The Ultimate Blog Party 2010

I'm going to take a moment from the usual to do a little blog-elbow rubbing. Akin to schmoozing e-style. Inspired by 5 Minutes for Mom, it's a way for those of us who blog to find each other and for new readers to hopefully find new and interesting blogs to read. So basically, this is an introduction and a few facts about me and my blog:

• My name is Carrie.
• I will have been married for 24 years this July to a wonderfully strong, creative, and loyal guy--Garth.
• I have three children although I only homeschool my youngest. My daughter, 20, is an art major finishing her junior year of college. My middle child, a son, 16, prefers to race his mountain bike over getting a drivers license...which is fine with me (although I might argue it is more expensive). My youngest is a boy, 13, whom you may have read about in my blog. He plans to be a movie star.
• My husband and I own (and he operates) a retail bike and kayak business.
• I have only been homeschooling for a month and a half although I homeschooled my daughter when she was in 6th grade (a completely different experience).
• I live my life with a great dose of faith in God and his son, Jesus Christ, without whom I would be completely and utterly lost and adrift, prone to prideful acts of selfishness and bitter musings. That is not to say I have mastered all of this but have the grace to continue when I fall short.
• I love all things of the mind and how people think. I'm currently taking some prerequisite courses in order to get into a Masters in Counseling program.
• I have the best group of live friends a girl could hope for. Some near and some far. All precious and vital to my mental health and being.
• Oh, and I am a dog person. We have two lapdogs: a 90 pound Lab and a 50 pound mutt.

Things people might say about me:

• I am honest.
• I am direct.
• I am witty (my favorite)

My goals for my blog are to:

• Chronicle my homeschool journey. 
• Decompress my thoughts through the written word.
• Share what I learn, both the good and the not-so-good.
• Shine a light and give hope.

So there you have it.  That's me in a nutshell. I wish we could hang out and have a cup of coffee. I'd much rather see your eyeballs and grill you with questions about how you do what you do. For now this will suffice but I do hope to connect.