A Chance to Try New Stuff

I found out a couple weeks ago that I get to be a part of the focus group for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine testing and reviewing new products. (This is the same company that let me give away a free subscription if I wrote a review back in August). And since I love their magazine and love free stuff-- even if I'm giving it away-- I was happy to review it. I posted the review on some of my homeschool email lists, but just put the contest part here--so if you wanted to win, you had to visit my blog. :)

So as part of the focus group, they will be sending me new products from a bunch of different vendors to review-- up to 50 over the next year-- and giving me the chance to do some giveaways. But I don't want that to get lost on this blog with all our family stuff for homeschool friends who are interested in it, and I don't want to bore my non-homeschooling friends and family, so I have set up a second blog where I will post the reviews: http://simplyschoolingreviews.blogspot.com/

I will post a link here when I add reviews, but anyone not interested won't have to read them, and I'll put that link in for my email groups, so people interested in the homeschooling aspect of my life-- not if my kids are sick or saying funny things, can just go there.

Anyway, I am really excited to get to try a bunch of products, several are things I've considered but not wanted to buy without seeing. In the long run, it will probably just end up introducing me to more companies and costing me money, but it will be fun. :)