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From the monthly archives:

September 2008

September 30, 2008

Is college a waste of time?

Before you get offended unnecessarily, I am in no way suggesting that people who have a college education have wasted their time. I only want to share that over the last few years, my personal views about post-secondary education, specifically as it relates to my children's educational future, have changed dramatically.
But instead of going into [...]

September 27, 2008

Is 10 minutes too much to ask?

I am a mom. And I'm a blogger.
And that means that I'm frequently distracted by my three well-meaning munchkins when I'm in the middle of writing a blog post.
And just in case you don't believe me, I can prove it!
When I checked my blog dashboard this evening, I noticed I had five posts in drafts…five [...]

September 23, 2008

The Lynx is Back!

Remember that beautiful Green Lynx I photographed a couple days ago (you can just scroll down a bit to see the picture)? Well, as I went outside this afternoon to take a picture of this slightly-less-beautiful spider that was napping outside our window (UPDATE: This hairy spider is a Platycryptus undatus [a tan jumping spider] [...]

September 22, 2008

The JoJo Bean…Updated

Joely has updated her blog again. If you have a second, hop on over there! (She's telling you why she's a "big girl" now and written a very sad story.)

September 17, 2008

Not for the arachnophobic!

My kids discovered this gorgeous spider outside our dining room window. We haven't yet determined what type of spider this is (other than huge and kiwi-green!), but hopefully it won't take much research. With a body that's a good 2 inches long and such beautiful markings, surely it won't be difficult to identify! If you [...]

September 13, 2008

Slow Cooker Chicken Wet Burritos

Wet burritos is one of our family's favorite meals. I've made them before with refried beans as a filling and with a taco meat/bean filling, but I'd never made them with chicken until last night. After having tried all three versions, I would have to say that chicken is my favorite, not only because it's [...]

September 11, 2008

Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

Jaden's in sixth grade and will be starting "big-boy" science next year (by "big-boy" I just mean he'll be doing a full-blown 7th grade General Science curriculum), but I didn't want him to miss out on reading through the Apologia Exploring Creation books, which I absolutely love.
We already covered Apologia Botany two years ago, but [...]

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