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Sheila Schmidt
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
813
Registered: 05-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 08:46 am: |   |
Man, I've been so busy lately trying to wrap everything up and prepare for the start of the new school year. We start on the 10th (this Thursday), which seems a tad early to me, but there you are. My son will be 5th grade and my daughter will be 2nd grade. Anyone else gearing up? |
Kevin R. Paglia
Wandering Member
Post Number:
186
Registered: 07-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 11:36 am: | |
We went out and got our school supplies last night. I'll have two in this year. One in fifth grade on in K. That will leave me and my little princess for the afternoons.
Kevin |
tracy sutterer
Wandering Member
Post Number:
160
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 06:30 pm: | |
Boy, you guys start much earlier than I do. I wish we started that early. We don't get started until the 5th of Sept. Dennis is going to be a freshman. Willie is going into the fourth grade. Time sure flies.
I teach 9th-12th graders. I am just hoping for a very good year!
Tracy |
Dennis Collins
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Post Number:
2036
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 06:37 am: | |
Well... Does it count if two of my grandchildren are entering their third year of college?
Dennis Collins
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Joyce Scarbrough
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Post Number:
894
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 10:55 am: | |
We start on the 15th. I have one in 7th grade (ACK--the horrors of Middle School!!) and one who's a senior. Our county finally participated in a 3-day tax holiday for school supply purchases this year, so yay!
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
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Sheila Schmidt
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Post Number:
815
Registered: 05-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 09:07 pm: | |
I ventured out on our 'tax-free weekend' one year. I still remember it nightmarishly vividly, but then again it was only 3 years ago, and scars take time to heal...
I'll just say that an 8.25% savings off a hundred dollars is NO WAY NEAR ENOUGH of an incentive for me to ever justify going through THAT again. In my life. Paaaasssssss!!!
...for brevity's sake I won't go into details...comprehenda? |
Tom Elkins
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Post Number:
523
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 06:51 am: | |
My fourth great-grandchild is due any moment now. Or, as the mother-to-be says, ANY MOMENT NOW, PLEASE!!
Tom Elkins
NORTH of TEXAS
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Joyce Scarbrough
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Post Number:
899
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 07:05 am: | |
Congrats, Grandpa Tom!
Sheila, I had to go out amongst the masses for the girls' uniforms, but I made sure I waited until the middle of the night to go to Walmart for their supplies. I'd much rather deal with negotiating the aisles filled with new stock than the crowds of inconsiderate, clueless, angry school shoppers.
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Now available . . .
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
For first loves that get lost, hearts that call to each other, and the roads that lead us to the ones for whom we are meant.
Read the first chapters at http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Senior Editor
Champagne Books
http://www.champagnebooks.com |
Kevin R. Paglia
Wandering Member
Post Number:
187
Registered: 07-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 11:20 am: | |
We get a longer reprieve out here. OUr kids don't start until the week after labor day. Then, for some bizarre reason, they start on a Friday and then have the weekend off.
Side note, the schools out here are doing this weird staggered start, every other Wednesday, school starts an hour later to give the teachers time to catchup on projects. Last year they took a whole day once a quarter.
(Out here is in Oregon in case any of you were wondering.)
Kevin |
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