Farm Wife Top 10

I got my Women in Ag newsletter today and homed in on a great Letterman-like Top 10 list: “You know you’re a farm wife when…”

There were some cute one-liners in the newsletter. But the best were on the Women in Ag discussion board. Here are of my favorites, from a post published on March 8.

Let’s call them the Virtual Farmgirl Top 10:

10. If your name is taped to the side of a cake pan.
9. If the vet’s number is on the speed dial of your phone.
8. If your second vehicle is still a pickup.
7. If your husband has ever used field equipment to maintain your yard.
6. If a “night out” involves the local 4-H club.
5. If you’ve ever washed off each other with a pressure washer.
4. If you can mend a pair of pants and the fence that ripped them.
3. If your tan lines are somewhere below your shoulder and above your elbow.
2. If you have lots of machinery and each piece is worth more than your house.

And the best way to know you’re a farm wife is:

1. If the directions to your house include the words, “miles,” “silos,” “last,” or “gravel road.”