The toughest part is starting

How am I supposed to start this thing...... I've thought about starting a blog for awhile, but fear kept stopping me.

What if someone I know reads this? What if NO ONE reads this? What if I say something that comes back to haunt me??? ...ok. That probably won't happen. I'm waaaayyyy too boring to do anything like that. right????

I guess the best way to start is to tell about myself and my family-
I am a Christian, conservative, homeschooling, full time mom.
(Some frightened liberal who accidentally came across my site is now clicking their mouse with a fury to make a quick escape!)
But hang on! I'm also a recycling, almost-vegan, wanna-be homesteader!

I AM looking to get into the workforce again, but just part time. To work around my kids & hubby. You know... when most people sleep. After all- isn't sleep overrated? Naw... actually this would just get me to bed at a decent time instead of watching mindless tv at night.

I've also completely changed my diet lately.
For health reasons. I've gone completely unprocessed, no animal products. Now a tried & true vegan wouldn't consider me vegan, but your run-of-the-mill American would consider me a bit wacked out. After all, how on earth can I possibly get enough calcuim without drinking milk? How can I get enough protein without eating meat? Easy. Very easy. I just don't feel like going into it in this post. Maybe another time.



I'm a homeschooler. Not loved by the public school system, but also not totally accepted by the hardcore homeschool community because I use an e-school. (This is a charter school, done online, mainly run by me, although I have to answer somewhat to the eschool itself.) I may go with traditional homeschooling sometime in the future, but for right now, this works for us.

I've got 3 great kids, though sometimes I surprise myself with the volume I can muster to tell them just how they can better please me & the world. LOL Yea, I yell. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Then I feel horrible and I apologize. Yup. I'm a regular mom.

Hubby & I have a dream that doesn't fit well with what most people would view of the "American Dream". We want to move from our house now to a fixer-upper out in the country. We don't want a mortgage and two shiny cars. (Well, the shiny cars wouldn't be bad if they didn't come with shiny loans.) As far as we are concerned, the Joneses can keep up with themselves. I would love to grow most of my own food, use a woodstove and/or fireplace for heat, and have a yard big enough to love my neighbors from afar. Hubby still thinks I'm a bit nuts, but I'm working on him. I think he's coming around. Either that, or he's hoping it's a phase that will pass. ;)