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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
4:36:00 PM EDT
Feeling Happy
Hearing freakin frogs croaking
There are days when I can't believe I live so far out in the middle of nowhere. Yesterday was one of those days. Richie got money and a gift card for his birthday and Easter and he he wanted to go to Wal Mart right away. In any other town that would be great but here, that's a twenty minute trip... one way. The closest KMart? Twenty Minutes. We do have a couple drug stores, dollar stores and small thrift shops in town but that's not enough for a seven year old. And a mall? Yeah, forget about that, that's in Lexington...way too far for a quick trip in a broken down little car. The only thing in town thats twenty four hours is the gas station. It can be tough. You can go for miles with virtually nothing around. And forget about a cell phone signal. You get yourself down in a "holler" and you're SOL. Of course, you know you're going to break down somewhere without a signal, right? Backwoods country life can be a challenge but it can also be a reward.
Here in the country, we go horseback riding just because we feel like it. We sled anywhere when it snows because most everyone has a hill close by. The kids play out front or at the neighbor's house until it starts to get dark because everyone knows everyone and no one else comes back here. Our dogs run free without any limits to where they lay, sit, or play. Birds of every size, shape and color sing on our porches and trees without choking up on smog and pollution. There are bonuses to country living that people in the city can only imagine. People do know each other and they look out for each other. Neighbors wave when they go up and down the road.
Some of the things we've heard and done this past week could only happen here in the country. For example, only in the country would you hear the words..."don't harass the llama." Yep the boys wanted to chase the thing and it wasn't having it. These words were spoken directly to a mama horse who just didn't want to leave her foal... "oh shut up, do you know how much I'd pay to be able to lock my kids in a stall for a little while?" Now, don't go getting upset, it was only a joke but one that would have had no effect anywhere else but here in the country. Then there was the very confident comment from one of the kids that "we probably won't have school tomorrow cause of all the rain." In the country, that's normal; torrential rains come and rivers flood... the kids get a few days off. Today it was a day off and the kids took full advantage of the situation. Our four multiplied to six and insanity ensued. Five out of six are covered in mud because they went hill sliding and hunting for crawdads in the creek. Only in the country could we do what we did this past weekend. Jess' grandfather's birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year so we had a little fun with him. We dyed an egg bright blue and hid it in the hen house for him to find. So far, he's blamed everyone he could think of...except us. You see, we were at church with him on Sunday, we couldn't possibly have done that! Where else but in the country could you see the sunset without having to deal with noise and air pollution? There is nowhere else on Earth that can compare to these wide open spaces. I may have been city raised but Thank God I'm a country girl now!!
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4:36:00 PM EDT
Feeling Happy
Hearing freakin frogs croaking
Only in the country...
There are days when I can't believe I live so far out in the middle of nowhere. Yesterday was one of those days. Richie got money and a gift card for his birthday and Easter and he he wanted to go to Wal Mart right away. In any other town that would be great but here, that's a twenty minute trip... one way. The closest KMart? Twenty Minutes. We do have a couple drug stores, dollar stores and small thrift shops in town but that's not enough for a seven year old. And a mall? Yeah, forget about that, that's in Lexington...way too far for a quick trip in a broken down little car. The only thing in town thats twenty four hours is the gas station. It can be tough. You can go for miles with virtually nothing around. And forget about a cell phone signal. You get yourself down in a "holler" and you're SOL. Of course, you know you're going to break down somewhere without a signal, right? Backwoods country life can be a challenge but it can also be a reward.
Here in the country, we go horseback riding just because we feel like it. We sled anywhere when it snows because most everyone has a hill close by. The kids play out front or at the neighbor's house until it starts to get dark because everyone knows everyone and no one else comes back here. Our dogs run free without any limits to where they lay, sit, or play. Birds of every size, shape and color sing on our porches and trees without choking up on smog and pollution. There are bonuses to country living that people in the city can only imagine. People do know each other and they look out for each other. Neighbors wave when they go up and down the road.
Some of the things we've heard and done this past week could only happen here in the country. For example, only in the country would you hear the words..."don't harass the llama." Yep the boys wanted to chase the thing and it wasn't having it. These words were spoken directly to a mama horse who just didn't want to leave her foal... "oh shut up, do you know how much I'd pay to be able to lock my kids in a stall for a little while?" Now, don't go getting upset, it was only a joke but one that would have had no effect anywhere else but here in the country. Then there was the very confident comment from one of the kids that "we probably won't have school tomorrow cause of all the rain." In the country, that's normal; torrential rains come and rivers flood... the kids get a few days off. Today it was a day off and the kids took full advantage of the situation. Our four multiplied to six and insanity ensued. Five out of six are covered in mud because they went hill sliding and hunting for crawdads in the creek. Only in the country could we do what we did this past weekend. Jess' grandfather's birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year so we had a little fun with him. We dyed an egg bright blue and hid it in the hen house for him to find. So far, he's blamed everyone he could think of...except us. You see, we were at church with him on Sunday, we couldn't possibly have done that! Where else but in the country could you see the sunset without having to deal with noise and air pollution? There is nowhere else on Earth that can compare to these wide open spaces. I may have been city raised but Thank God I'm a country girl now!!
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