PRO's & CONS of living in the country

PROS

1. In the evening when my husband remembers he left something on in the shop and he takes off outside in his tighty whities, I don't have to be embarrased!

2. My daughter can look like Orphan Annie outside playing in her Minnie Mouse nightgown and no one is here to be judgemental!

3. I can wear a tank top that makes me look completely trashy and shows every "curve" aka FAT ROLL when I want to get a little tan! (my husband already knows what I look like!

4.When I am doing yard work listening to my I pod I can sing along as loud as I want to and it is only my daughter telling me "mom that is not very pretty"

5. I don't have to worry about my child getting abducted if I leave her alone outside for 5 minutes!

6. There is just nothing like the smell of the freshly worked dirt when they are summer fallowing!

7. I really never have to wash my car cause it just gets extremely dirty again right away!

8. Unless they pave all of these roads I will never have to drive one of those ugly ass Toyota Prius's

9. I am able to teach my daughter what it is to work hard to earn what you get!

10. (this one is a true story from just the other evening) when I am mowing and I feel something crawling down my back and I flip out strip off all of my clothing (and I do mean all) and run screaming into the shower,leaving all of my clothing and shoes in the yard. It is just my husband and my daughter left there shaking their heads and thinking I am in fact crazy!


CONS

1. After living in Billings I got really used to just running to any store I wanted when I was out of something, I have a hard time planning meals in advance so I never have what I need when I need it. I always forget something!

2. Snakes- I don't care if they aren't poisonous they are still CREEPY and I am terrified!

3. DUST- I know everyone has dust but we will talk at the end of the summer during harvest and the combines and trucks are driving through my yard, that is an entirely different sort of dusting problem!!

4. The Dog refuses to wear a collar of any sort, be it flea or anything! And it takes a couple of us to coax him into any vehicle because he just knows we are gonna make him go back to that fenced in yard in Billings!

5. I almost refuse to drive home from town by myself after dark because I am terrified of the dark! I mean TERRIFIED! Always have been, and then the movie The Hills Have Eyes had a horrible effect on my mental stability!

6. Sitting on an The Navy Base in Everett Wa, waiting for my Brothers ship to come in. My daughter has to go to the bathroom so I go to take her to the porta potties and she loudly exclaims " I WANT TO POOP OUTSIDE"!!! NICE Not embarrassing at all.

7. My 3 year old daughter's best friend is a stick! She named.... stick! Because she really doesn't have anyone her age to play with! The dog and the girl constantly fight over "stick" the dog wants you to throw it and the girl gets all defensive yelling at the dog because it is her Best Friend and she loves him!

8. The ROADS- But I get to yell at my dad about that, so it makes it almost worth it!