It's taken me much longer to make this post than I'd anticipated.  Life got pretty busy again.  :P

After my last batch of posts, it probably sounded like we made a mistake moving out here.  But even though our move was quite the "adventure," and we continue to face different challenges, the positive experiences and and opportunities have been ( Read more... )

I just returned from two weeks in Cali.  We decided to be more spontaneous than either of us have been in our lives and planned the trip two days before we left.  Gotta say, I didn't miss the snow (even though there wasn't much here), the cold, or the grey blahness that is winter in CNY.  I loved how sunny and warm and springlike it was in Cali.  I ( Read more... )

I hope you all had a great Christmas yesterday.  Mine was nice, especially because my husband and I got to take a much needed break from the not-so-fun part of our big secret (which will be revealed once my husband's youtube channel hits 10,000 views).  We just kept everything low key and relaxed.  The most effort I put into anything yesterday was ( Read more... )

 So we've just completed our fifth week of home schooling.  Honestly, I can't believe it's been that long already.  It's gone by so fast.  I'm super busy and it's a ton of work, but I love it.  And I'm nowhere near as stressed out as I was when T was in public school.  Some days we go late and some days we get to end early.  We're still figuring ( Read more... )

The weather was finally decent on a day when I actually had time to go out and take pictures of the fall colors.  These are all from the nature trail I walk/bike on, the Erie Canal bike trail, and the tree in my front yard.  Enjoy!


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I didn't think I was ready.  In fact, if you'd asked me even an hour earlier, I would have said no.  But somehow, last Friday morning, I found myself at Pet Smart.  It was one of those things where I'd gone to Walmart to get a birthday present, got in the car to drive home, blanked out, and found myself in the Pet Smart parking lot.  I figured I  ( Read more... )

I've got a fairy ring growing in my side yard.  I just noticed it today and had to take pictures.  Then, of course, I felt the need to share them.


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Who knew mowing the lawn could be so interesting/educational?  It seems whenever I get out my big, green, noisy, monster to cut the grass with its deadly blades, I find backyard wildlife scampering out of my way in an attempt to escape certain death or maiming.  (Like how many adjectives I managed to cram into one sentence?)

Last week, while ( Read more... )

It's no secret that I love taking nature photos and at the risk of sounding incredibly arrogant, I think they're pretty good.  At least, I get a lot of compliments on them.  The thought popped into my head a few days ago that maybe I should try selling them.  I talked it over with my family and they agreed it was worth a shot.  So that's what I've ( Read more... )

So the other day when I was walking on the nature trail with my friend, her son asked me if I wanted to see the cool thing he found in the woods.  Of course I said sure.  He led us off the trail and into the trees.  Call me silly, but it had never occurred to me before that I could veer off the path and trek through the forest.  A little ways in, ( Read more... )