Saturday, April 14, 2012

I am a Mother of a Homeschooler...

Hi All! 
Welcome to my blog! 
Sorry about the basic Font, but, I'm going bare minimum on this and as such have no fancy fonts to give you to read from.
A little intro to me:
       This is not my first blog.  I've had a blog on Weight Loss and Faith..I grew in Faith and <sadly> I grew in my weight again as well!
    I've had a blog about my photography studio which was a phenomonal success...Too much of a success maybe; 
    I had too many clients and realized how much I hated taking pictures as a career!  (If you want to see any of my former photography~ you can check out my FB page ~ just send me a msg first saying you saw my blog and you can see my pics ~there's not alot there but there are a few mini albums...) Although, I was very happy in my business, it wasn't what God truly wanted me to do, I can tell you that with certainty!  I just wish I had listened more beforehand! 
     I have a blog about our farm and business, Hodgepodge Hobby Farm & Cottage...A mouthful?  Indeed.  A pleasant place to live and be?  Very much so.  It's planting season but I paused to take a moment since, though, it may be a lovely Spring day, it feels very much like a late Winter day outside this afternoon!  And maybe I am actually starting this blog this evening in order to evade the evening planting that I had had in mind!  ;0)
      But, moreso, I know that ~ as with any of my ventures and consequently, my blogs ~ I am starting this with a passion to share that which I love!  and
      I LOVE HOMESCHOOLING!
      and, more importantly, my KIDS love Homeschooling!
      I have three kids and at this point in time they range in age from 16 down to 9.  I homeschool my two boys, my eldest and youngest child, respectively.  At this time, my 14 year old daughter chooses still to go to public school.  I give her that choice because she thrives there ~ without issue and without self ~degradation.  But, I ask her every year as the year begins what she wants to do and at some point, I do hope that my DD will make that decision to have school at home.  (for Homeschooling Naysayers, I will add that though my daughter is "thriving" she has nowhere near tapped into her potential as my boys have...and that's a promise!  Her level of responsibility is less, academia is well below each of them and well, you get the idea!) 
      Some of my homeschooling sisters and brothers. then. might wonder why I don't just pull her out and MAKE her homeschool...well, I do know that my other two had the option to choose this homeschooling option so I allow her the same.  (But, hopefully, soon....!  Lord willing!)
      Anywho, I hardly think that anyone will really find their way to this blog, especially when there are sooooo many other phenomonal homeschooling blogging Mamas out there!  But, if anything, I figure that this can be a place where I might just journal my thoughts, ideas, struggles (homeschooling ain't always peaches & cream!), concerns, prayers, etc.
       Well, I went out and checked on the planting and it appears that the DH has already taken care of it for me...awwwwww, I love that man!
       More from me tomorrow!  And thanks again for popping by!