Sooner or Later…

I am called wonderwoman because…

I have eight children.

I have one grandchild.

I have one grandchild on the way.

I homeschool.

I have a large garden.

I lead 4H.

But wonderwoman is tired.

The eight children do not all live at home anymore. Grits has been married nearly six years. Fyah & wife live here until after basic training but are not a problem. Nikos left Monday for his basic. But the next son has had some trouble and thinks it should all disappear at nightfall. It doesn’t work that way but hey! what do I know. His attitude goes from great & glad to have you around to not fit for a compost pile.

The grandbaby is no problem. She has a good momma & daddy. They don’t dump their child and could come around more. The grandbaby-to-be needs to cook more but being a man-child he isn’t listening to reason. After Sunday he will be allowed to make his appearance even if it is only 36 weeks.

The homeschool is on break for about one more week. We got a bit behind due to illness, death, birth and life. The behind has been seriously condensed down and 9 weeks should catch us up.

It isn’t a large garden. It’s smaller than my front room. Part still needs planted. The weeds are nearly butt-cheek high.

4H isn’t in tomorrow’s parade. All the families called but we were not home. If you haven’t worked on a float isn’t it obvious that it has been canceled? Preemie babies need to be prepared for more than the float.

We moved the bedroom suite for Fyah & wife into the room. A double bed sleeps two easier than twin. Now LiLi’s kitchen set is in the hallway, her mattress & springs are in the frontroom, and her toys are tightly in the closet.

The new filing cabinet is in the desk area and the old is in the hallway.

Took Mrs. Fyah to Jonesboro (1+ hour one way) and came home to find the small chickens under the wagon were out. The lab puppy had playmates to the tune of one dead buttercup, one very shocked turken, and a pile of babies at the gate. After rounding everyone up (the Polish crested were out of the fence) there was one crested missing. I found some feathers and feared the worst. Mrs found part of the carcass buried under the swing set. Thank goodness the kids went with Daddy to Grandpa’s today. The group is still shocked & moving slow.

Between dh’s snoring and dh’s snoring I haven’t slept all night in forever.

The house is a disaster and there is a funny smell in the breeze way. (For non-southerners: build your garage about 8 feet from your house. Put on a roof and two screened ends. Make it look like a room or fill it with junk.)

We are going to Grandpa’s for the fourth and its 1+hours away but not Jonesboro. Sil & her hubby are there. They do not get “Can NOT have sticky candy due to expensive dental work” and buy the kids sticky candy. But it’s not gum or tootsie rolls…

I seem to be the only person capable of holding or watching baby girl longer than five minutes. My holding capacity is reaching epic proportions.  (umm, that would be my internal, need the bathroom capacity not babyholding)

I am the final say on the houses shown to me by dh & his dad. Hurray a new way to be the bad guy.

Of course I am amazing. I do sooo much…

Wonderwoman is tired.

Amazing.