I feel like I should apologize for not writing in a while. I've been busy....moody...uninspired. Time to get back on the horse. We had visitors for our spring break. Our friends, the only other family of 7 I know, came from San Diego for 4 days. It was a lot of cooking and cleaning. A lot of noise. A lot of fun!
The surgery to remove my Uterine "growths" is scheduled in about 2 weeks. I have been feeling ok. There have been a few uncomfortable days. They are probably not cancer, at least that is what I have been telling myself. Hopefully, when they are gone, with them goes the pain.
My husband and I have begun our foster parenting classes. It is twice a week. We are both really enjoying them. Things here are so much more real, less bureaucratic. It is a really nice group of people, both teachers and participants. Last nights class was about sexual abuse. They said 85% of children in foster care have been abused. It was eye opening, heart breaking, and inspiring at the same time. I want a chance to show love to children that have never felt it before. It is so beyond disgusting what some people are capable of, especially to the most innocent.
Speaking of the innocent, I feel like animals are taken advantage of and treated poorly by the human race. I don't eat meat and I avoid almost all animal products. It's not exactly that I think eating meat is wrong. It is the way meat and dairy is produced in this country. It's quite the opposite of happy animals frolicking in pastures as some may picture. It's filthy, extremely crowded, infected, and evil. I personally can't take part in it. I never wanted to label myself "vegan". I just want to enjoy healthy, organic, non-gmo, cruelty free sustenance. It appears I have become a bit of a food-snob. Even better, so have my children. We went to the auction again. My daughter leaned over and said. "It is so sad watching all these people poisoning themselves." She was referring to the mass consumption of soda, huge plates of gmo corn chips covered in synthetic cheese, hot dogs, and cotton candy. It's especially sad seeing kids eat that way.
On the home front, we have been making some great progress. We scored some amazingly cheap fencing, T posts, and chicken wire off craigslist. The garden has been plotted. My husband and I built a rabbit hutch out of reclaimed wood. We got a little male lion head bunny at the auction. His poop will be a nice addiction to our compost. Missy pig has moved outside. She went into heat and forgot how to use the litter box, so out she went. There is a lot more to do in the next couple months. Our guardian puppies need to come home so the property fence has to go up. The fruits and veggies need to go in the ground in about a month. It's a busy but beautiful time on the homestead!
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