Jake wanted cake yesterday for a little snack, but since I'm trying to eat healthier, I didn't want to make an entire cake. I knew if I did that I wouldn't be able to stop myself, and my diet would be blown for the entire week. I found this recipe for chocolate cake in a … Continue reading Quick cake
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Great Facebook find!
A couple of weekends ago, I found the cutest little chicken coop on the Facebook Marketplace, and I just had to have it. We drove about an hour away, and we picked it up. Today, Ted decided to work on it. The little run that was coming off of it was falling apart and not … Continue reading Great Facebook find!
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Busy two weeks!
I was able to move into the role of intervention specialist (working with special education students) on August 1st. I'm still at my same virtual school, but there's so much that's different about this job that I've been studying, organizing, and trying to figure it all out - and I haven't written a blog post … Continue reading Busy two weeks!
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It’s cooking!
It's 6:39 a.m., and I've been up since my oldest pulled in the driveway at 3 a.m.! That was a wonderful surprise because she originally said she couldn't get away from work to make the drive here. The sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, and mashed potatoes are all cooking, and the dough for the Parker house … Continue reading It’s cooking!
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Love of my life
Almost 30 years together, and I still get butterflies when he holds my hand, kisses me, and falls asleep on me like this!
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Spoiled girls
Bindi, Bessie, Belle, and Chantilly having their grain mix Belle and Chantilly are best friends. Look! Belle is getting little horns! This is how to tell Bessie and Bindi apart: Bessie has a big white mark across her back... ...and Bindi does not!
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Great dates
We had over an hour to kill between dinner and the movie on Saturday night. What do we do? We furniture shop for couches! There were several we loved. Have you seen how thin and picture crisp these OLED televisions are??? Amazing! We remember when console TVs were all the rage in the 1970s. LOL
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If she fits…
...she sits! That's Smidge's tiny bed by the way. She's like, "What the heck just happened to my bed???"
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Sick – YUCK!
Well, this past week has been a little of a blur. We had third grade AIR testing and make-up diagnostic testing for first and second graders, and I was once again at the Albany site (which I love!). I had almost a 90 minute break between my morning appointments and my afternoon appointment on Monday … Continue reading Sick – YUCK!
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Moving Eenie, Meenie, Mynie, and Mo
Moving pigs is never an easy job. They are smart, and they are creatures of habit so once they learn their fence boundary, they never want to cross where they know the electric line is supposed to be. I, however, do not want to raise dirt lot pigs so they had to move to the … Continue reading Moving Eenie, Meenie, Mynie, and Mo
Striving Acres 