Monday, March 12, 2012
Yeah, we live in the sticks...so what?
We had a wonderful visit with some of Miranda's family over the weekend. Her folks from Oklahoma drove over as well as her Grandpa from Arkansas and aunt & co. from Iowa. Well, the Okies have been here a time or two and had no trouble finding our place in the pouring rain. Our other relatives didn't quite get here on their first attempt. They found our road, but not the piece we live on. Since we live at the Dead End, you can't get here from just any direction you please.
Nevertheless, the troupe made it here. In reality, no one came to see Miranda or me. They all came to see our little, sweet Rebecca. Hey, that's okay, she's pretty cute!!! The rain let off as our family continued to make comments about why we Missourians like to live so far out in the boonies. Yes, we are way out...about 6 miles from town. It's like stepping into another civilization, you know. As the disparaging comments were being made, we had a little power outage. Now, everyone is sitting out in the boonies in the dark. What a wonderful ambiance!! We lit some candles and everyone went on with the awwwhhhing over Rebecca.
Before I continue....we are both college educated people who have great jobs with our local school district. We buy our food at the local grocery store, we own a computer, cell phones and a TV (although we only get "antenna channels"), and we enjoy creature comforts like the next guy....HOWEVER, as the rain was letting up I had looked out the window and noticed our resident flock of turkeys was moving in closer to the house. At that point, someone decided we might as well go outside since it was dark in the house. Miranda's younger 3rd cousin was interested in checking out our out house....not a typo....out house. Yes, we have one on our property. The idea was to get a picture of her in or by the out house for posterity sake. The gobblers didn't like everyone coming on and crashing their party so they headed back to the woods. Miranda's cousin was not impressed with the out house or the turkeys for that fact. All in all, despite the rain, the lack of electricity, and the wandering team of turkeys, I think we had a great weekend. Don't bother to ask anyone else though. They're story might not sound as exciting as mine.
Nevertheless, the troupe made it here. In reality, no one came to see Miranda or me. They all came to see our little, sweet Rebecca. Hey, that's okay, she's pretty cute!!! The rain let off as our family continued to make comments about why we Missourians like to live so far out in the boonies. Yes, we are way out...about 6 miles from town. It's like stepping into another civilization, you know. As the disparaging comments were being made, we had a little power outage. Now, everyone is sitting out in the boonies in the dark. What a wonderful ambiance!! We lit some candles and everyone went on with the awwwhhhing over Rebecca.
Before I continue....we are both college educated people who have great jobs with our local school district. We buy our food at the local grocery store, we own a computer, cell phones and a TV (although we only get "antenna channels"), and we enjoy creature comforts like the next guy....HOWEVER, as the rain was letting up I had looked out the window and noticed our resident flock of turkeys was moving in closer to the house. At that point, someone decided we might as well go outside since it was dark in the house. Miranda's younger 3rd cousin was interested in checking out our out house....not a typo....out house. Yes, we have one on our property. The idea was to get a picture of her in or by the out house for posterity sake. The gobblers didn't like everyone coming on and crashing their party so they headed back to the woods. Miranda's cousin was not impressed with the out house or the turkeys for that fact. All in all, despite the rain, the lack of electricity, and the wandering team of turkeys, I think we had a great weekend. Don't bother to ask anyone else though. They're story might not sound as exciting as mine.
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