Budget Thursday – Teachers Pay Teachers
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I don’t think I’ve mentioned Teachers Pay Teachers before on this site — and it’s a fabulous resource, so let’s discuss. The idea behind it is a bit like Etsy for teachers and homeschoolers — teachers who create interesting lessons or even lesson plans can sell those items (almost entirely digital downloads) on the site.
In this era of remote school, hybrid school, and who-knows-what school that we all had back in the spring, I think it’s to be expected that there will be gaps and learning blocks for kids. I find it empowering as a mom, when I recognize that my child is struggling with a concept (like decimals, or how to make 10, or reading comprehension stuff), to be able to go onto Teachers Pay Teachers and look through the resources to find something that might appeal to my child.
Sometimes it’s a character-themed lesson that will appeal more to my kiddo — I’ve bought Harry Potter, Minecraft, and Pete the Cat stuff, and more. Sometimes it’s a lesson that’s coming from a visual-spatial learning style, which I think both of my kids respond to.
Many resources are under $3, with most under $15 — and the site runs 25-30% off sales often. They offer resources for pre-K through 12th grade.
(If you ARE a teacher, you can find resources for yourself on there also — entire lesson plans! — as well as sell your own materials. I know of at least one teaching couple that makes so much it’s their full-time job now, but I can’t find a link at the moment…)
TECH PROBLEMS? Is this site being problematic for people? I know one person noted at Corporette that she was getting an error message (BlogVault, perhaps?) and I worry that yesterday things were loading slowly. Let me know here (or at Corporette) if you’re having issues. I can’t recreate any problems on my end so I’m not even sure what to ask my tech guy about. Thank you!
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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Reposting from Wed thread because I thought it was Wed and posted there earlier this morning :)
Can we share evening routines again (both adult and kid)? Now that it’s getting dark/cold and we can’t do playground for part of it, I am at a loss on what to do with my kids (who are honestly super bored of staying home). Also thought it would be fun to share adult evening/night routines.
Mine (2+7 year old) was great before.. bike/walk to playground, dinner, books/bath, bed. Now it’s dinner, try to play random games/color/kids get cranky [ part i am trying to fix], then books/bath and bed.
For the adult part, we usually chat/catch up for a bit after kids go to bed, cook dinner, and then watch a show/movie. On weekends we do pre-dinner cocktails and no show. On the rare occasion husband is working late I will usually end up working late too or do Zumba.
Random question – I need a super-easy, sort-of special bread element for my husband’s birthday breakfast over the weekend. In our pre-kids life, I used to make homemade croissants, which were awesome, but a ton of work. I might be able to manage a biscuit dough, but does anyone know of any pre-made, non-sweet grocery store bread things that are unusually tasty? I’m considering just baking crescent rolls from the tube (they’re still warm and soft, right?), but maybe there’s a nicer option that I don’t know of.
So while I am bummed about not being able to have the big family gathering of cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents/etc. for Thanksgiving I am also kind of giddy about not having to make the whole Thanksgiving dinner for the first times in years and years. I DO enjoy hosting but nobody else in the family cooks so all the prep/food (aside from people bringing crudite platters, cookies, bread, and wine) is on us. My kiddo revels in the family time, playing with cousins, etc. and it has always been his favorite holidays but for us it is a BIG undertaking and I am almost always super stressed.
Making one pie (not four!) and a special family breakfast, spending the day in cozy clothing, having time to take a walk/actually watch the parade (instead of being in the kitchen constantly) sounds SO relaxing. I think this may be the start of us declaring hosting will occur maybe once every other year instead of yearly…
Any suggestions on what to send a friend who is about 3 months postpartum? She comes from a culture where the baby’s 100th day of birth is celebrated–she will receive plenty of gifts for the baby and I would like to get *her* something. Budget is ~$50.
I’m considering a Beachbody description to access the workouts. I currently run regularly and have a Peloton digital subscription to use with my treadmill (although I’ve mostly been running on my own outside recently). I’m committed to gaining strength this winter. I’ve lost a ton of strength in the last few years. I’ve tried the Peloton strength workouts and with a few exceptions have been very unimpressed. I’m indifferent to the diet aspect of Beachbody, although I haven’t researched it much. My diet isn’t awful anyway. I just need to build muscle. Does anyone have any comments/thoughts/feedback? I need a program where I can just follow it without thinking. I don’t want to design my own workout. Thanks!
If anyone is looking for a good way to talk about COVID with your kids, there’s an really excellent TV show on YouTube called Operation Ouch. It’s a great show in general with tons of science and lots of explanations about how your body works, but they just put out a COVID-19 special and it is especially good.
I’d say the show is best from late preschool through to adults. I learn something every time I watch, and I have a science PhD.
My 2 year old fixates on silly things and has epic meltdowns when she doesn’t get her way. I know this describes all 2 year olds to some degree, but her behavior seems extreme to me even for her age. The latest example is opening the doors at school – she HAS to press the buttons for the building’s door. She will run ahead of another kid if she sees someone else approaching to make sure she gets to open the door. When someone else beats her there, she has full-on throw-herself-on-the-floor tantrums, even though I let her wait for the doors to close again and then take her turn pressing the button. She’s started developing what seems almost like anxiety about it – when we pull into the parking lot sometimes she starts sobbing and when I ask what’s wrong she says “I’m scared another friend is going to open the door!” This is unusual behavior, right?
Drop-off today was especially horrendous – she was already on edge about the building door (another kid got there first so even though I let her wait and take her turn it still set her off) and then another kid was ahead of us in line for the classroom drop-off and when I didn’t let her run ahead of him she had a full on meltdown that involved screaming, thrashing, throwing herself on the ground and screaming at the top of her lungs “I don’t care about Thomas’ turn! It should be MY TURN NOW!!!! I should go before him because my teachers want to see ME!!!” (It was very reminiscent of how our dear leader is handling the election counting.) A whole bunch of school staff people came over to help and I just felt like such a terrible mom who can’t control my kid or teach her that she needs to take turns. Other kids just seem so much more… easy-going? Fwiw, she’s a people pleaser in general so 98% of the time she’s really great about sharing, taking turns and being polite and stuff like that, I assume because she likes the praise that comes with it. It’s just that when she decides she wants something there’s no stopping her, and since it frequently involves taking something from another kid she can seem so bratty and spoiled in those moments.
Any advice? This week has been especially bad, so I’m hoping it’s partly due to jet lag from the time change (she’s been waking earlier than normal and going to bed the same time, so I’m guessing she’s somewhat sleep deprived) but ughhhh.
Not mom related, but I never go to the main site. I have been offered partnership at my 10 attorney firm. I know I have the opportunity to review the firm’s books, but I don’t even know what I’m looking for other than whether it has been profitable. I’ve tried googling and haven’t found anything helpful about what to look for when considering partnership. FWIW, I’m planning to accept and the firm is generally well run and managed, so it’s not like I’m expecting to find something bad, I just want to do my due diligence. Does anyone have ideas of questions to ask, documents to request, or can you point me to a resource that would have suggestions? Thank you!
Seconding a lifting program! DH and I like Starting Strong and Barbell Medicine. We buy new routines occasionally for variety. We bought a squat rack and barbell from Rogue about 2 years ago and set it up in garage. It doesn’t take up a terrible amount of room. For workouts, 3-4 times a week, 30-60 minutes, and you’ll probably see returns very quickly. For me, the goal was strengthening, and now I squat and deadlift more than my body weight and just feel better.
Chore chart recommendations for a 3.5 y/o?