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ABC's of being a Domestic Goddess (aka Mom)

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:14:22 -0500

Copied from Tawnya's blog. :) It was called ABC's of Homemaking.. but I really don't like being called a homemaker. I don't DO construction!!

Aprons - Y/N? If yes, what does your favorite look like?
No.

Baking- Favorite thing to bake?
Zucchini or banana bread, and cookies.

Clothes line - Y/N ?
Yes, I love my clothes being line dried.

Donuts - Have you ever made them?
"Fake" doughnuts. Take a can of Pillsbury biscuits, tear a hole in the center and shape like a doughnut, fry in oil. Then I either dip in powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, white sugar, or chocolate. YUM!!

Everyday - One homemaking thing you do everyday.
Cook.

Freezer - Do you use a deep freeze?
Yes, but mine is an upright. I'm short, and space is limited.

Garbage Disposer Y/N?
No.

Handbook - What's your favorite Domestic Goddess resource?
Google.

Ironing - Love it or Hate it?
Uhh.. my iron is about 20 years old, and the RARE occasion I turn it on, it still has that smell of a new appliance. That kind of odd, almost burning smell.. LOL

Junk Drawer - Y/N? If yes, where is it?
Umm a few of 'em.

Kitchen - color & decorating scheme.
Color is a pale yellow, decor is country. Gonna change the decor though.

Love - what is your favorite part of being a Domestic Goddess?
Love being with my kids.

Mop - Y/N?
I don't own a mop, I scrub floors with a bucket and rag. I also Swiffer them when they aren't too dirty.

Nylons, machine or hand wash?
Neither.. they have no purpose being in my house. LOL

Oven - Do you use the window or open the oven to check?
Both.

Pizza - what do you put on yours?
As much as possible. DD doesn't eat pork, so on 1 pizza we load with veggies: onions, peppers, mushrooms, olives, and lots of cheese. On another we add the same with pepperonis, sometimes bacon. Now and then we'll do a BBQ chicken pizza. YUM!

Quiet - what do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment?
What I am doing now, blogging. :)

Recipe Card Box - Y/N?
No, I have a recipe "pile".. things I've torn from magazines, etc. I need to clean that pile up.. seriously!

Style of house - what style is your house?
Well the outside of my house really has no style. She's just a tall straight hunk of wood. LOL Inside, the style reeks of chaos!! ;)

Tablecloths and napkins?
I have napkins and use them everyday. I have tablecloths and rarely use them. Just something else I have to wash.

Under the kitchen sink - organized or toxic wasteland?
Both, it is a semi organized wasteland. But not toxic. I've gotten rid of most of the CCC's (Crappy Chemical Cleaner's).

Vacuum - how many times per week?
Once, but really should vacumn twice.

Wash - how many loads of laundry do you do per week?
Usually about 10-12.. depending on if I do bedding that week.

X's - Do you keep a daily list of things to do that you cross off?
Now and then I do.. usually it is if I have a lot to do that day.

Yard - Who does what?
Jake or I mow, dh weed-eats. Both kids will help with leaf raking soon.

ZZZ's - Put the kids to bed.
I'm in bed WAY before my kids. I feel so old!!

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Review and next weeks plan

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:32:27 -0500

Last week went well again. We finished up MUS Zeta finally! YAY!! LOL So math will be less stressful now. :) We did some more Word Roots, the kids are about halfway through that.

Amanda had her first photography class. The teacher kind of lost the kids a bit because he was talking a lot of technical stuff. But now that that is "out of the way" they are moving onto more fun things.. taking pictures! hehe Their first assignment is to make a list of their favorite things and to take some pictures of those and get them printed. I didn't know it, but Flickr.com has the option to send photos to Target, have them printed and then you pick them up. 20 cents a print. Very cool! So we have to do that for Tuesday to pick her photos up.

Friday was co-op day. There were a few families out due to sickness, so it was a little less chaotic than normal. Not too much thought. LOL For Wizardology, I just had 3 boys. So they finished painting their wands, we did some reading and the first lesson in their handbooks.

Kitchen Chemistry is always crazy. LOL I have the most kids in the class, typically at least 16! We made Gooblek this time around. The kids all had fun. You just mix 3/4 cup corn starch with 1/2 cup water. It should be thick and runny at the same time, but not so runny it just like water. If you grab a handful and quickly roll it around, it should form a ball. As soon as you stop moving it around, it should turn liquid again and run through your fingers. So much fun. :)

Here is what's up for this week coming:

Mon Oct 6th: 4 pgs Word Roots; 3 pgs Key To Decimals; Reading (Runemarks, Dr Arts); Start BF Medieval study.

Tues Oct 7th: 4 pgs Word Roots; 3 pgs Key To Decimals; Reading (Runemarks, Dr Arts); BF Medieval study.

Wed Oct 8th: 4 pgs Word Roots; 3 pgs Key To Decimals; Reading (Runemarks, Dr Arts); BF Medieval study.

Thurs Oct 9th: 4 pgs Word Roots; Reading (Runemarks, Dr Arts). -- Friend coming over I *think*.

Fri Oct 10th: 4 pgs Word Roots; 3 pgs Key To Decimals; Reading (Runemarks, Dr Arts); BF Medieval study; Watch Planet Earth DVD.

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Curriculum For Sale

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:46:59 -0500

Lifepacs Science Grade 8
Complete set, Units 1-10 plus Teacher's Guide and Science Experiment VHS tape. Unit 1 book was used, but erased as well as I could. There are 4 pages with a few marks in pen. The Teachers guide has a mark on the back cover. Otherwise the books are in great condition aside from shelf wear. Asking $27ppd for Priority Mail shipping & Delivery Confirmation.

Math U See Zeta
Includes teacher's manual and DVD. The DVD has no marks or scratches on it, the manual does have 4 marks from a pencil going through the first few pages as well as wear from being used. (I think one of the kids were punching holes in paper and the book happened to be underneath.)

Asking $35ppd for Priority Mail shipping & Delivery Confirmation.

PayPal Only. (And regarding shipping, I prefer not using Media Mail as I have had major problems recently with packages not arriving.)

Thanks!

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School work plans for the week

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:18:02 -0500

We did quite well last week with keeping up on Math. We did *skip* math work on Friday though, but we still completed a lot. Here is what is on the agenda for this week.

Monday, 9-29: Math - 2 lessons, possibly 3 if that goes quickly enough.
LArts/Reading: 4 pages Word Roots; begin reading Runemarks.
Science: Begin reading Cartoon History of Chemistry; Begin reading Dr Arts Guide to Planet Earth, Ch 1.

Tuesday, 9-30: Math - 2 lessons
LArts/Reading: 4 pages Word Roots; read Runemarks.
Science: Reading Cartoon History of Chemistry & Planet Earth, Ch 2; possibly watch first dvd of BBC's Planet Earth.

Wednesday, 10-1: Math - Final test, and that will be that for that book. hehe
Amanda has her first Photography class today.

Thursday, 10-2: LArts/Reading: 4 pages Word Roots; read Runemarks.
Science: Finish reading Cartoon History of Chemistry; read Ch 3 of Planet Earth.

Friday, 10-3: Co-op

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Next week's schedule

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:57:40 -0500

Week Two - Here is what is on the schedule for this week.

Monday, 22nd: 2-3 lessons MUS; 4pgs Word Roots; Reading. (Me - I have to get materials ready for Earth Scouts.)

Tuesday, 23rd: Earth Scouts meeting; Reading; 4 pgs Word Roots.

Wednesday, 24th: 2-3 lessons MUS; 4pgs Word Roots; Reading; possibly some form of art.

Thursday, 25th: 2-3 lessons MUS; 4pgs Word Roots; Reading.

Friday, 26th: 2-3 lessons MUS (and book should be completed); 4pgs Word Roots; Reading.

I know that seems like a lot of math, but they only do 1 practice sheet and 1 review sheet, then the test. And if the DO the work and not goof around, doing 3 lessons would only take about 35 minutes tops. And we really need to get this book finished. LOL So once we do, math will be not as hectic. ;)

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Science - Color Experiment

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:38:01 -0500

Here is the link for the activity we did. The kids had fun and it worked fabulously. I was hoping it would (I didn't get to try it before) and was nervous until I saw the changed immediately. Have fun!!

Cool Color Experiement

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Week One

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:34:20 -0500

Our first week "back to school" didn't go too bad. We *should* have gotten a little more math finished, but all in it went well.
Monday, 15th, Amanda had her follow up appt. with the dentist that removed her wisdom teeth. All looked good. The kids had completed a few pages of Word Roots, a few pages of math (Key To), and we read one of our library books, Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution.

Tuesday, 16th, they completed 2 lessons from MUS, 4 pgs Word Roots. Then we went outside for awhile. It was too nice to stay indoors.

Wednesday, 17th, they did some more Word Roots, then we headed off to the park for an hour. We thought maybe some other local HSers would come, but none did so we didn't stay too long. The kids get bored of no one else is there. We came home and began reading another library book, This is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming.

Thursday, 18th, they did a few more Word Roots pages and another MUS lesson. Then one of their friends was coming over for a bit for some Xbox gaming (Rock Band and Call of Duty 4).

Friday, 19th, was co-op day. Jake has 2 classes: Wizardology and Kitchen Chemistry. Amanda hangs with the teens and Kitchen Chemistry. I teach both classes. So in Wizardology I have 4 boys. Yesterday we painted the wands we made last session, and did some reading the Wizardology book. This class goes SOO quickly with the boys, I hardly felt like we did anything at all. LOL Then in chemistry we did a really fun color experiment with food dye and M&M's. I'll post the link so you can check it out too. All the kids had fun, of course they were hoping for more Bubble Bombs from last session. ;)

So all in all a fun productive week. :) I'll post what our schedule for this week coming looks like in a minute.

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Back to School

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:06:41 -0500

Well if you read the previous post, you'll know I had wanted to start back last week.. but since Amanda had oral surgery, that was pushed back. So Monday the 15th will be our start date for the 2008-09 School Year. Here is what I hope to have completed:

Math - We never finished the last few pages in MUS Zeta from last year, so that needs worked on. I want to have 10 pages of their Key to Decimals book done.

L. Arts - 10 pgs in the Word Roots books. These take all of 2 minutes per page. They actually do more like 4 pgs a day, but I'll just stick with 10 because.. well just because. LOL We have SEVERAL library books to get read so we'll be finishing those up.

Science we plan on doing the books based on Joy Hakim's Story of Science but I think we'll start that in October. I have some more things to read of Dr. Art Susseman so we'll do that. I want to work our way through the Planet Earth DVD's as well this month.

History we'll be doing the BF Medieval times we didn't use last year. But again I think we'll start this in Oct. or later in Sept. Not next week for certain. hehe

Then I also need to get our next Kitchen Chemistry experiement ready for co-op next Friday. The kids I forgot to bring notebooks for them, so we need to get last weeks experiment transferred over so they'll have everything in a spiral book. Plus they'll be keeping logs from our experiments we do at home as well.

So I am looking forward to getting back into things. Let's hope for a year full of fun learning. :D

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Amanda's wisdom teeth

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:51:17 -0500

Well Amanda had her wisdom teeth cut-out on Monday, the 8th. That was actually the date we were going to start our school for the year. But the insurance company took so freaking long in approving the refferal.

So anyways, she did well. I think I was more nervous than her. Bringing her home was I think the roughest, because the after effects of the anesthesia had her pretty wonky.

Once home, she plopped on the couch and went to sleep for about 2 hours. When she woke she took her first pain pill and ate some applesauce. She slept a little more and when she woke again she ate some scrambled egg and drank 2 glasses of orange-banana smoothies. She had some soup later that day then as well. Then on Tuesday she had more scrambled egg, more smoothies, lots of soup, and applesauce. She also ate some couscous. She was quite swollen, mainly on her left side. She was in a bit of pain, but not terrible. Wed. she was probably the most in pain since surgery. She more or less wasn't using the prescription but just some Extra Strenght Tylenol. That help better for pain. The script for sleeping. On Wed. she stuck to eating soup, smoothies and applesauce, with a little couscous. She did get brave and ate a grilled cheese also. She finally got a good nights sleep. She slept through the night without getting me up until about 4:30am. Today, Thurs, the swelling has gone done a lot. She has a bit of a yellow look to her cheek (normal from the swelling). But she is feeling much much better. No pain pills of any kind since about 11pm last night. She's been eating fairly normal today. She's had a turkey sausage, some pop tart, she ate a regular dinner of tuna patties, rice and peas. Then followed by a bowl of ice cream. I think she was a bit tired of smoothies as she didn't ask for one today. hehe

So I think by the weekend she'll be feeling like herself again. Hopefully the rest of the swelling will go down by tomorrow am. She terribly bored, but doesn't want to play online on the XBOX because she tends to be very loud and yells A LOT.. and she's afraid she'll hurt herself or pop a stitch. hehe

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'Ology Books at Borders on Clearance

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:48:51 -0500

Not sure if this is the case with all Border's stores, but ours had several of the books on clearance. I am doing a Wizardology class for our learning co-op this time around, and one of the boys' had gotten the books dirt cheap. So I ran over last night to see what they had. So if anyone likes these books, you might want to go see. You can't use coupons or your teachers discount on the sale items, but you can use your Border's Rewards card.

I bought the following:

Wizardolgy Code Writing Kit (I had just bought this from Amazon 2 weeks ago for $10) - 2.99
Wizardology Guide to Wizards of the World 4.99
Egyptology Code Writing Kit 2.99
Pirateology Guidebook and Model set 4.99

They had the Wizardology Handbooks for either 3.99 or 4.99 and a bunch of the Dragonology books.

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