What?! No school today?

Today the public schools in our county began their fall session. Summer is nice because I don't have to explain to the general public why my children aren't in school if we run errands. (Although I still have to answer tons of questions such as, "Are they all yours?,"You sure do have your hands full," and even, "Haven't you heard of/own a television?") I came across this list of things homeschoolers should "not" say if asked this question. : )

Top 10 Things NOT to say when asked "What?! No school today?"

10. Well normally yes, but this time of year I need help with the planting and plowing.
9. Goodness, no!!! I graduated 18 years ago, but thanks for the compliment!
8. No, we homeschool. We're just out to pick up a bag of pork rinds and some Mountain Dew, then we gotta hurry home to catch our soaps.
7. What?! Where did you guys come from?! Oh my gosh! I thought I told you kids to stay at school! I'm sorry. This happens all the time. (sigh)
6. There isn't? Why, you'd think we would have seen more kids out then, don't you?
5. We're on a field trip studying human nature's intrusive and assumptive tactics of displaying ignorance and implied superiority. Thanks for the peek!
4. On our planet we have different methods of education. (Shhh! No, I didn't give it away... keep your antennae down!)
3. Oh my goodness! I thought that today was Saturday...come on kids, hurry!
2. Noooooope.Me 'n Bubba jes' learns 'em at home. Werks reel good!
And the number one answer we should NEVER give to the question: "What? No school today?"
1. "What? No Bingo today?"

Homeschool Days

This morning I've been chained to the computer...ugh! I've paid about 4 bills, purchased boxes, set up payment for my older girl's first meet this season, sent invoices for a facebook sale I just ran, etc. I also began looking briefly for local homeschool days! I really want our family to connect with more homeschoolers this year. Some of my findings:

Stone Mountain Park, Friday, October 1 from 10-5, $17 admission to all of the attractions

Sun Valley Beach, August 5 and 6, $8.00 (This is today and tomorrow! We will probably miss this one.)

TN Aquarium, Monday, September 27, $5 behind the scenes tours!

Atlanta Braves HS Day, August 19th

Zoo Atlanta, August 18th

It stinks that all of these days are so close together at the beginning of the school year. We will probably go to the Zoo Atlanta and TN Aquarium days if we can (we are already members), and hopefully the Stone Mountain day as well.

I'm also looking into Friday enrichment classes at a local church. I hope that this works out!

New Beginnings

Wow, it's been quite some time since I have written! I used to absolutely love blogging, but haven't had time for ANYTHING lately. My business has really taken off which is wonderful, but I now feel like other parts of my life have been left behind. I just turned off my etsy site, but am still selling at my main site...we'll see how that goes. I just want to have time for my family and home again! You would not even believe the mess that it is in! We had our 5th baby in February, which is wonderful (he's AMAZING), but we are now bursting at the seems.

Our school year will be beginning anew next week and I'm so excited! I finally finished all of our curriculum purchases (can you say procrastination...actually, I just haven't had the time) yesterday and can't wait for their arrival! My older girls will be completing their schoolwork via the computer this year (SOS), so we will see how that goes! I really wanted to attend a local curriculum fair on Saturday, but our community yard sale is Sat. as well, and we have got to get rid of some stuff. I hope to stop by a local School Box store soon to stock up on new manipulatives and posters.