tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42462024083033488942011-11-27T19:41:20.697-05:00homeschooling, frugal, single mom of four - documenting our family's adventures as we move through this crazy, bittersweet thing we call life...Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529788550510109454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246202408303348894.post-35828848755718773402011-08-02T11:29:00.002-04:002011-08-02T11:45:27.946-04:00

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Heidi and Peanut only had one puppy. We named him Uno.He is a cute little guy. His fur is a very rich blue fawn. He has blue eyes that are turning gold like his momma. He was born March 9th.

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Ted is so cute in this picture. I just had to share.

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We are still in Clio and loving it.The boyz had friends over the other day. They made an awesome snow fort!All of our puppies from Abby's last litter are living happily with their new owners. Heidi is expecting a litter any day with Peanut! We are very excited to see her puppies.

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Holly is with her new family. Her new name is Delilah.

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Our long-coated Christmas puppy, Jesus, has gotten soooo cute!

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(I love the raised eyebrow!)Ronald is a (Trusty) Shellback! They did their “Crossing the Line” ceremony. He is no longer a (slimy) Pollywog!I really enjoyed this sailors description of the event. There are videos and images of Neptune Subpoenas and Shellback Certificates on this page.Ronald recommended the Wikipedia description of the ceremony.I shared part of the page below. You can read the

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Nikky had lots of fun while she was with us. She is with her new owners now.

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Sissy and Ervin got married! More pics to come soon!

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It appears that we have two long hair puppies in our new litter! I am not aware of any long haired Chihuahuas in my dogs genealogy, but obviously there is somewhere further up the line. I had no idea at first that these little sweeties were actually long hair pups, I was just baffled by their unusual fur. I just figured it out today as I was looking at photos of long haired Chihuahuas on the

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When I think of Florida, I do not think of jackets and sweaters, but that is exactly what we needed to wear this week. I was able to visit Shayna at her lovely, new home in West Palm Beach Florida. I also had the honor of meeting her fiancee and his parents. They are a lovely family and I am confident that they will take wonderful care of my daughter. They are kind and loving. I

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Kathryn and Dad at our family Christmas partyWe love living in Clio again!Debbi came to stay with us for a bit too. We are having lots of fun.Christmas was nice. The boyz and I had family Christmas a week early at Dad and Judys because Dave and Deanna and the kids were going to Florida for the holidays. We had a delicious dinner and lots of fun chatting and sharing gifts. Abby had puppies on the

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Angel- fawn female Belle- fawn female SOLDHolly- white female w/dark brown patchesJesus(pronounced hay-soos)-tiny fawn maleMerry Mary- fawn femaleNoelle- tiny fawn female They are sooooo cute and snuggly!

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Puppy Preview- more pics coming soon!Abby had puppies! These little cuties were born on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas! (They will be ready to go home February 17th.) I had a great Christmas even though my boyz were with their father. Debbi is staying with us for a bit. She and I went to Dad and Judy's for the afternoon. We made food and Judy made food and we all ate and talked and

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Princess and GingerYesterday Bonnie went to live with her forever family. They renamed her Chrissy and everyone is very happy!Come over to katzdogs.blogspot.com and see the puppies that are still available.

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Bash started school today at Clio's Global Academy. He brought home his awesome iMac computer. I love that there is no tower and only one cord to plug in! He also received a nice Cannon digital camera. He is very excited to be able to participate in this awesome learning opportunity!

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***Update - Bo and Brutus are the only puppies left from this litter. They are available for $150 each.BrutusBo==========================================Six of our puppies have found their forever homes this week. I want to share photos of the puppies still available.Boots and Brutus are not on this page. I am waiting to get better photos of them.Go to katzdogs.blogspot.com and click on the "

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He is so pretty!

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The boyz are visiting their dad this weekend and I am spending the weekend in Onaway helping my friend run her thrift store and Goo-Goo Stix stand in Onaway. She is making Goo-Goo Stix, fruit kabobs, and fried pickles. Goo-Goo Stix are a deep fried donut topped with your choice of chocolate, caramel, strawberries, and/or whipped topping. Wow! I will probably have to wear my fat pants after this

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Charlie is one of Mercy's puppies. He has the darkest and shiniest fur! His coat is beautiful! He also has chocolate colored points that really stand out. He is a georgeous dog!I would love to post more photos of our puppies but catching them in a photo is surprisingly difficult. These little cuties are either in constant motion or sound asleep. It is difficult to photograph a moving target with

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This is Stone, one of Mercy's tiny boys. He is a very dark blue fawn. He is so gray that you don't notice right away that he has fawn in his coat. Also a true blue dog will have a blueish or grayish nose. Stone's nose is black.

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She had her paw in her mouth but I couldn't get the picture before she moved a bit. It was soooo cute!Ginger is our favorite puppy. She has her momma's (Abby) sweet temperment. She is laid back, a natural born lap dog, snuggler, and all around awesome dog!It is going to be difficult to let her go. :( All puppies are available for purchase andYou can see more pics of our pups at:

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We had a lot of fun at the beach. On the way home we stopped at McDonald's for a quick burger and a potty break and discovered fireworks across the street. We stayed to watch. Bonus!

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taking a walk

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running boy

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By the way, all of these new puppies are for sale. To see more photos of Abby and her puppies go to: Abby's page For more information and lots of picture of all our dogs and available puppies go to: katz dogs page

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Pepper is one of Abby's three girls.

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What a cutie!

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Daisy is another one of Abby's little girls.

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Lucky is one of Abby's little boys.

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Ginger snuggling in the collar of a fleece blanket thingy with Zac. Too cute!

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Our favorite puppy! She is soooo sweet and snuggly and very much like her momma.Abby's little chocolate girl.

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Our puppies are walking and sitting like big dogs, instead of scooching around like little sausages. They are wobbly and clumsy and fall on their little heads (which are rather large compared to their bodies) or tip over and wiggle around on their backs like turtles trying to get upright again. They are like toddlers.The puppies seem to be constantly moving so taking clear pictures takes patience

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and chased them away.Poor birdies.

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Curt did most of the work on this fort. Toward the end of its creation he enlisted Zacs help. I think everyone, including kids we didn't know, helped create the canal that brings the water to the castle and fort.

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Lil' K made this awesome sand castle. She has a super cool pile of spheres on the right. Neat!

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Bash dropped a piece of flat bread. We didn't want the birds hanging out with us so he picked it up and threw it away from us.He wasn't thinking and threw it near another family's area so he had to chase them away after they devoured the bread.

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The other side of the bus.

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The back of the bus.

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Bash and flat bread.

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Caseville is the home of the annual Cheeseburger Festival. They have a large school bus painted in this theme. I'm sure I have pics of this somewhere on this blog. I don't remember seeing this mini bus tho. Of course we had to stop to take pictures!

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We went to Caseville for the day. It was a fun adventure as always! I often take a pic of my foot (or feet) peeking into a great view of places we visit, sort of like the traveling gnome. My friend suggested that this trips "beach feet" picture could be of everyones feet. The kids were having so much fun I couldn't bring myself to ask them to pose for a scenic view of all our feet so this trips "

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A piece of grass flew in Bash's eye while he was mowing the lawn, actually attempting to mow the lawn, but that's a different story. This piece of grass may look tiny on my finger but it is huge in ones eye. It was stuck in there for over an hour. We could not get it out and I thought I was going to have to take him to the ER to get it removed. I kept flushing it with bottled water and it

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I love how Ginger is sprawled out on her back. Daisy is next to her and seems to be considering rolling onto her back also. Too cute.Look at all those colors! It's like a doggy rainbow in a box...silver/blue, black, fawn, chocolate. Awesome.

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Abby's puppies started out napping in a messy pile and moved themselves around until they were in an orderly row. How cute!

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On June 6th Mercy had 9 puppies! She had two blacks, a blue/silver, a chocolate, and several chocolate/black/fawn/silver combos. Now we are up to our elbows in puppies! LOLFUN!

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Her puppies arrived on June third. It was an interesting event because Bash had his home visit for school at the same time.She has six puppies in a variety of colors. We cannot know for sure the colors of the pups until their eyes open and their nose colors come in. It seems that she has either a silver or a blue female, which is supposed to be rather rare in the chihuahua world. She also has a

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I got an original Frizzie for my birthday. My mom has been making them, and I have been admiring them. What is a Frizzie? It is an original, one-of-a-kind work of art. Each creation even has it's own name. (Mine is called "Naughty"...I wonder if my parents are trying to tell me something. Just kidding. LOL) The Frizzie begins with a re-purposed and felted colorful wool sweater and ends as a

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My little Abby prefers sleeping (and laying around) on her back lately. I'm sure she will prefer resting on her tummy again after her puppies are born.

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Mercy and Abby

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Zac and I noticed this bright yellow (with red markings on its sides) spider in our driveway. Can you say Ewwww!?!Thank God it was tiny so I wasn't TOO creeped out.It was quite beautiful and quickly attracted the attention of Sierra. She tried to eat it but we shooed her away so I could get a photo.I've never seen a bright yellow spider before. Zac is sure it was poisenous because he believes

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It was quite comical to watch both girls hustle to the opposite side of the yard this morning after Zac let them out of their night time enclosure. They don't nrmally run off in such a rush. We assumed they wanted to get into the sunshine and off the dewy grass. When Zac walked around the yard he found them bickering about the space where we found Sierra's egg stash, except it is not just

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Zac accidentally discovered Sierra's stash of seventeen eggs!She was nestled between a shed and an old steel bedframe that had grass and weeds growing tall enough to make her feel sheltered. (we had to pull everything back to get the picture)She usually laid her eggs in a small crate which is inside the enclosure we keep her and Blaire in at night to protect them from predators. (They free range

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Can you guess what movie this quote is from?"Be Roman Tic."A hint:The prince reads aloud from his Royal Guidebook, "Chapter 4. How A Prince Must Behave At Ball""#1. Smile at Maidens."The prince smiles at the maidens and they giggle."#2. Look heroic."The prince flexes his muscles for the maidens and they giggle."#3. Be Roman Tic." Huh? The prince looks at the book again and reads, "Be Roman Tic??"

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Global Academy runs 7 days a week, 365 days a year. There are no days off. The researchers are required to communicate with their mentor every day and turn in a minimum of two projects each week. They have access to a teacher 24/7. The researchers also have access to other researchers. Global academy recently opened channels to other researchers in the UK and Australia! The researchers are

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Bash was accepted to Clio's Global Academy. We are very excited that he can participate in this unique school. The young people are researchers rather than students. The researchers create their own projects rather than work through someone elses prepared curriculum.The state of Michigan no longer requires students to spend a certain number of hours in a classroom to earn credit. Instead the

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Our chicken, Sierra, thinks she is one of the dogs. Today she was even sharing a dish of dog food with them! It is so comical to see the dogs and a chicken playing chase with Zac. She literally runs around with the dogs like she is part of their pack. Zac can call her and she will go to him just like the dogs do.

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Since Shayna and I often exchange pics of what we are doing at the moment, I grabbed my water bottle and wrote "I Miss you!" and took a picture and sent it back. I probably should have taken a photo of myself carrying my dogs leash and frantically searching for my naughty run away dog. (he came back home on his own after trying to entice us into a game of tag...that little stinker!) It's not

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Shayna sent this photo via text message today. We often send pics to each other of ourselves doing whatever we are doing at the moment. It could be hanging at the beach, the library, driving/riding in the car, getting groceries, waiting in line for a movie, watching tv at home...pretty much anything. I think this is the first picture message she has sent. I love it!

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The family, looking down at the city from the top of the arch.

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Bash isn't into smiling and being cute for the camera, so I had to try to be as cool as he is....but coolness is not a trait I posess. I managed to look sort of grouchy so it's all good.

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Bash and me at the fountain. That green roofed building and the arch are aligned with the fountain. Too neat! I love this pic. I wish I mirrored Bash's posture, then the pic would be really awesome. The edge of the fountain angles in and is quite smooth. For a second I thought I might fall in. LOL That wouldn't be too big a deal except that water is an unnatural shade of blue. Eww.

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There is a neat fountain on the other side of the building with the greenish round roof.This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.

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Another view of the stadium.

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What a great view of the stadium. The streets were filled with happy people of all ages heading to the baseball game and wearing their team colors. Fun!

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Another awesome shadow of the arch.

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Awesome shadow of the arch!

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The sign at the top of the arch. Well...I thought it was funny.

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Me, in the tram. Fun!This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.

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To get to the top f the arch one must take a ride in a tram that runs up and down the inside of the arch. Each tram has 5 seats and is fairly small. I was sort of scared to take the ride because I hated it when I was young, but Bash really wanted to go. Thankfully the ride was smoother so I didn't feel quite as queesy and the tram had brighter lighting so I didn't feel as claustrophobic. I still

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It was a great day to visit the arch. The sky and clouds were beautiful and the sun was positioned perfectly in the sky for awesome photos. God is just cool like that!

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I love this! Bash was running his hand along the side of the arch as we were walking toward the entrance, which is underground. We are a touchy feely kind of family. LOL

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Bash and I settled down and posed nicely for the camera....well almost. ;)

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We were supposed to be posing, but instead Bash initiated a bit of rough housing. Fun!

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