I am not sure what kind of insect this is.  It was a very friendly and affectionate insect licking my hand for around 10 minutes.  My sister Carrie was able to take many, many shots trying to get one clear enough and large enough to use for identification.  During his photo shoot we had children bumping […]

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While we have been refurbishing the living room we have had to move the TV away from the wall a few times.  This last time one of the wires must have come a little loose because the VCR was not showing.  I crawled behind the set and began checking the wires.  Just as I came to […]

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It is only 10:25am here and already I have a Mommy Quote of the Day.  “No you may not use my good scissors to cut fruit roll-ups.”
I found several pieces of fruit roll-up in my room on the carpet.  Max has an assortment of 1/2 rolls in his hand.  And my scissors are all gummed up.  Although the […]

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 Yes, it’s an insect, a praying mantis, I know that.  I am attached to this specific insect.  His (or her) name is Manti and in my house he is known as “Mom’s bug”.  Several times I have purchased an eggsac from planetnatural.  This year I have been able to keep this mantis alive through many molts.  This is the […]

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Wow!  What a week.  My sister Carrie and her children (Gabby and Blake), my brother Andrew, my friend Thalia from S.Florida and her family (hubby Mike and 3 of their 7 children, Julia, Calista and Jack jack)  and my dad came for a visit. 
We swam, tubed, picnicked, talked, laughed, slept-very little, visited, milked goats, climbed trees, played T-ball, ate and basically hung […]

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My sister Carrie and her children Gabby 8 and Blake 5 are visiting from San Antonio, TX this week.  Our brother Andrew is also visiting from TX.  Until today we just relaxed around my new pool (winking at Jerra ).  This morning we went to Bev’s for Breakfast.  As usual all was delicious.  Our next stop […]

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