I’m a homeschooling mom……
I’m a homeschooling mom of two kids. We’ve been at this since 1999 and it never stops running out of control.
I’m a mid-40ish, college educated professional, that put it all aside to raise our kids. While it may have taken me a couple of years to accept calling myself a ‘homemaker’, I’ve never regretted the decision to stay home.
I’m a non-religious, liberal homeschooler, so don’t be surprised if my views don’t match yours. Personally, I think that what makes us all homeschoolers gives us more in common than any differences of opinions on other subjects.
This blog features 4 main characters:
Myself
Hubby
Boy - Our son born in 1990.
Girl - Our daughter born in 1994.
3 minor ones:
a dog, Hunter (that’s her picture on my avatar)
and two cats, Ribbons and Catmando.
And assorted family members and friends as they come and go.
I only have this one blog, so it gets full of all sorts of things. The categories should help you wade through it a little.
- Books - are book memes, reviews, and occasional reading discussion guides.
- Co-op class - are some recent descriptions of teaching math for some of the local kids. I think I only posted about 3 of the class notes before LIFE got crazy enough for me to drop it. (I’m still teaching, I’m just not taking the time to type up my notes.)
- Life, the Universe, and All that Jazz - are my basic wandering posts about whatever is going on.
- The next 3 categories are self explanatory. Meme, Scholarships.., Specials…
- The creative side of life - is where I talk about my leatherwork (or you can catch that above), stuff the kids might make, and cakes I’ve made.
- The nuts and bolts of it - is where I talk about how we homeschool and my views and opinions about it.
- You can find posts about testing and college admissions under the COLLEGE category.
And here’s some posts I’d like to suggest for your reading pleasure:
I finally ‘talk’ about why I homeschool in this post from last June. I never did end up posting about Girl deciding to come home.
Taking on high school gives most homeschoolers the shivers. Here I talk about trying to set up a plan for getting to graduation and life.
It’s always fun to ’see’ where other bloggers are, here I talk about all the places we’ve lived.
And what do you do for yourself?
Anyway, That magazine that’s on the bright red badge on the side was a topic on my state list in December and here’s my feelings about it.
In February we found out more about Girl’s nickel allergies. It’s not pretty.
Most of the Fall has been occupied between dealing with Boy’s illness and his application process into college. The college stuff is on a tab at the top and scattered through the last few months. We’ve had a fun go around with Collegeboard, though I’m happy to say that it has ended and came out well.
oh, wait, there’s one more for you to read. Here I talk about my religious view (or lack of them). I was never so focused on my own beliefs until I started homeschooling.
