Reworking Mother Goose

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what to do!
So she gave them some broth without any bread,
And she whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed!

There was an  old  ( aspiring and energetic, at times naive, but always passionate ) woman 

who lived in a shoe  (house that started out as a ranch but was morphed by her carpenter husband into actual living space that will one day  be usable - but probably not before the kids move out.)

She had so many children she didn't know what to do!(that she became a specialist in her field.)

So she gave them some broth without any bread, (Wow, her economic problems seem worse than ours. We're still managing to get by on Mac and cheese!)

And she whipped them all soundly  (obviously Mother Goose had no social services in her day and was able to say that out loud. )

And sent them to bed! ( Let's not fix what ain't broke.)