People who aren’t familiar with the homeschooling lifestyle often ask questions.  Sometimes they are questions of pure curiosity, and other times they are less amicable with some sort of misguided agenda they want to promote… but often both of these groups of people start with the question of whether or not homeschool kids are really…

(Don’t forget to see below for a coupon code for 5% off all WinterPromise programs!)    Our early years of homeschooling were a little rocky, as you’ll recall from my last post. Thankfully, things only got better from there. One day while researching alternatives online, I discovered WinterPromise.  I know it’s so cheesy to say, but…

How was everyone’s week? We got a cruel, cold snowy start to ours, but the rest of it after today looks to be bright and springtimey!  Finally!  At least for a little bit.  Springtimes in Missouri always seem to start out a bit “rollercoastery,” as the kidlets like to say!   30 degrees one day, 68…

Each Spring, as one school year begins to wind down, the curriculum sellers from all over begin their annual Homeschool Sales. Everything for less!! Buy Here!! Right?  Only when you go to look, their sale prices are rarely any less expensive than if you bought straight from the publisher themselves.  Such is the game. I actually…

Hey everybody! I hope you had a wonderful Easter! We had an interesting one here in Missouri, complete with arctic temperatures and 4 inches of snow!  Not exactly the image of Easter one usually thinks of! I’ve found lots of great deals to share with you this week! Check them out, and as always, make sure…

This has been a week of nonstop places to go, people to see, activities and classes, projects and practices!  Soccer started this week, so now we’ve got that added to the calendar, along with our usual school day, weekly classes and extracurricular activities. We’ve made it through the typical “February Slump” of Homeschooling, the month that…

Hi there!  We’ve got some more great deals to check out this week! As always, I love to hear which ones you make use of and which types you enjoy seeing!  And if you haven’t read about my awesome (non) shopping trip to Walmart (yes, really!) take a look at this post from last week. …

Oh, my goodness, people!  Guess what?  Today I tried Walmart’s new grocery pickup service, and although they aren’t paying me to say this, I must say it was a really great experience! I recently noticed that one end of our local Walmart building had been painted bright orange, and (since I’m not much of an…