To My Fellow "Classmates"

Uh, oh.  They changed the name on me.  From Blogger Class Mates to Homeschool Memoirs.  May seem like an itty-bitty no big deal to some, but to me it is astronomical.  Considering my attempts at recovery from my commitment challenges, I am trembling. There’s a big difference between “class” and “memoirs”.  Aren’t memoirs writings by people who are famous or, um, well…old?  Instead of a meme set to make me feel young and collegy; now I have been thrust back into reality. The trauma, the trauma. Will this goodie-two-shoes-I-do-all-the-teacher-tells-me-to gal be able to motivate herself to do the assignments weekly if she now doesn’t see the word “class” on her icon? That is the question of the week. Stay tuned.  I have six days to do the first writing assignment…  Assigned date:  August 20 Assignment: Write up something about me, my family, my home, how long I’ve been homeschooling and why I/we decided to homeschool.  Maybe include a photo (I’d love to add a photo…if I wasn’t technologically challenged as well).  Length optional. Due date: August 26, 2008 (the year is important here so this perfectionistic procrastinator doesn’t play a mental game with herself and put it off “justifiably” until August 26, 2009) Wait!   I’ve already done part of the assignment!  About me:  I’ve told you that I am commitment challenged, prone to exaggeration, a fixator on words, easily traumatized, feeling my age, a goodie-two-shoes, technologically challenged, a perfectionist, a procrastinator, a mental game player with myself, and an over analyzer.  And, if you read my last post, you read that I tend to bite off more than I can chew.  And I’m a wife and mother. Hey!  That puts me into the next part of the assignment:  My family. Married to my attorney husband for eight years.  A little boy born July 1st joins siblings Beautiful (dd Oct.’01), Handsome (ds May ’03), Sweetness (dd Nov. ’04), Happy Boy (ds Aug. ’06).  Yep.  Five children.  Ages six and under. Let that sink in. Beautiful has been loosely homeschooled for the past year and a half…we are getting serious this year.  Handsome has been loosely homeschooled for about half a year…HE wants me to get more serious with him.  And, Sweetness will begin her period of loose homeschooling soon. What do you know...Wasn’t that last tidbit a part of the assignment as well?  I am so on a roll here. I just need to say we are throwing my ninth grade niece into the mix this year.  Going to be a fun challenge.  She has never been homeschooled before.  I lean toward a Charlotte Mason style with classical twirled in there.  However, my Handsome is “work-bookie” and Sweetness is showing signs of being VERY kinesthetic.  I may have to do some major adjustments. I could probably write a dissertation on all the reasons why we have chosen to homeschool.  But, in a nutshell (or in our nuthouse), we homeschool with the hopes of molding our children’s hearts toward God and to keep their hearts until they are ready to fly on their own. Look at that.  I seem to have completed my assignment.  What am I missing?  Oh, about my home…the physical home is on the move…literally.  We are in the process of fixing up our current home to put on the market while at the same time building our new one.  We hope to move in two months. Or before Christmas. And a photo?  Don’t push your luck. Oh, and where’s the teacher I’m supposed to be kissin’ up to?  Do I get extra credit for turning in my assignment on the day the work was assigned? To see that I am truly not the only eager student, head on over to here. I promise not to return to this entry over and over again to try and perfect it.  I lied.  Been back four times already making things "better."  Please tell me the icon finally showed up embedded in my entry.  I need to hear/read those words. Many Blessings, Holly P.S.  Ah, yes!  Icon image has been successfully embedded.  And it only took a month to figure it out.  Duh!

Posted: 7:26 AM, Aug. 20, 2008

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