It may not be as exciting as a Groundhog, but this Weasel sure did inflict some pain too!
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| Like I said, cracked river bed now! |
I think it slapped me happy. I loooove slap happy. Pretty well means you've worked yourself silly. So here is what I did today along with a whole lot of silliness.
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| Told ya my big girl boots were on! |
How do you know you are a gardener, farmer, keeper of chickens, prepper, canner and all other things homesteadish or sustaining?
You Know When...
You think every shower is the best shower you've ever taken!
You don't need to remove your clothes, they walk right off....all on their own.
Your flip flops might be cleaner than your feet.
The only thing that makes your feet look clean is a pumice stone.
You have a different version of "tan lines" than when you used to wear a swim suit.
You tell folks, "Sorry, can't make it! I have to plant/weed/harvest/put up, feed animals...", and you think it's perfectly acceptable.
You are so busy with said planting/weeding/harvesting/putting up/feeding that you forget to feed your family and friends on a regular basis and order pizza more than you should.
You choose which tank or shirt to wear based on rotating new tan lines in.
You sport head-gear that has nothing to do with aligning your teeth.
Your muscles have an ongoing fight amongst themeselves as to which one hurts most.
You no longer think 90 is hot and that 60 is down right frigid.
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| Should have grapes this year! |
Your daily caffiene routine now includes Sweet Tea.
You look at other folks land and think they should utilize it -and if they don't, you will.
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| The corn is coming up! |
You hate manicured lawns because the chemicals kill dandelions- and they could be harvested too!
The slide on your Smart Phone feels grimey.
The weather man thinks it's funny to predict a 10% chance of rain and you want to punch him when it does ...again!
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| Neighbor said his rain guage hit near 7 inches those 3 days!!! |
Your friend from work calls to say he read your blog and expresses his condolences for your garden woes and means it!
Your friend from work sends you a lovely card with a note that her husband is measuring sunlight to determine where the garden should go!
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| Potatoes - wait for it! |
Your friend from work emails you how to get the FBI to dig up your ground and you consider hiding fake bodies out there to get it done!
Your friend from work just knows this is the coolest thing ever and that you would love it...and then she sends it to you!
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| All herbs / edible! With a chicken! |
After hours of grueling with the Weasel, you want to stone your husband as soon as he gets home because he make it look easy. This thing is just too darn big for me to operate and literally picks me up off the ground.! Or trust me, I would.
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| SHOW OFF! |
You send your friend in to do the dirty work of chicken wrangling and then stand back and laugh!
You find a strange beauty in the beast.
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| Weekly update demand met! |
You never think twice about how lucky you are and would rather go belly up than live "in town" again, because "town" wouldn't take ya anyway!
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| Thanks LLL, that was mighty nice of ya! |
Now you play along! What thoughts make you slap happy?
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| Good enough for one day! |
Share them here or make up your own and post them so we can slap each other stupid with laughter!
Oh my, I will have to revisit in the morning when my thoughts are more together LOL! You hit all the good ones! Swimsuit lines, HA! Now it's farmer tans and flip flop tans, and the headgear... too funny! Is everyone afraid to point it out to me or is it that I JUST DON"T CARE as long as there isn't sweaty hair sticking to my face? LOL...... and that does look like river bed and I'm not laughing at that. We are now in "severe" drought according to our local weatherman, how could that be with all the storms? But he's right, we need some more of that rain here...
ReplyDeleteOh I thought of one, last week I pulled over on the side of the road on the way to a bbq, hubby asks what are you doing? I had to rummage around the car/purse to find anything useful to give my nails a quick swipe for dirt :)
ReplyDeleteI'm also chuckling at all the goodness we are harvesting while our families have pizza and Dunkin Doughnuts cups on the table? LOL...
Erin, heck I go to town in whatever whenever! Maybe they are used to seeing us look like hags? :) And yes! Dirty fingernails! Is there any other kind??? I hope you get some rain soon too! Like I said before, I will probably curse myself for begrudging the rain. Let's not have a drought on top of things!
ReplyDeleteI get slap-happy when the lamb who had a fractured leg as a day old baby knocks me on my backside as she races past playing with her sister as a 4 month old ewe lamb...
ReplyDeleteAlso, the fact that I get the giggles when I hear the pigs hit the hotwire probably indicates something.
You said some great ones... Thanks, I needed a smile today!
How did i get so lucky as to have such a funny friend? Glad u got lots of work done. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Ruth, ya know when they hit the wire it does make you cringe at the same time, but everyonce in a while ya can't help but let a giggle slip! Don't worry, you are safe here! And I'd laugh from my backside too!
ReplyDeleteJulee, awe! You are too sweet :) Now give me Holli!
Kelso is alive!!! And that makes ME happy. He is so handsome, or she.It also makes me slap happy when you find, beg, receive, some hoosy whatsit that was once on the way to the dump, but it turns out it is the perfect thing to fix, construct, or erect some major project you were working on. I love a good score, in the clean way, not the dirty way. This is a family blog.
ReplyDeleteI think you just confirmed the fact that all of us gardeners are skewed in exactly the same way. I gave a resounding "Yep!, Uh-huh!, For sure!, Yes!" to each and every single thing you listed! You just wrote the first chapter in your book, "You Might Be A Gardener If . . . "
ReplyDeleteAgree with Mama Pea...You've just written your firt chapter. I had to trim my fingernails so the toothbrush could get deep down in. Don't look at my toes, dirt goes through the shoes and socks and get in my nails. Garderners Pedicure.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes me Slap Happy today? A cooling trend...we're not hovering around 100 degrees. Just 90-95 Yipee!
I guess I won't be a gardener if.... but I WANT TO BE OR I'M A WANNA BE OR I'M A SUBURBAN GARNER WITH A BROWN THUMB BUT I LOVE READING ABOUT ALL YOUR hay DAYS ISN'T CORN SUPPOSE TO BE KNEE-HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY--OH THAT'S IN MN, LOL---HEY[DIFFERENT KIND] I AM GONNA COME BACK AS A GUESS WHAT--A HOMESTEADER
ReplyDeleteSwimsuit? Whazzat? If the sun ever hit these legs, the glare would blind everything within a mile! You were a busy homesteader, weren't you? Love the pics!
ReplyDeleteOkay...I think I need an herb pot like that!!! I would actually use all of it but the question is...could I keep them alive?
ReplyDeleteThose flowered garden boots are CUTE! Where'd ya get em? Ha :-)
I know exactly what you mean about the hubby "showing off"...mine does it all the time but says he is not ::giggle::
ReplyDeleteJane, Yup! That's a good score. You are afterall the CList Queen!
ReplyDeleteMamaPea, we all definetly are somewhat deranged in the sense that we 'get' each other. Makes for good times!
Tami, see that is why I paint my toenails. Never my fingernails tho. Just the tootsies. :) Glad you are having a cooling trend! Sort of?
Judy, you can be a wannabe, just be careful cuz when the bug bits, you'll be next. Knee high by the 4th of July. Well I suppose that used to be true before all the fertilizers and what not. Now it's beyond that rather quickly!
Susan, oh don't you know it! These legs too are down right scarey! I hate getting in a suit and only do so when no one else is looking.
Jen, yes you could keep them alive! If you can handle two kids, you can master some herbs. I will see what I can find. This one came from the Quad Cities area. Oh and now ya know why I said 'cheap' boots! I wear'em everyday. Cept they are pretty hot right now.
BrokenRoad, man is synonymous with Show Off. It can't be helped. :) Sorry guys!!
You know you're a gardener when it's 6:00 am and your at Starbucks,not for coffee, but yesterday's leftover grounds.
ReplyDeleteJody, yes that is another great one!! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I am reading up on your blog now...what's a girl gotta do to get some of that peach wine???
ReplyDeletethis is the funniest one!:
ReplyDeleteYou look at other folks land and think they should utilize it -and if they don't, you will.
i drive around shaking my fist at these people and their big lawns and yell, "you're wasting all that space!"
great work baby!
:-)