Record low temperatures in Orlando this week, woo hoo :( Oh well, it could be worse. I could be in Rochester!


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I'm going to Disney World!

We've FINALLY finished the remodel on our upstairs tenants' bathroom! And when I say finally, I mean we started it in July. But it's so beautiful and nearly worth all the aggravation it caused. (clicky for bigger pictures)

BEFORE:


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This semester as part of our weekly homeschool co-op classes, Bryn took a "Body Science" class. How cool is it that a budding veterinarian can actually handle real animal organs at age 9? I love homeschooling.

A cow's eyeball


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Last week, a friend of ours called up and asked if we wanted to be in a local TV commercial for the Highland Park Diner. We said, "Heck, yes!" and hightailed it down for a free lunch and camera shoot. It was really fun.

Here's a little preview of the commercial:

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Highland Park Diner commercial

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You know how when you log into Flickr, it tells you how to say "hello" in different languages? The kids and I died when we logged in today and saw this:


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Finally, Ella has resigned herself to making friends with our newest foster kitten :)


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In our quest for more primal eating habits, we like to follow the Mark's Daily Apple blog. He has lots of recipes and tips for low-carb living.

He recently ran a "post-it contest" for people to send in pictures of primal living examples. Our two entries received a "Notable Mention"!


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I can't spell "pickles" right to save my life. I can only hear the French Peas from Veggie Tales pronouncing it "pick-els".

We did, however, can our first batch of dill pickels from Heidi Cressman's extra cucumbers. Thanks Heidi!


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My 11 yr. old son just made his first sale on eBay. He trolled through his lego box and picked out some Star Wars figures to sell, and I showed him how to list it. He took the picture himself, uploaded it from the camera, wrote out the eBay selling sheet and product description, calculated the postage and final value fees, paid the listing fee, and ( Read more... )

There is a picture of me and Bryn in the paper today with an article about the Ganondagan festival yesterday.


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