Life at Homeland Farm

Before Hard time...    I was lying in bed today, trying to overcome yet another bout of vertigo. If you have never had vertigo, I don't recommend it. Feeling the room spin for no particular reason is real bummer. Trust me. It did however give me a chance to play with my new "tablet", and I made a really interesting discovery.    All this time, I thought I was just a mere farmgal/blogger/small town girl. Oh, but I am SO MUCH MORE! Let me tell you, I may be only 50, but I have seen and done a lot! I will fill you in on my great, and not so great accomplishments.    First off, I didn't know it, but apparently have been "tweeting"...yep, I have a "Twitter" account, and apparently tweet as 'Carmita24'..must be when I am feeling all sassy and latin-y. OLE! Of course, that is after working my forty hours a week as a Nurse Practitioner in Texas. (Spell check says I am spelling that wrong, so I hope I am a better doctor then a speller.)  ...

A REAL HOUSE WIFE OF BRIDGTON MAINE     I don't usually watch much television, but lately have found myself flipping through the channels for a couple hours before bed. I can not say I am a fan of any of the "Real Housewives of BLANK", but have seen enough of a few of them to know one thing...Their lives are not very real. Or, perhaps, maybe it is just that my life is so very "unreal". Let me show you what I mean and you can decide.     First of all, these ladies live in such clean houses. With Kids. And an occasional pet. I wake up in the morning, and have at least 2 dogs on my bed and there is no "teacup" anything. I feel a warm breath on my back at night and know it isn't Cliffy, but the 100 pound behemoth dog wedged between us. And no cutesy names here like "Mr Gibbs" or "Fluffy"..we have cats with substantial names..you know like Stewbeef, and Muffinhead.        My youngest is a big fan of the military. I can often ...