Blog negelect..or busy Spring??

  I can't believe that once again I haven't posted in FOREVER!!  So much has been going around here at Bountiful Acres.  We have our chickens and guineas..all 45 of them! They are about 1 month old and getting big.  Or at least big compared to what they looked like when we first got them.  And, we also got 4 ducks..that are about the same age.  Our older chickens aren't so happy that we moved the chicks into the coop this weekend.  But the brooder boxes were getting so full of 'chick' that we had to do something.  We built a partition in the coop so the chicks and guineas are together and yet seperate from the 'girls'. 

 I've also recently gone back to work full time. That's been tough on me.  I love my life here at Bountiful Acres and Spring is very very busy.  We have a garden that is roughly a half acre in size and we have all the critters and I have all the projects going..painting, sculpture,sewing,knitting,crocheting,spinning,crafting in general...that it's just hard to be away for 9.5 hours a day.  But I'm learning to just git'r done.  After being off work so long with my injury we really just need me to work for awhile.  Farkle has been wonderful in his support, but it's time to share the burden.  We also just lost our third pregnancy.  That's been one of the hardest things we've gone through.  We got married late in life..and it looks like we won't be having children.  When we got pregnant this time we really thought this was it!  New circumstances, new home, new state, hopefully things were gonna be different. But when we went for the ultrasound there was no baby.  And my hcg levels were way to low for as far as I was in the pregnancy.  The doctor seems to think that I don't make progesterone and that if (if) we want to try again, she thinks that shots are the answer.  But it's hard.  It's hard to be 8 weeks pregnant and go through the changes and symptoms..and not be pregnant anymore at week 9.  And, it isn't getting easier at 43. I totally trust God and I totally know that He has all this in His hands, but I'm not sure that I want to be pregnant a 4th time.   If you are the praying type I'd love your prayers for wisdom here.  And, for hope and healing.

  This year is my 25th high school reunion.  Do I go?  I couldn't wait to get out of High School.  You see I wasn't one of the 'popular' kids and didn't make lots of lifetime friends.  I have one friend that is my closest friend at this point in my life.  Kathy and I have been through a lot together and I love her like I love my sister.  She is amazing! Anyhow, it would be nice to see some of the people, but I don't think they'd know me from a hole in the wall...and that doesn't matter to me.  I never really cared if people liked me.  Sure I wanted to be liked, but I had so much going on outside of high school that I could've cared less what the party-goers thought of me. Does anyone else think about high school that way?  Do you plan on going to 25? Or did you? Do you have friends from high school?  I do wonder sometimes what became of some of my classmates. And, I'd love to see how some of them aged! (Evil laugh!! bahahahaha) And, of course we live in Tennessee now, so I'd love to go home for a weekend and see some of my friends and family and maybe throw in a reunion to boot!  I have until October to decide......

I'll get some pictures posted soon of the chicks and ducks and other happenings around here...

 

 

Comments

[Kathy]

It is good to hear from you again! I didn't realize so much was going on since we last talked. I am so sorry to hear about the pregnancy loss. I will be praying for you. There is far too much I could comment on from this post, so I will call and catch up with you. However, as far as the high school reunion question--you definitely have to come, as least to visit us! :)