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Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/1/2008 11:47:49 PM)

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Patrick has a job interview on Monday. It's just a local gas station but at least it would give him some cash.

Tough crowd! I was once fired from a gas station job after a week for being too nice (and hence not fitting in). It was a blessing, though, I couldn't stand that job and the managers both smoked in the working area, so I went the whole week feeling like I had the flu![:'(]

Can I just say I am really proud of my boys? I know they have been giving me fits but I can see they have grown up so much in the last year, and not just physically. They should make pretty alright men...assuming I let them live that long, lol.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/1/2008 11:53:07 PM)

Nate is in the Key to Decimals book #4. He is just about to learn how to deal with decimal points in a divisor. The groundwork has been laid, and so tonight in the store I asked him, 'how do you think you should eliminate the decimal point in a divisor?' and he said, 'sniper rifle'[8|]



cindybode -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:18:57 AM)

LOL Jen that sounds like something my kids would say. [:D]

One of our Army friends offered to pull some strings and get Ashley into sniper school. She'd do it in a heartbeat, but she's not cut out for the military life.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:22:53 AM)

No, lol, the morning alarm alone would kill her.



cindybode -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:42:23 AM)

You got that right. To say nothing of having to follow orders that she thinks are totally stupid. [&:]



ezri -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:47:11 AM)

Jerry is still.... Ummmmm... Working in the kitchen.

I had to leave after the last post I made. Trill got home and told me that she had started taking the old piano at the church apart when her boss called and said HELP! and she had to up and leave. She tells me she is gonna go back out and finish getting the strings off and clean up her mess... at 11pm! HA!

Needless to say it had to be cleaned up so I went with her. We managed to get all the bass strings and more than half the treble strings cut out and then I worked on getting a section of brass off- all but two screws let loose. [:@] I broke 2 screwdriver bits doing it too. So we will go out tomorrow with better (read that MORE) equipment to get those last two screws and load the stuff into her car to carry to the college.

I was certain that the ladies next door would have the police out, but they didn't. [:D] Though I am SURE they will be out themselves first light to see what mess we made. I am just as certain that they will have a screaming FIT when they see the piano tore up. We left it clean- the flat sections of wood off the front and top stacked neatly with the hammer assembly on top so we can load it into Trills car in the am. But the piano itself is *ahem* naked.

The folks at the church said that 31 priority was to give it to a person that'd fix it and keep it as a piano. Well 4+ months later and 3 folks saying they'd have it then talking to the church pianist about her opinion of it ever being playable again backed out. It has been advertised on the local e-classifieds as well as in the county's "church messenger" and no one wanted it.

We had said from day #1 if it came to hauling it to the landfill we wanted the pedals and a few of the keys for the ivories. Well the same LOL's(thats lil ol ladies) that said it had to be to a family #1 have complained that the piano that is to take it's place is "in the way" where it is. so we were given the green light to scavenge the peices parts so long as we had them by saturday. Well Trill went to school and told her Painting prof about it. He went nuts! YES he wanted all the large flat wooden surfaces we could scavenge- then the sculpture prof said Oooo STRINGS! and the Graphic arts prof said Hammers Please! I'd love a dozen or so! Sooooo we have spent about 2 hours scavenging and making a lot of folks at the college HAPPY. AND got the ivory to replace the few missing from Trills 1902 Parlor Upright.

~ezri



ezri -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 1:03:57 AM)

Well, Jerry said he is done for the night. We have the water back on but the right sink is draining into a Tidy Cat litter bucket as the drain is an inch further forward and the old pipe is not gonna work.

The new counter top looks nice. The new sink is Loverly. The new faucet is very pretty. I am afraid to go back in because he was slinging caucking all OVER the place when I came in here before. [&o] he was tired and getting sloppy. I am GLAD he stopped and did not continue on with the dry wall repairs.

NIGHT ALL!

~ezri



cindybode -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 1:29:21 AM)

I'm sure your kitchen is gonna look gorgeous when all pieces parts are in their proper location. [:)]



ddsisson -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 2:03:06 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

The temp agency just called. They are submitting me for a job that pays nearly as well as my last one. It is agricultural, but office work. It is supposed to last awhile..from the type of business, I am figuring probably through summer. Please pray.



Praying Jen

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I think we are in the second group! I think we will fill the van up and maybe have enough left over to drive to Mickey D's. hmm, maybe this would be a good time to look at books for next year!!


Not sure what group we are in, but I hear ya about the gas thing. I "filled up" after work tonight and got $60 and it only gave me 3/4 tank. I was thinking the same thing about $$ for books.


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Jake called!!!!!!!!!!!


Glad to hear that Sue.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 7:30:29 AM)

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I was once fired from a gas station job after a week for being too nice (and hence not fitting in).

hey....me too!!!! Seriously, I was told this by the manager, that he thought I was too nice and so he fired me. I worked there all of four days and he didn't like it that I smiled and said hello to everyone that walked in the door. I guess he wanted me to just sit there behind the counter like the other employees with my head in a book and never paying attention to anything going on. Oh well...their loss!!



2jsmom -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 7:57:38 AM)

How did things go yesterday, Sarah?

The gas stations I go to don't seem to have a "no friendliness with the customers" rule, but I seriously think Wal-Mart does. If I try to talk to one of them at the cash register, they will look like they're afraid they'll get in trouble. I could understand if someone was waiting behind me in line, but this is all the time. I'm guessing they have to get customers through in a certain time, and polite conversation would mess that up.



Ellie-Mae -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:05:27 AM)

The Wal-Mart I go to is really friendly (I know that they aren't all like that). I went shopping by myself for some new clothes recently and a couple of the ladies really helped me out. I always talk to the cashiers and such as I am shopping or cashing out. I love our wal-mart. Y'all should just move here![:D]

I thought I had posted the day before yesterday, but maybe I didn't. My surgery was postponed the day before the surgery. I have a very stubborn UTI and am now on two antibiotics to treat it (and had a booster shot s well). So yesterday, I spent the day getting a cAT scan to see if I had kidney stone. I do have kidney stones, I so wanted to tel the drs "I told you so!" I also got a haircut. It is really short and a really different hair style. I really like it. It feels so good, and people think that I look younger.

Today, I can feel my stone a little more clearly. I am drinking all the time.

I have a new date for the surgery. It will hopefully be on the 8th unless I am not %100, then it will b moved again.

Ez, I can't wait to see your new kitchen. am so excited for you. Modular homes are frustrating to work on, but the look so pretty when done. It will be weird to not see all those bottles of water at your house. I am sorry about your need of and fear of dentist appointments. I am so glad that Jerry is getting that taken cared of for you. I am glad that you like that apple...slicer. Have tried out your pans yet?

Sue, I am so happy that you got hear from Jake. I remember how hard that transition was for my parents. I can't believe how many of my own friends are now going through it with their kids. Kids have no idea how fast that they are really growing.

Russ and I have been fairly quiet about adopting more kids. I guess we have just needed a little time. We do want to adopt still. But the kids... almost every time they pray, they pray for the next adoption to go smoothly. ALL of our kids do this. They havent for got DB and DG though and still pray for them to have a really nice family. Kids are amazing people, aren't they? Anyway. Russ is about to make the first phone call toward starting the process all over again as soon as I finish this post. Please, pray that God will lead our steps.



zoebob -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:06:08 AM)

Today is going to be a busy day. In a little bit we are going to start a "super duper clean up" of the house because my home fellowship group is meeting here tomorrow. Then work at 3:30, pick up DD1 from soccer and take her back to teh church for a youth outing. Finally get home aroung 7. DD will be home about 11:00.



PrincessDonna -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:11:48 AM)

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4 sons that are being about as useless as teats on a boar hog.


I'm sorry to laugh at your predicament, Ezri, but you just have such a way with words.[8D] Hope Jerry gets it all fixed up nice and purty very soon. And maybe those boys will learn a thing or two about plumbing?? Can't learn without doing it, ya know...

Sarah, how is Paul? How are you?

Jen, they are going to be good men. It's the getting there that can be rough. But you're doing a great job with them!

Sue, Walmart cashiers are rewarded based on their IPH (items per hour), so if they talk too much, that suffers. I think it's a stupid way to reward people because it does discourage good customer service, but that's how they do it. I had a fabulous cashier there yesterday though. We talked about our kids, homeschooling, and ways to save money financially. It was great![:D] She wasn't poky either...I just had a lot of stuff.[8|]

Hannah is watching Super Why and making the letter sounds before the characters do!!![sm=funny.gif]

ETA...praying, Lisa.

Do you shop at the NH Walmart or the O? I have only had unpleasant experiences at the NH one. I must always pick the wrong cashier.[&o]



Ellie-Mae -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:28:47 AM)

LOL! Oh, Dear! The NH one. the newer one. The O one was pretty good too, but I am not in that area as often. I especially liked the eye glasses place at the O Wal-Mart. I highly recommend them. They were really awesome with Timothy, and made eyeglasses affordable for a 3 year old who constantly was breaking them. Timothy was REALLY sweet, but difficult to do things with back then. It felt like salve to my heart to find people who thought he was as precious as I did and treated him that way. It makes me tear up just to think of much that meant to me, especially during those difficult times. What happened to you at the NH W-M?



PrincessDonna -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:34:13 AM)

More than once I have just had rude cashiers, who wouldn't even so much as smile. Another time, I was almost run over on the way out the door, by an employee who proceeded to spout profanities at her SO sitting in the car. I went right back in and complained about that one. It's Walmart policy that they take competitor's sales prices, but no one in NH ever knows how to do it, or else they are cranky about it. I don't have that problem in O.

It's just so much more of a city atmosphere, where O is more of a laidback, small town atmosphere. It's just the difference in where their employees come from, I think. If you shopped in O regularly, you would for sure notice the difference. I only go to the NH one if I have to, and I really hate it the whole time I'm in there.

We go to EV near the O Walmart for glasses. They've always been wonderful. The place in Walmart doesn't take our insurance.



Ellie-Mae -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 9:54:16 AM)

yeah, we didn't have insurance when we went to O.

I would have noticed if I came across cashiers like what you describe. Makes me curious as to what the difference, time of day and that kind of thing. I so wouldn't have been happy about the profanity. The price comparison is not something that I have done. It is kind of ironic though, because I used ALWAYS do my shopping at O, until a friend told me about the WM in NH... YOU![:D] I like O a lot. It is one of the nicer W-Ms. I am just not in O very often at all, and in NH I can often get all of my shopping done just in that one plaza. I also like that the W-M in NH is bigger with more of selection. I really notice that when I end up in O. I think that and location is the only downside of O... I also like the hair place better in O.



his_chosen -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 10:14:53 AM)

We have four healthy and hungry babies this morning!!! The last egg hatched over night. I am so glad I found that baby that had fallen out of the nest and was able to warm it back up and put it back in the nest. Momma is busy bringing food to the babies. When we peaked this morning, the babies all stood up and opened their beaks. I know that they are only robins, but it is so cool. I hope they all make it.



PrincessDonna -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 10:18:20 AM)

Where are they that you are able to watch them so closely, Hazel? That's so neat!

Yesterday, I took the little kids to a farm down the road. We got out and sat on the side of the road watching all their horses. There are three babies and Hannah was in her glory to watch them have milky from their mommies! She was also amazed that the mommies knew which was their baby and wouldn't feed the others when the tried. It was lots of fun and we'll definitely do it again, though next time I'll either leave Levi with someone or bring a pack n play so he can be out of the car without me worrying about him going near the fence.



his_chosen -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 10:50:02 AM)

Donna--the nest is on our deck. There's a privacy fence, and she's built the nest on top, right against the house.

Ds1, 2, and 3 have one short test to go, then they are DONE!!! Ds4 still has a bunch to do.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 11:03:47 AM)

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ORIGINAL: peculiar_lady2

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I was once fired from a gas station job after a week for being too nice (and hence not fitting in).

hey....me too!!!! Seriously, I was told this by the manager, that he thought I was too nice and so he fired me. I worked there all of four days and he didn't like it that I smiled and said hello to everyone that walked in the door. I guess he wanted me to just sit there behind the counter like the other employees with my head in a book and never paying attention to anything going on. Oh well...their loss!!
Sarah, that is so funny that it happened to both of us!


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



cynthia -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 11:24:50 AM)

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ORIGINAL: his_chosen

We have four healthy and hungry babies this morning!!! The last egg hatched over night. I am so glad I found that baby that had fallen out of the nest and was able to warm it back up and put it back in the nest. Momma is busy bringing food to the babies. When we peaked this morning, the babies all stood up and opened their beaks. I know that they are only robins, but it is so cool. I hope they all make it.

How fun. I didn't know the mother bird would take a baby back once it had been handled. You did a good job.

I have never been fired for being too nice. I supposed no one is surprised to hear that. [8|]



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 11:25:57 AM)

I think you are very nice, Cynthia! I just figured it had been a long time since you had worked, lol.



his_chosen -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 11:52:46 AM)

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!



Jenny-Fair -> RE: May Flowers Homeschool Chat!! (5/2/2008 12:07:18 PM)

I want the family to study Latin next year, but Brandon keeps saying it's useless. I am not sure how to overcome that one.


So, they drew the names for the YCC jobs yesterday...but the dude who drew them is not in the office today, lol. They tell me that he will mail out the notices next week. I hope it's early in the week.



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