Living in the Country

I enjoy life in country. I live a very basic, down to earth life. I have chickens that lay eggs for me, a small herb and vegetable garden, a horse and 4 dogs and a cat.
My day starts off with a cup of coffee about 5:00 a.m. I am up feeding the horse and chickens. Once that is done, I wash clothes and then hang them outside on the clothesline that has been there for the last 30 yrs. My father put the clothesline up for my mother. Hanging clothes on the line is not a bother to me. I enjoy it very much. I have a tendency to daydream and let my mind wonder when hanging out the wash. It gives a since of days gone by.

After the wash, I sit down to plan my supper. If it is a roast, I will need to thaw the meat out and then get it cooking early. I like to cook my roast for about 4 hours. I rub it with real mayonnaise and salt and pepper and fry it on both sides then stick it in a dutch oven with water for about 4 hours.

I go outside and water the herbs and plants before it gets to hot, sometimes I do this in the evening as it is cooler and it won't torch my plants. I pick and gather herbs for drying and hang them upside down in bunches in my pantry. There is something about hanging herbs that is romantic to me. It gives my home a nice smell also.
From there, I go and do my inside chores. Dust, sweep, mop, clean the rooms and do wifely household chores.

I bet you're wondering if I get bored without a television. Nope! Sure don't. I had satellite at one time, but it was costly and I found myself sitting like a lump on the couch to much and getting behind on what was more important. A friend of mine is always telling me all the 'good ideas' she has heard on t.v., but never does any of them herself. Plus, a lot of the shows they would have on were repeats and re-repeats for a month. Got tired of that quick and didn't like giving satellite people money for repeats.

I can be found sometimes in the back room, sewing on a project. I have made about 5 quilts in my time. All my quilts are stitched on the machine, then I hand quilt the rest. I have no quilting frame so I have to improvise and how I do that is, I lay out quilt with the batting and back pinned, then I roll it up from end to the other and start quilting at one end and keep going. It is a painful process because it comes unrolled or I have to constantly be moving to get the stitches in.

I make my own bread, rolls, and gravies. I never buy boxed items, or canned goods unless absolutely necessary. I can freeze and can what ever I like out of my garden.
Close to bed time, I take a cool shower and put on my nighties and head for the bed where I sit up and read the Bible until I am sleepy. Sometimes I am sleepy in about 15 minutes, and sometimes I read it for 2 hours.

Hope you enjoyed my article and feel free to send me a message with questions.