The Joys Of Family and Hearth

By Robert Herrick Lord, Thou hast given me a cell          Wherein to dwell, A little house, whose humble roof          Is weather-proof: Under the spars of which I lie          Both soft, and dry; Where Thou my chamber for to ward          Hast set a guard Of harmless thoughts, to watch and keep          Me, while I sleep. Low is my porch, as is my fate,          Both void of state; And yet the threshold of my door          Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come and freely get          Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall          And kitchen's small; A little buttery, and therein          A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread          Unchipp'd, unflead; Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar          Make me a fire, Close by whose living coal I sit,   

I haven't really given a full family update in a while.  But I wanted to give you all an idea as to what is going on in our lives. Big Daddy is currently living in Pennsylvania, While I hold down the fort at home.  Our plan is to eventually transition our home to Pennsylvania. I'm basically living the single mom life here. Sometimes it's utterly exhausting. The past few weeks have been exceptionally exhausting. As most of you know this is my kids first year in public school, One of my munchkins came home with a cold and it basically spread through out the whole house rather quickly. We had a week of 4 kiddos running fevers, coughing, vomiting etc. My youngest was hit the hardest and got pneumonia. He spent a full week in the hospital. And he is now home but we are still undergoing breathing treatments every 4 hours. It's taken me two days to attempt to get my house in order, and I'm still not done but now I'm down with some sickness. I'm rea