i am so happy to see the sun! it's chilly, but it's lovely - and as soon as it warms up just a tad, i'm going to sit outside in my shorts and turn my pasty-white legs a little less pasty.

life on the wee homestead is settling into big plans and temporary delays. as far as the barn goes: we're waiting on the scheduler, the permit, the delivery of ( Read more... )

+ barn stuff is moving along and i think we have settled on a plan - at least i hope so. :) what i originally wanted was a barn kit (i've posted pictures before) that would run probably close to forty thousand dollars. i was really trying to justify that expense in a multitude of different ways, but it makes more sense to do what most people out ( Read more... )

chicks have been procured and we're already realizing we overthought a whole lotta stuff. today we're building a brooder box for the garden shed/greenhouse, getting the temp comfortable in there, and moving them from their indoor location to their outdoor location.

we do have one that's not thriving, so she's on probiotics and hourly monitoring/ ( Read more... )

with the family gone to the horse event, it's so STILL and QUITE 'round here. i enjoyed it for a little while, but now i just feel lonely and want them back. come home, family....come home!

the dogs also feel their absence, with yoti the rescue watching through the front window for the car and her girl; nandor the relentless misses his dad; kim ( Read more... )

this whole "weather" business is just silly. mister pointed out that most of the rest of the country is used to weather but i have lived my life in a place where the climate was pretty even-keel.

fair point.

so about the closing of the house. i'm happy it's over, but there's a hurt right below my heart because the finality of it all has hit.

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this bit of snow is more than we've had at once the entire winter - i have a feeling this will be the last of the storms, but the locals keep telling me there will be more. goodness.

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i went out for a bit of a wander today, but my step count is way, way low. :( it's just too cold to do more! mister made me a little track with the snow blower, so ( Read more... )

* it snowed yesterday and has been pretty cold. ninety-five percent of the time, i actually like this weather....when we lived in the sequoias, winter was my favorite season because of how quiet and introspective it is when there's actual WEATHER to deal with. five percent of the time? i'm just sad that i'm not home.

it doesn't help that i'm ( Read more... )

Ouch.


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well, for the most part. let's get the happy done first. (pictures and words and stuff behind the cut....IF the cut works.)

here's a little peek into this week's life of pie...(i wish)

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last night we ordered the first stage of chicken farming - a basic little coop and run that mister will expand and upgrade (and secure - we're incorporating technology!) a bit before we even get the little dinosaurs. i'm so excited! we have dreams of making a wild west town for our chickens and goats and while that may be too much to realistically ( Read more... )