Jennifer Forester lives in a pretty nice neighborhood in Morgantown, West Virginia.
But every now and then, the tranquility of the block is shattered by a drive-by … mooing.
“They pull up, moo, and then pull off real quick. We used to run out to try and catch them, and then we’d invite them up on the porch for a beer.”
Forester was sharing a tiny mobile home with her daughters, her sister Betsy, and Betsy’s 3 children, plus 3 dogs.
“I was like, ‘Man, I need a big house that’s cheap,’” she said.
A friend knew of a property for sale that been used as a place of worship.
“We got the house for $52,000. It was the deal of the century.”
The kitchen is wallpapered in cow print, the refrigerator is covered with black magnet spots. Even tiny details like light switch covers and kitchen cupboard handles maintain the black and white theme. Betsy has since moved out, but part of her is literally still there. A finger she lost in an accident resides in a jar of preservative.
“I like cows,” she said. “I think I first got into cows from The Far Side, the comic.” Her mother would say, ‘You can’t do that. It’s tacky.’
So of course that just made her want to do it more.