Medical Identity Theft

Pennie over at the Empty Nest blog had an post that is of interest to all of us on her blog on January 8th. It refers to medical identity theft, and tells us the basic events regarding her 6 year old granddaughter. You can read the blog here: http://empty-nest.contentquake.com/2009/01/08/medical-identity-theft/#comment-5544. I thought that this was important [...]

Single Mom Blog

This is a shameless plug for my new blogging job. This is a wonderful blog with many links of concern to the single mother. I have already created quite a few categories, and I will add more over time. The categories that I have created so far are:

Money Matters
Pamper Yourself
Kitchen Helpers
Family Times
The Teen Years
Crafty Children
Parenting [...]

How is your summer going?

My summers are always very busy. I have my nephew 30-40 hours a week, I am going to be helping a friend with some unpacking, I have another nephew about once a week, I try to do as much writing as possible, I give the trailer a good cleaning, and I am making lesson plans [...]

New Content Added to the Website

Good evening everyone! I just wanted to let you know that there is an new article on the website called How to Green Your  Used Book Business. I have also updated many of the pages. Please visit at http://www.thehomeschoolmomof2.com.
Thanks!
Shannon

Special Projects for Teens

Zowie will be away for educational purposes this year, so she will not be doing a project until next year. My original plan had been to have her to one over the summer, but she will not have time because she joined the Upward Bound Program at the university.
However, I still wanted to share this [...]

Beginning to Plan for Next Year

It is going to be different, planning a homeschool year for only one child. It won’t take as long, either.
At any rate, Zowie finished the school year up on Friday. She has already chosen a project for next year, and a lot of the books she wants. I have been busily trying to locate them [...]

Tomorrow is World Environment Day

The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) offer a list of 80 ways to celebrate World Environment Day. It is a great list, and a great thing to do.
There are things that my family does to help our environment. We have changed out all of our light bulbs, and are getting into the habit of using [...]

Do You Have A Business That Your Child Can Help With?

Homeschooling: Life Skills
Do You Have A Business That Your Child Can Help With?
By Shannon Buck
Copyright: June 2007
If you run a business from your home, there are many ways in which your children can help you. Allowing them to help out will provide them with work experience, and teach them responsibility. It is good for them [...]

Subway Against Homeschooler’s? I Think Not!

Here are a couple of places that have covered this issue:
Raising Maine: http://raisingmaine.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=2595
Home Education Magazine: http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm/?p=1493
Here is my (as a homeschool parent) take on the subject:

I have found people’s reaction to this interesting. This is how I
look at it: I love Subway, I do not want the $5,000 for anything, we
can raise any money that [...]

A Parent’s Life

Well, my life is not as exciting as many think. I do a lot of writing, and working, and I homeschool my daughters. I sometimes hang out with a couple of friends, but not even every month.

I am currently working out my exercise schedule, because I desperately need to lose a little weight.  I want [...]