Merry Christmas!

Hello from all of us here! I know, don't yell at me, it's been 6 months since I've written, but believe me-I write to you everyday...you just can't read my thoughts, yet!

We had a beautiful baby boy on the 26th of August weighing 8 lbs and only 4 hours of labor with a full hour of sleep/rest the middle!!

We started school with 5 in attendance in September and we're off for the holidays. The older two are in 3rd grade, the next two in 1st and the last in Kindergarten, with a daycare for the two babies. Still just me...I don't have any lavish au pairs!! But one can daydream! :)

We are going to watch Polar Express tonight. It's all about kid's being kidnapped for Christmas, but I'm sure it's safe for children!! LOL

Hubby and I (with the help of the children) have been working to finish the house. I am taking pictures when the batteries work. I think the camera eats the battery 'juice' while it's off and then laughs at me after I take one picture and get the "low battery" sign and it auto shuts off!

I've been painting doors and patching missed holes and other miscellany jobs. Hubby has been finishing framing windows and doors and the baseboard (which I'll need to paint) and then we'll lay the padding and carpet, finish the electrical for the stove downstairs and do cleanup. We're very close to being done. We'll have the odd jobs of putting in the doorknobs and packing tools and look for other things like polishing hindges that might have drywall mud, etc. You're really gonna love the pics. Ok...you've convinced me. I'll include this pic of the door before I painted it. It still needs another coat and the trim. This is how close we are to finishing!! I'll be so glad to post the finish pictures-maybe even figure out how to post a video!! Here are a couple of things we saw in the drywall mudding. I just added the pencil lines to define it.

So, that's what's been going on here. Very, very busy!! Hope to make this more regular again! I'd love to hear from all of you-even a simple hello so I know that you are all there!

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and a Blessed New Year!!

Hugs to all you alls!!

**APPLAUSE!!**

Yes, thank you, thank you. No, please, no autographs. Thank you.

Thank you for that warm welcome. It's great to be back! I've missed each and every one of you! I hope that what I bring today and each day will be an encouragement and blessing!

I will start by saying that we've been busy. The first month after #6 was born was a time of healing...I found out that I could eat a raw potatoe & was better so much faster. Raw potatoes have a ton (ok, more than a cup of spinach & then some) vitamin K, which helps blood to clot, promotes healing & all the other good things I can't think of right now.

Now #6 is 3 months old and doing great. I've been T-Tapping (only the 15 min. workout) EVERYDAY!! If I don't, I have a very bad mood day, lack of energy/fatigue, nausea, etc. I can handle everyday doing all I do and more with less sleep even!! Praise the Lord!!

We've taken a break from homeschooling (#1 & #2 have lessons & #3 & #4 pretend school...I mean preschool, LOL) while dh works on the house, we get rid of junk & stuff and try to get outside everyday several times to get our vitamin D. It's hot and humid here...no flooding (except for the lake in the farmer's field), rain is making our garden look gorgeous. We have raspberries and we've already eaten all the cherries and there are pears and apples and #3 experienced the aspects of running through honeybee clover barefoot-TWICE! :)

What else. I've been knitting soooo much. I have patterns written & I need to figure how I will post them or if I'll try the A.d.o.b.e A.c.r.o.b.a.t.

I'm kinda mentally overloaded by being able to blog, so I'll leave the rest (if there's more) for another time. Need to wake #3, 4 & 5 from naps, think of dinner & do something else...it'll come to me!

I hope to hear from you soon, too!

Many blessings to you all, Mrs. C.