Howdy, y’all! 🙂 Here’s a short post on some MUST HAVE tips for country living…
-Pray, pray, and pray some more!
Pray for wisdom, pray over your livestock, pray over your gardens, and JUST Pray. You really need it.
-Love your animals and they will love you back! It tames and gentles them greatly, y’all. Spend quality time with them; cuddle, pet, hug, brush, bathe, play, run around, amd kiss them! ❤️ Don’t be afraid to spoil them sometimes. Pay attention to their languages and habits as well… We’ve learned all of our chicken’s calls and voices and have had fun learning the goat language. God has really made them smart!
-Carry a pocket knife all day and everyday.
I carry a neat Smith and Wesson knife (that also has a window breaker and emergency seatbelt cutter) everyday. You’ll need it for opening bags of animal feed, cutting open hay bales, slicing an apple for a snack, and even for that bear attack some creepy night… (Just kidding!) I always tell my sisters, “ Don’t ask IF I have my knife on me, but ask if you can borrow it; I ALWAYS have it on Me!”
-Get a good headlamp.
My Dad bought me this really neat one for my birthday a few years ago and it lasted forever! This year he got me an even better one l? and I don’t know where it’s been all of my life! 😉
It’s rechargeable and battery operated, and has 3 neat settings (plus 2 emergency red and green lights!). Hands free lighting is a MUST out in the pitch black darkness and you’re trying to get things done on the farm (as the dog barks and growls viciously into the deep dark woods behind you!).
Yes, get a headlamp.
-Rubber mud boots! Awesome footwear for those thick muddy days, snow days, cleaning out the coop or goat barn days, or swampy garden days.
-Wear camouflage! It hide all the stains from outdoor work and hides YOU in the woods. Random fun fact: dark haired people camouflage 40% Better than other hair colors! Ha ha It is true! (Just because I have dark hair it doesn’t mean that I made that up… Hee hee)
And the universal unspken rule of farming country folk? Camo and plaid ALWAYS match! 😉
-Pin your hair up around goats. Ha ha After losing a nice, long, thick piece of a curl to a goat (who I will keep anonymous at this time) I now always twirl my hair up before playing with the goats! 😉
-And lastly, no matter how much work you have be sure to have fun! 🙂 Put on that plaid and those cowgirl boots and enjoy being a country person! It’s great therapy to sit down and watch your cute and playful animals… Goats skipping like deer, chickens scratching and flapping around, and bucks play fighting, etc. etc. It helps you appreciate God’s wisdom and beauty in nature!
Thank you, Jesus, for farm life! 💙💙💙😊🩵🩵🩵 🐐 🐓 🐣 🐔 🐴 🦆
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