I now have a brochure to print detailing my Parenting Coaching services.

I also have a resume that might interest you.

I now have GOYBP business cards. I gave out my first ones today.

The first went to my former therapist (I’d use her now, actually, but my health insurance doesn’t cover mental health).

The second went to my son’s therapist.

I find that very funny.

I’ve added a new page to my discipline site for new items, tips, posts and ideas.

A Day in the Life of the HappilyMarried Happy Homeschooler

I picked up my kids from a sleepover (one in trade since I’ll be watching her kids this week overnight) plus an additional.

Today, I was one of the organizers for the “All Church Birthday Party” after worship. We divided the year into quarters, decorated each quarter for a celebration using events that fall into their quarter, fed 100+ people, played trivia, pin the tail on the donkey, sang Happy Birthday.

Oh, and I reconvened my Contemporary Issues Adult Bible Study Class after our summer break. I introduced the curriculum (eclectic and budget friendly, just like I do at home) and got caught up on the life and prayer needs of my class. I used to teach in Chandler, AZ, using Faithlink. It’s Methodist, but us Presbyterians are pretty open minded.

Cleaned up after the after church event, went to Blockbuster in search of “Facing the Giants” to show tonight at my home for the kick off event of our new Jr. High Youth Fellowship. (Kick off …. get it if you’ve seen the movie?). Dropped one child home to be picked up later, met another one at my home to supervise until her mom gets home.

Located the missing headset since last night, found the one working remote so my oldest could “Watch the game”.

It’s 2:15. I have about 2 minutes before I’ll want to get the house in order so a bunch of kids can come over and mess it up.

I cut and paste a new article from my space account to my discipline pages.

BTW, I started My Space to keep track of my son’s.

I posted on my More Jo blog a plea for questions for my newsletter. I also posted about a completely flabberghasting Q & A I read tonight from Family Circle.

The movie Halloween
The movie The Shining
The song “Another Brick in the Wall”
The movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (dons armour)
The song “Take a Look at My Girlfriend”

Remakes the Happy Homeschooler Approves of

The song “Lean on Me”
Dawn of the Dead

Here is an article on the lack dearth earned freedom from government accountability for Illinois homeschoolers.

Lovely quotes to get you clicking:
I would have assumed to some degree that we had accountability over how many home schoolers there were, where they were located, and that they would be tested,” Lightford said.

“So you don’t even know your child’s aptitude or ability or where they are? At what level?” she asked, still sounding astonished. “That’s scary.”

I hope she didn’t hurt herself too severely with that leap.

There is some sanity and perspective, from a Democrat no less:

State Sen. Don Harmon, D-39th, of Oak Park, takes a more “if-it-isn’t-broken” perspective on the issue.

“The notion of regulating home schooling seems to be a solution in search of a problem,” Harmon said. “We have an awful lot of issues to fix in our education system, but the home schooling system seems to be working just fine.”