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Monday, May 12th, 2008
I know I’ve been a bad blogger lately. The weather is warming up and I’m finding it harder and harder to sit down and write. Not to mention that Twitter seems to get all my good ideas. Microblogging does have it’s downside if you are trying to keep a regular blog.
I finally finished reading the Oak Meadow books and was really impressed. To the point that I’m actually looking to get my hands on the crafts book to see what else there is. Maybe the book of fairy tales also, mostly because I like having big books of several stories rather than a lot of little books. A pile of 30 little books quickly gets lost and scattered across the house, then I have to go hunting them all down and usually find them in odd palces and less than great shape. Big collections, however, are easy to track down and rarely get carted off as far. Though this idea is only based on the hundred or so books I dig out from under the couch, behind the dryer, and in the fridge daily as compared to the giant book of Dr. Suess books that manages to stay relatively close to the book case.
I hope you all had a happy Mother’s Day,and don’t forget to come back on the 13th for the Carnival of Homeschooling. So far it looks like an interesting collection of posts. With a few off spammers tossed in to keep things fun. It’s at least been educating.

A friend of mine’s daughter has finished up her year already and is sort of puttering around the summer letting her wants be the guide. My friend, who really needs to get a blog!, sold off most of the previous books and lessons but kept her 
For the last few months I have gotten at least one email, sometimes, more, each week asking me questions about homeschooling. I don’t mind it at all, in fact I love trying to find the answers to these questions and share links that I hope will help them further. But in these questions there are often some asking me for curriculum recommendations. I honestly don’t mind fielding questions on finding good curriculum, but I need a little help to know what they need.
Today is the day, the amazing
I’m avoiding the crowds and the stress by joining in
OK, on to the question. The question this week is one that I am sure many homeschoolers have faced at least once. And it has to do with money. Isn’t the universal issue we all face, money? We all want what is bet for our kids, but sometimes that seems to come with a hefty price tag.
I just received an email from
Like millions of other children around the country, 9 year old Caroline Haroldson of Lake Oswego, Oregon will start school the day after Labor Day. But unlike most fourth graders, she won’t enter any school doors.
Have you ever been in that situation? Or know someoe who has? It may arise when a parent who was not planning to homeschool suddenly finds themself needing to, or a homeschooling family has a sudden turn of events and suddenly cannot afford to buy their supplies. Or maybe the family dog shredded the teacher’s book and there is no way you can get a new one. Whatever the situation the need to buy good, used homeschooling supplies is a common concern.



