it’s official!
I’m ALL GROWN UP
(and it only took 35 years, 3 months and 12 days)

for those
 who are 
just getting to know me
you should know…
 I am a chicken.


I sprout feathers 
pending the right circumstance
but particularly 
when it comes to staying 
HOME ALONE
I hear E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G 
(WHAT WAS THAT?!!!-seriously! 
something just hit the roof—deep breath….exhale)

sorry, where were we?
oh yes…
I am one of those spoiled rotten women
 (and yes, you can talk bad about me to your friends)
who went straight from the comfort of momma and daddy
to
married 

I’ve never lived alone

so when it comes to staying alone
I get all antsy
and actually-
until the rascals were born
I wouldn’t

thankfully
my sisters love me
and would have me over (SLUMBER PARTY!!!) 
anytime Love was away

 but now that I am a mother
and am all grown up and mature
Cowboy Dan shames me into it
“for the boys sake”

so I will stay home
but I don’t like it
or I thought I didn’t

Cowboy Dan left Monday morning 
on his first foreign mission trip
to the Dominican Republic
I am so THANKFUL 
he had the opportunity to go
and can’t WAIT TO HEAR ALL about it
stay tuned… will post trip details soon-
(he’s on his way HOME now!! YIPPEEEE!!!!!)

and due to his absence
I added to my daily “to-do” list 
the funny farm chores:
#1 feed scratch to  the PLENTIFUL flock of feathered foul (including 7ish turkeys, 40+chickens, 3 ducks and one MEAN goose) that begin stampeding the moment they hear the chain on the gate rattle

#2 half a scoop of corn to Ellie the pot bellied pig
#3 four scoops sweet feed to the 8 SQUEALING piglets
#4 one scoop of corn to each of the 3 BIG, ROWDY pigs
#5 two scoops of sweet feed to the calf, ram, two ewes, and baby lamb
#6 gather eggs
#7 fill horses water trough
#8 check rabbits water
#9 feed the dog
#10 feed the cats
#11 turn all water OFF
and #12 CLOSE THE GATE

bringing the GRAND total 

of REASONS I AM CRAZY IN LOVE with my husband
to 9,987,768,567,735 (and growing)

I would like to add
one last note:
now having
six days
of successful feeding behind me 
I am PROUD to say
I AM officially ALL GROWN UP 
and 
I can stay 
HOME ALONE
and I don’t HATE it
as much as I once did










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