95 and Sunny!

Finished "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" last evening in time for book club today. I was intending to skim it, but it was an easy read and it drew me in. It's a gentle tale, and well told. The majority of us who attend liked it and I recommend it.
We had a lovely drive to and from Iowa this weekend. The corn is ankle-high. The beans are sprouted. There is the sheen of green on every field that only happens in early June. Beautiful!
Things are looking up for friends and relatives. Graduations, new houses, successes.
Surely our situation is also about to change?
I've got over my self-chastisement for completely messing up my first job interview in 20 years! It took a few days of smarting last week, but now I'm over it and looking forward to "boning up" on my weak areas and trying again. I was miserable all last week, but I'm ready to try again!
I think my husband is ready to try again too. Finding a job is so hard.
I really do want to keep home-schooling my younger two, and I'm glad I can have that opportunity. Home schooling is a successful educational endeavor, and I've only seen the incredible results of it in my own children and other home schooled friends.
On NPR today there is a piece on "unschooling," which we have delved into somewhat. I was amused at the comments after the piece. If I hadn't just today read a piece about reviling I'd be somewhat harsh about the attitudes on display by people who really have no idea what it is like to "unschool."
I've had three children enter college from junior year in high school. All of my children test off the charts on national standardized tests. My 12 year-old tested 12.9 (twelfth grade, ninth month) plus on EVERY subject in his last NST (Peabody). I don't reveal this to brag, but to emphasize the success of  home schooling!
Even more important are the type of people my children are becoming.
Character? Spiritual? Helpful? Successful? Check. God bless them! He has already.
Let me encourage you to be open minded about home schooling! There are so many clear advantages to it.
It's hot and sunny out there today, and my kids re-filled the wading pool with cool, clear water. Softball tonight, Scouts Court of Honor/potluck, and the first Monday in June is complete, always the busiest day of the month! Another "unschool" year is successfully over!