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Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and waterme... - 7/1/2009 12:25:26 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Happy July everyone! What are your plans for this month?
My parents are celebrating their 30th anniversary today...that is amazing to me. 
I sent out Noah's testing. Hope we hear back soon. I looked at all his answers and I think he did very well, even with reading comprehension which has been an issue in the past. I really liked testing at home and we will continue to do that, I think. It was nice to do a test here and there until we were done.
We have VBS this month, two actually. The kids will go to my parents' church one week, and then ours the next. During that second week, I'm also going to a BJU hotel meeting to order our curriculum for next year and avoid shipping charges. If we have enough money, I've decided to order the Elementary Spanish DVD curriculum too. I'm so excited about starting "official" school with Hannah in the fall! I don't have to report for her for two more years, so that's nice too.
Brian is set to have another leg surgery July 31st. They're removing one of the screws holding his femur rod, as it is too long and is rubbing on a muscle and making it impossible for him to walk without crutches and lots of pain. Yay...another surgery...we'll get through, and hopefully he'll be walking with a cane once he recovers from that.
Wow, I'm jabbering...hehe...your turn!
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 12:32:47 PM
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Wow! I totally forgot (other than knowing that it is payday for my hubby!)! LOL
Happy July!!
We are heading to VA to visit my sis and her family for the weekend. It will be a short stay, but I am looking forward to it. Her church has a nice fireworks display, too.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 2:13:58 PM
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I knew it was the first, and I was going to get around to starting a new thread.....in a day or two.......right after the meeting of the procrastinator's club.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 4:23:42 PM
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Donna--wow... another surgery... Hard to believe it's been almost a year.
We got the kids test results back last week. All scored about as well as we expected. Very well in math, science, etc. Not so well with lang arts. Kinda like boys don't care or something...
Still haven't heard from ds1. Doubt we will at this point. Being a mom, I've been worried. Is he having fun? You know, those sorts of things... DeCycles posts photos and I posted some on my running site. Here's the link. http://www.kickrunners.com/forum//showthread.php?t=53844 . Most are just group shots. The only one of him is with his bike. To see all the photos, go to the deCycles website http://www.decyclesindiana.org/ and scroll down to "journals and photos". We don't have sound on this machine so I haven't heard any of the audio.
Ds4 is having an overnight birthday party tonight. They're planning on camping in the back yard. It's supposed to be 60* and rain...
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 4:47:57 PM
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I need to order curriculum. We will continue with the same math program as she is doing well with it and seems to like it. English we will need a new program but probably won't use it until the middle of the year. I need to add in history, geography and languages.
Still have to organize the school room too.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 8:21:43 PM
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Ds5 and I will "officially" start kindergarten on Monday. Bible from the NKJV (it's got the largest print), ten "must-read" books and any others from our stash. (We're starting with our stash instead of the library because it's the middle of the summer reading program and you have to take what you can get right now). Math is a combo of a workbook from Sam's and a lot of manipulatives. Phonics flashcards from about.com. A Mother Goose book. Fun songs. Lots of coloring and play-dough. Penmanship will be a combo of techniques, including a MagnaDoodle and a cornmeal box.
Dd2 will be going to the dentist for the first time this month.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/1/2009 10:58:41 PM
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Wow ... July ... oh my. Time has passed so quickly. I need to spend part of this month prepping for the new school year. I'm going to be somewhat laid up for a while, so that will be the perfect time. (I'm having gastric bypass on Tuesday, and can't really do anything initially post-op, save for a bit of walking ... no lifting, no driving ...)
How patriotic are we -- today is Canada Day, so we skipped the festivities and went to the US ... lunch with friends at Golden Corral and then shopping at Hobby Lobby, LOL.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 12:14:47 AM
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We were singing "Oh Canada" this evening. My mother is Canadian. She wasn't doing any better singing it than me and I'm not very good at it.
Happy Canada Day.
We had a lovely day and a half away. Our room was beautiful. The people at that hotel are all nice and helpful. The kids played in the pool for hours and hours. I didn't get much reading done, but I did finish Beowulf and most of the introduction of Venerable Bede's Ecclestiacial History of the English people. Hopefully I'll get to the real book tomorrow. (okay I spelled it wrong, but I have a headache and I'm not going to figure it out and fix it) I don't think my kids have any idea of how blessed they are to get to stay in such a nice place. Normally we could not afford to stay there, but especially not in a two bedroom suite. Dh and I decided that next time we will let the girls sleep in the king sized bed since we want to touch each other when we're sleeping and TL was complaining about MM's legs getting on her side.
Beowulf was really amazing. I had no idea it was such a wonderful story. I loved it. It wasn't scary. It was a little gross in parts, but it was so beautifully described that it was hard to feel too grossed out. I'm serious.
Hopefully Venerable Bede's book will be as good. I'm going to love this British History course.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 10:46:40 AM
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Thank you for the warning about Beowulf. That sounds ridiculous. I wonder if there are any good movies done of Beowulf. They would probably be pretty gross though.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 10:49:44 AM
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Glad to know you liked Beowulf. I purchased it at our homeschool convention, but haven't read it yet.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 11:31:50 AM
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It's COLD here!!! It was in the 50's over night. It's still in the low 60's and threatening to rain now. Ds4 had his birthday sleepover last night. THey slept in a tent in the back yard. And it rained. He wanted to go to the beach today. His buddies were game, so dh took them. 63* and threatening to rain?! Uh, okay???
The GOOD news is this cold weather that has settled here means ideal conditions for my race on Sunday!!! Only 63* at the start, probably only mid 70's at the finish. The water will be warmer than the air.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 10:58:33 PM
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That stinks, Cindy. I'm sorry. Could it be one of those things where they already had someone picked for the job, but interviewed others anyway? A hospital I worked at was always doing that. 
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/2/2009 11:53:45 PM
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cynthia
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Cindy, I'm sorry you didn't get the job. It doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. Who knows what went on behind the scenes. I hope you get an answer that will be helpful to you.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/3/2009 12:23:25 AM
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cynthia
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Nine positions?! I'm shocked too. Maybe you are over qualified. I wonder if they hired younger nurses that didn't want as much money.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/3/2009 3:18:07 PM
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I'm sorry too Cindy. I too thought it was a sure thing. Cynthia might be right...hired someone for less money. I also wonder if after your interview, positions were cut as they did not have it in the budget? That happened to us when I was a technical recruiter..the company would decide they didn't have the money for that position after all.
Remember too that even the manager told the interviewer to hire you...I doubt it was something you lacked.
My printer can finally print more than 10 pages at a time. Yes! I asked it to print out 33 pages at once the other day..and it actually did it. I even have them all in the right order. It is very refreshing.
I am trying the rapid cycle on my bread machine for the first time ever...hope the challah turns out well.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/3/2009 3:49:32 PM
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WARNING: do NOT go rent the animated version of Beowulf.
If that was a real movie it would have to be rated X!
Ds wanted to see it so we rented it when it first came out. We turned it off and took it back to the store.
Cindy, I'm sorry that you didn't get the job.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/3/2009 8:47:39 PM
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awww... His. I am sorely tempted to ask if you could come without him like you did at first, but I know that I wouldn't want to travel that far without Russ if I didn't have to. Just know that I really want you to come and you will be sorely missed if you don't, but we understand that sometimes things just don't work out.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/3/2009 11:14:36 PM
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His, That is great news and terrible news all rolled up in one. I hate it when that happens.
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RE: Homeschool chat thread...JULY!!! Fireworks and wat... - 7/4/2009 9:32:04 AM
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Yesterday was busy with Sarah's birthday and I ran off before finishing what I wanted to say. I am sorry that I forgot to say that i am glad that he is back at work. Times have been tough for so many people. I didn't want you to feel stressed about the possibility of not coming especially when the reason is a good thing for your family. There is always next year.
I am so glad that Benny is going to work out with a little training. How is your other dog taking his retirement?
We are in the throws of getting ready for FOT and getting ready for VBS. We now have a lawn in the front yard, and we are trying to finish the floor in the gym. We have some work to do on our septic system cover, and we need to get some more garbage cans with covers. There seems to be an abundance of little critters and we are being careful not to draw them toward the house. One day, there were groundhogs in out gym! We need to do something about our garden as well... the deer are enjoying our garden.
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