A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

[Bruce]

Sounds like your FIL needs to go to a psychiatrist to straighten out his "it can't be done" attitude. I sure hope he isn't spewing that around your kids. DH is a much better example "I CAN do it". Maybe it doesn't ALWAYS work but it works a WHOLE lot more often than throwing up your hands and saying "can't" right off the bat.

Your midwife is correct, the kid doesn't care where it is born! Dad was born on the kitchen table. Of course in this country that was a lot more common 93 years ago than it is now.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Okay well might be giving up on the garden. Apparently just normal house work might be to much right now. My hip is hurting quite abit. Also lots of swelling in areas even after resting. Does seem to cause more issues the more i tend to. Might have my daughter help feed the birds and possible throw feed over the fence for the pigs. And get dh to water and do the meat birds. Today a rough day already cant walk with out things screaming out. So gonna rest today and talk to dh and kids about what they can help with for now until i am better able to handly my chores again... icing down hip right now. Already frustrated i had severally things i wanted to do nothing extremelg pressing but this is very old. Picked up breakfast cause i couldnt stand long enough to cook.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Please be careful and take it easy for a bit. Downsizing to get ready for the move will hopefully result in less chores to be done?

 

[farmerjan]

Don't forget, it is hot and you are "chasing after" 4 other kids along with trying to do EVERYTHING that you are doing.... and you got pregnant again fairly soon after the last one so your body is feeling the effects.... it didn't get a chance to have a year or 2 off to get back to completely "restored" before having to harbor a new life growing. And I hate to say this..... but you "ain't getting any younger either "..... my mom had 3 of us in her younger 20's... my 2 brothers were only 13 months apart... not planned.... but she did pretty good but then got pregnant for my sister when she hit 30, 7 years after my brother....and it took alot out of her, even with me being 10, brothers being 8 and 7.... and a big garden and all like you are doing... and none were still in diapers like you have now... we were all much more able to do for ourselves.....
On top of it you are helping take care of the business some... AND you are dealing with stress on the personal side with his family....
So, do less, get the kids to do what they can... and if they can't do it and DH isn't there to do it, then maybe have to scale back a bit for the time being. And once the new one gets here, you will have to take time to get enough rest to get your body back into shape.... plus you are still looking at the stresses there and possibly moving..... and I still agree that having your own place away from there is healthier for all concerned....
You have got to take care of yourself or you won't be able to take care of anyone else either...

 

[Baymule]

X2 what @farmerjan said

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Okay so new update on living situation. Dh was told by his grandmother that we needed to start moving the animals and we needed to move out of this house asap. They are wanting us moved out by september.... okay first off there goes saving money and to be honest we dont have the funds to buy or do anything really yet. Dh says his grandmother offered to help with a down payment on a trailer or rv which ever we prefered. He says if everything goes well we have the rv this weekend and i need to plan out animal pens and we need to start on them.... should be fun next couple of weeks. Baby likes to hang out low which is causing lots of pressure and swelling so thats fun on top of the stress. Two of my friends(much older then me) have kids(are adults) in hospital one is lucky to be alive however last i heard he was hovering the other i havent learned anything of the details as he was rushed last night to the hospital. Lots to do and lots on my mind. I am at the point all livestock goes and we go in rv and travel for abit until we have things saved up plus we be away from this. However dh is right about it be tramatic for the kids. Ds1 is very attached to our pigs well our boar anyways. Dd1 loves the pig and cow... and ds2and dd2 love the birds pretty much doomed either way but oh well. Need to do something as opposed to nothing. For now we do the pens and go from there. Little lady our heifer will go in this pen area as well... she not going to be thrilles but oh well i whether her not be going all over. The herd keeps breaking out of the pasture (plenty of food who knows why) however she smart and stays on the property lol funny how she the only well behaved cow. Anyways will probably be buying hay again for her and grain and putting her in the new pen. Just tured of this mess and just want to get out asap.

 

[Bruce]

So you have 2 weeks to find something to live in, buy it and move all your stuff? I've lost track. Where are you building these pens and where is the RV going to sit? Who is going to live in the house they are throwing you out of?

I think a lot of DH's family needs a bunch of this

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Yeah thats why i lost my mind. I am just trying to sale all the live stock and dh is saling one of the vehicles and a trailer. Going through things today for packing and getting rid of things. Going to go look at rvs this weekend and see about getting one. The aunt who is getting a property the house we live in sits on wants it gone so as far as we know no one is gonna live in it. My thoughts are if we keep animals we have stay here for another year i am at the point i think thats a horrible choice and prefer just to get out and leave and go travel with kids and just have them to tend to with the pets and be done with these people. So anyone near me wants to buy a cow or pigs, chickens or ducks let me know.

 

[Simpleterrier]

If u don't.mind me asking what does your husband do for a living what type of work

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I dont mind. He or we depending on veiw point started a company that hauls vechicles, trailers for dealerships and sometimes for individuals.