Virginia Real : What’s This Girl Gotta Do To Lose Weight?

March 19, 2016

Last week, we had a tree removal company take down that very large pine tree in the yard at the farm. The two guys (father and son) who cut down the tree did a wonderful job. They did exactly as Charming requested and did it in less time than they had said it would take. (Although Charming insisted that I stay in the camper where I’d be “safe”, I was still able to take some pictures of the tree cutting process from the back window of the camper.) After the tree was cut down, we spent the remaining two days cutting up the tree limbs, cutting the trunk of the tree into sections, and moving the leftover debris to a location at the edge of the property. We ended up with three large sections of tree trunk that Charming will use for lumber in the future (he wants to buy a portable saw mill after we get settled in the house). He cut the tree limbs into firewood that will dry out and then be used to heat our home after we move there.

A large part of our time during this week’s trip was spent clearing up the area where Charming plans to build a large storage shed to store all of our excess “plunder” (as my sister, Joyce, would call it). We stacked wood, filled in holes that were left by the pointy limbs as the tree hit the ground, filled in holes left by the removal of old clothes line posts, filled still more holes used by the previous landowners as fire pits, and started preparation on the site of the future storage shed.

I’m always whining about not being able to lose weight. It seems that no matter how much less food I eat, my body tries to hang onto that weight. Well, let me tell you, after a few days of stacking wood, moving brush, filling holes and barely noticing when it was time to eat, I came home three pounds lighter than when I left. That leads me to the conclusion that living on a farm will not only give me the space to raise more healthy food; it will also force me to exercise which will make those extra pounds to come off. So what’s this girl gotta do to lose weight? Buy a farm and work my adoublescribble off!