Working on getting organized and ready

So I just started this blog and I'm testing it out.

Right now I am working on getting some things organized to begin homeschooling in August after my Summer semester ends so that I can concentrate on her schooling and not mine. I'm really excited about getting started finally and begin pre-school lessons.

I know that someone might want to read this and follow the posts and maybe get some ideas on how to homeschool their kids, so for that reason I will give some background info on our family....

I am a wife of a active duty Air Force husband for the last 7 years, I myself was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years when I got out to stay at home with Aurora. We live in NC right now, but that is the beauty of homeschooling.... wherever we go I can homeschool. Aurora just turned 4 in April, I will turn 27 in a few weeks. I am working on my associates degree right now, set to graduate next Spring. I grew up in Ohio and my husband grew up in upstate New York.

I choose to homeschool because I have pretty much lost all faith in the public school systems. Although, I do know that there are some decent ones out there, I would just prefer not to take any chances. I do not force homeschooling on anyone because it is not for everyone. I will answer any questions anyone has and help them in any way I can if they want and ask for it. We are not a religious family per say, although I do consider myself as a Pagan, my husband is more agnostic. I will not force my religion on my family, friends, or anyone else to include my daughter and how she learns. I fully intend when the time is right to teach her all of the major religions in the world and let her make her own choice when she is ready, if she chooses to have any religion at all.

I consider myself a very type A person: Organized, planning, scheduled, loyal, and won't take any shit kind of person. So right now I'm making sure all of my ducks are in a row before I begin with Aurora. I feel that the more I plan and organize the better prepared I will be to give her the best education I can provide. Although, I am willing to make any and all changes necessary to form around how my daughter learns. I consider my job is to educate her around what she needs, wants, and the different styles she may learn best from.

Now after saying all of this I must confess that I am nervous. I want this to work out so much that I am afraid of failing my daughter; but at the same time I understand that if there comes a time when I feel I am no longer adequate to give her the best education then I will hand it over to a private school hands. I do not consider myself a quitter by any means so I will do any and everything to try and make this work. I know I'm not perfect and I will make mistakes but that is part of the learning process for myself through all of this.

So anyway, I am not real great at keeping up with these sort of things but I will definitely try, but I will not post a whole lot until I actually start in August. And along the way I hope to make available of all the things I have created for Aurora and make it available to anyone that might want to use them too.