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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 2:46:50 PM   
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ETA - Cynthia! It's nice to "see" you! I'm praying things are going well there & will pray about your dh's job advancement opportunity. I know moving can be hard (maybe it's easier for us because we know it's coming sooner or later).

Thank you, Amy. I sure appreciate your prayers.
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I have been able to read a little in this thread, but think I may have missed what's going on with Jennifer's job hunt. If you would be so kind as to direct me where I can find that info or please fill me in. Please.

Nothing much has happened. I had an interview this week with an agency but haven't heard any good news yet.

Cynthia, you mean move AWAY?

Okay. I'll keep praying.
AWAY from our current location to Vancouver. I cannot see moving to Portland, which is where the job is located.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 2:57:43 PM   
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Frankly, I would choose Vancouver over Portland strictly to still be in WA--Oregon homeschool laws are atrocious. And Doug can take Jody's train to work.

Speaking of Jody and his job, since this affects the kids and myself...he is pretty sure he's about to be jobless.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:06:57 PM   
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Frankly, I would choose Vancouver over Portland strictly to still be in WA--Oregon homeschool laws are atrocious. And your dh can take Jody's train to work.

Speaking of Jody and his job, since this affects the kids and myself...he is pretty sure he's about to be jobless.

I told dh, I would not homeschool in OR. He said, "So you want to put the kids in public school?!" Uh, no. I just will not move to OR. I also want to be able to use the Running Start program, which we could not do if we moved to OR. Interesting about the train. Hmm. I didn't know there was a train to take from Vancouver to Portland.

Why would Jody's job be in peril?

Okay, now I really have to close this computer down. The family has requested our presence. They cannot understand why this application process is taking more than a couple hours. Maybe it's the completely re-done resume or maybe it's the million and one page application (okay slight exageration).

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:12:44 PM   
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That would mean a big move for our family. They are obviously interested in him, as he got a call from HR the other day asking him to apply. I'm sure they aren't calling everyone and wouldn't be suprised if they had only called dh.


How nice that he was called! Our church helped to start a church in Vancouver, WA. My dd was there for a mission trip 5 years ago! Small world!!

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:13:02 PM   
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Frankly, I would choose Vancouver over Portland strictly to still be in WA--Oregon homeschool laws are atrocious. And Doug can take Jody's train to work.

Speaking of Jody and his job, since this affects the kids and myself...he is pretty sure he's about to be jobless.



Yikes!!!

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:17:56 PM   
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I can't really explain online. It isn't unexpected, though.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:31:50 PM   
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no one else in this house actually cooks (although Ash is beginning to expand her horizons a bit in that department

You are welcome


Yes, I should give credit where credit is due, shouldn't I? Not only that, but Ash wore a skirt to church on Wednesday. Who is this girl you sent back to me, Jen, and what did you do with my daughter?

The neighbor's dog was over terrorizing my sheep this morning. I am not happy. They ran right through the fence, and although he didn't actually get hold of them they were pretty skittish by the time I got to them. They are both due to lamb next month, and they certainly don't need to be run around the pasture by a loose dog. Unfortunately this has been a chronic problem with this neighbor - he gets a dog, dog starts running loose, we complain, dog disappears, he gets another dog . . .

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:38:13 PM   
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I never saw her in a skirt, but she did wear an apron here.

Cindy, don't you have the right to shoot the dog if it's harrassing your livestock?

I am in the midst of Baha'i research. I am nearly to the point where I collect scripture passages to refute things, but my neck and shoulder are hurting and I think I am ready for a break.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:43:32 PM   
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Oregon isn't totally an awful place to homeschool. You only have to send in your intent to homeschool once and then only test at the end of 3rd, 5th, 8th and I think 10th grades.

Also, no sales tax to figure out when you go to the stores to shop

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 3:49:08 PM   
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Cindy, don't you have the right to shoot the dog if it's harrassing your livestock?


Yes, but that would be a last resort for me. I love dogs, and it's not the dog's fault his owner didn't train him properly. He is an absolutely gorgeous German shepherd. Our general course of action is a) call the neighbor, b) shoot him with a paintball gun, c) call animal control, d) shoot him with the .22. I would much rather see animal control pick him up and try to find him a nice home than shoot him, but I'll do what I have to do. I actually don't mind if the dog comes over as long as he's friendly - they are not home much and I know the dog gets lonely. I draw the line when the dog is aggressive to people or other animals, or if he's destructive.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 4:04:07 PM   
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Praying about the possible move and promotion, Cynthia. That's exciting news!

Praying about Jody's job, Jen. I hope he's able to find something else soon if he does become unemployed.

The guys all had fun fishing. They didn't bring any of the fish home. Not sure how I feel about that. I'm not sad that we don't have the mess, but I don't like the idea that they just put the fish on the shore. This is a farmer's pond that he wants thinned, that's why they didn't just catch and release. Hubby said that the wild critters in the area will eat the fish. I hope so. One of the boys even caught a turtle.

Hubby stopped at Jake's place of employment today because he wanted to buy catfish bait. Jake was on lunch break, at least I know he made it to work. Anyway, when Jake got back, someone gave him the message that a man in his 30's was looking for him. That made hubby's day! For those who don't know, hubby turned 50 this year and I'll be 50 tomorrow.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 4:08:53 PM   
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Oregon isn't totally an awful place to homeschool. You only have to send in your intent to homeschool once and then only test at the end of 3rd, 5th, 8th and I think 10th grades.


It can't possibly be worse than PA.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 4:26:13 PM   
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Oregon isn't totally an awful place to homeschool. You only have to send in your intent to homeschool once and then only test at the end of 3rd, 5th, 8th and I think 10th grades.



But you have to turn in the results, don't you? And don't you have to meet a certain standard? In WA we have to test every year but we never have to share the results.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 4:44:51 PM   
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We only have to share the results upon request of the ESD. If they don't request, then we just wait until they do. I happen to live in a county that is very on top of requesting those results. And from what I understand, they have to score above 15%.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 8:45:06 PM   
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Gosh, you really have me afraid to hs in PA.
Looks like that's where we'll be moving back to and I'm thrilled because I get so home sick,
but please tell me...
How do you get around and deal with all the negative aspects of hs'ing in PA?





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Oregon isn't totally an awful place to homeschool. You only have to send in your intent to homeschool once and then only test at the end of 3rd, 5th, 8th and I think 10th grades.


It can't possibly be worse than PA.


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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 8:51:49 PM   
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Gosh, you really have me afraid to hs in PA.
Looks like that's where we'll be moving back to and I'm thrilled because I get so home sick,
but please tell me...
How do you get around and deal with all the negative aspects of hs'ing in PA?


I'm gonna direct you back to the thread on that, Julie, because I'm too lazy to type it all out again. Homeschooling in PA is a pain in the backside, but it certainly can be done. When we looked at buying this house, the only negative at the time was the homeschool law in PA. I decided that if thousands of people could homeschool in PA successfully, then I could too. Would I rather be in Ohio? Absolutely. But this is where God put me for the moment, so here I am.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 9:19:40 PM   
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Praying Sue for the situation with Jake.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/6/2008 11:59:57 PM   
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I will never understand red velvet cake. I particularly don't understand serving it with low-fat ice cream. Here, would you like some artificial ice cream with your petroleum-flavored cake?

Um, no thanks.

Well, that's unamerican!



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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:38:03 AM   
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LOL Jen. I actually like red velvet cake, but you can keep the low fat ice cream.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:44:37 AM   
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So, the two local high schools share a football field. It's up the street from my house. Last night the two schools played against one another, and the school from across town vandalized the school that is by the field. This is not the first time--last time they used gasoline to 'write' their school initials in the grass on the field!

I called Nate to see how they were doing. They are in Seattle, which I most certainly did not expect, and his dad had fallen asleep, pretty hard, I guess, because Nate was taking care of the 3 kids. I told him to put them all to bed at 10.

Jody doesn't sleep well on the train, and he went to bed late last night and got up early this morning. He must have been really tired. Fortunately Nate and Heather are pretty capable kids (she is 11 and her mom has her doing a lot of babysitting).

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:46:28 AM   
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my mom tried to make a red velvet cake once. I don't know how she did it, but the cake turned out to be sort of rubbery. She never tried to make it again.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:49:07 AM   
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When my mother was a girl, she and a friend tried to make fudge using a 'no-fail fudge' recipe. It failed. To hide their failure, they attempted to flush it down the toilet. It was not a good idea.

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:50:07 AM   
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Ewww.

Are you enjoying your alone time?

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:52:05 AM   
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Jen, that it too funny!

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RE: Colored leaves and crisp air: September HS chat - 9/7/2008 12:53:17 AM   
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Kinda. I have been very busy today. I did get to watch Dan in Real Life without worrying about content (although it would not have needed any editing) but otherwise I have been cleaning, cooking, preparing for the class I am teaching tomorrow, or going to the birthday party.

I am thinking tomorrow after church I will do the mommy-time thing. And some more cleaning, I guess.

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