3 KIDS AND HEADING FOR THE LOONEY BIN

NOW THAT I HAD THREE CHILDREN, LIFE BECAME VERY HECTIC. JESSICA WAS ONLY 4 SO SHE WAS NOT IN SCHOOL AND BOBBIE JO WOULD NOT BE 2 FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. THEN THERE WAS AARON, WHO, THANK GOODNESS, WAS AN EXCELLENT BABY. HE ONLY FUSSED WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY OR WET, AND HAD NO TROUBLE NURSING AT ALL. WHEN WE FOUND OUT HE WAS A BOY, WE REALIZED THAT HE WOULD NEED SPACE OF HIS OWN.. MY FRIEND AND I CLOSED IN THE BACK SCREEN PORCH AND MADE A LITTLE NURSERY FOR HIM. WE OPENED A DOOR TO OUR BEDROOM, AND PAINTED A CRIB DENINM BLUE, PUT RED BANDANA CURTAINS IN THE WINDOW, AND GLUED RED BANDANA MATERIAL TO THE END OF THE CRIB. I PUT MASON JAR RINGS FOR A MOBILE OVER HIS BED. IT WAS SO CUTE, BUT THEN WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD TO COVER THE CEMENT FLOOR. I GOT THE BIG IDEA TO GO TO A CARPET COMPANY AND ASK FOR CARPET SAMPLES, AND WE MADE A PATCHWORK CARPET FOR THE NURSERY. EVERYONE JUST LOVED HIS LITTLE NURSERY. SOON ONE DAY AFTER, WHEN AARON WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS OLD, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD A FURRY VISITOR. I SAW IT GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR AND HYSTERICALLY KNEW THAT IT HAD BEEN IN THE NURSERY. THAT WAS IT FOR ME. THE HOUSE THAT I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH, TRULY BECAME A RAT HOLE. MY ROSE COLORED GLASSES FELL OFF MY EYES, AND I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THE LITTLE HOUSE. NO HEAT, NO AIR CONDITIONING, THE SCREENS NEEDED REPLACING, THE KITCHEN WAS ANCIENT, THE SINK HAD A HOLE IN IT, THE HOUSE WAS TINY, AND IT WAS TIME TO MOVE. MOVE? WHERE? WELL, THE MOVING BUG WAS ON ME AND I BEGAN TO LOOK. I FIGURED THAT IF I FOUND A PLACE, MARTIN WOULD GO WILLINGLY. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, OF COURSE WE COULD NOT FIND A PLACE WE COULD EASILY AFFORD. BUT, OUT IN THE COUNTRY, WE FOUND A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE WITH A SMALL OTHER ROOM AND A FENCED ACRE OF LAND, THAT WAS IN REALLY GREAT SHAPE. AND, IT WAS CHEAP! WELL, I FOUND IT, AND THEN I HAD TO CONVINCE MARTIN TO MOVE WITH ME. SUPRISINGLY, HE WAS ALL FOR IT. AS USUAL, WHEN THE URGE HIT ME, I FOUND A WAY TO GET WHAT WE NEEDED. BEHIND THE LAND, WAS A HUGE FIELD, AND IT HAD HORSES ON IT. ON CHIRSTMAS EVE OF THAT YEAR, MARTIN AND I SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THAT HOUSE. THE LAST THING THE REALTOR SAID WAS. "Y'ALL GO ON HOME AND EAT SOME CHRISTMAS PIE". WELL, THAT IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT WE DID, EAT PIE AND KISS AND CANOODLE. THE HOUSE COST ONLY 19,000.00, AND THE PAYMENTS WERE ONLY 127.00 A MONTH. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE OUR GOOD FORTUNE- AS USUAL, HEAVENLY FATHER BLESSED US WITH WHAT WE NEEDED. TOMORROW, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIG MOVE- AND THE NEW YEAR AND ALL IT'S SURPRISES. LOVE, NANASEE