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Meg's homeschool chemistry experiment went a little south and several large blue-bottle flies escaped. But wait, it gets even better! Meg then went away for highschool girl's church camp and left me home alone with the two youngest kids and her escaped flies for company. Yes, I live the glamor life!! Early on in our fly campaign, we discovered this jumping spider on the outside of the glass, spending time stalking a few flies on the inside of the glass. It was fascinating to watch. Eventually, I opened the window on top (double hung old-fashioned windows) and a few flies flew over and ended up between the glass and screen, which is where the spider happened to be. I have to report that the spider did catch one of the flies, with Amie and Demi watching, mezmerized. More homeschool science, yay...
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Amie's Hogwarts for Muggles class last week was a potions class. The kids had containers of interesting things like "dragons breath", "mandrake tears" etc. They conducted several experiments with their concoctions and made a lap book filled with chemistry facts. So much fun!
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extra bonus photo of my cute doggie. I {heart} her.
I was lamenting that Oliver (a.k.a. Evil Kitty) is a favorite photo subject because he is so much more easier to photograph, even though my dog is my big love. So, I thought I'd try to spend more time capturing her on camera. She is a hard subject because she is so dark, she tends to show up as one big blob.
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My sister and I spent an afternoon packing up mom's china. This set of china has some history; her eldest brother brought it home from Hong Kong, during the Vietnam war- on the aircraft carrier he was stationed on...tucked away in boxes in the freezer. He was the cook. It's a special story, we wanted to make sure that her china ended up safe and loved. I was lucky enough to take it home with me. My sister took home another all white set.
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my man-cub just moved up from a boy's size 6 shoe, to a man's size 8 shoe. I was kind of sad. Sky traveled up North for a family wedding, I stayed home with the two youngest, while Meg and Josie went to church camp. Demi needed some up-keep done, such as a haircut (he wailed to me after it was done that he was now almost bald...I said, "good" in my best grumpy cat imitation) and then he needed new shoes and socks. Mission accomplished...it's sad though, how quick they grow up.
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The new Dr. Who season starts this coming Saturday!!! We are so excited! We are planning special food for the viewing, kind of like superbowl, but instead with time travel and mad men with a box :)
Dr. Who Series 7 part 2 prequel
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Just found out last night, that a new Miss Julia book will be out on Tuesday! It has been a few years since the last one. If you don't know Miss Julia, she is definitely worth a read- she is a very Southern older lady with moxie and a nose for mystery. Outside her hard, proper shell is a heart of mush. She is one of those characters that makes you wish that book characters were real and lived in your neighborhood :)
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