Bright Side of the Barn

March 17, 2023

Who Farted?

I don't know why, but it's the thought that 'popped' into my head.....

Happy St.Patrick's Day!!

It's something everybody does, just like breathing, eating, peeing and pooping... why is it so damn funny to some? and so repulsive to others?

Come on now, I think everybody has had at least

ONE embarrassing FART in their lifetime...

I grew up with a mother that could hold the distance and held the record for time !! Every morning from the minute her feet hit the ground until she reached the bathroom - no matter how far away it was {Including the outhouse that was halfway across the backyard}..

She could carry a fart without a breathe, break or pause...

Oh, and the memories you never forget...

Years ago....

We were at a Walmart store I was walking down the aisle towards the candles. At the end of the row was a customer and a store employee. The employee was about to climb the ladder to put stuff up on a shelf...

As I'm walking towards them, I make the comment " I wonder what smells we have today"..... I no sooner get the words out of my mouth and with her next step up the ladder - this poor girl FARTS!.

I immediately tell my husband "DON'T SAY IT".... The other customer that was standing there walks away and you can see him starting to laugh... Hubby sees him... I repeat myself "DON'T SAY IT"... Without looking at either man, or candles I continued to walk to the check out and was finished shopping for the night. By the time we got home, hubby was in tears from laughing so hard. I managed to hold my composer until we left the store, it wasn't easy.

A week later when we went into Walmart again and that poor girl seen us at the entrance and she disappeared toward the back of the store. I never saw her again!

Horse Farts

I now live with a horse that has the cleanest healthiest digestive system there is!! My horse farts a lot. And I've never had a horse colic...

We used to board at a community barn. I'd be in her stall cleaning, others would be cleaning their horses and my girl would start farting.... next thing you know - your hearing this giggling or all out laughter from other stalls in the barn....

All I could say was "It wasn't me!" and that would cause an outburst even more so...

Life's short, don't take everything so serious!

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

Thanks for stopping by

Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails.

March 15, 2023

It's been 32 YEARS !! and counting..

And we are about as different as the 2 cups!

We met 32 years ago today. March 15th 1991.

We were like best friends for 9 years and 1 month.

Then we got married..........

After raising 5 kids {4 mine 1 his} for 9 years together.....

as soon as we got married -

BOTH of our EX'S took us to court and accused us of CHILD ABUSE on the youngest 2 of the 5.

{Two different counties - costing us double the expenses with attorneys and court costs}

You see, now that we were married - our incomes were COMBINED! Making what we would have to pay in child support a MUCH HIGHER number that what they were supposed to be paying to us. Between the 2 of them they OWED US ALMOST $100,000.00!! in back support at that time.

{BUT - I'm accused of always wanting the money - WHAT MONEY? }

WE WON our kids back.

THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED and our EX'S were seen as vindictive an destructive.

DO YOU THINK IT MATTERED?

Too many people choose to believe we ABUSED our children. ONLY 2 OF THEM.

Needless to say our 23 years of marriage HAVE BEEN HELL.

WE LOST EVERYTHING because of them and their shit. Many friends have walked out or been shut out of our lives. Our family has been a roller coaster ride of emotions, good and bad. We are not all CLOSE - some of us haven't been around the rest in the 23 years since.

We haven't always been TOGETHER during these 32 years. We've stayed friends. We've stayed family {at least him with my kids and I} His family treats my kids and I like we don't exist. They always have.

It was ugly for a while. Finally a doctor, the right medications and GOD, It got pretty UGLY there for a while.

Now his physical health is a struggle.

NOT the HAPPILY EVER AFTER

you dream about. But it's been okay. Considering all we've been through, we are lucky we are still alive.

But hey - KEEP GOING!

There are so many wonderful memories mixed up in there... 4 kids, 10 grandkids, 4 great grandkids....

It's an okay life. Blessed in many ways, we've all grown stronger and wiser. Some of us closer than before. I can't imagine the last 32 years without him around.... regardless of how the ride was.

So today

we celebrate 32 years TOGETHER ..