Tanya
    Gender: Female
    Location: Hales Corners, Wisconsin
    Relationship: Married
    Orientation: Straight
    Children: Proud Parent
    # of Kids: 1
    Body Type: Some extra baggage
    Height: 5'7"
    Religion: Other
    Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
    Yahoo: goodman_tanya
    About Me: Hi! So here is where I'm supposed to tell you about me, which for me is really hard. I actually hate talking about myself. I have been married to Ryan for the last 6 yrs LOL that alone is a feat! (wink) loveya hunnie! ahh yes we have our beautiful lil girl Arissa who is 6. We also have 2 puppies, ok not puppies but to look at them you would never know!! Thunder is 7 and Stormie is 2.

    So I guess I will share a lil bit of background about our history- when Ryan & I first started dating we both had really bad experiences with PS and he talked about when he has kids he wants to HS I was like umm you need a degree!! well after some looking around, you dont! at least not in WI LOL go figure. not to long after that we got pregnant, I didnt think of HS right away but it was in the back of my mind. I didnt start to think about it really until my mom starting pushing me to put her into preschool, i only agreed to it because i was recovering from major back surgery- i needed time to rest and start therapy and she needed to get out. BAD idea-- i felt it when i first dropped her off.. 2 weeks into the session she comes home with a bruise in the middle of her chest and explains that a lil boy in her class had pushed her there and he does it all the time.. I talked to the teachers, did what i had to do.. they did nothing!! needless to say she was outta there!! From that point on I have felt as if everyone was against the HS ideas i was having- its nonesense i had heard.. hmm ok you do what you want with your children ill do what i want with mine! thank you!!

    So here we are She is 6 yrs old Oh my goodness!! Her Bday is in Oct so I cant even register until shes 7 But we have started a "education" We are looking at Oak Meadow- for our starting year.

    I could list everything that she knows but honestly none of that has ever impressed me. I can't compare apples to oranges. She knows what she knows. She is stubborn, head strong, happy, dances to her own beat, makes up the music as we go along, she makes me laugh when im sad, and when im happy she even happier, she doesnt take things for face value- she loves knowing why, if she cant get her way she figures out a way for it to go her way, when i look at her i see the best things my husband and I ever did right, She is so much like me..it IS scary....I cant imagine my life any different than where it is right now...we are dysfuncunially happy. Ahhh yes and you will see my spelling is crappy..
    Ryan works 2nd shift I get to be the stay at home momma, and Arissa for right now gets to be the child :) They grow up wayyy to quickly!!
    Music: I have a love for ALL music, yea ok I'm awful at remembering names of bands.
    Movies: You name it I've probably seen it. We love movies around here, Saturdays are usually are movies night.
    TV: Yes we have them and yes we watch them :) LOL I'm all for TV but in moderation, I'm not going to lie when we finally got cable- we went crazy we didnt know what to watch first but we are getting alot better- Things will be even more different once we start HS next year
    Books: books!! I love books, you name it i will read it, Ive taught myself how to crocheting and now im learning how to sew.

    Me)Just started reading : Forced to be a family by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D.
    The Natural Family by Allan C. Carlson & Paul T. Mero
    and I want to get the book A New Earth.

    Arissa) Anything Fairy's and Dino's.. yes weird combo but its what works.. found a great new book at the library and it talks about each dino what it looked like ect.. she loves it!!

    Hubby) Anything having to do with school work.. its never ending it seems for him...
    Likes: open minded people, long drives for short trips, people who are HONEST with you, (will be adding to this) Homeschool Buyers Co-op
    Dislikes: people telling me how to live MY life...
    Hobbies: my familiy,crocheting, reading, sewing, my doggies and of course learning new things :)
    Heroes: My Granny

    A visit to the Sugar Bush

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 05:15 PM CST [Field Trips, Vacations]

    Well today we went to visit the sugar bush and what a wonderful visit it was.. the kids got to hear a story from an older man about how life was back when he was a kid, how they would be gone for a month to go collect sap to make it into maple syrup for their family.  And then to identify a Maple Tree, and of course to taste the sweet sap coming right from the tree.  What a wonderful time we all had.  I will be uploading pictures later tonite and I will add them. 

     

    I hope everyone is having a great day!

     

    :)

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    2nd Tooth is GONE

    Monday, March 3, 2008, 01:19 AM CST [Arissa's]

    So this past week my baby's 2nd tooth finally came out.. and this time she pulled it out :)  yes i got to be the one to pull out the first.. she said she couldnt, and it was starting to tear up her gums because of her wigglying..  Lucky her the Tooth Fairy came and visited and left her a gold coin and a note.  She's hoping that for a while no more teeth become loose!! LOL

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    March 19, 2008
    04:10 PM CST

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    Happy Valentines Day

    Sonshine
    February 09, 2008
    06:50 PM CST

    You've been tagged with the meme going around! Check my blog.

    Mel
    June 11, 2007
    06:31 PM CST

    Hey Tanya... LOVE your quote!! I can't believe I haven't seen that one before. It absolutely sums up the past 6 months of my life. Thanks for sharing! ~Christina

    Christina
    June 04, 2007
    03:32 PM CST