HI all

I am new to this. We are just beginning to homestead on our small property ( 1.35 acres), we have a barn, we have a house LOL. We have two daughters, 13 and 22 months, and two sons, 11 and 8. We have three chickens and a rooster, a dog, two cats, one or two feral cats, and 6 rabbits. I am planning to homeschool my eldest son next year, he is having a lot of trouble in school, he is adhd, but has learned to cope so well, and yet the public school is holding him back and the kids can be so cruel. Anyway, I am happy to be here and look forward to sharing information with you! Janice

-- janice (jtopping67@aol.com), April 27, 2002

Answers

Welcome Janice! It's always good to hear from new folks. Pull up a chair, pour some iced T and enjoy. Where ya'll located at? old hoot gibson and Calvin, the cat. Matt.24:44

-- old hoot gibson (hoot@pcinetwork.com), April 27, 2002.

Hi! It's always nice to see some new people joining the family. There are so many nice people on this forum, you will get to know us all pretty quickly. Tell us more about yourself and your family.

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), April 27, 2002.

Hi this is Sonda in Ks,----welcome!!!!!!

-- Sonda in Ks. (sgbruce@birch.net), April 27, 2002.

Welcome Janice, hope you enjoy the forum. Check out the archives listed below the New Questions, there is lots of good information there too!

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), April 27, 2002.

Ok here I go sharing....

I am Janice,34, married for 15 years!!! to Ken (35 next Sunday). We have four children and a year and a half ago we sold our house on Long Island and moved upstate to the Glens Falls area of NY. This past June we bought our place in Kingsbury. Its quiet out here, beautiful and we love it. My parents bought a place three doors down LOL.. but its ok.

-- Janice (jtopping67@aol.com), April 27, 2002.

Welcome Janice, I am one of the older ones. In age that is. We will look forward to your slant on things. Are you haveing a drought in your neck of the woods? I see on TV that it is getting pretty bad somewhere up there.

-- Irene texas (tkorsborn@cs.com), April 27, 2002.

Welcome, Janice! Your going to love it here! There are lots of very nice, helpful folks here. When you get time, I would also like to invite you to check out the Cooking and Crafts Forum. Many of the folks here post there also.

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.

Well, hello there! This is a great forum and we'll enjoy getting to know you. My granddaughter is ADD so I somewhat understand. Just ask away and we'll try to help you.

-- Ardie/WI (ardie54965@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.

Hi and Welcome, I just love the people on this forum and hope you do too. I'm in Central Washington and I love to hear about where other people live.

-- Jo (countryjo16@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.

Welcome, Janice!!! We are in Alberta, Canada. My youngest son is ADHD and we homeschool, too.

The people on this forum are great -- many "elders" who are full of wonderful help when you need it, and many "youngers" to keep asking the questions you might be hesitant to ask yourself -- or never thought to ask!!!

I find here a real sense of community as it used to be -- those who have experience guiding those who do not -- and it's also the ultimate support group!!!!

-- Tracy (trimmer31@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.

Welcome to the neighborhood Janice.

Ann, her brother, and I Homeschooled my son as a junior in high school, in 1996. He was deadweight in the classroom, and I didn't want him taking up the teachers resources. He went back as a senior, but failed, alas. He later got a G.E.D.

-- Rick in Southwest WV (Rick_122@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.

Hi there! I'm in NE Alabama..not one of the "elders" because I'm only 54..must be someone else they are referring to! LOL..welcome!

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), April 27, 2002.

Whew! I'm 47 and was hoping I wasn't in the "Elder" bunch either! But if Lesley's 54 and she's not, then I guess I'm safe. Alas, I'm afraid I'm not in the "younger" group either. :(

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), April 27, 2002.

Relax, folks! I meant "elders" as in "wiser" -- not "older"!!!!

-- Tracy (trimmer31@hotmail.com), April 27, 2002.