Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Originally Posted by miriam
II sewed on the dress I wore to first grade but couldn't write my own name - didn't do kindergarten - it's probably what's wrong with me...
poison ivy is not as weepy as yesterday - kind of crusty though
I didn't do Kindergarten, either. Back in the "olden days" :roll: :-D we started school in 1st grade. Maybe that is what was wrong with me when I was in the 8th grade I thought it would be
fun to get out of doing school work by rubbing poison ivy leaves all over and between the fingers of my right hand :shock: :shock: :shock: Well, needless to say, I am 57 yrs old now but I can still remember the
agony of the itch and pain that I experienced with fingers swollen, twice their size, from the rash. So, I feel your pain and hope that your poison ivy heals really quick.
I didn't do kindergarten either, but I did learn from others and got to explore outdoors. Watched my dad lay a patio with blue stone, fix his tools, mow a yard, chop a humongous tree down, and build a stone wall. Watched my mom cook, sew her own clothes, paint the house, and clean house. I climbed trees, road bikes, played in the stream down the hill, fished, collected insects, and picked blackberries for pies. Yup, much better than kindergarten.
Oh and in the summer I only wore shoes to church... had the run of the whole town, visited all the old people, threw tomato at cars and oh dear, got spanked... yeah and mom gardened, canned it all, breast fed her baby while keeping track of 3 other kids... sew clothes for all of us and taught Sunday School. I made my own doll clothes from scratch, made puppets from socks, baked cookies, dug holes almost to China in odd places, got spanked, played ball in the empty lot, rode a bike all over the neighborhood, read books, rarely watched tv, delivered papers, collected pop bottles and got 2 cents a bottle... actually went trick or treating in the whole town, played in the coal bin, got spanked, watched the old ladies tie quilts, attempted to tat, watched an old lady hook a rug... took out the church steps for the wood, got spanked... and so on... and when I grew up I homeschooled my kids and guess what my grand kids are homeschooled too. They have watched twin goats birthed, milked a goat, captured chickens, raised rabbits, cried when said chickens were killed, cried when rabbit escaped, etc. Oh and they rarely watch tv.
LOL... love your story of growing up. Before I got to the end my comment would have been that you were learning; and learning more than if you were in school (kindergarten). I homeschooled my five kids for over 17 years and loved it. By having the kids at home and teaching them; I learned a ton myself.
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Yup, I learned a lot, too. We started in 1982 in the Peoples Republic of Cincinnati... (well, we moved to Indiana - whole lot better...) and went for about 24 years... Actually do GKs count??? Yesterday my DD came over with the tribe. They were getting to her big time. I looked at her and I said, "Don't ya just wish ya could go get ya a real nice high stress job so ya could relax a while???" She said, "You used to say that..." We had a good laugh. I can't say my kids knew all that much when they left home. I can say they did know how to figure things out. I guess watching them gave me the courage to try to fix my own sewing machines. Raising my kids gave me courage to start my own business. Graduating without any honors and not knowing how to spell & not knowing all my math facts gave me confidence that I could do at least that well teaching my own kids - after all I did manage to teach him English before he was two... And I did learn to spell and I know my math facts and a whole lot more. The kids certainly have exceeded my expectations - in fact they just plain old amaze me sometimes.
I think I'm down to one major poison ivy ooze place!!! It's on my right arm - every time I move it oozes - just try and not move your elbow... My face is starting to look normal for me... The other places are looking somewhat better.
First of all... :lol: :lol: :lol: you crack me up! People's Republic of...
Hey, I started in 1982 also... it was actually illegal at the time but when the superindendent of schools met up with us he told us we were probably giving our kids a better education. That was an unexpected comment. I better get off my homeschool bandwagon. Haven't been up there for quite a while. :-D :-D Glad your oozing points are dwindling.