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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/6/2009 5:49:58 PM
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thisistheday
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Hey, my hubby sometimes doesn't come home when I want him to and he didn't get a promotion....
He and N are at scout camp now.
K and I were out of town for her orthodontist appt today. About 30 minutes from home. I get a call from E who stayed home; she wants me to come home right now. Apparently I locked the front door behind me when I left, and the rest of the doors were locked too after she took the laundry out to hang. We were about ready to come home anyway, so we finished up and let her in. She did have her cell phone on her of course. The door you go out when taking laundry up from the basement doesn't have to be unlocked to open, so it is easy to lock yourself out from that door. One time i was locked outside in my robe. It was raining, the kids were sleeping, and hubby was in the shower. So I waited.
I will have to ask E how much the HS yearbooks were. E said K would see it before she did; apparently they send them home with siblings when they can after school starts back up. I remember having a yearbook signing party when we got our yearbook in August; I don't remember if they did that every year, or just for the seniors who wouldn't be back, or what. No yearbooks here til middle school. K thinks the middle school ones were $12.00.
At Target today they were busy setting out school supplies. Wal-Mart didn't have any out that I saw; probably best as everything was rearranged for their big remodel.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/6/2009 6:12:00 PM
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Brian is back to work!
It's kinda tough right now financially. We are late on both of our mortgages and they are starting to get fussy about the sewer bill, and the electric bill. I'm contacting places that can help us out but it's hard to ask for help now that he's back to work. I just want to be caught up for a change.
Off to make supper! Fried chicken, Sweet corn, mashed taters and gravy! YUMMY!!
Was in WalMart today with my mom. It's my favorite season in WalMart!! They were setting out all the back to school supplies!! I LOVE finding bargins!!!!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/6/2009 6:45:39 PM
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We have an appointment tomorrow to see about getting our home loan redone to take advantage of the lower rates. I'm hoping we can and that we can pay off some credit card debt also.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/6/2009 7:31:29 PM
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Oh I forgot to mention that I saw a couple of the kid's classmates at WalMart today! These kids are two of my favorite kids at the school! They've had it rough! 3 years ago their mother left them. Just took off one day and didn't come back. The youngest was in Kindergarten and the older one was just a 2nd grader. Their dad has been their primary caregiver ever since. The courts saw in his favor and gave him sole custody and mom has VERY limited visitation. He is a really neat guy that is just trying his darndest to raise this boy and girl the best he can! I knew they lived just a bout 8 miles from us if that too. Well seeing him in Walmart was a blessing in disguise! He may call me to do some childcare for him and to just bring the kids over to hang out with my kids! Maybe even some tutoring for the both of them!!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/6/2009 9:13:39 PM
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He may call me to do some childcare for him and to just bring the kids over to hang out with my kids! Maybe even some tutoring for the both of them!!
That should help!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 8:34:14 AM
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Have a good day folks...
I'm ready to go back to bed.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 9:28:04 AM
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Me too.
I've been watering the tomatoes. We don't have a sprinkler or soaker hose for some reason, so I've been goign out every 30 minutes to move it to a new plant. I have 7 plants. 
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 10:26:01 AM
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My hubby had fried green tomatoes last night for supper from his father's garden. I was hoping to get some squash this year, but their crop isn't doing very well. We had fresh corn, though. Yum! (I'm not a tomato fan, btw, so he got to eat them all by himself.)
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 11:37:44 AM
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The rule at our house is no eating the green tomatoes until we get a ripe one..
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 2:13:33 PM
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I tend to put the hose on something in the garden and come in (and sit down at the computer) and forget about it. I guess I should set the timer.
N ate a tomato before he left for camp. That was the only one so far. We picked a handful of green beans last night. I planted some more green beans and cucumbers for a fall garden last night.
Dee
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 2:41:12 PM
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It is hurting my heart to do schoolwork with Nick. I can't believe they are pushing him onto 3rd grade. He can't really read.  He guesses at least every other word, and doesn't know how to sound them out. I am so frustrated with his school...and his mother. It's not fair! We can't get him ready to do well before school starts. 
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 2:51:31 PM
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Donna...Nick has probably had pure "whole language" and from my experience with my dd he was probably taught to guess (substitute) other words if he isn't able to read the word in the book. I spent a lot of frustrated hours trying to get her to understand that she was changing the meaning of the story. She had been taught that what she was doing was correct. Sigh...
If you could get some basic phonics studies done this summer, it might help. Maybe some simple phonics flash card review to accompany this reading...this might speed up the progress.
Also...Just a prayer request. I am having a very rough day and I could really use some peace. I don't want to cry while I am working this evening.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 3:28:25 PM
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Praying Julia.
I'm sorry Nick is having such a hard time Donna. I agree that he'd benefit from as much phonics as you can teach him in the time you have. Poor guy.
Dee
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 3:49:36 PM
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I think Julia has pegged it...If you learned 'whole word / language' it is impossible to sound a word out. You don't have the skills to do it.
When I worked with BigBee (granted he was younger) I made flash cards of words he could read and rearranged into sentences. Then, I added new words that he needed to learn. Two or three at a time, and put them in the sentences. It worked for him, maybe that is how the teachers would work with him - if they were working with him.. :)
Regarding Michael Jackson - I wish I had watched it. Just to know WHO was on stage singing at the end so I could note who was mic'd - and who wasn't. 
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 4:31:53 PM
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We know he has been taught whole word recognition. STUPID!  And this is supposed to be a good district! Brian can't even work with him, it's so frustrating and he ends up saying things he shouldn't.
Maybe I need to put him reading to us on hold for a month and just focus on the phonics we have him doing (Abeka 2nd grade). They are Noah's old books, with half of the book not done because he wasn't in the Christian school at that point.
I did start a nightly reading time with them last night. I read 3 chapters of The Boxcar Children, and the three big kids loved it! My goal is to pick books we can finish in a week, and this one has 13 chapters. That way, Nick is hearing a whole book when he is here, and then we'll do another book while he's not with us. This is just me reading to them...I'm not asking them to read at all.
I also paid off our library fines. I'm getting the kids signed up for the summer reading program and planning on going to the library at least once a week. They have a TON of special stuff planned for the kids, something almost every week!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 4:37:35 PM
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Also...Just a prayer request. I am having a very rough day and I could really use some peace. I don't want to cry while I am working this evening.
{{{Oh Julia}}} I'll say a prayer.
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It is hurting my heart to do schoolwork with Nick. He can't really read.
Donna, check out Spalding Phonics. It's wonderful and can help anyone. There's a link on the left that says Spalding in action. I suggested it to someone else here and she was already checking into it. My kids benefited from it.
I know it's heartbreaking. The teacher at the country school was suppose to be teaching it, but later I discovered she really wasn't. You'd think with us being on the school board she would have to do what we tell her but I guess she thought better. I discovered it when I had linz read to me and she couldn't remember a word from one sentence to the next. I was livid. I asked the teacher how she kept getting A's when she couldn't read a simple book and she said, well she reads what I give her. 
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 5:00:09 PM
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Forgot this...(((((((((((((Julia))))))))))))) Praying for peace.
Thanks, Kath.
ETA...wow...that looks great, Kath! Unfortunately, I have no fundage for it at this time. What we have will work too, I think. I need to keep my frustration level down and just work with him where he's at too. That's probably half the battle...
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 8:04:11 PM
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Hey guys - sorry to hear about all the frustrations you have been going through. I read this thread weekly, but don't comment because most of the time I am nursing the baby while reading and have a hard time typing with one hand.
My husband has been out of a job since Feb., and he had now found a new job, but it is for a non-profit ministry. It will be some BIG changes for our family - moving 8 hours away from our home. We will be moving back to where we grew up, but since we have been in PA now for 12 years, I really consider this my home. It has been a difficult time for us, and I keep saying over and over, "how do people survive without God?" Knowing that HE is in control is the only thing that keeps me going.
Donna - I noticed that you are using A Beka phonics with Nick. While A Beka is a great program, it is very intensive, and he might have a problem grasping it. I actually have found that I prefer the BJU and the Hooked on Phonics way, which is teaching phonics w/ word families. (It took me a long time to admit that because I am a graduate of PCC - the home of A Beka.) The reason is that for the majority of words - the vowel sound is determined by what comes after the vowel, not before. With A Beka you have all the blend ladders which leads kids to sounding out the pieces, but then they get tripped up when you have words that don't fit into the one or two vowel rule. Anyways - just my two cents, and I know that that it about all it's worth.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 8:07:38 PM
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Where were you in PA?
I'm looking for a good place for dinner around Johnstown - Indiana for this Sunday.
Lunch will be chicken at the state park.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 9:13:39 PM
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We live(d) in the southeastern part of the state - between Lancaster and Philly. Sorry I can't help you!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/7/2009 10:21:21 PM
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Sorry...should have been specific about the Abeka, especially since it's not my favorite curriculum either.  I don't have the whole curriculum. I have two 2nd grade language and phonics workbooks. That is what I have him doing. No silly blend ladders or anything. (I so remember those...I was taught with Abeka from K to 5th grade.)
I am finding myself bitter about having to report to my school district as a homeschooler when they don't seem to be doing a very good job with Nick and won't even consider Brian's opinion in the whole thing. Grrr.
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/8/2009 4:15:54 AM
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Argh!!!! VENTING!!!!
Does anyone else have problems with other parents who don't respect your 'No,' to your children?
I am so frustrated right now with X's friend's mother. I told X no about visiting on a Sunday night. I have to admit that although my original no was related to it being a Sunday night with me working the next day (not to mention that I thought it was a school night until X showed me the school note about it being a pupil free day), but my no is now because the other parent very obviously does not respect any boundaries we set regarding X and my thoughts are, 'If I can't trust her to respect my parenting boundaries while I'm right there, how can I expect her to respect my boundaries and keep my daughter safe at the level I see as safe if I'm not around?'
I actually had to say to X that I would simply ground her for not respecting my decision for a much longer period than the one day I had said no to if she didn't drop the subject.
So now this other mother - disrespectful, boundary-less, pain in the butt is a hero in my daughter's eyes and I'm the bad guy (and I hate, because this is a close friend of X's, that my initial, first impression of this parent's trustworthiness was spot on which means that it's the parent I would be keeping X away from, not necessarily the friend, but that's likely to happen just as a side-effect of keeping her out of the influence of this particular adult).
Argh!!!!!!
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/8/2009 7:30:18 AM
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Donna - excellent blog post...
Macokjc - I love it out there! I spent one summer in Bucks County and fell in love - the terrain is so different from what we have in north of PGH. We have been out to Gettsyburg several times and every time I get out that way I say that 'I could live here'. Of course, visiting isn't the same as LIVING but still...The farms look different. You are close to different cities and have more options. It seems like the schools do more outside of school. (Just from reading the papers and such) See, if you still lived there, you could have told me to go to the capitol yesterday to see the trophies...
Three of the current major sports trophies are in Pennsylvania. The Phillies won the 2008 World Series, my Stillers have the Super Bowl and now the Penguins have the Stanley Cup. Cool... Trophy Photo and Story
Kylie - I have a very similar problem... DeeDee is singing in a talent show this weekend with her friend. She has gone over there several times (I don't have kids into my pigstye house) and last week, it went later than I expected. Not bad, but I got there at 8:45 and she was still EATING...But we visited and I figured I couldn't complain since I didn't leave. But, it was nagging at me because I called 3 times to see if she was ready to come home and the daughter answered and 'blew me off'. Came to find out that Mom wasn't home and that was how she was taught to handle all calls if mom isn't there.
Yesterday, she went over to practice again. 2 o'clock. I was playing piano and they stopped singing and went outside. At 5:00 they called to ask if she could eat supper there. I asked if they had practiced again (NO) so I said stay and practice and please feed her. We ate dinner. At 7:30 or so, I called to see if she was ready to come home and Mom told me that a) she was in the pool in the teenagers bikini b) they hadn't practiced yet and c) Mom was just shucking corn for dinner but they would bring her home. At 8:30 I was antsy. At 9 I was sitting on the porch. At 9:30 I told my Sweetie to put his shoes back on and I called and Mom said they were going out the door. It still took 15 minutes to get here. (3 miles)
Then, DeeDee gets out of the car and the friend reminds mom to ask about tomorrow. They would like DeeDee to go over today, and stay overnight so that Mom can take her to practice tomorrow. There is a group practice in the AM.
I'm livid. I can't just say no because DeeDee wants to sing and I'm afraid that they will end the performance if she isn't there. I don't want to do anything while DeeDee is over there because the parents leave them alone without telling me - we may be the emergency phone call and don't want to miss it. But, they had her in the pool when she has a cold. They put her in a real bikini when I have said 'no' to them. (yes, she fills it up, no, it isn't in public - still) They don't eat until REALLY late and considering DeeDee ate a brunch at 10am, supper after 8 is a bit much to ask, especially when she has a cold.
And, there are things that DeeDee needed to do here. Of course, she is sleeping now. She didn't walk into the house until 10 and needed to shower the pool off of her and she has a cold.
Last night, the electricity went out. It was like the company flipped a switch. No storm, so we weren't expecting it and were looking for a flashlight in the dark. PBee got the lanterns out and went looking for the matches I left outside . I discovered the wick fell out of one lantern so I made DeeDee get up and hold the light so I could fix it. Then, realized it was out of oil. PBee came back with damp matches and I found good ones. He went and got the oil to refill the lamp and we brought it in, got it lit and the chimney back on it when the lights came back on.
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July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/8/2009 8:50:39 AM
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ORIGINAL: McGuinessMagee
Argh!!!! VENTING!!!!
Does anyone else have problems with other parents who don't respect your 'No,' to your children?
Yes! I don't understand what makes people think they can do that?
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RE: July PPS Chat, Friends and Fireworks! - 7/8/2009 9:22:01 AM
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I do like the ones that make you justify.
I complained I couldn't find a dress for DeeDee and someone 'couldn't believe it' and I said they were all halter-type dresses. I was told that it was ok if she wore them, it was in style so I had no choice and when I said it was inappropriate for the occasion anyways (I was backing down, my no wasn't my no. I was justifying) I was told I was wrong.
She still didn't get the dress.
I do have a childless friend who asked what I was going to do when she insisted on buying something I didn't approve of and I came back with the 'I wash it, I keep it' speech.
And, along those lines. I hate buying underpinnings for my little girl. Her size dictates that we must shop in the section that has 'pretties' and she wants to look pretty underneath too. I get that, but when she is already better endowed than her mother, why do they need parts to push things and redistribute the wealth . For a special occasion dress maybe, but can't they just have a few plain bras...?
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