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Well the interview with the newspaper went well yesterday I THINK. We will see when the story comes out. I know that reporters can sometimes get things twisted and not exactly like you say them because they take a three hour interview and just jot down key word notes and all, I so could not be a reporter, they have to take those key words and write a whole story about them. Perrin was unreal during the interview. He was very desperate for attention and the only picture he agreed to was one of him coming from the outhouse. LOL Oh well, when it is in print, I shall share with everyone.
So it rained last night. It is very interesting, rain on our homestead. We have a driveway that is oh at least 1200 feet maybe more. It goes through 4 fields and crosses 2 branches. The culverts on not the best in the world either. AND…on top of all that….there is no gravel. So when it rains, we get mud and lots of it. Since Winter began, we make a slippery ride up our driveway every day. Lately, that ride has been getting more treacherous with several moments of sliding sideways and spinning tires. So last night I had a brain storm. When we got home about 10pm I told Chris I was going to park up in the first field and we would walk up to the house. That way, this morning after all the rain, we would not have a dangerous drive to the road. So we did. Of course it was already sprinkling. We had a nice walk up to the house though. The rain started pouring shortly after. It was actually very nice outside and I sat in the rocker on the porch for a long time before making myself go get in bed. Shortly after midnight a strong storm came through. I was surprised to discover that Chris and Cletus both slept right through it. I fell back to sleep and woke up again right before 4am with high winds and horrendous rain. The lightening was constant and once again, my two buddies slept peacefully through the storm. It lasted for a very long time and I laid quietly in bed waiting to see if the house creaked or made any sign of bending to the high winds. Apparently there were gusts over 30 miles an hour and I am proud to say, the house stood firm and did not make a sound, other than the rain pounding the tin roof.
I figured that it would stop by 6am but not a chance. We woke up, put my work clothes in a garbage bag, put on our hiking boots and made our way through the mud and rain to the car. About half way, we remembered that we had left poor Cletus locked up in the house. Chris went back to let him out and I have to say I must be totally nuts because the walk in that pouring rain this morning, in the dark, was just lovely! Soon Cletus was by my side and we discovered the 1st culvert (Turkey Crossing) was flooded out. We made our way through the water and on to the car. I told Cletus to go home and he looked so pitiful it broke my heart. So Chris got in the back seat, took his coat off and got Cletus inside on the coat and he went to Vickey’s with us. They are gone for 2 weeks and Chris is spending the day at their house with Perrin so he can get some things done on the internet today. When we got there, Cletus was firmly placed on the back porch and forbidden to enter the house and there he remained the rest of the day! (Not really but I wrote that because Vickey reads this journal and she can stop reading at this point and I will tell everyone else what happened…bye Vickey) So…
We get to Vickey’s and it is still pouring rain and Cletus is filthy. So Chris went straight to the bathroom and ran a bath and I kept Cletus in one place not moving until the bath was ready. He did NOT want to get that bath but he had no choice. So he got a good hot morning bath and my goodness he smelled so much better like green apples instead of chicken shit. Then I made him lay in the floor on something of mine until he dried off. So now he will be stuck there with Chris and Perrin until I get home from work to pick them up and take them home. (OK Vickey, you can start reading this again…lol)
This morning I turned the TV on for Perrin and there was as special biography on Fred Rogers. Now those of you who know me know that I simply adore Mr. Rodgers and love him so much. It broke my heart when he died, because he was like my secret best friend. He had to be one of the most special people this world has ever had the pleasure of knowing. So anyway, I get to watching this thing and get all teary eyed. Did you know that when he had grandchildren, he loved them so much that he went to their home every single night and read a book to them and tucked them into bed. Can you imagine how honored you would be to have him for a Papaw? I had to leave for work and could not watch the entire biography and I swear I almost went into work late I wanted to see it so badly. He is certainly one of my top 3 lifetime heroes!
In other news, I love Chris so much. I mean seriously, how many men would give up all things modern to live like I dreamed of living, never complain about it and get up at 6am to walk through mud to the car? And be happy about it? He is really a good man and we compliment each other well. I am fortunate that I have him in my life.
My goal for the week? Stay dry, enjoy my daily mud walks, knit more scarves and maybe finish a crocheted blanket I am working on for a friend.