I have a wonderful and easy chicken taco recipe for the Instant Pot! This meal is quick to put together, and it's good for you, too. The meal is Chicken Tacos topped with pineapple salsa and a quinoa and black bean side dish. Chicken Taco Meat - cook earlier in the day so it has … Continue reading Chicken Taco Meal – Instant Pot recipe
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Happy 28th Anniversary!
We have been married for 28 years today! A friend found these photos (thank you, Johnna!!!) and sent them to me on Facebook; I'm so excited because we have barely any photos from our wedding (that's what happens when you literally run away to elope and then just call everyone you know two days later … Continue reading Happy 28th Anniversary!
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Gramma Izzie is 91 today!
Happy birthday, Gramma Izzie! Here she is in her faux fur reversible coat that she got for Christmas (she loves this coat)!
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Killer (AKA Smidge)
This is Smidge, and she will be 11 in March. She hid this little ham bone in her bed on Christmas morning, and she was really upset because DG and Puppers kept looking at her. She thinks she weighs about 100 pounds, and while she is normally very mild mannered, she is not afraid to scrap with … Continue reading Killer (AKA Smidge)
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2017 Blog Stats
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
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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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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!
Striving Acres 