I don't check my blog stats often (I honestly forget most of the time and only remember when it pops up on my Facebook memories that I posted about the stats one year). When I do, I am often pleasantly surprised - this year, I was FLOORED! Almost FOUR THOUSAND (3, 979 to be exact) … Continue reading 2017 Blog Stats
Month: December 2017
Happy 18th birthday, Sahara!
Sahara, you are my funny, brilliant, musical girl, and remember that no matter how old you are, you'll always be my baby. How did you grow up so fast? I swear that it feels like just yesterday that I was buying all that crappy gift wrap from your first grade fundraiser flyer so you could … Continue reading Happy 18th birthday, Sahara!
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Land of Nod Cinnamon Rolls
I found this recipe years ago on the internet. I don't remember which website I was on or who was the author unfortunately. I may have even gotten it through one of those old Yahoo email list groups that I was on at the time. Wherever it came from, this recipe is now a Christmas … Continue reading Land of Nod Cinnamon Rolls
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Jake’s coding projects
Jake (11 years old) found a site several years ago that he just loves, and he does all sorts of coding projects on it. He's recently branched out into animating his projects using coding as well. He worked on this most recent one, and he's so proud of it that I want to share it … Continue reading Jake’s coding projects
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I miss homeschooling so much!
I love my job. I love teaching second graders, and I am really loving learning how to work in multiple ways to meet the different educational needs of special education students this school year. I sometimes am hit right in the face with how much I loved and miss homeschooling my kids, though! Today, I … Continue reading I miss homeschooling so much!
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The Christmas Cave in Minford, Ohio
Tucked away in the hollers of Minford, Ohio, is a fascinating place called the Christmas Cave. I was able to go last year with Jake and Sahara on a field trip, and we enjoyed it so much we went again on another field trip this year, and this time we took Ted. It's a long … Continue reading The Christmas Cave in Minford, Ohio
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Corn, corn, more corn!
I was looking back over my photographs, and then I realized that I completely forgot to post that Noble Farms called us and told us to come down and buy all of that corn if we wanted it! It took us a couple of days of scrambling to figure out where to get a dump … Continue reading Corn, corn, more corn!
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Smartcar mileage
I forgot to put my last gas mileage on here from right around Thanksgiving so this post has two of them . December gas mileage: 313.7 miles ÷ 8.559 gallons = 36.651mpg Around Thanksgiving gas mileage: 268.6 miles ÷ 6.901 gallons =38.921mpg
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Friskee the Fabulous
This cat hates getting her picture taken. She will stare right at me (gorgeous, calendar worthy photos), but as soon as she sees my camera come out, she looks the other way. She will sneer and snarl at the camera though. She almost always turns her head. Sometimes, if I pretend to take the picture … Continue reading Friskee the Fabulous
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Gift from Uncle Eddie
Uncle Eddie called me Saturday morning and said he was on the way down to our farm, and he was bringing me something! When he got here, he had this gorgeous little coop from Tractor Supply on his trailer! It belonged to one of his church members, but she gave away her hens and decided … Continue reading Gift from Uncle Eddie
Striving Acres 