I do have something to say

But before I tell you what that is. . . A few weeks ago I answered Blogsweluv's 10 questions {something that you can do as well by clicking here} My answers have been published. You can see what I said and what other bloggers are saying at




I did want to talk to you about something. It's about trying new things. It's been rather obvious that I haven't been doing as many new things for awhile now. It's not because I am scared, ok maybe at times the prospect of doing something new is a little frightening, do you realize how many mistakes can happen and you lose a hand? Dramatic much? Most of it seems that acquiring new skills are forced upon you, especially when you are homesteading. Dressing out my rooster for the first time wasn't something I planned, it was survival of the fittest. It was either me or him at that point. Braiding and storing onions wasn't planned, rather a necessity because of the shear numbers of onions that decided to grow.

Soon I will be shearing a sheep. The blame will lay solely on one Tales of a Texas Farm Wife, for forcing the thing on me.

I do many things for the first time, not because I want to, but because I have to. I know that many people will tell you that you don't have to do anything you don't want to. Those people are missing something. I use to feel that way, but now I see it as a selfish statement. Like anything in life, if you decide rationally that you will be doing something, like your career, you do it. And you do it with zeal. Wow, I am spiralling uncontrollably into a lecture about responsibility. I loathe being a grown-up.

I am not going to turn this into a lecture, this isn't about you. It's all about me me me! {stomps foot}

If I am going to be successful in my choices, that means I will have to take those shaky leaps into unknown territory, not just allow those things to fall on me. Unfortunately I cannot foresee my own future {that ability might be a tad scary}. And taking the bull by the horns, so to speak, might lead me to being gorged. Not an easy decision.

What I must do from time to time, is take a step back and actually see what is happening, not just in the moment, but what has happened in the past, and what paths lay in my future. One of those paths will involve you. Me? What!?! No, not you coming out here and dictating what happens, but the things that you say to me, the words you use can be encouraging or detrimental. Either way, you do talk to me, and it helps me figure out which direction I should head off in. I either want to prove you wrong, or make you proud. It is there, and I take it in.

My mistakes will continue. My adventure will be long. The ideas that come and choices I make will scar me one way or another. And I have to wear them with more pride than anything else I have ever worn, that is if I want to survive this.

New quests will be determined by the roll of my six sided dice.