Us Country Folk...

That's right. I said it "Us Country Folk". The beginning of June marked yet another new adventure for us: country living. We moved from the "city" of Ardmore to the "town" of Dickson. If I told you it was only about 10-15 minutes away you'd think that wouldn't give you enough time to really get into the country, but it does. Now, my fellow Dickson-folk might be reading this & having a laugh at me calling their precious town deep country but I don't care. When you have nightly run-in's with raccoons, birds creating nests in your outside vent for the vent-a-hood, & frogs in your toilet you may agree with me.

Week 1- The mother-in-law discovery. She was in our kids' bathroom & she came out hollering. She had used the bathroom on a little frog who was somehow just camping out in the toilet.

Week 2- The raccoon madness begins & hasn't stopped since. We have 2, possibly 3, PESKY raccoons that literally watch us- waiting for the perfect moment to scurry on up our porch & find a snack; dump out our trash bins searching for the perfect midnight meal; or rummage through the fire pit hoping to gnaw on some food remains.

Week 3- The squeaking noise. Most people, especially city people, associate squeaking with mice... & so did we one day. We started hearing little "pip squeaks" by our oven! Searching high & low, we couldn't find any mice (thank God). So, it just was our mystery squeak until the other day. I was outside cleaning up- 'cause that's what us housewives must do- & guess what I find in the vent leading inside for the vent-a-hood? A baby bird's nest!! YAY! The squeaking is just birds. *HAPPY DANCE*

Those are just the main happenings around the newly titled "Baetz Wildlife Center". But I do have to mention a funny raccoon story that I tell everyone. Here it goes.

(This was one of our first nights to meet the little raccoon devils by the way- so don't make fun of us too much.)

We came home from going out to dinner, pulled up to find a raccoon just making himself at home on our patio trying to get into our trash bin. The scary part for me was that he just sat there even when he saw us pull up & start to yell at him to leave... Fast forward about 15 minutes & I had put the kids to bed & Cody was officially in "stake out mode". He goes & hides in our car in the front yard with his BB gun (no, we don't own an actual gun---YET). A few minutes into his big stake out, he calls me "Honey, come toss out some ham. I wanna use it as bait." All I could do in that moment is just laugh. I still laugh as I tell the story. In a matter of weeks we have turned into "country" folk--- and you know what? It's been fun.

Despite all this wilderness talk, there are a few normal perks to the new house that everyone would enjoy, one being a pool! We love it, minus the extreme amount of work and money goes into it... it's a lot of fun. The second is the location. Our neighbors aren't too close, but close enough & we know almost all of them. The school district is fabulous!! But, I've gotta say my FAVORITE part of the entire house: my master bath tub:) Speaking of, I'm going to go now & take a nice, long bubble bath. Hope y'all have enjoyed my tale.