Professormom Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 And thanks to Lynn for the very sweet check in. It is nice to be missed :wub: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 :seeya: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just coming in for a drive by. I have been under a rock for a while, but am easing out, lol. I have not even try to "ketchup" but I am sending hugs and hurrahs to all who need them:-) Hi Heather! :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Hi Heather! Glad to see you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 :hurray: Yay! Heather stopped by! :seeya: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 And now.... where's Renai? :toetap05: I know she's all edgey-ma-cated now and livin' the high life. But she should not forget those who "knew her when." :D (Just kidding - I know you're crazy busy! Just missin' ya!) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Susan, did you intentionally leave the decorations up through January or did you oops? . Well, we plan to keep it up through the first week (to Epiphany) and usually manage to get it down around the 2nd weekend. But this year dh has been either working all weekend or out of town. All the boxes are in the attic. I don't do attics; neither do I enter them or climb the ladders leading into them. :D 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Today's soundtrack is being provided by Pentatonix. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Well, we plan to keep it up through the first week (to Epiphany) and usually manage to get it down around the 2nd weekend. But this year dh has been either working all weekend or out of town. All the boxes are in the attic. I don't do attics; neither do I enter them or climb the ladders leading into them. :D A girl after my own heart! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Well, we had our Christmas decorations taken down right after Christmas. :closedeyes: All 4 of them. :p 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) We have a walk-up attic, which is a small consolation for no basement. Edited February 9 by 73349 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Dawn, get better soon! I need to go to the bank, get the van tested for emissions, and go to Walmart. And the most important task of the weekend? Drumroll please! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Taking down the Christmas Decorations! (Do I win an ITT award?) I don't know. Mine are down, but not yet put away. I was going to do it this morning, but decided hiking sounded like more fun than the crawlspace. So I hiked, and prevailed in a long and bloody snowball battle (dd3 helped me out by plunking herself down and supplying me --- only me --- with her very own handcrafted ammunition. I felt loved. :001_wub: ). So maybe I'm still in the running for the ITT Christmas Decorations Award? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Here are a couple of pics of ds15 landing some nice shots. So proud of him my heart could burst. He's the Little Engine that Could. He's #32. He did this with an ear infection. He overcomes a lot to play every time he gets on the court. <3 :scared: I think I see a nickel on that court, Tex..... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 A few years ago we accidentally left a few Christmas decorations out. The kids thought it was funny when we found Christmas decorations still out in the spring. Now we purposely leave some Christmas decorations up all year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Dd5 just now: Mama, I haven't done any homeschool. Me: Sweetie, we don't usually do homeschool on Saturdays. dd5: But I do! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 So I posted those two pics on FB as my Project 365 for today. And I wrote this: So proud to say #32 is mine! He played with an ear infection on Thursday. We can't see people's stories written on them as they walk around living their lives, but this child of mine has overcome many obstacles to be at this place. He has a story of victory at 15. I have learned so much from watching his "never quit" attitude. He will be the best person he can be because he NEVER GIVES UP. My son is fierce - and I'm not even talking about basketball. Project 365 Does anyone else have a kid that just humbles you because he/she is a better person than you in some way? BTW, I choose words carefully and skate the hairy edge of telling more of his story than he would want, but I want to scream it to the world. But ITT knows. Yes, you do. We sure do, and I adore your ds15, Tex. He's amazing, with an awesome mom, I might add. I love the pics. :001_wub: And yes... my ds8, who is maybe an itty bitty version of your ds. His heart is three sizes too big for his little body, and he is the most genuinely selfless person I have ever met. :001_wub: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Dd5 just now: Mama, I haven't done any homeschool. Me: Sweetie, we don't usually do homeschool on Saturdays. dd5: But I do! John's troublesome with that. Sometimes he'll get all of the books out and call me into the room. He'll have a pencil in his hand and the books in a stack and say "It's time for school now" like some sort of serial killer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Renai iz here. My advice is stay away from group activities of all types with any organization ever. It never goes well, particularly if you are in some sort of leadership. Thankless and a lot of trouble, I tell you! Heartache and financial ruin awaits for all who pursue this! Basically, "Abandon all hope - ye who enter here." I joined our current homeschool association several years ago when dd16 was about 1st grade age. A few months afterward, there was this huge break-up/split because the moderator (email group) had a signature in her emails that was Christian, and it offended some non-Christians in this eclectic group. Note, the moderator never proselyzed or held up the group as being Christian, they were mad at the signature. So the group split into two. Most of the most active members went into the split group, and many activities died in the original group. There are still two groups today, but ours (the original) is decidedly larger and more active, and the only thing that happens in the other group now is they get copies of what is going on in ours. Most people are members of both because they think there are really two active groups. It was a mess in the beginning. Oh, I became the moderator of the group a year later, and still am moderator. I have had my share of nasty emails over the years from people who haven't a clue. Some people make you go hmmm. Thankfully, there is no financial issue involved in what I do. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I like power tools. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I worked. I actually purchased fuel to get home, and drove off without the fuel after paying for it. This is a first for me. I am left questioning my sanity and short-term memory. I was halfway home before I looked down at the gauge and wondered why I didn't have any gas after I'd just put some in the tank. :confused1: Stupid me. In my defense, I had just been taking care of a nice German Shepherd dog and Buddy was on my mind too. Do I get a pass for a momentary lapse of focus? :lol: In other news, my bed has been beating me every night. I wake up wishing I hadn't gone to bed. So...given that stellar day DH had at the track the other day we went out and purchased a good mattress. For the first time ever. Can't wait for it to arrive (ordered something special for the frame, etc and it will take a week or two to arrive. The kitten (now a juvenile cat) heard me on speaker phone when I called the house today and attempted to "dig" me out of the phone. I'm making Salerno Spaghetti for dinner. I'm going hiking tomorrow afternoon. Because sunny and 70. Good basketball pics, Tex. And yes, both of my boys routinely make me humble because I am not as determined as the one or as forgiving as the other. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I feel terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I'm still ketchupping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I feel terrible. Lo siento. Gentle hugs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Dd13 admitted to me the other day that she licked the orthodontist's finger at her last appointment. She said she was wondering if they ever got their fingers licked, having to work in mouths all day, and decided to try it. I have asked her to refrain from that behavior until the end of time. #notsurewhethertolaughorcry This made me laugh. A lot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Good Morning!!!!! My neck is almost good. I can look up, down, to the right, and a little bit to the left. I slathered it with icy hot before bed last night. So I may not smell great, but I can move my neck. :) However, I am sick. I haven't said it out loud because then it would be true. A head cold which is in my chest as well. It seems as if every time I take someone to the Dr. I get sick. I have been ill three times this fall/winter. That's more than the last 10-15 years. Why I wonder? Is my immune system not working properly? I am not doing anything different really. Today, well, I'm not sure what is happening today. Same here. I don't get it. Both ears and my throat are at it again. I spent most of the morning in bed, then got up so we could go to the store and prepare for the coming snowpocalypse. Got back to the truck drained. In my body's defense, I did have to be social with three different groups of people I know - one from church, two from school (custodian and a student of mine). I'm an extroverted introvert. Is there such a thing? The truck did not want to start. We had the church party on speed dial just in case we were going to need help. Since his is a small car, we were just gonna have him lay hands on the truck and command it to start. :D In the meantime, dh walked over to the attached gas station to see if it needed more gas, and I was texting friends, unworried. I figured we'd take the bus. Routes #2 then #1, just in case anyone was wondering. The truck did not need gas. We told dh to hurry up and see if the truck would start because we saw church friends leaving the store. After a few more tries, the truck started. Anyway, I'm back in bed and helping Jean shop. I ate a can of chicken noodle soup. I'm still hungry. Dh offered to get me the rotisserie chicken from Walmart. I told him I'd save him if his truck decides not to start again. I ketchupped on the thread. I think I'm going to watch Netflix. Or Hulu. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I've been eyeing this Hebrew curriculum for 1st graders. It has 14 levels, is intended to be independent from pretty early on and is very inexpensive. Perfect, right? I'm thinking I can handle Greek and Hebrew and Spanish if I do them for short periods of time for many years. Here's my question. Can a *child* handle 3 languages? I know many on the hive do but many are not normal kids and maybe it's just the really gifted ones that do it. Or maybe it doesn't go well. Or maybe their parents are slave drivers and the children aren't happy. I'm thinking if I were to do Hebrew I would probably drop creating my own Greek curriculum and use Bright Beginnings Hebrew, Hey Andrew Greek, and homemade Spanish. This would take less than an hour a day. What do you think? For the record I think I would actually have to learn Hebrew for this to work which is a whole monster on its own. We will not start next year so we have time to think. A language in the morning, one in the afternoon, the 3rd evening. The same ones at the same period of time. Association. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 And now.... where's Renai? :toetap05: I know she's all edgey-ma-cated now and livin' the high life. But she should not forget those who "knew her when." :D (Just kidding - I know you're crazy busy! Just missin' ya!) This also made me laugh. A lot. I've been drained by my current class, planning on how to survive next year without this job, and generally being lazy otherwise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Renai is a good person to "take" to the grocery store with me. She told me to get bacon. That's always a good plan. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I want McDonald's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 We're having pork chops tonight. The bacon is for part of tomorrow's lunch. Tex would not be able to eat at my house. We eat a lot of pork. And chicken. But this weekend I'm sick of chicken so it's pork. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Renai is a good person to "take" to the grocery store with me. She told me to get bacon. That's always a good plan. Bacon is always the right answer when it comes to food. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 We're having pork chops tonight. The bacon is for part of tomorrow's lunch. Tex would not be able to eat at my house. We eat a lot of pork. And chicken. But this weekend I'm sick of chicken so it's pork. I totally agree. I think steak and lobster should be the same price as pork and chicken. Don't you? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I totally agree. I think steak and lobster should be the same price as pork and chicken. Don't you? Yes! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I got an email from my dad telling me he's learning to send emails. This is the 3rd time he's done that in about 2 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 My advice is stay away from group activities of all types with any organization ever. It never goes well, particularly if you are in some sort of leadership. Thankless and a lot of trouble, I tell you! Heartache and financial ruin awaits for all who pursue this! Basically, "Abandon all hope - ye who enter here." Yes. I'm tired of being my own staff. Surely there is a better way. Yep - I have come to peace with abandoning hope and getting out of Dodge. Curiously, I have run into fewer issues with non-homeschooling organizations. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Finding a corner to hide in is not as easy as it seems. The corner needs to be comfy. I am back from Walmart (thus and hense my need to hermit) and while I did pick up a rotisserie chicken on a whim for tomorrow's lunch, I completely forgot coffee filters which was the primary purpose of my Walmart Expedition. #banginghedagainstkitchencabinet 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Likely like everything except sick Renai and no coffee filters. (I'm on my phone). Kids in bed. Pizza and movie night now! Second time in a row. Because we hiked and snowball fighted and are old and therefore tired. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well, we plan to keep it up through the first week (to Epiphany) and usually manage to get it down around the 2nd weekend. But this year dh has been either working all weekend or out of town. All the boxes are in the attic. I don't do attics; neither do I enter them or climb the ladders leading into them. :D We have a second floor bonus room, and it walks out into the attic. We sure do, and I adore your ds15, Tex. He's amazing, with an awesome mom, I might add. I love the pics. :001_wub: And yes... my ds8, who is maybe an itty bitty version of your ds. His heart is three sizes too big for his little body, and he is the most genuinely selfless person I have ever met. :001_wub: :001_tt1: We're having pork chops tonight. The bacon is for part of tomorrow's lunch. Tex would not be able to eat at my house. We eat a lot of pork. And chicken. But this weekend I'm sick of chicken so it's pork. I would starve at your house because no pork passes my lips. You would have to give me a stupid salad. Finding a corner to hide in is not as easy as it seems. The corner needs to be comfy. I am back from Walmart (thus and hense my need to hermit) and while I did pick up a rotisserie chicken on a whim for tomorrow's lunch, I completely forgot coffee filters which was the primary purpose of my Walmart Expedition. #banginghedagainstkitchencabinet Honey, you can use a white paper towel in a pinch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm an extroverted introvert. Is there such a thing? There must be, because I think I'm the same thing. Or maybe I'm an introverted extrovert? I like to talk and I like to be left alone. Part of why I :001_wub: the ITT. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 There are introverts who very much like people. One of my BFF's is this way. She is very social, but she needs plenty of downtime to recharge. I probably wear her out, but she seems to like me a lot anyway. :lol: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I am working on my family tree. Why, oh why were my ancestors so prolific? And why is it a family tradition for so many of us to go by our middle names thus confusing all the records? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 , I completely forgot coffee filters which was the primary purpose of my Walmart Expedition. #banginghedagainstkitchencabinet This would seriously warrant a return trip. Unless you were just stocking up. Like me. I tend to have 2-3 packages in the pantry. When I'm down to 1 extra, I get more. The inability to make coffee is not a thing to take lightly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 No, it is a different family, one that seemed very nice until this. I will say that we had the best families when we first started out, and when we add new ones, it is hard to integrate them. We were tight because our organization was born from a nasty organizational split not involving us but affecting us because we stood up for the people who had been grossly wronged and left the bad folks behind. Over half the team came with us, enough to make a team to finish out the year. In the two years since, the organization we left has completely folded their bball program with the exception of one team, the 14 U boys, because one of the organization's leaders has two boys in that age group. I lost a friendship over it. And that is more than anyone needed to know. My advice is stay away from group activities of all types with any organization ever. It never goes well, particularly if you are in some sort of leadership. Thankless and a lot of trouble, I tell you! Heartache and financial ruin awaits for all who pursue this! Basically, "Abandon all hope - ye who enter here." Yes. I'm tired of being my own staff. Surely there is a better way. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Although I have BTDT (and I realized that I can never tell y'all the story because there are too many names and groups that might be recognizable), a well-run *support group* is beneficial. Not a co-op, or sports group, but a *support group.* Something that has an informal monthly get-together, like a park day, and maybe a Moms' Night Out (informal, not organized), and a couple of field trips a month. Just enough for parents and children to feel like they have a community without overwhelming them with activities and whatnot that take away from the time they should be actually homeschooling. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 This would seriously warrant a return trip. Unless you were just stocking up. Like me. I tend to have 2-3 packages in the pantry. When I'm down to 1 extra, I get more. The inability to make coffee is not a thing to take lightly. I know. I just couldn't bear to go back. Dh agrees that paper towels are an option, but I think I have a box of the wrong kind of filter in the pantry that could probably be squished in to fit. I guess it seems a package of 100 should last a long time. Tomorrow I will buy 3 packages. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The Queen is right, as usual. #bowsindeference 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I know. I just couldn't bear to go back. Dh agrees that paper towels are an option, but I think I have a box of the wrong kind of filter in the pantry that could probably be squished in to fit. I guess it seems a package of 100 should last a long time. Tomorrow I will buy 3 packages. Can you buy one of the reusable kind? We have a mesh one that we rinse between uses and toss in the dishwasher once a week or decade or something. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Good Morning!!!! Still sick. I'm staying home from church. I refuse to spread sick germs. I have one of those reusable plastic coffee filters for an emergency. I have used a paper towel before, but the viva brand does not work for this. Also I have reused a coffee filter. It is tedious, but it can be done. However, I am well stocked on coffee filters these days. Renai, :grouphug: I hope you feel better soon. Well, lookie, there. A coffee filter/feel better BOOYA!!! Edited January 31, 2016 by Openhearted 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Good Morning! Get better, Dawn! Rest, sleep, eat, drink. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm staying home too, which means no one is going to church. :( Dh's truck is out of commission and he can't drive my car. Back to sleep for me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Good Sunday Morning! We are sleeping in today because of everyone being gone all day yesterday for the chess tournament. I sometimes feel a little guilty that a decision like that indicates that we don't put church first. But I am, perhaps, a little too protective of our "down time." (There's that work ethic issue again?) And I have a dysfunction typical of many modern American Christians, I don't always equate my love for the Lord with my relationship with church. And I sometimes soothe my conscious by telling myself that the (average) modern American church has become something unrecognizable to first century Christians. (Which is true, though perhaps not a good reason for taking my toys home and playing alone.) And that was more than I should have said publicly about church. Feel free to opine or ignore. And, now about the chess tournament. We have an 11th grade State Champion and an 8th grade State Champion. And our 4th grader came in 3rd place. And our 7th grader did not place, but so proud of her for giving it a go. AND so glad to see Renai!!! Hope you are feeling much better today. :grouphug: :grouphug: Dawn. Hope you are getting some good rest and feeling better soon! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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