Brynnes ramblings

The other day I was talking to a friend and we were talking about being open to talking with people.   I had to confess that I am really not good with being open and sharing what I think.   What I really noticed though is I am very open to sharing what I am feeling here on my blog page though.   Maybe it’s because I am not face to face.   I have always been one to keep my relationships with people at a arms length distance.  I have always been afraid that if they got to know me they would I guess not like me.  Maybe that’s why I am so guarded in sharing or talking one on one with people.   So I have decided that I am going to make an effort into changing that area in my life.

The other day I was really thinking of how I missed working my last job.   It is so interesting I remember when I first started traveling I really was apprehensive.    I was pretty sure that I was not going to like all the traveling and being away from home.   After a few months I really started to like the traveling.   As I look back on it I met the coolest people and made some of my best friends through the traveling.   I think that’s what I really miss about not working my last job.    There still is that part of me that feels lost because I still have not found a job yet.   It is funny how we define ourselves a lot by the job we work.   It is forcing me to have to redefine myself a little.   Sometimes it is hard to take a good hard honest look at ourselves.  My may not like what we see.

Our babies are getting pretty big.   The sure have not been enjoying the hot rainy weather that we have been having lately.   Tonight they were enjoying the cooler evening weather after I moved their coop to fresh grass. 

After all the rain we have had the last few days I finally was able to mow the yard that so badly needed it.  People probably think Im crazy when they drive by and see me smiling while I mow.   I really enjoy the mower and it just puts me in a happy place when I mow.

Finding the peace once again.

It has been a little bit sense my last posting.   The chickens have gotten big.   They are no longer our little babies although I still call them my babies.    I struggled to find the right design for the outside coop for them.  Because of this I procrastinated until it was time to get them outside.   I went to the hardware store and go a bunch of 2 X 4’s and chicken wire and set out to make them a new home.   I intended on building something small enough to move around easily so they could be on fresh grass every few days. However I ended up with something that we could walk in easy so the family could interact with the babies.   So it is a lot heavier than I anticipated, but it fits for everyone’s needs though.  In another few months the babies should be laying some fresh eggs for us, I can’t wait!

My baby Pat

Today I was chatting with a good friend on Facebook today and she really brought to light something I have lost sight of the last few months.   She had just recently has gone through a similar situation that I had been through.  What she reminded me was the true peace and happiness of the that situation.   It got me thinking, over the last few months I have really let life take all over that happiness and joy that I once had.   It is interesting how easy it is to be caught up in life and its problems.   I am so glad I talked with her so I could put my life back into prospective.

New mower

 On Monday the new mower that I purchases was delivered to our house.   I had been researching them for a while and finally settled on the one that I wanted and got it while it was on sale and got free delivery to top it off.   I decided to get a Sears Craftsman mower because of the price as well as the last mower I had in Summerville before we move really was very reliable.   I had it for 2 years and I only had one small part that I had to replace.

Our new yard that we have is a lot bigger than the yard we had in Summerville so I chose to step up to a 46” mower with automatic transmission and it also has the tight turning radius as well.

About 4 hours after it was delivered I couldn't resist the temptation to try it out on our lawn.   I have to admit I love it.   The way it rides and cuts and turns is so much better than my old riding mower.   

  

Just as I was almost finished the happiness came to a sudden stop.   I was down at the bottom end of the yard and it suddenly stopped moving.  As hard as I tried to get it to go forward or reverse it just wouldn't go.   I noticed that there was a small plastic fan that was laying on the ground behind the mower.   I shut the engine down and pushed it up the house.  I was mad for sure only having it a few hours and then it stop working!   I got on the internet to find a phone number to call the Sears warranty, I found that they had a online area to chat with someone.   I was shock and happy that they were able to schedule a repair person to come out the next day.   The repair person came out the next morning and took a look at it and knew exactly what had happened.   He pulled out the battery and box to expose were the fan had broken off.   The fan is supposed to help cool the transmission but more importantly it is designed to also keep the drive belt from jumping off the pulley.    He thinks that either during shipping or at the factory the belt got stuck between the pulley and the fan, he said that this was the 2^nd time is a week that they have seen this happen on our area.   He put the belt back on so that it is able to drive while the new parts are on order.   I was very happy with the service that he gave; he even walked me through some of the special futures that the sales person didn't show me.  It makes me glad that I bought it from Sears.  

Peeps in the house

We are off to a new adventure.   Yesterday we went to the local farm store and purchased 4 baby chickens.   We each picked one out that we thought was cute and brought them to their new home.

The girls and I had made a coop prior to that.  I under estimated the time it would take to make it by a few hours.   The last few days I had been researching on how to make them and what would work best for us.  With them being as young they still have about 5 weeks before we can put them outside.   Because of this I wanted to make a coop suitable for using inside but yet also work for the outside when they are old enough as well.   We went to the hardware store and gathered our supplies and set off to construct it.   The girls were big help holding the wood as I sawed it to helping hold the boards together as I nailed them.   We had purchased a roll of chicken wire and that was sure time consuming attaching to to the 2 x 4’s, but we did it!   I’m sure it was quite a sight 3 ladies jamming out to the car stereo on the back patio putting it together.   In the future we will need to make a house to attach to it for the nesting boxes.  We will have a few weeks to make that though, it will give us some time to better prepare.

Now we need to name the Girls.

Church and social justice

This last weekend Tina and I joined Holy Covenant Church in Charlotte NC.   We have truly found our church home.   What I really like about this church is that it is very biblical based and also very active in social justice issues.  I am finding that social justice issues really matter to me in life now.

Photo take by Debbie Davis

 Recently I have chosen to become involved with Scout for Equality.  I am going to be a Council Organizer.   It has been about 22 years sense I have really had much to do with the Boy Scouts.     I am hoping that Scouts for Equality and I will be able to change the anti LGBT position that the Boy Scouts of America has chosen to take.  As I have written in past posts I have pretty strong views about how the BSA can make a very positive change in a boy’s life.  All boys should have a opportunity to experience what the BSA can offer.    If you too would like to help make a change please check out Scouts for Equality.

Road Trip

We had a wonderful weekend at my 2nd Home. J   We left Rock Hill Friday morning and got up to New Hope pretty late in the evening.   Like usual pulling up the driveway was like pulling up to home.  This is the 1^st time that I have seen snow on the ground there though.   It was just a light dusting but very pretty.

Saturday was a special day for Christa because it was her birthday.  We got a wonderful salted caramel cake, it tasted so good!  

One of the other reasons was we also needed to make plans for Brenna’s wedding in December.   We are going to have all family that is coming to the wedding stay there, as well as we are going to do the wedding there too.  

On Sunday we took Brenna to Virginia Beach to spend her spring break with Monty her fiance.   We got a late start so when we finally got back to New Hope it was close to 1 am in the morning.  We were dragging Monday morning for sure.

In total we drove a little over 2000 miles this long weekend.   The only bad thing that happened this weekend was I broke off a 1/3 of my tooth.   I had been babying it until we got insurance so I could get a crown on it.   

Would you rather be right or have a relationship?

This last week has been pretty hectic.  We have been searching for a new car for Tina and out to get the best deal for the money.  We have test driven several and came close to buying on the weekend.   But the dealership and I couldn't come to an agreement on the price.  

I explored the idea of going back to school to finish my degree.   If I was to continue I would need 7 classes left to graduate.   I feel like it is a good time to finish it only because I have not found a job as of yet.   However is sure isn't a good time for it financially though.    I still have not made up my mind as of yet but today I am leaning on not continuing though.

On Sunday we went to church that we are thinking may be our new church home.   When we were in the new member’s inquiry class, the pastor made an interesting comment that really hit home for me.

She was explaining about how the UCC churches when through a time of struggle were some churches didn't want to be all inclusive like some were.   The two sides couldn't really come to term with each other.  At one of their yearly meetings one of the ministers gave a sermon entitled “Would you rather be right or have a relationship”.    

I really find this to be really true in my life.  In the past I always would rather be right and didn't care if a relationship would suffer.    But I am finding now that I am becoming more interested in a relationship then being right.    I have a few toxic relationships in my life currently and am wondering about maybe focusing in on just the relationship and not being right.   I think partially on my side of the relationship I have been not so open because I was more worried about being right on a few issues that I clearly believed to be wronged.    So I am thinking that maybe I will try a new approach to these relationships.