Well, I did it - I shipped my first live birds today! they should arrive at their destination tomorrow at 3 pm!
Wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, either.
Also, E and I have been doing a lot of thinking - I mean a lot - because last week Becca loaned me some books to read and in the front pages of one of the book was a scripture that said we should love our enemies, and be kind and pray for the ones who persecute us - ok, quite a bit of rephrasing there, but you get the gist of it I think.
We've totally not been doing this. We've been walking around angry and bitter - and with sharp retorts on the ends of our tongues.
We made a conscious effort to be different for now on.....
So, last Wednesday, even though we knew FIL had mouthed about us to InLaws and even though he through the first slur, we had him down for our mid-day meal of fried porkchops, 'taters, and veggies.
Saturday we had him down for BBQ'ed chicken -
Yesterday had porkchops again, and again, had FIL down to eat.
Today, we had hamburg gravy over 'taters and veggie and applesauce on the side - and apple pie for dessert. Coffee and tea, too.
And yes, I had FIL down again.
Tomorrow we're driving him to Lowe's (his car is acting up) so he can get the grill he's wanting.
Yes, it still hurts that he tells our business, that he throws slurs - but we're choosing to ignore it and love him anyway.....even when it's hard.
And, I hate leaving him to his own devices for meals because I know he doesn't fix himself good things to eat - he mostly lives on processed junk or out of the freezer into the microwave foods.
E says nice guys finish last. At least the nice ones who finished last know they were in the right.
DS kicked me in the bladder so I guess it was the lesser of two evils. 
I'm not looking for new animals, just wondering about produce before I take the better part of a day to go there.
Then yesterday evening E ran out of nails while working on the girls' room, so FIL ran down to the hardware store and bought us 4 lbs if nails!!
