Humbly Homeschooling in South Carolina - Homeschool Blogger

Almost 17 months old!

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:32:00 -0500

Boy she is growing fast!!

He said Thank You...

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:43:00 -0500

I know it has been forever since I blogged. I am slammed with work. I am now The Old Schoolhouse Magazine's Senior Graphic Designer, and between my blog designs and all the TOS work, I am swamped! But last night, I was blessed by our 14 year old, and I just have to share. He has had this friend at church who he now suspects is messing with some things he is completely against. I am so VERY thankful that he comes to us and talks to us about these things. He was so very disappointed when he told me.

Anyway, last night my hubby was at district fire training and truck checks (You know where they run around all the trucks and toot the horns, check the compartments & do radio checks. I complete believe they do this so that the fire fighters can PLAY with the trucks when there are no fires. LOL), and all the kids were in bed. I took this time to get a little more work done.

In walked our 14 year old.

He said, "You know mom my friend said something to me that I thought was real sad. He said he wished his parents were like you and dad."

I was thinking, "Oh cool! He thinks we are cool parents!!" But, I said, "Really, baby, why is that?"

He continued, "He said he wished his parents spent time with him and homeschooled him and stuff."

This child actually was envious of our being harder on our children. He viewed it as caring. IMAGINE THAT!!

Our son looked at me last night and thanked me for homeschooling them. Isn't that awesome! I know it is hard sometimes, my friends, but when your 14 year old says thank you, it is worth it all!

I will try to pop in here every couple of days to update you guys.

Blessings to you friends,

Rosetta Stone Contest on JenIG's Blog

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:35:00 -0500

Rosetta Stone has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while -- next week they are unleashing a brand new curriculum, and you can WIN the *all new* Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3… FOR FREE!

This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.

This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program. Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking. Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included! For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports.

To win this most excellent program -- in the language of your choice -- copy these (blue) paragraphs and post it in (or as) your next blog post -- then to enter the contest, go to the original contest page HERE: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JenIG/501132/ and leave a comment with the link showing where you blogged about it. And please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post it. And good luck! The winner will be picked randomly on March 26, and will be notified thru the link they left to their blog pg. And if you have more than one blog, you can post them and enter those separately for more chances to win. Yay for free stuff!

Faith ~ 99 Balloons

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:41:00 -0600

Extreme Blog Makeover Contest ~ Win a Free Blog Design!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:27:00 -0600

I'm hosting a contest on the HomeschoolBlogger Front Porch. Check it out, and win a NEW blog design!

New Blog Design ~ Mills Fam Blog (Beachy Blog)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:28:00 -0600

I totally LOVE the beach! I spend a lot of days longing to be there. I feel like I am close to God there. I hope I don't sound like a loon, but this love of the beach is why I had the BEST time designing this blog! Take a look!

What do you think?

New Blog Design ~ Your Manners Matter Homeschool Program

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:21:00 -0600

Check them out!

Birthday Girl!

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:49:00 -0600

Another Blog Design Available

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:59:00 -0600

I so love this design! I can change the frogs to reflect you and your little froglets (yeah, I know that isn't a word). If you have 11 children or only 2, I can customize the frogs to reflect your family.

I call this design Froggy Pond. It is available in a 2 column or 3 column design. Contact me if you are interested! Oh and definitely tell me what you think!

Blessings,

New Blog Design Available

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:51:00 -0600

I call this design "Butterflies".

The details on how to purchase this design are HERE. Tell me what ya think.

Blessings,