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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-04-20, Page 26Page 26 Ttrries Adtl�xaAte, A lgon . 1994 FARAg 1[ PDA T F • - rAnother view... t1� By Van Tistmozm Farm wives - this one s for you The busy planting season is ap- proaching and sown farmers will he out in the fields. happily bouncing along in their tractors. while farm wives try to cope with the drastic change in schedule and often take their turn driving a tractor, ties. Having been a tans wife for nearly 12 years now. I'm beginning to have a pretty good idea of what it's all about. So. I shall write this column for all of us whose lot in life is to be married to a tanner. First of all. a fess signs to watch for: You know you're a farm w Ile when.. I. ...the windows in the milk - house have trine around them and the windows in the house do not. 2. ...there is more soil just inside the hack door than there is in your flowerbeds. 3. ...the only time you have a few moments to do some thinking is when you're on the lawn tractor. 4. ..."sleeping in" means you don't have to get up until 7:30 a.m. 5. ...the only vehicle that gets traded in for a newer model is the skid -steer loader. 6. ...you receive a new staple broom for Valentine's Day...and you like it! (this actually happened to me) 7. ...the back seat of your car smells like calf starter. 8. ...the thing that has the hest paint job on the whole farm is the manure spreader. 9. ...the most expensive item of clothing you buy is coveralls. 10. ...your outing for the week was a trip to get machinery parts. 11....a cause for celebration is actually coming home with the right part. (I really have trouble with this one. Once I took the brok- en part with me, handed it to the guy at the store, and said, "I'd like one of these, please.". and 1 STILI. ended up with thew rang part' 12....you Kase more i.av ;::k than all } our urbanJeU is ;nu ic'- gether. These may sound ,•'ta a.nutiiiinus but they aren t cream' e. may he uw�si-,..r, .rile is •.r• hardships to armee. pv.t;,tN. normal and even hitorA,rrAc wives. We mutt kiwi,; A 4,t4V4t r.4 .',.. rHARM, 60 ft. boom, high clearance with foam markers. For your custom spraying service -41 lb Contact ERV WILLERT 262-2028 mtxu it we a1 t ow t t,apoes are tis* sun ise Bung a farm w tie : aa, ‘,(t\ Jain minding as the hole of ,stile, mom, farmer. hook -keeper. g,ynkeitcr. groundskeeper. homemaker. psy- chologist and w tuteser else we oar asked to do, are al! squeezed into one person. We ha, a hig yards. big gardens. hig families, and husbands with big appetites. We learn that the f.uln often takes pnonty over most escrything else and that we play second fiddle to it or to a herd of cows a lot of the time. Vacations and days oft are few and far between. hut we also grow to enjoy spending our breaks at home. We build an appreciation for very simple things. like the feel of new insoles in new rubber boots, and we celebrate every little home improvement that gets done. One of the Seed's favourite lines is, "The longer you wait for some- thing, the more you will appreciate it." This somehow doesn't apply to supper, though. There are a lot of tricks to this trade. So, ladies, stand up and take a bow, for filling this complex role of ours. It can be overwhelming at times but also very satisfying. If you find driving a tractor relaxing, and you lite cutting all that grass because it means you have I is of space, they you're in the right You probably love your home, your yard, and your farm as much as your "Seed" does. You know you're a fann wife, and that you'll do OK, when all of these things sound familiar to you and you can smile and still consider yourself fortunate. Editor's Note: t'ul Thomstm lives near Grwaan with her husband Cliff and.tt)ur children. Thames Road 4H report Ht Chad Snaith "flfpriJ. Apra tM iSadtrr 1:wklt' ; MCI as the T}ternea krrarl (:/lurch for the completion of their six meeting club. The 4-11 pledge was repeated, followed by the press report. The group then separated into three groups. An apple pie was made from scratch in one group. The group leader was Judith Parker.At the end of the meeting jobs that each person would have at the Achievement Night were discussed. The Achievement Night is April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Middlesex Hall. Cen- tralia College. 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