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I have mentioned running a few times on my blog. Like homeschooling, my reasons for running change frequently. My motivation is always fitness, but the mini-motivators, the daily why, changes almost daily. As I sit here with a swollen and tender left knee, I thought I’d “reflect aloud” for you…
Our borrowed pet Chloe is a stalker, a cricket stalker. I don’t think she tries to be sneaky, but since she’s quiet, she seems to be stalking the crickets we give her to feed. I think it would be fun to get her out of her vivarium and have her…
chloe’s crickets 1. having a chinese water dragon is like having two pets — the dragon is one and its prey is the second.2. the prey would be a box full of crickets, which is really plural.3. the crickets need to be fed, just like the dragon.4. the crickets get…
Isn’t the Chinese Water Dragon cute? My 16yo said, “We finally have a pet!” My kids have been blessed with a week-long visit from Chloe, a niece‘s Chinese water dragon. Delivered on Monday, she has been getting a lot of attention: frequent water mistings, cricket feedings, and exercise outside the…