Welcome!

Welcome to a little piece of my life... I am just your normal everyday 30something Gen Xer Mom to half a dozen kids (yes, they are all mine and are all by the same man!!...although we are divorced now)...Also, I'm a part time college student majoring in Business, minoring in Psychology...I recently launched my own small business and am writing my first book(in my spare time)....I am also getting married at the end of Summer 2011!!
I am a woman that wears many hats and spins many "plates", all day-every day. So, join me as I raise four boys and two girls, three of them being teenagers (ages 18-7), learn to have a healthy relationship in this new marriage, manage my family and all the activities, juggle the meals, laundry, homework, still striving to finish my degree, and launch my small part time business...all while balancing my own needs in order to stay sane, happy and productive....
I'm sure I will be aging right before your very eyes, wondering what to do when the cat has her kittens or when a mason jar full of grasshoppers escape in the living room. Deciding whether or not to let the teenager(s) borrow the suburban, how to handle too short skirts and tantrums about not getting enough computer time....
Join in on interesting topics including real family life behind closed doors when this many people inhabit the same home...giggles..(honestly, we are not very interesting,but I thought it'd be fun to document.) Not reality TV... just real life.



About Our Family

Welcome to my life! Let's start with the basics...Who is whom??

Linnet- ME! The woman who keeps all those plates spinning
Jay- My husband...God bless his sweet heart
My kids:The names listed are nicknames of their choosing.
(disclaimer: all of my children display typical behaviors of children their age, while occasionally regressing in age during a momentary outburst of tantrum or situational episodes)

PowerRanger- 19 year old son

Airhead-(she requested this name!)-17 year old daughter

ZebraGrl-14 year old daughter

SimShady- 12 year old son

BlkHornet- 10 year old son

BabyLlama- 8 year old son

We live in a rural, Southern American town where (most people) still wave as you pass by them on the road and hold a door open for you at the store. I always get strange looks when we go into a restaurant, people sometimes bravely asking if "all those kids yours?" Yes, they are all mine from my first marriage. Of course, that makes many people think my new husband must be out of his mind...but, for us, it's just our life. My parents (MeeMee & PawPaw) live close by helping out when they can. We have a dog & a cat. We have date nights, movie nights, serious discussions, LOL's, crazy situations-you name it, I've prob. experienced it in some way as a parent. Overall, we are a typical family except a little more chaotic and busy..We are not reality TV...just real life.



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