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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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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Christmas surprise
The old mean hen set a clutch of eggs and hatched out four little chicks! Technically, she hatched three, and then she left the nest with the peeps, but Ted found a pipped egg while cleaning out the nest box. He brought it inside, and we put it in the incubator, and it hatched that … Continue reading Christmas surprise
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Oh, Christmas Tree…
...oh, Christmas tree... ...how lovely are thy branches!
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Glitter glue ornaments
Sahara told Jake to sit down so she could teach him how to make glitter glue ornaments like Janeesa taught her when she was little. Sahara and Jake, making Christmas memories, 12/9/2017 They made glue shapes on parchment paper and added glitter designs to them. Once they dry, the kids will peel them off the … Continue reading Glitter glue ornaments
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Pumpkin time!
Once again, we went to Noble Family Farms for a fun day, and once again, I asked the owner what she was going to do with the pumpkins in the field once they closed for the season. Once again, she told me to come back and take as many as we wanted. A couple of … Continue reading Pumpkin time!
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Hornets and Homeschooling
This happened five years ago; Facebook reminded me. I just had to share it here! LOL Oct. 27, 2012 On the way home from the field trip yesterday, just at the end of our road, I saw a HUGE hornets' nest about six inches off the ground (seriously, this thing was about 18" - 24" … Continue reading Hornets and Homeschooling
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Good mornin’, America!
Good mornin', America; how are ya? Know your food; know your farmer!
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Hopeful Time Saver
The hog feeder we bought in Indiana is in with the pigs; Ted put 1200 pounds of feed in it, and it had room for probably 600 pounds more. The plan is to only fill it two more times before the pigs go to butcher. This will save us a lot of time this winter … Continue reading Hopeful Time Saver
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They figured it out!!!
These pigs are definitely more brave than any of the other pigs we've had before! The funny thing is that it's the smallest one that is the absolute fearless leader of the pack. It took them about three days to figure out that they could come out into the open area from where they were … Continue reading They figured it out!!!
Striving Acres 