Random Thoughts that a Monday Afternoon Produces...
Homeschooling is done, the children are napping, and I find myself with the devil and angel on my shoulders...
Relax!
Get to work!
So I did...kind of.
I ordered these jeans from Lands' End for Nick...cute right? They are 14.99 on clearance and if you use the promotion code "Discover" with the number 6956 you'll get an additional 25% off and free shipping (no minimum required)! Awesome, huh? Thanks Money Saving Mom for, well, saving this Mom some Money!
A side note is, if you don't shop at Lands' End then I really recommend that you do. They are always having super great bargains! And they stand behind the quality of their products which is something I love and respect about them. I buy almost all of my clothes from there and I love them! I also love that they are sold at Sears so I can find some super great bargains there and I can return something there if it doesn't work out...none of the having to mail it back business!
I also spent a lot of time on the phone which I hate doing but sometimes it just can't be helped. Nick and I's debit cards expired in August but weren't replaced. Weird, we haven't had debit cards. Well we got them...we got 4 cards total...all with different numbers. So now which ones are we to use? I was a little frustrated that the girl told me to take them ALL to the ATM and try to use our old pin numbers as they should be the same. At that point I was so frustrated I just said "okay". Okay not meaning okay but rather meaning, I'm making my husband call about this...
My final call was to the Parks Department of our City. Again, frustrated with them. I have spoken numerous times with the lady in charge there about getting our neighborhood's park playground equipment updated. She assured me in the Spring that something would be done, but now it is officially Autumn and nothing has been done. I try to think that it would be nice to have it done, but it's nothing that I'm owed or something. But then when I think that we pay taxes and should be able to ENJOY our park, then I get a little torked off. Is that how you spell torked??? I also spoke to someone about the tennis courts in our neighborhood. We have some wicked nice tennis courts, let me tell you. No exagerating people come from all over the country to play on our courts. But for us common folk they are hardly ever open. And I have a couple of kiddos who just want their Daddy to teach them how to play. So I was on the phone with them for that. Apparently you have to ask about 7.25 people before you find someone who knows about tennis courts. Weird, wild stuff going on around here.
My final question/random thought here as I ramble on has to do with homeschooling. I've been printing off things for Emma and things are either too hard or too easy. So here's my question for all of you, and you don't have to be a homeschooling mom to answer...if your child can breeze through things do you give them MORE of that to practice (oh say, addition worksheets?) or do you make them try to get something harder (multiplication? Fractions?) Emma's only a Kindergartener but I've been using first grade curriculum and she's finishing everything in about half the time they say to work with her on it. I don't know if that means I should give her more practice or if she's ready for 2nd grade material. And yes, I do feel kind of stupid asking this. Just so ya know...
Happy Monday! Make some coffee and perk yourself over that midday slump we're in now :)