Enjoy the teeny things

I love life. I love finding little things throughout my day to smile at. Little things that make my day all the more cheerful. A chickadee outside, a hug from a baby brother, a walk with an alpaca.... Or a phone call with a stranger. ;)

Today, while on Craigslist I found an ad for fencing (which we need!). 'Twas a short ad; merely giving heights and saying it was cheap. No definite price. And wouldn't you know it, he gave a phone number instead of an e-mail address. Mustering up what little courage there was to muster (I don't particularly like making phone calls. and even worse! Having to talk to a guy!) I dialed the phone number....

The man was friendly and answered my questions, and even repeated aaaallll the prices two times over because I got confused. Then, we somehow got onto the conversation of animals, (I guess it was the fencing) the conversation got really enjoyable then! As it turns out, he raises exotic birds (pheasants and peacocks) so we traded off questions on birds and alpacas, talked about if we really thought the alpaca buisness would stay good (we decided, yes) and talked about predator problems and how to manage them. I thought it was funny how when we were talking about fencing, he spoke very quietly, but when we got going about the animals he got really excited and loud.

The phone call really made my day. I only know his first name, and he has no idea of mine; but it was so fun getting to talk about those things. I learned a lot about pheasants as well! I guess this guy sells his birds for $400 to $1000 a pair and makes like $70,000 a year on them! No idea how he does it though....

It was just a little thing, a phone call, but it sure made me smile. Maybe phone calls will be easier now...

~Caitlyn