I didn't go.

That's right.

I didn't leave the house yesterday.

At all.

I scrounged around the house and found enough diapers to get through the day (and night) ... rationed the milk and told the brood they could have fruit and veggies today.

At some point yesterday afternoon my head hurt so bad that I couldn't see straight (truly) - so HeartBreaker and SweetiePie being on their best behaviour volunteered to watch the little ones while MaaMaa took a nap. Wasn't that sweet of them?

Well it was ...

So sweet that I didn't complain when I came down stairs to find the entire downstairs looking like the aftermath of hurricane Katrina ... seriously, two hours and they completely ransacked the place.


Clothes, food and toys everywhere.

But, it’s ok. I slept. For two sweet hours. And felt a little better last night – enough to make something that mostly resembled dinner …

Went to bed early, got up for church this morning and made it all the way until 1pm before the pounding in the head took over.

Tried to bribe everyone into an ‘after church nap’ … they weren’t havin’ it though. So, I tried to lay still for a while … they weren’t havin’ that either, so I had to get up when I heard LittleMiss say ‘ohhh MaaMaa is gonna be so mad that you cut that …’

That is so something a mother never wants to hear. Last time it was AngelBaby’s hair … This time it was the fringe off of one of my comfy fleece blanket.

3:30pm, 6 hours until bedtime. Lord help me.

~ Frannie


Let us think of nothing but serving God: he will readily provide whatever else we need. -St. Ignatius of Loyola

It ain't bragging if you can do it.-Dizzy Dean


O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. Psalm 130:7