A Mom of Six Kids!

So for years I teased my friend who had six children about how many children she had. I only had 2, that's it NO MORE! So what happens? Karma bites me! The man I fell in love with (a whole different story I will share later, very cute trust me, it's worth the read) has 4 children and won custody of them from his first wife. So now, what do I have, SIX KIDS!!! LOL And I wouldn't change a thing! I love all of MY children more than I realized I could.

Some say, "Aren't you hurting your kids by having so many and not spending quality time with them individually?" Uh, no. How can I hurt children by teaching them? They are learning to share, to love and to understand sometimes, even when you really want something right now, it's so much better when you have to wait a little while to get it.


Others ask, "How in the world do you keep your house clean?" and the answer is simple, I don't. I HAVE SIX KIDS. As my dad taught me at a young age, things in life do not come free or cheap. You have to earn things in this world. He also taught me about responsibility, and I want my children to know that too. Everyone in my house, even the 4 year old, has a job they are responsible for. If you choose not to do your work, you choose not to (fill in the blank). This can end in, no video games, no sleep overs, no dessert, you name it. I also feel family time is more important than cleaning. I don't remember if my house was messy or dirty when I was a kid, but I remember going to the woods and shooting rifles with my dad, playing softball, basketball and volley ball, I remember climbing trees, riding bikes and skinning my knees up. If a toy is left out over night that's okay, we can get it in the morning, but they will remember you taking the time to sit down and read to them, or letting them read to you, for the rest of their lives.


I'm the parent who believes teaching my child from the beginning about responsibility, choices and discipline will save them and I a LOT of heart ache in the future, starting when they are 10, 12 or 15 is WAY too late and you need to get your court clothes ready, you will be there often.

I believe sometimes a swat on the butt is needed, but never a smack on the face.

I believe telling your children about the danger of child molesters, drug addicts, alcoholics and rapists is the best way to scare them into being more observant of what is happening around them and help them make better choices.

I believe you have 18 years to use my wisdom, house and money, after that, learn to make it! I will always be there for you when you need me, but if you aren't in school, you aren't in my house.

I believe you have to teach your children that you need to WORK to get things, nothing comes free, you or someone else has to pay for it. I believe telling a child NO is one of the best things you can do for them in life, no matter how hard it is or how hard they cry about it.

I am old fashioned in every way, conservative almost to a fault, more loving than needed, more over protective than expected.

I believe the way my parents raised me was wonderful, I'm a good person and wouldn't change anything. And I got "whoppings", got grounded, drank from the hose, didn't wear a bike helmet, rode in the back of a truck on an almost daily basis and had no clue what hand sanitizer was.
I don't live in the fantasy world of people agreeing with me, and I respect their opinion, but, mine works best for me and my children. There is one thing for certain however, I will not see you in court in 10 years!

Me

Things have been a little tense/busy/hectic in the house lately but I'm looking forward to this weekend. Hopefully everything will calm down and be normal again soon. We are helping my friend with her Company Picnic tomorrow and riding some horses so I'm pretty excited. Hope everyone has a blessed weekend as well!
Blessings to everyone!

A relaxed lady

It's so nice to have friends and family who love you. My friend Vicky is going through a bunch of personal issues right now but realized I needed a break and took all the kids last night and kept them until today at 4:30.

It was so nice, last night Art and I went to dinner together and then he had to go to work so I went to sleep early (well, 10:30) and slept in. Then successfully did Jack and Squat today! :D I played on the computer and caught up on a couple shows. I still have a bunch of homework to do but it was nice to just relax for one day. When Art woke up, we went to the Ren Fest and walked around in the cold. I love him so much though it really didn't matter to me, we just walked around and ate good festival food, bought the kids silly things and enjoyed the day with each other.

Tonight I'm keeping Vicky's kiddos for her to have some time to relax. Sitting and watching a movie with the kids is nice. I love relaxing days! I didn't even watched the news today and only got mildly upset when I saw a headline about Obama today. I'm making progress! LOL Hope everyone had a great day as well!!!

A Very Confused Person

Okay, why am I confused you might ask? Well have you seen the news today? I'm not talking about all of the crazy violence you read/see/hear about (I'll write about that another time, I mean seriously kids are beating each other to death, fathers are raping daughters and killing the children they create through those rapes, they have molesters running daycares/schools, there is too much to even bring up right now so I have to talk about that later). I'm talking about the fact that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? Seriously? After 2 weeks (for those of you who don't know and are just saying yay, he won, he was nominated after being in office for only two weeks)? Did I miss something? Like maybe, Hmmmm, Oh yeah, did Al Quieda surrender and Bin Laden is dead? Did Iran and N Korea disarm? Everyone loves Isreal now and the fighting stopped? What the hell did I miss last night when I was sleeping? I can't believe a Jr Senator with NO experience and so many unanswered questions is now the Leader of the Free World (well it is for now anyway) but a FREAKING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?????? Has the whole damn WORLD drank his freaking Koolaide? Give me a break people! This is the freaking cherry on top.

Next year, MAYBE, but after TWO WEEKS?


Please tell me at some point this nightmare is going to be over.

A New Blogger.

Okay, my cousin Nina has been telling me to start one of these and I haven't for 2 major reasons, a) I haven't had time and 2) I don't know what the heck they are. But, I have a few minutes to start what I guess is a diary type thing. I'll start by telling a little about where I am right now to update everyone I haven't seen in ages.

I was retired from the USAF after 11 years, 15 days of active service. I moved home to KS because I wanted to be close to my dad and my family. My whole world was rocked four short months later when he passed away very suddenly. Things haven't, and will never, be the same again.

I had planned on serving my country for at least 20 years so I signed on to be an Army civilian and will finish my time with them. I was a member of Security Forces in the Air Force and did all different types of Security jobs mainly specializing in Information and Personnel Security and that is what I do now as well.

I'm married to Art who is the love of my life and at times a huge pain, but what man isn't? I wouldn't trade him in for anyone or anything! We have 6 of the most beautiful children you have ever seen. (that's not just me, everyone says the same thing, they even say it behind my back so I know it's true. LOL) Art won custody of his children and I of mine so we all live very happily in a big pink (well dusty mauve) house. It is LOUD, BUSY, CRAZY, TIRING, FRUSTRATING, FUN, LOVING, REWARDING, and the BIGGEST BLESSING I have ever been given. Some people call us crazy or irresponsible for having this many children, but we have more than we need, and love what we have. Our children have 12 year difference from the oldest to youngest and plan on having NO MORE until we have grandchildren which won't happen for at LEAST 10 years.

Next to being a mom, my proudest accomplishment is serving my country, the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!! I have full faith that one day, we will be able to fix the damage that is being done to it right now. It may take a while, but we will bring it back to it's full glory. I'm not hugely political (unless you ask Art that is :D) but I am what Janet Napolitano would call a right wing veteran terrorist threat who loves the Bible, Constitution and my guns. I feel very strongly about some things and if you don't like other peoples opinions, stop reading now....................


If you continued to read here is my opinion:


I cried the night Obama was elected. Art asked me why and I told him it was the end of the country as we knew it; he told me I was over reacting, I said wait and see. Hmmm, I think I won that one. I will never reform to the socialism our country is headed towards and I only hope "the chosen one" continues down the path he's on now and we are able to put a rational person back in office in 2012. I don't care if they are Republican or Democrat (though I would prefer a Republican, Sarah Palin would be ideal in my opinion) as long as they do what is best for this country.

Taking from one to give to the other is not what is best unless you are one of the types of people who would rather live on welfare, go to food banks and get State/Federal assistance than take your butt out to get a job. If you continue to have children when you can't buy diapers for the ones you have, there is a serious issue and you need to be smacked. I believe you need to earn your way in life and I don't care what color your skin is, what happened to your ancestors or what is in between your legs, EARN YOUR OWN WAY!!! You get what you put in and if you put crap in, you get crap out, that's just how life goes. I believe spanking a child can be good for them if not done in excess. I believe it is okay to use a RED pen to grade homework and it is okay to put F on a paper if that is what it deserves. I believe if after 30 years of watching people die of lung cancer and you still want to smoke, fine, go smoke, but don't kill me when you do it. I believe every person needs to take responsibility for the choice they make in life. I don't care if you were touched wrong, beat, neglected, not hugged enough, your parents were too rich or too poor, if YOU make a choice to be an ASS then YOU take responsibility. If you want to kill another person, prepare to have the same done to you (that means I am 150% behind the death penalty), if you rape someone, prepare your butt to be a pin cushion in prison, if you hurt a child, elderly person or animal, you are a waste of skin and you should NOT get an NFL contract or an Oscar, you should GO TO JAIL!!!

I believe you have the right to defend yourself, your children and your home.

I believe there is ONE GOD, OUR FATHER who sent his only son Jesus Christ to earth to teach us and die on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins; you can ask me this walking down the street or with a gun to my head, there is only ONE GOD! I worry about our open borders and what has already been let into our country. I worry every day what is happening to our troops, to our children and to our country by those we have in office. I believe you have the right to live your life according to what you want as long as your rights don't take way from mine. I happen to want to pray over my food in public, before a football team takes the field, to say "One Nation Under GOD" IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DON'T DO IT, BUT SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP WHILE THE REST OF US DO!!!! I think the ACLU is utterly ridiculous for most of the things they have done and should be disbanned.

I think if you are offended by anything I have written, TOUGH CRAP!!!! My recommendation is to NOT READ IT AGAIN, I warned you before you started.

I think that sums up who I am for the most part. There will be blogs about my family, about work, about life, about the news, but for right now, I will leave it at that. I have another blog to write already. If you are an Obama fan, I will tell you now, don't read it. Wait until I put something else up and save us both the high blood pressure of the argument that will no doubt occur after.

Hope you enjoyed your first read of "A day in the life of....." There will be plenty more to come I'm sure!