I’m not sure how many ways there are to say this. BACK UP YOUR DATA! I know this. I knew this. Somehow in the excitement of being finished, or multi-tasking, or feeling invincible, I forgot this. I wish it was as easy as hitting CTRL+S. In an instant our virtual server crashed and took no...
Our God knows so much that…
Mia and I were having a conversation today where it came up that God knows everything. And she says, “Our God knows so much that He knows how shiny your teeth are even if your mouth is closed.” That cracked me up and we decided to start a running list. …He knows if my water...
Foto Friday
These are kinda all over the place but they represent the last week. Maybe if I had been doing this on Foto Friday all summer, I wouldn’t have let over 500 pictures get backlogged in my “need to edit and blog” list. Friday we picked the corn that was ready before all the worms ate...
Lucrative Lemonade
I’m in the wrong business. These guys netted $50 on their lemonade stand in one day!
New Post
If you were following Patrick’s blog, you probably stopped since he hasn’t really blogged all summer. It probably has something to do with his current 8 to 4 gig. But, lo and behold, he posted last night. Click here to check it out.
Murphy was a genius
I say it often. “Murphy* was a genius.” *If you have no idea who I’m talking about, click here. I was reminded again today. “Murphy was a genius.” As a general rule, we’re very up front and honest with our kids. If I throw away something by accident (or on purpose) and they ask about...
Foto Friday
What Food Summer Learning Theme wouldn’t be complete without a tour of potato chip factory? Don’t answer that. It was like our very own live version of How It’s Made. Highlights included eating chips fresh out of the fryer and 1/2 price bags from the Oops! Section.
Name that tomato!
All of our tomatoes this year are volunteer. That just means they grew out of the compost we spread throughout our garden. We didn’t buy a single tomato seed or plant this year. As they sprouted like weeds all over our garden, we transplanted the heartier ones to our tomato patch. The fun part with...