We really do live in the boonies

So yesterday I went across the street to talk with our neighbors. He was doing some last minute things to move. He answered all my questions and actually said too much. When he told me about the 500 pound bear that was behind his house and the rattlesnake he found in his garage two days ago and last year the bus tipped over into the ditch (said it in front of the kids) because of the really bad ice storms was just a bit too much info for me. Then he told me about some of the neighbors. The neighbor next to me has pizza boxes and cans all throughout his house. He never talks to anyone. That's cool. I can handle that. Then a couple of houses down from that lives a gay couple. Ok I can handle that too. Then the other two houses across the street are for sale. So we are recruiting some families to come live by us. ANYONE ANYONE?


So I went on to ask about getting a garbage can. His reply? You take your trash into town. WHAT? SERIOUS? Every Sat or Sun the community travels into town and dumps their garbage. Do they realize that a family of 7 can't wait until the weekend to dump their garbage? :) Too funny. I thought he was kidding at first.

This morning I walked the kids to the bus. The bus pulled up a tad earlier than we expected. I was holding Mayah but told everyone to run. SO we all took off and started to run. The bus stayed there for a bit and I was so glad that he was waiting for us. Then all of a sudden he took off. OH MAN. We started walking back to the house when a different bus pulled up. She offered to take the kids to school saying that she stops at that elementary school too. Not sure why two buses pass by but I was so glad.


I decided I would take a walk before kids got off the bus in the afternoon. I didn't have my watch with me so I had no idea what time it was but I was just going to walk the loop and go back to the bus stop and wait. As I was down in a culdesac I saw the bus on the main road but I was quite far from the stop so I hauled it big time to get there. I was talking out loud and said, "I am tired". Ethan agreed and said, "ME TOO". Then I said, "man this is hard". And what did he say to that? No it isn't mom. So when I came around the corner there was NO BUS and NO KIDS. I thought maybe they had already walked to the house. SO I went all the way back to the house and still no kids. I checked the time and it was still 15 minuts until the bus was supposed to arrive. The kids told me later that it was in fact their bus but they don't stop until they come back around. I better have lost about 10 pounds for that fast pace.







Yesterday kids collected some items. If you can guess what it is you can have the collection.



Guess I can be officially called a true hillbilly. You know your a red neck when..............