DL is Creek.
I am Choctaw.
Being a tribal member has many benefits including free health care. Many tribal members receive what everyone around here calls "Indian Houses." They are built by the tribe in the area, and they are brick homes and every one of them has a storm shelter.
You can always tell that they are "Indian Houses" because there is always a million toys in the front yard, maybe an old car on the side propped up on blocks, and lots of cars parked in the driveway and in the yard. Indians are tight knit families and they spend all of their time having fun with aunts, uncles, and a trillion cousins. It's a good thing, and it's a good thing that the tribe provides the housing.
Our home is not a traditional Indian home. We started out in a 2 BR 1 BA house and have worked our way up to where we live now. The house is really pretty on the outside, the front yard is free of kid-debris, yard kempt, minimal but appropriate landscaping. The inside is updated with new everything (flooring, counter tops, light fixtures, paint, etc.)
And, then you have the back yard.
This is where we embrace our heritage and we let it all hang out. There are toys out there from the summer. Those toys have been shredded by the dogs. There are plastic cups left out there from the girls refreshments. Those have been shredded by the dogs. There's a big bag of pinion wood sitting out by the fire pit and a pile of newspapers just sitting there waiting for the wind to blow it into the yard so the dogs can tear it up. You'll find an ice chest or two left there from BLM's birthday party in August. If you look around the side of the house there is a plastic container full of My Little Ponies that have been left to the elements. I have about 6 big (nice looking) plant containers turned upside down just waiting for someone to fill them with dirt. If I'm not careful, the dogs will get those too.
That's classy. You'd never know it from looking at the front of the house, or even if you just came inside the house. Just don't ask to go into my back yard until at least April. I'm not about to spend my time out there in the cold ass weather.
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My house is the opposite...It looks like total crap from the outside...We bought a total fixer spent all the money inside...As Jeff says at least we will never be robbed :)
Interesting... we have a similar backyard... but we don't call it a Native American Heritage. We call it DubT around here!
Interesting... we have a similar backyard... but we don't call it a Native American Heritage. We call it DubT around here!
LOL Mamalicious! I love the description of your backyard...I can totally picture the maimed and semi-destroyed Pretty Ponies and other toy remnants!
Regarding your question, Jillian is only 20 (very intense) minutes. All movements are combined (like bicep curls with lunges). I get up at 6 and am in the shower by 6:30. It is really pretty easy...all except for the intense soreness.
This was very imformative. My great great grandmother was full blooded Choctaw, this may be why our backyard looks like Sanford and Sons.
What sucks, we live on a golf course, so the golfers get to see the beauty on hole 14.
Yea ours is bad too. My mom was over yesterday and she was bitching about it. She tells me, I cleaned up all your dogs poop. Gee thanks mom!
We must be Native Americans too.
Oh you can't leave me hangin' without a picture!! I need to see this hot mess!
Now, why are you talking about my backyard like that?! LOL
Our house is the same way, the backyard is a complete mess thanks to children and dogs. We also have the lovely people walking along the back throw trash over our fence every so often. We clean that up immediately, but our trash can stay.
This post is useless without pics!
our backyard is the same (front and inside aren't too far behind some days), but similar to grace we call it W (pronounced dubya) T. We have also learned to embrace it.
Yea, we do need pictures, hehe.
My great grandfather was full blooded Cherokee. How I can relate to your embracing your heritage.....that explains everything.
Ann in Georgia
LOL
You're the best.
Sounds like our yard, minus the Little Ponies. There are toys buried under the snow that will be there til spring. Speaking of cold, exactly how cold is it in A-duh right now? We are at a balmy 10 degrees, with promises of 30 degrees in the next day or two. Woo-hoo! No coat needed when out-of-doors. Heck, anything beats the negative 45 degrees that we had last week. :0)
How funny!
We, too, use our backyard as a "catchall," meaning if we don't have room for it in the garage or if we run outta toy space inside, it goes out in the back.
Our back patio is quite horrifying but you would never know it by judging the cover.
Must be that Choctaw and Cherokee in me!
I must have some Native American down in there somewhere too!
But! That's why I live in the woods. No one but people who actually know me enough to drive up my driveway know about it, and they best not be judging.
I'm Choctaw, too, Holly! And our backyard was exactly the same growing up...
Ah, yes, mullet landscaping... Business in front, party in back.
That's it. I'm blaming the backyard on my Cherokee heritage. The hubs will be glad to know he's off the hook!
Hey, I am Creek too. Our backyard is exactly the same. We have broken toys, bowls, empty planters, half inflated balls and too many faded little tikes play structures. It looks terrible, but I am not motivated to clean it up.
Oh and my Grandma has one of those Brick homes. Standard issue 1982.
From now on I'm going to blame the state of our yard on our Cherokee heritage.
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