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Last night my son lost a tooth and put it under his pillow but the tooth fairy didn't come. Sometimes at our house, she does this. It can take up to a week. Is she this slow in other households?
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
I'm ready to start school again.
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We were moving in the new bookshelf last night, unpacking the new notebooks for the notebooking project and arranging everything and my daughter said, "Okay, I'm ready to start school again." Can you believe it? This homeschool thing must be working! I'm excited about the things we are going to do and I guess it shows. At least I have one child who is eager and ready to start! I may start some kind of partial school program very soon and kind of ease them into it. I'd like to be able to take off a day during the year, anytime we want to, so it will be good to get an early start. Unless a water sport is involved, it is almost too hot to go outide here during the day anyway. Maybe we should school some now with the idea of taking off some of those beautiful fall days when the weather is perfect.
We were moving in the new bookshelf last night, unpacking the new notebooks for the notebooking project and arranging everything and my daughter said, "Okay, I'm ready to start school again." Can you believe it? This homeschool thing must be working! I'm excited about the things we are going to do and I guess it shows. At least I have one child who is eager and ready to start! I may start some kind of partial school program very soon and kind of ease them into it. I'd like to be able to take off a day during the year, anytime we want to, so it will be good to get an early start. Unless a water sport is involved, it is almost too hot to go outide here during the day anyway. Maybe we should school some now with the idea of taking off some of those beautiful fall days when the weather is perfect.
Monday, July 04, 2005
The Red Button.
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A few weeks ago, on our vacation, we had a really lovely hotel suite. It was very warm when we entered, so my husband turned on the air conditioning and we all got changed and went to the pool. I came back up to the room to get something we had forgotten and it was still very warm in there, maybe even warmer than before. I checked and the heat was on. We came back from the pool later and changed and went someplace else. When we came back, again, the room was hot. On questioning the kids, we discovered that our 7-year-old had liked the red button and had pushed it every chance he got, turning the heat on in our room. His Dad told him not to do it any more, explaining that in the summer we don't need the heat on.
The next day, we were in suite that our traveling companions were in and were playing games and we noticed that it was kind of warm. My cousin said "Dan, you didn't push that red button in our room did you?" You should have seen the look on his face. He looked down at the floor, hunched his shoulders and said very quietly and very, very reluctantly, "yes." That little booger had turned on the heat in their suite! I guess Dad had forgotten to tell him not to push the red button in other peoples suites!
A few weeks ago, on our vacation, we had a really lovely hotel suite. It was very warm when we entered, so my husband turned on the air conditioning and we all got changed and went to the pool. I came back up to the room to get something we had forgotten and it was still very warm in there, maybe even warmer than before. I checked and the heat was on. We came back from the pool later and changed and went someplace else. When we came back, again, the room was hot. On questioning the kids, we discovered that our 7-year-old had liked the red button and had pushed it every chance he got, turning the heat on in our room. His Dad told him not to do it any more, explaining that in the summer we don't need the heat on.
The next day, we were in suite that our traveling companions were in and were playing games and we noticed that it was kind of warm. My cousin said "Dan, you didn't push that red button in our room did you?" You should have seen the look on his face. He looked down at the floor, hunched his shoulders and said very quietly and very, very reluctantly, "yes." That little booger had turned on the heat in their suite! I guess Dad had forgotten to tell him not to push the red button in other peoples suites!
Spell Check.
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Last night I was working, doing medical transcription and I typed the phrase "The patient was seen by Dr. Blank whose admitting diagnosis was ..." but I spelled admitting wrong originally. I left out one T so it was admiting. I was hurrying through the spell check and accidently changed it so that it said "whose admiring diagnosis was ..." Funny, how just a couple of letters here can make such a big difference ... (Don't worry, I realized it and corrected it again!)
You've got to watch out for the spell check. One of my coworkers in the past accidently let the spell check change the word hemorrhoids to hammerheads. Let me tell you, that made for an interesting report. :-0
Last night I was working, doing medical transcription and I typed the phrase "The patient was seen by Dr. Blank whose admitting diagnosis was ..." but I spelled admitting wrong originally. I left out one T so it was admiting. I was hurrying through the spell check and accidently changed it so that it said "whose admiring diagnosis was ..." Funny, how just a couple of letters here can make such a big difference ... (Don't worry, I realized it and corrected it again!)
You've got to watch out for the spell check. One of my coworkers in the past accidently let the spell check change the word hemorrhoids to hammerheads. Let me tell you, that made for an interesting report. :-0
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Snow Cones
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My daughter saved her money and bought a Snow Cone machine. It makes shaved ice and you pour flavored syrup over it. Not very healthy, I'm sure, but with the hot, hot temperatures we've been having lately, it is very refreshing. We experimented with making our own syrup from Kool-Aid tonight and it was very good. My daughter said "I am hooked on Snow Cones for life."
My daughter saved her money and bought a Snow Cone machine. It makes shaved ice and you pour flavored syrup over it. Not very healthy, I'm sure, but with the hot, hot temperatures we've been having lately, it is very refreshing. We experimented with making our own syrup from Kool-Aid tonight and it was very good. My daughter said "I am hooked on Snow Cones for life."
Just Say No.
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We are going to try this week to declutter the house. It seems like everytime we go someplace, we come home with something. My mom gets things for me at yardsales. Every club they go to, even gymnastics sends papers home with the kids. I can't keep up with it all. I was griping about it in the kitchen last night and my oldest said "just say no, to stuff."
On the bright side, I did find the giant bookcase I've been looking for all these months. It was 35.00 at Goodwill. We get to pick it up tomorrow.
We are going to try this week to declutter the house. It seems like everytime we go someplace, we come home with something. My mom gets things for me at yardsales. Every club they go to, even gymnastics sends papers home with the kids. I can't keep up with it all. I was griping about it in the kitchen last night and my oldest said "just say no, to stuff."
On the bright side, I did find the giant bookcase I've been looking for all these months. It was 35.00 at Goodwill. We get to pick it up tomorrow.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
My Kids are Not Here.
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Since we became homeschoolers, it is really unusual to have our kids all gone on the same day. Usually, if they have playdates, only one of them is gone. Today, they got invited on a playdate with their cousin and they are all gone. Actually, my daughter got invited, since my cousin has a little girl the same age and no boys, but since my husband and I were attending a funeral and needed child care for all 3, my cousin graciously took all 3 for the day. They are having a picnic and swimming and all kinds of fun. I know I won't be popular when I go to pick them up!
Since we became homeschoolers, it is really unusual to have our kids all gone on the same day. Usually, if they have playdates, only one of them is gone. Today, they got invited on a playdate with their cousin and they are all gone. Actually, my daughter got invited, since my cousin has a little girl the same age and no boys, but since my husband and I were attending a funeral and needed child care for all 3, my cousin graciously took all 3 for the day. They are having a picnic and swimming and all kinds of fun. I know I won't be popular when I go to pick them up!
Friday, July 01, 2005
What To Do?
Sometimes I think I get overwhelmed with the possibilities. With homeschooling, they are so endless. I've been struggling with making a schedule all week, planning when to start back to school, whether to just 'plunge in' or start slowly and gradually? I've decided that our schedule is going to change somewhat. I'm going to do most of my medical transcription work in the mornings and assign the kids some work to do in the mornings as well. Then, in the afternoon, we will do some of the KONOS activities and work on notebooking. Notebooking is my new interest and I hope the kids will enjoy it and learn from it. I think I would enjoy it. I may have to do a notebook myself. Hmmm, maybe a scrapbook. :-)
Quote of the day is: "When I grow up, I want to be rich but not famous." (As stated by my youngest son.)
Quote of the day is: "When I grow up, I want to be rich but not famous." (As stated by my youngest son.)
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