a long overdue update!

As usual I have been negelecting this blog. I really do have intentions of keeping up with it but I just get so busy...being a single mom of 4 drains me most days.

I am still busy with our new Quail. I love having them and watching how fast they grow. We have also started to get eggs from the 1 mature hen we have. They are delicious eggs...taste like a fresh chicken egg and are bite size so you just pop the whole thing in your mouth. A great high protein snack!



We went back to Great Wold Lodge a few weeks ago..had a great time and Caroline LOVED the baby waterslides. She couldn't get enough of them.

The Quail

Goodbye Stuart

Again...I can't believe how long it's been since I posted. My life just seems to get away from me.
The past week and a half has been difficult. I lost a dear friend, Stuart. This man was someone that I met 10 yrs ago...we dated off and on for a few years but just were better friends than more. His passion was writing. He wrote countless poems and stories...his greatest desire was to be published. Stuart was a teacher...devoting many many years to the underprivelidged children of West Haven. He was someone that I knew I could count on day or night anytime and he would be there. This mans heart was huge and he spent years and years caring for his ill father...refusing to put him in a nursing home. Stuart did it all...at home. He even had a Hoyer lift to help get his dad in and out of bed each day. His life revolved around caring for his dad. Sadly, his father died last September. Stuart was diagnosed with kidney failure just 2 months later...he never had the chance to live HIS life. The peritoneal dialysis made him feel worse. His stomach was so bloated and he struggled for just a simple breath most of the time. Stuart and I had lunch, 2 weeks before he passed. He called me that morning on my cell as I drove to his house...said he just didn't feel good and wanted to cancel. I told him I was on the way and I am coming. He needed to get out of the house. I am so thankful, I still went ...not knowing that was the last time I would see him alive. I am thrilled he got to meet Carolyn and show her one of his favorite places....Savron Rock. It's a beautful place...on the beach in New Haven. I have a great picture of the 2 of them. Stuart said he looked like a bum in this picture. He certainly did not look like himself....face all bloated from the steroids he was on...belly bloated from the massive infection brewing that he didn't know about...the infection that killed him. Skin pale...but he was smiling. He always was able to smile and got a big hug from Carolyn that day when we said goodbye.

Random catch up

Wow...I can't believe its been a month since i posted. I do honestly intend to post more often but the itme just runs away from I guess. Follwing are 2 quotes that I received in an e-mail the other day. I really like them and find them to be comforting.

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never
did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing
you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.

'The will of God will never take you
where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

Here are some random pictures of stuff over the past month:
Devin playing drums at my friend Sue and Croce's house.

We buy blocks for our children why??? Stacking cat food cans is much funner. Carolyn did this all by herself!

I knew we had mice outside. Last year they cost me 700 bucks in car repairs from chewing wires. A few weeks ago I needed to move Devins boosterseat in the car and this is what we found underneath....a mouse nest! They had chewed up tissues, chex mix, and even a few army guys for those boring nights in the car. Sorry mice...your nest has been vacuumed up....you still have a few pretzels in the glove compartment though.

This what a subway sandwich looks like pureed. Peter;s mouth was sore due to an adjustment on his braces and he couldn't eat it whole so he put in in the blender. The smell was enough to make me nauseaus and the funny thing is...this glass was only a little over half way full but it sat on his desk and the next day had expanded to the top of the cup. He didn't end up "drinking" his sandwich.

This is what happens to a sandwich that is left in a backpack for months...just gross Logan!


More later.....I hear a little girls voice yelling MAMA over and over again. Time to get up!

The belly laugh

Devin has this wonderful ability to make Carolyn laugh. He just makes silly noises and she cracks up. Here is a short clip of her belly laugh.