JoJosMom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I plan on being here at that time. ;) Bloomington is a nice size town in that area. I'm in the very southern part about 20 miles from the Ohio river. We can plan a get together/play date in a few years. :D Once again I find myself overcome with envy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 And here I thought it was only for music videos and SWB lectures! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7OXxO8ikg (Would you believe I forgot to order this until just today?? ) This is one of my Christmas gifts. I'm looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the link.:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 How is kitty with the cataract or eye problem? Doing okay today. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 <mom voice begins> Ok, kids, no more fighting. Start a new thread if you want to fight. This is a thread of peace, love and joy. If you want snark, sanctimonious opining, or sarcastic battles of rhetoric, there are PLENTY of other threads. We come here to enjoy one another. Full stop. Don't make me come down, over, or around there. <mom voice ends> On a lighter note, the kittehs, puppies and other very cute things have made me smile. Tex, ((hugs)) I have been feeling that way lately too. My day has been filled with constant interruptions from all of the many souls living here. If I am not suffering from some form of ADD already, it is surely going to happen soon. Tonight, my plan is to do Pilates, take a long, hot shower and finish the book I am reading. That is all. Oh and I suppose I should feed everyone. But what, that is the question? Oh and I finished Farewell to Arms. Is it totally nuts that I actually like Hemingway? There is something about his feeling-stunted staccato that really speaks to me :lol: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 And my little dd11 (my piccolo girl who also :001_wub: The Wizard of Oz) is tweeting away with some new music that she got for Christmas. Some...WHERE (squeek) over the rainbow... This is going to be fun!! :biggrinjester: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 <mom voice begins> Ok, kids, no more fighting. Start a new thread if you want to fight. This is a thread of peace, love and joy. If you want snark, sanctimonious opining, or sarcastic battles of rhetoric, there are PLENTY of other threads. We come here to enjoy one another. Full stop. Don't make me come down, over, or around there. <mom voice ends> On a lighter note, the kittehs, puppies and other very cute things have made me smile. Tex, ((hugs)) I have been feeling that way lately too. My day has been filled with constant interruptions from all of the many souls living here. If I am not suffering from some form of ADD already, it is surely going to happen soon. Tonight, my plan is to do Pilates, take a long, hot shower and finish the book I am reading. That is all. Oh and I suppose I should feed everyone. But what, that is the question? Oh and I finished Farewell to Arms. Is it totally nuts that I actually like Hemingway? There is something about his feeling-stunted staccato that really speaks to me :lol: But mo-om! Congrats on the book! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I think it's inconsistent to be rigorous about academic and educational theory but then get a bit wobbly when your pet issues are being discussed, especially when you're the one on the soapbox. I disagree. I think there is a categorical difference between a description of a community and a lifestyle, and an instructional text by an expert. I think that she does take risks in bringing her own personal motivations and history into the book, and again, I read this a while ago so I remember very much her descriptions of being homeschooled and the fun parts of it, but not so much any broad comments about public school that, in a good state of mind, I would disagree with wholeheartedly. But I should note that I hadn't been to this forum either, so the political debates and all that were far from my mind. Instead, I was thinking about my background in classics, my own dislike of my rural high school, my dislike of the international private school system, and how I would educate my kids. I know the US school system is lacking and that's one reason we live where we do. I hate broad generalizations, but then, IIRC, the tone of WTM is much more "Here are concerns people have, here are issues people face, so if you are in that situation, you may find this alternative compelling." That is totally different than sweepingly saying, "Public schools lie so you can't send a kid there in good conscience." I can understand how you'd take the latter interpretation after being on the net all day though... the Internet is full of people who make me so angry. As is the press. But at the time I'd been reading Melville and Rumi and Firdowsi and I was in a better state of mind I suppose. I did not read it from cover to cover, but I did read some early chapters on theory that seemed fairly sound (I didn't agree with all of it, but it seemed earnest and honest)... and then I saw the "Fallacies" bit in the TOC and that put my hackles up because it was just pontificating and not well supported. What is the "fallacies" section? Is that new. I honestly don't remember it... hmmmm.... Okay, will go home and read. Is this 'fallacies about homeschoolers' type thing? So, I think if it was couched in something like "look, as the author, I'm human, and here are my personal feelings and perhaps, biases" but it's not framed like that at all. It's framed as if the public school system is "afraid" to address religious topics and it kind of just comes off as self-aggrandizement. So yeah, up a few posts I was definitely more flip than necessary. I should have been specific in my criticism. So I'm sorry for that. But a polite, Donna Reed culture of never challenging anybody's biases is not healthy for education in general and on a forum that ostensibly exists for that purpose it's distressing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Oh and I finished Farewell to Arms. Is it totally nuts that I actually like Hemingway? There is something about his feeling-stunted staccato that really speaks to me :lol: It's not nuts. There's a reason it's a classic. Not my style at all but I can see the value. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Dd13 totally amazed me this afternoon. She gave dd9 and dd7 a 2 1/2 hour violin lesson! She taught them how to properly hold the instrument, how to bow correctly (they're still squeaky, though), and she taught them all four strings. She said that I could quiz them -- they know them in any order! Wow! Marathon session! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 It's not nuts. There's a reason it's a classic. Not my style at all but I can see the value. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Once again I find myself overcome with envy. We can Skype or facetime or something. Since it will be a few years, I may be able to figure it out.:D Doing okay today. I'm glad she is doing well. I have been wondering. We love kitties here.:wub: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 We can Skype or facetime or something. Since it will be a few years, I may be able to figure it out. :D Nope. She's packing JoJo up and going on a road trip. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Back from the art museum. It was nice - last day of the Michelangelo sketches exhibit and they also had lots of beautiful Islamic art ranging from 1000 years old to modern. Also an artist from NY who does multi-medium works in rainbow colors using paints and fabrics. Then we spent some time in the "kids art" section and did some projects/crafts. The museum parking lot was full so we parked a few blocks away at the public library and enjoyed the walk through the city. Leftovers for dinner. I like puppies and kittehs and piggies and SWB and awesome people. Jean, come back to your happy place! Edited January 6, 2016 by Susan in TN 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 It's not nuts. There's a reason it's a classic. Not my style at all but I can see the value. I am a little stunted emotionally, lol, and when I read things that emote too much, they bog me down. I think that is why he appeals to me. Plus, I am all for a well-timed cocktail :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I should go back to him now. I read him before having lived in a war zone... Maybe now he would speak to me more. Hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I should go back to him now. I read him before having lived in a war zone... Maybe now he would speak to me more. Hm. I would be interested in what you think. That is such a different perspective to bring to it. I bet it would draw out entirely different thoughts from that vantage point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Nope. She's packing JoJo up and going on a road trip. This is a much better plan. Now I don't have to learn how to Skype. Yay! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I really like Dr. Seuss. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Ok, slap me upside the head, tell me I'm crazy, or whatever you need to do to knock some sense into me. As I've said before, my ultimate goal is to work the rest of this school year and then all of next year. I do not plan on returning to teach the 2017-2018 school year. Dd will be 5 that year and I plan on homeschooling. And, if you've read any of my teaching posts, you know that at times I truly dislike it; I don't really want to teach anymore, and if I could quit now, I would. So, that brings me to why I need some sense knocked into me. Over the Christmas break, 2 teachers combined their classrooms and are going to teach in the larger of the rooms. They will use the smaller room for other needs, one on one teaching, etc. They also got rid of all their desks, got new furniture (couches, pub tables with bar stools, and more alternative seating), and basically, it just looks exactly like what I was trying to do this year, but with VERY limited funds. I'm not really jealous, but I do wish that since I got the ball rolling with the alternative seating, that I could have received some funding instead of spending my own money. ANYWAY, now I'm second guessing my desire to stay home. I'm all "Maybe it's not that bad. Maybe if I do xyz, abc, lmn, etc that I'll like it again." My mom calls me a butterfly. I flit from one thing to another all the time. (I think some of this just goes back to second guessing myself and my decisions.) Anyway, just smack me upside the head, tell me to snap out of it, and remind me that I don't want my child's education to be the one that I'm currently providing. That's all. :) Your child deserves a great education. Fixed typo. Edited January 7, 2016 by ikslo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The finish line is insight and I'm getting antsy, I think. No one here will think any less of you if you give up on your goal of sticking it out a few more years. Why not just be done after this year to give yourself time to ease into the SAHM role? Promise your DH more teA. He'll be onboard. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 No one here will think any less of you if you give up on your goal of sticking it out a few more years. Why not just be done after this year to give yourself time to ease into the SAHM role? Promise your DH more teA. He'll be onboard. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 College girl's boyfriend is in the Navy reserves and his friend wrote something on a FB thread of his that college girl said is crude deployment humor but she won't tell me what it means. I want to know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) I really like Dr. Seuss. He was a Liberal before it was cool and disinterested in organized religion when being so was almost dangerous in this country. Cool dude and a brilliant satirist. Edited January 6, 2016 by MarkW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Anyhow, working on phonemes with the littlest today. First time we've really gotten down to brass tacks since we pulled her because.. life keeps happening. I'm now officially (well, quasi-officially) telecommuting 3 days a week, with flexible hours, and so instruction can begin in earnest. We're just gonna start with reading, math, and self-directed study as she finds interests for now. That sounds like a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I really like Dr. Seuss. Bestie! :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 For the first time since when? He was working on his wookiee. Priorities people, priorities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 He was a Liberal before it was cool and disinterested im organized religion when being so was almost dangerous in this country. Cool dude and a brilliant satirist. I just like Green Eggs and Ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 He was working on his wookiee. Priorities people, priorities! I know, right? Education, schmeducation! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Please do not let me post on the Narcissism and Theology thread. Nothing good will come of it, particularly in my current condition. See? I'm glad I'm not the only one who is biting my tongue. Although we might be freaking about different things. Because as one poster noted, that thread is a train wreck! Edited January 6, 2016 by ikslo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I just like Green Eggs and Ham. Me, too! And green eggs and bacon, and green eggs and bologna and green eggs... (Can you tell who's on a diet?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Me, too! And green eggs and bacon, and green eggs and bologna and green eggs... (Can you tell who's on a diet?) Shut up about your diet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Do you think maybe you should put her back in school until you can take the time to really teach her? Don't forget about education unboxed. A lot of people recommend de-schooling when you take kids out. I don't think low key for a few months through the holidays was a bad move at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I had a protein shake and a spinach salad for lunch. And then a cookie for dessert. Why do I always have to wreck it? At least I had only 1 cookie and not 3. Yeah, I hate when I wreck lunch with a protein shake, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 See? I'm glad I'm not the only one who is biting my tongue. Although we might be freaking about different things. Because as one poster noted, that thread is a train wreck! Hee hee. I think I must be jaded or maybe I have been on the boards too long. I can see the potential for train wreck, but I don't think it has gotten there yet. The archives have some whoppers. And it still isn't locked, so there's that. :lol: I really want pizza. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 A lot of people recommend de-schooling when you take kids out. I don't think low key for a few months through the holidays was a bad move at all. I agree, but his constant remarks about not having the time to teach her and needing to quit and not being able to quit are disconcerting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I have bought a bag of caramels. And root beer to have with the pizza. I've had one of those afternoons where everything just seemed to get under my skin and bite. And really, they were very small things. Piddling, trifling nonsense, but I just couldn't seem to ignore them. All better now! :001_smile: Pizza and movie night coming up! We are doing pizza too. And I have the stuff to make caramels. And I'm totally not self-sabotaging my anti-inflammatory diet that I'm supposed to be starting...again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 College girl's boyfriend is in the Navy reserves and his friend wrote something on a FB thread of his that college girl said is crude deployment humor but she won't tell me what it means. I want to know. Tell me what he said. I'll bet I can tell you. And if I can't, I will ask dh. (Do we have a shame-faced emoji?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Duck was here. :seeya: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I agree, but his constant remarks about not having the time to teach her and needing to quit and not being able to quit are disconcerting. Pffffffft. Oh dear let's not get into what's disconcerting because if you want to get personal it won't be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I have stomach flu. (((Dawn)))) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 We are doing pizza too. And I have the stuff to make caramels. And I'm totally not self-sabotaging my anti-inflammatory diet that I'm supposed to be starting...again. Stop tormenting me with pizza, people!! That does it. When I take DS to youth group, I am going to pick up some 'za:-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/545334-ignore-this-thread/page-320?do=findComment&comment=6584457 Shucks. Only 300 pages ago. I could've sworn it was 400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I used to go to this pizza joint that had a pepperoni, garlic, spinach, feta pizza that was REALLY good. I have no idea what they did to the spinach to make it compatible? Maybe blanch cooked it? Any ideas??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Tell me what he said. I'll bet I can tell you. And if I can't, I will ask dh. (Do we have a shame-faced emoji?) She says it is an inside joke that means a fart sandwich. :huh: I don't even know what that means. :confused1: It was "Texas toast". I thought it was crude in a s3xual way. I cannot tell if I'm getting a straight answer, and I am not a shrinking violet so I want me a straight answer! Also, if folks want to have private inside jokes, they shouldn't put them on FB. Now, it is public property, and I have the right to know. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Shucks. Only 300 pages ago. I could've sworn it was 400. Well, you know what they say about ducks and math. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Well, you know what they say about ducks and math. Because everyone knows what they say about ducks and math. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) How's Molly?? ETA: Well lookie there! A Molly Booyah!!!! And I wasn't even trying for one. It's a sign. She's an h girl. Edited January 7, 2016 by Lotsoflittleducklings 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 She says it is an inside joke that means a fart sandwich. :huh: I don't even know what that means. :confused1: It was "Texas toast". I thought it was crude in a s3xual way. I cannot tell if I'm getting a straight answer, and I am not a shrinking violet so I want me a straight answer! Also, if folks want to have private inside jokes, they shouldn't put them on FB. Now, it is public property, and I have the right to know. :lol: i always thought a fart sandwich is a frat thing when two guys smash another one between them (of course none of them are clothed for whatever gross reason) and they fart on the one in the middle. Hmmm. Now I need to ask Dh about this. Don't worry, Tex. We will get to the bottom of this! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 i always thought a fart sandwich is a frat thing when two guys smash another one between them (of course none of them are clothed for whatever gross reason) and they fart on the one in the middle. Hmmm. Now I need to ask Dh about this. Don't worry, Tex. We will get to the bottom of this! I certainly hope so! It is really bothering me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Seriously, enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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