Ted ran upstairs this morning, and he told me he could hear one of our cows carrying on down around the barn while he was stringing fence for the new pig pasture. He said he was going to run down and look. Ten minutes later he called me from his cell phone and said that … Continue reading TWO WERE BORN TODAY!!!
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I am a beast!
I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but my rear is back in gear. I finished four IEPs and all the documentation for an MD meeting on Sunday and Monday. I completed an alternate assessment today with a student . I held the MD meeting today (my first one ever and was told afterward by … Continue reading I am a beast!
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Hiking our farm today
Today, we decided to hike our farm. It. Is. GORGEOUS!!! Side note: We walked to the edge of the woods, heard a "meow", and then Ted brought Daisy back home and locked her in the house because she was following me. He said he knew if he didn't take her home, she'd get lost, and … Continue reading Hiking our farm today
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Feeder is stuck shut again
The pig feeder is stuck shut again. We're not sure what's causing it. We thought it was the rain getting into the trap and then freezing it shut. It's been above freezing for the past few days though (in the 50s for a bit - a virtual heatwave!), but it's stuck again. The pigs still … Continue reading Feeder is stuck shut again
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If at first you don’t succeed…
...try, try again! Ted brought a big bale of hay up for the pigs. First he came in the yard front ways to try to set it over the fence for them. That didn't work because he couldn't see to get between the fence and the tree, and even if it had worked he realized … Continue reading If at first you don’t succeed…
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I passed my test!!!
I started on my master's degree on October 1, 2017. I have had my teaching certificate (to teach general education, any subject, grades 1-8) since 1996, but I have always thought about making the move to teaching special ed, and when my school sent out an email last spring to ask if there were any … Continue reading I passed my test!!!
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It’s rutabaga tonight…
I took Jake to the grocery store on Tuesday afternoon. I told him we would make whatever he wanted for dinner as long as he helped me. I asked him to look through the vegetables in the produce section and find two things we'd never eaten before. He picked turnips and parsnips. I really doubted … Continue reading It’s rutabaga tonight…
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Busy Saturday
Busy day today! ·chickens fed and watered, ·eggs gathered, ·pigs fed (that took three trips - they got veggie scraps, a dozen eggs, and their grain) and watered, ·big pig feeder checked to see if it unfroze with all the warmer temps we've had this past week (three doors are releasing feed again! Yay! No … Continue reading Busy Saturday
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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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