Also, Charles started an online math class (because he is utterly and completely mortified to be in Algebra 1 as a freshman, which is totally my fault since I homeschooled him in 6th grade, not realizing that that was THE definitive year in which the die of the rest of his life would be cast, but now do realize after receiving his schedule a few weeks ago for his entire high school career (?), which he handed over very reluctantly along with some comment about how he hadn't shown it to us earlier because he didn't want to hear about how he'd be living in our basement as an adult, and how the schedule was cast in stone and there was nothing we could do about his loser future, but after making some calls found that he can indeed catch up in math, which is his best subject, and therefore also be in the honors science class and more than likely someday get into college and having a run-on sentence like this is completely acceptable since I framed it in parentheses...) so he will be on the computer for about six (!) hours a day and I won't be seeing much of my beloved and ridiculously large computer screen. Do you think I should go get myself a laptop?
Along with not writing, has been a lot of not reading blogs which makes me sad. I always find so many interesting things to read! I was recently reading how my newfound blogging friend Jen made her own deodorant -- that is something I need to try -- to go along with my baking soda hair. I haven't used antiperspirant for years, since I first read about the harmful effects, and have had various levels of luck with different brands of more natural deodorant. As my children have gotten older and deodorant is required in their P.E. class, I especially didn't want them rubbing aluminum directly into their lymph nodes. My 14 year old son does not approve, in any way, of my no aluminum rule and overcompensates by using an inordinate amount of body spray -- one can even smell it outside as it wafts out of the fan vent into the yard. What is in that stuff? It can't be good. I wonder how frankincense would go over with him as a natural alternative?
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Haha. Parentheses cover a multitude of grammatical sins. I used up all of that recipe of deodorant, and I really liked it except that I smelled like mint chocolate, because it was peppermint oil and cocoa butter. The other thing I didn't like was rolling it in a ball to apply. I am waiting to finish my current stick of Tom's, then I will make another batch, probably with citrus scents.
My mom is also super paranoid about deoderant but I just recently read an article and it said you don't need to go "natural" with it because it covers such a small area of your body. Since those pores are clogged by the deoderant... what needs to "come out" will find its way out in other pores of your body. I know you probably won't believe me but it really is what I read :) I tried a natural deoderant for awhile and it DID NOT work! I stunk soooo bad. However...I have never noticed that you stink :) Can inhaling all the body spray be any better??
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