momofheathens

@momofheathens (27)

United States • Age 49

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Who Do Your Kids Look the Most Like?

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 17 Aug 07

Sometimes you can just look at a child and know that they belong to a certain parent because they have such a strong resemblance. Do your kids look more like you or your mate? I've always been told that my second oldest daughter...

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momofheathens All three of my kids look like me which I think is sooooooooo funny!! My oldest sometimes gets looks on his face that remind me of his donor but he has his mother's eyes, hair texture, face, and height. My daughter has her donors thumbs and big toe but...

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how can kids write to there favorite authors

easymoney75503 @easymoney75503 (1702) • United States 25 Jul 07

i have 2 kids and both really want to wtire to there favorite authors. i am not sure how to come up with an address for them though. my youngest loves the magic tree house series and really wants to write the author. my oldest...

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momofheathens Also check the author's website. Sometimes they will provide an email address where your kids can email them directly and even get an answer in return. :)

25 Jul 07

What am I chopped liver??

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 25 Jul 07

Do you ever ask yourself that here at myLot? Do you ever wonder why some people add comments to other people's replies and not yours? Literally, I asked myself "what am I chopped liver?" after noticing this the other day and I...

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momofheathens lol. I'm new here so I'm not too bothered by it yet. Plus, I haven't started any discussions because I'm still checkin' things out. :) There have been other places though that I've felt the same way. I think it's just human nature. If it makes you feel...

25 Jul 07

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Need to find some good reading material for my high schooler

sandrakaye @sandrakaye (76) • United States 19 Jul 07

Can you help? I am compiling a list of books that I want my son to read. He has already read To Kill a Mockingbird.Here is the list I have so far: Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Grapes of Wrath The Story of King Arthur and his...

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momofheathens Animal Farm Don Quixote The House On Mango Street All three Maximum Ride books Has he read the Lord of the Rings trilogy yet? As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Lord of the Flies by William Golding Ivanhoe Of Mice and...

20 Jul 07

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How much does a gallon of milk cost in your area?

sandrakaye @sandrakaye (76) • United States 8 Jul 07

My goodness, a trip to the walmart tonight found me in awe. I hadn't realized milk had gotten so expensive. For a gallon of walmart brand 1% milk, $4.37!! Good grief!

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momofheathens We are very lucky here because every week either Albertsons or Smith's has milk on sale for something like three gallons for $6 or two gallons for $5. Like I said, we're pretty lucky here when it comes to milk prices.

20 Jul 07

Home school

carolynpb @carolynpb (647) • United States 17 Apr 07

Does anyone on here home school? Do you have nay special sites you use to get printables worksheeets or stuff to help in your home school? I have home schooled all 4 of my kids (still doing the two boys, the two girls have...

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momofheathens Here's where I've been storing some of the links I've found. You're welcome to go through them and use any that are helpful to you. I'm hoping to add the other 400 that I've got on this computer so I can free up some room....

19 Jul 07

What are you reading?

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 26 Apr 07

What book are you reading right now? Are you enjoying it? How/why did you choose it? Would you recommend it to a friend?

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momofheathens I started reading The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley yesterday and then the book I'm suppose to review showed up so I'll probably read that first and then go back to The Forest House. :) Before that I read a book on Cleopatra called When We Were Gods...

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Add extra bags!

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 8 Jul 07

I picked this quick tip up from a website on organizing. At the beginning of each month, put extra trash bags into your trash baskets around the house, like they do in hotels. When it's time to remove the filled trash bag, you'll...

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momofheathens We've done this for a few years now and it definately makes things easier. No more having to search for bags when you take the trash out. It definately saves time. I think I saw it on an organizing website too a few years back. lol

19 Jul 07

I'm protecting my son

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 11 Jul 07

I don't know why but I can't bring myself to write my son's name in a myLot discussion. I love it here, feel comfortable with you guys, and truly value my friends here but I feel like I have to protect him from online preditors....

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momofheathens I have nicknames online for each of my kids. Years ago I would post pictures on forums like the other mommies and talk about them openly but then I found out how many sickos are out there and it stopped. It's a hard decision to make but if you don't feel...

19 Jul 07

What were you good at when in school?

Bala @balasri (26537) • India 19 Jul 07

Sports,quiz club,speech,scouts, dance, singing ..........

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momofheathens I did great in English/Literature and History but stunk at Math.

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Do FM ads annoy you?

RosieS57 @RosieS57 (889) • United States 25 May 07

Do you find the ads for things to take for Fibromyalgia annoying? Especially when they use the word "cure"? We all are very aware there is no cure for FM yet! If there were something we could all take we'd all share it with...

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momofheathens Yep, they bug me too! Of course, any ad that tries to tell you they have the cure for much of anything bugs me but knowing that there are going to be fibro sufferers who actually put their hopes in this stuff upsets me. As if we don't hurt enough already.

19 Jul 07

FM Understanding?

RosieS57 @RosieS57 (889) • United States 4 Jun 07

Do you find yourself rating your fellow FM'ers positively because they understand? Or is it that you understand what they have to live with? When FM'ers support each other do you read and go down the line clicking that little...

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momofheathens I've only been here a few days so far but right after reading this I thought "Oh gee I AM doing that aren't I?". I think it is because others understand and you can relate to them. When I see another FM'er answering a question with really good info I feel like...

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Do you have any regrets about homeschooling?

ragmama @ragmama (536) • United States 6 Mar 07

Whether you're the parent or the student, do you have any regrets about homeschooling your child/being homeschooled yourself? Anything you think you've missed out on? Anything that you wish had been done differently? My...

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momofheathens My ONLY regret is that I didn't start doing it sooner. My oldest two kids went to public school up until half of 9th and 4th grades before we started homeschooling. This has been the most amazing experience for all of us and I just wish I had known about...

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"Summer" Homeschooling

Mamaof4 @Mamaof4 (222) • Philippines 2 Apr 07

My kids are out for the summer....and instead of leaving them to television and video games, I thought to "homeschool" them for the summer. I have a list of activities for them to do, including art, reading and vocabulary. Any...

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momofheathens Here is my own personal backflip page. It only has about 200 links on it right now but I've got another 400 saved on my computer that I'm slowly adding to it. Most of the sites are free and for all ages. I hope it helps....

19 Jul 07

Does Anyone Homeschool High School Kids?

Resonance @Resonance (3) • Australia 21 Mar 07

Just wondering how much it costs, what it's like, stuff like that? Son is getting into way too many fights at school. He can defend himself but this is leading to the bullies using cricket bats to get through his defenses. We...

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momofheathens I homeschool my 16yo and have been for two years now. Cost? It depends on HOW you homeschool. We are eclectic homeschoolers so we don't use any one curriculum. Our costs are honestly close to $0 because I use resources like the library and the internet alot...

19 Jul 07

all your homeschool needs in one site

indywahm @indywahm (808) • United States 10 Jun 07

this is huge. i just found it and wish i had had it when i was homeschooling. http://www.teacherxpress.com/ everything that you can think of is there.

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momofheathens I've always liked that site and it is pretty useful. I think I have over 600 links saved at this point to use in our homeschooling. lol. I have a feeling by the time I get through them all and am ready to use them the kids will already be in college! :)

19 Jul 07

looking for more homeschooling parents....

jolenegreen @jolenegreen (1209) • United States 1 Jun 07

Anyone here homeschool? I have 2 toddlers whom I will be homeschooling. Just looking for people with the same interest. So...if you homeschool. How many children and what ages?

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momofheathens We have been homeschooling for almost 3 years now and my only regret is that I didn't know about homeschooling sooner. It has been THE BEST!! My kids are 16yo, 13yo, and 4 1/2yo. It's so much fun to watch all of their different learning styles and...

19 Jul 07

School over the summer?

Irishlass @Irishlass (13) • United States 7 May 07

Anyone else doing school over the summer? We're doing a light schedule of a little math, Latin, and a composer study 3 days a week in the evening, an artist study 2 days a week in the evening.

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momofheathens We homeschool year round but I consider summer our catching up time when the kids can finish things they might not have finished during the rest of the year. I also use it to think about what we want to do for the coming year.

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Ask me about homeschooling

lillake @lillake (1630) • United States 30 Jun 07

I'm planning on setting up a new thing on my homeschooling blog, http://momisteaching.com, where every Friday I'll post a question that someone uncertain about homeschooling might have. then I'll let the readers answer the...

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momofheathens I have no doubt that it will go over really well. Of course, you know I love your blogs no matter what so I might be biased. ;)

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