school choices

On Monday, we went to orientation for our new home-school co-op. It was: ExcitingScaryA reliefOverwhelmingRefreshingExhausting As I mentioned earlier, we are trying something completely different this year. We are doing the academic program at a home school co-op, which is designed to combine the idea of private school with home school. For the most part,…

If you are just starting to read, you should go back and start here. Why did I write all of this? Honestly, I kind of wish I had just written one simple blog post saying what we are doing for the fall. I kind of wish I had not revealed my inner struggle and all of…

If you are just starting to read, you should go back and start here. We got home from vacation and I went to the web site of our local school district to find out what I needed to do to register. I downloaded the 58-page “Back to School Handbook.” I read it carefully. We were…

If you are just starting to read, you should go back and start here. So… we were in the Smoky Mountains staring at that big white envelope with our application for private school. I explained in the last post why we just didn’t feel settled about putting it in the mail. I should add here that…

If you are just starting to read, you should go back and start here. Thank you for all of the comments on Facebook, the comments here and the private e-mails. I have been surprised as I look at my stats to see how many people are reading this. It actually gave me a little bit of…

(If you are just tuning in, you should go back and read the last two posts.) I had all of the paperwork filled out, in an envelope and all I had to do was add a stamp. And then what happened? Crazy as it sounds, I started thinking about all of the things I would…

If you missed the last post, “Live from Crazyville” you need to go back and read that one first… So, a few weeks ago, we finally did it. After praying and thinking about this all summer, making mental lists of pros and cons, and studying my spreadsheet comparing the cost of every private Christian school…

OK, so I still couldn’t decide on a title, but here goes anyway. When school ended in the spring, I was extremely happy and relieved. I’m not sure if I actually said this out loud to anyone, but the main reason I was SO happy was that I had decided it was my last day…

I can’t decide what to call this blog post. Maybe… How I ruined my summer. Or… Why I can’t sleep at night.Insomnia is the loneliest number.If you thought I was crazy before, this will confirm it. Other choices would be… Why do I make my life so difficult?My husband talks me down from the crazy…

I took my kids today to do some placement testing for a home-schooling co-op we are considering for the fall. While they were taking their tests, I was chatting with a mom at the coffee shop upstairs. She was telling me all about her son, so I asked her the natural question: “What grade is…