2. There is an excellent possibility that at some point you will have to get out of your vehicle to help an old farmer wrangle his cows/horses/sheep ect.
3. You will see an abundance of wildlife....everywhere. It won't just be a deer or two, it will be an entire herd....in your backyard. Sometimes its a turkey or maybe a couple coyotes. It could be a snake and you may even mistake that snake for a poisonous one. Then you might go out in your pajamas with a 22 pistol and try and shoot that snake. You will probably miss it and you will spend the next month or so googling poisonous snakes in your area. You may have a random pot belly loose in your woods and you may try and coax it into a huge pen attached to your garage/barn. Everyday is a wildlife adventure! (As I'm writing this a deer just came out of our woods. Just wanted you to know that)
4. You can't go outside without getting poison ivy or ticks. You will randomly find ticks all over your house. The closets, on furniture, in your fridge...seriously...EVERYWHERE! Then you will google the signs and symptoms of lime disease until your husband makes you stop obsessing.
5. People shoot guns in their backyard all day long. Sometimes at night and typically through the entire year. It will sound like they are shooting at your house, but they probably aren't. I'm sure you'll be fine.
6. Just because you live in the country does NOT mean you can walk around naked or in your underwear without the possibility of a stranger seeing you. You are always taking a chance. Your husband probably won't care. He will garden/mow/whatever else in his underwear. So if guests decide to pay you an unannounced visit, they are also taking their chances.
7. The church down the road is going to come visit you. They will not like your wine/whiskey bottle tree.
8. You will have a nice big out building. You will call it a barn. Your husband will say "It's not a barn. Animals are in barns and we are NOT having anymore animals here". And you will say "We'll see about that".
9. If you're lucky the hay bail truck will drop a bail or two by accident at the end of your drive way. There is a limitless amount of things you can do with a hay bail on the homestead.
10. People will still hear you yelling at your kids/husband. Noises carry well in the country.
I am glad you didn't catch the pot belly, Casey would have butchered it. I am glad you didn't shoot yourself in the foot when you tried to kill the copper head snake. I do think you need to take a picture of Casey outside in his underwear, bikini style is what he wears?, and use it in your next blog. It might go viral. HEE hee love you guys.
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