Wish I could change my blog name

Wish I could change my blog name from "Happy To Be" to "Farm Living Is The Life For Me". I know this has my Sis laughing because when I was a teenager I hated living on the farm, but let me tell you that I am loving this place more and more. Sunday morning started out as a lazy day as you can see from the pictures of the dogs. I will posting some pictures but I have yet to figure out how to put the in the order that I want. Okie dokie and any hooters, Sunday started out as a very lazy day. Then I decided that I was going to mow this acre of land that we are calling home these days. The danged lawn mower wouldn't start and I couldn't get the spark plug out (as with some of my mowing experience I knewcan be a reason why the mower wouldn't start. Well I didn't have the right tool to get it out so I had to drive 2 miles into town(Hansen) to my Dad's house to get the right tool. Now I'm back home and have the spark plug out and tell that it's burned out(remember I have experience with lawn mowers), so I had to call my cousin/staff/housemate, Larisa, and tell her what kind of spark plug to get,(she had to work). When she got home I put the new spark plug in and I wish I could say that I was off mowing but it took Larisa and I some time to figure out the whole chock thingy bobber. Well finally I was off mowing the lawn that was slightly overgrown. Larisa got the mighty weed eater out and started trimming out the house, dog pen, and trees. She decided that she was going to start clipping some branches and what not and she broke the clippers. Oh well, we're going to Harbor Freight on payday to get some necessary tools needed when living on a farm. I mowed the lawn without the bag so all of the grass clippings were shooting back onto my legs which literally took me a half hour to get off my legs when showering. I had to use a footbrush to get the green off. Anyway, we worked in the yard for about 4 hours. We were done(workwise and physically) so into the house we went. I was going to cook pork steaks on our new (new to us) JennAire grill top/stovetop. Well the house got really smoking so we had to open doors and walk around the house twirling dish towels to get the smoke out. We ended up finishing the pork steaks in a frying pan. Dad told me today that the JennAire exhaust fan has to vented to the outside. Hmmmmm, wish we would have know that, but as it turned out our dinner was really good. After we got the kitchen cleaned up it was almost 8:30 (we're usually in each of our bedrooms preparing for bed at 9pm) We watched a little tv and then said goodnight and I went upstairs with my dogs to my bedroom and Larisa went with her dog to her room on the main floor. This morning I was up and getting ready for work before the sun decided to start shining. I felt great. Last night I wasn't so certain I would because I was even to tired to eat my whole meal. But up and at em was I. I was at work before 7am. I had a good day at work, got lots done and was able to leave at 3pm. Leaving at 3pm rather than 4pm seems so much better. I don't know why but it just feels like I haven't worked 8 hours even though I really have. Stopped at Walmart for a few things on my way out of Twin Falls then was on my way out of the city (it is a city compared to Hansen who has 970 residents, well 968 since Larisa and I have moved out to the farm. I decided that I was going to re-mow the lawn to pick out all the grass clippings. Did it...lawn looks great! Our landlord even called to tell me how great it looked. Well I decided that I was going to make him really proud of me (I've known him for about 8 years. I've baled hay for him, sprayed weeds while driving a tractor, mowed ditches while on a tractor and even had to help birth a calf. Not only is he a rancher/farmer but he owns a dairy as well). Well I was going to make him proud by starting the pump which is the orange thing with a hole on top (there's supposed to be a plug there, but I had the pump plugged in and was priming it which is what you have to do to get water to go to the handlines (the tubes in our front yard). So I was priming it with the pump turned on and water shot out of that hole to the high heavens, plug with it and into the water ditch. Now I can't water because there is no plug so I drove down to the "yard" (that's what the outbuildings on the ranch are called to see if I could find another plug to put in the pump. After three trips, I called the landlord and of course he is going to fix it. Larisa made supper which was polish sausage and baked small red potatoes with rosemary, salt, and pepper on it. It was fabulous. I cleaned up the kitchen and it's 9:04, then it will off to bed to start another new day of living on the farm. I don't know what order these pictures I'm posting will be in but you will see that our farmhouse, itself, needs a facelift so I'm thinking by next summer I will be able to get the landlord to put vinyl siding on it. (I'm hoping anyway) Like I said he called all ready to say that the lawn looks great and he's been inside the house and really likes what we have done. It's marvelous. Something that had me soooo stressed is turning out to be one of the best moves I've ever made. Oh and just an update on the trip to the doctor on friday and chest xray's that were taken to make sure the could rule out certain things that could have to do with my loss/scratchy voice. Well my doctor didn't call me today but the nurse of the doctor that I saw on friday night called and said they have scheduled an appointment with a ear/nose/throat doctor to see if anything could be affecting my vocal cords. I take that as meaning that the chest xray's showed nothing to be concerned with so we're trying a different avenue for a solution. That makes me happy, but seriously, these days (just these last couple of days) makes me happy. Sometimes I just stress over things too much. Hope you all had a great day and night. Hugs from the farm a mile out of Hansen, Idaho. P.S. I forgot to tell you about 'ole blue' the pick up. I will tell you about him tomorrow as he has an interesting story and is a considered to be a family heirloom. Talk to you tomorrow. P.P.S I will post more pictures tomorrow that had to do with sunday and today but it's my bedtime.