It's my life so If You Think I'm a Loser....

I didn’t graduate from high school

nor did I do well in grammar school.

I had labor jobs most of my life.

I’ve lived in cracker boxes filled with cockroaches.

Living in the slums isn’t as bad as it sounds.

Living in the boonies isn’t as bad as it sounds either.

Eating cheap isn’t bad

as long as you know how to cook.

Giblets Breaded and fried are finger lickin’ good.

If you haven’t tried them you should!

Tripe, tongue, crawdads, and fish heads are delicious as well.

Earning  $130.00 a week , while raising two children, is simpler than it seems.

Cookin’ a Thanksgiving dinner on a two burner Coleman stove is easier than you think.

Poachin’ game, to put food on the table, has been a blessing.

Hand butchering the carcasses, in a cabin with no running water, is satisfying.

Falling countless dead standing trees,and 

running chain is thrilling.

dragging them into a clearing and cutting them up to make a cord and a half and bunny hopping the 16" logs to the road where they can be slit with a maul and loaded, and stacked is an excruciating  but pays the rent.

Delivery and unloading and stacking again at point of delivery for $65 a cord is physically over whelming but gratifying and what a work out!

Retrieving an extra 10 cords,a year, for free to heat our non-insulated cabin makes the heart warm.

Cutting into my leg with a chain saw didn’t stop me

even though I had no medical help except for a bottle of Bactine. 

Sometimes beaten and mostly neglected didn’t impede my path.

Velveeta cheese on crackers make for great appetizers for company.

Out houses and Porta Potties are a great relief (LOL) and classy when you live in the woods.

So is diggin' a hole in the ground when need be.

Knowing what leaves to pick for wiping make a huge difference in life.

Hand washed clothes is a labor of love.

Havin' wild pack rats in the cabin means at least you're keepin'  the deer mice away.

No running water in the home or working phone makes for greater self constitution.

Eating out is cookin' on a ringed fire and that makes the food taste better.

Not relyin' on anyone builds character.

Cut off from the world makes you appreciate its’ simple beauty.

Havin’ weeds take over your personal vehicle ,for six an’ a half years, teaches you to rely on yourself.

So called friends who take sides against you instills the feeling of lessons learned.

Hollerin' like a fish monger’s wife for children to come runnin' out of the woods is very rewarding when them come home safe.

To have to stand up all your life gains respect for self.

Almost everything that seems to be simple is really complex.

But if you meet me it’s pretty plain.

Basically, I’m just another hill billy.

If you think I'm a loser then why don't you kill me!

LOL :D