No sleep!

As you can see from the above plenty of sleep and the proliferation of the BRAT diet has made us all, almost, all better. That was a really bitchin flu I have to say. Either I, meaning me and my kids, am getting weaker or flu bugs are getting nuclear strength.
Shane, the asshole, totally escaped unscathed. I hate him for that. I secretly licked him while he was sleeping.
My OCD doctor sister is convinced that we got sick because we are filthy. She is totally disgusted by the chickens and the well and pretty much everything we do. And, even better!, she's coming to visit for a week. Thank god she's not staying with us. But, of course, her insistent bitching about hand-washing has me wondering if maybe we did get sick because of the chickens. Chickens are disgusting creatures. I mean really filthy. But, fun! I don't think we did, but i've penned them back into their small run in the meantime.
I was a vegetarian for 15 years and only switched back to eating meat when I was pregnant with Tristan and had insulin-dependent gestational diabetes and couldn't get it under control; the protein from meat helped. Anyway, i wanted chickens because i watched this (not for the weak of heart). I wanted to feed my children food that was most importantly – healthy. To me healthy means food that is fed all-natural diets, not given steroids or growth hormones (some medications are necessary), and killed in a humane way. For a time I considered raising meat birds as well; that is why we have a turkey, she's our test to see if we can actually do that. When you raise meat birds there is a truck that is all stainless steel inside and they come to your house and process the birds for you; kill them, feather them etc. and hand you back a whole roasting chicken in a plastic bag. I know, i know sounds so frighteningly gross, but if you watch that video would you rather eat that? I've considered the vegetarian thing for my family, but Eliza is allergic to all nuts and peanuts and by proxy the rest of the family is too. It's hard to be a vegetarian without nuts or products that "may contain" nuts. So, raising your own meat seemed the best and most efficient way to become a total fucking hick! No! I mean the best way to feed my children healthy food.
Heavy, heavy for a sunday morning!