LINKS MISSING!! OR BROKEN!!

Jan 25

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I have just been informed (THANK YOU!!) that many links are broken and or missing. PLEASE understand that this site is no longer being updated. So I will NOT be updating these however, the same links are broken as well on my full site and I will be fixing those.

Please visit me at the new site:

www.shiveracademy.com

Please give me a little time to fix the links. The files have been deleted from my file server. I don’t know why, but it’s irritating and I’m going to move my files to a new site. Mediafire is getting way over run by ads anyways and you, my wonderful readers, deserve better!! Much like homeschool blogger is no longer my blog site due to the fact that they have no heart for their bloggers and have placed ads all over the site–NOT ME! UGH so ugly!!

Thanks everyone!! See you on the new site!

NEW Site is under construction!

Feb 18

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Ok folks here’s the scoop! I am in the middle of recreating my site at a new location. You CAN visit it now, but please be aware that I will be adding and editing for a while still. The new address is:

http://shiveracademy.weebly.com

I am excited about the changes that I have been able to implement. SHIVER, our mascot, is able to be played with again, I can use my header that my Darling Husband created for me, I can change colors of print!! My side bars are all unique to the pages! I am having such a great time playing around with the features!!

This change is GOOD!! I am hoping that you all make the move with me so we can keep in contact! So please feel free to update your RSS readers to the new blog RSS feed. (There’s a button on there to help you with that!!) Or another way to keep updated is to join me on facebook (link on the new blog too!). My posts magically appear there after posting!!

I am working on a new project as well!! I should be posting about it in the next day or so. If anyone is interested in finding out what it is prior to my post please take a look at the lesson plan tab on the new blog. . . There’s a new one!!

~T8ermomma

Shiver Academy is going to MOVE!

Feb 16

Posted by T8ermomma in Ramblings . . ., Uncategorized | 4 Comments

I just wanted to inform all of you that there will be an upcoming HUGE change to Shiver Academy. It will be within the next week. And just so you all know

I am moving my blog.

BUT WHY?????

Well, Homeschool Blogger is being sold. It’s not in process yet as they don’t have a buyer (at least it doesn’t sound like it!) Which in itself them selling is a bit of a frustration. I’m sure they plan a smooth transition though, but it’s really the way they are going about it all that has me overly frustrated and ready to move. They never informed us of a potential sale and really don’t see as it will effect us in any way. They didn’t make any announcement ANY WHERE until they sent out a really quick email about the new directory for home businesses they are trying to drum up sales for. All that was said about it was that it was up for sale and that was it. SO after emailing them my VERY REAL concerns they emailed back that they would make an announcement. and this is what they posted . . . .

You may have seen the announcement. It might have taken you by surprise.

What should you do?

First, you should forward this information to anyone you know who might be interested in purchasing HSB.

Then, you should not worry. We do not expect any blog issues with the transition.� A new owner will want to maintain the great features and community that we have at HomeschoolBlogger.com.� (Via The Company Porch)

So, yes; they did address my concern that they did not announce it to their blogging public. HOWEVER Look at their priorities.� FIRST is pass it on so that it can be sold as fast as possible. THEN don’t worry it will be ok because a new owner is gonna keep it all the same. Their priority is to sell. From reading this post their only priority is to sell.�� Now to top it off, The Old Schoolhouse (current owner of HSB) has removed their official blog already. To me that’s the same as the symbolic effort of washing one’s hands to be rid of a problem.� It seems like they are done with HSB and don’t care what happens.

Now if this was the first time I’d gotten a lack of enthusiasm to help their blogging public from them, I might have been surprised and decided it was just a rough day. BUT this is every time. the whole dashboard (Behind the scenes) area is a nightmare. 1/2 the features only work on SOME of the themes. You can’t customize it at all, we have no access to the HTML and it keeps crashing. I’m tired of fighting it and I’m not up to dealing with a transition when there is absolutely no communication coming in.� If I hadn’t of been looking for a post on company porch==I STILL WOULDN’T KNOW!!� I bet 50-75% or more of the bloggers on HomeschoolBlogger don’t know!

Sorry, My frustration is beginning to show through! So I will lay this aside and just begin moving on!

I will post up the change of address as soon as I can. I will be moving Shiver Academy really soon.

What this means is that you will all have to change your feed reader address as soon as I have one for you, AND it will probably be a transition period that will be amusing to watch the changes as it happens. I HOPE This will be a smooth transition. I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL! I am sorry!!

The giveaway is on hold until the move. No one has signed up yet so I don’t feel that this is going to effect anyone at this point. I hope to have things back up before I hit 15000 anyways!

If there is any question at all, please email me or comment below!

~T8ermomma!!

Happy New Year’s . . . AGAIN! :)

Feb 4

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Happy New Year’s Everyone . . . Well Happy Chinese New Year’s anyways.

This week for my mythology class we are heading to Asia. We will begin our day making a dragon for our parade (our normal expedition). This is a new addition to the lesson plan on the Mythology: Asian page. (Should be included in the next day or two) As we head out our dragons will dance as we journey to learn about Asian critters and Ancestor Worship. We will also learn more about Chinese new year and the Chinese Zodiac.

As we head back to class we will turn our dragons in for Lanterns ( I picked these up at Zurchers, a party supply store however, you can easily make them, link to instructions will be added to mythology Asia page) to symbolize the Lantern Parade at the end of the Chinese New Year Celebration.

Once in class we will make our hand dragons for our books, add family names to our ancestor worship mini-book and make sure everyone’s “year’ is marked in their zodiac mini-book. We will then cut out our Qilins and add them to our books. At this point we will be out of time.

I will send home the dragons from our parade and the lanterns. The rest will be part of our project folders.

You can get to the Mythology: Asian Page by clicking on the Lesson Plans tab above and then on Mythology around the world and then Asian. Or you can get there by simply clicking on the link below:

http://homeschoolblogger.com/shiveracademy/lesson-plans/mythology/asian/

I’m in the mood for a giveaway!

Jan 29

Posted by T8ermomma in Book of Virtues | 2 Comments

HEY THERE!!

I have been watching the numbers on my Book of Virtues download creep up for the past almost 2 years. It has been simply amazing to watch those numbers increase! I have been so excited to stumble upon blog entries and forum entries that tattle tale on my Unit Study! SO in order to thank everyone for passing on the word I have decided you all need a giveaway!

TOTAL DOWNLOADS now stands

(for the complete download and Unit 1)

14,673!!

If we can get that number to 15,000 I will provide a

$15.00 gift certificate

to Currclick.com to 1 person.

HOW TO ENTER:

Post a message on your blog about the Book of Virtues Unit Study, add it to your web page or post about it in any PUBLIC forum that you frequent. (If you have to join to read the posts it is NOT PUBLIC!!� Joining to write posts is fine, but I have to be able to read it without joining!)

After making your post come back here (MY BLOG and THIS ENTRY) and comment that you announced it to the world. AND add the link. If you don’t have a direct link I will have to delete your post (WHICH I DON’T WANT TO DO!!)� The more you announce it the faster we’ll make our goal!! So pass on the information!! I recommend telling about the giveaway so that more and more people will find out about it!

Keep in mind that this is a free download (and so are all of my downloads), I receive nothing for you passing on the word, I just thought this would be fun to see how fast we can get the word out!

Every couple of days I will announce the total downloads to keep everyone updated! I imagine this will take a couple of weeks at least. Once we have reached our goal I will use a random number creator and will post the winner so be sure to keep checking!!

Good Luck Everyone!!