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Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:43:04 PM)

Oh, I talked to my mom about the spinning wheel swap last night and she said that it was fine with her, and she would go with him for the negotiations. So we will let him do it.



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 1:23:16 PM)

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Cynthia--it's an old wives tale that a mother bird won't take back a baby. The whole 'human scent' thing is wrong. Birds can't smell! Plus, what mother wouldn't take back her baby? So, if you can, put the baby bird back!

I'm glad it's not true and didn't realize birds can't smell. You taught me something new today.

Latin is not useless at all. It is the base of several languages. If one can speak and understand Latin, it makes it much easier to speak and understand Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian, plus other dialects and little known languages in that region. That is why you hear of people who can speak five or six languages fluently. You can pretty much bet they are fluent in Latin, which makes it possible to learn the other languages much more easily. TL wants to take Spanish, but I am requiring her to take one year of Rosetta Stone Latin first. After that, she will be ready for Spanish and have a better foundation if she wants to take other languages as well.

Romance languages are:
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group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian, all national languages. Catalan also has taken on a political and cultural significance; among the Romance languages that now have less political or literary significance or both are the Occitan and Rhaetian dialects, Sardinian, and Dalmatian (extinct), among others. Of all the so-called families of languages, the Romance group is perhaps the simplest to identify and the easiest to account for historically. Not only do Romance languages share a good proportion of basic vocabulary—still recognizably the same in spite of some phonological changes—and a number of similar grammatical forms, but they can be traced back, with but few breaks in continuity, to the language of the Roman Empire. So close is the similarity of each of the Romance languages to Latin as currently known from a rich literature and continuous religious and scholarly tradition that no one doubts the relationship.

Link to Britannica article.

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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

Oh, I talked to my mom about the spinning wheel swap last night and she said that it was fine with her, and she would go with him for the negotiations. So we will let him do it.

That sounds really good, now that Cindy has helped me see the light.



amybreit -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 1:52:33 PM)

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4 sons that are being about as useless as teats on a boar hog.
LOL Ezri - I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read this line! I bet the new kitchen will look fabulous!

Miasham - praying for your house to sell quickly!!

Ellie - I'm praying!

Jen - glad your mom will be able to go with Brandon to the wheel swap! Praying he finds what he's looking for!

Thanks for the info on Latin & the Romance languages Cynthia! I've thought of doing Spanish with the kids, but maybe I'll look into some Latin first! They have said they'd like to learn German though too (since that's a BIG part of our heritage).

Dh is at physical therapy. He left early to stop in at work & pick up some things. He is going to ask if he can take leave next Friday, since my parents will be here. We have lots of cleaning to do before they arrive. I'd like to sort through things & do more of a Spring Cleaning, but I'm afraid we don't have time for that. So, I've decided to do a pretty good surface cleaning & then I can start the other if I have time OR we can work on that after they've left. Better go eat something. My tummy was upset when the kids ate, but if I don't eat - it'll be upset more later. Did that make any sense?[sm=sadquestion.gif]



2jsmom -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 3:12:53 PM)

Latin is also a big help if you're going to do anything medical or even just science related.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 6:34:37 PM)

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How did things go yesterday, Sarah?

oh sorry...I put it in a thread over in the women's folder, forgot to put it in here. Well, first hubby had to do lots of leg work to chase down WHY his leave form had not been put in where it was supposed to be...the BC never signed it, so he had to chase it down, get it signed, etc...that took him over an hour to do the sgt's job (the sgt that had promised him over a week ago that he would get it done for him). The surgery place had to reschedule for the afternoon because of a previous lunch thing for the dr. Then we got there and they were running late. Then the electricity for about half the city went out (accident)....had to wait for it to come back on. Then someone else had scheduled another apt that afternoon too, so they took that person first. It was just one thing after another....they finally took him back at 3 (we were there at 12:30 to check in)...we didn't leave til 5:30. That was a very very long five hours!!! The kids were very good though...again. In fact everyone commented about how well they were and that they had never seen four kids (or any kids) act so well in the office before our kids!!! That really is a blessing that they were so good both times!!! They are usually good for things like that anyway, but it's just good to have good kids...kwim?
Paul's knee is doing good though. It wasn't as badly damaged as the right, so it wasn't as long as the first surgery. Today he is really hurting though...moreso then last time. I warned him about that....I figured he would be because he was still favoring the other knee a bit, so now he basically has two bum knees. It is more swollen this time then last time...and more bruised. I am trying to keep him with ice packs, but he won't use them as much this time. Maybe by tonight I will have convinced him that it might actually help more to keep ice on it!!!! He is stubborn in that regard though, so he isn't listening yet. I was going to go out earlier and do some running around by myself (well, without him, but not by myself)...but he wanted to go, so he used the motorized cart at one place and I couldn't get him to use it at the other place...so now he is hurting. He took some meds though and is now napping. Maybe I should go put some ice on it for him while he is asleep.....do you think that would be mean?

One of the places we went (the place that hubby wouldn't use the motorized cart) was Lowes. We are going to finally be able to get a refrigerator!!! The one we have was gotten when we got here last year...he bought it off a guy moving out of the barracks and to another base....so it's a small one. It is only about five feet tall....and maybe as wide as my shoulders. It has been a good refrigerator though, but definitely not big enough for our family. Anyway, with the rebate money we are getting a refrigerator. We were thinking of going with a rebuilt one at this used appliance store in town (we got our washer and dryer there and are very pleased with them)...but the downside to that is that we have to get it ourselves and get it here ourselves. Since we don't know that many people that could or even would help us, that's not the best option. So We are thinking of just shelling out more money and getting a new one and having it delivered...esp since Paul doesn't need to be lifting that kind of thing right now (and obviously I can't) and they will deliver and set it up for us. Anyway...I am about to start a poll about refrigerators over in the H/G folder...so if you all could go over and answer my poll that would be great!!!

Emma started something new yesterday....instead of just making weird drawings of nothing on paper, she started actually drawing things!!! People....houses....etc!!!! It's exciting for me to see her get to that new level!!!! She isn't a "baby" anymore...getting totally into that pre-K/K stage now!!!

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Sarah, that is so funny that it happened to both of us!

lol...yeah it is!! I have never met someone else that said they had been fired for being "too friendly/nice"

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Latin is also a big help if you're going to do anything medical or even just science related.

or things ministry related (Biblical studies, etc)...it really helped my dad as a minister and teacher to be able to really get to the root of things easier because of having taken Latin.



2jsmom -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 6:44:18 PM)

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We were thinking of going with a rebuilt one at this used appliance store in town (we got our washer and dryer there and are very pleased with them)...but the downside to that is that we have to get it ourselves and get it here ourselves. Since we don't know that many people that could or even would help us, that's not the best option.
Too bad you can't go and borrow a certain new recruit.[;)]He's had plenty of experience helping people move.[:D]

I can't believe Paul was even able to walk so soon after the surgery. He must be one stubborn tough guy.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 6:57:19 PM)


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We were thinking of going with a rebuilt one at this used appliance store in town (we got our washer and dryer there and are very pleased with them)...but the downside to that is that we have to get it ourselves and get it here ourselves. Since we don't know that many people that could or even would help us, that's not the best option.
Too bad you can't go and borrow a certain new recruit.[;)]He's had plenty of experience helping people move.[:D]

lol...yeah...too bad huh!!! Unfortunately this is probably the most lonely base we have ever been at...people don't care to get to know anyone...they don't want to have more friends or something...I don't know. Maybe it's just because our last place was overseas and everyone was far away from their own families and such...and here lots of people are here because their family is close. Then there is also a large population that isn't even military here, and again they have all their family and friends here already. Anyway....it's very lonely for people that don't have that here. We thought we were finally getting connected to people at the church, but we can't go right now (because I can't hold Jack and he can't either) and so far no one has even tried to contact us or check up on us or anything. It's really annoying.

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I can't believe Paul was even able to walk so soon after the surgery. He must be one stubborn tough guy.

yes he is...his physical therapist said the same thing last time and this time...that he is one tough guy because he shouldn't be walking that well on it...or hardly at all. Now he can bend it about 1/4 of the way...but the swelling I am sure isn't helping that. He needs to get off of it though and stay off of it....lol....maybe I need to find things for him to do that he can use a chair for. He is so antsy...moreso this time then last time because he has already been stuck here for three weeks already, so he was already going insane. He isn't one to sit around anyway...I have said for years that he has a spring in his backside...he can't sit still. I have only seen him do it once or twice...when he had a fever of 104°F and was so dog sick that he couldn't move. So he is really antsy and wanting to get this over with and get back to doing things again.



ezri -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 7:34:54 PM)



Sarah- glad to hear your honey's outpaitent surgery went well.

The kitchen is coming along. Jerry stopped in to change his clothes before going in to do his Last class of the semester at the college- I got home a he did with the pieces parts to fix the underneath so it was draining right and not into a tidy cats bucket.

He has apologized repeatedly about the counter top. Problem? He moved everything out 2" instead of the 1" and we are gonna have to put in a 1x4 between the back splash and the wall THEN top it with a 1/4 round molding to make it looks right. he said he'd figured it all out now.

I laughed and said GOOD but you are gonna have to mess up purposely on the 18" where the microwave goes on the other side of the stove because it will need to look the same as the sink base. he smirked and said "Can Do Babe!" then kissed me bye and took off for class (He was running late)

I think that the boys got into the swing of things about 11:00pm. He told them to HELP or go to bed about then. I had ALL the tools lined up on the island behind where he was working and categorized- wrenches, saws, caulk and all. It really shouldn't have been so very bad. I think this summers Study is gonna be TOOLS! their common names and standard names. "Hand me the thing-a-ma-bob" = Hand me the philips head screwdriver.

~ezri



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 8:27:33 PM)

I haven't posted in the May thread yet, and told myself that I was going to keep up with the April one...did better...and
am keeping up on this one pretty well. Anyway, will jump in from time to time... Anyway, saw that a couple of you were fired for being too nice/friendly. Well, I was fired once for being "too close to the kids" at an after school program run by the public schools. LOL I guess we are supposed to distance ourselves from the kids that we are supposed to be taking care of... ??? [8|]



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 8:31:55 PM)

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"Hand me the thing-a-ma-bob" = Hand me the philips head screwdriver.

hey, can you write out a curriculum for that so I can teach my hubby those terms too? LOL

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LOL I guess we are supposed to distance ourselves from the kids that we are supposed to be taking care of... ???

or something like that huh....how weird!!



ddsisson -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:13:14 PM)

Well... I did it. I registered Greg for the SAT. He will take it on June 7th. He took the PSAT in Oct and the critical reading(which I am assuming is the verbal part on the SAT) he didn't do very well. So PLEASE PRAY. So we are at the juncture of testing, visiting and applying for colleges. We have already visited one college(Liberty U in Lynchburg). I loved it, but Greg said it was to far from home(not sure if I put all this info in the April thread, so sorry if this is a repeat). With time of year and such that it is we probably won't do another visit until next fall(Sept, Oct, Nov-something like that) to a few here in IN. Then the BIG worry comes(at least for me) FINANCIAL AID!! So please keep us in your prays for this new path.



2jsmom -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:53:42 PM)

Praying, Debbie.



cindybode -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 10:36:59 PM)

Jen, I was gonna answer your question about Latin but Cynthia so nicely typed all that out so I didn't have to. Thank you. [:D] Tell Brandon that he needs to talk to Ash about the Latin - we did it for a couple of years in our old co-op. She liked it and felt it really did help a lot with other languages.

Joe the tractor guy came through splendidly, as always, and suggested something over the phone which worked, so the tractor is running and the grass has been cut. My dh is thinking that we might need to get a new battery since the thing discharged completely while it was sitting idle, but otherwise I think we are good to go.

It has poured rain here all day. My plans for the day did not include rain. [&:] Oh well, I guess that gives me more time to get more plants, right? [;)]



amybreit -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 11:53:40 PM)

Sarah - praying for you to find things to occupy Paul & for him to be content. Trust me I KNOW what it's like!!![;)][8D][8|]

Debbie - praying for Greg & his mom too!!!

Cindy - glad your tractor was healed!!![;)]



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/3/2008 11:33:42 AM)

Dh and I are going to get some old fashioned windows today to use for our garden. We can have a makeshift greenhouse if we put them over our raised beds. There will be parsley, rosemary, oregano, basil, sage and chives for the herbs. Vegetables will be zucchini, straight neck squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and other items that are yet to be determined. This is going to be the Square Foot Gardening method, so we'll see how that works for us. The beds are built. Hopefully we'll get dirt next week and plant the starts that came on Tuesday.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/3/2008 11:55:56 AM)

Oh, Cynthia, that sounds wonderful! I'll have to come over for salad some day, lol.

The boys are still asleep and it's cloudy out, so it doesn't feel like 9 am yet. I've been reading my The Old Schoolhouse mag in the peace and quiet.

I'll have to get the boys up soon, though, since Brandon has spinning this afternoon and there are other things that need to be done first. I suppose I should shower and dress, too, lol.



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/3/2008 12:16:03 PM)

Yes, please come have salad with me. I'm reading Homeschool Enrichment magazine.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/3/2008 12:22:35 PM)

I get samples of that every so often, and really enjoy it when I do.



kookookat -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 12:24:44 PM)

For Memorial Day, which is also ds's birthday, ds wants to go to White Castle. We will be working on school work over the summer and also having some fun.

Vicki



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:04:41 PM)

What/where is White Castle?



ezri -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:05:19 PM)

I just got back from my 3rd trip to the dentist this week. (only 1 trip was for me.) Jeremiah, age 10, had 6- yes folks SIX -extractions. He did very well- I told the dentist that he did not get that from me.

They have had me carrying the kids in for their visits to desensitize me but this last one was probably not a good idea. [&o] Jeremiah did AWESOME! even with the needles, and they did all 4 quads! me on the otherhand- AHHHHHHH about EVERYONE in the office knows that it usually takes a Valium to get me to go back into the rooms. The oral surgeons (two of them) bring in their own assistants. The only ones that KNEW about my irrational fears were the receptionist and the regular dentist and the ONE assistant he had there to help him and neither were working with Jeremiah.

Needless to say I am standing there looking at the one guy and his gal friday about age 12/13 myself at the time and trying to pull myself together to ask if I might chat with him in the hall way. (Brain is clearer out there) I was together enough to KNOW that they did not see the *AFRAID OF NEEDLES* note in Jeremiahs chart. I KNOW the feeling of being beat to a bloody pulp by him when it comes to needles so I feel like I need to tell them this.

SO I go through all of this with the one surgeon. then he escorts me to the waiting room so I don't freak my child out with MY fears. I Barely get settled into the seat and another dentist comes to the door. [&o] Seems that the first dentist felt the case better suited to the OTHER dental surgeon- so I get to go over all of that again. [&o]

OR- Possible- really possible- that they were conspiring to make it happen that I'd meet and chat with BOTH of them... another de-sensitization deal? I dunno. I did not ask. I do know that in the future... probably this summer I am gonna have one or the other of them get real up close and personal with #32, 31, 30, 18, & 19 in my mouth. I could probably take #30 out myself, it is really mobile and after #30 came out #31 would not be much of a challenge... a few days of wiggling.....

NO I am NOT gonna do it myself! but I know #30 is only still there because of gravity.

~ezri the big baby



OneOfHisJewels -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:11:35 PM)

Cynthia, you look pretty in your new picture!



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:18:03 PM)

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Cynthia, you look pretty in your new picture!

Thank you, Sweety.

Ezri,
My husband is having a ton of dental work done this year too. It has been very hard on him. Currently he can barely chew. It will be two or three more months before they can fit for and install his new teeth. Our dentist died and we had to switch to a new one. Dh had avoided going to the dentist, which of course makes things much worse. Finally he went to this dentist and he and the dentist totally hit it off. The dentist and dh communicate really well and it has helped dh tremendously to get this taken care of. It is horribly expensive though. Almost our entire tax return is going to pay for this and that is after $4000 in dental coverage. But it is going to be so worth it.



judii1 -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:37:03 PM)

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Hand me the philips head screwdriver.

Hmm, might work unless ya go to Radio Shack...the guy there asked Ds if he needed a "plus" or "minus" screwdriver!!![:D][:D]

ya know how everyone tells ya that the kids need to go to "real school" so they can be socialized??? Well, I reading Gs's progress report and there are a lot of little boxes that the teacher can check. One of the things said Socializing disrupts class learning
So, there ya have it folks, straight from the "horses" mouth!!!!![:D][:D][:D]



PrincessDonna -> RE: May Flowers!! Homeschool Chat! (5/3/2008 1:53:24 PM)

You guys are making me glad we had Brian's teeth all pulled. One of the smartest thing we've ever done...not that it would be for everyone, but it was for him.

Noah goes back to the dentist Wednesday. He was there a couple weeks ago for a cleaning and they found four more cavities. Sigh. This is the kid who already has had 3 crowns, a couple baby tooth root canals, and an extraction.[&o] He only let them work on one and had a lot of bruising from that because he fought them. When we go back this week, they WILL use nitrous on him. I don't know why they keep trying it without. He's wonderful with it, and horrid without it. Just give the kid his happy medicine and don't reinforce the fear of the dentist![&:]



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