Macrina Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'll go first- only rule is is must be somehow tied into hsing. If I had the money right now I would outfit my artsy dd with complete new art supplies, from pastels to paints to pencils to paper and all the inbetweens. I'd set it all up in a beautiful and organized fashion in her own space for spontaneous as well as planned creating. <sigh> If you had the money for it right now what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 ... convert my basement into a hs room, complete with shelves and cute storage boxes. And supplies. And TONS of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd register my kids for art and music lessons. And then buy lots and lots of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd do that too, I have an artsy dd. I'd buy another grand piano so both the girls would have one when they marry. The boys would like a million books about guns and war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Enroll my ds12 in some kind of computer class and a sport. Enroll myself in a piano class (self education is related to homeschooling, right?!) Hire someone to clean my schoolroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonibee Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Science kits. Lots and lots of science kits and construction kits of all kinds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd travel around the world with my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 buy a bigger house so I could have a school room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 move to a farm in KY where we would have a barn and also a room dedicated for science experiments with those really cool moving bookshelves and sliding ladders. I'd buy the rest of TOG, Rosetta Stone Spanish and Latin, pay for art/drawing, guitar and piano lessons (instead of doing it myself), buy a new car and go on vacation to the New England so we could see all that we're studying. Also, get a personal trainer and dietician! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Quit my job so I could homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Add a shed to the back yard where we could outfit a real science lab and experiment to our hearts content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Buy a bigger house with a dedicated schoolroom and give small classical co-op homeschool classes for my sons and a few other kids at the same level. Also add in a Spanish tutor or classes, art lessons and more science classes. And for me to stop working my part time job and give myself fully to homeschooling, self-education, and running the household. Wow, just writing that out is motivating... it may be in the realm of possibility with some careful planning (maybe without the bigger house--maybe I could convert the garage...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGin Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'll go first- only rule is is must be somehow tied into hsing. If I had the money right now I would outfit my artsy dd with complete new art supplies, from pastels to paints to pencils to paper and all the inbetweens. I'd set it all up in a beautiful and organized fashion in her own space for spontaneous as well as planned creating. <sigh> If you had the money for it right now what would you do? I would buy my oldest dd a cello and my middle dd a flute and a camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajama Mama Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 If I had the money right now...I'd move to Florida. We'd buy the closest house to where the space shuttle lifts off. Ds12 has told us for years that he intends to work for NASA when he grows up. It would benefit dd8 as well. She loves anything to do with the ocean and dolphins. Not much ocean here in Pittsburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwka Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 1. Get totally out of debt. 2. Give money to some people I know who need it. 3. Get more courses from the CLAA for my kids. 4. Go for a mission trip to Jamaica. 5. Visit my family and friends in Poland. 6. Get some things for the house done. 7. Go for a 14 day long vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyrooch Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd travel around the world with my kids. Yep, this would be me too. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would purchase the complete set of Latin for the New Millennium. And I would hire someone to make lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hire that writing tutor I love for $60/hr, one hr a day for my teen for the next 6 mos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciyates Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Start a really awesome youth group with an emphasis on missions. This is something our community desperately needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd travel around the world with my kids. :iagree: Exactly what I would do (I'd take my dh too). :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 A new house so we could have a school room. Art classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would buy memberships to the zoo, the botanical garden, the science museum, and the theatre or symphony. For some reason, no one will agree that these will make awesome gifts for our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would fix our backyard up, finally get the shower fixed in the master and pay off our car loans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Declare a fall break (this makes HS related, right?:D) and take a vacation all by myself. Where? Doesn't matter. Just alone. Maybe take my GF, she could probably use one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Stuck between two big time desires: --Take the kids all over the world soaking in the culture and nature and richness of it all --Get a full-time housekeeper/gardener so I have more time to homeschool my children! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Another traveler here - We'd hit the road and see the places we're learning about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 On a smaller scale? I'd have floor to ceiling bookshelves and cabinets built on every wall of our library/school room. On a larger scale? Definitely travel. I would also love to build another structure on our property. A bunk house/science lab/photography studio. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieB Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Well, it'd have to be lots of money, lol, but...I'd travel to everywhere around the world that we've studied....and then hit the places we haven't! On a more realistic....probably piano, art, Latin lessons THen I'd find a philospher to talk with the kids on a level I can't even fathom, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I'd rent a house in Garmisch from November until April and new ski equipment for us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in FL Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hire a lawn service and a maid, so I could have time to homeschool the way I really would like to! Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyJ Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 1. I'd buy Rosetta Stone French. 2. Put dd in an art class. 3. Convert the guestroom to a school room. 4. Remodel the kitchen. 5. Take the kids to Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would take the kids on travel field trips to see historical sites. I'd also hire a housekeeper so that the kids and I had more time for school. Lastly, I would put built ins in our classroom and family room so that all our school stuff and books would be more organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I've already been to London, Madrid, Rome and Lisbon. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Go with my family to stay with my parents in Lebanon and use Beirut as a base to travel all over the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea as we study ancient history this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Join the Zoo, The Museum of Natural History, The Space Center and the Children's Museum. Maybe a few others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) On a small scale, just breathe a sigh of relief over not having to scrape together co-op tuition and fees for beloved activities. Plus add back piano lessons for all. On a larger scale, assuming above needs are met, I would get an RV and plan a lot of field trips. I would also try to take everyone to Europe, Greece, Israel and Egypt, the Caribbean, and Australia/New Zealand before I consider them "graduated." Edited October 17, 2009 by AuntieM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Buy all the awsome foreign language immersion programs I could find. This is the only homeschool thing I have been jealous of other people owning. Other than that, travel, especially through the parts of the US we've never seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Sign up for EPGY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricia Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Totally begin RV homeschooling. Yes, even with as many kids as I have.:auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Move into a nice spacious house so we'd have a dedicated homeschool room. Smaller scale, I'd buy Song School Greek. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would purchase the complete set of Latin for the New Millennium. And I would hire someone to make lunch. This is what I'd do as well. I would also buy Lively Latin and Great Latin Adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerdingCats Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 It reminds me that there's always something to be dreaming about :D. In addition to buying all the curriculum I've been drooling over, I would definitely travel more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Convert the chicken coop out back into a science lab/ art studio. Enroll the kids in some additional outside classes of their choosing - and maybe hire a chauffeur to get them there. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 teach geography firsthand - by touring the world and adopt a child (or two) so I would have more children to homeschool. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Get someone else to do the yardwork of picking up the leaves so my kids had more time. Plan some vacations to be more stressfree. We are probably going on some more weekend vacations this year but with more money, we would do it easier (like fly instead of drive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Depending on my drama queen's mood of the week.... If it's a bad week, I'd enroll her in the local Private Classical Christian School. If it's a good week, I'd hire some tutors; Chinese, Writing, art, and piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Get us memberships to the Desert Botanical Garden, Science Center, Children's Museum, and Mesa Southwest Natural History museum, and renew our zoo membership, buy DD's curricula for next year, and quit my job so I could stay at home with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 1) pay off as many debts as possible so that I wouldn't have to scrounge and scrape for curricula and class fees 2) sign my daughter up for good French, art and music classes 3) get a laptop or two so that computer activities could be more portable and a laser printer 4) pay for some of the fun summer camps that come up---there's one on fashion design she'd love to try 5) hire someone to clean my house and do yardwork so I wouldn't feel guilty while homeschooling instead of doing those things;) Bigger amounts (like winning the lottery) 6) set aside enough for living expenses, retirement, health insurance, braces and college tuition, so that my husband could quit his job in order to 7) travel as much as we could---Williamsburg, DC, Pacific Northwest, Great Britain, Europe, the Mediterranean, Japan, Australia---and 8) he could take courses at the local university to his heart's content---and let him take on some of the homeschooling :001_smile: so that I could 9) set up a local homeschool resource center, with space for classes, meetings, used curricula store, activities, etc and have it be available to all homeschoolers, regardless of their religious affiliation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 RV for school up close and personal travel the world and study everything There just isn't a better dream than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Oh yes... I'd pay off our debt, so I could have less stress:-) I'd adopt more children to homeschool, and hire a housecleaner and chef:-) Does that count?? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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