prairiewindmomma Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Tex--was the book The Boys in the Boat? I had to read that for book club. Put that in the thrift store pile too. Half the book club loved it, but the entire first half of the book is about a poor abandoned starving college student who goes to rowing practice. The last half of the book is about how they start winning rowing races and end up in the Olympics. Reading that book was a painful experience for me. There are few books I outright dislike, but that's one of them. Slache--The first four of my kids did Developing the Early Learner. I'm starting my last kid on it this coming fall. DEL was what helped me figure out that one of my kids had functional vision issues and that another had auditory processing issues. The series is actually quite good viewed from an OT perspective. I add in some Kumon books for extra cutting practice, and we do an around the world type of curriculum that I threw together. I do not like Galloping the Globe because there are so many resources that you have to throw together. I'd die if I had to either buy that many books or go to the library that often. Instead, I bought Children Just Like Me, the companion Celebrations book, and the companion Our Favorite Stories book. I add some good story books and some bits from Sonlight's curricula (back from 2005) and that's what my curricula for my 4-5 year olds looks like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 The thing about John is that he doesn't want to read easy readers, he wants to read books he likes and books Matt and I read together so he makes lots and lots of mistakes. I think he might appear to be a bad reader to people who don't understand that. I never made a big deal out of it because it doesn't bother him. Because is just harder than cat, but I don't want him to not read because just because it's not a kindergarten word. We can do the DWN books out of order, then? Yes, you can. There is no order, more like categories of things to draw. We have one book - #4 or something. Tex--was the book The Boys in the Boat? I had to read that for book club. Put that in the thrift store pile too. Half the book club loved it, but the entire first half of the book is about a poor abandoned starving college student who goes to rowing practice. The last half of the book is about how they start winning rowing races and end up in the Olympics. Reading that book was a painful experience for me. There are few books I outright dislike, but that's one of them. Yes! That was it. Thanks for the advice. She is really random. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I'm a little scattered here, so I will make myself a list of things to do to prepare for my English class. Send parents an email - done grade homework turned in last Friday look at Jill Pike syllabus plan Frankenstein character discussion using Sparknotes and maybe Shmoop - also, plan discussion questions beyond character. If I have energy and time after doing all of that, look at the following week's plan to get ahead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I can see the baby kick! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dd is making honey walnut shrimp for dinner. Her decision. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ds is writing a paper for lit. His decision. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You're such a good mom! I love hearing things like that. Also, I'm coming to your house for dinner. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I am wasting time on the ITT thread and the WTM board in general. My decision. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'm a little scattered here, so I will make myself a list of things to do to prepare for my English class. Send parents an email - done grade homework turned in last Friday - DONE look at Jill Pike syllabus - DONE plan Frankenstein character discussion using Sparknotes and maybe Shmoop - also, plan discussion questions beyond character. If I have energy and time after doing all of that, look at the following week's plan to get ahead. I finished reading Frankenstein, too. Go me. Character discussion is done. On to major and minor conflicts and then a story diagram, and that is all we shall have time for. Even then, we are pushing it at one hour. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Youngest spilled a glass of chocolate almond milk on my wool rug. I think it's permanently stained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dd is making honey walnut shrimp for dinner. Her decision.I'll be by for dinner around 6:00. I just baked bread. I'll bring some! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I bet ya'll never knew that a small rock thrown at a basketball lodged between the rim and a tempered glass backboard could completely shatter said tempered glass backboard. You do now! Mama got a call from Sr. L after lunch recess today confirming this. Sigh! Seventh grade boys. Seventh grade boys' brains. Sigh! Edited January 26, 2016 by KrissiK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Youngest spilled a glass of chocolate almond milk on my wool rug. I think it's permanently stained. I'm so sorry. I can imagine this, and it is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ds is writing a paper for lit. His decision. What topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I am wasting time on the ITT thread and the WTM board in general. My decision.I would say this is a good decision! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I get ya'll never knew that a small rock thrown at a basketball lodged between the rim and a tempered glass backboard could completely shatter said tempered glass backboard. You do now! Mama got a call from Sr. L after lunch recess today confirming this. Sigh! Seventh grade boys. Seventh grade boys' brains. Sigh! Uh oh. You have to throw another ball at it or get a really giant person to jump up and pop it out, neither of which 7th grade boys are likely to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Uh oh. You have to throw another ball at it or get a really giant person to jump up and pop it out, neither of which 7th grade boys are likely to know.Yes, we had that conversation on the way home. "So, sweetie, what would have been some better choices of getting that ball loose? Did we learn a lesson in all this?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'm laying in bed dying of pregnancy and Mary brought me plastic cheese because it will make me feel better. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 What topic? Something to do with Hemingway, I assume. I don't know. I (gasp!) don't really care. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I think dd5 just spouted off a thousand words in a row. :svengo: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I have DWN #2 which I bought at a library sale. It is weather, autumn, and Christopher Columbus I think. We used it for the first time last week. They drew a picture of a boy sledding, and then they wrote a sentence about snow. I like it. I would love to have others. But I agree one is enough to start with. Rod and Staff have good preschool books. We used counting with numbers, inside and outside and another one I think. Cheap too, $3-$4 each. Appointments are done. I got aggravated. I'm better now. Ready for bedtime since I slept badly last night. I will plan soon. Just not today or tomorrow probably. Maybe next week. Or the next. :D 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'm a little scattered here, so I will make myself a list of things to do to prepare for my English class. Send parents an email - done grade homework turned in last Friday look at Jill Pike syllabus plan Frankenstein character discussion using Sparknotes and maybe Shmoop - also, plan discussion questions beyond character. If I have energy and time after doing all of that, look at the following week's plan to get ahead. I've gone into the weeds with Frankenstein, but there is a lot of meat on those bones. Mary Shelley's life reads like a Greek tragedy. Did you folks know that the original novel was published in 1818 but we mostly read the 1831 version, which is much darker because by that point she had lost her husband (the author of one of my fave poems "Ozymandias") AND three of their four children were dead. Life was hard in the 1800's, yo. Now I think I only need to do the plot diagram. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Uh oh. You have to throw another ball at it or get a really giant person to jump up and pop it out, neither of which 7th grade boys are likely to know. My DS always asks me for my shoe. My shoe. Not his, which he could remove and toss up there. Mine. Sigh. Sometime just shaking the pole works at the park near us, too. Oh, and once DS actually climbed the pole. I have a climber. But it was a little too much work for a repeat when the ball kept getting stuck. So he went back to my shoe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 My diploma came in the mail today. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I hate taco night. I always eat too much. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I want tacos now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I want tacos now. LOL Sorry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I found the dove dark chocolate that I had hid at Christmas. There's not much left. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 My diploma came in the mail today. That calls for a celebration!!! Congrats again! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I found the dove dark chocolate that I had hid at Christmas. There's not much left. Clarify: There is not much left now that you found it? Or There wasn't much left of it by the time you found it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I don't think I've read Frankenstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Clarify: There is not much left now that you found it? Or There wasn't much left of it by the time you found it. Both :D Actually, there wasn't much left when I found it. Now I don't think there is any left. Edited January 26, 2016 by Openhearted 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) We went sledding this evening before it got dark. It was very deep snow. It didn't take long for DS to tucker himself out. Edited January 26, 2016 by ikslo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 No tacos tonight; dh made chile colorado, arroz, and frijoles machucados. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Matt and I had a very important marital discussion. We're making tacos next week. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I don't think I've read Frankenstein. I tried to read it in high school. A long time ago....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 No tacos tonight; dh made chile colorado, arroz, and frijoles machucados. I'm full to the brim, but I might have room for some of that! Sounds delish! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 My diploma came in the mail today. Congratulations!!!! :party: :party: :hurray: :hurray: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dd's Honey Walnut Shrimp was tasty. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 We have taco meat, but no tortillas or taco shells. #snowedin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 We have taco meat, but no tortillas or taco shells. #snowedin Do you have masa? You can make your own. If you're desperate enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Do you have masa? You can make your own. If you're desperate enough... Nope. And I'm not that desperate. We have tacos often here. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Duck was here and is running out of likes again. And time. Outta that too. What happened? We had such a great stride at the start of the school year, and in spite of cutting back on things, I am consistently get less and less accomplished while working harder and harder. My feet hurt. I did institute Rest Time today. Not that we haven't done it before (we have), but it's never been a daily event. I threw together Rest Bins for each kiddo on a whim of desperation after lunch, tossed dd3 into ds1's crib (because ds1 takes his nap in MY room, because two-bedroom house), laid down some very stern ground rules in a very stern voice followed by "Isn't this JUST SO COOL! I mean, LOOK at those BINS!!!"....... and they bit. Hook, line, and sinker. (I love that we are still at the age where I can convince them that naps are second only to Christmas.) So, eeeeenyhoooo.... I got 1.25 hours of peace; long enough to eat a very late lunch and prep for CC tomorrow. So there's that. We shall see how long Daily Rest Time lasts. I hope forever??? In the meantime, I likety-like all my ketchup posts above, except for the bad/sad ones, and am distributing hugs and/or ninja services for the latter even as I type. And now, because I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep, I must depart. So That. Is. All. (Unless I procrastinate again after I track down some chocolate to lift my beleaguered spirits.) :hat: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 My diploma came in the mail today. :party: Congratulations!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) When dh earned his master's degree a few years ago, the dc made a banner to welcome him home from the graduation ceremony. It said: Welcome Home, Master! :lol: Edited January 26, 2016 by Junie 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I have a picture of Jann and me at the conference Saturday, but I'm having problems uploading it to Photobucket so I can post it here. I shall keep trying. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) The Snowplow is Here!!! :thumbup1: ETA: And it's a Booyah for the Snowplow!! Edited January 26, 2016 by Junie 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I am tired and achy and crabby and at 9 pm at night, should not have to think or do anything. And dd wants to do chemistry. And she wants me to explain chemistry. And I don't want to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Good Tuesday Morning! Jean, hope you got off the hook regarding chemistry and soon thereafter went to a warm and comforting bed! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Good morning! Hugs, Jean. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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