Your dog rides in the truck more than your wife.
You convince your wife that an overnight, out of state trip for equipment parts is a vacation.
You've never thrown away a 5 gallon bucket.
You have used a chain saw to remodel your house.
You have driven off the road while examining your neighbor's crops.
You have used a tractor front-end loader as scaffolding for roof repairs.
You've used the same knife to castrate calves and peel apples.
You refer to farms by who owned them 50 or more years ago.
Your wife agrees to observe Mothers' Day after the beans are planted.
You have animals living in buildings more expensive than your house.
Family weddings and special events are planned around spring planting and fall harvest.
You've been stopped by the police for a cluttered dashboard.
Your family instantly becomes silent when the weather comes on the news.
You can tell it's a farmer working late in his field, know who it is, what they're doing, and not think it's a UFO.
Your other vehicle is a John Deere.
During a storm you check the cattle before you check the kids.
You are related to more than half the town.
You can tell the difference between a horse and a cow from a distance.
The local gas station sells live bait.
Without thinking, you wave to all oncoming traffic.
There's a tornado warning and the whole town is outside watching for it.
You try to find the cheapest room rates when going out of town.
You wear specific hats to farm sales, livestock auctions, customer appreciation suppers, and vacations.
And finally, if given $1,000,000 you would keep right on farming. You'd farm differently, but you'd keep farming 'til it was all gone, because that's who you are.
