March Pagan Circle - Page 3

[Maiasaura]

Originally Posted by DaughterOfKali Maia- Is your hand still swollen?  If there's a lot of swelling at the time of an xray, it can mask a fracture.  Or, you could have tendon or ligament damage.

Yes, it is. The doctor did tell me that if it gets worse over the next week, rather than better, I would have to have it re-Xrayed again just because of that possibility. Ugh, eh?

Not to mention I'll be up your way next week. Oh well, the hand'll have to wait if that's the case

[redveg]

Originally Posted by sweetsunshine85 

Well, I am sick again. Sore throat and wicked nauseous since yesterday.

Um, in other news....I babysat my friend's 4 month old this Saturday, and brought her to visit my family. I haven't been home since Christmas, so it was pretty awkward. My sisters asked some questions, then my youngest sis started really asking questions and getting upset when I didn't answer them anymore. Blah.

Oh, I start my herbal apprenticeship on the 12th! I am so excited. I'm doing the Gaia School of Healing in VT, for the next 8 months! =)

Hope you feel better soon.  Congrats on the Herbal Apprenticeship,  something I would love to do.  Sorry the family meet didn't go great this time.  I hope it gets better.

Originally Posted by Aubergine68 
The New Moon is coming on Friday, I believe - I really want to get some garden planning done, some seeds started with the grow lights indoors -- I'll do most of the seed-starting in early April but can't resist trying for some early starts in case we get a warm May and can plant out early.

 

I would love to start some seeds soon.  I have already started planning my garden and am looking forward to getting started.
 

Originally Posted by witchygrrl  I think we all need a happy break.

Boy could we ever use a happy break!!

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

Mamas....I took a hell of a fall today. I'm too old for this!

Oh no!  I hope everything is ok.  Heal quickly vibes headed your way.

Originally Posted by mommamanjari 

Hi ladies,

I'd like to introduce myself. My given name is Melinda and my Hare Krishna name is Manjari.

Hello and welcome:)

Originally Posted by Aubergine68 

I also wanted to say Hi and  to singin angel, and earthmama and witchy and redveg and revolting and sweetsunshine and anyone else I missed.  If this thread were a busy pagan party - and I imagine it that way - I'd grab a cuppa something nice and come find you and chat and catch up.  I so enjoy reading your posts.

Also eta -- advice sought -- I did a "letting go of soemthing I don't need" spell, complete with burning a symbol of that thing in the flame of a black candle during the waning moon.  Now I am supposed to bury the remains of the spell in the earth to complete the letting go process.  Sounds good - cept the ground is frozen and under 3 feet of snow.  Do I bury the remains in the snow over my compost heap before the New Moon on Friday, or just put them in a little pot outdoors and bury them later when I can find ground. Or should I hack away  with my ice scraper and try to bury it the way it was supposed to be done?

I don't do many actual spells and I may be over thinking this, but I want to do it right.  WWYD?

Hi to you too:)  If it were me I would put the remains of the spell off my property if I couldn't bury it, or maybe throw it in running water, a stream maybe.  Or get some soil and bury it in a container of some sort then bury it in the earth, conatiner and all when the ground thaws.

[liza-s]

Owl Month - While we frequently pay some attention to the names of the full moons, I tend to more strongly stick to a calendar of my own.  March is always Owl Month. Here (Alaska), March is really the last month the owls hoot & call for mates. Any calling after March is by unmated owls.  The March Full Moon has special significance because I had a very mystical experience watching the moon rise and listening to some Boreal Owls hooting away when I knew without a shadow of a doubt I was pregnant with my little wren-bird.

April in the Month of Hawks.  (And DS was conceived during a week full of watching migrating red tailed hawks and kestrals; April is their migratory month North). So that is his special month. May = Sandpipers & Ducks (early May migrators); June -  First Growth,.....  It changes from time to time, but it tied pretty closely with seasonal occurances.

The March Full Moon - This moon will be the largest of the year, with the full moon and perigee (closest position the moon gets to earth in orbit) coinciding. (They are off by only 50 minutes).  This will result in the largest tides of the year in the few days after the full moon.  I think we are going to have Full Moon Pancakes for that weekend. (One of the March Moon names is the Sap Moon). Pancakes (big moons) with bananas (little moons) and maple syrup anyone?? 

I took DS on his first Ferris Wheel ride today.  He was pretty excited.  I'm glad we waited for today so the winds had died down to just 10 mph. It was chilly on top, on the edge of a bluff, looking north over an inlet full of sea ice - but beautiful.

[Aeress]

Liza- How fun for DS! It must be a beautiful site up on the ferriswheel.

Welcome New People!~!!

Aweyn- Well, I think I was drawing Aweyn power yesterday, because while at the book store I purchased a tapping book. :) I have read the website, but this book is by a different author and came with a cd, and it was cheap. I think I will take it on vacation with me. I would love to come out to see you!

We sersiously need a MDC pagan gathering!!

Thanks for the support ladies. I love my dh, he is very kind, and caring but kind of clueless about somethings, like setting up a schedule, working on his paper, he gets all flustered- which I know is part of hid add, so I try to remember that but it gets hard, waiting.

Well, I need to get dd ready for therapy.

See you gals later

[saphire]

Hi!  Long time no post! I'm so happy to see all of you again. I think it's this new moon and springy energy. I think the sun is even going to poke out of the clouds today.

So how is everyone? I see a few new faces too. Hi! I'm Sunny,  a sahm to 2 girls, ages 9 and 11. We homeschool. My 11 yo is taller than me now. I love to run, read, and make stuff. Any kind of stuff.

For Ostara, I want to make painted glass egg ornaments like  http://www.etsy.com/transaction/39336541. Her work is gorgeous. I'm going to need a sturdy branch to hang them on.

Maia- It's  almost your 1 yr anniversary! Early congrats!

DoK- I hope the meeting is productive.

Clay- are congrats in order??

I wish I had time to say a personal Hi to each of you, but I'm running late already! Gotta go start my day. :)

[DaughterOfKali]

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

Not to mention I'll be up your way next week. Oh well, the hand'll have to wait if that's the case

I can't believe we haven't met yet.  I'm only about 45-60 minutes away from M.  I don't know my way around his city though so if we get together, it would have to be in a town I know.

[aweynsayl]

welcome, new mommas!

equinox/easter advent-ness~ i like to spread my holidays out as much as possible-- rather than focusing on trying to do something special on a specific day/night. dh's schedule is such that more often than not, we wouldnt be able to have a festive dinner together on the holiday anyway, and my extended family always has an "easter dinner" but that could be basically anytime in march or april, depending on schedules. i have a huge sentimental attachment to seasonal/holiday things i did as a kid (mainly with my grandmother), so i like to fit as many of those in as i can. basically, after st p's, it's "spring season" and we do things like eggs, egg hunts, gingerbread houses, cookies, crafts, and so on, in a sense, irregardless of when easter/equinox actually are. on the equinox (or close to it) we'll do something out in nature, a hike at the mountains, or a trip to a botanic garden, have an egg-y lemon-y festive feast. after that, we'll do whatever's left of those activities, till easter, and then on easter we celebrate some version of the easter of my childhood. (we dont do baskets on equinox, though. we also dont do gifts on yule.. just food and festivity & something nature-y.)

aeress, huzzah! i cant wait to hear your thoughts on tapping. 

liza, you should write a book, hon. love your nature posts! yum, pancakes. we do "pancake day" on fat tuesday... only, that's crepes, lol. 

saphire, you know i'm so excited to see you! squeee!

eggs & stuff... i was playing on marthstewart the other day, and found some lovely ideas for eggs and such.... i'm leaning towards making egg critters this year. i think ds will love that. 

hugs and happy thoughts to all in need of breaks!!! i wish you could all come and camp in my garden. i'd dose you all with cell salts and FEs, take you swimming under the warm sunshine. i feel like i live in paradise. (of course, dont tell me that in september when it's still 115.......)

[_ktg_]

Aweyn - I'm packing my tent as I type ;) 

Morning all you lovely goddesses!  I have my cuppa in hand today (still thinking of you Maia!)  and I am playing with my new FEs and so far liking it.  I won't go into too much but yeah I can see/feel they will be very nice additions to my life.

My house is back to House of the living coughing sickness.  J (DS1) has a nasty fever and hacky cough.  S (DS2) has the drippy nose and what now looks to be pinkeye probably starting in his right eye.  I am staying home today since I got almost no sleep last night & neither did DH.  We are zombie people today... mmmmm

So I'm just relaxing watching some movies (ohmygoodness yummy jake gyllenhall in prince of persia!) and trying to get the kiddos to take more naps. I'm in shock that I'm actually relaxing instead of my normal stressing about work (since I'm not there) and checking my email 1000x.... perhaps its the FE or my mind & a placebo effect. I guess time will tell.

[mamaofthree]

the museum was a bit lame, but we had a great time. the boys made the drive fun. and gas  OMG! monday when we were out i almost got gas, but fiona was crying so i thought i would just get it before we left on wednesday. MISTAKE! it went up in price 25 cents in two days! egads! 

maia: it is work, he can't go during the week, and i just can't stay home all the darn time. he even complains about our weekly park day which is about a 15 minute drive, worrying about me driving to that. yes i know he loves me, lol, but come on. the man would stay in all the freaking time i swear.

it is so amazingly lovely out today and yesterday. oh how i love this time of year in AZ. 

h

[Maiasaura]

Originally Posted by redveg If it were me I would put the remains of the spell off my property if I couldn't bury it, or maybe throw it in running water, a stream maybe.  Or get some soil and bury it in a container of some sort then bury it in the earth, conatiner and all when the ground thaws.

Actually I meant to say just this, yesterday. I don't think I ever did. Silly me! But yes, what redveg said. Bury it in a plant pot with potting soil and then bury it in the ground when it thaws. Gawd, this is awful, but it never occurred to me that this is what they do with people, up north, when they die. My dad died in March in upstate NY, and had to be, I guess, kept cold (or whatever they do; I did not want to know specifically) until August when the burial was. Like ew? But what else can you do with frozen ground.

Originally Posted by saphire Maia- It's  almost your 1 yr anniversary! Early congrats!

Wow, how sweet of you to remember! It's the 7th, but I won't be up there till the 10th. I told M that most Pagans handfast for year and a day and if he wants to do a re-commitment ceremony for another one, we could. He's all about that. But I'm not in a very formal-ceremonial mood...any ideas?

Originally Posted by DaughterOfKali I can't believe we haven't met yet.  I'm only about 45-60 minutes away from M.  I don't know my way around his city though so if we get together, it would have to be in a town I know.

Well, witchygrrl lives even closer to M than you, and she and I haven't met yet either. Don't feel bad. I am usually only there for 3-5 days tops, and that's every 2 months or so...M and I rather want to maximize our limited time together while I'm there BUT when we move up that way, we'll all, you, me, witchy, Clay, redveg...whoever lives within an hour or three, we can have a mini-MDC-Paganmama get-together!

Originally Posted by aweynsayl and then on easter we celebrate some version of the easter of my childhood. (we dont do baskets on equinox, though. we also dont do gifts on yule.. just food and festivity & something nature-y.)

You know...we don't do gifts on Yule, either, so why would we do baskets on the Equinox if we're doing Easter, too? That makes so much sense. We do do little gifts on Yule-- a couple stockingy things, but that's it. Crystals and an orange and a handmade thing, like a friendship bracelet or something. But the big extravaganza is always on Christmas. Yay, good idea!

 

[witchygrrl]

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

Well, witchygrrl lives even closer to M than you, and she and I haven't met yet either. Don't feel bad. I am usually only there for 3-5 days tops, and that's every 2 months or so...M and I rather want to maximize our limited time together while I'm there BUT when we move up that way, we'll all, you, me, witchy, Clay, redveg...whoever lives within an hour or three, we can have a mini-MDC-Paganmama get-together!
 

Works for me! I'm up for a Northeast MDC Paganmama meetup:D BTW, Maia, my DH was just in M's neck of the woods for a dr's appt, and then he went to a fabulous diner afterwards. He better take me!

Ye Gods, something bad is happening to a coworker. She feels that she is being bullied at work, and she may well be. At the same time, she does have a lot of unhappiness at work even beyond this situation. What's worse is that she's thinking of leaving, and if so, I'm in a good position to get her full-time job, and I feel guilty about it, even though I have absolutely nothing to do with her problems there. I feel like I'd be inviting bad karma to myself if I end up taking her job. I need some guidance. 

[mommamanjari]

Thanks for the warm welcome mommas!

Revolting, cleaning with the kids had gone surprisingly well. DD rides in the Ergo almost the whole time, we'll see how she does when she starts to crawl & toddle. DD plays with stuff in the play room and I just pick it all up at the end. My boss is cool with me taking breaks to change diapers, nurse & eat. I can spend as muck time to get the work done as I need. At the other house, I only bring DD and my father in law spends time with DS. At home I can barely keep up though!

Aubergine, maybe you could let the wind take the ashes?

Maia, I hope your hand heals quickly. Is the arnica helping?

Does anyone do raised bed gardening? My brother in law is going to help us build a bed & I really don't know much about it. I want to grow veggies & herbs. I don't know how big we should build it or how deep.

[witchygrrl]

manjari, I'm sorry, I should have welcomed you too! Sorry for the unintended omission.

I wish I had advice on gardening, but I have a black thumb. I hope someone else is more knowledgeable.

[Aubergine68]

Hey, saphire! Love to see you back here!
 

Originally Posted by singin_angel 

As for the spell - you could use other ways of letting go, depending on what it is...set it sailing on running water (if there is some...), or scatter on the earth...I think anything that gives you the feeling of seeing it go away would complete it. Just my thoughts, would love to hear others :)

Lol - no, no water, atm, just ice....

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

No, lol, he's not nearly that ambitious. Though now that I've said that, you never know; he might surprise me. Gawd, can you imagine? That would be hilarious. It'd be interesting to see if ds was all into the machine shop catalogs. M already thinks (based on his own experience, in hindsight) that ds is a born engineer.

Funny, I think that about my older son.  He is a lot like my late FIL in other ways, though, and FIL was an engineer.
 

Originally Posted by redveg 

 If it were me I would put the remains of the spell off my property if I couldn't bury it, or maybe throw it in running water, a stream maybe.  Or get some soil and bury it in a container of some sort then bury it in the earth, conatiner and all when the ground thaws.

I like the idea to get it off my property and singin's idea to watch it going away.  It is just sooo bitter cold out there, too.  I think I'm going to ceremoniously lay the remains (candlestub and ashes) in the compost bin for our next municipal organic waste collection day and watch the garbage truck dump the load and drive off....  Or I could make a little clay urn and take it out to the woods and leave it in a thicket to decompose.

Originally Posted by liza-s 

Owl Month - While we frequently pay some attention to the names of the full moons, I tend to more strongly stick to a calendar of my own.  March is always Owl Month. Here (Alaska), March is really the last month the owls hoot & call for mates. Any calling after March is by unmated owls.  The March Full Moon has special significance because I had a very mystical experience watching the moon rise and listening to some Boreal Owls hooting away when I knew without a shadow of a doubt I was pregnant with my little wren-bird.

April in the Month of Hawks.  (And DS was conceived during a week full of watching migrating red tailed hawks and kestrals; April is their migratory month North). So that is his special month. May = Sandpipers & Ducks (early May migrators); June -  First Growth,.....  It changes from time to time, but it tied pretty closely with seasonal occurances.

The March Full Moon - This moon will be the largest of the year, with the full moon and perigee (closest position the moon gets to earth in orbit) coinciding. (They are off by only 50 minutes).  This will result in the largest tides of the year in the few days after the full moon.  I think we are going to have Full Moon Pancakes for that weekend. (One of the March Moon names is the Sap Moon). Pancakes (big moons) with bananas (little moons) and maple syrup anyone?? 

I took DS on his first Ferris Wheel ride today.  He was pretty excited.  I'm glad we waited for today so the winds had died down to just 10 mph. It was chilly on top, on the edge of a bluff, looking north over an inlet full of sea ice - but beautiful.

I had to quote your whole post because I love it so much.  You get Ferris Wheels in March in Alaska?  Outdoors?  Never heard of a cold-weather outdoor amusement park!

Originally Posted by Aeress 

We sersiously need a MDC pagan gathering!!

We absolutely do!
 

 

Originally Posted by _ktg_ 

Aweyn - I'm packing my tent as I type ;) 

Morning all you lovely goddesses!  I have my cuppa in hand today (still thinking of you Maia!)  and I am playing with my new FEs and so far liking it.  I won't go into too much but yeah I can see/feel they will be very nice additions to my life.

My house is back to House of the living coughing sickness.  J (DS1) has a nasty fever and hacky cough.  S (DS2) has the drippy nose and what now looks to be pinkeye probably starting in his right eye.  I am staying home today since I got almost no sleep last night & neither did DH.  We are zombie people today... mmmmm

So I'm just relaxing watching some movies (ohmygoodness yummy jake gyllenhall in prince of persia!) and trying to get the kiddos to take more naps. I'm in shock that I'm actually relaxing instead of my normal stressing about work (since I'm not there) and checking my email 1000x.... perhaps its the FE or my mind & a placebo effect. I guess time will tell.

Greetings yourself!  Your family has had more than you need of the sickness this year!  Boo to pinkeye!  But Yay for FE calmness!

BUT when we move up that way, we'll all, you, me, witchy, Clay, redveg...whoever lives within an hour or three, we can have a mini-MDC-Paganmama get-together!

 

I am sure there is no one on this thread who lives within a thousand miles of me.  Boo.  I do have some friends to visit in Montreal and upstate NY that I haven't seen for WAY too long.  With enough notice, we'll have to coordinate a trip so I can make the NE MDC Paganmama gathering!

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Originally Posted by witchygrrl 

Ye Gods, something bad is happening to a coworker. She feels that she is being bullied at work, and she may well be. At the same time, she does have a lot of unhappiness at work even beyond this situation. What's worse is that she's thinking of leaving, and if so, I'm in a good position to get her full-time job, and I feel guilty about it, even though I have absolutely nothing to do with her problems there. I feel like I'd be inviting bad karma to myself if I end up taking her job. I need some guidance. 

witchy, I do not think this is on you.  Just support her emotionally and energetically, and do nothing to work against your friend.  Or are you worried about being bullied yourself?

[Valerie.Qc]

It was so cold this morning! They even issued a "cold weather alert" cause one could get frostbite in less than 10 minutes out there!

Welcome to new members in the circle!

Made a trip to Ikea with DH. Got a few things for the kitchen and the office/classroom, a heart rug and a canopy for DD2's bedroom and we tried many mattresses. They have amazing prices right now because the new stock will get in in a few weeks. We'll go back with the trailer cause we want a king size mattress and there was no way of fitting it in my CRV.

I'm spoiled! My DS made an Almond Flour Poundcake just for me while we were out!   I'm tempted to eat only cake with frozen blueberries and whipped cream for supper.

[Valerie.Qc]

Forgot to say: Aubergine, let me know when you come to Montreal! I'm 2 hours away and would be so happy to meet you there if we can!

[sweetsunshine85]

Hello dears!

I'm finally starting to feel better. First day this week that I haven't been nauseous all day. Throat is still sore, and I'm still "off" but tons better than I have been!

Saw my counselor today. She gave me homework to do, figuring out my strengths. This is tough!

No plans this weekend, but next weekend I start my apprenticeship! Got three of the four mandatory books in! I'm so excited to start!

Maia~ How's your hand today?

Northeast MDC Pagan Mama's gathering~ I'm in NH, in the southwest corner. Where abouts are the rest of y'all at? It would be awesome to meet up IRL!

[Maiasaura]

Quote: Originally Posted by witchygrrl View PostYe Gods, something bad is happening to a coworker. She feels that she is being bullied at work, and she may well be. At the same time, she does have a lot of unhappiness at work even beyond this situation. What's worse is that she's thinking of leaving, and if so, I'm in a good position to get her full-time job, and I feel guilty about it, even though I have absolutely nothing to do with her problems there. I feel like I'd be inviting bad karma to myself if I end up taking her job. I need some guidance.

I'm sorry this is happening to her. I wouldn't worry about you getting her job, though; she's not going to lose her job or quit because you'd like to be in her place

Quote: Originally Posted by mommamanjari View PostMaia, I hope your hand heals quickly. Is the arnica helping?

It's hard to tell. I think it's just making it smell like menthol I think the ibuprofen is actually doing something, though. It does seem a lot less swelled this evening than it was this morning.

Quote: Originally Posted by Valerie.Qc View PostI'm spoiled! My DS made an Almond Flour Poundcake just for me while we were out! I'm tempted to eat only cake with frozen blueberries and whipped cream for supper.

Hell, I would! Sounds yummifying!

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetsunshine85 View PostMaia~ How's your hand today?

Thanks for asking. Lots more usage in it today! And like I said, I think the swelling's finally going down.

Really crummy evening now-- ds had his belt test, none of the little boys passed, and I think he did well enough t pass! He was fine until we got out of there. Then he fizzled in tears-- which is understandable-- but then he got OB.NOX.IOUS. Srsly bad. In the car, threatening the teacher, threatening to tear his belt up and his uniform, threatening to quit, all this really nasty stuff. And I had to drive home in the dark with this shyte going on, after the whole thing lasted an hour longer than it was supposed to? I don't think so. I made him go to his room and not have anything to do with me. I almost made him go to bed without supper. He was horribly obnoxious to me. Horribly obnoxious in general. I had to turn up the radio in the car nearly all the way to drown him out because he just.would.not.shut.up, and he was so mean!

I was like...you know what, I thought you deserved to be promoted. And I thought you handled it really well when you found out you weren't. AND I think you deserve to be sad. But I do NOT think for one red hot minute that you have the right to act like a two-year-old and threaten people and treat other people like cr*p, just because you're angry. I have just lost any respect for you that I had.

Ugh.

And to top it off, I finally got to talk to M after not being able to for hours and hours, and he ended up hanging up on me because he interrupted me about ds once too much while I was trying to explain...ick. And then shut his phone off for awhile. M and I are all straightened out. Thank the gods. DS has calmed down some. I'm way, way ready for bed.

And the icing on the cake is this forum wouldn't let me reply for awhile...I had to re-log in, even though I was already logged in, and that's why my reply looks wonky.

We're not going to the Catholic church tomorrow after all. The other lady had something come up. Maybe when I get back from M's.

[liza-s]

Originally Posted by Aubergine68 
I had to quote your whole post because I love it so much.  You get Ferris Wheels in March in Alaska?  Outdoors?  Never heard of a cold-weather outdoor amusement park!

Gee, thanks.  It's just a weeklong traveling carnival up for Fur Rondy.  They come every year with about 25 rides, and carny games.  Like what travels to county or state fairs. It's kinda nuts, but fun.  They have had to pull off all the seats on the Ferris Wheel twice this week because of wind gusts above 35 mph.

I'm gonna miss it this weekend because of a owling class i'm teaching but one of the days highlights on Saturday (after the ceremonial start of the Iditerod Sled Dog race) is the "Running of the Reindeer" - similar to the running of the bulls, expect in a crowd reindeer don't necessarily run straight ahead. Think of a herd scattering when a predator pounces.  If there is good video posted this year, I'll share a link.

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Originally Posted by aweynsayl 

liza, you should write a book, hon. love your nature posts! yum, pancakes. we do "pancake day" on fat tuesday... only, that's crepes, lol. 

One day I'm going to get all they way through the year with a book/almanac on nature observations for every day.  Unfortunately, it will be skewed to the northern latitudes with spring beginning May 1 with green-up on may 15 and such. 

Observation if a very important for both DH and I, in different ways. I want to teach the kidlets that every day they need to notice the little changes. Are the cottonwood buds bigger today than yesterday?  Where did the moon rise today? Where will the sun set?

--Of course, I asked my son the moon question today. His response "In the sky" with a look that can only be described as "utter-16-year-old-how-stupid-in-my-mom-distain"  It's so hard not to laugh.  "You are absolutely correct, where in the sky did it rise."  DS: "From the bottom" --I can't believe he's 3. He sounds like my dry wit but smart a$5 16 year old nephew. Must be genetic.

Originally Posted by Valerie.Qc 

I'm spoiled! My DS made an Almond Flour Poundcake just for me while we were out!   I'm tempted to eat only cake with frozen blueberries and whipped cream for supper.

Ooh. Yum. Can you share the recipe?

I need a little vent:

I'm getting so frustrated with some of my mom-friends.  One friend, her DD is a genius-child .  DD taught herself to read before at 35 months.  Now at 40 months, she can sit a read a basic reader with little difficulty.  She is also playing the guitar and other "advanced" things.  So now other friends with 3 year olds are getting all caught up in teaching their kids to read. They all swear "she/he wants to learn" - it is starting to get annoying/weird/creepy "I prove my value through my kids accomplishments."

So now the questions are popping up to me: "is he learning" "can he" "does he even know his alphabet - he is in preschool" etc.  I did ask him if he wanted to learn to read, he told me "when I'm big I'll read" -- perfect. Usually I respond - he's 3, he's got the next 90 years to read to himself. There's no reason in the world to 'teach' a 3 year old to read IMO. I suppose once the child is already starting, helping them out is just natural.  (I suppose they think I'm nuts though as well for teaching him birds, wildflowers, trees etc)

At his daycare/preschool they have been teaching some letters - but at a very very basic level. (There is a shared picture on my FB page of "Dr. Swisslesomething" talking about the letter A") So A is shaped like and alligator's mouth with popsicle stick stuck in it - I never knew. DS also learned that "S" is shaped and sounds like a snake "hissss". In the 3 year old brain though he missed the name of the letter being pronounced "ess" - so he sees it on a block at home and tells me "mommy, this letter is a snake, it's name is "hissssss".  I don't want him to grow up, I want him to talk about this letter 'hisssss' for a very long time.

 

Edited by liza-s - 3/3/11 at 11:47pm

[redveg]

Originally Posted by Aeress 

We sersiously need a MDC pagan gathering!!

I'm in:)

Originally Posted by saphire 

Hi!  Long time no post! I'm so happy to see all of you again.

Hi:) Welcome back:)
 

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 
Well, witchygrrl lives even closer to M than you, and she and I haven't met yet either. Don't feel bad. I am usually only there for 3-5 days tops, and that's every 2 months or so...M and I rather want to maximize our limited time together while I'm there BUT when we move up that way, we'll all, you, me, witchy, Clay, redveg...whoever lives within an hour or three, we can have a mini-MDC-Paganmama get-together!
 

I am in:)  I am about 90 minutes away from Boston.
 

Originally Posted by witchygrrl 

Ye Gods, something bad is happening to a coworker. She feels that she is being bullied at work, and she may well be. At the same time, she does have a lot of unhappiness at work even beyond this situation. What's worse is that she's thinking of leaving, and if so, I'm in a good position to get her full-time job, and I feel guilty about it, even though I have absolutely nothing to do with her problems there. I feel like I'd be inviting bad karma to myself if I end up taking her job. I need some guidance. 

Don't feel guilty, you 're not guiding her in the direction to leave. Be supportive and if she leaves maybe that's better for her. 
 

Originally Posted by mommamanjari 

Does anyone do raised bed gardening? My brother in law is going to help us build a bed & I really don't know much about it. I want to grow veggies & herbs. I don't know how big we should build it or how deep.

I don't do raised beds, but there are tons of ideas online about it.  I know a few people who garden in raised beds and containers and love it.  I companion garden, planting certain plants with each other.  I have already started to get ready for this year, so excited.

Originally Posted by Valerie.Qc 

It was so cold this morning! They even issued a "cold weather alert" cause one could get frostbite in less than 10 minutes out there!

This year has been so cold.  I think it's one of the worst as long as I've been here.  So ready for Spring.

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

Really crummy evening now-- ds had his belt test, none of the little boys passed, and I think he did well enough t pass! He was fine until we got out of there. Then he fizzled in tears-- which is understandable-- but then he got OB.NOX.IOUS. Srsly bad. In the car, threatening the teacher, threatening to tear his belt up and his uniform, threatening to quit, all this really nasty stuff. And I had to drive home in the dark with this shyte going on, after the whole thing lasted an hour longer than it was supposed to? I don't think so. I made him go to his room and not have anything to do with me. I almost made him go to bed without supper. He was horribly obnoxious to me. Horribly obnoxious in general. I had to turn up the radio in the car nearly all the way to drown him out because he just.would.not.shut.up, and he was so mean!

I was like...you know what, I thought you deserved to be promoted. And I thought you handled it really well when you found out you weren't. AND I think you deserve to be sad. But I do NOT think for one red hot minute that you have the right to act like a two-year-old and threaten people and treat other people like cr*p, just because you're angry. I have just lost any respect for you that I had.

My DS had a meltdown like this one year, involving a tournament.  It was horrible!  We kept him from competing for a year and that seemed to do the trick.  I think my DS was so used to always winning he wasn't prepared to lose at all. 

Originally Posted by liza-s 

I need a little vent:

I'm getting so frustrated with some of my mom-friends.  One friend, her DD is a genius-child .  DD taught herself to read before at 35 months.  Now at 40 months, she can sit a read a basic reader with little difficulty.  She is also playing the guitar and other "advanced" things.  So now other friends with 3 year olds are getting all caught up in teaching their kids to read. They all swear "she/he wants to learn" - it is starting to get annoying/weird/creepy "I prove my value through my kids accomplishments."

So now the questions are popping up to me: "is he learning" "can he" "does he even know his alphabet - he is in preschool" etc.  I did ask him if he wanted to learn to read, he told me "when I'm big I'll read" -- perfect. Usually I respond - he's 3, he's got the next 90 years to read to himself. There's no reason in the world to 'teach' a 3 year old to read IMO. I suppose once the child is already starting, helping them out is just natural.  (I suppose they think I'm nuts though as well for teaching him birds, wildflowers, trees etc)

At his daycare/preschool they have been teaching some letters - but at a very very basic level. (There is a shared picture on my FB page of "Dr. Swisslesomething" talking about the letter A") So A is shaped like and alligator's mouth with popsicle stick stuck in it - I never knew. DS also learned that "S" is shaped and sounds like a snake "hissss". In the 3 year old brain though he missed the name of the letter being pronounced "ess" - so he sees it on a block at home and tells me "mommy, this letter is a snake, it's name is "hissssss".  I don't want him to grow up, I want him to talk about this letter 'hisssss' for a very long time.

 

This always bothered me when my guys were little.  I agree with you, kids grow up so fast let them be kids with all their cute little sayings.