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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Mar062011

Ditto.

DateSunday, March 6, 2011 at 12:04PM

Just a few homeschool blogging posts I've seen lately that I wanted to share. They said it so well, I figured I'd just direct you to their posts. ;)

Think before you buy. I totally wish I'd have read something like this back when we started homeschooling. ;) I've gotten better, but still feel drawn to shop first and examine later, lol. Plus, I'm a collector. Things sold in sets just scream my name. You have no idea how hard it is for me to resist just buying an entire set of something...or three entire sets. ;)

The Public School Parents' Guide to Homeschool Parents. I just liked this one. Very well said and so true.

Keeping Up With the Joneses. I know I still struggle with this from time to time, especially when I read homeschooling blog posts online, LOL. But. I also know that I'm doing better now than I was back when we started. That helps. 

That was all. Just stuff that I've been thinking about. ;)

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I *loved* reason #11 in the 'Public School Parent's Guide...' posting. Surprising how many comments I heard about that. My certification expires in six days....not sure if I want to renew it or not. I really don't see the point.

March 6, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKirsten

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