TOO FUNNY! And just in time for our first "official" year, too.
:o)
Wandered over from somewhere...
This is a hoot! Thanks for the chuckle.
That's great!! It's so funny, yet so true. Thanks, I needed it!! It's just on time for the new school year too as I attempt this for the first time.
LOVE IT!
Soooo funny!
This is fabulous!!
The ladies on one of the military email lists collectively say, "Thanks! I needed that!"
Ya done good, Natalie.
hehe
Thanks y'all! I was actually thinking about performing this at our homeschool group's family retreat two weeks ago. But I got sick (which was probably for the best)!
:D
Absolutely excellent!
Thank you for this. I'm having one of those doubting days. This is the best. I'm going to print it and put it somewhere where I can see it every day!
I already loved that song but THIS...THIS is a classic! I'm going to be singing it all day!
YEAH for you! Great job!
Really cute!!!
Very, very nice, Natalie!
Mary
This is so awesome! Thanks for the encouragement.
PS I was delighted to see the Rand links and Cox & Forkum!
How excellent!
I'm just working up to becoming a homeschooling mom (my kids are still young -- preschool and toddler) but this really helps motivate me to go for it!!!
This is the next viral song, like the William Tell overture!!
Great lyrics. Hey, Mama Mia made it big on stage and screen. Where's the musical revue (lyric re-do?) based on field trips, messy experiments and lovely snuggly mornings reading books on the couch together?
Bravo, Natalie, bravo!
I'm so tickled that everyone likes it! I thought I was just being silly.
Thanks. I needed that.
I agree with Laura! ...but I'm the one to do it. :D
This was a fluke resulting from the post-midnight wanderings of my insomnia-fatigued mind. You all wouldn't believe the crazy things I can come up with at 2 am!
Hardly silly - it's a brilliant little ditty! Got an encore? You could become the Weird Al of homeschooling!
HAHA!
Pay me, and we'll talk.
:D
I want to send it on to all my friends! That is so cool! You are so creative.
Great Job, Natalie. It is witty & very encouraging to homeschooling moms who really need it like me.
I LOVE this! I laughed until I cried...for Oh so many reasons!!!
Oh, that's hilarious. Love it!
This is great! I will be sharing the link with everyone I know 
I hope that's OK
Natalie, I love the lyrics! I'm homeschooling for the first time so it definitely inspires me.
I read your profile and I am a Thibodaux High School graduate '85. Now in Houston, Tx. What a small world!
Great lyrics! It's given me a little boost as I get ready for Year Two.
That is great. I love it. Mind if I share on my blog so everyone can see how wonderful this is???
Vanessa
Diana, feel free to share the link. It's been fun seeing this posted all over the place (and a tad surreal).
Beverly L, my people! LOL I graduated from THS in 1990 and started college at Nichols State. How neat to find another homeschooling THS alum!
Vanessa, I don't mind if you share. Please include a link to my blog. Thank you!
LOVE it!!!! Thanks for the smile.
Okay, that might have been one of my favorite moments in quite some time. Fabulous job. Your mind after midnight is a real gem! :'D Thanks for sharing it with us!
Thats SO FUNNY!!!!
Thanks Natalie, so creative you are. Who knows how far this will go!
Awesome! This was so funny, because last year was my first year, and this is so close to the truth.
Well I was hoping to hear you singing Natalie.
Love it. Dutifully linking to my blog.
This is hilarious! I'm wondering if you'd grant me permission to print it in our homeschool group newsletter? (with credits, of course!)
Oh, Wow! You just hit a homerun!
Thanks for the Laughter.
Warmly,
joanne
Excellent and so true! This is our last year, I hs'd my last two from 2nd and 4th grade, they are now 17 and 20. Hsing rocks!
HAHA! Not a chance, Alasandra! Thanks for the link.
:D
Ok, I couldn't stand it. I *had* to change the last two lines in the second verse.
I did not like "you'd better call first 'cause we're probably busy" at all. And I tweaked a few words that were really bothering me.
This is my final version.
:D
so fun! i love this!
Love it!
~Luke
I also would like permission to print this in a homeschool newsletter. Would you mind?
this is hilarious.
Susanne, I don't mind at all. Just cite the original artists and include the url to my blog, please.
Thanks for asking!
This is so fabulous. I've had such a long day, and this picked me right up. You are hilarious!
Thanks!
Congratulations! This is going to go down as a classic along with "The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List". Love it!
You are so very precious!
You just made my morning!
Praise God for the humor and encouragement and truth.
My family thinks I am crazy, too, but I also don't care.
I am going to send this link to my mom. She's the main one that has been negative about homeschooling.
Thank you!
-D
Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day. Oh, well, it was worth it. Great job! You get an A+.
Natalie,
Fantastic... great work.
If my DH can swing it, we'd like to make a video of something like this for my group, and if it's any good, maybe put it on YouTube for a while... may I use your lyrics (with credits, of course)?
Thanks for considering....
Peace,
Laura
Laura,
I don't mind...as long as no one is violating copyright or performance rights be putting it up on YouTube. I don't know anything about that sort of thing, but it might be worth looking into.
Send me a link if you do it! I'd love to see it.
The song got you nominated for Alasandra's Homeschool Blog Awards.
Wonderful! *applauds enthusiastically*
Awesome, this is my first year, boy can I relate!
That was great! I just finished my first year of homeschooling and those were the words I was thinking and feeling! Thanks!
http://gracefulgirlhood.blogspot...-post-
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Graceful Girlhood Posted it with no credit to you and submitted it to the CoH. Thought you would want to know.
I left a comment telling her who wrote it and providing her with the link on the off chance she didn't know where it came from and would be happy to credit you once she knew.
And the plot thickens she removed my comment. So I guess she doesn't want to acknowledge you wrote it.
Apparently she deleted the post, rather then give you credit so there is a busted link at the CoH site.
Graceful Girlhood is obviously lacking some grace, wouldn't you say?
I just heard from the CoH host, Janice Campbell. She apologized for linking to an unattributed post. She didn't know and was willing to do the right thing.
Her apology was appreciated but not necessary; she didn't do anything wrong. Y'all, please don't give Janice a hard time.
Graceful Girlhood is certainly graceless.
I think Janice handle the situation the best she could.
Oh, you are a gem!
Those are the lyrics that could have accompanied my first year of homeschooling--now well past. In fact, I am now a "retired" homeschooler. But it was great!
I loved this!
The first time I read the lyrics it was on an email list without a reference as to who wrote it. Glad to know now who wrote it.
I love it!! Thank you for sharing!! Found you via Doc, and I agree, you should have gotten credit on the other blog. Awesome re-write!! Now that song will be in my head for days.
I love your parody! It's hysterical!
Natalie your words are great!
The video by Julie Melendez is great also.
I am going to blog links to your blog and the video by Julie Melendez.
Have a great day!
That is AWESOME!! Going to link it from my blog :D
Awesome! I just found the video on a friend's blog and found you through the credits - fantastic!
This is AWESOME!
I posted about it on my blog here.
Thanks so much for such an uplifting song! =)
Awesome lyrics -- will be passing this on...Loved Julie Melendez's video too.
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