For all you animal right activists and vegans out there you may not want to read the rest of this post...
Today I butchered three geese and ten chickens. See, my in laws live on a farm and decided to get seventy chickens this year and four geese. They offered us some chicken for our freezer in this rough economy which was very thoughtful of them. Unfortunately I got roped in to helping with the dirty work in exchange for their generous donation to our family. Just another example of how there is NO such thing as a free meal!
Quite honestly I do consider myself pretty fearless. Of course I do get nervous and a little unsure of myself at times, but I will always try something at least once. A lot of the time I don't even think once is enough. Like Geese for example, I tried goose meat once as a child and absolutely hated it. A few years later I tried farm raised geese and found that there was no comparison what so ever. Sometimes I find that if I try doing something and have a shitty attitude to begin with I don't end up getting as much out of it as I do the next time I try it.
Being barbaric for the first half of my day didn't turn out to be all bad.. I mean I did score quite a few points with the in laws and I was especially fond of "offing" the geese as they were INCREDIBLY cocky and tried pecking us to death if we were anywhere near them.
So all in all I suppose I left the experience with a little more pride and held my head a little higher today knowing I had conquered something that I not only thought I would NEVER do, but that not many people can say they've done.
~mrs.boss
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Bravery
As I said somewhere in my Blog yesterday I am a mother of two, parenting three... now, most people would assume that the third person is my husband (lol..he's the fourth) however, the third child is my nephew Tyler. He is a bright, smiley, big hearted young man who will be turning eleven in about a month.
Tyler has not always been with us. This is actually a very recent transformation in our lives. In April 2010 Tyler's Mother, Leah, was in a bad car accident. She was going 90mph in a 45 zone, swirved to miss a car, rolled and flew out her back window. With internal bleeding, head trauma, a missing hip and eye (torn out while she slid down the pavement), and numerous broken bones she was not expected to live. However, she did but with little brain activity and meanwhile her son needed someone to take him in.
Now your probably wondering where the fuck his Dad is right? Well Josh, my brother in-law, and Leah have not been together for some time now. He is a loving father with an unfortunate job as a truck driver. Josh's work schedule requires him to be gone quite often over the road. So ninty percent of the time Tyler is with us. Sadly we do not live in the town he was attending school and this meant yet another change for him that he took very well. Today was his first day at his new school, and as I snuck into my neighbors yard with a pair of binoculars in hand and watched him wait nervously for his bus, I was so proud of him. Most adults I know could not endure as much pain, go through THAT MUCH change, and still where a smile on their faces.
I should also mention that about eight weeks ago Leah's family thought that it was time to pull the plug. She was going to be moved closer to home so the family could all make it. The day before they were going to move her she miraculously came to. She pointed to her mom in the corner of the room and blew everyone away with her daily progress after that. Leah still has a long ways to go and will likely not ever be the same. Pray for her, pray for Tyler, and pray for my family to do the best job we can to raise a boy who deserves lots of love and more hugs than he can handle.
~mrs.boss
Tyler has not always been with us. This is actually a very recent transformation in our lives. In April 2010 Tyler's Mother, Leah, was in a bad car accident. She was going 90mph in a 45 zone, swirved to miss a car, rolled and flew out her back window. With internal bleeding, head trauma, a missing hip and eye (torn out while she slid down the pavement), and numerous broken bones she was not expected to live. However, she did but with little brain activity and meanwhile her son needed someone to take him in.
Now your probably wondering where the fuck his Dad is right? Well Josh, my brother in-law, and Leah have not been together for some time now. He is a loving father with an unfortunate job as a truck driver. Josh's work schedule requires him to be gone quite often over the road. So ninty percent of the time Tyler is with us. Sadly we do not live in the town he was attending school and this meant yet another change for him that he took very well. Today was his first day at his new school, and as I snuck into my neighbors yard with a pair of binoculars in hand and watched him wait nervously for his bus, I was so proud of him. Most adults I know could not endure as much pain, go through THAT MUCH change, and still where a smile on their faces.
I should also mention that about eight weeks ago Leah's family thought that it was time to pull the plug. She was going to be moved closer to home so the family could all make it. The day before they were going to move her she miraculously came to. She pointed to her mom in the corner of the room and blew everyone away with her daily progress after that. Leah still has a long ways to go and will likely not ever be the same. Pray for her, pray for Tyler, and pray for my family to do the best job we can to raise a boy who deserves lots of love and more hugs than he can handle.
~mrs.boss
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
a joyful day brings forlorn nights
I am new to blogging. Matter of fact, I didn't even realize exactly what "blogging" meant until the other night when I learned from a movie. Did I mention I was laying in bed, by myself, after a long and stressful day of taking care of everyone BUT myself?
Anyways.
So I was laying there, watching what was a very inspirational movie that left me feeling very uninspired! How does that happen??!!!!! I'll tell you how. When your a mother you do whatever you can to hold your family together. Your constantly feeling like your not doing things good enough and I swear if I had a nickel for every time I turned to my husband and said "we'll have to work on that" I would be filthy fuckin rich! Your always questioning yourself, but sadly the question is not regarding YOU. At the end of the day your laying in bed watching a show or a movie to save yourself from your own thoughts.
My 3, soon to be 4 year old son Mason just asked me to get off the computer and snuggle him. If I said "wait just a few more minutes hunny" I would feel like a dusche so I'm sending this depressing piece out into the void.
~mrs.boss
Anyways.
So I was laying there, watching what was a very inspirational movie that left me feeling very uninspired! How does that happen??!!!!! I'll tell you how. When your a mother you do whatever you can to hold your family together. Your constantly feeling like your not doing things good enough and I swear if I had a nickel for every time I turned to my husband and said "we'll have to work on that" I would be filthy fuckin rich! Your always questioning yourself, but sadly the question is not regarding YOU. At the end of the day your laying in bed watching a show or a movie to save yourself from your own thoughts.
My 3, soon to be 4 year old son Mason just asked me to get off the computer and snuggle him. If I said "wait just a few more minutes hunny" I would feel like a dusche so I'm sending this depressing piece out into the void.
~mrs.boss
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