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In a message dated 1/4/2004 9:26:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mclean.w@... writes:
>>I don't want to admit this but I am probably putting unreasonble
expetations on myself thinking I can keep up like I want (which is
perfectly).

Peace,
Wendy<<
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Wendy - with 7 kids still at home, a farm and lambing season around the
corner, I am never able to keep up either. As much as I want to read every email
(and there are many people that ARE able to keep up and read it all) I just
HAVE to delete a good part of it. For instance: There's a thread on potty
training...I read a few but I don't have any children potty training, so I delete
them all (sorry guys!) Also, if a thread turns into an argument, unless it's
something I believe passionately about and feel I have something more to add, I
delete it. I don't have the time, energy, or mental capacity (LOL) to deal
with all the negativity...I'm a foster mom and HAVE to keep my mind positive to
deal with the kid's daily problems.

I tend to read everything to do with older child parenting, keeping peace and
harmony in our lives, new or effective "school" stuff (DVD's, games, toys,
artsy stuff).

The downside, is that TOO OFTEN people don't change the thread title, and the
conversation will be completely different from the title, and unfortunately I
miss some really good stuff. I have to take a deep breath and just put other
priorities first and hope the conversation will touch on the same good stuff
again someday in the future! LOL!

I also dropped out of a few other email lists so I could keep up better with
this one. I'm still part of an adoption preservation list, a no-spanking
list, and a tiny WV homeschool list. I don't even go to AOL homeschooling sites
anymore, I just don't have time and there's too many people I clash
personality/spiritually-wise with there.

Hope some of this helps.

Nancy B. in WV


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pam sorooshian

On Jan 4, 2004, at 6:46 AM, CelticFrau@... wrote:

> The downside, is that TOO OFTEN people don't change the thread title,
> and the
> conversation will be completely different from the title, and
> unfortunately I
> miss some really good stuff. I have to take a deep breath and just
> put other
> priorities first and hope the conversation will touch on the same good
> stuff
> again someday in the future! LOL!


I am guilty of this and I apologize. I do read all the posts and just
read them in the order they arrive in my mailbox, so I don't even look
at the subject lines.

Now that I know there are people who really are using subject lines to
decide what to read and what to delete, I'll try to do better and ask
the other moderators and owners to try to pay attention and help get
subject lines changed for you.

By the way, I've found receiving only digests to be a good way to
handle heavy-traffic email lists. Although I read everything on this
list, I've been on digest on many other active lists. I skim the
digests for topics of interest to me and I find it easier to delete
several days worth of digests, maybe 6 of them, then to delete that
many emails - which would be more like 150 of them. Doesn't "feel" as
hard that way <G>.


-pam
National Home Education Network
<www.NHEN.org>
Serving the entire homeschooling community since 1999
through information, networking and public relations.

Wife2Vegman

--- pam sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>
> Now that I know there are people who really are
> using subject lines to
> decide what to read and what to delete, I'll try to
> do better and ask
> the other moderators and owners to try to pay
> attention and help get
> subject lines changed for you.


I love all the chit-chat and friendly banter that
takes place, and feel like I am getting to know a few
people, so sometimes it isn't a big deal, and I don't
usually skip. Sorting by subject does help, though,
to see what people have already responded, and many
times I don't need to respond at all by then :-)

And when I don't have a lot of time, but want to read,
I sort by subject line and skip the things like
potty-training that don't apply right now, and just
figure when I have a slow day, I will go back to the
archives and read those posts.




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--Susan in VA
WifetoVegman

What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all. John Holt

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