Homeschooling?

 If you are homeschooling and looking at supplies like it is expensive then you are not wrong! Homeschooling is not cheap but you can always get alternatives! Temu has a lot of great things cheaper than Amazon sometimes and truthfully, I can afford to replace it if something happens. 

My kids are learning to add and subtract and these little dry erase number line card things work great! It comes with dry erase markers so you can mark on them and they cause it it to count forward or backwards. It is worth getting! 

They have counting and sorting bears. We use these bears on a scale to see how heavy they are or if they are equal. I love the counting bears because we can use them for so many other things! 

We have a Math Scale also so if you add one of the blue things to the scale and it if is equal to the other side it balances or it will weigh down if it is not equal this helps with adding which I like. I bought it from Amazon along with the other weighing scale that you can weigh water and other things in which is cool! 

I bought this frog scale from Temu, it is cheap and cute but it is kind of small and that is one thing I dislike about it. I thought it was bigger than what it was but it is perfect for weighing and adding to see what side is bigger. 

Feelin Girl Shapewear

 Feelin girl shapewear can be tricky! If you happen to get it and do not like it, do not worry you can always return it. The thing with the shapewear is, you have to go buy the size chart. You cannot just go I wear a XL and then buy an XL because the way it is made it could be to big for you and not fit properly. Shapewear is made to compress and hold everything together. If it was to big or to loose then it won't do what it was made to do and make you look good. 

If you have bunching in your bodysuit you have to make sure to pull it up all the way. Sometimes because of the compression it is a tighter fit and you have to pull it up or it will roll up.

 

The bodysuit is made to sit on your hips and if it is bunched then try to pull it up so it can be where it is suppose to be also making sure you are ordering your true to size and nothing more or less will also help with this!

 
Most of the items are by pant size but be sure to read the size chart on each product be cause others can fit differently than most. Also a lot of the suits have adjustable straps to help you tighten it or loosen it to where you need.

 
Also grab quickly if you are looking to buy

anything because colors and item tend to run out quickly!
Their items are built for comfort all while trying to help you with your curves.

The bras are the same way, you have to look at the size chart to find your size. If they do not fit properly it could be because the bra is to big and you have to size down. These bras are super comfortable and can hold everything allows your breast to not fall out if you bend over in which all of these body suits and all are like that. 

These bodysuits are great and are made to go no where. They do not even roll up if you get the right size. 

A lot of the things are sized S,M,L,XL,2XL, 3XL, 4XL so it is made for everyone. 

They also have shapewear, dresses, tank tops, active wear, waist trainers, swim suits, bras, underwear, shorts, fajas, butt lifters and so much more including bundles! 

The Hallow Veil & The Curse of Blackmere

In Crowmoor, secrets swing from the trees—dog tags marked with numbers no one dares speak aloud. When Nyra stumbles upon a grave that shouldn't be there, her body begins to change. Symbols etch into her skin. Whispers follow her through fog. And the Veil Tree—the one no map remembers—starts to breathe again.

As ancient rituals awaken and the Lost Thirteen demand remembrance, Nyra must decide: protect the town that raised her, or uncover the truth buried in its roots—even if it means embracing the darkness blooming within. But the tree doesn’t just remember. It watches. And the final mark is waiting.

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THE CURSE OF BLACKMERE

In the shadowed town of Blackmere, silence isn’t just unsettling—it’s sacred. Twenty years have passed since Nyra vanished into the Veil, a mysterious realm that swallowed her whole and left behind a legacy of grief and forgetting. Her name, once mourned in nearby Crowmoor, is now forbidden in Blackmere, where memory itself is treated like a dangerous relic.

This gothic fantasy tale explores a community bound by ritual, secrecy, and an unspoken curse that has reshaped its identity. Blackmere’s people live by rules no outsider understands—rules that protect them from the Veil’s reach but also imprison them in a life of emotional exile.

As the story unfolds, the line between myth and reality begins to fray. What happened to Nyra? Why does Blackmere fear remembrance? And what price must be paid to break the curse?

The Curse of Blackmere is a meditation on grief, transformation, and the fragile threads that connect us to the past. It’s a story for those who believe that silence can speak volumes—and that some names are too powerful to forget.


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Homeschooling and unschooling

 

Homeschool can be bad if you have no idea what you are doing. Homeschooling does require a lot but it does not have to. You can print online worksheets out, you can use anything to help teach your kids.

 A whiteboard and marker and some paper was the way I went a while ago along with google worksheets and a printer. Or you can buy workbooks  from Walmart, Amazon or Target

You can use things around your house for counting such as cups and cans and what not like that. You can also do color shorting with straws or painted pasta noodles. 

The whole idea of homeschooling is being creative and helping your kids learn. One on one time is perfect if you can because kids often learn better with that. 

You can cut straws and use a ruler to measure them or you can use the ruler to measure anything. 

Planting plants, watering them and transplanting them also are great hands on learning. Gardening is also great. (If you need seeds check out Baker Creek / Rare seeds! Every seed I got from them grew and bloomed. I highly recommend them!)

Kids can pretty much do anything and learn from it. It is not hard to homeschool kids and trust me, if you do the unschooling route it can be a little difficult because it is but you can teach them the way you want and the way they will understand. 

If your kid goes to work with their dad and reads the ruler while he putting drywall that counts because they have to do math and reading trying to figure out what the size of the drywall is. 

Anything that allows them to count, measure and read can be deemed as school work which is great because they also learn hands on experience and trade work at the same time. 

You can also go to thrift stores for books if needed. Temu and Ali express also have cheap homeschooling supplies to help you teach better in which I love. 

You can also use minecraft maps for educational in the market place or check out minecraft education. 

You can use these apps and websites for teaching and learning. My kids love them.

Twinkl.com Website to print things off for kids 

Reading.com App that helps kids read and reads to them

Education.com Website to print things off for kids have interactive worksheets and games 

ABC Mouse & ABC Mouse 2 - learning apps - Interactive games where you can see kids progress

SplashLearn - App - Games to help kids learn 

Adapted mind - Games to help kids learn

Boddle learning - Math and English, Science games, 

Prodigy education app   - Math games 

Gerd and Acid reflux

 I have Gerd and let me tell you it is the worst. It feels like you have acid coming up and it burns your throat and so much more. It makes your stomach hurt and makes you bloat even if you have not ate anything. 

GERD is different than heartburn or acid reflux it is so much more chronic. GERD also can give you chest pains, indigestion and heartburn. 

I have Omeprazole that I was taking and it was the the point, it was not helping it and it was prescription based. 

You can get it over the counter but my doctor wrote it out for me and I did not have to worry about it.

Recently, I ended up having to go back to the hospital for burning of the top of my stomach and nothing I was doing helped it. I even took the Omeprazole and Sucralfate which is a stomach coater and nothing helped.

 The doctor ended up giving me a GI cocktail which is full of medications to help with antiacids, pain and to also coat the stomach and that didn't help. He ended up giving me Esomeprazole (Nexium) and diagnosing me with ulcers in which I had them before. 

He also said to get Mylanta as a better coater because the Sucralfate was no longer working nor helping with what I have so the Mylanta is a stand in to go with the Nexium to help my stomach heal. 

This stuff worked almost instantly. Yes it was a delay release but it ended up coating my stomach and helping with the burning, tenderness and the heat I was feeling from my stomach. This stuff can also be OTC in which is great. It stopped every single pain I was having and it got better before I even left. 

If you have Gerd and can take this, I highly suggest it since it helps great. It is best if you have this flair up to not take any Nsaids, aspirins, or anything like that because well NSAIDS are going to trigger it and make it worst and the compound in the medication can conflict with aspirins. 

Gotcha games Temu | Watch Temu scam

 I must say, I normally shop on Temu. I normally can find all kinds of things I am looking for whether it is for the kids or just whatever. I however do not like shopping on the mobile app. 

To me, there are to many pop ups and gotchas. They have games that you are supposed to win free stuff in.

Not going to say I didn't because I did when I first started playing but after that I was so much harder and is so much harder.

The farmland game, you water plants but the first one was easy but once you claim your first prize, it moves slowly and you only get like decimal points not even whole points to get water you have to end up buying or sharing and then it becomes predatory there because it ends up popping up everywhere  one after another  after another and it's not a guarantee that someone is going to click the link and join just as if it tells you to share for your freebies.

They pretty much do thing to try to get you to buy and make it seem like your going to win when if you think about it and look, are you really? 

They also pop up in push nonifications like hey, you bought this so here is this but then when you look at it, it ends up being another gotcha and you actually have to buy and buy so much to get it. 

Another thing, is that when you find things you want, they and if they are shipping by individual sellers or companies then you do not have to worry about the shipping it is a certain price but however if you order from Temu straight from them, then you have to worry about the shipping and if the cart is not a certain price then it will not ship and it sucks because they try to get you to add more and more until you meet that amount. 

Temu here! 

Ali Express

To me, Ali Express is way better than temu because Ali does not have the gotcha games like temu does. It does not have you playing game after game trying to get freebees and you do not have to spend so much to get free stuff. 

That is one thing I hate about Temu and plus you have to share to get freebees also and then you end up having to jump through loops and hoops trying to get what you want and if no one clicks it or joins then you won't get it.

 Another thing I dislike about Temu is that you have to close out pop up after pop up especially on mobile and it tries and tries to get you to buy things.  It will try to bate you into staying and buying something so you can get the "reward" but to do that you have to buy a lot of things and then it will give you cents or make it look like you are going to win.

Another thing is, I dislike how on temu the coupons work. It says it is taking dollars off but then when you actually sit down and look is it really? I mean yes on certain things it does but then again does it when you have to add more and more to the cart to get it to that price? Everything is also a little more expensive and if you go on Ali express it is a little cheaper. I am not knocking temu but their stuff seems a little predatory on the app when you are just trying to shop.  

Trust me, it got me a couple times! I was trying to get the rebate for $100 and then when you are so close, nothing you add to the cart pushes up to it, it gives you cents making you have to buy more and more and it sucks. 

Ali express is completely different. Ali express pretty much have the same things if not more for cheaper. They also have a lot more of induvial sellers on there including people from the US and all over not just in China.

I buy from ali express and temu for a lot of things to be honest and personally, sometimes I like Ali express over temu and then I like temu over ali express but let me just say, they both are life savers and work hand in hand at Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries because the items are not expensive and I can find things that my kiddos enjoy and love. 

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