This morning I got up bright and early to help Jason build the new fence around the pasture. After making coffee and heading out into the crisp morning air I went to work attaching the fence stretcher to the fence in order to pull it tight with the truck. We moved the fence posts and measured 8' spaces between each fence pole. Standing there, listening as the post driver angrily thudded against the top of the pole, I breathed in the cool air and stared out over the rolling hills as the sun came peeking through the trees and into the pasture. Once we finished up Jason had me go feed the chickens. I fed them out of my hand for a little bit this time! Walking back toward Jason all the sheep came frolicking [correct spelling surprisingly] down through the pasture to investigate the changes we had made. I could do that for the rest of my life. I just love this little farm life. After Sandy and I dropped the kids off at day camp we headed out for a little shopping trip. I bought two pairs of shorts, two dresses, and one strapless jumpsuit thing. I loooove them!! All that for 60 bucks! [70 with TN tax - Heather, you're not in Minnesota anymore] ha! Later on we moseyed over to a barbecue one of the local businesses was throwing for it's customers, delicious. Sandy asked me if they feed everyone in Minnesota like they do here and I told her that they do it a liiiittle differently - in Minnesota, you are given free range to peoples kitchens but don't expect them to cook for you all the time [except Avery's house - they cook for me all the time :) ] Once our tummys were happy as can be we went over to watch the kids play water games at day camp. They had two water slides out and all the kids stood in single file lines to go down them - it was sooo funny!! It brought me back to when we'd put a huge tarp down the hill in our back yard and squirt laundry soap on our stomachs to go flying down the now blue river running down the hill. I miss those days. When we were leaving, Forrest, one of the local guys told me that he saw my post on facebook and that a group of people from the church were going fishing tomorrow!! I guess it's free fishing day in Tennessee, where you can fish without purchasing a lisence - sooo excited!! After we got home the kids got into a huge argument over a PENNY! Sandy gave new meaning to the term "hug it out" when she made them stand in the hallway for ten minutes hugging. I LOVE it. They were giggling with eachother and totally over their fight within 6 minutes - but they still had 4 to go. What a great punishment. I love this little peice of paradise out here. I cannot wait to have my own little farmette/ranchette some day :)
Where The Green Grass Grows - Tim McGraw
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