Country Girl

One of my all-time favorite television shows is "Little House on the Prairie." In one of the earliest episodes, Laura and her sister Mary started school for the first time. The snooty rich girl, Nellie, called the girls "country girls" in a rude way, but Laura's pa reminded her that Laura and Mary really were country girls, and to take the comment as a compliment.

I have often been called a country girl, and I often refer to myslef as a country girl...a down-home girl who loves the outdoors and old-fashioned things. But, what, exactly, is a country girl?

You Know You're a Country Girl When...

...Your "boyfriends" consist of all the male livestock and pets owned by your family.

...Your church's Christmas play has character with names like "Calamity," "Little Joe," and "Wild Bill."

...You are baptized in a horse trough.

...Your church members continually ask for prayer about rain, lost calves, and water tanks.

...You are late to an appointment because a cow was calving.

...You can list all the reasons for killing squirrels.

...You name your ckickens after chracters from Little House on the Prairie.

...You learn to drive a tractor at age seven.

...You learn to shoot a gun at age five.

...Your first car is a beat-up stick-shift pick-up.

...Catching lizards is an acceptable form of entertainment.

...The only event your family watches on television is the national rodeo.

...You wear blue jeans and cowboy boots to church...and the rest of the congregation does as well.

...Church services are canceled on rodeo weekend.

...The kids in the Sunday school class you teach pray for their fish, their chickens, their goats, their ponies...and their grandma (in that order).

...You define designer jeans as levis with creative grass stains.

...The turkeys raised by your family are named "Thanksgiving" and "Christmas" for a reason.

...You know every type of snake native to the area, whether they are poisonous, and how to kill them.

...You (and your parents) find it acceptable to skip school to go shot gun shooting.

...You are very proud of yourself when you run over a squirrel with your car.

...You don't consider any of the city roads in bad condition because all the dirt roads are much, much worse.

*Disclamier* Not all of these happened to me (though some did), but most of these are true for families at my church and friends of mine who live in the country. But I really was baptized in a horse trough.

Anyone have any more? If so, please comment!