It was a long summer, full of Adventures, one right after another in fact. We survived and fall has arrived. They say it’s supposed to be a Hard Winter as if we should all batten down the hatches and huddle in the corner right now. I prefer to live in the denial of the need
for thermal undergarments. When, or if, that threatened Hard Winter arrives, I’ll be surprised and flabbergasted and have lots of idle chatter to make because I ignored all the warnings. Since it was 75 degrees today, the 12th of November, I might be excused for burying my head in the sand, don’t ya think?
Everyone on the Hill grew, including me, though I got no taller, just a bit more… hippy. Like Hard Winter, I am in denial about that too. Wearing dumb jumpers hides a multitude of hips, remember that you young mothers who can’t keep 5 pounds on as you chase toddlers every second you are awake and some that you are asleep. Eventually, you do get to sit down and Poof, there’s that 15 pounds you never knew you had lost!
My youngest lost her first baby teeth just a few nights ago. Yes, I wrote teeth on purpose, that is not a typo. She had one wiggle out and swallowed it – so she sat there and brushed the one next to it until it fell out so that the Tooth Fairy would bring her Big Bucks. She’s not quite 5, but she knows it takes $2 to get anything decent from the dollar store. Tooth Fairy didn’t let her down, and the dollars are waiting for our monthly dollar store trip where she will agonize for a good hour over which two items of cheapness she Must have. She may not be 5 yet, but she’s a savvy comparison shopper.
Below are links to all my essays. Something for everyone who has a few moments to pause and wonder what goes on in a family with six chillens, one moma, a dog, cats and living in the heart of Alabama. We are still home educating and moma is still learning more than the chillens combined just to keep up. Our trailer on the top of the hill is getting smaller since the chillens are growing and the deck had a face lift this year due to a horrendous crash. Here’s a tip for you, do Not put a Full Pool on the deck and load it down with 6 chillens. I bet you could fill in the blank to what happened next… can’t ya?
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