Farming with Raymond
But I Never Milked a Cow
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After reflecting on my first seventy years, I need to come up with a “to do” list for my next thirty years. While I might have gotten the idea from Tim McGraw, I am not using his lyrics because I never did drink too many beers and I don’t regret the twists and turns my life has taken. One thing I have come to realize is that I don’t have enough time remaining to complete everything I have planned; thus a bucket list. Because of my lack of creativity, I copied one: My Bucket List 1. buy a bucket 2. buy wine 3. fill the bucket with wine 4. drink bucket That might work for a day or two, but then I would need to come up with a “to do” list for myself because that bucket list might be fun but not productive. It isn’t like I want to die, but then I don’t see myself living forever. The song by Kenny Chesney, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” says it best with the lyrics that follow: “but nobody wants to go today.” My path is clear; I know what I want to do and when the end does arrive, completed or not, I will be OK.
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About the Book
The picture I selected for the front cover of my book is our corn crib; I call it my gazebo. Raymond no longer needs it to store corn for his cows because they are gone. I would have posted it on Craigslist to sell it for him, but he says it isn’t worth the time or effort. It has been enjoyable working outside on this project when the weather isn’t too hot or cold. My neighbor Arnie Mancl wants me to send a picture to a Wisconsin magazine, which I will when that project gets to the top of my current to-do list.
About the Author
At one point in everyone’s life, it is time to reflect on where you are and where you are going in the future. At age seventy I felt it was my time to consider how I have arrived at this spot in my life and also plan for my future thirty years if the Lord is willing and the creek doesn’t rise. It isn’t the destination that we reach that makes an activity so rewarding, but it is the journey along the way that we remember best. Think of life as an adventure and write it do to treasure and celebrate the little events in life. Connie Milz, aka CM Mary retired from teaching Physical Education in 2003. Since then she began another career in banking which she pursues on a part-time basis allowing her time to write. This is her third book and has plans for another two or three in the future. The first two were Our Home and The Rosary. She lives in Milladore, Wisconsin with her husband Raymond. They have two adult children and two grandchildren.