Thanks for the concern…

and no, I’m not pregnant. Nor planning to be. So there you go. The answer to the question you and the rest of the world wonders about as soon as they see me with my chilluns.

But if I want more, I’ll have more. So there, world, thinking I can only have four or less. I don’t care what you think.

Part of me just wants to have 10 kids just to spite everyone. People here are so weird about big families. Makes me want to make mine bigger. But then again, having kids just to spite people is probably not a good idea. And I feel like four is perfect.

(not quite sure why I went off on that rant…just got on here to say I’m fine. But I don’t really have anything else to say…except maybe that I reek of grease from the Fish and Chips joint Dave and I went to for lunch. Gross. Fine reading here today, folks.) :)

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13 Comments

  1. Courtney Kelly said . . .

    Dude why stop at 10? ;) That woman in AR is pregnant with #16 already… someone has to one-up her :) rofl…

    Posted January 30, 2006 at 3:36 pm | Permalink
  2. Alison said . . .

    yup. totally agree with Courtney. Actually, I don’t see any reason to stop at 17. Or twenty. Or thirty, really. I mean, come on. Why are you being so shallow about this whole thing? Who CARES what people think. ;)
    Lemme tell ya…I’d say 9 out of 10 times I leave the house, both of my littles are in tow. And folks assume, because of my age, that I am a whore-single parent. I see it in how they look at me. It sucks. But screw them. (If only someone WOULD, maybe they’d be in a position similar to yours and mine…)

    Posted January 30, 2006 at 4:25 pm | Permalink
  3. Heather said . . .

    ROFL . . yes, having more to spite people probably isn’t the way to go!

    We had a family here in town that had 16 or 17, I can’t really remember. But everybody had at least one Springer in their grade.

    Posted January 30, 2006 at 10:43 pm | Permalink
  4. Moriah Bettencourt said . . .

    In my heart I could TOTALLY be a mother of four or six… you know if money were no object & I could have a live in nanny to help me out when things got messy. LOL Really, I’m the youngest of 4 so I can totally see it but alas I married a man that was 1 of 2. We NEED to have another child, I hate the thought of Alex being an only (trust me, when people find out you have 1 child who’s 7 they think you’re equally crazy as the person with 4 ;) ). I tease Geoff that maybe we’ll have 2 closer together when we are a little older… our little love children. LOL. Oh well, I’m rambling… just had to weigh in & tell you you’re fine. Hey, Alex is in school in Los Altos now, we should have lunch sometime!

    Posted January 30, 2006 at 10:46 pm | Permalink
  5. Andrea said . . .

    Come on sis–just one more?? We really need to be pregnant at the same time. Or at least within the same decade…. :)

    Posted January 31, 2006 at 10:30 am | Permalink
  6. Hilary Erickson said . . .

    K….

    Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:18 pm | Permalink
  7. Julie said . . .

    Shannon, I always enjoy reading your blog for the literary content! So enlightening! =)

    Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:29 pm | Permalink
  8. stephanie thiel said . . .

    Wow! Did I miss something?
    Man…You rant REALLY well!!
    Proud of you girl!

    Posted January 31, 2006 at 10:12 pm | Permalink
  9. april said . . .

    girlfriend, I’m on the opposite end of your totem pole. I have zero kids, which apparently makes me as much of a circus freak as people who have four kids! ;) we cant win, can we?!? hang in there! the next time someone asks if you are, tell them “why yes, actually, we just found out yesterday we’re having triplets!” :P

    Posted January 31, 2006 at 11:02 pm | Permalink
  10. traci said . . .

    “But then again, having kids just to spite people is probably not a good idea.”

    LOL! People have kids for a lot dumber reason, though… :P

    Posted February 1, 2006 at 5:57 am | Permalink
  11. Alana M said . . .

    Here Shannon, check out this board:
    http://bbs.babycenter.com/board/baby/babyfamily/5712

    I read it every day in awe of these great ladies. I wish I had the strength and patience for more children, but 3 is my magic number.

    Posted February 1, 2006 at 3:31 pm | Permalink
  12. doris said . . .

    fabulous entry . . . love your sarcastic sense of humor . . . i was #5 in my family . . . and SO happy to be here . . . :D

    Posted February 7, 2006 at 12:38 pm | Permalink
  13. Kelli Crowe said . . .

    spite them
    spite them all!
    kellicrowe

    Posted February 10, 2006 at 11:14 am | Permalink

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