Well hello there.
Long time no blog.
Life interfered with, well, everything. But blogging is cheaper than therapy, and I'm poor, so there ya go.
How is everyone? I hope ths finds you blessed and blossoming. Or at least having a great day.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Monday, August 8, 2011
Time4learning.com Review Part 2
I logged on for some Middle School grades...was having a great time with some Greek and Latin, which I think is very important for vocabulary and spelling. It wasn't too annoying, although the cartoon characters are a little "old school", but then the brat Nigel came up...not only did he speak badly about having a new baby coming, he also used the word stupid. I can get past the brattiness, but I know a whole lot of parents who believe that "stupid" is equivalent to a cuss word. I am not one of them, but I can see where the attitude and the word choice will be a big turn off. It was totally not necessary for the lesson.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Time4learning Preliminary Review
Well, first of all, it took several days for the site to approve me.
At first glance it looks awesome, but so far it has been a beast to get into. I see all of the wrapping and haven't got to the present yet. I will look into it more tomorrow, but at this point I am not sure it is an easy site to navigate. I do like sites that have tracking for each individual student, as well as the parent monitoring. Having a hard time finding out how to print worksheets for supplemental use.
At first glance it looks awesome, but so far it has been a beast to get into. I see all of the wrapping and haven't got to the present yet. I will look into it more tomorrow, but at this point I am not sure it is an easy site to navigate. I do like sites that have tracking for each individual student, as well as the parent monitoring. Having a hard time finding out how to print worksheets for supplemental use.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Long distance Parenting
Also called Obviously and Yet.
Today's rhetoric...how to deal with a terminally ill parent from alreally long distance.
Well. That's what you call a catch-22.
Do you pack your family up and move away from everything you really like, to go back to a place you really don't like? Or do you stay put until the extremely,extremely ,extremely last minute? I feel lke I've had several last minutes this year,thus the extremes.
If I had written this when my mom first got sick, it would have been answered differently.I was ready to sell my last article of clothing if it got me there.This was before she said," Don't be an idiot." I attributed that to copious amounts of narcotics. But since this became an ongoing issue, and she has flat out told us, 'No, you don't need to move here.'.(and she was not medicated then)...then what do we choose? Do we ignore her and do it anyways? Obviously we haven't done that yet.
Do I feel guilty that my siblings and father are the ones to take care of her? Hmm, let's think about that. No.
My parents decided to move back North a long while back. They knew then that this was where I would stay, unless there was an emergency with immediate family. (I also have 2 grown children that live in the north) They do not consider this an emergency, yet. My siblings have never lived anywhere else. They are all grown ups and can do what they want. Just like me. If they say they've had enough, then off I shall go. But meanwhile I have some of my own serious issues to deal with here. I ahve been taking care of a low-income household and mentally ill adult for 13 years. Ohhhh....did that change your opinion of my story?
Yet obviously I still have the guilt factor going here. I think it will always come with the territory. When you reach middle age and are fortunate enough to have both parents alive, then obviously they are going to be in the 'caretaking' stage. Were my parents really the age I am now when I was in 5th Grade? Holy moly. But like they both say, "Don't count us out yet." As long I have prayer on my side I don't count them out. I may count how many grievances I have with their doctors, but that's a whole other story!
Today's rhetoric...how to deal with a terminally ill parent from alreally long distance.
Well. That's what you call a catch-22.
Do you pack your family up and move away from everything you really like, to go back to a place you really don't like? Or do you stay put until the extremely,extremely ,extremely last minute? I feel lke I've had several last minutes this year,thus the extremes.
If I had written this when my mom first got sick, it would have been answered differently.I was ready to sell my last article of clothing if it got me there.This was before she said," Don't be an idiot." I attributed that to copious amounts of narcotics. But since this became an ongoing issue, and she has flat out told us, 'No, you don't need to move here.'.(and she was not medicated then)...then what do we choose? Do we ignore her and do it anyways? Obviously we haven't done that yet.
Do I feel guilty that my siblings and father are the ones to take care of her? Hmm, let's think about that. No.
My parents decided to move back North a long while back. They knew then that this was where I would stay, unless there was an emergency with immediate family. (I also have 2 grown children that live in the north) They do not consider this an emergency, yet. My siblings have never lived anywhere else. They are all grown ups and can do what they want. Just like me. If they say they've had enough, then off I shall go. But meanwhile I have some of my own serious issues to deal with here. I ahve been taking care of a low-income household and mentally ill adult for 13 years. Ohhhh....did that change your opinion of my story?
Yet obviously I still have the guilt factor going here. I think it will always come with the territory. When you reach middle age and are fortunate enough to have both parents alive, then obviously they are going to be in the 'caretaking' stage. Were my parents really the age I am now when I was in 5th Grade? Holy moly. But like they both say, "Don't count us out yet." As long I have prayer on my side I don't count them out. I may count how many grievances I have with their doctors, but that's a whole other story!
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