Mrs. Homeschool

As 2011 comes to a close, I've decided to take the Mrs. Homeschool Store in a new direction.  In 2012, I'm going to focus more on courses instead of individual products, hoping that these courses will be more beneficial for YOU to get the results you wanted when initially purchasing products.

So…

I'm clearing out my virtual shelves and selling all the products I currently have available at an insanely low price.  And if you already have a business going, this is a great way to get some really good products that you can claim on your business taxes as expenses.  (Now, please note I am NOT an accountant, so you will need to verify whether these courses qualify as valid deductions for your state or business.)

From our family to yours, we wish you a VERY Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012!

Can you believe that a new year is only a week away?

This time last year, our family had NO idea we'd be where we are, both physically and spiritually.

God has given us so many experiences to make us grow this year, not in faith (because our faith is from Him and is constant), but in our knowledge and TRUST in Him.

"It's going to be DIFFERENT this year!"

It's something I often muttered or even shouted to myself every year.  I want the focus of the holidays to be Christ-centered, not gift-centered.  But the days and weeks leading up to December 25th all pretty much looked the same.

Rushing through stores crowded with holiday shoppers filling their carts with toys their kids don't really want and REALLY don't need.  (I know kids don't need much because we have 3 children – 8, 6 and 3 yrs old – and ALL of their toys combined fit into a 20" suitcase.)  I scramble to try to get some Christmas cards sent out, but end up just doing some at the last minute.

Thanksgiving sneaked up on me this year.  Must have something to do with the lack of commercials and marketing in stores to remind me.  Funny how, when you take away all of those influences, coupled with a lack of fall weather (at least "fall weather" we're used to), holidays seem to jump at you when you don't expect them.

This year, our family is thankful for many different things than we normal are.  We're thankful for an opportunity to live out a dream…thankful for semi-sweet chocolate chips, even if they are about $4.50-5.00 a bag.

If you've been a long time reader, you know that I have no fondness for Latin.  And I don't make any apologies for it.  I think it is a foolish, time wasting thing to teach a child who is SO capable of learning a language, a dead language.

Yes, I've read the articles about how it teaches proper grammar, etc.  I know it's part of numerous homeschool curricula packages, but don't forget that the people that publish these books aren't just doing it because they want your children to learn Latin…they make a living doing so.  Not that there is anything wrong with selling homeschool curricula as a business, just something we often forget when people try to convince us that teaching something their way is the BEST way.  And please note that I don't have any language curricula for sale.