570th post!

Wow. And, my sister is going to kill me. I commented on Morgan's blog, just to be a bit of a comfort to her , since she has had 4 c-sections, that my sister had 2 natural births and 5 sections, the last one after a ruptured uterus. And Morgan left a comment that most doctors wouldn't let you have another one after that had happened. Well, I will let my sister answer that one. It was nothing short of a miracle, that's all I can say. Actually, I can say a whole lot more, but Cheryl, please don't kill me. I do try to be respectful of the privacy of others on here.....oops.

I am such a nice mommy.....I got eight kids out the door and on the bus for school today. The second trip bus came 5 minutes early, so there was a scramble...6 of them went on second trip, and they were all running for the door at once.....I let Sonja stay home, which was stupid....she was very tired....and she just cuddled up on the couch.....so I sent her back to bed. Now, when you send a child back to bed, they are so excited to stay home they do not go back to sleep. But tired young children belong home with mommy, don't they? I just pretend to know what I am doing....

Well, I was right about being bothered by the mess when I got up this morning. Yet, here I sit....I need to go throw in a load of laundry, sweep the kitchen floor, put away all the groceries....oh, and pick up and vacuum, run the dishwasher, clean off the counters, and the pile of clothes on the couch has grown by leaps and bounds....it is now officially a monstrosity. It just never changes. Oh, we get it all cleaned up.....it just doesn't last. Today, there is more to do than you can shake a stick at, as my mother used to say....

Target: the store I love.....I shouldn't go there, but.....there were so many things for 75% off....I got some neat birthday/Christmas gifts....and a very pretty new shower curtain...our old one was many years old (not the liner, the outside decorative curtain)....and I finally threw it out last week. The pole kept falling down....anyway, I got a new pole, and a new shower curtain, it was on clearance...and a basket with a basket with a matching liner....no, not stuff I NEED....but..

Well, I spoke in admiration for the woman who had all those babies, the octuplets, but now it appears that she may be a few cards short of a full deck. The poor woman though, the whole world seems to be against her, I hope she gets the help she needs. To be struggling and have everyone with the attitude "you brought this on yourself"...., that would be most difficult. Here she is with all these babies, all these kids, and her own mother is ready to walk out on her. I wonder if she would like to downsize, just one baby. How do you go about asking someone that? "Please, please, you have so many, just one, please, I'll take really good care of it, please? " gosh, if I got one right away, I could nurse it still....does anyone know her phone number?

I haven't read much from the large family haters, but I suppose there are alot of people out there who think we are all irresponsible. Hogging up all the resources, filling the landfills with diapers, using all the gas for our huge vans, relying on food stamps and welfare. Well, we personally do hog the resources and fill the landfills, but we don't do food stamps or welfare. I mean, that was cited as one of the reasons people think this woman is irresponsible....(it is good to have a means to support the children)....anyway, about large family haters. These days, most people who have alot of kids have them because they WANT them, subsequently, teach them respect, and turn out some wonderfully responsible TAXPAYING citizens.

Hogging up the resources, that makes me laugh. It is good for the economy! Just think of the clothes and shoes, sneakers, birthday presents, and diapers our family buys! We spend hundreds of dollars a week, not just hogging things, no, we keep the grocery stores in business. I also keep Walmart, Target, the dollar store, BigLots, and Dunkin Donuts in business. I would like to keep Home Depot and Lowes more secure, but I don't dare go in those places. Too many temptations. Hey, we also do our part to keep our local pediatrician rolling in the dough, along with of course the ob.gyn/midwife....and the eye dr., and vision center, with 5 kids and a daddy in glasses, why we give them lots of money. We do "waste" alot of water, but it comes from the ground in our back yard. Our fourth oldest child is now in college, so they aren't just going to sit around and go on the dole. Now Joseph, our #5, I am not so sure. He is smart, no denying that...but he is an artist, both musical and drawing/painting...he is not very good at getting out of bed and getting to school.....I am not sure what he will do. But he is trying very hard to do well this last part of high school, and he will graduate in June. Aaron, our 6th child, is amazing. He gets good grades, and is very responsible. Oh, help, I am bragging about my kids. Aaron is going to kill me now, if my sister doesn't....

Camille is up and about and I need to get busy, too.....