really the only curriculum I've found that I like is math stuff. Uh-oh it's an Ed-Po booyah... I have pretty much settled on what I’m doing. It’s ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I'm watching AMC's The Walking Dead spinoff on Hulu and after all these years, no one has learned the number 1 rule of the Zombie Apocalypse: shut the door! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: I'm watching AMC's The Walking Dead spinoff on Hulu and after all these years, no one has learned the number 1 rule of the Zombie Apocalypse: shut the door! Oh, come on.... it’s so much more effective to stand there with the door open and a horrified look on your face as you watch them walk up your front walk and eat you.🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Isaac is the most mobile newborn I've ever seen. I had no idea they could move so far. It's not like he can crawl. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: Newbie lifts and turns his head to look at me before throwing all he's got into going sideways to nurse. This is him a week ago. He's a preemie! He was smiling when I tried. I missed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 53 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: This sounds so fun! Any particular book/curriculum? Guest Hollow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Smiling is another thing. All your babies smile, right? I was always told that babies don't smile but mine always did. Never in response to something like they were happy, but they can use those muscles. That's normal, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, Spudater said: I started a thread on the high school board if anyone is interested No, I have not done that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Spudater said: Well come on. I'm sure Awix would enjoy welding. Prolly. His uncle is a welder. They could work together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Slache said: Isaac is the most mobile newborn I've ever seen. I had no idea they could move so far. It's not like he can crawl. I had one like that--she had a way of scooting virtually from birth. Fortunately our bed was a mattress on the floor at the time because at just two or three weeks old she would wiggle/scoot her way to the edge of the mattress, roll off, look startled for a minute, then start scooting again! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Pizza for dinner and Sandlot for the movie. Great start for the weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) I am so dang exhausted. Pooya. Edited August 29, 2020 by Slache 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Coffee. That is all. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good morning! We only got a little over an inch of rain yesterday, so not too bad. The outdoor plants are happy. Dh was kind enough to get up with puppy at 5:45 this morning, but I couldn't get back to sleep. Plans for this morning are a quick stop by Kroger for chocolate chips on the way to a thrift store that opens at 9; putz around there for an hour until the library opens to pick up books. There's a zoom scout activity after lunch. Dd14 has book club at a friend's house this afternoon and afterwards they are having a small birthday party. The girls decided to make cookies for a gift, which is why we need chocolate chips. Coffee! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 55 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: Coffee. That is all. Breakfast of champions. Good morning, all! Happy Saturday. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Morning. Our big storm is evidently coming all today instead of last night. I woke up around 3am feeling hot and couldn't get comfortable. Covers off, fan on my legs made me feel twitchy. Covers on, it was too hot. Not sure when I finally fell back asleep but my alarm woke me up at 6:30 to meet up with dd. I actually headed over early but she ended up cancelling due to a female issue. I would have gotten the message before I left if I left at normal time. I'm heading back to the science center with dh later. He has to move tv's and whiteboards to work in my new distanced classroom arrangement, and I'll feed the turtle and be there to help if needed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good Morning! Happy Saturday! We had some terrific storms last night. And there are more coming today. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: I'm not sure how to react to this. Is this a GOOD thing? terrific -- of great size, amount, or intensity 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I do like to watch thunderstorms, as long as I know that we're relatively safe. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good morning ☀️ It is not supposed to be crazy hot today. That's a nice change. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!~D is almost ready!!! Saturday!!! Don’t have much going on this weekend. Housework. My last class for my CLAD ends tomorrow and I have one more paper to write. This is not my last last class. It’s just the last one I registered for this summer. I think I have three more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hey, MMS dropped in. Good to see you, girlfriend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Junie said: I do like to watch thunderstorms, as long as I know that we're relatively safe. I do, too. They are extremely rare here, though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Got swim time in. Now storm clouds are rolling in. Summer in FL. I have to work today. Have another audit next week I have to finish prepping for. Should probably do some school grading/prep this weekend, too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 53 minutes ago, myblessings4 said: I hung a load of towels on the line, got dressed, and ate some cantaloupe and watermelon. Overachiever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Servant4Christ said: Ah, now I see. I don't have the ITT map handy and didn't know if you're in Hurricane Land like some of the others. I generally don't like to give details about my specific location. If you want to put me on your ITT map, though, I live close enough to go to DC for a daytrip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Dh and I are cleaning out the closet. Svengo. I will check in periodically so that you know that I'm alive and not lost. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Dh and I are cleaning out the closet. Svengo. I will check in periodically so that you know that I'm alive and not lost. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Spudater said: Let us know if you see any lampposts I would love to be having tea with a faun and not cleaning up my bedroom right now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Bagels McGruffikin said: That’s true, but I always feel like I don’t do enough, especially on the weekends. I crash if I push too hard but it’s annoying how much this takes out of me now. Part of the reason this is our last baby if he lives, it’s increasingly difficult on my body to keep strip mining it for baby making 😵 ((Bagels))💕 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ds25 is cleaning the microwave. That's how bad it had gotten! Lol! Batch #1 of birthday gift cookies was a disaster. Which I should have expected because this is the recipe dd11 uses every time and every time, the Cookies spread into one giant, flat cookie. Plus, the parchment slipped as I was taking the pan out of the oven and they ended up on the oven door. Grrrr. So now we are trying cookie batch #2 of regular chocolate chip. We'll see how the test batch does. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 The closet is looking good -- no lamp post, no mice (talking or otherwise)... The bedroom, however, is messier than when we started... I need to take a nap. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I am checking in so that the Elephant Ninja Brigade aren't set upon me. I am also taking a break from my very hard PT lower body exercises. I did get through the "Exercise of Death" today though - two sets of ten reps. This is the first time in a month of trying to work up to that goal that I have succeeded. I was ready to quit after the first set of ten but muttered "I am Xena" until I got through the second set. 😉 OK - back to the exercises. . . 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, myblessings4 said: Good job! You are doing great!! Dh was (mildly) mocking me during my exercises. I told him "You do not mock Xena!" 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: I learned that subbing half of your butter with shortening remedies this, at least it does in the recipe I use. Also, if you want chewy instead of crunchy, use brown sugar instead of white. Good luck with your second batch! Yes. This. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said: Strange, corn on the cob is EVERYWHERE here. Maybe because we're a farming community and can find it on literally every corner at all the roadside produce stands this time of year. Corn on the cob Booya(h)! 🤣 I can’t find it anywhere here, either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Now I have cleaning out my closet stuck in my head. Awful song. Everyone knows where I live. I don't care. HEB is a grocery store in Texas and Mexico. It's pronounced H-E-B but I call it Heb to drive my husband insane. I'm tired of being tired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I have been grilling corn on the cob a lot lately. So easy and so tasty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Æthelthryth the Texan said: They also have the most excellent Dia de los Muertos kitchen products around, for those of us partial-Mexicans who like this type of pizzaz in our kitchens and cookery products. https://www.heb.com/static-page/dia-de-los-muertos My youngest also takes issue with it being H-E-B and thinks Heb is more appropriate. My oldest also called the UPS store the Ups store for a while when she was 5 and I hated to correct her because it was so cute. Who wouldn't want to go to the Ups store? I love sugar skulls! I always wanted an ofrenda just for the looks to honor my loved ones but that's kinda the definition of cultural appropriation so... I say the ups store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Servant4Christ said: Lunch. Might not win any awards for nutrition, but the children are happy! Looks yummy. Anyone know an easy to cook but healthier type of ramen? I love ramen. We have corn on the cob here. It's grown locally so we can get it pretty easily. I have a headache. I've been working on classes all day, maybe should have rested my eyes more often. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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