What does a country girl do all day?

Are you tired of reading about scary horse posts that give you nightmares yet? Good, so am I. :)





I was once asked what I do all day way out in the country without having those time sappers like Video games, cell phones, mp3 players and whatever else most teenage kids have these days. I smiled and with a laugh I told the person (I can't remember who it was) the truth: When you live in the country its hard to stay bored. First off, I have animals that need care, and a horse that needs to be exercised for an hour and a half a day. Then, there's chores. Breakfast chores, lunch chores, dinner chores and whatever else needs to be done. After that comes school. School time fluctuates from day to day. Once that is finished I have the rest of the day to myself.


So what do I do? Well...I read a lot, and knit. :) I knitted for 3 1/2 hours straight the other day. I also write, I am working on a juvenile fiction book right now. And then I spend a good amount of time on my instrument. It was driving me crazy watching everybody practice on their instruments and not having one of my own. So I got one. :) And it was just collecting dust in mom and dad's closet. Before I go further I just want to tell you that this really isn't my type of instrument but.. desperate times call for desperate measures. :D



I'm probably driving you nuts with suspense, right? You're probably dying to know what on earth the instrument could be, right? Good, that was what I wanted. :D :D



Ta, da! The Banjo.



Okay, have you had your fill of laughing yet? Can't you see me in one of my nice skirts, sitting on my hope chest playing a banjo? Hee, hee, heee. Now I'm laughing too! Sorry about the crummy picture though. The lighting was pretty bad at the time.

It is definitely challenging. I'm still getting the hang of doing the rolls on it; it's fun when you get going really fast. :) But I think my fingers are two short to do the chords! No matter how hard I try I just can't get my fingers to reach all the strings that they need to reach. :Grrr:



I'm saving for a mountain dulcimer, but the one that I want is really expensive so I'll have to stick with the banjo until then. :Sigh: :)