Spring In My Step

I have emerged from my cave and am slowly rejoining the land of the living.  I have been lamenting over the fact that I now live in the country, but don't have any animals besides our dogs, can't have a garden, and our weedeater doesn't work properly so the corners of my beautiful yard look terrible.  The neighbor's cows are tearing up our yard, and we can't get the electric fence working.  Grr!  But physically, I feel better, or I wouldn't even be interested in springtime projects.

So to combat my frustration, I will tackle each of my problems head on! 

First of all (this is strangely starting to resemble one of my infamous lists), we are thinking of getting some chickens.  All we need to do is tackle the weeds in the chicken coop (no light task!) and put a top on it so the wild beasts that roam the farm can't attack them and enjoy tasty chicken thighs for dinner.

Can't afford a new weedeater, but I am certainly not above borrowing Dad's.  Gotta love the borrow method.  Ugh.

And those dang cows...they need a good tipping.  Instead, after recalling our cattle guard from my childhood, I am rigging up streamers on the fence that will hopefully keep them OUT of the yard.  It is thought cows have no depth perception, and if you put streamers up that they can't see well through, they won't pass them.  We are about to put the theory to the test.  So, yes, if you come to our house it will look a little trashy for a few weeks.  I am hoping to remove the streamers after the cows have been broken. 

I went to the nursery yesterday and looked at flowers.  I just don't want to spend a fortune, but it would be nice to add something to the yard and get it spruced up.  I think I'll also have a little patio garden in totes this year, if I can't do anything else.  I've always taken pride that our garden was started from scratch, but I guess who cares, right?  No one cared besides Randy and I. 

It doesn't look like it's going to be the Summer of Jill, but who can tell.  Maybe something wonderful will happen.

I have a little lift in my heel and a spring in my step, so I'm off my period and on the mend.  Come on, Energy, do your thing.

Yeah, I'm talkin' to you!