It had never occurred to me that it would be so much fun to sit with an Amish farmer at my computer for more than an hour while I tore across the Internet, looking for bargains, hunting for deals, comparing prices, alert for free shipping.

Mosie can’t use a computer of course, but he can give me lots of directions while I do. I can’t say I didn’t love it.

We were both quite pleased with ourselves, Mosie even gave me an Amish high-five, which is not quite as effusive as the English kind. We got what we wanted at great prices with free shipping.

One thing I learned about Mosie – he really loves to save money. That is great fun for him. I suppose it’s better than watching football games on Sunday.

When he realized how much time we had spent buying pie and donut boxes – his family has 40 pies orders to fill by the weekend- he realized he only had a few hours to till his pasture before it was supposed to rain.

He untied the horse to our barn horse ring, and tore down the driveway, trotting at a good speed up the hill. I did manage to get a shot of him in retreat, those are permitted so long as I don’t show his face.

I printed out all the receipts, I’ll bring them to him tomorrow in just a plain old car.