Ok, Chromo, here goes.
Had it all typed out once and then poof!

Anyway. School.
Firstly, I have committed to exactly one year of homeschooling, and at the end of the year I will evaluate it and make the decision regarding 1st grade. So high school is SO far away from my thought process right now! Good gravy, she's 6, ok. Talking about my babies being in high school is a surefire way to make a mom bawl and carry on about how fast the time goes.

Socialization is a concern of mine but not as much as it would be if we did not live near other kids. She plays every day with the same kids in the neighborhood. Our house is the "cool" house to play at, for some inexplicable reason. (and it's not MrH's sparkling personality--he hates the little rugrats being here, lol)

Anyway, I've signed her up to belong to a co-op that handles the subjects that I do not feel comfortable teaching, such as music or art. I can read music and teach it to D, but as far as music appreciation, she'd be better off learning from a professional. Kindergarten art, yeah, I can handle that but I can see that she may outstrip my abilities very soon. So she will go to those classes once per week and interact with the same kids each week.

My SIL homeschools her 3 kids (this is her first year too) and her 12 yo son goes to a local church in an affluent neighborhood which has a state of the art facility where the kids take classes in various subjects. He is mostly there for computer science, and science, as well as a math tutor being on site--this place looks like NASA on the inside, it is way cool. It's pricey but nowhere NEAR the cost of private school tuition for an entire year, which is what she had been paying.

I imagine I will do something like this, if need be.

Last week we had the neighborhood kids here (11, 9, 6) for dinner. They wanted to see D6's school stuff and hear about what goes on when you're a "homeschooler". So we described our day (they were most fascinated by how short of a day it is, lol) and at the end of it I asked them if they'd miss their school friends, were their moms to start schooling them. All of them shouted "NO!!" as fast as they could. I was actually surprised at that. So I don't think socialization is as much of a concern as it's made out to be. I rather think it is one of those 'buzzwords' that get tossed about when people are talking about a subject that they don't have any firsthand knowledge of, kwim?
Don't get me wrong--I do think that she will be socialized differently than a child who is immersed in other kids all day, but I'm okay with that. As long as she is not a social misfit--and she isn't--it doesn't bother me that she won't be exactly like her peers. Now, if it starts bothering HER, then it will be time to revisit the homeschooling decision.

I really feel like a bit of an idiot talking about homeschooling as if I'm some sort of expert--so far we've completed the first quarter of kindergarten.

If you would be interested in more info, perhaps you could talk with my schooling mentor, MrsNOP, who homeschooled her and NOP's daughter from K through highschool, and whom is now working on her doctorate at some ridiculously young age like 24.