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    Oh, thinking about your 12 year old? Setting up a journal for him and saying he had to write one entry a day (either from the prompts in the workbook or from his own thoughts) worked, in part, because I printed out "story paper" from a free site & 3-hole punched it. Which means he draws illustrations with colored pencils to start each day's writing. Then I talk with him about what he wrote and gently work on grammar and handwriting and help him expand his vocabulary. Non-traditional, maybe, but he LOVES going back thru his "travel journal" (decorated binder) and seeing our "adventures" - and my boy is a very late reader/writer (some small LD stuff). I know it's not "official" English lessons, but he has come SUCH a long way this year - sometimes the "official stuff" just doesn't work!

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    Thanks so much for your kind note! My first one!

    Like you, my first experiences homeschooling were NOT fun. We had some great days, but on the whole it was exhausting and I never really felt we were pulling together - just pulling apart.

    People have strong opinions of how homeschooling should be done - if it all. But I don't. It's something that was thrust on us by a combination of situations :( Going to a unit study approach this year, tho, was like the sun got switched on. It just worked for us.

    I hope the unit study or something else you find makes it all a lot more fun for you, too. We set up a yert out of sheets and and ate yoghurt (dannon, not goat!) and did our studies in it. Nowadays, I get caught up in things, too.

    Please let me know how things go for you. It's so nice to know that I'm not the only "reluctant homeschooler" here!

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    Sorry, Martha = Martha Stewart. :)

    It just started to get cold today. It has been in the 70's up until today, but it is supposed to warm up again by the weekend.

    Be sure to post pics of the mittens!!

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    Apparently, Martha is eavesdropping on my conversations, because I just got this email from her:

    Save the egg yolks when a recipe calls for using only whites, or vice versa. If you don't plan to use the eggs immediately, pour them into an airtight container and freeze. To prevent the yolks from gelling, add a pinch of salt or a heaping teaspoon of sugar for every four yolks. The day before you use the eggs, place the container in the refrigerator, and allow them to thaw overnight.

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    Hey, I'm the homebody who is here every day. You need to come by and visit ME more often! :) Think of me as the shut-in who needs regular care. ;)

    Regarding the frozen eggs, they are fine for baking after freezing, but I have never tried just eating them plain. (For example, never tried an egg-white omelet made from previously frozen egg whites.) Sorry I can't be more help, but since I get about a dozen or more eggs daily, the idea of actually SAVING them doesn't occur to me! I am usually trying to find ways to get rid of some of them! :)

    You could always start a Ukranian decorated egg business!

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    Hi Valerian!! In re: the chicken egg question, you can, of course, freeze egg whites and cooked egg yolks. But I tend to give a lot of them away, as well, because I know that I have a never-ending (sort of) supply of fresh eggs, so I don't see a lot of reason to store up old ones.

    I did try selling them at $4/dozen, via the local Craigslist, and I got customers, but it was too much of a pain for me to make arrangements to meet them, as typically my schedule is pretty busy. But that is an option, if you have a way to simplify pick-up/delivery.

    One thing I do with extra eggs is to scramble them, shells and all, and feed them back to the chickens. I just crack a bunch of eggs into a big skillet or my electric wok, smash up the shells a bit, and add cooked pasta or bags of corn, etc, and cook and stir until it is relatively cooked through. The chickens LOVE it, and it gives them back some of the protein and calcium they are losing every day when they are laying.
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