Critterfixer Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Welcome to the Monday after Christmas. We had a good time here, but I'm glad it's all over. I don't do major holidays with any kind of finesse. I hope everyone had a nice celebration and maybe got some relaxing in, too. We have another week off of school planned, mostly for me to recover from too many people and too much pie. I've got school planning to do this week, but plan to keep everything pretty low key for the next few days to let the holiday stress subside before I get into tetchy subjects like history and formal writing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Critter glad you enjoyed your holidays! We had a grand time here too, we will be off this week also, we'll except for music practice and duolingo, gotta keep that streak alive. I plan to drop off recycling, go and visit my cousin and maybe stop at Mardels, then come home and relax. I'm going to wait until Wednesday to begin planning our next term. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 We are taking a break. Full stop. DS is going to work on some Russian this week. I had hoped to work on Chemistry, but nah. I got my very first fountain pen for Christmas, and I am going to play with that this morning. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadenceSophia Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Ohh. Back to work for us this week. I feel kinda guilty for not taking a better Christmas break (we did take off Monday) but we missed half of last week with illness. With our October start and baby due in April I feel pinched on both ends. Midwife appt tomorrow morning so I am aiming for audio books, *really* light math just to get us warmed up again, phonics/reading/handwriting and maybe a Christmas movie in the afternoon. Started a new lesson plan book for the year bullet journal style. I am super excited about it and I *think* the format should be really useful. I want to get plans down more concretely and have backup plans going on so if anything happened and I couldn't teach for a while, DH or another adult could teach the kids. Either way I am planning on another adult (DH and/or my mom) taking over for at least 2 weeks in April. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 I really ought to work on the great white pantry today and clean up fall quarter's mess to make room for winter quarter's mess. I don't know if I'll do that today or tomorrow. CadenceSophia, I love the idea of a trial run of your backup plans. I'm not quite organized enough to pull that off, but I think it's a good idea to have plans that can be used in case of emergency for about six weeks or so. Be sure to make them really, really, flexible, though, and super simple. Usually the one running the school plan (not being the one used to running the plan) has all sorts of other things to do that they are also not usually responsible for. So they are stressed, even if it's good stress, and they need something that basically pats them on the back, makes it easy to succeed, and gives them opportunity to shift the day as they need to shift it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Penguin, I ought to work on geometry. I think I'll cut some of my new leads to fit my compass and call that good. :D I'm with Mama25angels this week--I really feel that not much is going to get done until Wednesday at the earliest. And I might say Thursday come Wednesday. I'll resolve not to procrastinate in January. Maybe. :001_smile: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 We're on academic break this week, so I've been research stuff for next year, mostly lurking on the High School boards. :lol: :scared: DD doesn't even have any tumbling classes, so she's free from almost everything but chores. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Our two college students are here on break. I don't have it in me to make the 10th grader do school while they are both here. Having all of us together is a rare occurance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Today's schedule: Editing Reading craft book on writing New writing for sequel Plan 6 weeks of school, subjects French, Latin, Math Contemplate ideas for self-study in the coming year Housekeeping (Light) Make pizza crusts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 I got though everything on my list yesterday except for new writing for the sequel. Editing ate me up. Today's schedule: Plan spelling, grammar, writing for six weeks Edit Writing Light Housekeeping (sweeping mostly) Library Make dinner 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) our lists are almost the same, mine for today Planning for next few weeks Sweeping up Library (done) Walmart run (done) Make dinner Exercise (maybe) Edited December 29, 2016 by mama25angels 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Today's schedule: History, Science and Logic six week planning. I saved the worst for last. Editing, editing, editing Writing Maybe sweeping No cooking Maybe nap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 My schedule for the day (also posted on chat board): Labs (done) Drop Ds at volunteer job Check bank account and balance checkbook (done) More school planning Keep working on finding my one word for new year Write down my New Years goals 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadenceSophia Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I got through 2.5 days of school in what turned out to actually be a 3 day week. DS got invited for a mid-week sleepover since all the school kids are on break and I couldn't reasonably say no. He can't do sleepovers at all during ski season except for chances like this. Not that I need to really justify deviating from my plan.. poor kid is only 8 for heaven's sake. :) I am sure he will learn whatever he needs to eventually :) For me, I had a good change to set up my bullet journal for this coming year (or the first part at least). I am re-taking up my study of Finnish this year and working on Russian and also have decided to read 24 books in French. I'd love to do 52 in 52. Realistically, I want some of those books to be in physics and math and being my second language, I don't read as quickly in French as I do in English. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I got through 2.5 days of school in what turned out to actually be a 3 day week. DS got invited for a mid-week sleepover since all the school kids are on break and I couldn't reasonably say no. He can't do sleepovers at all during ski season except for chances like this. Not that I need to really justify deviating from my plan.. poor kid is only 8 for heaven's sake. :) I am sure he will learn whatever he needs to eventually :) For me, I had a good change to set up my bullet journal for this coming year (or the first part at least). I am re-taking up my study of Finnish this year and working on Russian and also have decided to read 24 books in French. I'd love to do 52 in 52. Realistically, I want some of those books to be in physics and math and being my second language, I don't read as quickly in French as I do in English. I just started Russian. DS switched from Latin to Russian this year, and his enthusiasm swept me in :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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