and so it begins...

I've decided to bring you along on my journey, of becoming a true country girl. I've always been a country girl, grew up in a small town, listened to country music, and still do. But there is so much more, then just where you live. Three months ago, i started dating an amazing guy, and when i met him over 10 months ago, i never thought he would change my life so much. He was a story telling joker, with a cute hick accent, and great smile.... that i never pictured myself dating, yet here we are, and i'm happier then i've ever been. funny how life works out eh? since i knew him long before we started dating, i had already heard many stories about his farm, or his dads farm, and the crazy messes they got into with the cows, or sam, the white and orange tom cat who walks around like he owns the place... and most of the time, he does. but most of the story's seemed too good, or far fetched, to be true. that was, untill i got to see it first hand. so now, three months later i look back, and think to myself, i've got so much more learning to do before i can ever call myself a true country girl. So i thought i would bring you along on my adventures, of learning to become a farm girl. and since its already been 3 months, i'll try and fill you in on what you've missed.

The first time i went out to the barn was an experiance, i had been to barns before, but i had never been up close and personal with that many cows. Which, are alot bigger then they seem when you pass by them in your car. It was time to bring in hay for them, so we had to get them out of the barn, so mark(my wonderful boyfriend, and teacher) could bring the tractor into the barn. this being my first time around the BIG cows(which ran freely around the barn) i was nervous. But lucky me, i met a great guy, who gave me a bright pink cane, and said here have this, it will help you, the cows respect it. and i believed him, and as silly as it sounds, it gave me the confidence to walk closer to them, and help mark walk them out of the barn. so while mark brought in the hay i stood in the doorway, with my bright pink cane, and tried to keep the cows out. but everytime i turned my back to watch what mark was doing, those sneaky cows would creep up on me. and i would turn around and shake my cane at them and they would back off. once we we back into the house, i was very proud of myself, and mark just had this silly grin on his face. it wasn't untill a few weeks later i found out why he had that grin. when he was telling his dad the story of my first time in the barn, and about my bright pink cane. it was then i realized, the cane is just the hit them with when he's alone, and that they don't respect it at all. boy was my face red. but none the less we all shared a laugh over it.

There was one time when i got brave, and i was at his house alone, and the grain stove went out, so i decided i would go to the barn, like mark does, and get more grain for him... so i got all dressed up, in his rubber boots, and overalls, and headed to the barn with my two buckets. i went inside, and filled up my buckets with "grain" went over the the door to the cows, opened it and peaked in, to say hello, which was big, cause i didn't even take my "magical" cane with me. and then headed back to the house, filled the stove up and then wrote him a note, about my good doings, and went home with a smile on my face. the next day he called me and was so proud. except what i thought was grain, was really his rolled oats, that is for the cows to eat... but said it still burned, and he was still proud of me. all i could say, was that i tried so hard.

There was also the time mark wanted me to drive the tractor back to his place from his parents house. which i wasn't ready to do yet. but mark kept asking, and i kept saying no, untill... mark, threw himself one the ground, moved himself to be under the great big back tire, and said, "what if i'm stuck under the tractor! what if your the only other person around, and YOU have to move the tractor to save me?! what about then?" and i said, "but you wont be under the tractor" which he replied to with "oh you might be surprised, but if you don't learn how to drive it now, while i'm not under the tire, then it will be REALLY hard to teach you how, when i am under it." and well how do you look at him after all that and still say no... so there i was up on the tractor seat... learning to drive it. which wasn't so bad. although i'm not sure i'd remeber how to do it now.

I tried my hand at tagging a cows ear.... that ended with me screaming no no no no, because i didn't squeeze hard enough, and the cow was throwing her head around cause i was hurting her. i met sam, the tom cat. who keeps himself very white, which is surprising coming from a barn cat. he is a sneaky guy too, if you don't watch out he will be in your car before you get out. or in the house before you are.

it's taking me a while, but i am really enjoying this whole learning thing. i even went out and bought myself some rubber boots of my own. mark wasn't so impressed when he saw that the were hot pink with hearts and stars and cherries on them, but i told him, atleast i'm trying dear. and he just smiled. but i know there is going to be more to learn, and stories to share, so i hope you'll enjoy reading them.