Comments on: Friday Linkfest: Balancing School, Work, & Home Edition http://beingfrugal.net/2009/08/07/friday-linkfest-balancing-school-work-home-edition/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= Save Money @ BeingFrugal.Net Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:52:59 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Friday Linkfest: Back to School Edition | frugility.com http://beingfrugal.net/2009/08/07/friday-linkfest-balancing-school-work-home-edition/#comment-18668 Friday Linkfest: Back to School Edition | frugility.com Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:03:38 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/?p=2291#comment-18668 [...] Friday Linkfest: Balancing School, Work, & Home Edition [...]

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]]> By: Laurie http://beingfrugal.net/2009/08/07/friday-linkfest-balancing-school-work-home-edition/#comment-18010 Laurie Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:26:09 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/?p=2291#comment-18010 Congrats on finishing the 1st week of homeschooling (it really does get easier). I'm going from homeschooling 1 in the past to 2 this year (my youngest is now 4). Some things that have really helped at our house: 1) we ALWAYS do math 1st thing in the am right after breakfast. Math is where many homeschoolers fall behind. 2) We do chores after that - and you'll find you're going to need to ask the kids to do more than in the past! 3) Like you in addition to homeschooling I have another job (we own rental properties). Between homeschooling and that it certainly equates to a more than full time job. Last year I hired a crew to do the heavy cleaning @ our house one day every other week when we had a social activity. One of the best decisions I made - everything has gone more smoothly since! (That said, we are debt free and have a fully funded emergency fund.) My experience has been that when you have homeschooling and another activity you just slowly fall further and further behind at being a homemaker. Don't do what I did and turn into an overwhelmed grump :) Congrats on finishing the 1st week of homeschooling (it really does get easier). I’m going from homeschooling 1 in the past to 2 this year (my youngest is now 4).

Some things that have really helped at our house: 1) we ALWAYS do math 1st thing in the am right after breakfast. Math is where many homeschoolers fall behind. 2) We do chores after that – and you’ll find you’re going to need to ask the kids to do more than in the past! 3) Like you in addition to homeschooling I have another job (we own rental properties). Between homeschooling and that it certainly equates to a more than full time job. Last year I hired a crew to do the heavy cleaning @ our house one day every other week when we had a social activity. One of the best decisions I made – everything has gone more smoothly since! (That said, we are debt free and have a fully funded emergency fund.)

My experience has been that when you have homeschooling and another activity you just slowly fall further and further behind at being a homemaker. Don’t do what I did and turn into an overwhelmed grump :)

]]> By: Stacey http://beingfrugal.net/2009/08/07/friday-linkfest-balancing-school-work-home-edition/#comment-17982 Stacey Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:28:19 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/?p=2291#comment-17982 Looking forward to the show! Looking forward to the show!

]]> By: Laura http://beingfrugal.net/2009/08/07/friday-linkfest-balancing-school-work-home-edition/#comment-17981 Laura Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:00:20 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/?p=2291#comment-17981 Thanks for the Costco post mention! I was surprised by how much money we saved. I would've been happy if it would've paid for itself and a little bit more. Saving so much on car insurance has helped us. Thanks for the Costco post mention! I was surprised by how much money we saved. I would’ve been happy if it would’ve paid for itself and a little bit more. Saving so much on car insurance has helped us.

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