Bad Thoughts Do Not Equal a Bad Parent
“If you don’t get away from me, we will be on the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper.” “Leave this room, or I’ll be gifted a small holiday in a jail cell.” “Please, Lord, just keep them alive until...
View ArticleEasily Amused
My children are easily amused. While in the shower, I could hear hysterical laughter from them. After I was dry and dressed, I went into the living room to see what was so funny, and to tell them to...
View ArticleScours
The boys are here. They have to sleep in the living room, so things can get a bit tricky. The smallest doe has scours. Mainly that means she has the runs, and hers are bad. My friend told me what...
View ArticleDownhill
It’s amazing how things can change in a month. I don’t have much time to write it all, but the biggest two are rearranging life around the grandsons (7 and 2) who were suppose to be picked up by their...
View ArticleOh dear Lord what have I done? I need to sit near the living room so I can make sure the 3-year-old (as of Sunday) does not annoy the 8-year-old as they go to sleep. I would seriously love a guest...
View ArticleA Boy and His Bow
DS2 likes to use a recurve bow. The other day he decided to do a bit of target practice. The goat shed is now in his normal spot, so he used a pile of rocks to put his target on. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleChoking
Last night it was the goats. Tonight, we’re all watching a movie and we hear the Husky go off. I mean a “Help me!” yelping from the other room. I rush in and all I see is the top of his head and his...
View Article“Paranoid”
I’m a bit annoyed. Okay, actually I’m a lot annoyed. I was called “paranoid prepper” in a very sarcastic tone by a supposed friend. Hm, actually that kind of sounds like a fun name for a prepping...
View ArticleOur Camper Story
At some point, in the future, I had planned on buying a camper and some land. If DH and I are still together, we’d live in it while building our final home on this earth. He is adamant about...
View ArticleDH Getting to Me and Other Things
I am having a hard time now physically and mentally. A bit of background, then the next post will contain other thoughts that came about from the past month. I wasn’t going to write any more about...
View ArticleOur Random House
I’m waiting for a phone call and bored, so I’m writing this. My cell’s touchy screen doesn’t like to be messed with and putting it in my pocket will cause a call to head for the nearest voice mail. So...
View ArticleUpper Respiratory Virus, Elderberry Syrup and Eating
Our family was hit with an upper respiratory virus that had a nasty cough. The cough was so bad my youngest daughter, the 24 year-old, began having chest pains on her right side. Even breathing...
View ArticleFreakiness Is…
… going to yell at the “kids” to stop running up and down the stairs to the second floor, an unmistakable sound, and find all of them, except DS1 who works overnight and was sleeping, standing in the...
View ArticleEvery Once in a While
Every once in a while I will read or watch something that just gets to me. This video showed up today. Removed I taught at a private Christian school where about 50% of the students were foster or...
View ArticleChallenging a Lie
It used to be every day I had to be careful what I said to my eldest daughter. After two violent acts she planned and attempted to carry out, she was diagnosed at a very young age with a mental...
View ArticleFake MSG-Free Soy Sauce Recipe
I’m finally getting it up here! Yay! One thing my daughter hated was giving up Asian meals. She loves them. We had to hunt down and tweak a replacement for soy sauce. There are many version on...
View ArticleGot Lice?
I wrote this for my practice’s site, but I thought I’d share it here as well. It’s about that time of year again. The original post is here. Lice. The word makes me shiver. It doesn’t bother me as...
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