The Yahoos And A Cow

So this morning I woke up and thought we might clean a little and mow the yard.


But instead we bought a calf.

The Honey said I must have baby fever pretty bad if I am gitty over bottle feeding a cow.

I have instructed the Yahoos, however, that this animal is not a pet.  We will not be naming him.  We will not be looking him in the eye.  It is very difficult to look down at your plate and eat up Oreo or Precious of whatever they are itching to name this thing. 

And I feel like a first time mom. Because I had to call my grandmother and ask her about how much he should be eating and what his poop should look like and that I didn't think he was pooping enough.

 I remember being that first time mom a decade ago.  And we supplemented for the first time and Ninja didn't "go" for a whole 10 hours and I called my pediatrician and woke him up at 5:00 am panicked and hysterical  curious as to what he thought about the situation. The miracle of that was that he kept us on as patients.  And eventually the child did poop.

I feel that I keep venturing into the land of 'I have no idea what I'm doing'  Marriage, children, homeschooling, gardening, farming.  All of these things do not come to me naturally.  I thought they would. I had big dreams of being a wife and mother and maybe even the farmer's wife.  But to be honest it has taken lots of time and even more mistakes for me to get the hang of this life that has been carved out for me.

And this life is fun.  Crazy and fun.  And I'm glad I didn't have a whole lot of say into the direction my life would take.  Because to be honest I'm kind of boring.  And have very little ambition.  So if it were left up to me I probably wouldn't have accomplished anything in this life for being afraid or lazy.  But thankfully God is sovereign.  His plans for us will not be frustrated by our abilities or lack thereof.  I am a testiment to that.  Because this Mama's abilities are.....limited.  But He keeps giving me opportunities to experience His grace.  And that makes this life colorful and provides the fodder we needs for lots of funny stories.

And I'm sure this cow...Precious or Oreo...or Cheeseburger ..whatever it's name is... will be the source of lots of Yahoo stories.