Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I think I need to give up working out all together. :( I texted my husband "I'm hungry" and he replied "Soy un penguino." It was not helpful. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Dh locked his keys in his car. That is all. This might or might not be the time to point out that it is not possible to lock one's keys in the car if one always has them in one's hands when one exits the care for any reason. :hat: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I need to clean my office. It really doesn't take long, because it is organized; I have just been fling things on the desk in a pile instead of actually putting them away. Because hashimoto's sucks. Also, it's actually my half of the office. The other half is Mr. Ellie's. He has no organizational/administrative skills whatsoever. I have warned him that the apocalypse is coming so that he can hide the bodies. Instead I am here. Because procrastination. :hat: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) This might or might not be the time to point out that it is not possible to lock one's keys in the car if one always has them in one's hands when one exits the care for any reason. :hat: I know, right??? Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I have thought about slipping dh some of ds's add meds. I see a strong genetic resemblance, iykwim. He self-medicates with an ungodly amount of caffeine. Friends came and left. I ended up picking up pizza for lunch. I am awaiting a tow truck to come pick up dh's car. I am worried that the needed repairs may be more than we want to put into the vehicle. It has been a great commuter car for the past 12+ years for us, and I will be sad to see it go when its time comes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Check out my plea for help which currently is inhabited by crickets and help if you can...yes, I know. It's a pretty specific question. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582876-windows-to-the-world-to-co-op-class-teaching-question/ Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Critter, you will appreciate that both cats are Revolutioned. I read on the insert that testing showed 100% eradication of ear mites with one application. Rock on, Revolution. :hat: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hmm. I could give you my stock answer, duct tape, but I don't suppose that's much help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB2WHOtmSHQ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Check out my plea for help which currently is inhabited by crickets and help if you can...yes, I know. It's a pretty specific question. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582876-windows-to-the-world-to-co-op-class-teaching-question/ BTW, I looked into an outside class for chemistry for my boys (because I'm not crazy about the teacher at co-op next year), and it would be $1500 for both of them for the year versus free if I teach English. What's the problem with the co-op teacher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Check out my plea for help which currently is inhabited by crickets and help if you can...yes, I know. It's a pretty specific question. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582876-windows-to-the-world-to-co-op-class-teaching-question/ BTW, I looked into an outside class for chemistry for my boys (because I'm not crazy about the teacher at co-op next year), and it would be $1500 for both of them for the year versus free if I teach English. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Hmm. I could give you my stock answer, duct tape, but I don't suppose that's much help. Our pastor mentioned duct tape during his sermon last night. I can't remember why he mentioned it, but dd5 started giggling. Loudly. edited for clarity. Edited January 11, 2016 by Junie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Today's big debate: Would a pegasus/ unicorn hybrid be a pegicorn or a unipeg? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Roaches are ever so much worse than crickets. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Check out my plea for help which currently is inhabited by crickets and help if you can...yes, I know. It's a pretty specific question. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582876-windows-to-the-world-to-co-op-class-teaching-question/ BTW, I looked into an outside class for chemistry for my boys (because I'm not crazy about the teacher at co-op next year), and it would be $1500 for both of them for the year versus free if I teach English. Why don't you use IEW's American Lit, but not the entire thing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Today's big debate: Would a pegasus/ unicorn hybrid be a pegicorn or a unipeg? Depends on whether the female was the Pegasus or the unicorn? Pegasus is male, no? So my vote it would be a unipeg. *FYI - I'm not sure what I just said. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) If you had a bright but not gifted 5 year old boy would you get Apologia's Astronomy book for him? It's on sale and I won't get the journal or the kit, I just want to sit and read it with him. Eta: He loves space. :) Edited January 11, 2016 by Slache 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB2WHOtmSHQ Awww! Here’s a story you might like, Slash. I had a GSD before my current one. He was my bestest friend before I got married and 6 when I had DD. I was SO worried about how he’d adjust-I even had a back-up home arranged for him. During my month-long, post-partum nap, the poor dog was so upset that he stopped eating and drinking, and started losing his hair in enormous clumps. They had to put him on major doggy tranquilizers to stabilize him. Needless to say, he was REALLY glad to see me when I got home. That night he slept rightnexttomybed. The next night he slept under the baby’s crib. He never left her side after that. :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 1. I would do Elegant Essay and part of American Lit. 2. Apologia astronomy is dead boring. I know, I own it. I would do Zoology 1: flying creatures instead and do the activities but not the journaling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Tex, I have two possible textbooks that I'm looking at for tenth grade literature. One is Laurence Perrine's Structure, Sound and Sense, and the other is Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing by Roberts and Jacobs. I like the second book better. I picked both books up at the library book sale for about 2 dollars each. I have not read them cover to cover. I don't know what the increase in writing and skill would be from the class you taught. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) What's the problem with the co-op teacher? There is a list of things, none of which cannot be overcome for the sake of free and expedient. (As I have said, I can be bought, and I figure my sons will likely take chemistry in college anyway because I did.) Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Tex, I have two possible textbooks that I'm looking at for tenth grade literature. One is Laurence Perrine's Structure, Sound and Sense, and the other is Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing by Roberts and Jacobs. I like the second book better. I picked both books up at the library book sale for about 2 dollars each. I have not read them cover to cover. I don't know what the increase in writing and skill would be from the class you taught. I remember having this book as a student. Probably Engl 102 -- The Class They Wouldn't Let Me CLEP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Texasmama, I vote for free. Sorry for the issues, but it really doesn't sound like a deal-breaker to me. And if the content isn't as rigorous as what you want, you could always afterschool... :D We are doing a not-super-rigorous, let's do cc first type of homeschool here too. I completely get it. I think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Why don't you use IEW's American Lit, but not the entire thing? This is a possibility, including tweaking the assignments. For instance, the first essay is 750 words in MLA style. The students just finished a four paragraph essay which we worked on for a solid month. I am not familiar with MLA. I used APA 100 years ago when I went to college. When I was a professor, they used APA. If you had a bright but not gifted 5 year old boy would you get Apologia's Astronomy book for him? It's on sale and I won't get the journal or the kit, I just want to sit and read it with him. Eta: He loves space. :) I agree with prairie. Boring. There has to be a more interesting astronomy book for young ones. 1. I would do Elegant Essay and part of American Lit. 2. Apologia astronomy is dead boring. I know, I own it. I would do Zoology 1: flying creatures instead and do the activities but not the journaling. I have actually considered #1, interestingly. I cannot tell if Elegant Essay would be too much review given the amount of writing instruction the students have gone through this year which is similar. There is a "boot camp" schedule for Elegant Essay which is more of a review so I could consider that, combine it with American lit, dropping some of the assignments to accommodate the EE, and also looking at shortening the word requirements, at least for some of my students. BTW, I hate word requirements. It just encourages putting words on a paper rather than choosing a fitting word to put on a paper. "This novel is interesting and intriguing and fantastic." Ugh. At this moment I am kind of hating how I cannot just pick up a curriculum and use it as written. UGH. Tex, I have two possible textbooks that I'm looking at for tenth grade literature. One is Laurence Perrine's Structure, Sound and Sense, and the other is Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing by Roberts and Jacobs. I like the second book better. I picked both books up at the library book sale for about 2 dollars each. I have not read them cover to cover. I don't know what the increase in writing and skill would be from the class you taught. I have not heard of either of these. Will look at them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Texasmama, I vote for free. Sorry for the issues, but it really doesn't sound like a deal-breaker to me. And if the content isn't as rigorous as what you want, you could always afterschool... :D We are doing a not-super-rigorous, let's do cc first type of homeschool here too. I completely get it. I think. They are not really deal breakers, more like burrs under my saddle that I can look past to save a lot of driving and $1500 to get a slightly better teacher using the same blasted curriculum. :lol: Thank you for understanding me. I do believe that you do. We really don't suck, either. We just have what we have to offer and have accepted it. :coolgleamA: ETA: Afterschool chemistry??? Do you hate me? :lol: Edited January 11, 2016 by texasmama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Y'all have actually been much more helpful with the English class thing than I expected. :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 They are not really deal breakers, more like burrs under my saddle that I can look past to save a lot of driving and $1500 to get a slightly better teacher using the same blasted curriculum. :lol: Thank you for understanding me. I do believe that you do. We really don't suck, either. We just have what we have to offer and have accepted it. :coolgleamA: ETA: Afterschool chemistry??? Do you hate me? :lol: Chemistry is so not my thing. Next year we are doing Apologia with online labs. If there are food-related labs, we will do some of those. I will not allow hazardous chemicals in my kitchen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Guest Hollow just came out with a non math based chemistry with an emphasis on books and kitchen experiments. It looks cool and I wonder if it would work for junior high. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Guest Hollow just came out with a non math based chemistry with an emphasis on books and kitchen experiments. It looks cool and I wonder if it would work for junior high. I :001_wub: Guest Hollow. Science is super not my thing. If we don't outsource/charter school science, then GH will be my choice. :thumbup1: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I am all over Biology, but Chemistry can bite me. :laugh: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Chemistry is so not my thing. Next year we are doing Apologia with online labs. If there are food-related labs, we will do some of those. I will not allow hazardous chemicals in my kitchen. This honestly worries me about homeschooling upper levels. Doing the upper level sciences. I have no earthly idea how I passed Physics and I don't think I took Chemistry. I didn't do a lot in my Senior year. ha In other news, I took my fireplace door to the glass shop in town. It's only going to be $21+tax to replace the glass. YAY! They have to order the panel, but it should be ready by Wednesday. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Guest Hollow just came out with a non math based chemistry with an emphasis on books and kitchen experiments. It looks cool and I wonder if it would work for junior high. Going to research now, because, well, see my previous post. :D I have to admit, I am hoping that if we continue through HS, that she can get her sciences at the community college. Edited January 11, 2016 by Southern Ivy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I :001_wub: Guest Hollow.Tell me more. Their website drives me batty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I need a Stepford homeschool wife to take over my job. I'm failing miserably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Check out my plea for help which currently is inhabited by crickets and help if you can...yes, I know. It's a pretty specific question. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582876-windows-to-the-world-to-co-op-class-teaching-question/ BTW, I looked into an outside class for chemistry for my boys (because I'm not crazy about the teacher at co-op next year), and it would be $1500 for both of them for the year versus free if I teach English. Free is good. Beef up as needed? or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I need a Stepford homeschool wife to take over my job. I'm failing miserably. I'm betting not. :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Y'all have actually been much more helpful with the English class thing than I expected. :lol: :hat: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I have to admit, I am hoping that if we continue through HS, that she can get her sciences at the community college. It is not as easy in other states as in California, but both of my dds did community college instead of high school. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 So, most surfaces are clean. Tomorrow (or maybe tonight after church, depending on whether or not my head lets me rest) I'll do the papers, which won't take long at all, and begin prodding Mr. Ellie's corner. That is all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Stress makes me sleepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Today's big debate: Would a pegasus/ unicorn hybrid be a pegicorn or a unipeg?Unipeg is so much easier to say! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! When I was teachng 7th grade science I required an insect collection one year. One kid did not do a good job of totally killing his bugs, and the day they brought in their collections his bugs were wandering slowly around his board with pins stuck in their backs. It was creepy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I just remembered that we're not doing online chemistry labs, but rather the Apologia dvd. Ds15 is using the biology dvd this year. He seems to be enjoying it (as much as he enjoys anything science). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 And, Sherlock is available online here at PBS. For those who a. missed it; b. don't have tv; c. want to watch it again So, this is probably what I will be doing after I put the dc to bed. (It's not scary, is it?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I am all over Biology, but Chemistry can bite me. :laugh: I would gladly take chemistry multiple times before I would suffer through biology again. But that doesn't mean I want to teach either one, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) School was successful. Supper was superb. I hate chemistry, and I have no advise regarding english classes. I am no help at all. However, free is good.:) I can't wait for bedtime. It is supposed to snow early tomorrow morning, 1-2 inches. The school messenger system will probably call 4 a.m. to cancel. I don't think I will send dd16 anyway because our road is an icy mess. Treacherous, I say.:D ETA: Oh, wow!!! Looky there.......BOOYA!!!!!!! This booya is dedicated to all homeschooling parents, past and present, that are and have struggled making difficult decisions because we love our children and want what is best for them.:) And the school called and said no school tomorrow due to winter weather. Yay!!!! No 4 a.m. call. Edited January 12, 2016 by Openhearted 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! Why would she do this to us? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Bullet journal is DONE! Whew. I have a year spread with holidays, birthdays, events and doctors appointments. The Oregon air show is July if you're interested. I still need to implement my booklist and gift ideas. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 And, Sherlock is available online here at PBS. For those who a. missed it; b. don't have tv; c. want to watch it again So, this is probably what I will be doing after I put the dc to bed. (It's not scary, is it?) Watched it last night! I didn't think it was scary, but i readily admit to watching scary stuff regularly, so ymmv. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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