About My Blog
About My Blog
My blog is hosted by Doreo (affiliate link), which I’m very satisfied with. My initial sign up was a bit complicated because I was living abroad, but Frank, a Doreo associate, helped me through several days of problems, emailing me back and forth until I got successfully set up.
For more about setting up a self-hosted WordPress blog, read this entry. If you need more information about that, visit Blogging with Amy. She has it all laid out beautifully.
Improving Your Own Blog
If you want to take your blog to the next level, I have some recommendations for you.
1. Buy Simple Blogging
Simple Blogging is a very practical ebook by Rachel Meeks that helped me tremendously.
2. Subscibe to BEECH Conference Newsletter
BEECH is a special blogging conference unlike any other. And the monthly newsletter has great blogging advice, tailored to the homeschool mom.
3. Take Melissa’s Content Brew Class
If you ever struggle with content for your blogs, you need this one week class held by the writer of MomComm blog. It’s fantastic.
3. Join or Create a Blogging Network
The Connections Network is especially for women bloggers and is run by Honey Brown. I am part of a similar group that has been a sounding board for ideas and advice as well as old fashioned cheerleading. Having a network of bloggers to help you is essential to blogging success.
4. Get a Professional Blog Design
My header, button, signature, and social media icons were created by Honey at Creative Honeycomb. I was totally satisfied with her speed, her quality, and most importantly, her patience with my picky requests. Oh, and when I “broke” my blog, her husband did some “under the hood” work for me. You need to bookmark their site!
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Hi, I'm Jimmie, and this is my online collage -- a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but mostly homeschooling with a loosely Charlotte Mason style. You're welcome to poke around and leave a comment if you desire. 
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Hi Jimmie,
It was my pleasure to work with you. Thank you for the kind words.
Blessings
Honey
Jimmie,
I am just starting to plan a two month trip to China for my husband, myself, and my 14 year old daughter. I would prefer to stay in one place, or possibly two. Do you have any recommendations on how to find a place to stay?
Jimmie,
Hello! This post is for all of your readers as well as you, Jimmie. The work you do here (i.e. the suggestions you make, the tips, the resources, ETC!) is simply fabulous. I’m not kidding, and I don’t use the term “fabulous” loosely. I bought your DESIGNING YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM eBook, and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever used or loved a homeschool resource more. It looks like it’s been through a war (-; , but it’s still as valuable as the day I downloaded it. I initially began highlighting my favorite tips, but when I kept highlighting page after page, I figured I could stop & just realize that the entire resource is an absolute gem. Before buying your book, I had such a confusing time trying to figure-out how to “do” all that language arts encompass, & I’ve already home schooled three of my children (good job, Mom (-; !). How does a mom teach all of those things so that her children will REMEMBER them as well as learn them? I am blessed beyond belief with your suggestions. And to think that you didn’t just help with one subject but many! The NOTEBOOKING SUCCESS is also awesome. Readers of this blog, I cannot recommend Jimmie’s resources enough. Anyone who homeschools knows how overwhelming the amount of resources out there can be. I’ve been homeschooling since 1997, & I cannot believe how many selections there are now. It can be quite challenging to select something that will actually work with your child. Jimmie’s suggestions are ones that will work for as many styles of learning that I can think of. They are so adaptable to whatever suits YOUR child’s needs. I laugh now (but not meanly (-; ) when I see all of the spelling, vocabulary, writing, etc. resources in catalogs, knowing that I’ve got the best one out there!
Jimmie, keep-up your incredible, God-given talent of not just homeschooling your own child, but helping SO MANY of us out here in ways I had never contemplated. Your style is so down-to-earth yet so applicable for real living and not just “school living” (i.e., worksheets, drills, meaningless projects, etc.). While the aforementioned certainly have their place at times, learning can be awfully dull if those are the only thing comprising a person’s education. Your advice is certainly a diamond in the rough!
Thank you, Jimmie! THANK YOU (-: !!
PS – I love your daughter’s name; it’s adorable!