You live where?

So, my fellow homeschooler and friend has been doing this blog thing. She started it. So now I've caught the bug. I don't think the local e-group of which we are part will tolerate my ramblings about the latest curriculum I found or my really lame puns. Therefore, I'm starting my own blog.

I think It's kinda cool. I get to write. You may or may not read. I'll have sated my keyboarding apetite. (I really hope this hasa spell checker.... Oh, there it is! Ah....)

You see there's this river, folks from out west -really anywhere else- would call it a stream or tributary, it runs right through my front yard. The road is on the back side of the house so even the most annoying people enter as back door guests! Do you know what lives in the river? Fish. Yes, lots of fish. Do you know what happens to lakes, rivers, and streams when it rains? You guessed it, they swell with water. When it rains enough our river swells right into our yard. It makes me queen for a few days in my castle. My castle is complete with rain, boating, wading, swimming and gardening gear. (You get wet when you garden, too!) When the water recedes (as it always does, Thank you for rainbows, Lord) there are certain places where fish are trapped, but naturally. The best thing we can do is catch them and eat them! Right now we have about 200 in our deep freezer waiting for a fish fry with all the fishermen present. Nets are great!

Do you know what else lives in rivers? Crawdads. We have them, too. But that's not all. Our river is the complete package, the real deal. We have mosquitos too. You might argue that you have them and you have no river, but we have river dwelling mosquitos. They are extra thirsty and very fruitful. That's not the big deal around here (according to everyone else), we have cotton mouths and gators to boot! Really, we do have them but they have their house and we have ours. We live here they live there. If they come to visit, it's sure to be their last (except the gators - they're too ornry to ever visit our side of the river. We've got to go boating to see them most of the time!

Back to my friend. She used to live in a different city altogether and enjoy the country life, sans rivers and gators, but now she boasts her life in the city. I'm glad she started blogging.

Final river notes: You don't have to live on the river to seel the snakes. They're everywhere. We had some friends visit today and rather calmly one of the children notified me that down on the ground with my toddler son is a snake of unknown kind. Without shoes I bee-lined to the location. My oldest knows what a moccasin looks like and they all know to steer clear of all snakes. I wasn't too worried. A little prodding brought out a thumb thin oak snake that was very long (2-3 feet) for his breadth. After observing it in our habitat for a while, we proceeded to clear the area and go about our business.

When, I married my dh I knew that this house would be our home. I've always felt at home here.

I promised ramblings and that's what you are getting.