Spin Cycle Christmas Edition

For this week's special edition of the Spin Cycle, Sprite's Keeper has asked me to write about one of my favorite blogs, Life with 9ndhouse! The saying around here goes, "If one is good, two is better." Hm.. If two is better, what is seven? Isn't seven associated with perfection and divinity?

When you have seven kids, there probably isn't a lot of perfection to be found, but there's undoubtedly a lot of love. Blogger 9ndhouse blogs about life with a family of nine in the country, not just raising seven kids, but homeschooling them. She started after many requests from people at momformation to start blogging her stories.

There are so many reasons I like reading this blog. I like reading homeschool blogs to see how other moms do it, but this isn't so much one of those. I relate to the idea of living out in the middle of nowhere with a small town/city twenty minutes away, but mostly this is more of a reminder that being a parent is a balancing act for everyone. You have to organize and sometimes (okay, a lot of the time) compromise. This is a favorite line of mine from a recent post: "...we sweet talked Dad into taking us to Wendy's to use some of our free Frosty coupons. I batted my eyes and got a chicken sandwich out of the deal and a few burgers to make it a little healthier of a supper."

I guess even the best moms have to throw in an occasional burger in an attempt to squeeze some nutrition into the day. Thanks Katie/9ndhouse for letting us peek into your life. Merry Christmas!