Angelwatcher: Life lessons in the country

Well Dale and his Dad finally finished the fence around the yard; and it looks so awesome.

I got to go to the store by myself today; and on the way I was watching people and how they just did things "slowly". I have to admit slowly is not how my life used to be.

And in some ways it still is not. But I so miss my "kiddo's".

There will never be another group like the ones I left behind. Dale said if we needed him to, he would go and get a job. So instead of trying to find kids to care for I am going to concentrate on "Health"

. And share MonaVie with people. Believe or not people here are very interested in it. I saw a huge racoon and he was so handsome. The wild life out here is abundent; and very interesting.

Not to forget to mention that life in general is pretty peaceful. I am beginning to really enjoy putting the house together. This weekend we will be having our 2nd annual Family Reunion.

The storms up here are amazing to watch; even during the day. I can sit at our kitchen table and watch the storms roll in. I love being out on the porch and seeing it all occur.

Today I got to watch Dale chase cows in the rain; he looked so funny. And what was even funnier was that 2 cows (one was Karen) stand there and watch him

. They would look at one another as if to say;

"yep its one of those 2 legged things again; acting like he's big stuff, doing all that hollering at the others. What da ya think Karen should we tell him that he looks funny? Naw Gertie; let the poor chap think he's doing something smart.

" Then after Dale got in his truck they wondered off. But they stood there and watched as he shouted at the others.

There is so much I miss but there is so much to appreciate here. Even though we have had some really hot weather. And the cows ate my plants. Oh I have to tell ya; the bugs out here are more than I ever had in Austin. I mean you step out our front door and you are under siege by thousands of 4 to 6 legged flying "yuchey's"

I mean they are all over you. So after fighting them off we decided to invest in bug war materials. Country style.

It meant buying "stink" bait type stuff; and a light that will Zap them. It has helped tremendously; now in the morning we just have to sweep off the porch. Unless you like to "crunch" everywhere you walk. I recall after the first night of having placed all the "bombs" around; I went to let the dogs out extra early and walked out barefoot......Not again. Especially in bare feet.

We're learning; we're also the new entertainment in town. We went in to ask (at the Tractor store) how can we keep the bugs away. You would have thought that I had just made the funniest joke ever. I was told "young lady (thank you sir) thare ain't no such contraption that will keep the bugs away; ya have to learn to live with them. You can sort of control them; but ya ain't gettin rid of them". Then he told me about the "stinky stuff" to use

. I do believe a babie's diaper doesn't smell that bad. Or maybe it does and I don't remember. Oh well; take care and give hugs to all.

Blessings,

Karen

Karen Martin