Pollywogs Place Homeschool – Page 51

Life Update: Crazy Days

Published on January 24, 2020September 5, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

So, I know it has been a bit since I’ve posted and I do apologize. To say that life has been crazy would be an understatement. We’ve had dentist appointments, another birthday (Ms. Caitlyn turned 13), house drama, and some baby news.

In our last life update post, we had just had Mr. Joey’s birthday and I had been working on getting some freezer meals entered into our Cozi calendar. (Yep, that’s an affiliate link and there may be a couple more scattered in the post as well.) The new meals that I’ve added to our rotation have been a big hit and many of them came from Jamerrill’s Large Family Table.

I have tweaked a couple of them to work for our family but everyone has loved them and I will soon be making them in bulk to put in the freezer. I’ve been holding off on another major Freezer Meals session because we want to get moved in so we wouldn’t be moving so much frozen food back and forth.

As far as the house goes we have had a little bit of progress:

the electrician has been out and finished his work
the electrical inspection passed… YAY!
the finishing crew fixed a few items but left a few to finish which we will tackle this weekend

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Planning ahead with Cozi, a birthday in the house, and a house update

Published on January 10, 2020August 14, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog7 Comments

How are y’all doing?

I’ve started feeling a tad bit better this week… not having constant nausea like I previously had although it still hits and still knocks me down from time to time. I have managed to make all of our ‘normal’ breakfasts for the week… yay! The kids were happy to have French Toast and Pancakes again. I had cheated and bought quite a bit of cereal over the past few weeks… they like cereal but they missed their hot meals.

I had used up all of my freezer meals and was forced to cook this week… dinner was not always on the table at the usual time but it did get made. Sometimes dinner didn’t quite make sense as I was just pulling things out of the cabinets in the order I found them… lol.

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Mock Apple Pie

Published on January 4, 2020November 7, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Are you craving apple pie but don’t have any apples? Here is your solution! Try this Whipped Pie Crust for the perfect flaky crust.

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Life Update: January 3, 2020

Published on January 3, 2020September 15, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog4 Comments

Whew! What a time we’ve had over the past few weeks! I apologize for not getting to post anything on a regular basis. A lot of the recipes that have posted had been typed up prior to November, when my oldest daughter left for Kansas, and then scheduled to post later… good thing I did that or I wouldn’t have had the energy to do anything all month!

I’m having an OK morning so far so I wanted to go ahead and try to type up a quick post to fill everyone in on what has been going on around here! So just in case, you missed some of our most recent news, here is a quick update:

Mr. Awesome and I got married on Christmas Day with a surprise wedding!
We also officially announced that there will be a new addition to our family later this year!

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Creole Spaghetti

Published on December 30, 2019November 7, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

This is another recipe that I’ve had since high school… it has always been a big winner in our home. I’ve come a long ways since Home Ec class and I rarely measure anything anymore but it’s a good thing I’m putting these recipes online as this one is getting so worn that the ink is smudging badly. I also like using a little bit of minced garlic in mine as well. You might also like this recipe: Mama’s Secret Spaghetti Sauce.