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Good morning, everyone. Bill got up early this morning to go to the doctor. Just a checkup on his high blood pressure. I didn't go this time. I think the visit will be routine, not something I need to be in on.
I tutored yesterday, and one interesting thing is that the kids had no idea what powder is. So I took a container of powder from home to show them. How it came up was that one of the boy's stories recently mentioned Mt. St. Helens, and I told him Bill & I had visited about 10 years after it erupted. I mentioned that in that case, there wasn't much lava, but the volcanic ash got everywhere and caused lots of problems. He asked what the ash was like, and somewhere I have (or had) a small packet of it, but I couldn't find it. I said it was like gray powder, and he didn't know what powder was. It amazes me what these kids don't know about.
So the girl had her lesson first, and I showed her the container of powder and asked her to hold out her hand so I could sprinkle some on it to show her. She was afraid and refused! What did she think I was going to do to her? So I sprinkled a bit in the palm of my hand and invited her to touch it with her fingertip. She tentatively touched it.
The boy is braver, and he let me sprinkle it on his hand after he saw me sprinkle it on mine. He asked what it was for, and I explained that after a shower or bath, sometimes you try to dry off with a towel, but you are still a little damp, so the powder absorbs that extra moisture. I suggested he go wet his hands and then dry them off but leave them a little damp. He did and was amazed at how the powder worked. I told him to rub it into his hands, and he said, "Hey! It disappeared!"
Other than that, the lesson was fairly uneventful. I read them some rhymes of Edward Lear, first "The Owl and the .....cat" and then some limericks about people with long noses. I explained that limericks are poems with a specific rhythm. Then they had to write about what I read to them. The topic was, "What is 'nonsense'? Why do you think Edward Lear's poetry is called 'nonsense rhymes'?"
What I learned about this is that the girl didn't know about making possessives with names that had the first and last names together. She wrote "Edward's Lear." So I explained (again) about first and last names and how if you use both, the 's goes at the end. She has a worksheet I made up with that kind of situation to do today. I included things like San Francisco, too, since that's a double proper noun, just like a person's full name.
The session (every Sunday) with me reading them something and then them writing about it shows me weaknesses they have in grammar and spelling, and I base the next lesson or so on what I caught.
I tutored yesterday, and one interesting thing is that the kids had no idea what powder is. So I took a container of powder from home to show them. How it came up was that one of the boy's stories recently mentioned Mt. St. Helens, and I told him Bill & I had visited about 10 years after it erupted. I mentioned that in that case, there wasn't much lava, but the volcanic ash got everywhere and caused lots of problems. He asked what the ash was like, and somewhere I have (or had) a small packet of it, but I couldn't find it. I said it was like gray powder, and he didn't know what powder was. It amazes me what these kids don't know about.
So the girl had her lesson first, and I showed her the container of powder and asked her to hold out her hand so I could sprinkle some on it to show her. She was afraid and refused! What did she think I was going to do to her? So I sprinkled a bit in the palm of my hand and invited her to touch it with her fingertip. She tentatively touched it.
The boy is braver, and he let me sprinkle it on his hand after he saw me sprinkle it on mine. He asked what it was for, and I explained that after a shower or bath, sometimes you try to dry off with a towel, but you are still a little damp, so the powder absorbs that extra moisture. I suggested he go wet his hands and then dry them off but leave them a little damp. He did and was amazed at how the powder worked. I told him to rub it into his hands, and he said, "Hey! It disappeared!"
Other than that, the lesson was fairly uneventful. I read them some rhymes of Edward Lear, first "The Owl and the .....cat" and then some limericks about people with long noses. I explained that limericks are poems with a specific rhythm. Then they had to write about what I read to them. The topic was, "What is 'nonsense'? Why do you think Edward Lear's poetry is called 'nonsense rhymes'?"
What I learned about this is that the girl didn't know about making possessives with names that had the first and last names together. She wrote "Edward's Lear." So I explained (again) about first and last names and how if you use both, the 's goes at the end. She has a worksheet I made up with that kind of situation to do today. I included things like San Francisco, too, since that's a double proper noun, just like a person's full name.
The session (every Sunday) with me reading them something and then them writing about it shows me weaknesses they have in grammar and spelling, and I base the next lesson or so on what I caught.
Question: WHY do you have a packet with ash with you ?
You wouldn't believe the odd things I collect. It comes in handy to show the kids, though. For instance, I have a real human hand skeleton and a trilobite fossil. Both were a hit with the kids. I also brought my collection of crystals one time, which fascinated them, too. I have all sorts of stuff. The fun of being a hoarder! All that stuff that I sometimes wonder why I keep has come in handy with the tutoring.
Yay! I just found the volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helens! I'll take it to show the kids today.
Good morning Voltmaniacs.
Brr! 12 degrees outside this morning. Sunny though so it should definitely get above freezing by this afternoon.
Hi Evie - how you been?
Terry - You will learn how to pace yourself I'm with Zero, take an ibuprofen/aspirin/anti inflammatory of your choice before you start an activity you know will make you sore. Cuts down on the inflammation right away instead of waiting until it is already hurting.
Gotta clean a house today and do some shopping. Hubby is in charge of a pork roast and the rest of dinner.
Brr! 12 degrees outside this morning. Sunny though so it should definitely get above freezing by this afternoon.
Hi Evie - how you been?
Terry - You will learn how to pace yourself
I'm with Zero, take an ibuprofen/aspirin/anti inflammatory of your choice before you start an activity you know will make you sore. Cuts down on the inflammation right away instead of waiting until it is already hurting.Gotta clean a house today and do some shopping. Hubby is in charge of a pork roast and the rest of dinner.
Good morning, Voltpeeps. Speaking of human hands, sometime ago, a friend's family, decided to build a guest cottage on their property. Their house bordered woods that was a Narragansett Indian camp, back in colonial days.
While digging for the foundation, a human skeleton was found, the police were called. It turned out that it was a native American skeleton, probably from the King Phillip's War of 1676. We are surrounded by history !!!
BTW, those are the woods that I go walking in.
While digging for the foundation, a human skeleton was found, the police were called. It turned out that it was a native American skeleton, probably from the King Phillip's War of 1676. We are surrounded by history !!!
BTW, those are the woods that I go walking in.
Wellll, I'm not sure that they'll go away, but you'll probably be in even better shape physically. It seems to me that as soon as whatever was hurting stops hurting, I go and do something else, and hurt it again. Naproxen sodium is my friend.
No i'm not allergic, i just ate so much i now roll instead of walking.
Yes! That one.
Yum! I love cauliflower. Especially with cheese sause.
Me too. They seem to be the most accurate to me. It pin-pointed this last storm right down to the hour that it would hit. What it got wrong was that it predicted that Terry and BF would get a lot more snow than I. Their snow was light enough that the BF didn't even delay when school was going to start in the district. My forest, however, is a beautiful winter wonderland with about 3 - 3.5" of powder.
G'Morning Everyone!
Everything is going fine here. The BF and I cleared the septic field this past weekend. He bush-hawged it and I walked ahead through dead weeds higher than my shoulders picking up logs and sticks so that he wouldn't hit them. If they were small enough, I just chucked them into the woods. The larger ones I had to carry or drag. The two remaining treetops from when the lumber guy cut down poplars had to be dragged out of briars using BF's truck. Those were sawn into workable chunks and then split. Then we had to stack 'em on the porch. My back is killin' me. Again. See what I mean? But the septic field is clear and covered with a blanket of snow that clearly shows where the deer crossed the field. This place is so worth the effort.
Yum! I love cauliflower. Especially with cheese sause.
Well....
If you want it to be HEALTHY and low calorie you only need to boil it and use it as a salad with lemon and olive oil.
I can't resist any longer !!!!!! Terry, are you and Raven going to deforest datrees in dewoods on daproperty? Go ahead, yell at me, I deserve it.
I have a lot of respect for the person who trained that little genius!! OMG!!
I'm thinking that it will have to be. We can't work on that hillside with it covered with snow. After that melts, it will be way too slick for awhile. Another day, I reckon. That doesn't mean that we can't get together and visit or do something else though.
This has nothing to do with anything being talked about here, but check out this cute little doggie!!
Someone did some serious training!!
Just An FYI:
With the Snow and Cold taking over the North - I just thought EVERYONE would like to know . . .
Well - Until I go North in two weeks . . .
Hopefully - I will not get as sick as I have been the last 2 Trips - had 2 "Upper Respiratory Infections" hit "Me" both times when I got back to Florida . . . NOT NICE ! ! !
With the Snow and Cold taking over the North - I just thought EVERYONE would like to know . . .
Well - Until I go North in two weeks . . .
Hopefully - I will not get as sick as I have been the last 2 Trips - had 2 "Upper Respiratory Infections" hit "Me" both times when I got back to Florida . . . NOT NICE ! ! !
Take care of your self Uncle
YEP - Much better today, just not totally there yet . . . Wish I could get more then 4-5 hours sleep a night . . . First time, took almost 30 days (that included a bout of "Strep/Soar Throat") and then 2 weeks latter hit again, but this time was only 18 days with the help of a second round of antibiotics that ended last night . . . Will see what happens in the next few days . . . THANKS ! ! !
Cool! Get some rest too (seems like a lot people need rest).
And be careful of those oi oi oi oi cat's. If it shows up your door just kick it
And be careful of those oi oi oi oi cat's. If it shows up your door just kick it
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