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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 4:39:23 PM
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judii1
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Homegrown, If someone said something mean about my family and then told me they were looking for another church I would have said something like "Oh, good!" Guess ya can tell that I'm not a pastor's wife right?
Cindy, how's the duck?
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 4:50:13 PM
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Cindy, I need some back up for getting my hubby into the doctor.
Dear Sue's Hubby,
High blood sugars are nothing to mess around with. Actually a post meal sugar of 170's doesn't bother me that much, but when your fasting sugar is that high, it's time to sit up and take notice. You already know that high blood sugars cause kidney, heart, and neurological damage. I doubt that quoting those facts one more time is going to convince you, so here's my parting shot - do you love your wife? If you do, it is absolutely unfair to her if you don't do everything you can to take care of yourself. She does not deserve to watch you lose your sight, kidneys, or neurological function (and have to take care of you while it happens) just because you are too stubborn and lazy to do what you need to do to prevent it. Obviously some things will be out of your control, and Sue will love you and take care of you no matter what, but the phrase "in sickness and in health" should not have to cover sheer stupidity.
Yours in Christ,
Cindy RN
There, how's that? 
Welcom, hsmom36! I'm glad you found us!
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 5:27:40 PM
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It's official-little one is sick. Today she has a slight fever, something I suspected when we did school. I kept school very short today since I don't want her to get frustrated on top of not feeling well. I took her temp again recently and it was slightly higher than it was this morning.
I have been with her most of the day and she has been sitting most of the time, although she is complaining of dizziness-due I'm sure to the lack of eating and drinking these past couple of days.
I know it's not too bad since she did ask for soda this morning. I said no and gave her orange juice. A small glass that she is still nursing now.
I really did want to get out today or tomorrow and now it seems that I won't be going anywhere.
I just asked her if she wanted a smoothie and she said she did. I have pomegranates, cranberries, lemon, lime and orange I can put into it along with honey and I have some strawberries I froze that I will give her too.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 5:27:40 PM
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Cindy--well put!!!
My parents were here this afternoon. We had a decent visit, but I'm glad it's over. It's not a bad thing that we're here and they're there.
The dish washer broke yesterday. Of course there was a full load... I suspect that it's really dead this time. So, I did a load of plates and bowls, let those dry and put 'em away. Then I did cups, which aren't dry yet.
Ds4 is having a hissy fit about school. Again. I asked him if he knew the dishwasher was broken. Yah, Dad was griping about it this morning. I asked him if he knew what happened to the dirty dishes. Huh. Mom washed 'em and put 'em away. Do you think I enjoyed it? No. Did I throw a hissy fit? No. It was something that needed done, so I did it. So just do your school work!!!
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 8:16:42 PM
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Cindy, I need some back up for getting my hubby into the doctor.
Dear Sue's Hubby,
High blood sugars are nothing to mess around with. Actually a post meal sugar of 170's doesn't bother me that much, but when your fasting sugar is that high, it's time to sit up and take notice. You already know that high blood sugars cause kidney, heart, and neurological damage. I doubt that quoting those facts one more time is going to convince you, so here's my parting shot - do you love your wife? If you do, it is absolutely unfair to her if you don't do everything you can to take care of yourself. She does not deserve to watch you lose your sight, kidneys, or neurological function (and have to take care of you while it happens) just because you are too stubborn and lazy to do what you need to do to prevent it. Obviously some things will be out of your control, and Sue will love you and take care of you no matter what, but the phrase "in sickness and in health" should not have to cover sheer stupidity.
Yours in Christ,
Cindy RN
There, how's that?
Welcom, hsmom36! I'm glad you found us!
LOL, that's perfect Cindy. 
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/2/2008 8:49:48 PM
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Caught up now!!! Prayed for everyone as I read!
Busy, busy day today & I really need to go make menus & a grocery list, but I'm just not up to it right now. I've been having issues with the computer - mostly because dh installed Vista on the computer. I think I will really like it once I am used to it, but when I was trying to finish the newsletter for our hs group & I couldn't figure out how to insert a break or center text or make something 2 columns instead of 1 - I was ready to THROW the thing out the window!
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:33:35 AM
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Oh, Narnia, that smoothie sounds good! It almost makes me want to be sick if I can get a smoothie like that.
Almost, but not quite! 
Sorry about the dishwasher, His. I hope you can get one soon at a price that works for your family budget.
Ellie, I love you talk about grabbing blessings! I wish I had focused on that aspect of God's care when mine were little- that He WANTS us to be greedy for blessings, or to put it another way, to be eager to do what's right. So smart of you to be accentuating the positive side of desire.
Brag alert: my son got an "A" in his online anatomy course!   
I am so proud of him. In the past I have felt bad for him, as his sister got so much of our resources due to her "special needs"; i.e. her intellectual giftedness, social awkwardness and spiritual rebellion. We have been so concerned, and really doing everything in our power to help her be an overcomer and develop all her talents for the glory of God, that the "good kid" was sort of stuck with leftovers sometimes.
But he has no resentment, amazingly enough! I am so grateful to have a kid who walks in wisdom.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:39:59 AM
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Sigh... I did it again... Cindy is SUCH a bad influence! I met with my swim coach last evening. We had a really good meeting. We compared thoughts/ideas on triathlon training/racing, etc. He agrees that it should be fun and not work or a burden. Also, he agrees that my kids come first, and if I want to do a ride/run with them, that should take priority. How liberating!!! We were having such a good conversation that we didn't notice that everyone else had left and they were sweeping the floors, etc. Yep... I closed down yet another resteraunt...
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:48:50 AM
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I'm still fighting the nasty bug I picked up over Thanksgiving. Last night the body aches started and they're still attacking this morning. Joe's not feeling well either so I guess we'll skip PE again today.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 11:10:47 AM
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Hope you're feeling better soon!!!
Okay, I'm going to admit to how much I am an "air head"..lol....I've been walking with a friend every morning for about 2-3 weeks now. I haven't been happy with my new moring routine, but know I need the exersize. Today it finally dawned on me. Instead of coming home from my walk and "killing time" until our family devotions, which start at 9. Why don't I just do the devotions right when I come home from walking, that way everyone will be up and starting their day around 8:30 (when devotions would get done), instead of 9:30. I can't believe it took me this long to figure out how I can change my routine!!! 
Last night I brought home some bunk beds that my dad fixed for us. I took the old beds apart, put the bunk beds up, then discovered the mattresses are too long. That was so disappointing!! Our house is small, so we had all these beds, mattresses, box springs, blankets, bunky boards all over the place and it was crowded, and so much work! But, the old beds are back up and things are back to normal... but it was so disappointing. I knew the mattresses were longer, and they are a tight fit in the old beds, but since they squeezed in, I thought they would squeeze into the bunk beds. Boy was I wrong!
I have one Ds that is always picking on the 6 yr old dd. She is a screamer when she gets picked on and it really drives me up the wall. I discipline Ds and discipline Dd for her screaming, but I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel when things will improve. Any suggestions? It is exhausting me and her screaming really rubs me the wrong way!!!
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 12:19:28 PM
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narnia
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Oh, Narnia, that smoothie sounds good! It almost makes me want to be sick if I can get a smoothie like that.
At least you would have drank the whole thing. She took few sips, said she liked it, but did not want any more. She keeps asking for food, but when you give it to her, takes a few bites and that's it.
Still has the slight fever. I'm getting concerned about the not eating and hardly drinking bit as this is day 3 of it. If you didn't know her, you wouldn't think anything is wrong or that she just has a cold-she is very stuffed up- because she will play and jump and act happy.
Wish I didn't have to go to dance tonight. She definitely is not coming. Even if she was 24 hours fever free, they keep the building too cold for someone who is trying to get over an illness.
Doesn't look like she will be attending service either.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 3:54:55 PM
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cindybode
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LOL, that's perfect Cindy.
So did it work?
His, you are not blaming me for this one! You can only blame me if I was actually sitting there drinking coffee with you. 
Narnia, I'm sorry your little sweetie is sick, but if she's peeing at least every 12 hours she's getting enough fluid, so try not to worry about it too much. Not suggesting you're doing this, but sometimes parents get so freaked out that their kid isn't eating that said kid learns he/she can push mom's buttons by refusing food, and then you have all sorts of problems. However, if she's got a fever for more than 72 hours she should see her doc, so if she doesn't perk up tomorrow I might think about taking her in.
My dh and I are having a budget issue again . . . sigh. Everyone I know who's married always seems to have the same few arguments with their spouse over and over, and we are no exception. I don't want to treat him like a little child and say no, you can't have that, but every time he goes into a grocery store he totally blows the budget. Then I end up robbing both Peter and Paul to get other things we need. It's not like there's no food in the house.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 4:14:33 PM
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So did it work? Sort of. He's going to try to lose weight first and see if that helps. He thinks the fasting sugar wasn't accurate this time because he's taking cough medicine. That could have been the problem. Since I'm doing Weight Watchers, I said we're all going to eat the same way and have a goal of each of us losing 50 pounds this year.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 4:16:29 PM
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I wish it were as easy to take weight off as it is to put it on.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 4:33:35 PM
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Amy--Cindy and I actually were asked to leave a Bob Evans. I thought there were a 24hr place, but they closed at 10PM. We did stand outside talking for about another hour...
Cynthia--I hear you on that one! You would think that as much as I work out weight would not be an issue, but it is. Over the summer I never lost my winter weight. I'm scared to death that I'll add more winter weight over the winter. Obesity does run in the family.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 6:31:12 PM
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narnia
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My blessing may be on the mend. She had half a bowl of spaghetti for dinner-which is her norm. I will still keep an eye on her and take her temp in about an hour to see where that is.
Still has to be fever free for 24 hours before she can go anywhere. That's my rule.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:35:07 PM
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Sue, if you and/or your hubby are sugar/carb addicts, you might want to check out THIS site. It's a relatively painless way to retrain your body chemistry. I was following the program and feeling great, and then sort of fell off the wagon - stopped eating breakfast and it was downhill from there. However, diabetes runs in my mom's side of the family, and I have decided that I'm in too much danger of heading down the same path if I keep eating like I've been eating, so I'm starting back up tomorrow.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:38:53 PM
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I was talking to some teacher at the school where I work and mentioned about how someone said that if a kid didn't go to school until 3-4th grade it would only take them 6 months to catch up. Does anyone know where that is "published" anywhere.
Also, they said that part of why Finland has a high literacy rate is because they don't start a formal reading program until the kids are 7.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 9:48:49 PM
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We had a good and busy day today. I went to Bible study and left Noah, Hannah, and Levi with Brian. I left a list of work for Noah to get done and Brian helped him get through most of it. He even got sneaky when Noah didn't want to do a page and had Noah "teach" Brian how to do it and Brian did the writing...Noah loved it! LOL
The neatness trouble he was having this year in the CS is disappearing already. Why? Because if it's sloppy, I write "please write neatly" and he does it again, just like his teacher last year made him do. This year's teacher would not do that for some reason. He's also gotten over getting things wrong on purpose (like just putting random letters for multiple choice questions or drawing lines matching things without reading them). Why? Because I'll mark them all wrong and make him redo it. Every time. Three days and these issues are pretty much gone. He barely tried them today.
It is so nice to have Brian here to help me. If I am working with Noah, he can watch Hannah and Levi. If I'm getting fed up with Noah, we can switch kids and he can do school for a while.
It's taking some time to get used to how I want to do the DVDs, but that's to be expected probably. He does seem to like them though. We did Bible and Reading only today, since we just got the DVDs yesterday. He liked it so much, he did all the assignments for the week! LOL Tomorrow, we don't have anywhere to go, so we'll see how the English and History are. Hannah likes watching them too, and writing/drawing in her "school" books at the same time as Noah. Yay!
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 10:09:21 PM
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Amy, I'm glad you are feeling a little better after your prayer time and a good cry. I have been sad today, too. Mostly due to Dh, he had a bad day. He has a chronic mental illeness and today was one of his harder days dealing with that. But ~ we'll make it through, always do.
I have been wrapping a few christmas gifts tonight. I'm hoping to stay on top of them so that I don't get overwhelmed at the last minute. I tried to print off my picture of the kids, to put in Christmas cards, but my sister didn't save it to the disk right. So, i need to wait until she mails it to me. She is always so busy, I sure hope she can get this to me soon.
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RE: We're baaaaaack! December Homeschool Chat thread - 12/3/2008 10:13:54 PM
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I have been wrapping a few christmas gifts tonight. I'm hoping to stay on top of them so that I don't get overwhelmed at the last minute.
That's a good idea. Brian and I usually wrap ALLLLLL the presents Christmas Eve after the kids go to bed. If I don't get it done early, I may be up all night doing it on my own. Yikes.
So much to do this month, it's unreal. Oy. I really want to do a Christmas letter in cards this year, but don't know if I will make it...
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