Well, 2020 escalated pretty quickly for us. Construction on the house FINALLY came to an end, and it seemed like we might be winding back down to normalcy. That is, until late January when my leg became swollen and painful without explanation. The pain and swelling worsened over a two week period until I was ultimately diagnosed with a superficial blood clot (which is ‘not’ dangerous and presents a ‘very low’ risk) and I lost my ability to walk. Then,…
With all of our goats dry (not milking), we’ve had a little bit of extra time this year. We’re certainly missing the raw milk, but we are grateful for the opportunity to think about the coming months and year and how we may be able to accomplish more next year than this one. If not even for the chance to plan, this rest from milking was realistically even necessary – we went from having 3 boys who could eat, use…
This week, excavation started on putting an addition on the Doll House. We don’t talk much about our blog’s namesake on here, but we definitely live it! 950 square feet has been cozy from the time we moved in. Then we added a new family member, and our three older boys rapidly went from preschooler and toddlers to kids. ‘Cozy’ is no longer an apt description. “Sardine-like” or “Bursting at the seams” are more appropriate. Keep in mind this isn’t…
We were recently watching something on television when the word ‘precision’ hit me. It really resonated in the moment that we were watching, because for a long time now we’ve been starting to feel the growing pains of, well, growing. We’ve got things better figured out now, and we’re starting to realize that the way we set things up on our little homestead aren’t quite right. They’re not conducive to day-to-day tasks, to proper use of space, or to just…
No ‘big’ things on the homestead, but there have been plenty of ‘little’ things to keep us busy as of late. January isn’t much a month for ‘doing,’ but it is a great month for dreaming, planning and organizing. It might be the dead of winter, but kidding season has already started for those who breed their does early in the season. This would not be us; we have a solid 2 months before we have to even think about…