LizzyBee Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I started posting in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I was, and still am, Renai. I think I started reading the boards in 2002 and posting somewhere in 2003. Or was it reading in 2003, and posting in 2004?? Hmmm. Nah, I'm sure it was 2002/2003. I stopped posting about a year ago, and recently came back to the boards. Anyway, all the name changes from the old to the new board confused me, but there are folks I certainly miss from "back in the day." There's always some old fogey here to reminiscence about the old days. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I've been posting on the old boards since around 2003, when I started using WTM with my son his sophomore year. I can't remember my username before I was SolaMichella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I started posting back in 2003 as Lisa. There sure were a lot of Lisa's back then, hence the name change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Old. I started hs'ing when my dd was in K and she's getting ready to enter high school this fall. On WTM since around 1999 or 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milseain Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I was on the old board. I started in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I remember her as Quiverof7. :) Time flies, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Renai! Hey Girlfriend! I haven't seen you around here. We must be opening different threads. It's good to see you! I'm glad you're back. Are you going to CAPE? I'd love to run into you there, or somewhere! Drop me a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I've been on these boards since 1999. Back then, I had one just starting high school and two in elementary. TWTM meshed nicely with the CM method I had been using up until that point. Now, I only have one left at home and she's in 11th grade. Boy, does time fly...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I used to post on the old boards, but I'm not vintage. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I only posted a handful of times on the old boards. It was difficult for me to follow the way the board was set up before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I posted on the old board, since January 2002. Same name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I've been me for 3-4 years now. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in IL Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) Since 1998?, still Susan in IL. Edited March 8, 2009 by Susan in IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've been posting on the old boards since around 2003, when I started using WTM with my son his sophomore year. I can't remember my username before I was SolaMichella. Weren't you Old Mother West Wind? I loved that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Please chime in if you were a poster on the old board I loved the advise from the old board. When I first started homeschooling, the old board poster's were my "mentors" I never posted back then but read everything they posted. I know boards change, people move on, but I was just curious who was still hanging out here (that posted advise) not a lurker like myself Pam in NJ, Pam in VA, Pam in MD, Pam "Sister Flaming Sword of Moderation" in MD, Pam "SFSOM" in MD, Pam "SFSOM" in TN. All me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I think I arrived in 2005. I asked questions like "what is the difference between Classical and Neo-classical". Everyone except a couple people on the high school board was very patient with HS and mothering newbie me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 ...but I loved the old boards too. It took me some time to get used to the new format, but I really do like it better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhabelly Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I hope the new edition of TWTM mentions this site as a current source of information! I was Julie in AK, but so few people around here are neoclassical homeschoolers and ALSO named Julie that I needed to go a little bit more "under the radar." So I changed to buddhabelly. My belly is not huge, but I definitely have some roundness going on there! Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I added (a lady) when someone mentioned that they hadn't realized that I was a mom. There seems to be another Sebastian somewhere on the boards. That's not me. Ever notice how hard it is to type when your 1st grader is telling you penguin jokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was Regena in KY.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've been posting on the old boards since around 2003, when I started using WTM with my son his sophomore year. I can't remember my username before I was SolaMichella. I remember it. At least I think I do. Weren't you Old Mother West Wind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Weren't you Old Mother West Wind? I loved that name. Ooops!! That's what I get for posting before I finish reading the whole thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I remember it.At least I think I do. Weren't you Old Mother West Wind? I WAS! LOL, I'd totally forgotten! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was there. I don't remember how many years but quite a few. I was Yvette in CA on the old board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeverywoman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I'm an oldie. Don't tell anyone that I prefer system of the old boards to these. ;) I am, however, extremely grateful to Susan for providing this forum. Thanks, girl! Lisa in Ft. Lauderdale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've been on for a long time, though I read more than I post. I loved sitting down in a school break and scrolling down through all of the conversation of the old board. Whenever the boards would go down, it was a small crisis. Hated those board error days! There were always deep sighs of comfort when the boards came back up. :D I've really enjoyed meeting folks IRL that I recognize from the boards (Grace in MD, I still have yet to really "meet" you!) Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was there, but I don't remember how long?? I can never remember things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I wasn't a regular poster but I chimed once a week or so. I began this journey in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandellie4 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I posted on the old board but I always felt like such a newbie! So many wise people I've met on that list, and this one, for that matter. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I lurked more than posted on the old boards, as Colleen in NS. It's been hugely helpful resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I used to post on the old boards. I was there for a couple of years I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ida Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I first read TWTM when it first came out and my oldest was 3. I learned about the boards a couple of years later when we were officially homeschooling and spent TONS of time on them around the turn of the millenium, always as Ida. I remember posting a birth announcement when my daughter was born in May 2001 and I had been on the boards at least a little while. I actually posted quite a bit back then, but have taken several extended breaks and rarely post now. I find that I drift away when we're chugging along then come back when we're in transitions or I'm looking for new curricula. I miss being able to see the opening lines of everyones responses so you could catch the drift of the conversation without actually opening them. It was more skimmable, and there were so many great one liners. I too remember Quiver with 7. What ever happened to 4 boybarians and FINALLY Rachel Grace? And Miz Booshay? For some reason I did find it easier to "know" people on the old board. At least some things, like bean dip, have carried over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was around for less than a year before the change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyomarie Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I first came to TWTM board in late '99/early 2000? I know I was here before we moved to MI from Tokyo. I was planning to bring my children home full-time (we had always afterschooled in Japan) and was looking for high school level support. I mostly frequented the high school board. After arriving in country, I was pretty quiet while we went through some difficult adjustments in our family. I have continued to post infrequently but have always been here reading. For awhile, I was just Marie on the old boards. Then someone else started posting as Marie, so I started using my Tokyomarie moniker even though it is only in my dreams that I am in Tokyo. I've since graduated my two girls and am now down to just my son at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinakel Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was an old board poster, starting the first year the book first came out. And have always been catalinakel. And have always come here to connect with other women, other mommies who are like minded in terms of educating their kids, even though I don't homeschool anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Karenciavo, posting since 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Please chime in if you were a poster on the old board I loved the advise from the old board. When I first started homeschooling, the old board poster's were my "mentors" I never posted back then but read everything they posted. I know boards change, people move on, but I was just curious who was still hanging out here (that posted advise) not a lurker like myself I did. :001_smile: Same posting name. Though I will say I was never one of the main posters that offered a lot of information/advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I discovered the old board once I'd come to the end of WTM. After about half a year on it, it morphed into this new slick version. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julieofsardis Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Before I even read the other posts, I was thinking. Hmmmm I was on the boards when Jean was Quiverof8. But then I remember now that you changed to that just after I started posting. So, if I knew when you had kiddo number 8, I would know when I started on the boards. I remember one of my favorite oldies was a lady named Donna that was from Louisiana. Does anyone know who I'm talking about? When I was starting out, she just seemed to have some fabulous advise. I remember when Mindy changed to WTMindy and Pam added the sisterhood alphabet to her name. I remember Abbeyej posting about being frustrated that her baby girl wouldn't quit crying. It's amazing how much I know about a group of people I've never met and never hope to. I've spent an awful lot of time here, but I've gained an immense amount in return for it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizyPenguin Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) I found the WTM boards in 2001 or 2002. I posted with the same screen name that I'm using now. I can still remember certain names from back then, like Tami, MI chelle, Chris in VA, Ria, Quiver and more! I always read more than I posted (much like I do now). WTM still remains the best homeschooling forum on the www, IMO. The hive mind is quite knowledgeable! Edited March 8, 2009 by BizyPenguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I started reading and posting in the fall of 2005. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was on the old boards too, since the late '90's. I even remember Ellie from Vegsource boards! Hi Ellie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was on the old board but have no idea when I first started posting there. Probably about 8-9 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was on the old boards too, since the late '90's. I even remember Ellie from Vegsource boards! Hi Ellie! Oh yes! Vegsource is how I found TWTM. Ellie is how I discovered Rod and Staff. I will be forever in her debt for that one. Thanks Ellie.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinag Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I have been on the boards since 2001. I have uses Tina G in Ga or something very similar to it. I am mainly a lurker though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I couldn't tell you exactly how long I've been around, but it's been years. I'm not quite as active a poster as some of the others, but I'm usually on here daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I think I found WTM via vegsource too! Thanks for the memories :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I was, but I had a different name and can't remember it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It's hard for me to remember! I'm pretty sure I remember the y2k thing being discussed, and I don't think I was brand new when people were posting about it....so I'd guess I've been here since, maybe, early 1999? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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