What's on my mind?????

Well I have a lot on my mind today....

Money being the biggest one! I am in desperate need of money! We need a new place to live, so getting all of that set up is going to take money because everyone requires deposits for all of the services to be turned on. And there is no way that I am going without a phone or the internet again! No sirry bob! Not doing it and you can't make me!

I am also thinking about seriously hurting my neighbor...

He shot at my dog again today!!!!!! He is the scum of the earth and deserves to burn. I usually am a very nice person and can get a long with just about anybody, but my neighbor shot my other dog when he was just a pup of 7 months. So I have every reason to literally see red everytime I see this man, which I try to make as little as possible.

Well, I go to call my dog in after about 20 minutes of his being outside romping with the dogs next door and I barely get the door open and call my dog's name and there are two great big gun shots from the field next door. My heart literally stopped for about 4 seconds. Then went into overtime. All of the sudden the golden retriever from next door comes barreling across the field and there is another shot! I am screaming for my dog, as there is another shot, I finally see my dog high tailing it with his tail between his legs right for me.

Damn dog knocked me down he was so happy to see me. I have never seen a dog so terrified in my life. You have to see, my dog is terrified of gunshots after his brother, my other dog was shot to death right beside him. He will literally knock the door down if he hears a gunshot and we do not open it fast enough. Same thing with lightning. Must be the sound.

So now, I have the dog on a leash, which he hates, and he will not pee or poop, he just looks at me, like I am the retarded one, and I am wondering what in the world to do now?

Do you miss the old days? I don't!!!!!

Pic is of the 'lake' at the bottom of my driveway at home.

Ok I am not that old to begin with, but people around here are always talking about how they 'Miss the good old days!' Well I don't! I am living them....

The good old days to me mean well water not city water. They didn't have that many people that were on city water back then. I live in rural north dakota on a farm and all of my water is gotten from a well. Have you ever had well water? It tastes great, but is hell on your clothes, teeth, and hair! Everything gets stained. You have to work extra hard to keep your teeth white and not to mention your clothes!

I now realize why no one out in the country ever had a computer until about 5 years ago or so. Their electricity could not handle it! I overload my circuit breakers all the time. I cannot run my dryer as I will overload my whole house due to faulty wiring, so I have to line dry my clothes.

Yes, I did say line dry. I have to bring my clothes outside and hang them up on a clothesline. I have never had to do this in my life before I moved out here about a year and a half ago! Clotheslines to me were something that my grandmother hung her quilts on about once a month in the summer to 'air' them out, otherwise as a kid I would do my best rendition of George of the Jungle off the top of them. Never for actually drying clothes!

I now am the proud owner of a septic tank ~ can we say disgusting! I never realized how much {waste} one family can make in just a few short weeks until my septic tank started backing up on me. It is amazing how imaginative I have become when it comes to washing dishes, taking bathes, and brushing teeth without overflowing anything!

"The wind is my friend" Enough said about septic tanks. ;-)

Dusting is obsolete when you live on a 'dirt road' you might as well not even try! You are trying to battle something that is all around you and never stops filtering in through every crack in your house, and yes you will find many of them when the wind starts blowing!

You had better not be squeamish about anything that squirms, slithers, climbs, hisses, croacks, jumps, flies, or sucks blood.

YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE!!! You will be driven slowly out of your mind out in the rural areas of our nation! You cannot get away from wild creatures or bugs no matter how hard you may try. They are everywhere!

Crap is everywhere ~ literally

You are at the whims of Mother Nature ~ again literally

Your best friend is your dog ~ unfortunately I'm not really kidding.

I personally long for the modern ages and a more modern house, but love the scenery. Can't there be a happy medium somewhere? Maybe if I tore down the whole house and started over....Maybe that's an idea.

JennyB