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Introductions from O - P

Intro - Kathy O.
1) Your Name-Kathy
2) Your children's ages and names (if you feel comfortable)Adam 17 & Anastasia 12 ( 13 in november)
3) How many years you have homeschooled 6 years
4) What you love about homeschooling freedom to teach the way they can learn, freedom to teach things that interest us, freedom!!!
5) What you hate about homeschooling nothing so far(maybe teaching math to a highschool student)

6) Do you have a business or interest you delve in on the side?I am a Independent Mary Kay consultant on target for the red grand am. I love music, played principle chair oboe in the southern college orchastra for over 20 years, and am currently president of the symphony guild. my first love is my church family, where I am the Earliteen department leader.

7) Your pet's name or most interesting animal you have ever owned? Our dog is a pekingeese named Lord Angus of Edinburgh, we have two parakeets maggie and GG, a zebra finch named reggie, two fish mr limpett and figaro

8) Your favorite color lavender
9) How would you describe your homeschool style? relaxed, we do many things based on good literature, however we love nature, we are structured, however when learning disabilities are involved you have to be able to bend. I learned very early in the game to be flexable, have a game plan but be willing to get to the goal more than one way.

10) Schedules - thumbs up or thumbs down? we would never survive without a schedule. especially since Adam works. the success of my business depends on our schedule. but it's a drag. I would rather take them to the pool or go camping any day. so thumbs up and down.

Intro - Princess O.
1) Your Name Princess

2) Your children's ages and names (if you feel comfortable) Joseph- 8 this month, Andrew-5

3) How many years you have homeschooled This is our third year.

4) What you love about homeschooling Still having my children at home, the flexibility to go on vacation when we want too.

5) What you hate about homeschooling Am I teaching him at the level he needs to be at.

6) Do you have a business or interest you delve in on the side? Part time employment at the Collegedale Credit Union.

7) Your pet's name or most interesting animal you have ever owned? No pets at this time.

8) Your favorite color blue

9) How would you describe your homeschool style? traditional
10) Schedules - thumbs up or thumbs down? I need a better one and then stick to it.

Intro - Lisa P.
1) Your Name- Lisa
2) Your children's ages and names (if you feel comfortable)Michael II 15y/o and going to CA), Matthew (13y/o homeschooling 7th grade)
3) How many years you have homeschooled-This is our 3rd year. I did homeschool Michael the last 2 years.
4) What you love about homeschooling-Prior to homeschooling, I worked a lot (nurse).I love having this extra time with my boys! They are growing up fast! They loved all the extra time with Mom! The boys loved getting finished with school so quickly. I love being able to customize their school to their learning style. Mostly I just loved having more time with my boys and getting to know them better.

5) What you hate about homeschooling-trying to motivate my boys on the subjects they dislike. And feeling inadequate. Maybe I should have done something differently?? I started kind of late in their education. They attended AWS for many years!

6) Do you have a business or interest you delve in on the side?-I am a Creative Memories consultant. I love teaching others how to make their own memory (photo) albums. My boys love our homeschool yearbook too!

7) Your pet's name or most interesting animal you have ever owned?
8) Your favorite color-no one color, I love yellow, green, pink, red, blue....
9) How would you describe your homeschool style?traditional with math & language. We are more flexible with history, science and bible.
10) Schedules - thumbs up or thumbs down? I will let you know how this year goes. I haven't used a schedule in the past, but think it is a good idea. (to help us stayed focused and get more done in the day.)

Intro - Susan P.

1) Your Name - Susan
2) Your children's ages and names (if you feel comfortable) Chris is 15 and in the 10th grade. He will be 16 on October 9. Heather is 9 and in the 4th grade. She will be 10 on Jan. 29.

3) How many years you have homeschooled This is our 8th year. I
homeschooled Chris for kindergarten and 1st grade. Then Heather was born, and Chris went to OAKS for 3 years. We started homeschooling again when Chris reached the 5th grade. Heather has always been homeschooled.
4) What you love about homeschooling Being able to go places and do things with our family that we would not be able to do if the kids were in school. I also love it when my kids learn a new concept and understand it for the first time.
5) What you hate about homeschooling Mainly alll the grading and
paperwork! Also trying to balance chores and schoolwork - motivating the kids to get their work done quickly.
6) Do you have a business or interest you delve in on the side? I enjoy scrapbooking immensely! For the past two years I have made a yearbook for the kids. I also enjoy working with pathfinders and adventurers. I like to sew and quilt when I find the time.
7) Your pet's name or most interesting animal you have ever owned? We have a golden hamster named Gigabyte (Chris named her: he loves computers!).
8) Your favorite color I have always loved yellow
9) How would you describe your homeschool style? More traditional.
10) Schedules - thumbs up or thumbs down? Schedules are made to be changed!!!!! We have somewhat of a routine that we go through each day. We have never been successful in implementing a schedule. I'm sure that I would like it if we did.