Friday Fragments

• Last year I left my job in the Behavioral Program of an Elementary School and spent the past year as a Stay At Home Mom. SAHM. It still cracks me up there is an acronym for that. Anyhow. Two of the three new littles make me feel as though I am still there. I can't leave them alone at all (not even for three minutes to switch the laundry)or turn my back for 5 seconds with out one of them protesting the other's behaviors. Legitimately so. The older one is becoming my stick-to-guy. Good thing I had those blue and green sticky hands to practice with.
• I read FREECYCLE daily in the hopes that someone, somewhere is looking for what I am hoping to get rid of: Housefull of stuff I've managed to collect but will probably not use and a whole bunch of DPS (Dead Peoples Sh*t). So far this week I have a Kindergarten teacher looking for a guinea pig cage - which I happen to have. Sadly, The sculptor looking for assorted metal scraps was not interested in free-ranging my garage. Darn.
• I used to buy antiques, tools and country primitives and then sell at a shop in Central VT. I have an odd collection of leftovers when I closed my business that are gathering dust in the garage and basement, including a four foot long railroad wrench. Talk about trying to find a specific buyer. I can't help it. I love antique tools.
• No matter how much I plan ahead when buying groceries, or cook up several batches of food to freeze on Sundays, I am still absolutely surprised that I once again have to cook dinner and find something to feed these kids. Didn't I just feed them yesterday? Anyone else go through this?
• I have been reading some blogs of some wonderful women who are going through tough times with their kids. I read and witness their pain but don't have much to offer in the support/comment department. "Hang in there" sounds so weak, yet it is what I have said on more than one occasion. By the time I sit down to read at the end of the night I am fried from my own day. Sorry to those of you who need so much more.
• Babies are sprouting up everywhere around us: The Other Mother's program manger just learned she is having a girl in Jan., Bobby's oldest sister just learned she is having a boy in Jan., his older sister is having a girl in Sept., my first foster daughter is having a boy in October...phew. When we had Baby Dee last fall and winter, I had made it a part time job shopping for baby clearance/sale items and as a result have more than enough baby gifts to welcome these little ones.
• Happy Friday.