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[Chickielady]

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Hi CL,
I hate to tell you this, but sweet & sour has a flour batter.
Our family has own restaurants.
Bummer huh.
My DH can't have it either.

Bummer, we use corn starch, in all stir fry & sweet & sour...

I guess it will be a shrimp salad for Chickielady then!!
Bummer no food to donate..but I am getting lawn ornaments and stuff to donate at Walmart tomorrow, and then to M&Ds for the table...
Tamara how is your thumb ????

 

[Chickielady]

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how can you hang with us incubator crazies yet not get infected with the hatching syndrom ??????????

 

[Chickielady]

Terrie also said to use BYC logo or letters, whatever, we should ask Rob, has anyone doen this ?
PM administration and ask ?

 

[T Hi]

Oh I'm trying to hatch!!!

Just the good old fashioned way!!

That's how I personally keep my addiction under control!!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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I PM'd Rob already, haven't heard back yet.

 

[justbugged]

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How many of you home school your kids?

We use the K12 curriculum. We have tossed around the idea of using something different when we get out there.

I have no children...yet. But, I have a cousin in Portland that is using the K12 system and they love it! I've looked into it for my nephews...the oldest is in 1st grade this year and is miserable! He keeps getting into trouble for fighting back when the other boys bully him (daily)! As far as I can tell, the little monsters that are bullying him are getting away with it and aren't being punished at all. He actually got suspended last week for spitting at one of them when they called him a foul name! One that no 1st grader should even know in my opinion!

If (and when) we ever have kids...they are never setting foot in a public school! I wonder if that opinion will get me in trouble when we start looking to adopt, lol.

It shouldn't get you in trouble as long as you have a curriculum in place. Even a curriculum that you create should be good enough in the State. All you need to HS in Washington is 45 college credits or a homeschool certification class. There is a third option, but that rarely ever happens. I stopped sending my kids to public school after my DS's second grade. He was have so much trouble there and he was beginning to loose his self esteem. I t wasn't worth it. The teachers are so overwhelmed by the class sizes too. That last year I watched the second grade teacher having to deal with children that were reading at much higher grade average, and children that had no letter recognition, and of course everything in between. It had to be overwhelming. I often worried that my kids weren't learning enough, but in the end they had little or no problem with the college classes. I am so happy that we homeschooled now. We had a great HS support group here in the Enumclaw area when are kids were growing up. I don't know what it's like now. The group in the Vancouver WA area was too heavily connected to church curriculum for us, so we never got very involved in that area, but we did get involved with 4-H there, and we loved that part of our lives a lot.

 

[T Hi]

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I will leave all that stuff to you guys to figure out! I'm just gonna do the dirty work!

 

[justbugged]

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Okay I like shirts, by the way did you know that you are taking me to the fair?

i put you on the list last night.

 

[justbugged]

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Somebody (who ever is closest and can get there early) needs to set up a card table and have 4 or more chairs there, and a paper banner (butcher paper even) with BYC colored acrossed it..maybe WA4-HPoultryMom can get her kids to make one ?
And we can meet up there and chat & introduce ??
In Chehalis we all walked about and no one really knew anyone.
I also will bet Royce will be coming, and Greg, and Eagle ?
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I have a great folding table, but only 1 lawn chair...all my chairs are in California still...we could bring goodies too.
Oh, and everyone please bring something to donate to the raffle !
I am going to get a few things...and try to get there as early as possible to donate the items or would it be better to mail stuff for the raffle to Korfus ?

Thank God I don't live any where close enough to be able to do set up. You know I would.

 

[T Hi]

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LOL!!! Not if I'm driving you! Cuz I'm not going till Saturday!! Silly Sista!!

I don't remember which post it was but I did mention that I think my new car will fit your scooter & some chairs & shirts!!!