tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post5174406671659423983..comments2023-10-04T05:58:46.892-07:00Comments on Left-Handed Housewife: Twenty-One DaysLeft-Handed Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-27960868753790025922010-08-05T05:25:07.418-07:002010-08-05T05:25:07.418-07:00No wonder the parents are all so grateful to us wh...No wonder the parents are all so grateful to us when we run Holiday Bible Club [VBS] for a week inthe middle of the holidays!<br /><br />But HOW LONG do you get? I think I prefer the British system!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-5682477099165757292010-08-05T04:13:41.140-07:002010-08-05T04:13:41.140-07:00How many weeks of summer holidays do y'all (se...How many weeks of summer holidays do y'all (see what I did there?) get?<br /><br />We only do between five and seven weeks. My lot have got five weeks this year, it doesn't seem enough.Dulce Domumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835872248177497717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-76782097381449607822010-08-05T02:27:39.609-07:002010-08-05T02:27:39.609-07:00We are at the mid-point. Don't know about them...We are at the mid-point. Don't know about them, but the lack of routine and meaningful work is making me a little cranky.<br /><br />I smell Autumn on the breeze too.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-68527614996046601092010-08-04T17:33:28.851-07:002010-08-04T17:33:28.851-07:00This summer has zipped by for us and I recently re...This summer has zipped by for us and I recently realized that my 13 and 14 year olds have been getting along fairly well...something out of the norm in recent yaers. I think hormones have played a big part of it! <br /><br />My son is teaching himself guitar and even though the sound of it is driving me cRaZy (electric guitar no less) I've endured quietly because he is actually doing something constructive. <br /><br />If I weren't the teacher I would be looking forward to school, too. :)Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-54987068298259296562010-08-04T14:11:49.531-07:002010-08-04T14:11:49.531-07:00I just bought two back-to-school supplies: a alt-...I just bought two back-to-school supplies: a alt-down mattress topper for my college boy who hates the beds at the campus apartments, and some pens for my senior homeschool boy. <br /><br />I like summer. I like the break from homeschooling, but I always look forward to the routine that school brings to my home. Since we are ranchers, the kids have lots to do. If we didn't have work here, we'd send them to town, to golf courses to get jobs. <br /><br />JodyGumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-75814177679273191172010-08-04T08:37:22.337-07:002010-08-04T08:37:22.337-07:00Mrs Pom Pom sent me here. I have a note to prove i...Mrs Pom Pom sent me here. I have a note to prove it! May I sit at the back? I'll be late into the term as we don't start back until a week after you but I'll copy up everything I will have missed!magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-83020311257018931432010-08-03T19:59:32.892-07:002010-08-03T19:59:32.892-07:00When my children discovered that their cousins, at...When my children discovered that their cousins, at the 6 week mark, still have 5 weeks of holidays left they were gobsmacked. And declared that to be the most awful thing to befall a child.<br /><br />My kids are all happy to go back to school after a mere 6 weeks of summer holiday. I woulnd't mind one extra week....we spend half of our time away camping. One week between coming home and returning to work just isn't *quite* enough. So I head back to work and my kids hang out and play with the other staff kids until school start properly. They like the idea of getting out of the house and talking to people who have a different surname to ours!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511855282323456046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-754632466558629562010-08-03T06:50:12.929-07:002010-08-03T06:50:12.929-07:00So funny, Frances! Maybe my students are ready, t...So funny, Frances! Maybe my students are ready, too. I hope so. They are SO bleary eyed that first week. They are quiet and behave themselves. I must remember this and plan to savor it. Truthfully, I could take a few more months of summer since we start school so early and crispy autumn mornings are so far in the distance. Maybe I should have worked a summer job so I'd have some extra money for new school clothes. You gave me a great idea. I am going to have the eighth graders lay out all their lovely supplies on their desks and then I am going to take pictures so I can show them the pictures later when their lockers are full of old lunches and sweatshirts and they don't have anything to write with in writing class.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.com