Out, Down, Off and In!

Well, here it May, and I have so much to catch you all up on.  Like Rod and I have hit our sixth month anniversary!!  WooHoo!!  Congratulations to me! :) :) :)  hahaha We are still working on first year quirks, but I am absolutely loving being married to him!  And I LOVE being a farmer's wife! (Especially since he really doesn't make me go out and pick up dead chickens much at all!)  

But I have two exciting events that happened to me yesterday...and they both have to do with living on a farm...well, at least one does, and the other one does for me...I will explain that later.  But the first and most exciting news.....I have waited 45 years to have a farm animal, and after last night, I have finally got one of my childhood dreams....we got FIVE little piglets!!!!!! I always wanted farm animals, and actually, I wanted a cow, but I am quite happy with PIGS!!  The piglets like to snuggle you...it is so sweet! Well, one was not impressed with snuggling, but the other two I held were.

Here are my (our)piglets.....

Aren't they so cute!!! But they do stink right now....but still so lovable!  I will get pictures later of them up and about, but I couldn't disturb them this morning...they were sleeping so cutely (if that is a word?!?!...if not, it should be! so I am using it!)

Now, my next exciting farm news, and sorry, I don't have any pictures of this, but....wait for it....I mowed the yard with a riding mower!!!!  I know...exciting, right?!  Well, it is for me...and its a mower with the blade thing on the front.  So, its not even just a little mower.  Let me tell you...I am not too good at it though. There are quite a few spots I see today that I missed.   But I did most of the yard before it started to down pour, so I was happy with that.  

Growing up, my dad mowed....and sometimes, yes even us kids pushed the push mower, but I never got to drive a mower (to actually mow, I mean.  I did drive a mower from JMS to the mower fix-it shop, but that wasn't mowing, and I never had to put it in reverse!) .  Now I must tell you, mowing was fun!!!!!  I loved going up and down the little bumps in our yard...watching the grass fly out the one side.  To see the difference in the areas that were cut and the areas that weren't...so satisfying.  To know that I was saving my husband a lot of work and time....priceless!  I think I could enjoy this job...maybe not as much when it is 90+ degrees out, but still, not a bad job at all!

Well, lastly...it rained quite heavily in our area last night. The school kids even had a two hour delay for flooding!  So, I am going to stop this post here and go help my parents who had water in their basement.  I am very glad to have the day off so that I am available to help them....again a priceless feeling knowing I can do something for the two people in my life who have done the most for me!

So, until I can get back on my computer to write some more posts....EAT MORE CHICKEN!  Hey, which reminds me of something...yesterday here on the farm, we had chickens going out, rain coming down, grass cutting off, and pigs coming in! What excitement living on the farm!!! hahahah :) :) :)