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] […]
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Not for the arachnophobic!
Arachnophobic – extreme or irrational fear of spiders. 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! […]
Slow Cooker Chicken Wet Burritos
Slow cooker chicken wet burritos are so easy and a great way to make ahead meals for the month. 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 […]
Apologia Exploring Creation Homeschool Science Curriculum
If you are looking for a good Homeschool Science Curriculum then read this post. 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 […]
A Rare Two-Meal Day
I can't remember the last time I prepared two sit-down meals in one day, let alone on a Sunday which is often one of our busiest days. But for some reason we ended up making two full meals today. After the fact we realized that our meals were very representative of our fairly new MediterrAsian […]
Joely's Birthday Cupcake-Cake
What is a cupcake-cake??? I've mentioned before that I don't like to spend a lot of money on birthday parties, preferring to spend the money I would have spent more directly on my child. So for Joely's party, which she was finally able to have yesterday, I made a cupcake-cake for her. It was […]
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