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Happy Veteran’s Day
Happy Veteran’s Day!
If you are searching for a quick Veteran’s Day lesson check out Ed Helper They have a variety of resources about the holiday. It is a subscription site, but it is very affordable. We subscribe each year mainly for the holiday books, coloring sheets and crafts. We really don’t do worksheets, but if that is your thing you will like the worksheet generators as well.
The Return
Several weeks ago I asked a friend to temporarily take over admin duties here on the Heathen Blog and the community website. At the time, I was having a rough time medically and needed the time to focus on me and my family. I also had additional family issues arise during the time I was away. The saying, “when it rains, it pours”, is a good description of my life in the last several weeks.
I come back to a sadly neglected blog and community. My “friend” didn’t even post my blog saying I was going to be away and to contact my “friend” for help with the site.
I am sorry that it appeared that I just disappeared off the Earth. I did not mean for it to be that way. I learned a valuable lesson – don’t rely on just a single helper. I really need to make sure that we eventually have multiple admin to help in my absence.
I’m going to continue writing and exploring ways to expand the online community. I am hoping that eventually many of our readers and community members will return and become active. The Heathens of the world found my blog once, I’m hoping they will find me again!
This post marks the beginning of the return of Heathen Homeschoolers! I hope you stick around!
OMG! My helper flaked!
Hello to my fellow Heathens!
I apologize for the lengthy absence of this blog. I had left a friend in charge of the blog and community site in my absence. It appears that they never even posted the blog entries that I had left for them. It also appears as though they ended their membership with the online community about a week after I asked them to take over admin duties for a few weeks.
Family issues required me to be unavailable for the several weeks. I am glad to be back now. Things are better and I can focus on things outside the family again.
I will be focusing on both the blog and community site in the coming weeks. I am looking forward to Heathen Homeschoolers becoming more active.
Thoughtful Thursday
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
- Albert Einstein
Wordless Wednesday
A picture from a cave tour we took.
Usborne Books
I am pleased to offer Usborne Books to my fellow Heathens!
Usborne Books offer high quality books that are great for homeschooling families. Please visit my site to check out the monthly specials and special internet only deals. You can even set up your own e-show that will allow you to earn FREE books for your family!
What? A blog can generate income?
As many of the members of our online community know, I pay to have the google ads removed from our ning site. I decided to do this because many of the homeschool ads were religious in nature. I felt that was not in keeping with our Heathen theme.
I have been exploring ways to offset this cost. I want to find ways that will help the blog and online site to be self-sufficient, but not make the both of the sites look like giant billboards.
A few of the ideas I have decided to try include selling limited ad space on both sites, book sales, “Be a Heathen” merchandise sales and more.
If you are interested in placing an ad on this blog or on the online community please email me at ads@heathenhomeschoolers.com Please remember this is a secular site, so ads of a religious nature will be declined. Thanks!
A Blog Award For ME?
I was thrilled to see that Kathy at “Is 8 Enough” passed this blog award to me. Thanks again Kathy!
Here’s how it works:
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate at least five other blogs.
4. Add links to those blogs on your blog.
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.
I have started reading several blogs on a regular basis since I began this one. It was hard to pick ones to pass this award onto. I decided on these five blogs that I have recently discovered.
Back in the Groove
Well, goodness! I don’t know about everyone else, but it seems like I’ve been running in high gear since about mid-August.
Last week was the first week that all the activities that start back for the fall met. I thought last week would be insane. It was crazy, but it wasn’t really as bad as I had anticipated. I was able to find my “fall groove” fairly quickly.
Now that I have found my groove with our busy schedule, I am able to plan to be around my blog and the Heathen Homeschoolers online community more. I haven’t been around as much as I would like recently with my daughter being ill and the craziness of getting things going for our fall outside activities.
Thanks for being patient. I will be posting more blog entries and hope to help get more conversations going on our online community. I would like to see it become an active source of support for Heathens everywhere!