My husband's tractor was delivered today.

He's been so excited since he started shopping, and was even more excited after he picked it out. He's waited a long time to get one. We are trying to be debt free, and were waiting to have *cash in hand* before we bought one...of course it is used, but it's paid for.

He bought a plow to go with it, and he's been out driving, and plowing, and swapping out equipment (we did have a few things) since it got here. He'll run in every little bit to ask me to come look at what he's done, or what he put on it, or what he's going to do next. He's just like a little boy...I'm having so much fun seeing him so excited.

He says that now we are a *real* farm....guess the 22 acres is just land, but the tractor makes it a farm.

He's already let the older two boys drive it, and they're excited to. This means we'll get to work all spring and summer on a garden...and they like the thoughts of that, because that means fresh veggies!! Have I ever mentioned that my children like to eat??

Sometimes it's hard for my husband to see all that others have, and seem to attain so easily, when it seems that we struggle for what little we do have. We're always reminding each other though, when old *envy* starts to try to wriggle in, that they may have those things...but most of the time they owe for them...and we do NOT want to owe for what we have if we can avoid it.

So, it makes me especially happy to see him get something that he needs and wants AND that we don't owe for it. 

I hear him and the oldest outside now, I hope he doesn't plow up everything...