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peculiar_lady2 -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 1:00:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ellie-Mae At least with me, it is supposed to be temporary. Will you ever get your taste back? I just can't imagine being like this forever. I don't know how you bring yourself to eat when everything is a matter of texture and not flavor. from all I have read and heard it is not very likely that I will get anything back that was not gained back within the first 12 months after getting BP...so more then likely I will have to live with the rest of the affects I currently have for the rest of my life. I liked being pregnant because things had flavor again...but since a week ago I can already tell that it has gone away again. quote: ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair quote: One of the side affects of bell's palsy is loss of taste...in fact it was the first thing that clued me in on something being wrong initially It was the second sign for me (first was my normal eye tic but at warp speed), but originally I thought I had bought a can of miraculously tasteless olives...but then I couldn't taste the Feta cheese, either, and knew THAT was a problem! I actually thought that I had forgotten to put the seasoning in the noodles...so I added more (cause we always have extra of those seasoning packets up in the cabinet anyway). I still couldn't taste it....with TWO packets!!!! quote: ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair Would any of you take kindly to someone telling you that you needed to 'get on' a particular academic area with one of your kids? In this case, it is handwriting and Nate based on her DH's inability to correctly read the phone number he wrote (although she could read it just fine, obviously, since she just called to tell me Nate's handwriting was awful and I need to 'get on' that).[:@] And she is not a relative or anything. Actually, this particular person is always saying annoying things to me, so perhaps it seemed worse than it was. tell her that he is studying to become a mechanic...no one can ever read their writing....or a dr!!!

cynthia -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 3:13:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair Would any of you take kindly to someone telling you that you needed to 'get on' a particular academic area with one of your kids? In this case, it is handwriting and Nate based on her DH's inability to correctly read the phone number he wrote (although she could read it just fine, obviously, since she just called to tell me Nate's handwriting was awful and I need to 'get on' that).[:@] And she is not a relative or anything. Actually, this particular person is always saying annoying things to me, so perhaps it seemed worse than it was. I wouldn't put up with that. Maybe once, but not twice and definitely not on a regular basis. Did she call you specifically to tell you that? I can just imagine what I would have said to her, but she probably wouldn't speak to me anymore afterwards, which is fine. I'd rather people like that don't speak to me.

cynthia -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 3:25:42 AM)
I have been working with TL on sewing. She was doing really well following the directions, then checking with me as she was about to complete each step. She got pretty confident, then didn't check with me. She came in to find me and had an odd, confused look on her face. She had stitched, pressed and serged with checking with me. Once you serge, that's pretty much it. If you made a mistake, you cannot fix it, as you have cut off the seam allowance and taking out serging is a pain in the neck. She had done it incorrectly. I threw it away. Fortunately I had purchased extra fabric, as I usually do to allow for shrinkage and poor cutting by the clerks. We were able to cut out the ruined pieces, from the remaining fabric. At that point, I took over and went over each step with her along the way, but we are way behind at this point and I didn't have time to wait for her. The shorts we were working on early with the fly have been set aside. We decided to use a different pattern that she already has a pair of shorts made from. She likes them. They fit nicely. They are much easier to make. We are making three pair of the same easy pattern. If we have time, we will finish the jeans shorts (with the fly). I doubt that will happen, as the next few days will be quite busy and she wants to sew two nighties to take to camp. I will be able to finish the other two pair of shorts tomorrow and then hopefully move onto the nighties, but it may have to wait until Saturday for the nighties. It sure is nice to be able to sew modest clothing that doesn't look like it was made for an 80 year old. My daughter enjoys having her clothes made.

Ellie-Mae -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 8:06:41 AM)
Jen, I would have just replied that he was studying to become a doctor. If she kept it up, I would probably very bluntly told her to Butt out. I don't hav a whole lot of patience or time to liscene to nonsence. I went to public and private school. Passed all of my spelling tests and look what good it has done me, but I have ledgible handwriting over which I was literally tortured with because it wasn't pretty and I don't hold my pencil correctly. Guess what? I can read my kid's handwriting (although it ain't pretty) AND they can spell better than me AND they are not being tortured. So I don't really care what other people say about things they don't know much about. Cynthia, My mom and I have just bought some dress patterns for the girls. Sarah has such a long torso that her pants often look immodest when they are regular wasted. she is almost grown out of those and now I can't find moddest offordable jeans for her. so we are going to make her dresses to wear (she loves to wear dresses for play).

amybreit -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 8:37:07 AM)
((((Donna))))) - I'm praying for wisdom for you & Brian, protection for all of your kids and healing for Nick. Glad to hear the Ritalin case was closed!! As far as a heater for that room - have you ever used a ceramic heater? They are electric, small & not hot to the touch (on the outside) and you can get ones that shut off when they are tipped over. We've used them for years & they really do heat well. Here's a link if you want to check them out: ceramic heaters (the ones at the top are pricey, but there are more affordable models lower on the page - we have one similar to the honeywell ones). Ellie - praying your taste comes back quickly! Guess you could take this opportunity to eat all the things you've never liked but are good for you(for me it'd be Brussels sprouts) or things that were too spicy for you (although, you could pay for that on the other end, KWIM?[;)]). Jen - someone telling me I need to "get on" a subject with my kids would TOTALLY annoy me!!![:@] I'm debating what to do this morning. I really want to get started cleaning the kitchen, but it may storm tonight, so I should probably finish the yardwork instead. I'd love to go do it right now, but I think my neighbor's might object (it's just 7:30am). BIL called & left a message last night asking what we were doing about coming up. Dh tried to call back, but couldn't reach them. Dh started to talk like we should go up. It totally stressed me out! I'd have to do laundry & pack us up today, so we could leave tonight or tomorrow morning & we'd have to come back on Saturday because I am working in Kids ministry on Sunday (which I wasn't aware of until last night[8D]). I finally told him that it was stressing me out & he said, "we aren't going"! [:)] He didn't realize it was freaking me out! Besides, I still think if we're going to spend the 4th sitting at someone's house by ourselves - it might as well be our own house!

Homegrownkids -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 9:22:55 AM)
Hi Everyone[sm=wave.gif] Congrats on the new baby Peculiar. How sweet and special this time is for you! Oh how I wish I could cuddle up with a snuggli baby!! Jen... that sounds like something my mom would say to me. SHe would mean well.... but she tells me all kinds of things about my kids by observing one instance. But, if it wasn't a close relative....[:@] I know even my mom irritates me, I can imagine how I'd be if it was somone else! ************************************** My DS is back from camp. He got 3 phone numbers of girls there[&:][&:] I am probably an odd ball, but I try hard to discourage this stuff. He's 12 and I really don't want him on the phone with girls at this age. In face, he JUST turned 12! It is nice to have our whole family back together again!! Yesterday I was discouraged about Noah's insurance company. I am praying that all works out. I was also discouraged over 13 yr Dd. I caught her reading a book from the library that is a typical teenage "cookie cutter teen attitdue book". Talking about "hawtie guys" and getting dumped in the 7th gr. [8\|] I am very open and honest with DD. I told her that I thought she had a better head on her shoulders and I told her that books like this are not allowed. Sometimes I feel like MY homeschooled children are the only ones that are trying to "fit in" to how a typical worldy "Hannah Montana" teen is and it really drives me nuts. I was hoping they'd see a "bigger picture" in life and not get into vanity.

shadowspring -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 9:41:28 AM)
I second the ceramic heater rave, Donna. I have used one in the north room of our house for two winter now, and it works very well. That room (my bedroom) is always five degrees cooler than the rest of the house, which is great in summer. If you coupled the space heater with an electric blanket on the bed, I'll bet Nick would be quite toasty in his own room this winter. [:)] Homegrown, it is not oddball to want to protect your son from foolish emotional entanglements with girls that he is not mature enough to handle. Most of these young girls are super-needy! And many adolescents are also full of self-pity, and tend to whine and complain about their parents for sympathy. This can be infectious. So keep discouraging girls from calling! My son is best friends to a "ladies man", so he gets all the calls from the girls agonizing over his best friend. This is a blessing, as he gets to see second-hand all the confusion, pain and regret that go with these "bf-gf" relationships. He does NOT even show interest in a girlfriend! [:D] As he put it yesterday, teenage girls are obsessive! A girlfriend today is a stalker tomorrow, in his opinion. [:(] I'm glad he sees it that way. [:)] Cynthia, I wish you could come to my house and teach my dd to sew. We finally bought an more expensive sewing machine from a local dealer. We have made a cushion for her window seat. The cushion is very expensive if that is the only thing she ever makes with her sewing machine! [sm=silly.gif]

PrincessDonna -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 10:03:02 AM)
quote: If you coupled the space heater with an electric blanket on the bed, I'll bet Nick would be quite toasty in his own room this winter. Yeah...warmer than the rest of us...[sm=aside.gif] I'm really not comfortable with any heater around him. He'll mess with it or put things on top of it. Another option I just thought of...our upstairs bathroom is really huge. It is big enough for his bed to be in there, and maybe his dresser too. I wonder if Brian can somehow separate part of the room so we can still use the bathroom...hmmm...that room is heated (ha! the warmest room in the house in the winter because of where the heater vents are and no wind blowing on htat side of the house). Even if we had to do that for the winter, we could still use the other room when it's warm enough.

his_chosen -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 10:07:22 AM)
Guess I'm lucky that ds1 is still in the "girls are gross" stage? He'll be 16yo in October... Ds2 is still there too, and will be 14yo in September. The pack of neighborhood boys is still into boy stuff. Oh, and my guys are into playing with anyone, regardless of age. At first the neighborhood kids were so into the "grade" thing. Now, they could care less! Ds1 and I did a "brick" workout--swim, then bike, then run. Getting ready for Sunday's race. On the way home ds1 was talking about his main rival. Elliot. The kid is FAST on the run. What's his secret? He's done track and cross country. I suggested ds1 consider joining the cross country team this fall. He's not sure about it, really leaning against it. Sigh... I really think racing against someone would really help... I'm not gonna push it, though.

shadowspring -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 10:25:07 AM)
quote: He'll mess with it or put things on top of it. Ceramic heaters stay cool to the touch. I have no idea how that works, but it's true! They are nothing at all like the little electric space heaters of my younger days. Except that they use electricity. [&:] And they blow warm (not hot) air. [&:] I'm not sure about putting something on top of one. Ours is like a tower, a 3 ft high cylinder around a foot in circumference. And it's thermostat controlled. It turns itself on and off as needed to keep a uniform temperature. It sure did cut down on our heating bills, that's for sure! But it still may not work for your family. You certainly know how difficult Nick can be better than anyone.

shadowspring -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 10:26:19 AM)
quote: At first the neighborhood kids were so into the "grade" thing. Now, they could care less! Positive influence of that crazy home school stuff, no doubt. [:)]

2jsmom -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:08:19 AM)
quote: I am probably an odd ball, but I try hard to discourage this stuff. He's 12 and I really don't want him on the phone with girls at this age. In face, he JUST turned 12! We do the same thing with our boys. Like Hazel's boys, Joe, at 16, still thinks girls are gross. I'm trying to work on him to at least accept that girls are people and can be our friends, but I'll settle on girls are gross over girl chasing any day.[;)]

Homegrownkids -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:17:30 AM)
quote: I am probably an odd ball, but I try hard to discourage this stuff. He's 12 and I really don't want him on the phone with girls at this age. In face, he JUST turned 12! We do the same thing with our boys. Like Hazel's boys, Joe, at 16, still thinks girls are gross. I'm trying to work on him to at least accept that girls are people and can be our friends, but I'll settle on girls are gross over girl chasing any day. Oh, how I wish I had this problem. My son has been "girl crazy" since age 2[&:] He is still very much a little boy though! My DD has recently taken interest in boys. The whole instant messenging/tv/book (media influence) is not helping! When she was in softball, she "hung out" with her team which all traveled around the ball fields in a pack! Now that she is away from her "girl pack", she is doing better. Although, I need to be strict with Instant messenging and with tv watching. We went years without t.v but our Deacon must of felt sorry for us and actually came in our house and hooked up an antenna. Lately, we've been unhooking it though. But... to have 2 Teens/Tweens in the house, soon to be 3 now that DS #3 is 11..... I just don't know if I will survive. I guess with a lot of prayer!!!!!!!!

shadowspring -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:23:39 AM)
quote: I guess with a lot of prayer!!!!!!!! Amen, sister!

Ellie-Mae -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:39:19 AM)
YOu are not the only ones that are discouraging dating and such. We are too. David will be 13, and seems to have a level head about such things. It is hard though. It is one of the reasons that he is still not attending SS at church. There aren't any boys in what would be his SS class and the girls in there are developing so fast and wear clothes that really show off that fact. We were really looking forward to sending him to the teen class but then they separated the 7th and 8th graders which put him alone with these girls. There was one other boy that would have been in his class but he is kind of wild and doesn't attend much. It would have been better for David to have more of a variety to be with like in Youth Group. It was very disappointing. Other than that situation, it hasn't been too difficult as we tend to hang around other people who are also modest and considerate when it comes to the decisions that we have made as a family concerning dating and such. Well, there was this one idiot of a youth leader that gave Fred the most horrendous advice and has kids of his own who are messed up, but he wasn't at our church and Fred came to the realization that this guy didn't have a clue as to what is really good for kids and doesn't listen to him any more. The biggest challenge for Fred was that so often if he was nice to a girl, they would assume that he must want to go out with them.[8\|] And talk about nasty... even their moms were nasty. [&o]

cynthia -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:43:42 AM)
Mr. Manly, 8 yo, is currently restricted from playing with one of the neighborhood girls. Dd saw them kissing. [sm=shakinghead.gif] I spoke to the little girl's mother and told her I don't want the two playing until after my husband has come home (from out of town) and been able to adequately deal with the situation. She said he husband is also out of town and she agrees that we need to get our husbands involved and nip this in the bud. At least we are on the same page. It's a lot harder to deal with these issues when the other parent thinks you're a nut case and that this is harmless. I'm glad she and I are in agreement. I have got to be praying about this situation with him. It concerns me that this is a problem at eight. He has never had a "girls are gross" thought in his life.

Ellie-Mae -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:48:08 AM)
Right now, of all my kids, I am most conncerned for Timothy. He REALLY doesn't understand. Part of it is my fault. I have let him watch too much TV. And he is so easily influenced by what looks to be fun.[:o] His little moral compass is miles behind his age and his brain. [&o]

PrincessDonna -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:49:58 AM)
quote: Except that they use electricity. That's okay...electricity is cheaper than oil, for sure! LOL Maybe we'll get one for our room/new baby's room and see if we think it'll work for Nick's room. Brian thinks putting insulation over the row of windows might help too. He'd still have one window for light, but that one the wind doesn't blow at so hard. Brian also has to put a switch and a ceiling light in there. I didn't realize that not only is there no heat in that room, but someone forgot to run electric to it also.[8\|] LOL...this house is so old. We will also discourage dating. Actually, we won't allow one on one dating, period. But we have lots more bridges to cross before we get to that one.[&:][;)]

zoebob -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:50:05 AM)
That is scary Cynthia. My girls both think boys are kind of gross. Although DD1 kind of likes the older boys but she's not flirty with them or anything. I think she just kind of admires them for when she is ready for that KWIM. I could see DS being the first one to be like that. He's just very physical.

PrincessDonna -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:55:36 AM)
We have disallowed several tweenish Disney and Nick shows because the emphasis is on boy-girl nonsense. Yuck! Now I grew up on Saved by the Bell, but it seems like every show for that age group is like that now, and they aren't even older teens like on SbtB. I often tell them to change the channel to Animal Planet, History, or Discovery.

his_chosen -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 11:56:54 AM)
There are NO girls on our street! It's this pack of boys. They range in age from 10-16. And they tend to do stupid boy stuff. There for a while they were all sporting poison ivy. I told the moms that there was PI in our back woods where the kids were building a fort. The general reaction was "dah, they'll figure it out". Now, ds2 is the only one... Sadly, though, I'm the only one that requires a bike helmet. Except for ds2, my guys don't care. I told ds2 he could have his wheels back when he decided to wear his helmet. He said he guessed he wouldn't be riding any time soon. I have to get something done today! I've been so tired and just not motivated.

Ellie-Mae -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 12:21:11 PM)
I am going to meet another endo today. I hope it goes well. I want someone who I feel comfortable talking to and will give me the whole picture.

shadowspring -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 12:27:18 PM)
quote: I told ds2 he could have his wheels back when he decided to wear his helmet. He said he guessed he wouldn't be riding any time soon. Stubborn much? [8D]

PrincessDonna -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 12:28:28 PM)
I hope this is the right doctor for you, Lisa. I know how much difference a good doctor makes. Every time you type endo, my brain reads endometriosis, not endocrinologist. LOL

Homegrownkids -> RE: July ... picnics, pools, and parties ... and a homeschool chat thread! (7/3/2008 1:07:02 PM)
quote: At least we are on the same page. It's a lot harder to deal with these issues when the other parent thinks you're a nut case and that this is harmless. I'm glad she and I are in agreement. I have this problem with my "youth leader/helper". She wanted to take the kids camping last week if our church denomination camp was cancelled due to flooding. Luckily, regular camp was still on. Her idea was to have boys in one tent, girls in another and mothers in the camper. I thought... there is no way I'm leaving my kids with a group of co-ed kids to run around the campground while we hang out in the camper. Her exact words were... "At this age, nothing will happen"..... I was thinking she was nuts! Her daughter is always trying to kiss my son. She does it in a "little girl" way.. but still, at 10(almost 11) and 12.... NO WAY! The mom just jokes about it and thinks it is normal and innocent at this age.

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