How long have you been here? (looking for 'oldies' from a few years ago)

[Copswife]

I'll start. I've been here off and on for about 3 years. (I think!) ;) I'm usually off more than on, but I just love the advice here, the ideas I get, and the support.

 

:grouphug:

 

 

 

((((Holly in FL, are you still here?))))

[Joanne]

Pretty much from the beginning, I think. My name has changed as my life has changed, but has always been some form of "Joanne" or "Happy Homeschooler".

 

I was here after I read the first edition of WTM. Here when Vegsource imploded and had a mass exodus. Here for all the legendary threads, memorable trolls.

 

Here when I lived in AZ, back to TX, for a proposed move to FL, here when my house didn't sell and I got divorced instead.

 

Hm. The only time I wasn't here was my oldest son's "K" year when I did FIAR and I was on those boards. Boy, the conversations about TWTM on those boards back then were, um, passionate! So, I read TWTM to see what the hoopla was about and planted my HappilyHomeschooling bottom here ever since.

[Linda in NM]

Probably 2-3 years...

[momofkhm]

The girls are in their second year home. I've been schooling ds for 4 years. I found these boards somewhere in there.

[Tap]

I found the boards in a Google search for history curriculum. I had heard of WTM before but didn't pick it up until I found the boards.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

Since Nov. 2000. I was Suzanne in CA for a long time, then I moved, and changed my "last name". :)

 

I took a year off, from Jan. '07 to Jan. '08 because I needed to get a handle on my time management. I thought I could come back, and just swing in now and then. But, the board change sucked me in and I'm as addicted just as addicted as I was before! But, I'm in transition, learning to "do" the higher grades, wondering about high school, lots of new territory. I need this place!

[JudoMom]

I've been here since 2004, I think.

[JFSinIL]

possibly 3 - 4 years? More? Less?

 

I had to get a mammogram yesterday and thought it had been a good 7-10 years since my last one - at the other hospital across town. Lo and behold, the tech found an scan from 3 years ago that THEY did. I have no memory of it at all!

 

Also- if it was two years ago that we had to 1. replace the roof when the tree fell on it and 2. replace the van when hubby crashed it, how did we mamange to pay off the FIVE-year loan this February???

 

Time confuses me.

 

So - maybe I have been here since the beginning. I have no idea.

 

JFS in IL

half a century old next June (2009).

 

I think.

[Blue Hen]

I found TWTM at the library on Friday in Sept '99 and found the boards immediately. Been here ever since.

 

At first I was Carole in MA, then we moved and I was Carole in DE. With the new boards I took a new name --- Blue Hen --- but I've been here a long time.

[Tutor]

I lurked for about 6 months then couldn't keep my mouth shut. :D

 

I was "Laura in PA" until about two years ago, maybe three. Then I changed because I couldn't remember who I was. (I had different board names at different places.) I changed so that my name was the same everywhere and I could remember who I was.

[angela in ohio]

It's been 6 1/2 years now.

 

I found WTM when I was first researching curriculum and methods. I don't use much from it anymore, but I still find this a great place to get curriculum, etc. ideas from others interested in classical education.

[Marie in Oh]

I used to be Marie in CA,

[OneRoomHomeSchool]

Off and on...but more 'on' over the past 2 years.

 

 

formerly: Dawne

 

 

:D

[Lorna in the boonies]

Well, I pulled my kids out of ps in May of 2004 -- so that means I found this board around November of 2003. Only posted sporadically until we moved over here to this format -- I still don't post much, but I'm trying to get better at it!

[CookieMonster]

If memory serves, I've been around about two years.

 

I haven't done anything mentionable or memorable on these boards in two years. I am just now starting to teach my oldest to read. But, I've gleaned a lot!

 

Oh, and, CopsWife, good to see you! :)

[Basketmaker Amy]

a little over 2 years.

[mommybee]

Bought the book in 2001 and found the boards right away. Been here ever since.

 

I'm not a huge poster but I pipe up every once in awhile. Love this place and really feel like it's my big group of extended family. You can get an answer to almost anything.

[Mary in NJ]

Been around since 2000.

 

I had read TWTM when my middle child was 3. Found the board and have been checking in ever since. My name has changed as I have moved around alot. I remember a couple of years ago I posted to someone who had been began homeschooling and had lots of rambling ideas about how she was going to schedule her child. I made a comment to her about taking it easy when she was first starting to teach. She had a snarky reply. Something like, "Don't get upset if I do not respond to you. I only reply to people who have been around for awhile." Anyway, I take the hits and keep plowing forward. I can remember some very dear women who gave great advice along the way. I don't see them post anymore. I hope they are still around and just lurking and will jump in to post. Too often I am hit and miss with posting. Sometimes more than others. Depends on my internet connection, what country I'm living in and if I even have anything of value to post.

 

This has been my place to receive support and I'm thankful to be part of this group. You guys(gals:001_smile:) are awesome!

 

Joyfully,

Mary

[Cheryl in NM]

2003, I think. I mostly lurked for years though. I found it hard to "break into" the old boards back then. It seemed that everyone knew each other and I felt left out. I still watched the boards though because there was so much great info. Then about 6 months ago I started posting more, especially in the last month or so. I don't follow WTM anymore, but I love the advice given on this board especially. I do use some WTM concepts and occasionally I find someone using some of the same curriculum as me. We do use SOTW, though. We absolutely LOVE it!

[ArwenA]

I've been reading for about 4 years but didn't start posting until November, October, December???:confused:

I dunno.

[pixelroper]

Fall of '04 after reading WTM & starting to hs dd then 5. I have only logged in a handful of times to ask questions and promptly forgot username & PW everytime. Occasionally looked at what was being discussed. I like the new board much better. Circumstances have me at my computer more than usual right now so I'm making use of the opportunity to brush up on my written communication skills and share/glean hs experiences. When I return to 'business as usual' I plan on routinely visiting. I'm using HST now & that will mean I'm on the comp daily during hs.

[Sharon in SC]

I've been here for 5 years or so.

[Jackie in AR]

Since spring of 2001. I've had periods of mostly lurking, but I always come back to posting eventually. :001_smile:

[Harriet Vane]

I think 2-3 years, though.

[Krista in LA]

But I was a lurker for a long time and then occasional poster. I think I've been posting more with this new format.

[ChristyB in TN]

I've been here since early in 2000 or late in 1999. I was Christy in TN for a long time.

[Unicorn.]

About 2 yrs. I started posting as newHSingmominTX, then changed to Unicorn in fall of '06.

[Karenciavo]

Winter 2002. I for about 1 year as I researched homeschooling and then joined in the conversation. Hard to imagine me keeping quiet for a year, huh?

[WTMCassandra]

I think I have been here pretty much since the beginning. I was Sherrill in VA (two places in that state), and then Sherrill in WA. A few months ago, shortly before the board change, I changed to WTMCassandra.

[Susan in TN]

I've been on the boards for about 8 1/2 years - it's been my best source for advice and info. on curriculum. Plus, it's where I learned about Flylady, Librarything, BackyardChickens, AllRecipes, Quiver's fabulous rolls, Draconian Homeschoolers, and countless other goodies!

 

I love the diversity and the passion for homeschooling that I find here from people all over the world.

[KidsHappen]

I recognize many of the names of as being here at least as long as I have. Of course there have been many name changes over the years and that is sometimes hard to keep track of. I have always been and will always be KidsHappen. :biggrinjester:

[Kay in Cal]

I found WTM (and the boards) when I was pregnant with my oldest ds. I started reading in the couple of months before 9/11, posting sometime that fall. I've always been Kay in Cal... which goes to show I was not feeling very original that day back in 2001. :tongue_smilie:

[HappyTree]

Formerly Mary in ID and Mary in CA:)

[Michelle T]

I think I've been here around four years. I don't even follow TWTM, but I've always loved the boards! I've always been Michelle T, although occasionally I contemplate switching to something more original.

Michelle T

[Beth in Central TX]

I started reading the old boards when we decided to homeschool in May 2003, and I've been here ever since. I didn't post as much on the old boards because (1) I was new to homeschooling and (2) I like this new format so much better.

[Tracy in Ky]

Since around 1999 I think. In and out sometimes, but usually 'in.' lol.

[GailV]

I was on the boards years ago, at one time as Gail in Ohio -- I think I'd been GailV earlier, but I thought it was too like Gail in Va (sometimes I got us confused:blushing:). Then I stopped visiting for a couple of years or so because I didn't like the board format.

 

Now that it's vBulletin I'm back. I'm addicted to those little email subscription notices on the vBulletin boards. I have my email program open even as I type this, and am listening for the little "ding" that tells me that one of my other posts might have been answered.

[j.griff]

I've been here about 7 years (I think). DD is 13yo now, and I came here when she was 6yo- don't remember when I started posting- I think I pretty much lurked at first.

[PrairieAir]

I've always had a hard time pinpointing it. I'd say since 2001 since that's when I really started using the internet much and about the same time someone introduced me to TWTM. I know I found the board not long after that, but I didn't post much for the first few months. I used to post as Jenni in KS.

[RoughCollie]

I've been here since 1999/2000.

[Jenny in Florida]

Although we had always homeschooled, we began the transition to a more classical model in the 2004-05 school year. I started hanging out on these boards about the same time.

[OnTheBrink]

In some form or fashion, since summer of 2002, when my son started his sophomore year of high school. I've had different names, but I can't remember them all.

[Just a Jen in Mississippi]

I've been around since about 2001, shortly after reading the Well Trained Mind when my oldest was in Kindergarten. It changed the way I did school from that moment on and this board has been my one-stop place to get advice.

[WTMindy]

since Feb 2001 when we first started thinking about hsing. I found WTMind (note my board name :-)) then and felt like I had "come home!" Then I found you all and have been on here regularly since then....through all the trolls and name changes. I went from Mindy originally to WTMindy when there was another person posting as Mindy on the old boards.

[Staci in MO]

Back in the days of the swaying microphone.

[Wendi]

I can't believe it's been that long!

 

Wendi

[Andie]

was when my oldest was in K and I read WTM. I'd visited the boards earlier, but only started reading them regularly the summer of 2000, before we started homeschooling in the fall.

 

But I pass "Kelli's Old Timer's Test": I remember the dancing microphone.

[*anj*]

I think it's been about five years now. Feels like forever.

[Crissy]

I've been hanging around since 2000. Probably November or December.

We started homeschooling in the summer months of 2000, but I didn't find TWTM until autumn.

I was Crissy in WA until the final months of the old board when I did a little decluttering (it was all the rage back then ;)).

[Closeacademy]

I've been around and posting for about 2 years now. Before that I was at Sonlight for almost 2 years.

 

I found the Sonlight boards when my oldest was in PreK and we used that for preK and part of K. I liked the Sonlight books but not the schedules and science and such so I was looking for a change.

 

I started reading more about Charlotte Mason thinking that I would go in that direction but decided to pick up TWTM and it just clicked for us and really clicked for my dds too. I followed the book to the website and the boards.

 

I didn't post and lurked a little on the old general boards but I have always been active on the curriculum boards. I also own and moderate the GiftedUsingWTM yahoo group.:001_smile: