A Simple Country Mouse

I awoke this morning to the singing of birds as they gently roused me from a deep and restful sleep. They very sweetly brought me my dress, and the squirrels and mice had made coffee for me. The children were already dressed and so happy. They played together so nicely as I drank my coffee all while the sun shone oh so beautifully down on us all.  ....and then I woke up.... To one kid driving her hand into my breast as she tried to get a hug to wake me up, and the other who literally soaked his bed including pillow in poop and pee from over filling his diaper. Then I stumbled downstairs to make coffee only to discover that my Keurig was out of filtered water and my water pitcher that filters my water had nothing in it. Full pot it was, which takes so much longer. After which I managed to corral the kids for breakfast and sat down to try to drink my coffee. Several times yelling at them and a few spankings later, I finished my coffee standing up as I headed to the living ro...

Do you ever feel like the chaos in life never ends? Like it's wave after wave of utter crazy? Is it always the stories you tell about life is stuff you couldn't make up even if you wanted to? Yes? I feel you my friends. Life can be so utterly, completely, and totally insane. No matter how hard we try to make just a little sense and order out of life it seems as if chaos is determined to rule and reign. The last week or so (I've completely lost track of time to be honest) has been total chaos. Though what is chaos for me at least can provide humorous fodder for you...and me as I look back on it. Last week I suddenly realized on Monday that my in-laws and extended family were showing up in less than a week. Not the two weeks I thought I had left. To top it off, Easter morning was the same day they were coming in. As I stood there dumbfounded trying to figure out where I had lost a week, I also realized that not only was Easter a thing, but I hadn't done anything to get ...