Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 You know what I would really like? Getting everything on my tackle lists done by 11 am, noon at the latest, and then having the rest of the day to do whatever I'd like. Not going to happen, but a gal can dream. . . . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Go, Buddy, go! Woo hoo! :hurray: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Oh, I missed the Buddy post. Yay buddy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I have Gymnast on Khan right now. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Am still in jammies (12:30 central time). Have finished the little program for a [very] small conference that's happening this Saturday and drop-boxed it to the coordinator. Have spent much time on FB, between Hashimoto's discussions and Harry Potter Room of Requirement discussions. That is all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 It's clear and cold here in Central Texas. We may or may not leave the house today. I still have to put away the Christmas stuff that is in the room outside the actual room where we store stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 So, so close to page 690... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I might have to watch a Johnny Depp movie today. Or a Maggie Smith movie. Or a Gary Oldman movie. Or an Alan Rickman movie. Because Harry Potter. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ok, so, Johnny Depp is not in the HP movies, but we were discussing that on FB. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ok, so, when y'all go to homeschool conventions or conferences, are the vendors actual homeschool services or products, or everything else? The few at this conference have actually nothing to do with homeschooling, and it bugs me. I'm not in charge of that, but I can still put in my two cents' worth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Is it worth it? post padding to be the first to booya on the page?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Sort of like Wheel of Fortune, when one person has most of the letters but lands on "bankrupt," so the next person solves it and wins. If I quit now, someone else will get the booya. Maybe I can make that sacrifice, because that's just the kind of person I am. :hat: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 It'll be a while yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Whew! For a minute I thought I had broken the Internet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Fine. I'll let someone else have it. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ellie broke the Internet. Hehehe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ok, so, when y'all go to homeschool conventions or conferences, are the vendors actual homeschool services or products, or everything else? The few at this conference have actually nothing to do with homeschooling, and it bugs me. I'm not in charge of that, but I can still put in my two cents' worth.Both. My Father's World, Sonlight, Abeka, RightStart, Math-U-See, some publishing companies, toy vendors, a few ministries. I'd say there are 100 Homeschool vendors, 10 ministries, and 5 publishing companies. There's also a drama group, a civil war reenactment group and things like that. All things that would apply to homeschoolers. I've been to the OCEANetwork conference twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Fine. I'll let someone else have it. :-) I'm telling you, it's going to take a while. The numbers are just in the 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I haven't been to a homeschool conference since ds18 was in first grade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Dd is very upset with Khan right now. For some inexplicable reason it dropped her from 25% mastery of 8th grade to 13% mastery. She's just going to have to "suck it up Buttercup" and keep working because I can't change that number. A bright side for her is that she will earn her 20% frozen yogurt twice! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I went to two book fairs for homeschoolers which primarily had curriculum, and CC was represented. It has been a long time since I went, but I recall some MLM companies being there maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Dd is very upset with Khan right now. For some inexplicable reason it dropped her from 25% mastery of 8th grade to 13% mastery. She's just going to have to "suck it up Buttercup" and keep working because I can't change that number. A bright side for her is that she will earn her 20% frozen yogurt twice!What is the eventual goal percentage-wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I just realized I never answered the question of how we started homeschooling. Here it is: http://creativeplaybilingual.blogspot.com/2015/03/february-sonlight-blog-party-how-we.html 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I haven't been to a homeschool conference since ds18 was in first grade.I love ours. We have speakers like Heidi St. John and graduated homeschool kids. I hung out with Wanda Senseri (Spell To Write and Read) for 2 hours one year and the vendors are great because I get to pick at everything. I had an interesting conversation with the author of The Mystery of History which makes me uncomfortable with her product and I've talked theology with the Amish publishers. Plus, there's pizza. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 What is the eventual goal percentage-wise? 99%. It will not let you reach 100% for some reason, so 99% mastery means that you move on from that grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I love ours. We have speakers like Heidi St. John and graduated homeschool kids. I hung out with Wanda Senseri (Spell To Write and Read) for 2 hours one year and the vendors are great because I get to pick at everything. I had an interesting conversation with the author of The Mystery of History which makes me uncomfortable with her product and I've talked theology with the Amish publishers. Plus, there's pizza. I don't have the money or the stamina or really even the interest. It's ok. You go and enjoy it for me! (And I can't shouldn't eat pizza.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I haven't been to a homeschool conference since ds18 was in first grade. It's been a long time since I've been to a conference. I met a WTMer face-to-face with my first conference. I stayed with her at her house overnight, and left dd16 with her kids. It was fun. She is still on the boards, and we "try" to meet when she comes up this way. Dh had never heard of homeschooling before. I took a picture of the lobby full of homeschoolers at the conference, and it was enough for him to know I wasn't making stuff up. :lol: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I don't have the money or the stamina or really even the interest. It's ok. You go and enjoy it for me! (And I can't shouldn't eat pizza.)The two times I went it was free because my kids were so young. Now it's not. :( I don't think we're going this year because it's the month after Babiness, but it's $10 to just go to the vendor hall, so I think I might have to do that. We'll see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I don't have the money or the stamina or really even the interest. It's ok. You go and enjoy it for me! (And I can't shouldn't eat pizza.) There is only one state organization, so the conferences are very one-sided. It is not expensive, but they only have couples rates. I emailed last year and I told them my dh doesn't speak much English, and sitting in seminars and workshops would not be his idea of fun. At all. They offer scholarships for single parent families, and hardships, but no rate for one parent that wants to go and the other stay home. I even asked if I could take my daughter instead of dh for the rate, and it was a no. It was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 My "homeschool conference" is when I make a day of going to our homeschool consignment shop and hang out there all day. And I take myself out for (a non-pizza) lunch. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) I am here, and have managed to bite the head off of every person in the house, but no one has died yet. So there's that. Congratulations to Buddy - good job! Boo for headaches. I only want to go to a convention if I can stay in a nice hotel that has room service. Dh took ds and his stuff back to the university. The only thing I have managed to accomplish so far today (aside from biting off heads) is freezing my hands off while refilling the birdfeeders. I hope they appreciate it. Edited January 18, 2016 by Susan in TN 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 ((Susan)) I hope you can find something to fill your tank. PS - I'm really impressed at your headless but still alive family! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 There is something whacked about a daughter that fills my syringes while cackling evilly about poisons! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Yeah, I don't really need a homeschool conference any more, but a bunch of us go together, go out to dinner one night, etc. Tons of fun just to go away together. I always make a list of curricula I want to spend time looking at, then I get there and I can't settle my mind down enough to focus on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I just helped dd9, dd7, and dd5 clean up out their room. Let me just say, it needed to be done. We kind of scrapped homeschooling because dh is home; instead we took a few hundred things (and an entire bag of trash) out of their room. :hurray: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I just realized I never answered the question of how we started homeschooling. Here it is: http://creativeplaybilingual.blogspot.com/2015/03/february-sonlight-blog-party-how-we.html That's a great story, Renai!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 After this weekend, I'm going to talk to TPTB and ask about whom they invited as exhibitors. It's a very small event (held in two rooms at a public library, only five workshops), but surely they could still have had catalogs from different publishers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 School is done. I have a headache. I am grouchy. I feel like biting heads off, but I haven't yet. I don't feel like cooking supper. I don't feel like doing anything. It is almost time to pick up dd16 so I will have to start the van so it can warm up because it is 18F. So I guess I will have to do something even though I don't wanna. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 So, at this event, none of the speakers are being paid, and so giving them tables in the vendor hall is a nice gesture. Oh, and Jann Perkins is doing a workshop. :-) Anyway, there are nine vendors: One Life Health Coaches; Georgetown Vacation Liberty School; Rosanne Hood; Boots and Chutes Model Rocketry Assn. of TX; Irene Frank; Elin Criswell; Champion's Way Taekwondo; Christian Youth Theater Austin. Not a single homeschool publisher, supplier, etc. Please don't remind me that Taekwondo and Model Rocketry are educational. You know what I mean. :-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ok, Queen Ellie. It really is getting close to page 690, so you can start post-padding now. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 So, at this event, none of the speakers are being paid, and so giving them tables in the vendor hall is a nice gesture. Oh, and Jann Perkins is doing a workshop. :-) Anyway, there are nine vendors: One Life Health Coaches; Georgetown Vacation Liberty School; Rosanne Hood; Boots and Chutes Model Rocketry Assn. of TX; Irene Frank; Elin Criswell; Champion's Way Taekwondo; Christian Youth Theater Austin. Not a single homeschool publisher, supplier, etc. Please don't remind me that Taekwondo and Model Rocketry are educational. You know what I mean. :-) I must live under a rock. I don't know who those people are. Well, except Jann. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I still haven't gotten out of bed. I've been in bed reading and drinking coffee and listening to the kids tell stories. Matt made breakfast, cleaned the kitchen and did laundry. I'm sorry you've all had to do things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Afternoon check-in. Oldest is at the orthodontist. Crazy relatives have been doing crazy things. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I still haven't gotten out of bed. I've been in bed reading and drinking coffee and listening to the kids tell stories. Matt made breakfast, cleaned the kitchen and did laundry. I'm sorry you've all had to do things. Being in a bed is better than living under a rock. I have planted myself on the sofa with laptop. I did work some with Gymnast on Khan, and then she wanted to work in her Kumon pasting jigsaw puzzles book. I also told dd we can work on her ancient history timeline today, and I will start planning dd16's study of Gilgamesh in Spanish (this requires me to actually read the stuff I printed out from the Mexican government's free textbook site). What I really need to do is Konmari everything. But, there are not enough hours in the day for that. I will probably eventually Konmari something, just not sure what. Probably more clothes. But I'm out of hangers. #thestruggleisreal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I think I'm going to put on MacGyver and clean out the pantry. That sounds like fun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Well, not really. But, if I sit here all day, dd16 will call me out on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) I am one load of clean laundry away from being caught up with laundry. :svengo: Then tonight I start what I hope will be my new system. I will gather whatever is in the hampers at the end of the day and I will wash them in one load and will dry them over night. Then I will fold and put away one load of laundry every morning. I don't know if this will work, but I'm hopeful. I'm not telling dh because I don't want to get his hopes up. Oooh lookey here! A clean laundry booyah! Sorry, Ellie, I didn't mean to steal your thunder. Edited January 18, 2016 by Jean in Newcastle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ellie was supposed to get booya. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I am one load of clean laundry away from being caught up with laundry. :svengo: Then tonight I start what I hope will be my new system. I will gather whatever is in the hampers at the end of the day and I will wash them in one load and will dry them over night. Then I will fold and put away one load of laundry every morning. I don't know if this will work, but I'm hopeful. I'm not telling dh because I don't want to get his hopes up. Good plan. I don't tell dh many of my plans either, because I don't like letting him down. Or me, either, for that matter. :huh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I wish Audible was on Roku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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