Mar

21

Happy Birthday To Me 2013

March 21, 2013 | Boys Scouts or Cub Scouts, Family Life  |  168 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Happy Birthday to Me 2013
March 21, 2013

The text my husband sent me for my birthday this morning.

The text my husband sent me for my birthday this morning.

My husband and I don’t celebrate Christmas, Valentine’s Day, our anniversary, or his birthday (he has never liked to celebrate his birthday much to the dismay of our kids)…not because we don’t care about those times, but because we’ve always felt like our money would be better spent making days like Christmas and the birthdays of our kids more memorable for them.  Rather than exchanging presents with each other at Christmas or on our anniversary, or him buying me flowers that die within a week of Valentine’s Day, we have just always opted to be more practical and spend our money in the areas that we felt were more important–the kids.

The only exception of that pattern is my birthday.  Oh, yeah!  It’s a holiday around here.  No school for the kids.  No cooking today by me.  I even went out this morning and bought myself a shirt and a pair of pants–and I can’t remember the last time I did that! Click Here To Read More

Mar

20

Yeah Me

March 20, 2013 | Family Life  |  Leave a Comment

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Yeah Me!
March 20, 2013

My husband wrote me a note and said that tomorrow for my birthday I don’t have to go to work.

P.S. He also said it’s my birthday 365/366 days a year. Yeah me.

–Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

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Mar

13

Spicing Up A Boring Life Science Curriculum

March 13, 2013 | Guest Blogger  |  4 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

March 13, 2013
Spicing Up A Boring Life Science Curriculum
Guest Blogger: Jennifer Needham

My daughter is learning Life Science this year at the 6th-7th grade level, and while I’m generally content with the curriculum we’ve chosen, I think it must be part of my personality to constantly tweak things, looking for ways to improve. If you too are looking to make a year’s worth of Life Science bigger and better, some of these ideas may be worth considering.

My family enjoys unit studies because they’re so flexible and can be tailored to whatever level of intensity we want. I’m having my daughter choose a few projects throughout the year that she’d like to learn more about. So far, she’s made a poster-sized chart about taxonomy and classification of plants and animals, and she wants to try replicating some form Mendelian genetics by crossing different seedlings of green bean plants to vary their characteristics. Click Here To Read More

Mar

12

Only Michael Jackson Remains

March 12, 2013 | Family Life  |  13 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Only Michael Jackson Remains
March 12, 2013

LastBaby1As of March 1, all of Whiskers’ babies have left to go to their new homes–with the exception of Michael Jackson.  Only Michael Jackson remains.

Michael Jackson received the name from Yeidy Aguilar, who put dibs on that particular baby rabbit for her sister, Angie.  Yeidy made a passing comment that the baby rabbit, with one white “gloved” paw, reminded her of Micheal Jackson; and so the unnamed baby rabbit received it’s name: Michael Jackson. (Technically, Michael Jackson has a tip of white on the other front paw, but no one seems to notice–or care.) Click Here To Read More

Mar

9

Cub Scout Cross-Over Photos

March 9, 2013 | Boys Scouts or Cub Scouts  |  25 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Cub Scout-Cross Over Photos
March 09, 2013

Charlie adding his part of the bridge (Photo courtesy of Stacey Herwick)

Charlie adding his part of the bridge (Photo courtesy of Stacey Herwick)

Thursday night was such a neat Boy Scout meeting with the Cub Scouts crossing-over the bridge that the Boy Scouts built (made of the Boy Scout Law) for them as they joined their new Boy Scout troop. I don’t think that I’ve personally seen a Cub Scout cross-over before Thursday’s ceremony.  My kids were not in Cub Scouts, and I didn’t attend many of the Cub Scout meetings when my kids were Den Chiefs, especially after they could drive themselves back and forth to the meetings. Click Here To Read More

Mar

8

Malware Checkpoint for Facebook Not a Choice

March 8, 2013 | Facebook  |  116 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Malware Checkpoint for Facebook Not a Choice
March 08, 2013

FacebookLockout08March2013Tonight when I tried to sign-in to my Facebook account, I received a message noting that my computer’s browser had been infected with malware; and before I could sign-in to my account, I had to download and use a “malicious extension” removal program provided by Facebook.

Ironically, I ran my own Malware Bytes program today and received a report that Malware Bytes found no malicious programs on my computer. Click Here To Read More

Mar

7

Algebra 2 and Cub Scout Cross Over

March 7, 2013 | Boys Scouts or Cub Scouts  |  3 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Algebra 2 and Cub Scout Cross Over
March 07, 2013

Today was an exciting day at the Miller household: Walter told me that he finished his Algebra 2 course.  Hooray!  I’ll check it over tonight to make sure Walter finished all of his assignments.  Now we need to finish Geometry.

Tonight I had the opportunity to watch a Cub Scout cross-over ceremony.  I didn’t bring a camera; and since it was at night, I didn’t think that my iPhone would take the best of photos.  One of the parents, Stacey Herwick, took some photos and I’ll share them after she posts them.

–Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

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Mar

6

Yahoo! Telecommuting Ban for Their Work-From-Home Policy

March 6, 2013 | Yahoo! Groups  |  24 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Yahoo! Telecommuting Ban for Their Work-From-Home Policy
March 6, 2013

USAToday.com posted today that Yahoo! has implemented a telecommuting ban and stopped their work-from-home policy.  Yahoo! had their reasons, primarily citing that “Yahoo telecommuters didn’t log in often enough”.

I find this rather ironic because I recently posted about my frustration with Yahoo!’s lack of assistance with their technical support for Yahoo! groups.

I posted this on USAToday.com’s Facebook page regarding this story:

If the Yahoo! employees are now going back to the office, maybe Yahoo! can get back to fixing the problems with their Yahoo! groups and quit relying on the uselessness of directing people to the “Yahoo! community” for assistance which doesn’t resolve any of the problems in a Yahoo! group that moderators are having with the groups. Maybe they will restore an actual working “help” section again that will /reply to/ and /work on/ group problems that moderators are having with their groups. For example, I haven’t been able to access Homeschooling_Bloggers_Haven’s calendar for almost 2 months. It’s a calendar group. No calendar access and the group is useless. The “Yahoo! community” must be tired of my complaints, because they are now deleting inquires for help to resolve this problem. Yahoo! is behind with their Yahoo! groups as compared to other forms of (social) networking, so it’s frustrating that they don’t help those who have stayed with them…only providing a “help” question maze that always seems to lead to “contact the community”. Just my thoughts…

–Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

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Mar

2

Charlie Received A Raise At Work

March 2, 2013 | Family Life  |  Leave a Comment

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Charlie Received a Raise at Work
March 2, 2013

Woo-hoo! Charlie just got home from work and told me he received a raise with his 6-month review tonight.  Congratulations, Charlie!

–Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

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Mar

1

Walter Entered Another Car Show

March 1, 2013 | Family Life  |  45 Comments

By: Rebecca Miller
The Sandwiched Homeschooler

Walter Entered Another Car Show
March 01, 2013

WalterCarShow01March2013Walter entered another local car show with his car.  Although he didn’t place in the top 10, he did place in the top 20.

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The Sandwiched Homeschooler

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