To Live in the Country

Apple cider, crunchy leaves, crispy cool nights, sleeping with blankets piled high so I can have the windows open, pumpkin, & late night mugs of decaf coffee.  It's Fall!

Every fall I get a mad desire to live in the country.  

Living in South Dakota, I have been so blessed to have the country so close to me that I often take it for granted.  I was recently reminded about the beauty and rawness of living in the country. 

What I Love About the Country:

1. The smell (fresh hay, cows, grass, all of it)

2. Best view of all thunderstorms (which I also love)

3. Stargazing

4. Tranquil

5. Gravel roads

6. Perfectly straight rows of crops

7. Early morning chores

8. Black coffee (city folk are weak when it comes to coffee)

9. Wearing cowboy boots for real reasons (not just country music concerts)

10. Belt buckles & cowboy hats

11. Farmers in their Wranglers

12. Barns (red ones, of course)

13. Simplicity

14. Gardens and hearty home-cooked meals

15. Front porches, rocking chairs, & sunsets

16. Plaid & flannel

17. Aprons

18. Big families

19. Tractors

20. Big picture windows with no need for curtains

To live in the country would be one of the greatest blessings in my life.

Maybe someday.

"One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed."
      - Nathaniel Parker Willis 

I'm Back

I was so excited for this blog when I first started it shortly after my birthday, but now it has been several months since I have done anything with it.  Lots of stuff has been happening in my life and I think it's time to try and fit blogging more regularly into my life.

Updates:
1. I have started my job at Sanford Children's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and I absolutely love it.  I will be off orientation in 3 weeks and then I will be a real nurse all by myself (scary, but so exciting).

2. I am living in a beautiful house that I am renting from one of my mom's co-workers. It is such a blessing. and the best part is that it is only 2 block fro the hospital so I can walk to work.

3. I have found a new church home in Sioux Falls and a wonderful small group to be a part of.

4. It is much more difficult to be back home in South Dakota than I thought it would, but I am finally finding my place here and I am loving being here so much.

When I first started my blog I came up with a list of 22 things to do while I am 22.  In the upcoming days, I will give you an update on how I am doing at accomplishing my list.

There are so many topics that I want to touch on here, so hopefully all of these topics will give me plenty of stuff to write about for a few weeks.

Until I can write a more substantial post, please enjoy my most favorite blogs written by Godly women with a real life perspective.

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Good Night.