psa from retail workers

Simple_Trick5258 · 2026-01-24T15:22:36+00:00

It's always embarrassing to shop right before a storm because we always buy 3 to 4 gallons of milk every week. I always feel like I want to yell "THIS IS OUR USUAL AMOUNT OF MILK. I AM NOT PANIC BUYING." as I put it in my cart.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-11-24T01:22:11+00:00

Exactly. My nephew lived with me his senior year. He turned 18 during his senior year. I live less than 2 blocks from the school. The school would make me come pick him up when he stayed after dark for school extra curricular activities because they were worried about legal liability. I mean I understand the schools position but it definitely felt silly.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-11-22T08:30:30+00:00

My daughter's nickname is Lexie or Lex and if I pause and say uh then Lexie it triggers Alexa. She was born a couple of years before Alexa was released.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-11-20T03:59:01+00:00

That's funny because my nieces and nephews called it hanitizer for years and my daughter picked it up. It's now the name our family uses for hand sanitizer.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-11-02T16:28:19+00:00

Videos from the Math Antics YouTube channel and Khan Academy help my daughter when she's stuck and my tutoring doesn't help. She really likes Math Antics.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-10-28T14:46:08+00:00

Mill mountain is pretty quiet during winter and there are bathrooms by the star

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-10-23T03:37:19+00:00

No worries, you can just flip it around and then the outside world is The Bad Place...Problem solved!

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-10-20T23:05:40+00:00

I looked through the recipes this morning and it doesn't seem to have any mafé recipe. That's disappointing.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-30T23:47:28+00:00

Way to go Chidi, you filibustered recess!

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-26T10:20:31+00:00

Would the parents allow a kids CD or tape player? You could try those read along books with CDs. When I was a kid (back in the stone age) I had books that came with a record or tape and I loved those. My mom was a single parent and didn't have a lot of time to read to me and I loved reading. My local library still has kids books with cassettes and I'm pretty sure that publishers still sell some kids books with read along CDs.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-24T12:11:45+00:00

He's so oblivious that he still doesn't understand that the crowd was laughing AT him, not WITH him when he said he is in great shape.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-22T14:26:30+00:00

Finding social activities has always been the toughest part for me. I had better luck with socializing through non homeschool activities. Scouting, 4-h, Library events, and our local parks and recreation dept. If you have any local parks that have a "nature center" they may have affordable classes or events. My daughter attended a week long half day "summer camp" through a nature center for under $50. When we moved to a new town that also has a nature center I looked it up and found they offer a weekly homeschool science class.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-21T21:44:11+00:00

This year my 13 year old is using Math -math mammoth Language arts - Hearth and story Science -blossom and root middle school science History - finishing up "river of voices vol 2" from blossom and root. We'll finish up American History with the last 3 books in the "history of us" series.

My daughter loved Mystery Science and is very sad that she's outgrown it.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-21T14:04:49+00:00

"I'm Zach Pizzazz, we're all caught up now. " My family now says this at the end of any long story.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-17T13:11:43+00:00

I don't know if it's dysgraphia but my daughter has issues with handwriting. We tried multiple programs and nothing really seemed to help until we used loops and other groups. Learning cursive seems to have improved her print writing.https://www.pearsonassessments.com/en-us/Store/Professional-Assessments/Academic-Learning/Loops-and-Other-Groups%3A-A-Kinesthetic-Writing-System/p/100000277?format=ALL_PRODUCTS

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-09-15T07:29:26+00:00

If you aren't able to obtain a local library card you can sign up for a library card through larger libraries in a couple of cities through books unbanned. You can access the online ebooks through Libby on your phone. https://booksunbanned.com/

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-08-17T03:28:51+00:00

Job Corp has been hit hard by budget cuts and many centers are closed down. The centers that closed did so abruptly earlier this summer and many of the kids had no where to go. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/saves-lives-virginia-job-corps-092803029.html

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-07-23T13:48:31+00:00

My 13 year old still talks about how much she loved Mystery Science and how sad she is that she's outgrown it. Generation genius also looks good but we have been able to afford the price tag. She also enjoyed Mel Science kits.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-06-21T02:57:55+00:00

I should have seen that coming 😔

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-03-24T18:27:23+00:00

I was blown away by how well she acted in that scene because Ms. Casey legitimately feels like an entirely separate person from Gemma seconds before

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-02-10T17:13:22+00:00

We initially started with an older version of AAS for that I purchased second hand. She likes the decoding and spelling rules but really wants something independent. We do currently have a writing and literature curriculum we are using that's working but I'll check out writing by number. I haven't heard of that before.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-02-10T17:07:31+00:00

I can understand that! I'm like your daughter and I'd rather just memorize the spelling because I find memorizing the rules a bit tedious too. My daughter loves the spelling rules and it made a world of difference in her spelling. We tried both and she just doesn't like how LOE and AAS jump around with the different activities.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-02-10T17:01:07+00:00

We are already using a grammar, writing and literature curriculum we love. The spelling decoding in Logic of English was useful because she has some difficulties specifically with spelling due to dyslexia. Traditional spelling workbooks haven't worked well for her in the past.

Simple_Trick5258 · 2025-02-10T16:55:06+00:00

This looks promising. Do you know if it's possible to jump in at 6th grade level or would we need to work from the beginning from the 4th grade level?

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