Yep, I'm one of Those!

Can't believe I've decided to, errr, uhhh, (clear throat), umm.... homeschool.  There.  I said it.  It's out there in cyberspace for everyone to know.  And, I'm blogging about it.

I've loved reading blogs over the years, and now I've decided to FINALLY write one for myself.  I'm one of those people who go for the gusto for a few months weeks days hours, and then I'm onto something else.  Let's see if I can keep up with this for a bit.  Maybe more than this introduction post.

So, back to my big *announcement*.  I've always been the one to say, homeschooling's great for those who can do it.  As for me, NEVER, not in a MILLION years, no way, no how... Seriously!  Really, as you can see, I never felt very strongly about it.  (Yeah, right.)  There would never be any way I was going to do that with my family.

Little Miss Thang, my oldest, sweet spitfire of a girl is seven years old.  Our personalities don't always click; I've always said it's just because she's smarter than me.  When she was little, we used to describe her as the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead... without the curl.  "When she was good, she was very, very good, but when she was bad, she was Horrid."  Okay, so she's not a horrid child, but she is definitely my VERY strong personality.  I couldn't wait for the day that I would get to send her off to school and have six solid hours to myself (Ha!).

We sent her to the cutest, little public school out in the country for Kindergarten and First Grade, and I'd do it all over again - because I know that's where God placed us at the time.  She had two of the most amazing teachers.  Little Miss Thang met some sweet, sweet school friends.  There were so many wonderful Christians at that school!  The drive had something to be desired, but luckily we even had someone to share that with.  For the most part, she couldn't have been at a better school.  As much as we loved it, though, there was something not quite right for us.  The girl in me that said I would never, ever, ever, ever HOMESCHOOL my kids, slowly started to change.  I began to feel a sense of dread when I sent her off for the loooooong day.  I missed my little girl.  I wanted her home with me.  I wanted to teach her about what I thought was important, but we just didn't have enough time in the day.

I started praying about the possibility of maybe keeping her home this year for Second Grade, and I asked God to send me a big, flashing NEON sign.  He didn't.  What He did do, however, was open my heart to something that I was completely closed off to at one time.  Now, we're diving in head first.  I'm not saying that I'm going to be a lifer.  I'm not even saying that I'm going to make it through the year (hopefully, though!), but we're giving it a go.  This will definitely be an Adventure (more on that later!), to say the least.  I can't wait to see what God has in store for me, my sweet Girl, and the rest of our family this year!  Hope you enjoy the ride with us.