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Thistle Dew Mercantile
Jun. 20, 2005
What a great blogging place!
| Well what a surprise to find a blogging spot just for homeschoolers! I started a Xanga site a while back because my girls were having too much fun with it, but I wasn't able to find many homeschool moms on Xanga. I was really excited to find lots of veteran moms here as well, as it seems strange to enter into the "life after homeschooling" phase. My oldest daughter is graduating and commuting to college next year (and has been taking courses this past year and a half), and my youngest only needs a few more credits and will graduate next year. We've been extensively involved with homeschooling in our state, and have administrated a sizeable multi-family homeschool group for the last nine years. I'm wondering how hard the "empty nest" syndrome hits homeschool moms!? Our family is also doing lots of praying about the future... college, courtship, goals, priorities, and what direction Mom & Dad will be heading in. Do we continue helping others in the homeschool arena or do we concentrate on developing our family businesses so we can catch up a little in the financial area? Of course we're still full-time parents, and we seem to be busier now than ever with older children, since they are on the go and we want to remain involved with their activities. A little about our family... I'm a folk artist and make a little spending money creating Pennsylvania German scherenschnitte and fraktur, as well as historic silhouettes. My hubby, Chris, is a carpenter and makes frames which we grain-paint for my artwork. My parents own a country store full of antiques, folk art, gifts, and home furnishings, and I'm there whenever I'm not home. We live next door to the store, so the girls homeschooled almost as much at the store as they did at home! Jordan, my oldest daughter, wants to study history at college, and loves living history, playing the fiddle and piano, photography, Spencerian penmanship, and journalistic/research writing. She's my "no-nonsense" kid, is a deep thinker, and sticks with the things that challenge her. Katelyn, my youngest, wants to spend her days learning homemaking skills and has no interest in college. She loves singing, living history, playing the piano-tin whistle-harp-hammered dulcimer, sewing and all sorts of needlework, and wants 20 children. She's my "social butterfly" and has to keep her hands busy at all times. My hubby and I dress up in Civil War clothes so we can hang out with our kids, and do our best to make a joyful noise along with them. Okay, that's enough for now! Let's see if this actually posts! Kim :-) |
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