Hubster went to look at a piece of property. It's in the wrong school district but everything else about it is just what we want. There's no way we can do it right now- not if we're being realistic but it's nice to go look, to keep that dream-fire hot and bright so we don't lose sight of our goals...
And a bit of a funny...
CrazyHorse and I were talking about animals. We've been really talking about raising some livestock - pretty much about what would feed just us really, we have NO desire to make this a business - the livestock anyway. And we want CrazyHorse to understand that cows and pigs and chickens and ducks are not pets. So we've been discussing that a lot. The other day CrazyHorse and I were talking about our Someday Farm and I happened to mention that I want a piece of land big enough for a horse or four. He asked me why. I told him that I've always wanted one (though it's been 18 years since I was last on one). And he gets this very concerned look, almost a horrified look, on his face and very quietly says: "But Daddy will want to eat it!"
I guess we took the livestock not pets too far! I do know that there are places where it is common to eat horse. Grocery stores in France carry it in their meat section. There is just something in me that is slightly repulsed by that idea. Like the idea of eating cats or dogs. That's just not something I can do. But it was really funny. He understands now that horses fall in a different realm of livestock. One that doesn't get eaten.
And we continue to talk of our Someday...
Posted by Shade53 at June 28, 2008 08:22 AM