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14 December 2010
In this issue:
- In the Letter: Blog Carnival on December 28
- Plan to Live Life on Purpose
- Making Time for Things That Matter Life Planner
- News
- Invitation to Write for the Website
Dear Friend,
As the year draws to a close, I always start thinking about what next year might bring. There's much to look forward to, with our new granddaughter to love, new conferences to attend, and new books to write. But for now, it's time to take a break and enjoy family and friends.
When we return in a couple of weeks, I'll be hosting the Carnival of Homeschooling at my Taking Time for Things that Matter blog. The theme will be goal-setting, planning, and making time for things that matter, so I hope that many of you will participate with wise time management tips or funny story about plans that almost worked, or whatever you have that fits the theme.
You may submit your blog posts at the Blog Carnival site any time between December 21 and 27 (not before or after, or they'll end up in someone else's carnival!). If you're not familiar with a blog carnival it's simply a gathering of wonderful blog posts, often with a theme, and it's a wonderful way to introduce new readers to your blog.
Blessings,
Janice Campbell
www.Everyday-Education.com
Plan to Live Life on Purpose
 Warm and at peace...As we approach the end of 2010, my thoughts turn toward the coming year. I like to spend some quiet time looking back at the year we’ve just lived– its joys and sorrows, its milestones and hurdles– and meditate on what I’ve learned, and where I need to go. As I think through these things, I begin planning for next year. Planning and setting goals helps me live life on purpose, making time for things that matter, rather than letting life just happen. . . (Read the rest of the article)
If you'd like to reprint this article in your newsletter, you can find my reprint guidelines at the blog.
Making Time for Things that Matter Life Planner
Coming soon!
 I've used a datebook or planner for many years, and often called it my "portable brain." I know that it's hard to stay focused on what really matters when you're beseiged by the tiny details of life, but a good planner makes it possible. It's hard to find the perfect planner, so I've been busy creating a new datebook that will help moms (including me!) manage life more efficiently while focusing on the things that really matter.
It's not quite finished, and the cover you see at left is a "maybe" cover, but I'm hoping to have it done in the next week or so. It's undated, so you can begin it whenever you wish, but there's something nice about beginning a new planner at the start of a new year.
If there are any features you've been hoping to find in a perfect life planner, please reply to this e-mail and let me know. I don't want it to be overwhelming or bulky (it's 8.5 x 8"), and I want it to make life simpler, not more complex. I'm including a few articles on planning and time management to help you get the most out of it. I hope you'll enjoy it!
News
Here are the conventions we'll be speaking or exhibiting at at during the next year. We always enjoy connecting with readers and answering questions about high school transcripts, teaching literature in context, and making time for things that matter. If you'll be at any of these conferences, please stop by our booth to say "hello."
Conventions we plan to be at in 2011:
February 4-5, 2011: Heart for Homeschool Conference in Wake Forest, North Carolina
March 3-5, 2011: Mid-South Homeschool Convention in Memphis, Tennessee
March 17-19, 2011: South-East Homeschool Convention in Greenville, South Carolina
March 25-26, 2011: Virginia Homeschoolers Conference in Glen Allen, Virginia
March 31-April 2, 2011: MidWest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio
June 9-11, 2011: Home Educators Association of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia
June 23-25, 2011: NorthEast Homeschool Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Donald and I are looking forward to meeting you!
One-Sentence Error* in Transcripts Made Easy
I discovered that one of the printings of Transcripts Made Easy has an incorrect sentence at the bottom of page 53. The final sentence on the page should read: "To calculate a cumulative GPA, add together all the grade points earned in each semester, and divide the total by the number of Carnegie units earned."
Fortunately, the erroneous sentence went out in a limited number of copies, but if you own the book, you may want to check your copy and substitute the correct sentence for the one that is there. The correct sentence was switched out during an editing/reformatting, and rather than making the process more clear, the incorrect sentence is likely to cause a mathematical error. The easiest way to calculate a GPA is still by using the calculator on our website at www.FreeGPACalc.com.
*I wouldn't suggest that the book is otherwise perfect, but this is the only error I'm aware of at the moment!
Invitation to Write for the Everyday Education Website
One of the things I'm doing in 2010 is expanding the website to embrace more of the learning areas I believe to be important. For this purpose, we've created a new section on the Everyday Education website, and it's called "Life Management." It's designed to encompass all those things that round out a learning lifestyle, including:
* Home
* Garden
* Time
* Money
* Meals
* Weight and Health
* Clothing
* Travel
* Arts and Crafts
* Caregiving
I have many articles I want to write for this section, but I know that there is a great deal of accumlated wisdom and knowlege among my readers. I'd like to offer you and your older students the opportunity to contribute articles, recipes, patterns, book reviews, or other helpful information to the Life Management section. Think of things that would be helpful to others and are in keeping with home and family values, and submit them, following the guidelines below. We'll publish as many items as possible. (We have a couple that will be posted after the first of the year, but we always welcome more.)
Submission Guidelines
Articles can be of any length, but they must be written by the person submitting them. I ask that each article be spell-checked and proofread before submission. Please submit in.rtf or plain text format, or even pasted into an e-mail message. Please do not submit anything in Microsoft Word. Format should be web-style, with a space between paragraphs, rather than an indention. As always, there should be only one space after each sentence.
If you would like to submit a photo with your article, recipe, pattern, book review, or other submission, please save it as a .jpeg or .gif and attach it to your e-mail submission. At the end of each submission, please include a brief bio of yourself with a link to your blog or website if you have one, and if you like, a small photo. As a sample, here's the bio I include at the end of my articles:
Janice Campbell homeschooled her four sons from preschool into college. She is the author of Transcripts Made Easy, Get a Jump Start on College, and Evaluate Writing the Easy Way, as well as the Excellence in Literature curriculum for grades 8-12. Be sure to visit her website,www.Everyday-Education.com, to get a free writing evaluation rubric and sign up for her free e-zine.
Just write something similar about yourself, and add it, so that readers can read more of your work, or at least know a bit about you. Thank you to all those who have submitted articles so far!
I hope you've enjoyed this edition of the e-zine. Please feel free to share it in its entirety with others, and invite them to subscribe.
Blessings,
Janice
(c) 2010 Everyday Education, LLC
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